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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-10-06 12:25:16 +0900
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-10-06 12:25:16 +0900
commit314fcd32d79c2c9ccf471f5a84f1407393d1a1fc (patch)
tree34554f785a46c32da6490d7f249ed5a9bad69d4c /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'ma/asciidoctor-refmiscinfo' (diff)
parentgitweb.conf.txt: switch pluses to backticks to help Asciidoctor (diff)
downloadtgif-314fcd32d79c2c9ccf471f5a84f1407393d1a1fc.tar.xz
Merge branch 'ma/asciidoctor-more-fixes'
Doc formatting updates. * ma/asciidoctor-more-fixes: gitweb.conf.txt: switch pluses to backticks to help Asciidoctor git-merge-index.txt: wrap shell listing in "----" git-receive-pack.txt: wrap shell [script] listing in "----" git-ls-remote.txt: wrap shell listing in "----" Documentation: wrap config listings in "----" git-merge-base.txt: render indentations correctly under Asciidoctor Documentation: wrap blocks with "--"
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt84
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt56
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-base.txt98
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-index.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt52
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-email.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt6
11 files changed, 223 insertions, 184 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 77f3b1486b..f50f1b4128 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -178,47 +178,49 @@ to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions.
Example
~~~~~~~
- # Core variables
- [core]
- ; Don't trust file modes
- filemode = false
-
- # Our diff algorithm
- [diff]
- external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
- renames = true
-
- [branch "devel"]
- remote = origin
- merge = refs/heads/devel
-
- # Proxy settings
- [core]
- gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
- gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
-
- [include]
- path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
- path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
- path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
-
- ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
- [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
- path = /path/to/foo.inc
-
- ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group
- [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
- path = /path/to/foo.inc
-
- ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group
- [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
- path = /path/to/foo.inc
-
- ; relative paths are always relative to the including
- ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
- ; affected by the condition
- [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
- path = foo.inc
+----
+# Core variables
+[core]
+ ; Don't trust file modes
+ filemode = false
+
+# Our diff algorithm
+[diff]
+ external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
+ renames = true
+
+[branch "devel"]
+ remote = origin
+ merge = refs/heads/devel
+
+# Proxy settings
+[core]
+ gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
+ gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
+
+[include]
+ path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
+ path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
+ path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
+
+; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
+[includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
+ path = /path/to/foo.inc
+
+; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group
+[includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
+ path = /path/to/foo.inc
+
+; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group
+[includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
+ path = /path/to/foo.inc
+
+; relative paths are always relative to the including
+; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
+; affected by the condition
+[includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
+ path = foo.inc
+----
; include only if we are in a worktree where foo-branch is
; currently checked out
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 7628193284..afa7b75a23 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -282,18 +282,20 @@ FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
Show untracked files.
+
+--
The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
default is 'normal', i.e. show untracked files and directories.
-+
+
The possible options are:
-+
+
- 'no' - Show no untracked files
- 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
- 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
-+
+
The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
+--
-v::
--verbose::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index ff9310f958..899e92a1c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -339,33 +339,35 @@ EXAMPLES
Given a .git/config like this:
- #
- # This is the config file, and
- # a '#' or ';' character indicates
- # a comment
- #
-
- ; core variables
- [core]
- ; Don't trust file modes
- filemode = false
-
- ; Our diff algorithm
- [diff]
- external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
- renames = true
-
- ; Proxy settings
- [core]
- gitproxy=proxy-command for kernel.org
- gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
-
- ; HTTP
- [http]
- sslVerify
- [http "https://weak.example.com"]
- sslVerify = false
- cookieFile = /tmp/cookie.txt
+------------
+#
+# This is the config file, and
+# a '#' or ';' character indicates
+# a comment
+#
+
+; core variables
+[core]
+ ; Don't trust file modes
+ filemode = false
+
+; Our diff algorithm
+[diff]
+ external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
+ renames = true
+
+; Proxy settings
+[core]
+ gitproxy=proxy-command for kernel.org
+ gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
+
+; HTTP
+[http]
+ sslVerify
+[http "https://weak.example.com"]
+ sslVerify = false
+ cookieFile = /tmp/cookie.txt
+------------
you can set the filemode to true with
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
index 0b057cbb10..a2ea1fd687 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
@@ -92,21 +92,23 @@ OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
--------
- $ git ls-remote --tags ./.
- d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
- f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
- 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
- c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
- 0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250 refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
- $ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
- 5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
- c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/pu
- $ git remote add korg http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
- $ git ls-remote --tags korg v\*
- d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
- f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
- c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
- 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
+----
+$ git ls-remote --tags ./.
+d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
+f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
+7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
+c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
+0918385dbd9656cab0d1d81ba7453d49bbc16250 refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub
+$ git ls-remote http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master pu rc
+5fe978a5381f1fbad26a80e682ddd2a401966740 refs/heads/master
+c781a84b5204fb294c9ccc79f8b3baceeb32c061 refs/heads/pu
+$ git remote add korg http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
+$ git ls-remote --tags korg v\*
+d6602ec5194c87b0fc87103ca4d67251c76f233a refs/tags/v0.99
+f25a265a342aed6041ab0cc484224d9ca54b6f41 refs/tags/v0.99.1
+c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
+7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
+----
SEE ALSO
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
index 261d5c1164..2d944e0851 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ which is reachable from both 'A' and 'B' through the parent relationship.
For example, with this topology:
- o---o---o---B
- /
- ---o---1---o---o---o---A
+....
+ o---o---o---B
+ /
+---o---1---o---o---o---A
+....
the merge base between 'A' and 'B' is '1'.
@@ -90,21 +92,25 @@ Given three commits 'A', 'B' and 'C', `git merge-base A B C` will compute the
merge base between 'A' and a hypothetical commit 'M', which is a merge
between 'B' and 'C'. For example, with this topology:
- o---o---o---o---C
- /
- / o---o---o---B
- / /
- ---2---1---o---o---o---A
+....
+ o---o---o---o---C
+ /
+ / o---o---o---B
+ / /
+---2---1---o---o---o---A
+....
the result of `git merge-base A B C` is '1'. This is because the
equivalent topology with a merge commit 'M' between 'B' and 'C' is:
- o---o---o---o---o
- / \
- / o---o---o---o---M
- / /
- ---2---1---o---o---o---A
+....
+ o---o---o---o---o
+ / \
+ / o---o---o---o---M
+ / /
+---2---1---o---o---o---A
+....
and the result of `git merge-base A M` is '1'. Commit '2' is also a
common ancestor between 'A' and 'M', but '1' is a better common ancestor,
@@ -116,11 +122,13 @@ the best common ancestor of all commits.
When the history involves criss-cross merges, there can be more than one
'best' common ancestor for two commits. For example, with this topology:
- ---1---o---A
- \ /
- X
- / \
- ---2---o---o---B
+....
+---1---o---A
+ \ /
+ X
+ / \
+---2---o---o---B
+....
both '1' and '2' are merge-bases of A and B. Neither one is better than
the other (both are 'best' merge bases). When the `--all` option is not given,
@@ -131,18 +139,22 @@ and B is (or at least used to be) to compute the merge base between
A and B, and check if it is the same as A, in which case, A is an
ancestor of B. You will see this idiom used often in older scripts.
- A=$(git rev-parse --verify A)
- if test "$A" = "$(git merge-base A B)"
- then
- ... A is an ancestor of B ...
- fi
+....
+A=$(git rev-parse --verify A)
+if test "$A" = "$(git merge-base A B)"
+then
+ ... A is an ancestor of B ...
+fi
+....
In modern git, you can say this in a more direct way:
- if git merge-base --is-ancestor A B
- then
- ... A is an ancestor of B ...
- fi
+....
+if git merge-base --is-ancestor A B
+then
+ ... A is an ancestor of B ...
+fi
+....
instead.
@@ -154,13 +166,15 @@ topic origin/master`, the history of remote-tracking branch
`origin/master` may have been rewound and rebuilt, leading to a
history of this shape:
- o---B2
- /
- ---o---o---B1--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
- \
- B0
- \
- D0---D1---D (topic)
+....
+ o---B2
+ /
+---o---o---B1--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
+ \
+ B0
+ \
+ D0---D1---D (topic)
+....
where `origin/master` used to point at commits B0, B1, B2 and now it
points at B, and your `topic` branch was started on top of it back
@@ -193,13 +207,15 @@ will find B0, and
will replay D0, D1 and D on top of B to create a new history of this
shape:
- o---B2
- /
- ---o---o---B1--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
- \ \
- B0 D0'--D1'--D' (topic - updated)
- \
- D0---D1---D (topic - old)
+....
+ o---B2
+ /
+---o---o---B1--o---o---o---B (origin/master)
+ \ \
+ B0 D0'--D1'--D' (topic - updated)
+ \
+ D0---D1---D (topic - old)
+....
A caveat is that older reflog entries in your repository may be
expired by `git gc`. If B0 no longer appears in the reflog of the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
index 02676fb391..2ab84a91e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
@@ -54,20 +54,24 @@ original is first. But the argument order to the 3-way merge program
Examples:
- torvalds@ppc970:~/merge-test> git merge-index cat MM
- This is MM from the original tree. # original
- This is modified MM in the branch A. # merge1
- This is modified MM in the branch B. # merge2
- This is modified MM in the branch B. # current contents
+----
+torvalds@ppc970:~/merge-test> git merge-index cat MM
+This is MM from the original tree. # original
+This is modified MM in the branch A. # merge1
+This is modified MM in the branch B. # merge2
+This is modified MM in the branch B. # current contents
+----
or
- torvalds@ppc970:~/merge-test> git merge-index cat AA MM
- cat: : No such file or directory
- This is added AA in the branch A.
- This is added AA in the branch B.
- This is added AA in the branch B.
- fatal: merge program failed
+----
+torvalds@ppc970:~/merge-test> git merge-index cat AA MM
+cat: : No such file or directory
+This is added AA in the branch A.
+This is added AA in the branch B.
+This is added AA in the branch B.
+fatal: merge program failed
+----
where the latter example shows how 'git merge-index' will stop trying to
merge once anything has returned an error (i.e., `cat` returned an error
diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
index dedf97efbb..25702ed730 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
@@ -165,29 +165,31 @@ ref listing the commits pushed to the repository, and logs the push
certificates of signed pushes with good signatures to a logger
service:
- #!/bin/sh
- # mail out commit update information.
- while read oval nval ref
- do
- if expr "$oval" : '0*$' >/dev/null
- then
- echo "Created a new ref, with the following commits:"
- git rev-list --pretty "$nval"
- else
- echo "New commits:"
- git rev-list --pretty "$nval" "^$oval"
- fi |
- mail -s "Changes to ref $ref" commit-list@mydomain
- done
- # log signed push certificate, if any
- if test -n "${GIT_PUSH_CERT-}" && test ${GIT_PUSH_CERT_STATUS} = G
+----
+#!/bin/sh
+# mail out commit update information.
+while read oval nval ref
+do
+ if expr "$oval" : '0*$' >/dev/null
then
- (
- echo expected nonce is ${GIT_PUSH_NONCE}
- git cat-file blob ${GIT_PUSH_CERT}
- ) | mail -s "push certificate from $GIT_PUSH_CERT_SIGNER" push-log@mydomain
- fi
- exit 0
+ echo "Created a new ref, with the following commits:"
+ git rev-list --pretty "$nval"
+ else
+ echo "New commits:"
+ git rev-list --pretty "$nval" "^$oval"
+ fi |
+ mail -s "Changes to ref $ref" commit-list@mydomain
+done
+# log signed push certificate, if any
+if test -n "${GIT_PUSH_CERT-}" && test ${GIT_PUSH_CERT_STATUS} = G
+then
+ (
+ echo expected nonce is ${GIT_PUSH_NONCE}
+ git cat-file blob ${GIT_PUSH_CERT}
+ ) | mail -s "push certificate from $GIT_PUSH_CERT_SIGNER" push-log@mydomain
+fi
+exit 0
+----
The exit code from this hook invocation is ignored, however a
non-zero exit code will generate an error message.
@@ -212,8 +214,10 @@ anyway.
This hook can be used, for example, to run `git update-server-info`
if the repository is packed and is served via a dumb transport.
- #!/bin/sh
- exec git update-server-info
+----
+#!/bin/sh
+exec git update-server-info
+----
QUARANTINE ENVIRONMENT
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index d93e5d0f58..0a69810147 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -486,11 +486,13 @@ Use gmail as the smtp server
To use 'git send-email' to send your patches through the GMail SMTP server,
edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:
- [sendemail]
- smtpEncryption = tls
- smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
- smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com
- smtpServerPort = 587
+----
+[sendemail]
+ smtpEncryption = tls
+ smtpServer = smtp.gmail.com
+ smtpUser = yourname@gmail.com
+ smtpServerPort = 587
+----
If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will
need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index d4e8f24f0c..7731b45f07 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -59,16 +59,17 @@ This is optional and defaults to the original version 'v1' format.
--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
Show untracked files.
+
+--
The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of untracked files.
It is optional: it defaults to 'all', and if specified, it must be
stuck to the option (e.g. `-uno`, but not `-u no`).
-+
+
The possible options are:
-+
+
- 'no' - Show no untracked files.
- 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories.
- 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
-+
+
When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are
shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid
forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
@@ -78,9 +79,10 @@ Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see
`git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index
--split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status`
return more quickly without showing untracked files.
-+
+
The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
+--
--ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
@@ -100,11 +102,12 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
--ignored[=<mode>]::
Show ignored files as well.
+
+--
The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of ignored files.
It is optional: it defaults to 'traditional'.
-+
+
The possible options are:
-+
+
- 'traditional' - Shows ignored files and directories, unless
--untracked-files=all is specified, in which case
individual files in ignored directories are
@@ -112,12 +115,13 @@ The possible options are:
- 'no' - Show no ignored files.
- 'matching' - Shows ignored files and directories matching an
ignore pattern.
-+
+
When 'matching' mode is specified, paths that explicitly match an
ignored pattern are shown. If a directory matches an ignore pattern,
then it is shown, but not paths contained in the ignored directory. If
a directory does not match an ignore pattern, but all contents are
ignored, then the directory is not shown, but all contents are shown.
+--
-z::
Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index a66e95b70c..08c7b8a722 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -105,14 +105,15 @@ EXAMPLES
Consider the following .gitmodules file:
- [submodule "libfoo"]
- path = include/foo
- url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git
-
- [submodule "libbar"]
- path = include/bar
- url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git
+----
+[submodule "libfoo"]
+ path = include/foo
+ url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git
+[submodule "libbar"]
+ path = include/bar
+ url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git
+----
This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to
be checked out in the paths `include/foo` and `include/bar`, and for both
diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt
index 35317e71c8..7963a79ba9 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt
@@ -786,9 +786,9 @@ forks::
subdirectories of project root (basename) to be forks of existing
projects. For each project +$projname.git+, projects in the
+$projname/+ directory and its subdirectories will not be
- shown in the main projects list. Instead, a \'\+' mark is shown
- next to +$projname+, which links to a "forks" view that lists all
- the forks (all projects in +$projname/+ subdirectory). Additionally
+ shown in the main projects list. Instead, a \'+' mark is shown
+ next to `$projname`, which links to a "forks" view that lists all
+ the forks (all projects in `$projname/` subdirectory). Additionally
a "forks" view for a project is linked from project summary page.
+
If the project list is taken from a file (+$projects_list+ points to a