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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.7.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.0.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.18.0.txt70
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-annotate.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-attr.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-credential-store.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fast-export.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fast-import.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-help.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt67
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pull.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-email.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-index.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-web--browse.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcli.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitrevisions.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitworkflows.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt29
40 files changed, 306 insertions, 88 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.7.txt
index e7e79d999b..e743a2a8e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.7.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.7.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Fixes since v1.7.11.6
references" nor "Reload" did not update what is shown as the
contents of it, when the user overwrote the tag with "git tag -f".
- * "git for-each-ref" did not currectly support more than one --sort
+ * "git for-each-ref" did not correctly support more than one --sort
option.
* "git log .." errored out saying it is both rev range and a path
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.0.txt
index d6db0e19cf..c2cf891f71 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.0.txt
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Fixes since v2.16
validate the data and connected-ness of objects in the received
pack; the code to perform this check has been taught about the
narrow clone's convention that missing objects that are reachable
- from objects in a pack that came from a promissor remote is OK.
+ from objects in a pack that came from a promisor remote is OK.
* There was an unused file-scope static variable left in http.c when
building for versions of libCURL that is older than 7.19.4, which
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.18.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.18.0.txt
index fd5aecf8e9..3ea280cf68 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.18.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.18.0.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Updates since v2.17
UI, Workflows & Features
- * Rename detection logic in "diff" family that is used in "merge" has
+ * Rename detection logic that is used in "merge" and "cherry-pick" has
learned to guess when all of x/a, x/b and x/c have moved to z/a,
z/b and z/c, it is likely that x/d added in the meantime would also
want to move to z/d by taking the hint that the entire directory
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
have been replaced with a stub that errors out and tells the user
there are replacements.
- * The new "checkout-encoding" attribute can ask Git to convert the
+ * The new "working-tree-encoding" attribute can ask Git to convert the
contents to the specified encoding when checking out to the working
tree (and the other way around when checking in).
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* The command line completion mechanism (in contrib/) learned to load
custom completion file for "git $command" where $command is a
custom "git-$command" that the end user has on the $PATH when using
- newer version of bash.
+ newer version of bash-completion.
* "git send-email" can sometimes offer confirmation dialog "Send this
email?" with choices 'Yes', 'No', 'Quit', and 'All'. A new action
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
from the other side; instead, just let cURL library to advertise
and negotiate the best one.
+ * "git p4" learned to "unshelve" shelved commit from P4.
+ (merge 123f631761 ld/p4-unshelve later to maint).
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -290,6 +293,15 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
to test the moral equivalent of the original without hardcoding the
actual object names.
+ * The list of commands with their various attributes were spread
+ across a few places in the build procedure, but it now is getting a
+ bit more consolidated to allow more automation.
+
+ * Quite a many tests assumed that newly created refs are made as
+ loose refs using the files backend, which have been updated to use
+ proper plumbing like rev-parse and update-ref, to avoid breakage
+ once we start using different ref backends.
+
Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
@@ -312,7 +324,7 @@ Fixes since v2.17
after giving an error message.
(merge 3bb0923f06 ps/contains-id-error-message later to maint).
- * "diff-highlight" filter (in contrib/) learned to undertand "git log
+ * "diff-highlight" filter (in contrib/) learned to understand "git log
--graph" output better.
(merge 4551fbba14 jk/diff-highlight-graph-fix later to maint).
@@ -488,6 +500,45 @@ Fixes since v2.17
which have been corrected.
(merge 17154b1576 ma/regex-no-regfree-after-comp-fail later to maint).
+ * The import-tars script (in contrib/) has been taught to handle
+ tarballs with overly long paths that use PAX extended headers.
+ (merge 12ecea46e3 pa/import-tars-long-names later to maint).
+
+ * "git rev-parse Y..." etc. misbehaved when given endpoints were
+ not committishes.
+ (merge 0ed556d38f en/rev-parse-invalid-range later to maint).
+
+ * "git pull --recurse-submodules --rebase", when the submodule
+ repository's history did not have anything common between ours and
+ the upstream's, failed to execute. We need to fetch from them to
+ continue even in such a case.
+ (merge 4d36f88be7 jt/submodule-pull-recurse-rebase later to maint).
+
+ * "git remote update" can take both a single remote nickname and a
+ nickname for remote groups, but only one of them was documented.
+ (merge a97447a42a nd/remote-update-doc later to maint).
+
+ * "index-pack --strict" has been taught to make sure that it runs the
+ final object integrity checks after making the freshly indexed
+ packfile available to itself.
+ (merge 3737746120 jk/index-pack-maint later to maint).
+
+ * Make zlib inflate codepath more robust against versions of zlib
+ that clobber unused portion of outbuf.
+ (merge b611396e97 jl/zlib-restore-nul-termination later to maint).
+
+ * Fix old merge glitch in Documentation during v2.13-rc0 era.
+ (merge 28cb06020b mw/doc-merge-enumfix later to maint).
+
+ * The code to read compressed bitmap was not careful to avoid reading
+ past the end of the file, which has been corrected.
+ (merge 1140bf01ec jk/ewah-bounds-check later to maint).
+
+ * "make NO_ICONV=NoThanks" did not override NEEDS_LIBICONV
+ (i.e. linkage of -lintl, -liconv, etc. that are platform-specific
+ tweaks), which has been corrected.
+ (merge fdb1fbbc7d es/make-no-iconv later to maint).
+
* Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups.
(merge 248f66ed8e nd/trace-with-env later to maint).
(merge 14ced5562c ys/bisect-object-id-missing-conversion-fix later to maint).
@@ -519,3 +570,14 @@ Fixes since v2.17
(merge 58bd77b66a nd/pack-unreachable-objects-doc later to maint).
(merge 4ed79d5203 sg/t6500-no-redirect-of-stdin later to maint).
(merge 17b8a2d6cd jk/config-blob-sans-repo later to maint).
+ (merge 590551ca2c rd/tag-doc-lightweight later to maint).
+ (merge 44f560fc16 rd/init-typo later to maint).
+ (merge f156a0934a rd/p4-doc-markup-env later to maint).
+ (merge 2a00502b14 tg/doc-sec-list later to maint).
+ (merge 47cc91310a jk/submodule-fsck-loose-fixup later to maint).
+ (merge efde7b725c rd/comment-typofix-in-sha1-file later to maint).
+ (merge 7eedad15df rd/diff-options-typofix later to maint).
+ (merge 58ebd936cc km/doc-workflows-typofix later to maint).
+ (merge 30aa96cdf8 rd/doc-remote-tracking-with-hyphen later to maint).
+ (merge cf317877e3 ks/branch-set-upstream later to maint).
+ (merge 8de19d6be8 sg/t7406-chain-fix later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..284e07f6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Git 2.19 Release Notes
+======================
+
+Updates since v2.18
+-------------------
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
+
+
+Fixes since v2.18
+-----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 945f8edb46..2488544407 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ that is fine, but please mark it as such.
[[send-patches]]
=== Sending your patches.
+:security-ml: footnoteref:[security-ml,The Git Security mailing list: git-security@googlegroups.com]
+
+Before sending any patches, please note that patches that may be
+security relevant should be submitted privately to the Git Security
+mailing list{security-ml}, instead of the public mailing list.
+
Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible. These commands
are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways
your existing e-mail client that is optimized for "multipart/*" mime
@@ -259,17 +265,24 @@ patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message
that starts with `-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----`. That is
not a text/plain, it's something else.
+:security-ml-ref: footnoteref:[security-ml]
+
+As mentioned at the beginning of the section, patches that may be
+security relevant should not be submitted to the public mailing list
+mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
+Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
+
Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git
contacts` command in `contrib/contacts/` can help to
identify them), to solicit comments and reviews.
-:1: footnote:[The current maintainer: gitster@pobox.com]
-:2: footnote:[The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org]
+:current-maintainer: footnote:[The current maintainer: gitster@pobox.com]
+:git-ml: footnote:[The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org]
After the list reached a consensus that it is a good idea to apply the
-patch, re-send it with "To:" set to the maintainer{1} and "cc:" the
-list{2} for inclusion.
+patch, re-send it with "To:" set to the maintainer{current-maintainer} and "cc:" the
+list{git-ml} for inclusion.
Do not forget to add trailers such as `Acked-by:`, `Reviewed-by:` and
`Tested-by:` lines as necessary to credit people who helped your
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 7d8383433c..1cc18a828c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1162,7 +1162,8 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
color.decorate.<slot>::
Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
- branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+ branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively
+ and `grafted` for grafted commits.
color.grep::
When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
@@ -1412,6 +1413,14 @@ credential.<url>.*::
credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
+completion.commands::
+ This is only used by git-completion.bash to add or remove
+ commands from the list of completed commands. Normally only
+ porcelain commands and a few select others are completed. You
+ can add more commands, separated by space, in this
+ variable. Prefixing the command with '-' will remove it from
+ the existing list.
+
include::diff-config.txt[]
difftool.<tool>.path::
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index f466600972..41064909ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
endif::git-format-patch[]
--indent-heuristic::
- Enable the heuristic that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches
+ Enable the heuristic that shifts diff hunk boundaries to make patches
easier to read. This is the default.
--no-indent-heuristic::
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ diff" algorithm internally.
low-occurrence common elements".
--
+
-For instance, if you configured diff.algorithm variable to a
+For instance, if you configured the `diff.algorithm` variable to a
non-default value and want to use the default one, then you
have to use `--diff-algorithm=default` option.
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`,
as file creations or deletions ("new" or "gone", optionally "+l"
if it's a symlink) and mode changes ("+x" or "-x" for adding
or removing executable bit respectively) in diffstat. The
- information is put betwen the filename part and the graph
+ information is put between the filename part and the graph
part. Implies `--stat`.
--numstat::
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
Warn if changes introduce conflict markers or whitespace errors.
What are considered whitespace errors is controlled by `core.whitespace`
configuration. By default, trailing whitespaces (including
- lines that solely consist of whitespaces) and a space character
+ lines that consist solely of whitespaces) and a space character
that is immediately followed by a tab character inside the
initial indent of the line are considered whitespace errors.
Exits with non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
this option is not given, and the configuration variable
`diff.wsErrorHighlight` is not set, only whitespace errors in
`new` lines are highlighted. The whitespace errors are colored
- whith `color.diff.whitespace`.
+ with `color.diff.whitespace`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
index 05fd482b74..e44a831339 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit information
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git annotate' [options] file [revision]
+'git annotate' [<options>] <file> [<revision>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 67228494c0..b9aa39000f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-apply - Apply a patch to files and/or to the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--3way]
+'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index | --intent-to-add] [--3way]
[--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse]
[--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
[-p<n>] [-C<n>] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ OPTIONS
cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index
without using the working tree. This implies `--index`.
+--intent-to-add::
+ When applying the patch only to the working tree, mark new
+ files to be added to the index later (see `--intent-to-add`
+ option in linkgit:git-add[1]). This option is ignored unless
+ running in a Git repository and `--index` is not specified.
+ Note that `--index` could be implied by other options such
+ as `--cached` or `--3way`.
+
-3::
--3way::
When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on 3-way merge if
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
index aa3b2bf2fc..3c0578217b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-attr' [-a | --all | attr...] [--] pathname...
-'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | attr...]
+'git check-attr' [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>...
+'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | <attr>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
index 611754f10b..8b42cb3fb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-check-ignore - Debug gitignore / exclude files
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-ignore' [options] pathname...
-'git check-ignore' [options] --stdin
+'git check-ignore' [<options>] <pathname>...
+'git check-ignore' [<options>] --stdin
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt b/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
index 39028ee1a3..aa2055dbeb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-check-mailmap - Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-mailmap' [options] <contact>...
+'git check-mailmap' [<options>] <contact>...
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
index 2b85826393..0216c18ef8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-credential-cache - Helper to temporarily store passwords in memory
SYNOPSIS
--------
-----------------------------
-git config credential.helper 'cache [options]'
+git config credential.helper 'cache [<options>]'
-----------------------------
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
index 25fb963f4b..693dd9d9d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-credential-store - Helper to store credentials on disk
SYNOPSIS
--------
-------------------
-git config credential.helper 'store [options]'
+git config credential.helper 'store [<options>]'
-------------------
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index 37b96c5453..f98b7c6ed7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-cvsserver git-cvsserver pserver
Usage:
[verse]
-'git-cvsserver' [options] [pserver|server] [<directory> ...]
+'git-cvsserver' [<options>] [pserver|server] [<directory> ...]
OPTIONS
-------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 7c2c442700..b180f1fa5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git diff' [options] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>
-'git diff' [options] --no-index [--] <path> <path>
+'git diff' [<options>] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>
+'git diff' [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Show changes between the working tree and the index or a tree, changes
between the index and a tree, changes between two trees, changes between
two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
-'git diff' [options] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you made relative to
the index (staging area for the next commit). In other
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
further add to the index but you still haven't. You can
stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1].
-'git diff' [options] --no-index [--] <path> <path>::
+'git diff' [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>::
This form is to compare the given two paths on the
filesystem. You can omit the `--no-index` option when
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
or when running the command outside a working tree
controlled by Git.
-'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you staged for the next
commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
<commit> is not given, it shows all staged changes.
--staged is a synonym of --cached.
-'git diff' [options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you have in your
working tree relative to the named <commit>. You can
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
branch name to compare with the tip of a different
branch.
-'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This is to view the changes between two arbitrary
<commit>.
-'git diff' [options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on
one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as
using HEAD instead.
-'git diff' [options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes on the branch containing
and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and
"<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the
"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
-'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>::
+'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>::
This form is to view the differences between the raw
contents of two blob objects.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
index 44098595dd..ce954be532 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fast-export - Git data exporter
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git fast-export [options]' | 'git fast-import'
+'git fast-export [<options>]' | 'git fast-import'
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index cdf696ff7f..e81117d27f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fast-import - Backend for fast Git data importers
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-frontend | 'git fast-import' [options]
+frontend | 'git fast-import' [<options>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 40d328a4b3..83d25d825a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-help - Display help information about Git
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git help' [-a|--all] [-g|--guide]
+'git help' [-a|--all [--verbose]] [-g|--guide]
[-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND|GUIDE]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ OPTIONS
--all::
Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
option overrides any given command or guide name.
+ When used with `--verbose` print description for all recognized
+ commands.
+
+-c::
+--config::
+ List all available configuration variables. This is a short
+ summary of the list in linkgit:git-config[1].
-g::
--guides::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
index ff446f15f7..9111c47a1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-interpret-trailers - add or parse structured information in commit messages
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git interpret-trailers' [options] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...]
-'git interpret-trailers' [options] [--parse] [<file>...]
+'git interpret-trailers' [<options>] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...]
+'git interpret-trailers' [<options>] [--parse] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index d5dfd8430f..6a5c00e2c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ reconstruct the original (pre-merge) changes. Therefore:
discouraged: while possible, it may leave you in a state that is hard to
back out of in the case of a conflict.
-The fourth syntax ("`git merge --continue`") can only be run after the
+The third syntax ("`git merge --continue`") can only be run after the
merge has resulted in conflicts.
OPTIONS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index b0abe2cb07..f0de3b891b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ To specify a branch other than the current one, use:
$ git p4 submit topicbranch
------------
+To specify a single commit or a range of commits, use:
+------------
+$ git p4 submit --commit <sha1>
+$ git p4 submit --commit <sha1..sha1>
+------------
+
The upstream reference is generally 'refs/remotes/p4/master', but can
be overridden using the `--origin=` command-line option.
@@ -164,6 +170,31 @@ $ git p4 submit --shelve
$ git p4 submit --update-shelve 1234 --update-shelve 2345
----
+
+Unshelve
+~~~~~~~~
+Unshelving will take a shelved P4 changelist, and produce the equivalent git commit
+in the branch refs/remotes/p4/unshelved/<changelist>.
+
+The git commit is created relative to the current origin revision (HEAD by default).
+If the shelved changelist's parent revisions differ, git-p4 will refuse to unshelve;
+you need to be unshelving onto an equivalent tree.
+
+The origin revision can be changed with the "--origin" option.
+
+If the target branch in refs/remotes/p4/unshelved already exists, the old one will
+be renamed.
+
+----
+$ git p4 sync
+$ git p4 unshelve 12345
+$ git show refs/remotes/p4/unshelved/12345
+<submit more changes via p4 to the same files>
+$ git p4 unshelve 12345
+<refuses to unshelve until git is in sync with p4 again>
+
+----
+
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -330,6 +361,19 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior.
p4/master. See the "Sync options" section above for more
information.
+--commit <sha1>|<sha1..sha1>::
+ Submit only the specified commit or range of commits, instead of the full
+ list of changes that are in the current Git branch.
+
+--disable-rebase::
+ Disable the automatic rebase after all commits have been successfully
+ submitted. Can also be set with git-p4.disableRebase.
+
+--disable-p4sync::
+ Disable the automatic sync of p4/master from Perforce after commits have
+ been submitted. Implies --disable-rebase. Can also be set with
+ git-p4.disableP4Sync. Sync with origin/master still goes ahead if possible.
+
Rebase options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These options can be used to modify 'git p4 rebase' behavior.
@@ -337,6 +381,13 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 rebase' behavior.
--import-labels::
Import p4 labels.
+Unshelve options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+--origin::
+ Sets the git refspec against which the shelved P4 changelist is compared.
+ Defaults to p4/master.
+
DEPOT PATH SYNTAX
-----------------
The p4 depot path argument to 'git p4 sync' and 'git p4 clone' can
@@ -392,7 +443,7 @@ dedicating a client spec just for 'git p4'.
The name of the client can be given to 'git p4' in multiple ways. The
variable 'git-p4.client' takes precedence if it exists. Otherwise,
normal p4 mechanisms of determining the client are used: environment
-variable P4CLIENT, a file referenced by P4CONFIG, or the local host name.
+variable `P4CLIENT`, a file referenced by `P4CONFIG`, or the local host name.
BRANCH DETECTION
@@ -461,22 +512,22 @@ General variables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
git-p4.user::
User specified as an option to all p4 commands, with '-u <user>'.
- The environment variable 'P4USER' can be used instead.
+ The environment variable `P4USER` can be used instead.
git-p4.password::
Password specified as an option to all p4 commands, with
'-P <password>'.
- The environment variable 'P4PASS' can be used instead.
+ The environment variable `P4PASS` can be used instead.
git-p4.port::
Port specified as an option to all p4 commands, with
'-p <port>'.
- The environment variable 'P4PORT' can be used instead.
+ The environment variable `P4PORT` can be used instead.
git-p4.host::
Host specified as an option to all p4 commands, with
'-h <host>'.
- The environment variable 'P4HOST' can be used instead.
+ The environment variable `P4HOST` can be used instead.
git-p4.client::
Client specified as an option to all p4 commands, with
@@ -644,6 +695,12 @@ git-p4.conflict::
Specify submit behavior when a conflict with p4 is found, as per
--conflict. The default behavior is 'ask'.
+git-p4.disableRebase::
+ Do not rebase the tree against p4/master following a submit.
+
+git-p4.disableP4Sync::
+ Do not sync p4/master with Perforce following a submit. Implies git-p4.disableRebase.
+
IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
----------------------
* Changesets from p4 are imported using Git fast-import.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 4e0ad6fd8e..118d9d86f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-pull - Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git pull' [options] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]
+'git pull' [<options>] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index bd5ecff980..0e20a66e73 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ git-rebase - Reapply commits on top of another base tip
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [<options>] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
[<upstream> [<branch>]]
-'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [<options>] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
--root [<branch>]
'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --edit-todo | --show-current-patch
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 595948da53..0cad37fb81 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ actually prune them.
'update'::
-Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
-remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line,
+Fetch updates for remotes or remote groups in the repository as defined by
+remotes.<group>. If neither group nor remote is specified on the command line,
the configuration parameter remotes.default will be used; if
remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 95326b85ff..e72d332b83 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git rev-parse' [<options>] <args>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Example
------------
OPTS_SPEC="\
-some-command [options] <args>...
+some-command [<options>] <args>...
some-command does foo and bar!
--
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ When `"$@"` is `-h` or `--help` in the above example, the following
usage text would be shown:
------------
-usage: some-command [options] <args>...
+usage: some-command [<options>] <args>...
some-command does foo and bar!
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 464c15b94f..4f3efde80c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
+'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
'git send-email' --dump-aliases
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
index a8a9509e0e..424e4ba84c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
@@ -14,13 +14,27 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Read the idx file for a Git packfile created with
-'git pack-objects' command from the standard input, and
-dump its contents.
+Read the `.idx` file for a Git packfile (created with
+linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] or linkgit:git-index-pack[1]) from the
+standard input, and dump its contents. The output consists of one object
+per line, with each line containing two or three space-separated
+columns:
-The information it outputs is subset of what you can get from
-'git verify-pack -v'; this command only shows the packfile
-offset and SHA-1 of each object.
+ - the first column is the offset in bytes of the object within the
+ corresponding packfile
+
+ - the second column is the object id of the object
+
+ - if the index version is 2 or higher, the third column contains the
+ CRC32 of the object data
+
+The objects are output in the order in which they are found in the index
+file, which should be (in a correctly constructed file) sorted by object
+id.
+
+Note that you can get more information on a packfile by calling
+linkgit:git-verify-pack[1]. However, as this command considers only the
+index file itself, it's both faster and more flexible.
GIT
---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index 0e1695df35..fcf528c1b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-show - Show various types of objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git show' [options] [<object>...]
+'git show' [<options>] [<object>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 4a5cc38a6f..ba3c4df550 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ have to use '../foo.git' instead of './foo.git' - as one might expect
when following the rules for relative URLs - because the evaluation
of relative URLs in Git is identical to that of relative directories).
+
-The default remote is the remote of the remote tracking branch
-of the current branch. If no such remote tracking branch exists or
+The default remote is the remote of the remote-tracking branch
+of the current branch. If no such remote-tracking branch exists or
the HEAD is detached, "origin" is assumed to be the default remote.
If the superproject doesn't have a default remote configured
the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current
@@ -183,12 +183,17 @@ information too.
foreach [--recursive] <command>::
Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule.
- The command has access to the variables $name, $path, $sha1 and
- $toplevel:
+ The command has access to the variables $name, $sm_path, $displaypath,
+ $sha1 and $toplevel:
$name is the name of the relevant submodule section in `.gitmodules`,
- $path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the
- superproject, $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject,
- and $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level of the superproject.
+ $sm_path is the path of the submodule as recorded in the immediate
+ superproject, $displaypath contains the relative path from the
+ current working directory to the submodules root directory,
+ $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the immediate
+ superproject, and $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level
+ of the immediate superproject.
+ Note that to avoid conflicts with '$PATH' on Windows, the '$path'
+ variable is now a deprecated synonym of '$sm_path' variable.
Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are
ignored by this command. Unless given `--quiet`, foreach prints the name
of each submodule before evaluating the command.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index e9615951d2..7ea24fc942 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git svn' <command> [options] [arguments]
+'git svn' <command> [<options>] [<arguments>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 1d17101bac..87c4288ffc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ in the tag message.
If `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given and `-a`, `-s`, and `-u <keyid>`
are absent, `-a` is implied.
-Otherwise just a tag reference for the SHA-1 object name of the commit object is
-created (i.e. a lightweight tag).
+Otherwise, a tag reference that points directly at the given object
+(i.e., a lightweight tag) is created.
A GnuPG signed tag object will be created when `-s` or `-u
<keyid>` is used. When `-u <keyid>` is not used, the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
index a4ec25b450..fd952a5ff9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-web--browse - Git helper script to launch a web browser
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git web{litdd}browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ...
+'git web{litdd}browse' [<options>] <url|file>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c662f41c1d..dba7f0c18e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,16 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
Do not perform optional operations that require locks. This is
equivalent to setting the `GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS` to `0`.
+--list-cmds=group[,group...]::
+ List commands by group. This is an internal/experimental
+ option and may change or be removed in the future. Supported
+ groups are: builtins, parseopt (builtin commands that use
+ parse-options), main (all commands in libexec directory),
+ others (all other commands in `$PATH` that have git- prefix),
+ list-<category> (see categories in command-list.txt),
+ nohelpers (exclude helper commands), alias and config
+ (retrieve command list from config variable completion.commands)
+
GIT COMMANDS
------------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index b72936a885..92010b062e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitattributes(5)
NAME
----
-gitattributes - defining attributes per path
+gitattributes - Defining attributes per path
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index 9f13266a68..592e06d839 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ couple of magic command-line options:
+
---------------------------------------------
$ git describe -h
-usage: git describe [options] <commit-ish>*
- or: git describe [options] --dirty
+usage: git describe [<options>] <commit-ish>*
+ or: git describe [<options>] --dirty
--contains find the tag that comes after the commit
--debug debug search strategy on stderr
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index db5d47eb19..4d63def206 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitmodules(5)
NAME
----
-gitmodules - defining submodule properties
+gitmodules - Defining submodule properties
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitrevisions.txt b/Documentation/gitrevisions.txt
index 27dec5b91d..1f6cceaefb 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitrevisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitrevisions.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitrevisions(7)
NAME
----
-gitrevisions - specifying revisions and ranges for Git
+gitrevisions - Specifying revisions and ranges for Git
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
index 926e044d09..ca11c7bdaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ the unstable branch into the stable one. Hence the following:
.Merge upwards
[caption="Rule: "]
=====================================
-Always commit your fixes to the oldest supported branch that require
+Always commit your fixes to the oldest supported branch that requires
them. Then (periodically) merge the integration branches upwards into each
other.
=====================================
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
index 0550c6d0dc..e1a883eb46 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,29 @@ in the commit graph. We can treat these commits as having "infinite"
generation number and walk until reaching commits with known generation
number.
+We use the macro GENERATION_NUMBER_INFINITY = 0xFFFFFFFF to mark commits not
+in the commit-graph file. If a commit-graph file was written by a version
+of Git that did not compute generation numbers, then those commits will
+have generation number represented by the macro GENERATION_NUMBER_ZERO = 0.
+
+Since the commit-graph file is closed under reachability, we can guarantee
+the following weaker condition on all commits:
+
+ If A and B are commits with generation numbers N amd M, respectively,
+ and N < M, then A cannot reach B.
+
+Note how the strict inequality differs from the inequality when we have
+fully-computed generation numbers. Using strict inequality may result in
+walking a few extra commits, but the simplicity in dealing with commits
+with generation number *_INFINITY or *_ZERO is valuable.
+
+We use the macro GENERATION_NUMBER_MAX = 0x3FFFFFFF to for commits whose
+generation numbers are computed to be at least this value. We limit at
+this value since it is the largest value that can be stored in the
+commit-graph file using the 30 bits available to generation numbers. This
+presents another case where a commit can have generation number equal to
+that of a parent.
+
Design Details
--------------
@@ -98,18 +121,14 @@ Future Work
- The 'commit-graph' subcommand does not have a "verify" mode that is
necessary for integration with fsck.
-- The file format includes room for precomputed generation numbers. These
- are not currently computed, so all generation numbers will be marked as
- 0 (or "uncomputed"). A later patch will include this calculation.
-
- After computing and storing generation numbers, we must make graph
walks aware of generation numbers to gain the performance benefits they
enable. This will mostly be accomplished by swapping a commit-date-ordered
priority queue with one ordered by generation number. The following
operations are important candidates:
- - paint_down_to_common()
- 'log --topo-order'
+ - 'tag --merged'
- Currently, parse_commit_gently() requires filling in the root tree
object for a commit. This passes through lookup_tree() and consequently