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diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5051e2bada --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +git-bundle(1) +============= + +NAME +---- +git-bundle - Move objects and refs by archive + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git-bundle' create <file> [git-rev-list args] +'git-bundle' verify <file> +'git-bundle' list-heads <file> [refname...] +'git-bundle' unbundle <file> [refname...] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Some workflows require that one or more branches of development on one +machine be replicated on another machine, but the two machines cannot +be directly connected so the interactive git protocols (git, ssh, +rsync, http) cannot be used. This command provides support for +git-fetch and git-pull to operate by packaging objects and references +in an archive at the originating machine, then importing those into +another repository using gitlink:git-fetch[1] and gitlink:git-pull[1] +after moving the archive by some means (i.e., by sneakernet). As no +direct connection between repositories exists, the user must specify a +basis for the bundle that is held by the destination repository: the +bundle assumes that all objects in the basis are already in the +destination repository. + +OPTIONS +------- + +create <file>:: + Used to create a bundle named 'file'. This requires the + git-rev-list arguments to define the bundle contents. + +verify <file>:: + Used to check that a bundle file is valid and will apply + cleanly to the current repository. This includes checks on the + bundle format itself as well as checking that the prerequisite + commits exist and are fully linked in the current repository. + git-bundle prints a list of missing commits, if any, and exits + with non-zero status. + +list-heads <file>:: + Lists the references defined in the bundle. If followed by a + list of references, only references matching those given are + printed out. + +unbundle <file>:: + Passes the objects in the bundle to gitlink:git-index-pack[1] + for storage in the repository, then prints the names of all + defined references. If a reflist is given, only references + matching those in the given list are printed. This command is + really plumbing, intended to be called only by + gitlink:git-fetch[1]. + +[git-rev-list-args...]:: + A list of arguments, acceptable to git-rev-parse and + git-rev-list, that specify the specific objects and references + to transport. For example, "master~10..master" causes the + current master reference to be packaged along with all objects + added since its 10th ancestor commit. There is no explicit + limit to the number of references and objects that may be + packaged. + + +[refname...]:: + A list of references used to limit the references reported as + available. This is principally of use to git-fetch, which + expects to receive only those references asked for and not + necessarily everything in the pack (in this case, git-bundle is + acting like gitlink:git-fetch-pack[1]). + +SPECIFYING REFERENCES +--------------------- + +git-bundle will only package references that are shown by +git-show-ref: this includes heads, tags, and remote heads. References +such as master~1 cannot be packaged, but are perfectly suitable for +defining the basis. More than one reference may be packaged, and more +than one basis can be specified. The objects packaged are those not +contained in the union of the given bases. Each basis can be +specified explicitly (e.g., ^master~10), or implicitly (e.g., +master~10..master, master --since=10.days.ago). + +It is very important that the basis used be held by the destination. +It is okay to err on the side of conservatism, causing the bundle file +to contain objects already in the destination as these are ignored +when unpacking at the destination. + +EXAMPLE +------- + +Assume two repositories exist as R1 on machine A, and R2 on machine B. +For whatever reason, direct connection between A and B is not allowed, +but we can move data from A to B via some mechanism (CD, email, etc). +We want to update R2 with developments made on branch master in R1. +We set a tag in R1 (lastR2bundle) after the previous such transport, +and move it afterwards to help build the bundle. + +in R1 on A: +$ git-bundle create mybundle master ^lastR2bundle +$ git tag -f lastR2bundle master + +(move mybundle from A to B by some mechanism) + +in R2 on B: +$ git-bundle verify mybundle +$ git-fetch mybundle refspec + +where refspec is refInBundle:localRef + + +Also, with something like this in your config: + +[remote "bundle"] + url = /home/me/tmp/file.bdl + fetch = refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* + +You can first sneakernet the bundle file to ~/tmp/file.bdl and +then these commands: + +$ git ls-remote bundle +$ git fetch bundle +$ git pull bundle + +would treat it as if it is talking with a remote side over the +network. + +Author +------ +Written by Mark Levedahl <mdl123@verizon.net> + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |