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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 7e4d5716a6..559d5f9ebf 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -237,8 +237,10 @@ For Python scripts: Writing Documentation: - Most (if not all) of the documentation pages are written in AsciiDoc - and processed into HTML output and manpages. + Most (if not all) of the documentation pages are written in the + AsciiDoc format in *.txt files (e.g. Documentation/git.txt), and + processed into HTML and manpages (e.g. git.html and git.1 in the + same directory). Every user-visible change should be reflected in the documentation. The same general rule as for code applies -- imitate the existing diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fc3ea185a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Git v1.8.3.1 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v1.8.3 +------------------ + + * When $HOME is misconfigured to point at an unreadable directory, we + used to complain and die. The check has been loosened. + + * Handling of negative exclude pattern for directories "!dir" was + broken in the update to v1.8.3. + +Also contains a handful of trivial code clean-ups, documentation +updates, updates to the test suite, etc. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.txt index 0fdb84068b..ead568e7f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.txt @@ -41,12 +41,20 @@ Updates since v1.8.2 Foreign interface - * remote-hg and remote-bzr helpers (in contrib/) have been updated; - especially, the latter has been accelerated to help Emacs folks, + * remote-hg and remote-bzr helpers (in contrib/ since v1.8.2) have + been updated; especially, the latter has been done in an + accelerated schedule (read: we may not have merged to this release + if we were following the usual "cook sufficiently in next before + unleashing it to the world" workflow) in order to help Emacs folks, whose primary SCM seems to be stagnating. + UI, Workflows & Features + * A handful of updates applied to gitk, including an addition of + "revert" action, showing dates in tags in a nicer way, making + colors configurable, and support for -G'pickaxe' search. + * The prompt string generator (in contrib/completion/) learned to show how many changes there are in total and how many have been replayed during a "git rebase" session. @@ -106,9 +114,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features of erroneous inputs was suboptimal and has been improved. * When the interactive access to git-shell is not enabled, it issues - a message meant to help the system administrator to enable it. - An explicit way to help the end users who connect to the service by - issuing custom messages to refuse such an access has been added. + a message meant to help the system administrator to enable it. An + explicit way has been added to issue custom messages to refuse an + access over the network to help the end users who connect to the + service expecting an interactive shell. * In addition to the case where the user edits the log message with the "e)dit" option of "am -i", replace the "Applying: this patch" @@ -118,8 +127,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git status" suggests users to look into using --untracked=no option when it takes too long. - * "git status" shows a bit more information during a - rebase/bisect session. + * "git status" shows a bit more information during a rebase/bisect + session. * "git fetch" learned to fetch a commit at the tip of an unadvertised ref by specifying a raw object name from the command line when the @@ -236,7 +245,6 @@ details). * Various subcommands of "git remote" simply ignored extraneous command line arguments instead of diagnosing them as errors. - (merge b17dd3f tr/remote-tighten-commandline-parsing later to maint). * When receive-pack detects an error in the pack header it received in order to decide which of unpack-objects or index-pack to run, it @@ -259,7 +267,6 @@ details). buffer around as human readable object names. This was not a huge problem but was exposed by a new change that uses these names in error output. - (merge 70d26c6 tr/copy-revisions-from-stdin later to maint). * Smart-capable HTTP servers were not restricted via the GIT_NAMESPACE mechanism when talking with commit-walking clients, @@ -304,11 +311,9 @@ details). * Fix a 1.8.1.x regression that stopped matching "dir" (without a trailing slash) to a directory "dir". - (merge efa5f82 jc/directory-attrs-regression-fix later to maint-1.8.1). * "git apply --whitespace=fix" was not prepared to see a line getting longer after fixing whitespaces (e.g. tab-in-indent aka Python). - (merge 329b26e jc/apply-ws-fix-tab-in-indent later to maint-1.8.1). * The prompt string generator (in contrib/completion/) did not notice when we are in a middle of a "git revert" session. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 104579dc75..b8a9b86375 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --ignore-submodules[=<when>]:: Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation. <when> can be - either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default + either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default. Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 19d57a80f5..5bbe7b6d10 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ git-am - Apply a series of patches from a mailbox SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--keep-cr | --no-keep-cr] [--utf8 | --no-utf8] +'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--[no-]keep-cr] [--[no-]utf8] [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date] [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet] - [--scissors | --no-scissors] + [--[no-]scissors] [(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...] 'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort) @@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ OPTIONS --keep-non-patch:: Pass `-b` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). ---keep-cr:: ---no-keep-cr:: +--[no-]keep-cr:: With `--keep-cr`, call 'git mailsplit' (see linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]) with the same option, to prevent it from stripping CR at the end of lines. `am.keepcr` configuration variable can be used to specify the diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 250e5228a3..b97aaab4ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>] - [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes] + [-o <file> | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes] [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish> [<path>...] diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index ec1739a896..a49be1bab4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ typed the branch name. OPTIONS ------- ---allow-onelevel:: ---no-allow-onelevel:: +--[no-]allow-onelevel:: Controls whether one-level refnames are accepted (i.e., refnames that do not contain multiple `/`-separated components). The default is `--no-allow-onelevel`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 23a9413525..ca118ac6bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. "--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be -derived from the remote-tracking branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" -is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the -next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed. +derived from the remote-tracking branch, by looking at the local part of +the refspec configured for the corresponding remote, and then stripping +the initial part up to the "*". This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching off of "origin/hack" (or "remotes/origin/hack", or even "refs/remotes/origin/hack"). If the given name has no slash, or the above diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 5c16e317f6..a0727d7759 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] - [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> + [--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. with a long history, and would want to send in fixes as patches. ---single-branch:: +--[no-]single-branch:: Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch, either specified by the `--branch` option or the primary branch remote's `HEAD` points at. When creating a shallow diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 8172938653..1a7616c73a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] - [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] + [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status] [-i | -o] [-S[<keyid>]] [--] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 9ae2508f3f..d88a6fcb29 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>. Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either '--system', '--global', or repository (default). ---includes:: ---no-includes:: +--[no-]includes:: Respect `include.*` directives in config files when looking up values. Defaults to on. diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index bfb106cccd..223f731523 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ SYNOPSIS [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=<file>] [--enable=<service>] [--disable=<service>] [--allow-override=<service>] [--forbid-override=<service>] - [--access-hook=<path>] - [--inetd | [--listen=<host_or_ipaddr>] [--port=<n>] [--user=<user> [--group=<group>]] + [--access-hook=<path>] [--[no-]informative-errors] + [--inetd | + [--listen=<host_or_ipaddr>] [--port=<n>] + [--user=<user> [--group=<group>]]] [<directory>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -169,8 +171,7 @@ Git configuration files in that directory are readable by `<user>`. repository configuration. By default, all the services are overridable. ---informative-errors:: ---no-informative-errors:: +--[no-]informative-errors:: When informative errors are turned on, git-daemon will report more verbose errors to the client, differentiating conditions like "no such repository" from "repository not exported". This diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 8361e6e4e3..11887e63a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`. --tool-help:: Print a list of diff tools that may be used with `--tool`. ---symlinks:: ---no-symlinks:: +--[no-]symlinks:: 'git difftool''s default behavior is create symlinks to the working tree when run in `--dir-diff` mode and the right-hand side of the comparison yields the same content as the file in diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt index 03fc8c39d8..efb03806f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt @@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ marks the same across runs. different from the commit's first parent). [<git-rev-list-args>...]:: - A list of arguments, acceptable to 'git rev-parse' and - 'git rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references - to export. For example, `master~10..master` causes the - current master reference to be exported along with all objects - added since its 10th ancestor commit. + A list of arguments, acceptable to 'git rev-parse' and + 'git rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references + to export. For example, `master~10..master` causes the + current master reference to be exported along with all objects + added since its 10th ancestor commit. EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index b81e90d8e7..1e71754347 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag] - [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] - [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] - [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] + [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] + [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] + [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt index 3a0f55ec8e..bb1232a52c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt @@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ OPTIONS Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being merged. ---summary:: ---no-summary:: +--[no-]summary:: Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be removed in the future. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index e5878bd97b..25c431d3c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ index file, all SHA-1 references in `refs` namespace, and all reflogs Print out objects that exist but that aren't reachable from any of the reference nodes. ---dangling:: ---no-dangling:: +--[no-]dangling:: Print objects that exist but that are never 'directly' used (default). `--no-dangling` can be used to omit this information from the output. @@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ index file, all SHA-1 references in `refs` namespace, and all reflogs a blob, the contents are written into the file, rather than its object name. ---progress:: ---no-progress:: +--[no-]progress:: Progress status is reported on the standard error stream by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless --no-progress or --verbose is specified. --progress forces diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 50d46e1a7b..8497aa4494 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-W | --function-context] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] - [ [--exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...] + [ [--[no-]exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt index 97e7a8e9e7..164a3c6ede 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-mailinfo - Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git mailinfo' [-k|-b] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--scissors] <msg> <patch> +'git mailinfo' [-k|-b] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--[no-]scissors] <msg> <patch> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index 42391f2ae7..67ca99cd92 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be used to give a good default for automated 'git merge' invocations. ---rerere-autoupdate:: ---no-rerere-autoupdate:: +--[no-]rerere-autoupdate:: Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the result of auto-conflict resolution if possible. diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 6b563c500f..07137f252b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...] |