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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 318b04fdeb..8601949e80 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ This recipe appears to work with the current [*1*] Thunderbird from Suse. The following Thunderbird extensions are needed: AboutConfig 0.5 http://aboutconfig.mozdev.org/ - External Editor 0.5.4 - http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/exteditor + External Editor 0.7.2 + http://globs.org/articles.php?lng=en&pg=8 1) Prepare the patch as a text file using your method of choice. diff --git a/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt index 4211c81972..d1360ecde2 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ $ git show-branch --topo-order master mybranch The first two lines indicate that it is showing the two branches and the first line of the commit log message from their top-of-the-tree commits, you are currently on `master` branch -(notice the asterisk `*` character), and the first column for +(notice the asterisk `\*` character), and the first column for the later output lines is used to show commits contained in the `master` branch, and the second column for the `mybranch` branch. Three commits are shown along with their log messages. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index c183dc9da0..f523ec2fbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ --stat:: Generate a diffstat instead of a patch. +--summary:: + Output a condensed summary of extended header information + such as creations, renames and mode changes. + --patch-with-stat:: Generate patch and prepend its diffstat. diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 5e3112943d..6342ea33e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ DESCRIPTION A simple wrapper for git-update-index to add files to the index, for people used to do "cvs add". +It only adds non-ignored files, to add ignored files use +"git update-index --add". OPTIONS ------- <file>...:: - Files to add to the index. + Files to add to the index (see gitlink:git-ls-files[1]). -n:: Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist. @@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ git-add git-*.sh:: See Also -------- gitlink:git-rm[1] +gitlink:git-ls-files[1] Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 36890c543d..c61afbcdba 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-clean' [-d] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] +'git-clean' [-d] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Removes files unknown to git. This allows to clean the working tree from files that are not under version control. If the '-x' option is specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing to remove all build products. +When optional `<paths>...` arguments are given, the paths +affected are further limited to those that match them. + OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index d30435a9e4..56bd3e517d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a commit to a CVS checkout SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cvsexportcommmit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-p] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID +'git-cvsexportcommmit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-p] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID DESCRIPTION @@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ OPTIONS Be pedantic (paranoid) when applying patches. Invokes patch with --fuzz=0 +-f:: + Force the merge even if the files are not up to date. + +-m:: + Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. + Useful for patch series and the like. + -v:: Verbose. diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index d55456ae93..74102b7944 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -8,43 +8,82 @@ git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-grep' [<option>...] [-e] <pattern> [--] [<path>...] +[verse] +'git-grep' [--cached] + [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp] + [-v | --invert-match] + [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] [-F | --fixed-strings] + [-n] [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match] + [-c | --count] + [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>] + [-f <file>] [-e <pattern>] + [<tree>...] + [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Searches list of files `git-ls-files` produces for lines -containing a match to the given pattern. +Look for specified patterns in the working tree files, blobs +registered in the index file, or given tree objects. OPTIONS ------- -`--`:: - Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters - are <path> limiters. +--cached:: + Instead of searching in the working tree files, check + the blobs registerd in the index file. + +-a | --text:: + Process binary files as if they were text. + +-i | --ignore-case:: + Ignore case differences between the patterns and the + files. + +-w | --word-regexp:: + Match the pattern only at word boundary (either begin at the + beginning of a line, or preceded by a non-word character; end at + the end of a line or followed by a non-word character). + +-v | --invert-match:: + Select non-matching lines. + +-E | --extended-regexp | -G | --basic-regexp:: + Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns. Default + is to use basic regexp. -<option>...:: - Either an option to pass to `grep` or `git-ls-files`. -+ -The following are the specific `git-ls-files` options -that may be given: `-o`, `--cached`, `--deleted`, `--others`, -`--killed`, `--ignored`, `--modified`, `--exclude=\*`, -`--exclude-from=\*`, and `--exclude-per-directory=\*`. -+ -All other options will be passed to `grep`. +-n:: + Prefix the line number to matching lines. -<pattern>:: - The pattern to look for. The first non option is taken - as the pattern; if your pattern begins with a dash, use - `-e <pattern>`. +-l | --files-with-matches | -L | --files-without-match:: + Instead of showing every matched line, show only the + names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches. -<path>...:: - Optional paths to limit the set of files to be searched; - passed to `git-ls-files`. +-c | --count:: + Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of + lines that match. + +-[ABC] <context>:: + Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B` + -- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a + line containing `--` between continguous groups of + matches. + +-f <file>:: + Read patterns from <file>, one per line. + +`<tree>...`:: + Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns. + +`--`:: + Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters + are <path> limiters. Author ------ -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> +Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, later +revamped by Junio C Hamano. + Documentation -------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt index d1d56f194a..6099be2add 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt @@ -8,16 +8,26 @@ git-merge-base - Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-merge-base' <commit> <commit> +'git-merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit> DESCRIPTION ----------- -"git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible. Given a -selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be relied on -to decide in any particular way. + +"git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible between +the two commits. That is, given two commits A and B 'git-merge-base A +B' will output a commit which is reachable from both A and B through +the parent relationship. + +Given a selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be +relied on to decide in any particular way. The "git-merge-base" algorithm is still in flux - use the source... +OPTIONS +------- +--all:: + Output all common ancestors for the two commits instead of + just one. Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6e9a8c369a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +git-quiltimport(1) +================ + +NAME +---- +git-quiltimport - Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git-quiltimport' [--dry-run] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>] + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Applies a quilt patchset onto the current git branch, preserving +the patch boundaries, patch order, and patch descriptions present +in the quilt patchset. + +For each patch the code attempts to extract the author from the +patch description. If that fails it falls back to the author +specified with --author. If the --author flag was not given +the patch description is displayed and the user is asked to +interactively enter the author of the patch. + +If a subject is not found in the patch description the patch name is +preserved as the 1 line subject in the git description. + +OPTIONS +------- +--dry-run:: + Walk through the patches in the series and warn + if we cannot find all of the necessary information to commit + a patch. At the time of this writing only missing author + information is warned about. + +--author Author Name <Author Email>:: + The author name and email address to use when no author + information can be found in the patch description. + +--patches <dir>:: + The directory to find the quilt patches and the + quilt series file. + + The default for the patch directory is patches + or the value of the $QUILT_PATCHES environment + variable. + +Author +------ +Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 1b482abecd..08ee4aabaf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-rebase' [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>] -'git-rebase' --continue - -'git-rebase' --abort +'git-rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,9 +21,10 @@ not exist in the <upstream> branch. It is possible that a merge failure will prevent this process from being completely automatic. You will have to resolve any such merge failure -and run `git rebase --continue`. If you can not resolve the merge -failure, running `git rebase --abort` will restore the original <branch> -and remove the working files found in the .dotest directory. +and run `git rebase --continue`. Another option is to bypass the commit +that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To restore the +original <branch> and remove the .dotest working files, use the command +`git rebase --abort` instead. Note that if <branch> is not specified on the command line, the currently checked out branch is used. diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt index fd44f629f5..660c18ff8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt @@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be escaped. -If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, you -should provide a POSIX regex for the value. If you want to handle the lines -*not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front -(see EXAMPLES). +If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple +lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the +existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If +you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just +prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES). The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt index 8255ae1bce..ad6d14c55a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt @@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS --bisect:: Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between the included and excluded commits. |