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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt77
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt158
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/githooks.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt3
11 files changed, 231 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
index 8a0361321f..5075bad51f 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
ancestor discovery during the "git fetch" transaction.
(merge 42cc7485a2 jt/fetch-negotiator-skipping later to maint).
+ * A new configuration variable core.usereplacerefs has been added,
+ primarily to help server installations that want to ignore the
+ replace mechanism altogether.
+
+ * Teach "git tag -s" etc. a few configuration variables (gpg.format
+ that can be set to "openpgp" or "x509", and gpg.<format>.program
+ that is used to specify what program to use to deal with the format)
+ to allow x.509 certs with CMS via "gpgsm" to be used instead of
+ openpgp via "gnupg".
+
+ * Many more strings are prepared for l10n.
+
+ * "git p4 submit" learns to ask its own pre-submit hook if it should
+ continue with submitting.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -157,6 +172,27 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* The singleton commit-graph in-core instance is made per in-core
repository instance.
+ * "make DEVELOPER=1 DEVOPTS=pedantic" allows developers to compile
+ with -pedantic option, which may catch more problematic program
+ constructs and potential bugs.
+
+ * Preparatory code to later add json output for telemetry data has
+ been added.
+
+ * Update the way we use Coccinelle to find out-of-style code that
+ need to be modernised.
+
+ * It is too easy to misuse system API functions such as strcat();
+ these selected functions are now forbidden in this codebase and
+ will cause a compilation failure.
+
+ * Add a script (in contrib/) to help users of VSCode work better with
+ our codebase.
+
+ * The Travis CI scripts were taught to ship back the test data from
+ failed tests.
+ (merge aea8879a6a sg/travis-retrieve-trash-upon-failure later to maint).
+
Fixes since v2.18
-----------------
@@ -329,6 +365,40 @@ Fixes since v2.18
* The lazy clone support had a few places where missing but promised
objects were not correctly tolerated, which have been fixed.
+ * One of the "diff --color-moved" mode "dimmed_zebra" that was named
+ in an unusual way has been deprecated and replaced by
+ "dimmed-zebra".
+ (merge e3f2f5f9cd es/diff-color-moved-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The wire-protocol v2 relies on the client to send "ref prefixes" to
+ limit the bandwidth spent on the initial ref advertisement. "git
+ clone" when learned to speak v2 forgot to do so, which has been
+ corrected.
+ (merge 402c47d939 bw/clone-ref-prefixes later to maint).
+
+ * "git diff --histogram" had a bad memory usage pattern, which has
+ been rearranged to reduce the peak usage.
+ (merge 79cb2ebb92 sb/histogram-less-memory later to maint).
+
+ * Code clean-up to use size_t/ssize_t when they are the right type.
+ (merge 7726d360b5 jk/size-t later to maint).
+
+ * The wire-protocol v2 relies on the client to send "ref prefixes" to
+ limit the bandwidth spent on the initial ref advertisement. "git
+ fetch $remote branch:branch" that asks tags that point into the
+ history leading to the "branch" automatically followed sent to
+ narrow prefix and broke the tag following, which has been fixed.
+ (merge 2b554353a5 jt/tag-following-with-proto-v2-fix later to maint).
+
+ * When the sparse checkout feature is in use, "git cherry-pick" and
+ other mergy operations lost the skip_worktree bit when a path that
+ is excluded from checkout requires content level merge, which is
+ resolved as the same as the HEAD version, without materializing the
+ merge result in the working tree, which made the path appear as
+ deleted. This has been corrected by preserving the skip_worktree
+ bit (and not materializing the file in the working tree).
+ (merge 2b75fb601c en/merge-recursive-skip-fix later to maint).
+
* Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge aee9be2ebe sg/update-ref-stdin-cleanup later to maint).
(merge 037714252f jc/clean-after-sanity-tests later to maint).
@@ -344,3 +414,10 @@ Fixes since v2.18
(merge 6aaded5509 tb/config-default later to maint).
(merge 022d2ac1f3 sb/blame-color later to maint).
(merge 5a06a20e0c bp/test-drop-caches-for-windows later to maint).
+ (merge dd61cc1c2e jk/ui-color-always-to-auto later to maint).
+ (merge 1e83b9bfdd sb/trailers-docfix later to maint).
+ (merge ab29f1b329 sg/fast-import-dump-refs-on-checkpoint-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 6a8ad880f0 jn/subtree-test-fixes later to maint).
+ (merge ffbd51cc60 nd/pack-objects-threading-doc later to maint).
+ (merge e9dac7be60 es/mw-to-git-chain-fix later to maint).
+ (merge fe583c6c7a rs/remote-mv-leakfix later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 63365dcf3d..b568bad15d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -924,6 +924,11 @@ gc.commitGraph::
required. Default is false. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1]
for details.
+core.useReplaceRefs::
+ If set to `false`, behave as if the `--no-replace-objects`
+ option was given on the command line. See linkgit:git[1] and
+ linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.
+
core.sparseCheckout::
Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
@@ -1497,10 +1502,19 @@ fetch.recurseSubmodules::
fetch.fsckObjects::
If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
- objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
- broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
- Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
- is used instead.
+ objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's
+ checked. Defaults to false. If not set, the value of
+ `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead.
+
+fetch.fsck.<msg-id>::
+ Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by
+ linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See
+ the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for details.
+
+fetch.fsck.skipList::
+ Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by
+ linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See
+ the `fsck.skipList` documentation for details.
fetch.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
@@ -1536,9 +1550,12 @@ fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the
server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an
effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary
- packfile; any other value instructs Git to use the default algorithm
+ packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one
of its descendants).
+ Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out.
++
+See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1].
format.attach::
Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
@@ -1639,15 +1656,42 @@ filter.<driver>.smudge::
linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
fsck.<msg-id>::
- Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
- specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
-+
-For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
-e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
-that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
-+
-This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
-which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
+ During fsck git may find issues with legacy data which
+ wouldn't be generated by current versions of git, and which
+ wouldn't be sent over the wire if `transfer.fsckObjects` was
+ set. This feature is intended to support working with legacy
+ repositories containing such data.
++
+Setting `fsck.<msg-id>` will be picked up by linkgit:git-fsck[1], but
+to accept pushes of such data set `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` instead, or
+to clone or fetch it set `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>`.
++
+The rest of the documentation discusses `fsck.*` for brevity, but the
+same applies for the corresponding `receive.fsck.*` and
+`fetch.<msg-id>.*`. variables.
++
+Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the
+`receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>` variables will not
+fall back on the `fsck.<msg-id>` configuration if they aren't set. To
+uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances
+all three of them they must all set to the same values.
++
+When `fsck.<msg-id>` is set, errors can be switched to warnings and
+vice versa by configuring the `fsck.<msg-id>` setting where the
+`<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value is one of `error`,
+`warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning
+with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line
+- missing email" means that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will
+hide that issue.
++
+In general, it is better to enumerate existing objects with problems
+with `fsck.skipList`, instead of listing the kind of breakages these
+problematic objects share to be ignored, as doing the latter will
+allow new instances of the same breakages go unnoticed.
++
+Setting an unknown `fsck.<msg-id>` value will cause fsck to die, but
+doing the same for `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>`
+will only cause git to warn.
fsck.skipList::
The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
@@ -1656,6 +1700,15 @@ fsck.skipList::
should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
++
+Like `fsck.<msg-id>` this variable has corresponding
+`receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variants.
++
+Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the
+`receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variables will not
+fall back on the `fsck.skipList` configuration if they aren't set. To
+uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances
+all three of them they must all set to the same values.
gc.aggressiveDepth::
The depth parameter used in the delta compression
@@ -1879,6 +1932,16 @@ gpg.program::
signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
standard output.
+gpg.format::
+ Specifies which key format to use when signing with `--gpg-sign`.
+ Default is "openpgp" and another possible value is "x509".
+
+gpg.<format>.program::
+ Use this to customize the program used for the signing format you
+ chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still
+ be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default
+ value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm".
+
gui.commitMsgWidth::
Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
@@ -2932,32 +2995,21 @@ receive.certNonceSlop::
receive.fsckObjects::
If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
- objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
- broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
- Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
- is used instead.
+ objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's checked.
+ Defaults to false. If not set, the value of
+ `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead.
receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
- When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
- to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
- setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
- is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
- the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
- author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
- `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
-+
-This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
-which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
-the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
-other issues.
+ Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by
+ linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of
+ linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for
+ details.
receive.fsck.skipList::
- The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
- line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
- be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
- should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
- can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
- Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
+ Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by
+ linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of
+ linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.skipList` documentation for
+ details.
receive.keepAlive::
After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
@@ -3432,6 +3484,40 @@ transfer.fsckObjects::
When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
Defaults to false.
++
+When set, the fetch or receive will abort in the case of a malformed
+object or a link to a nonexistent object. In addition, various other
+issues are checked for, including legacy issues (see `fsck.<msg-id>`),
+and potential security issues like the existence of a `.GIT` directory
+or a malicious `.gitmodules` file (see the release notes for v2.2.1
+and v2.17.1 for details). Other sanity and security checks may be
+added in future releases.
++
+On the receiving side, failing fsckObjects will make those objects
+unreachable, see "QUARANTINE ENVIRONMENT" in
+linkgit:git-receive-pack[1]. On the fetch side, malformed objects will
+instead be left unreferenced in the repository.
++
+Due to the non-quarantine nature of the `fetch.fsckObjects`
+implementation it can not be relied upon to leave the object store
+clean like `receive.fsckObjects` can.
++
+As objects are unpacked they're written to the object store, so there
+can be cases where malicious objects get introduced even though the
+"fetch" failed, only to have a subsequent "fetch" succeed because only
+new incoming objects are checked, not those that have already been
+written to the object store. That difference in behavior should not be
+relied upon. In the future, such objects may be quarantined for
+"fetch" as well.
++
+For now, the paranoid need to find some way to emulate the quarantine
+environment if they'd like the same protection as "push". E.g. in the
+case of an internal mirror do the mirroring in two steps, one to fetch
+the untrusted objects, and then do a second "push" (which will use the
+quarantine) to another internal repo, and have internal clients
+consume this pushed-to repository, or embargo internal fetches and
+only allow them once a full "fsck" has run (and no new fetches have
+happened in the meantime).
transfer.hideRefs::
String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index f394608b42..0378cd574e 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -286,10 +286,11 @@ zebra::
are painted using either the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' color or
'color.diff.{old,new}MovedAlternative'. The change between
the two colors indicates that a new block was detected.
-dimmed_zebra::
+dimmed-zebra::
Similar to 'zebra', but additional dimming of uninteresting parts
of moved code is performed. The bordering lines of two adjacent
blocks are considered interesting, the rest is uninteresting.
+ `dimmed_zebra` is a deprecated synonym.
--
--color-moved-ws=<modes>::
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 2d09f87b4b..8bc36af4b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ commits reachable from any of the given commits.
The argument to this option may be a glob on ref names, a ref, or the (possibly
abbreviated) SHA-1 of a commit. Specifying a glob is equivalent to specifying
this option multiple times, one for each matching ref name.
++
+See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` configuration variable
+documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
ifndef::git-pull[]
--dry-run::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 085d177d97..901faef1bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OPTIONS
`xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL),
`%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
---color[=<when>]:
+--color[=<when>]::
Respect any colors specified in the `--format` option. The
`<when>` field must be one of `always`, `never`, or `auto` (if
`<when>` is absent, behave as if `always` was given).
diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
index 9111c47a1b..b8fafb1e8b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ OPTIONS
Specify where all new trailers will be added. A setting
provided with '--where' overrides all configuration variables
and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of
- '--where' or '--no-where'.
+ '--where' or '--no-where'. Possible values are `after`, `before`,
+ `end` or `start`.
--if-exists <action>::
--no-if-exists::
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ OPTIONS
least one trailer with the same <token> in the message. A setting
provided with '--if-exists' overrides all configuration variables
and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of
- '--if-exists' or '--no-if-exists'.
+ '--if-exists' or '--no-if-exists'. Possible actions are `addIfDifferent`,
+ `addIfDifferentNeighbor`, `add`, `replace` and `doNothing`.
--if-missing <action>::
--no-if-missing::
@@ -104,7 +106,8 @@ OPTIONS
trailer with the same <token> in the message. A setting
provided with '--if-missing' overrides all configuration variables
and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of
- '--if-missing' or '--no-if-missing'.
+ '--if-missing' or '--no-if-missing'. Possible actions are `doNothing`
+ or `add`.
--only-trailers::
Output only the trailers, not any other parts of the input.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index f0de3b891b..41780a5aa9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -374,6 +374,14 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior.
been submitted. Implies --disable-rebase. Can also be set with
git-p4.disableP4Sync. Sync with origin/master still goes ahead if possible.
+Hook for submit
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The `p4-pre-submit` hook is executed if it exists and is executable.
+The hook takes no parameters and nothing from standard input. Exiting with
+non-zero status from this script prevents `git-p4 submit` from launching.
+
+One usage scenario is to run unit tests in the hook.
+
Rebase options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These options can be used to modify 'git p4 rebase' behavior.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 87c4288ffc..92f9c12b87 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ options for details.
variable if it exists, or lexicographic order otherwise. See
linkgit:git-config[1].
---color[=<when>]:
+--color[=<when>]::
Respect any colors specified in the `--format` option. The
`<when>` field must be one of `always`, `never`, or `auto` (if
`<when>` is absent, behave as if `always` was given).
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index e3c283a174..959044347e 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -485,6 +485,13 @@ The exit status determines whether git will use the data from the
hook to limit its search. On error, it will fall back to verifying
all files and folders.
+p4-pre-submit
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by `git-p4 submit`. It takes no parameters and nothing
+from standard input. Exiting with non-zero status from this script prevent
+`git-p4 submit` from launching. Run `git-p4 submit --help` for details.
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
index 64f49d0bbb..9c5b6f0fac 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
@@ -338,11 +338,11 @@ server advertises capability `allow-tip-sha1-in-want` or
request_end
request_end = "0000" / "done"
- want_list = PKT-LINE(want NUL cap_list LF)
+ want_list = PKT-LINE(want SP cap_list LF)
*(want_pkt)
want_pkt = PKT-LINE(want LF)
want = "want" SP id
- cap_list = *(SP capability) SP
+ cap_list = capability *(SP capability)
have_list = *PKT-LINE("have" SP id LF)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
index 508a344cf1..6ac774d5f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ Each Extra Parameter takes the form of `<key>=<value>` or `<key>`.
Servers that receive any such Extra Parameters MUST ignore all
unrecognized keys. Currently, the only Extra Parameter recognized is
-"version=1".
+"version" with a value of '1' or '2'. See protocol-v2.txt for more
+information on protocol version 2.
Git Transport
-------------