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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-08-29 17:21:06 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-08-29 17:21:06 -0700
commitf85a41916163097c3c307ac45d1a935564c52bf0 (patch)
treeaacced7340195bb8416a5c4f76e8bfac2d68dc73 /Documentation
parentgit-repack-script: Add option to repack all objects. (diff)
downloadtgif-f85a41916163097c3c307ac45d1a935564c52bf0.tar.xz
Accumulated documentation updates.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-applymbox.txt54
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-applypatch.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bisect-script.txt62
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt43
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-prune-script.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-repack-script.txt33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-branch.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt205
8 files changed, 297 insertions, 149 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-applymbox.txt b/Documentation/git-applymbox.txt
index acf0bf3d63..3d813ec4cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-applymbox.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-applymbox.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,66 @@ git-applymbox(1)
NAME
----
-git-applymbox - Some git command not yet documented.
+git-applymbox - Apply a series of patches in a mailbox
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-applymbox' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-applymbox' [-u] [-k] [-q] ( -c .dotest/<num> | <mbox> ) [ <signoff> ]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Does something not yet documented.
+Splits mail messages in a mailbox into commit log message,
+authorship information and patches, and applies them to the
+current branch.
OPTIONS
-------
---option::
- Some option not yet documented.
+-q::
+ Apply patches interactively. The user will be given
+ opportunity to edit the log message and the patch before
+ attempting to apply patch in each e-mail message.
-<args>...::
- Some argument not yet documented.
+-k::
+ Usually the program 'cleans up' the Subject: header line
+ to extract the title line for the commit log message,
+ among which (1) remove 'Re:' or 're:', (2) leading
+ whitespaces, (3) '[' up to ']', typically '[PATCH]', and
+ then prepends "[PATCH] ". This flag forbids this
+ munging, and is most useful when used to read back 'git
+ format-patch --mbox' output.
+-u::
+ By default, the commit log message, author name and
+ author email are taken from the e-mail without any
+ charset conversion, after minimally decoding MIME
+ transfer encoding. This flag causes the resulting
+ commit to be encoded in utf-8 by transliterating them.
+ Note that the patch is always used as is without charset
+ conversion, even with this flag.
+
+-c .dotest/<num>::
+ When the patch contained in an e-mail does not cleanly
+ apply, the command exits with an error message. The
+ patch and extracted message are found in .dotest/, and
+ you could re-run 'git applymbox' with '-c .dotest/<num>'
+ flag to restart the process after inspecting and fixing
+ them.
+
+<mbox>::
+ The name of the file that contains the e-mail messages
+ with patches. This file should be in the UNIX mailbox
+ format. See 'SubmittingPatches' document to learn about
+ the formatting convention for e-mail submission.
+
+<signoff>::
+ The name of the file that contains your "Signed-off-by"
+ line. See 'SubmittingPatches' document to learn what
+ "Signed-off-by" line means. You can also just say
+ 'yes', 'true', 'me', or 'please' to use an automatically
+ generated "Signed-off-by" line based on your committer
+ identity.
Author
------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-applypatch.txt b/Documentation/git-applypatch.txt
index 55facd2c7a..14ce53aade 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-applypatch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-applypatch.txt
@@ -3,25 +3,33 @@ git-applypatch(1)
NAME
----
-git-applypatch - Some git command not yet documented.
+git-applypatch - Apply one patch extracted from an e-mail.
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-applypatch' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-applypatch' <msg> <patch> <info> [<signoff>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Does something not yet documented.
+Takes three files <msg>, <patch>, and <info> prepared from an
+e-mail message by 'git-mailinfo', and creates a commit. It is
+usually not necessary to use this command directly.
OPTIONS
-------
---option::
- Some option not yet documented.
+<msg>::
+ Commit log message (sans the first line, which comes
+ from e-mail Subject stored in <info>).
-<args>...::
- Some argument not yet documented.
+<patch>::
+ The patch to apply.
+
+<info>:
+ Author and subject information extracted from e-mail,
+ used on "author" line and as the first line of the
+ commit log message.
Author
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect-script.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect-script.txt
index 1f5e38626b..1b0345199c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect-script.txt
@@ -3,25 +3,69 @@ git-bisect-script(1)
NAME
----
-git-bisect-script - Some git command not yet documented.
+git-bisect-script - Find the change that introduced a bug
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-bisect-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git bisect' start
+'git bisect' bad <rev>
+'git bisect' good <rev>
+'git bisect' reset [<branch>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Does something not yet documented.
+This command uses 'git-rev-list --bisect' option to help drive
+the binary search process to find which change introduced a bug,
+given an old "good" commit object name and a later "bad" commit
+object name.
+The way you use it is:
-OPTIONS
--------
---option::
- Some option not yet documented.
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect start
+git bisect bad # Current version is bad
+git bisect good v2.6.13-rc2 # v2.6.13-rc2 was the last version
+ # tested that was good
+------------------------------------------------
-<args>...::
- Some argument not yet documented.
+When you give at least one bad and one good versions, it will
+bisect the revision tree and say something like:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+Bisecting: 675 revisions left to test after this
+------------------------------------------------
+
+and check out the state in the middle. Now, compile that kernel, and boot
+it. Now, let's say that this booted kernel works fine, then just do
+
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect good # this one is good
+------------------------------------------------
+
+which will now say
+
+------------------------------------------------
+Bisecting: 337 revisions left to test after this
+------------------------------------------------
+
+and you continue along, compiling that one, testing it, and depending on
+whether it is good or bad, you say "git bisect good" or "git bisect bad",
+and ask for the next bisection.
+
+Until you have no more left, and you'll have been left with the first bad
+kernel rev in "refs/bisect/bad".
+
+Oh, and then after you want to reset to the original head, do a
+
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect reset
+------------------------------------------------
+
+to get back to the master branch, instead of being in one of the bisection
+branches ("git bisect start" will do that for you too, actually: it will
+reset the bisection state, and before it does that it checks that you're
+not using some old bisection branch).
Author
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
index b75f61c84c..eb3a3d1be7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
@@ -3,30 +3,57 @@ git-mailinfo(1)
NAME
----
-git-mailinfo - Some git command not yet documented.
+git-mailinfo - Extracts patch from a single e-mail message.
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-mailinfo' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-mailinfo' [-k] [-u] <msg> <patch>
+
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Does something not yet documented.
+Reading a single e-mail message from the standard input, and
+writes the commit log message in <msg> file, and the patches in
+<patch> file. The author name, e-mail and e-mail subject are
+written out to the standard output to be used by git-applypatch
+to create a commit. It is usually not necessary to use this
+command directly.
OPTIONS
-------
---option::
- Some option not yet documented.
+-k::
+ Usually the program 'cleans up' the Subject: header line
+ to extract the title line for the commit log message,
+ among which (1) remove 'Re:' or 're:', (2) leading
+ whitespaces, (3) '[' up to ']', typically '[PATCH]', and
+ then prepends "[PATCH] ". This flag forbids this
+ munging, and is most useful when used to read back 'git
+ format-patch --mbox' output.
+
+-u::
+ By default, the commit log message, author name and
+ author email are taken from the e-mail without any
+ charset conversion, after minimally decoding MIME
+ transfer encoding. This flag causes the resulting
+ commit to be encoded in utf-8 by transliterating them.
+ Note that the patch is always used as is without charset
+ conversion, even with this flag.
-<args>...::
- Some argument not yet documented.
+<msg>::
+ The commit log message extracted from e-mail, usually
+ except the title line which comes from e-mail Subject.
+
+<patch>::
+ The patch extracted from e-mail.
Author
------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
+Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+
Documentation
--------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-script.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-script.txt
index e8305a6f3d..0f76e8fd0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune-script.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
git-prune-script(1)
===================
-v0.1, May 2005
+v0.99.5, Aug 2005
NAME
----
@@ -9,14 +9,24 @@ git-prune-script - Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-prune-script'
+'git-prune-script' [-n]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-This runs "git-fsck-cache --unreachable" program using the heads specified
-on the command line (or `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/\*` and `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/\*`
-if none is specified), and prunes all unreachable objects from the object
-database.
+
+This runs `git-fsck-cache --unreachable` using the heads
+specified on the command line (or `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/\*` and
+`$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/\*` if none is specified), and prunes all
+unreachable objects from the object database. In addition, it
+prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by
+running `git prune-packed`.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-n::
+ Do not remove anything; just report what it would
+ remove.
Author
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack-script.txt b/Documentation/git-repack-script.txt
index 497d0dfe80..cd449bcc2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack-script.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
git-repack-script(1)
=====================
-v0.1, August 2005
+v0.99.5, August 2005
NAME
----
@@ -10,17 +10,36 @@ objects into pack files.
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-repack-script'
+'git-repack-script' [-a] [-d]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside in a
-"pack", into a pack.
-A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta
-compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file.
+This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently
+reside in a "pack", into a pack.
+
+A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with
+delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with an
+associated index file.
+
+Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup
+engines, disk storage, etc.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-a::
+ Instead of incrementally packing the unpacked objects,
+ pack everything available into a single pack.
+ Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
+ for a private development and there no need to worry
+ about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use
+ with '-d'.
+
+-d::
+ After packing, if the newly created packs make some
+ existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs.
-Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc.
Author
------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 71d5ba8fd7..5103c0c4f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
git-show-branch(1)
==================
-v0.99.4, Aug 2005
+v0.99.5, Aug 2005
NAME
----
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ OPTIONS
--more=<n>::
Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
- flag tells the command to go <n> commits beyond that.
+ flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
+ beyond that.
--merge-base::
Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 221889bc75..befe3e52cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -52,49 +52,50 @@ SCMs layered over git.
Manipulation commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+link:git-apply.html[git-apply]::
+ Reads a "diff -up1" or git generated patch file and
+ applies it to the working tree.
+
link:git-checkout-cache.html[git-checkout-cache]::
Copy files from the cache to the working directory
link:git-commit-tree.html[git-commit-tree]::
Creates a new commit object
+link:git-hash-object.html[git-hash-object]::
+ Computes the object ID from a file.
+
link:git-init-db.html[git-init-db]::
Creates an empty git object database
-link:git-merge-base.html[git-merge-base]::
- Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge
+link:git-merge-cache.html[git-merge-cache]::
+ Runs a merge for files needing merging
link:git-mktag.html[git-mktag]::
Creates a tag object
+link:git-pack-objects.html[git-pack-objects]::
+ Creates a packed archive of objects.
+
+link:git-prune-packed.html[git-prune-packed]::
+ Remove extra objects that are already in pack files.
+
link:git-read-tree.html[git-read-tree]::
Reads tree information into the directory cache
+link:git-unpack-objects.html[git-unpack-objects]::
+ Unpacks objects out of a packed archive.
+
link:git-update-cache.html[git-update-cache]::
Modifies the index or directory cache
-link:git-hash-object.html[git-hash-object]::
- Computes the object ID from a file.
-
link:git-write-tree.html[git-write-tree]::
Creates a tree from the current cache
-link:git-pack-objects.html[git-pack-objects]::
- Creates a packed archive of objects.
-
-link:git-unpack-objects.html[git-unpack-objects]::
- Unpacks objects out of a packed archive.
-
-link:git-prune-packed.html[git-prune-packed]::
- Remove extra objects that are already in pack files.
-
-link:git-apply.html[git-apply]::
- Reads a "diff -up1" or git generated patch file and
- applies it to the working tree.
-
Interrogation commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
link:git-cat-file.html[git-cat-file]::
Provide content or type information for repository objects
@@ -104,12 +105,12 @@ link:git-diff-cache.html[git-diff-cache]::
link:git-diff-files.html[git-diff-files]::
Compares files in the working tree and the cache
-link:git-diff-tree.html[git-diff-tree]::
- Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects
-
link:git-diff-stages.html[git-diff-stages]::
Compares two "merge stages" in the index file.
+link:git-diff-tree.html[git-diff-tree]::
+ Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects
+
link:git-export.html[git-export]::
Exports each commit and a diff against each of its parents
@@ -122,8 +123,8 @@ link:git-ls-files.html[git-ls-files]::
link:git-ls-tree.html[git-ls-tree]::
Displays a tree object in human readable form
-link:git-merge-cache.html[git-merge-cache]::
- Runs a merge for files needing merging
+link:git-merge-base.html[git-merge-base]::
+ Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge
link:git-rev-list.html[git-rev-list]::
Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ link:git-rev-list.html[git-rev-list]::
link:git-rev-tree.html[git-rev-tree]::
Provides the revision tree for one or more commits
+link:git-show-index.html[git-show-index]::
+ Displays contents of a pack idx file.
+
link:git-tar-tree.html[git-tar-tree]::
Creates a tar archive of the files in the named tree
@@ -140,9 +144,6 @@ link:git-unpack-file.html[git-unpack-file]::
link:git-var.html[git-var]::
Displays a git logical variable
-link:git-show-index.html[git-show-index]::
- Displays contents of a pack idx file.
-
link:git-verify-pack.html[git-verify-pack]::
Validates packed GIT archive files
@@ -153,174 +154,172 @@ touch the working file set - but in general they don't
Synching repositories
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-link:git-clone-script.html[git-clone-script]::
- Clones a repository into the current repository (user interface)
-
link:git-clone-pack.html[git-clone-pack]::
Clones a repository into the current repository (engine
for ssh and local transport)
+link:git-fetch-pack.html[git-fetch-pack]::
+ Updates from a remote repository.
+
link:git-http-pull.html[git-http-pull]::
Downloads a remote GIT repository via HTTP
link:git-local-pull.html[git-local-pull]::
Duplicates another GIT repository on a local system
-link:git-ssh-pull.html[git-ssh-pull]::
- Pulls from a remote repository over ssh connection
-
-link:git-send-pack.html[git-send-pack]::
- Pushes to a remote repository, intelligently.
+link:git-peek-remote.html[git-peek-remote]::
+ Lists references on a remote repository using upload-pack protocol.
link:git-receive-pack.html[git-receive-pack]::
Invoked by 'git-send-pack' to receive what is pushed to it.
-link:git-clone-pack.html[git-clone-pack]::
- Clones from a remote repository.
-
-link:git-fetch-pack.html[git-fetch-pack]::
- Updates from a remote repository.
+link:git-send-pack.html[git-send-pack]::
+ Pushes to a remote repository, intelligently.
-link:git-peek-remote.html[git-peek-remote]::
- Lists references on a remote repository using upload-pack protocol.
+link:git-ssh-pull.html[git-ssh-pull]::
+ Pulls from a remote repository over ssh connection
-link:git-upload-pack.html[git-upload-pack]::
- Invoked by 'git-clone-pack' and 'git-fetch-pack' to push
- what are asked for.
+link:git-ssh-push.html[git-ssh-push]::
+ Helper "server-side" program used by git-ssh-pull
link:git-update-server-info.html[git-update-server-info]::
Updates auxiliary information on a dumb server to help
clients discover references and packs on it.
+link:git-upload-pack.html[git-upload-pack]::
+ Invoked by 'git-clone-pack' and 'git-fetch-pack' to push
+ what are asked for.
+
Porcelain-ish Commands
----------------------
-link:git-revert-script.html[git-revert-script]::
- Revert an existing commit.
-
-link:git-cherry-pick-script.html[git-cherry-pick-script]::
- Cherry-pick the effect of an existing commit.
-
-link:git-rebase-script.html[git-rebase-script]::
- Rebase local commits to new upstream head.
link:git-add-script.html[git-add-script]::
Add paths to the index file.
+link:git-applymbox.html[git-applymbox]::
+ Apply patches from a mailbox.
+
+link:git-bisect-script.html[git-bisect-script]::
+ Find the change that introduced a bug.
+
link:git-branch-script.html[git-branch-script]::
Create and Show branches.
-link:git-whatchanged.html[git-whatchanged]::
- Shows commit logs and differences they introduce.
-
-link:git-log-script.html[git-log-script]::
- Shows commit logs.
+link:git-cherry-pick-script.html[git-cherry-pick-script]::
+ Cherry-pick the effect of an existing commit.
-link:git-shortlog.html[git-shortlog]::
- Summarizes 'git log' output.
+link:git-clone-script.html[git-clone-script]::
+ Clones a repository into a new directory.
-link:git-status-script.html[git-status-script]::
- Shows the working tree status.
+link:git-commit-script.html[git-commit-script]::
+ Record changes to the repository.
link:git-fetch-script.html[git-fetch-script]::
Download from a remote repository via various protocols.
-link:git-pull-script.html[git-pull-script]::
- Fetch from and merge with a remote repository.
+link:git-log-script.html[git-log-script]::
+ Shows commit logs.
-link:git-resolve-script.html[git-resolve-script]::
- Merge two commits.
+link:git-ls-remote-script.html[git-ls-remote-script]::
+ Shows references in a remote or local repository.
link:git-octopus-script.html[git-octopus-script]::
Merge more than two commits.
+link:git-pull-script.html[git-pull-script]::
+ Fetch from and merge with a remote repository.
+
link:git-push-script.html[git-push-script]::
Update remote refs along with associated objects.
-link:git-commit-script.html[git-commit-script]::
- Record changes to the repository.
+link:git-rebase-script.html[git-rebase-script]::
+ Rebase local commits to new upstream head.
-link:git-show-branch.html[git-show-branch]::
- Show branches and their commits.
+link:git-rename-script.html[git-rename]::
+ Rename files and directories.
link:git-repack-script.html[git-repack-script]::
Pack unpacked objects in a repository.
-link:git-rename-script.html[git-rename]::
- Rename files and directories.
+link:git-resolve-script.html[git-resolve-script]::
+ Merge two commits.
-link:git-ls-remote-script.html[git-ls-remote-script]::
- Shows references in a remote or local repository.
+link:git-revert-script.html[git-revert-script]::
+ Revert an existing commit.
+
+link:git-shortlog.html[git-shortlog]::
+ Summarizes 'git log' output.
+
+link:git-show-branch.html[git-show-branch]::
+ Show branches and their commits.
+
+link:git-status-script.html[git-status-script]::
+ Shows the working tree status.
link:git-verify-tag-script.html[git-verify-tag-script]::
Check the GPG signature of tag.
+link:git-whatchanged.html[git-whatchanged]::
+ Shows commit logs and differences they introduce.
+
Ancillary Commands
------------------
Manipulators:
-link:git-relink-script.html[git-relink-script]::
- Hardlink common objects in local repositories.
+link:git-applypatch.html[git-applypatch]::
+ Apply one patch extracted from an e-mail.
link:git-convert-cache.html[git-convert-cache]::
Converts old-style GIT repository
+link:git-cvsimport-script.html[git-cvsimport-script]::
+ Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate.
+
link:git-merge-one-file-script.html[git-merge-one-file-script]::
The standard helper program to use with "git-merge-cache"
link:git-prune-script.html[git-prune-script]::
Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database
+link:git-relink-script.html[git-relink-script]::
+ Hardlink common objects in local repositories.
+
+link:git-sh-setup-script.html[git-sh-setup-script]::
+ Common git shell script setup code.
+
link:git-tag-script.html[git-tag-script]::
An example script to create a tag object signed with GPG
-link:git-cvsimport-script.html[git-cvsimport-script]::
- Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate.
-
Interrogators:
-link:git-patch-id.html[git-patch-id]::
- Compute unique ID for a patch.
+link:git-cherry.html[git-cherry]::
+ Find commits not merged upstream.
link:git-count-objects-script.html[git-count-objects-script]::
Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption.
-link:git-cherry.html[git-cherry]::
- Find commits not merged upstream.
-
link:git-diff-helper.html[git-diff-helper]::
Generates patch format output for git-diff-*
-link:git-ssh-push.html[git-ssh-push]::
- Helper "server-side" program used by git-ssh-pull
+link:git-mailinfo.html[git-mailinfo]::
+ Extracts patch from a single e-mail message.
+
+link:git-mailsplit.html[git-mailsplit]::
+ git-mailsplit.
+
+link:git-patch-id.html[git-patch-id]::
+ Compute unique ID for a patch.
link:git-send-email-script.html[git-send-email]::
Send patch e-mails out of "format-patch --mbox" output.
-link:git-sh-setup-script.html[git-sh-setup-script]::
- Common git shell script setup code.
-
Commands not yet documented
---------------------------
-link:git-applymbox.html[git-applymbox]::
- git-applymbox.
-
-link:git-applypatch.html[git-applypatch]::
- git-applypatch.
-
-link:git-mailinfo.html[git-mailinfo]::
- git-mailinfo.
-
-link:git-mailsplit.html[git-mailsplit]::
- git-mailsplit.
-
-link:git-bisect-script.html[git-bisect-script]::
- git-bisect-script.
-
link:git-build-rev-cache.html[git-build-rev-cache]::
git-build-rev-cache.