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-rw-r--r--Documentation/CodingGuidelines27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.2.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt40
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archive.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bundle.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cat-file.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-daemon.txt49
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fast-export.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fast-import.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fetch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-index-pack.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-files.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mergetool.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pull.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reflog.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-relink.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-repack.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-list.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-revert.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-email.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shortlog.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-branch.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-ref.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-index.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-web--browse.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/merge-strategies.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-options.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt71
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-sigchain.txt41
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.txt19
57 files changed, 396 insertions, 225 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 8346c1972b..09ffc46563 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -35,25 +35,28 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
properly nests. It should have been the way Bourne spelled
it from day one, but unfortunately isn't.
- - We use ${parameter-word} and its [-=?+] siblings, and their
- colon'ed "unset or null" form.
+ - We use POSIX compliant parameter substitutions and avoid bashisms;
+ namely:
- - We use ${parameter#word} and its [#%] siblings, and their
- doubled "longest matching" form.
+ - We use ${parameter-word} and its [-=?+] siblings, and their
+ colon'ed "unset or null" form.
- - We use Arithmetic Expansion $(( ... )).
+ - We use ${parameter#word} and its [#%] siblings, and their
+ doubled "longest matching" form.
- - Inside Arithmetic Expansion, spell shell variables with $ in front
- of them, as some shells do not grok $((x)) while accepting $(($x))
- just fine (e.g. dash older than 0.5.4).
+ - No "Substring Expansion" ${parameter:offset:length}.
- - No "Substring Expansion" ${parameter:offset:length}.
+ - No shell arrays.
- - No shell arrays.
+ - No strlen ${#parameter}.
- - No strlen ${#parameter}.
+ - No pattern replacement ${parameter/pattern/string}.
- - No regexp ${parameter/pattern/string}.
+ - We use Arithmetic Expansion $(( ... )).
+
+ - Inside Arithmetic Expansion, spell shell variables with $ in front
+ of them, as some shells do not grok $((x)) while accepting $(($x))
+ just fine (e.g. dash older than 0.5.4).
- We do not use Process Substitution <(list) or >(list).
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c93b85af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Git v1.7.3.2 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+This is primarily to push out many documentation fixes accumulated since
+the 1.7.3.1 release.
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 71ddb6c171..538ebb5e2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1560,12 +1560,12 @@ push.default::
no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
line. Possible values are:
+
-* `nothing` do not push anything.
-* `matching` push all matching branches.
+* `nothing` - do not push anything.
+* `matching` - push all matching branches.
All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
matching. This is the default.
-* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
-* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
+* `tracking` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
@@ -1737,6 +1737,7 @@ sendemail.to::
sendemail.smtpdomain::
sendemail.smtpserver::
sendemail.smtpserverport::
+sendemail.smtpserveroption::
sendemail.smtpuser::
sendemail.thread::
sendemail.validate::
@@ -1765,9 +1766,9 @@ status.showUntrackedFiles::
the untracked files. Possible values are:
+
--
- - 'no' - Show no untracked files
- - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
- - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
+* `no` - Show no untracked files.
+* `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
+* `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
--
+
If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index 8f9a2412fd..3ac2beac62 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ patch file. You can customize the creation of such patches via the
GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF and the GIT_DIFF_OPTS environment variables.
What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional
-diff format.
+diff format:
-1. It is preceded with a "git diff" header, that looks like
- this:
+1. It is preceded with a "git diff" header that looks like this:
diff --git a/file1 b/file2
+
The `a/` and `b/` filenames are the same unless rename/copy is
involved. Especially, even for a creation or a deletion,
-`/dev/null` is _not_ used in place of `a/` or `b/` filenames.
+`/dev/null` is _not_ used in place of the `a/` or `b/` filenames.
+
When rename/copy is involved, `file1` and `file2` show the
name of the source file of the rename/copy and the name of
@@ -37,18 +36,39 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
similarity index <number>
dissimilarity index <number>
index <hash>..<hash> <mode>
-
-3. TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames
- are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively.
- If there is need for such substitution then the whole
- pathname is put in double quotes.
-
++
+File modes are printed as 6-digit octal numbers including the file type
+and file permission bits.
++
+Path names in extended headers do not include the `a/` and `b/` prefixes.
++
The similarity index is the percentage of unchanged lines, and
the dissimilarity index is the percentage of changed lines. It
is a rounded down integer, followed by a percent sign. The
similarity index value of 100% is thus reserved for two equal
files, while 100% dissimilarity means that no line from the old
file made it into the new one.
++
+The index line includes the SHA-1 checksum before and after the change.
+The <mode> is included if the file mode does not change; otherwise,
+separate lines indicate the old and the new mode.
+
+3. TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames
+ are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively.
+ If there is need for such substitution then the whole
+ pathname is put in double quotes.
+
+4. All the `file1` files in the output refer to files before the
+ commit, and all the `file2` files refer to files after the commit.
+ It is incorrect to apply each change to each file sequentially. For
+ example, this patch will swap a and b:
+
+ diff --git a/a b/b
+ rename from a
+ rename to b
+ diff --git a/b b/a
+ rename from b
+ rename to a
combined diff format
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index f77a0f8749..f3e95389aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--patience::
Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm.
---stat[=width[,name-width]]::
+--stat[=<width>[,<name-width>]]::
Generate a diffstat. You can override the default
- output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=width`.
+ output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=<width>`.
The width of the filename part can be controlled by
giving another width to it separated by a comma.
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
---dirstat[=limit]::
+--dirstat[=<limit>]::
Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or
removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below
a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent
- can be set with `--dirstat=limit`. Changes in a child directory is not
+ can be set with `--dirstat=<limit>`. Changes in a child directory are not
counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used.
---dirstat-by-file[=limit]::
+--dirstat-by-file[=<limit>]::
Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines.
--summary::
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`.
-B[<n>][/<m>]::
+--break-rewrites[=[<n>][/<m>]]::
Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and
create. This serves two purposes:
+
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ eligible for being picked up as a possible source of a rename to
another file.
-M[<n>]::
+--detect-renames[=<n>]::
ifndef::git-log[]
Detect renames.
endif::git-log[]
@@ -244,23 +246,10 @@ endif::git-log[]
hasn't changed.
-C[<n>]::
+--detect-copies[=<n>]::
Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`.
If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`.
-ifndef::git-format-patch[]
---diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
- Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
- Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
- type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (`T`),
- are Unmerged (`U`), are
- Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
- Any combination of the filter characters may be used.
- When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
- paths are selected if there is any file that matches
- other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
- that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
-endif::git-format-patch[]
-
--find-copies-harder::
For performance reasons, by default, `-C` option finds copies only
if the original file of the copy was modified in the same
@@ -278,6 +267,18 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
number.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
+--diff-filter=[(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)...[*]]::
+ Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
+ Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
+ type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (`T`),
+ are Unmerged (`U`), are
+ Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
+ Any combination of the filter characters (including none) can be used.
+ When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
+ paths are selected if there is any file that matches
+ other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
+ that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
+
-S<string>::
Look for differences that introduce or remove an instance of
<string>. Note that this is different than the string simply
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 9e62f8778f..51297d09ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
[--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors | --no-scissors]
- [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
+ [(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...]
'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort)
DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ current branch.
OPTIONS
-------
-<mbox>|<Maildir>...::
+(<mbox>|<Maildir>)...::
The list of mailbox files to read patches from. If you do not
supply this argument, the command reads from the standard input.
If you supply directories, they will be treated as Maildirs.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 4a74b23d40..881652f490 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index]
[--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse]
[--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
- [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
+ [-p<n>] [-C<n>] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
[--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace ]
- [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
- [--exclude=PATH] [--include=PATH] [--directory=<root>]
+ [--whitespace=(nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all)]
+ [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--directory=<root>]
[--verbose] [<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index 8d3e66626f..4163a1bcb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
[-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
[--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
- [path...]
+ [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ OPTIONS
<tree-ish>::
The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
-path::
+<path>::
Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories
of the current working directory are included in the archive.
If one or more paths are specified, only these are included.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 38e59afb34..6266a3a602 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ 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...]
+'git bundle' list-heads <file> [<refname>...]
+'git bundle' unbundle <file> [<refname>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ unbundle <file>::
packaged.
-[refname...]::
+[<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
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index a3f56b07fd..544ba7ba21 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OPTIONS
<object>::
The name of the object to show.
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
- the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+ the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
-t::
Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index f5c2e0601d..205d83dd0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ git imposes the following rules on how references are named:
These rules make it easy for shell script based tools to parse
reference names, pathname expansion by the shell when a reference name is used
unquoted (by mistake), and also avoids ambiguities in certain
-reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[1]):
+reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]):
. A double-dot `..` is often used as in `ref1..ref2`, and in some
contexts this notation means `{caret}ref1 ref2` (i.e. not in
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
index 62f9ab24c9..0c0a9c14bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--stage=<number>|all]
[--temp]
[-z] [--stdin]
- [--] [<file>]*
+ [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index 2cef579316..3c96fa8c86 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ OPTIONS
<commit>...::
Commits to cherry-pick.
For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see
- linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+ linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
Sets of commits can be passed but no traversal is done by
default, as if the '--no-walk' option was specified, see
linkgit:git-rev-list[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index 349366ee1e..5dcf4278fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]* < changelog
+'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 01c9f8eb9e..5054f790a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all]
- [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--max-connections=n]
- [--strict-paths] [--base-path=path] [--base-path-relaxed]
- [--user-path | --user-path=path]
- [--interpolated-path=pathtemplate]
- [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file]
- [--enable=service] [--disable=service]
- [--allow-override=service] [--forbid-override=service]
- [--inetd | [--listen=host_or_ipaddr] [--port=n] [--user=user [--group=group]]
- [directory...]
+ [--timeout=<n>] [--init-timeout=<n>] [--max-connections=<n>]
+ [--strict-paths] [--base-path=<path>] [--base-path-relaxed]
+ [--user-path | --user-path=<path>]
+ [--interpolated-path=<pathtemplate>]
+ [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=<file>]
+ [--enable=<service>] [--disable=<service>]
+ [--allow-override=<service>] [--forbid-override=<service>]
+ [--inetd | [--listen=<host_or_ipaddr>] [--port=<n>] [--user=<user> [--group=<group>]]
+ [<directory>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ OPTIONS
'git daemon' will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
whitelist is specified.
---base-path=path::
+--base-path=<path>::
Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path.
This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run 'git daemon' with
'--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ OPTIONS
This is useful for switching to --base-path usage, while still
allowing the old paths.
---interpolated-path=pathtemplate::
+--interpolated-path=<pathtemplate>::
To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be
used to dynamically construct alternate paths. The template
supports %H for the target hostname as supplied by the client but
@@ -80,27 +80,28 @@ OPTIONS
Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog.
Incompatible with --port, --listen, --user and --group options.
---listen=host_or_ipaddr::
+--listen=<host_or_ipaddr>::
Listen on a specific IP address or hostname. IP addresses can
be either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address if supported. If IPv6
is not supported, then --listen=hostname is also not supported and
--listen must be given an IPv4 address.
+ Can be given more than once.
Incompatible with '--inetd' option.
---port=n::
+--port=<n>::
Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with '--inetd' option.
---init-timeout=n::
+--init-timeout=<n>::
Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the
client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
that should be basically immediate).
---timeout=n::
+--timeout=<n>::
Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time
it takes for the server to process the sub-request and the time spent
waiting for the next client's request.
---max-connections=n::
+--max-connections=<n>::
Maximum number of concurrent clients, defaults to 32. Set it to
zero for no limit.
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ OPTIONS
--verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
--user-path::
---user-path=path::
+--user-path=<path>::
Allow {tilde}user notation to be used in requests. When
specified with no parameter, requests to
git://host/{tilde}alice/foo is taken as a request to access
@@ -129,12 +130,12 @@ OPTIONS
--detach::
Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog.
---pid-file=file::
+--pid-file=<file>::
Save the process id in 'file'. Ignored when the daemon
is run under `--inetd`.
---user=user::
---group=group::
+--user=<user>::
+--group=<group>::
Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop.
When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the
primary group ID for the user is used. The values of
@@ -145,16 +146,16 @@ Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use
the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
'git daemon' if needed.
---enable=service::
---disable=service::
+--enable=<service>::
+--disable=<service>::
Enable/disable the service site-wide per default. Note
that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled
per repository if it is marked overridable and the
repository enables the service with a configuration
item.
---allow-override=service::
---forbid-override=service::
+--allow-override=<service>::
+--forbid-override=<service>::
Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per
repository configuration. By default, all the services
are overridable.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 08fd4099ad..dd1fb32786 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree.
further add to the index but you still haven't. You can
stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1].
+
-If exactly two paths are given, and at least one is untracked,
-compare the two files / directories. This behavior can be
-forced by --no-index.
+If exactly two paths are given and at least one points outside
+the current repository, 'git diff' will compare the two files /
+directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index.
'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
@@ -64,15 +64,16 @@ forced by --no-index.
Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be
noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except
-for the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any
-<tree-ish>.
+in the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any
+<tree>. The third form ('git diff <commit> <commit>') can also
+be used to compare two <blob> objects.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see
-"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
However, "diff" is about comparing two _endpoints_, not ranges,
and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and
"<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the
-"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -159,8 +160,12 @@ rewrites (very expensive).
SEE ALSO
--------
-linkgit:git-difftool[1]::
- Show changes using common diff tools
+diff(1),
+linkgit:git-difftool[1],
+linkgit:git-log[1],
+linkgit:gitdiffcore[7],
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1],
+linkgit:git-apply[1]
Author
------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
index fcad113276..e05b686b1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ marks the same across runs.
in the commit (as opposed to just listing the files which are
different from the commit's first parent).
-[git-rev-list-args...]::
+[<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{tilde}10..master` causes the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 966ba4f213..5d0c245e38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ Marks must be declared (via `mark`) before they can be used.
* A complete 40 byte or abbreviated commit SHA-1 in hex.
* Any valid Git SHA-1 expression that resolves to a commit. See
- ``SPECIFYING REVISIONS'' in linkgit:gitrevisions[1] for details.
+ ``SPECIFYING REVISIONS'' in linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for details.
The special case of restarting an incremental import from the
current branch value should be written as:
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ start with double quote (`"`).
If an `LF` or double quote must be encoded into `<path>` shell-style
quoting should be used, e.g. `"path/with\n and \" in it"`.
+Additionally, in `040000` mode, `<path>` may also be an empty string
+(`""`) to specify the root of the tree.
+
The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not:
* contain an empty directory component (e.g. `foo//bar` is invalid),
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index 400fe7f956..d159e88292 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git fetch' [<options>] <group>
-'git fetch' --multiple [<options>] [<repository> | <group>]...
+'git fetch' --multiple [<options>] [(<repository> | <group>)...]
'git fetch' --all [<options>]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index f51860de26..796e7489ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ OPTIONS
This is the filter for performing the commit.
If this filter is specified, it will be called instead of the
'git commit-tree' command, with arguments of the form
- "<TREE_ID> [-p <PARENT_COMMIT_ID>]..." and the log message on
+ "<TREE_ID> [(-p <PARENT_COMMIT_ID>)...]" and the log message on
stdin. The commit id is expected on stdout.
+
As a special extension, the commit filter may emit multiple
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index d66fd9d231..fac1cf55e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
- [--sort=<key>]* [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
+ [(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index df77474c29..9dcafc6d44 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on.
that leads to the <since> to be output.
2. Generic <revision range> expression (see "SPECIFYING
- REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1]) means the
+ REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7]) means the
commits in the specified range.
The first rule takes precedence in the case of a single <commit>. To
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
index f3ccc72f0d..c2bb81042c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ OPTIONS
the newly constructed pack and index before refs can be
updated to use objects contained in the pack.
---keep='why'::
+--keep=<msg>::
Like --keep create a .keep file before moving the index into
its final destination, but rather than creating an empty file
- place 'why' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The 'why'
+ place '<msg>' followed by an LF into the .keep file. The '<msg>'
message can later be searched for within all .keep files to
locate any which have outlived their usefulness.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 246b07ebf9..00d4a124c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ current working directory.
Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE
DIRECTORY" section below.)
---shared[={false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx}]::
+--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This
allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index c213bdbdc5..6d40f0011b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OPTIONS
either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
`HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
- and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+ and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
--follow::
Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 347f447986..86abd13451 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
[--exclude-standard]
[--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>]
- [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]*
+ [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index 1f89d36800..76ed625e7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z]
- [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev=[<n>]]
- <tree-ish> [paths...]
+ [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev[=<n>]]
+ <tree-ish> [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ Lists the contents of a given tree object, like what "/bin/ls -a" does
in the current working directory. Note that:
- the behaviour is slightly different from that of "/bin/ls" in that the
- 'paths' denote just a list of patterns to match, e.g. so specifying
+ '<path>' denotes just a list of patterns to match, e.g. so specifying
directory name (without '-r') will behave differently, and order of the
arguments does not matter.
- - the behaviour is similar to that of "/bin/ls" in that the 'paths' is
+ - the behaviour is similar to that of "/bin/ls" in that the '<path>' is
taken as relative to the current working directory. E.g. when you are
in a directory 'sub' that has a directory 'dir', you can run 'git
ls-tree -r HEAD dir' to list the contents of the tree (that is
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ OPTIONS
Do not limit the listing to the current working directory.
Implies --full-name.
-paths::
+[<path>...]::
When paths are given, show them (note that this isn't really raw
pathnames, but rather a list of patterns to match). Otherwise
implicitly uses the root level of the tree as the sole path argument.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
index a634485281..71912a19a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] [--keep-cr] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...]
+'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] [--keep-cr] -o<directory> [--] [(<mbox>|<Maildir>)...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 84043cc5b2..d43416d299 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
-m <msg>::
Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
case one is created).
-
- If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
- will be appended to the specified message.
-
- The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
- used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
- invocations.
++
+If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
+will be appended to the specified message.
++
+The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
+used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
+invocations.
--rerere-autoupdate::
--no-rerere-autoupdate::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
index e4ed016146..1f75a848ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>]...
+'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 8ed09c0b3c..65eff66afe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git pack-objects' [-q | --progress | --all-progress] [--all-progress-implied]
[--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
- [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
- [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name]
+ [--local] [--incremental] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>]
+ [--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--stdout | base-name]
[--keep-true-parents] < object-list
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ base-name::
reference was included in the resulting packfile. This
can be useful to send new tags to native git clients.
---window=[N]::
---depth=[N]::
+--window=<n>::
+--depth=<n>::
These two options affect how the objects contained in
the pack are stored using delta compression. The
objects are first internally sorted by type, size and
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ base-name::
times to get to the necessary object.
The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50.
---window-memory=[N]::
+--window-memory=<n>::
This option provides an additional limit on top of `--window`;
the window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take
- up more than N bytes in memory. This is useful in
+ up more than '<n>' bytes in memory. This is useful in
repositories with a mix of large and small objects to not run
out of memory with a large window, but still be able to take
advantage of the large window for the smaller objects. The
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ base-name::
`--window-memory=0` makes memory usage unlimited, which is the
default.
---max-pack-size=[N]::
+--max-pack-size=<n>::
Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with
"k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
If specified, multiple packfiles may be created.
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ base-name::
wholesale enforcement of a different compression level on the
packed data is desired.
---compression=[N]::
+--compression=<n>::
Specifies compression level for newly-compressed data in the
generated pack. If not specified, pack compression level is
determined first by pack.compression, then by core.compression,
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index c50f7dcb89..e1b0bd2868 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
:git-pull: 1
--rebase::
- Instead of a merge, perform a rebase after fetching. If
- there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch
- was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
- to avoid rebasing non-local changes. To make this the default
- for branch `<name>`, set configuration `branch.<name>.rebase`
- to `true`.
+ Rebase the current branch on top of the upstream branch after
+ fetching. If there is a remote-tracking branch corresponding to
+ the upstream branch and the upstream branch was rebased since last
+ fetched, the rebase uses that information to avoid rebasing
+ non-local changes.
++
+See `branch.<name>.rebase` in linkgit:git-config[1] if you want to make
+`git pull` always use `{litdd}rebase` instead of merging.
+
[NOTE]
This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 020955ff5a..e11660a2e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
+
The <src> is often the name of the branch you would want to push, but
it can be any arbitrary "SHA-1 expression", such as `master~4` or
-`HEAD` (see linkgit:gitrevisions[1]).
+`HEAD` (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]).
+
The <dst> tells which ref on the remote side is updated with this
push. Arbitrary expressions cannot be used here, an actual ref must
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index 5a0451aaf3..e50bd9b68d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ see linkgit:git-log[1].
The reflog is useful in various git commands, to specify the old value
of a reference. For example, `HEAD@\{2\}` means "where HEAD used to be
two moves ago", `master@\{one.week.ago\}` means "where master used to
-point to one week ago", and so on. See linkgit:gitrevisions[1] for
+point to one week ago", and so on. See linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for
more details.
To delete single entries from the reflog, use the subcommand "delete"
diff --git a/Documentation/git-relink.txt b/Documentation/git-relink.txt
index 8a5842bb93..8fc809f82b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-relink.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-relink.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-relink - Hardlink common objects in local repositories
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git relink' [--safe] <dir> [<dir>]* <master_dir>
+'git relink' [--safe] <dir>... <master_dir>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index aa021b0cb8..0d28febe1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url>
'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>
'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
-'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]...
+'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index 9566727f7a..27f7865b06 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
+'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally.
this repository (or a direct copy of it)
over HTTP or FTP. See linkgit:git-update-server-info[1].
---window=[N]::
---depth=[N]::
+--window=<n>::
+--depth=<n>::
These two options affect how the objects contained in the pack are
stored using delta compression. The objects are first internally
sorted by type, size and optionally names and compared against the
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally.
to be applied that many times to get to the necessary object.
The default value for --window is 10 and --depth is 50.
---window-memory=[N]::
+--window-memory=<n>::
This option provides an additional limit on top of `--window`;
the window size will dynamically scale down so as to not take
- up more than N bytes in memory. This is useful in
+ up more than '<n>' bytes in memory. This is useful in
repositories with a mix of large and small objects to not run
out of memory with a large window, but still be able to take
advantage of the large window for the smaller objects. The
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally.
`--window-memory=0` makes memory usage unlimited, which is the
default.
---max-pack-size=[N]::
+--max-pack-size=<n>::
Maximum size of each output pack file. The size can be suffixed with
"k", "m", or "g". The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
If specified, multiple packfiles may be created.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 173f3fc785..8e1e32908c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-rev-list - Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git rev-list' [ \--max-count=number ]
- [ \--skip=number ]
- [ \--max-age=timestamp ]
- [ \--min-age=timestamp ]
+'git rev-list' [ \--max-count=<number> ]
+ [ \--skip=<number> ]
+ [ \--max-age=<timestamp> ]
+ [ \--min-age=<timestamp> ]
[ \--sparse ]
[ \--merges ]
[ \--no-merges ]
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
[ \--full-history ]
[ \--not ]
[ \--all ]
- [ \--branches[=pattern] ]
- [ \--tags[=pattern] ]
- [ \--remotes[=pattern] ]
- [ \--glob=glob-pattern ]
+ [ \--branches[=<pattern>] ]
+ [ \--tags[=<pattern>] ]
+ [ \--remotes[=<pattern>] ]
+ [ \--glob=<glob-pattern> ]
[ \--stdin ]
[ \--quiet ]
[ \--topo-order ]
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[ \--regexp-ignore-case | -i ]
[ \--extended-regexp | -E ]
[ \--fixed-strings | -F ]
- [ \--date={local|relative|default|iso|rfc|short} ]
+ [ \--date=(local|relative|default|iso|rfc|short) ]
[ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
[ \--pretty | \--header ]
[ \--bisect ]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 341ca90c6e..4a27643c1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ OPTIONS
unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full
refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
---abbrev-ref[={strict|loose}]::
+--abbrev-ref[=(strict|loose)]::
A non-ambiguous short name of the objects name.
The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
abbreviation mode.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index b7d9ef7e47..f40984d144 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OPTIONS
<commit>...::
Commits to revert.
For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
- linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+ linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by
default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk'
option.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index c283084272..05904e0e7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'.
Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this
will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the
value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified,
- this will be prompted for.
+ and --to-cmd is not specified, this will be prompted for.
+
The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list.
@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy.
are also accepted. The port can also be set with the
'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable.
+--smtp-server-option=<option>::
+ If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server option to use.
+ Default value can be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserveroption'
+ configuration option.
++
+The --smtp-server-option option must be repeated for each option you want
+to pass to the server. Likewise, different lines in the configuration files
+must be used for each option.
+
--smtp-ssl::
Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'.
@@ -177,6 +186,12 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy.
Automating
~~~~~~~~~~
+--to-cmd=<command>::
+ Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
+ should generate patch file specific "To:" entries.
+ Output of this command must be single email address per line.
+ Default is the value of 'sendemail.tocmd' configuration value.
+
--cc-cmd=<command>::
Specify a command to execute once per patch file which
should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index bc1ac77495..5cc3baf48d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS
--email::
Show the email address of each author.
---format[='<format>']::
+--format[=<format>]::
Instead of the commit subject, use some other information to
describe each commit. '<format>' can be any string accepted
by the `--format` option of 'git log', such as '{asterisk} [%h] %s'.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 6453263340..3b0c88271a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse]
[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
- [<rev> | <glob>]...
+ [(<rev> | <glob>)...]
'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line.
OPTIONS
-------
<rev>::
- Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see linkgit:gitrevisions[1])
+ Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7])
that typically names a branch head or a tag.
<glob>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index 4696af7433..be0ec189af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ OPTIONS
<pattern>...::
- Show references matching one or more patterns.
+ Show references matching one or more patterns. Patterns are matched from
+ the end of the full name, and only complete parts are matched, e.g.
+ 'master' matches 'refs/heads/master', 'refs/remotes/origin/master',
+ 'refs/tags/jedi/master' but not 'refs/heads/mymaster' nor
+ 'refs/remotes/master/jedi'.
OUTPUT
------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index 0002bfb045..f0a8a1aff3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ OPTIONS
<object>...::
The names of objects to show.
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
- "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+ "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
include::pretty-options.txt[]
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ git show v1.0.0::
git show v1.0.0^\{tree\}::
Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
+git show -s --format=%s v1.0.0^\{commit\}::
+ Shows the subject of the commit pointed to by the
+ tag `v1.0.0`.
+
git show next~10:Documentation/README::
Shows the contents of the file `Documentation/README` as
they were current in the 10th last commit of the branch
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index be8a51fd06..139d314ba5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ git rebase --onto remotes/git-svn A^ master
OPTIONS
-------
---shared[={false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody}]::
+--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody)]::
--template=<template_directory>::
Only used with the 'init' command.
These are passed directly to 'git init'.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 74d1d49dbf..1ca56c85aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git update-index'
[--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace]
[--refresh] [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing]
- [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]*
+ [(--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>)...]
[--chmod=(+|-)x]
[--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
[--skip-worktree | --no-skip-worktree]
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--info-only] [--index-info]
[-z] [--stdin]
[--verbose]
- [--] [<file>]*
+ [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually.
Report what is being added and removed from index.
-z::
- Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with
- NUL character instead of LF.
+ Only meaningful with `--stdin` or `--index-info`; paths are
+ separated with NUL character instead of LF.
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
index e1586c78c3..51e8e0af1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
@@ -32,19 +32,19 @@ Custom commands may also be specified.
OPTIONS
-------
--b BROWSER::
---browser=BROWSER::
- Use the specified BROWSER. It must be in the list of supported
+-b <browser>::
+--browser=<browser>::
+ Use the specified browser. It must be in the list of supported
browsers.
--t BROWSER::
---tool=BROWSER::
+-t <browser>::
+--tool=<browser>::
Same as above.
--c CONF.VAR::
---config=CONF.VAR::
+-c <conf.var>::
+--config=<conf.var>::
CONF.VAR is looked up in the git config files. If it's set,
- then its value specify the browser that should be used.
+ then its value specifies the browser that should be used.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
-----------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index dd57bdc436..0c897df6a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ git - the stupid content tracker
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path]
+'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path]
[-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]
- [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE]
- [-c name=value]
- [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
+ [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>]
+ [-c <name>=<value>]
+ [--help] <command> [<args>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ also want to read linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. See
the link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] for a more in-depth
introduction.
-The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
+The '<command>' is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
as defined in the configuration file (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest git
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.7.3.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.1]
+* link:v1.7.3.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.2]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.3.2.txt[1.7.3.2],
link:RelNotes/1.7.3.1.txt[1.7.3.1],
link:RelNotes/1.7.3.txt[1.7.3].
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ help ...`.
The <name> is expected in the same format as listed by
'git config' (subkeys separated by dots).
---exec-path::
+--exec-path[=<path>]::
Path to wherever your core git programs are installed.
This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_EXEC_PATH
environment variable. If no path is given, 'git' will print
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ HEAD::
(i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<head>`).
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
-"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
File/Directory Structure
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index 5e9c5ebba3..c27d086f68 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ commits from the master branch. The string inside brackets
before the commit log message is a short name you can use to
name the commit. In the above example, 'master' and 'mybranch'
are branch heads. 'master^' is the first parent of 'master'
-branch head. Please see linkgit:gitrevisions[1] if you want to
+branch head. Please see linkgit:gitrevisions[7] if you want to
see more complex cases.
[NOTE]
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index 05ac1c79f7..e21bac4f3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ frequently used options.
the form "'<from>'..'<to>'" to show all revisions between '<from>' and
back to '<to>'. Note, more advanced revision selection can be applied.
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
- linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+ linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
<path>...::
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
index 049313d601..595a3cf1a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,28 @@ the other tree did, declaring 'our' history contains all that happened in it.
theirs;;
This is opposite of 'ours'.
+patience;;
+ With this option, 'merge-recursive' spends a little extra time
+ to avoid mismerges that sometimes occur due to unimportant
+ matching lines (e.g., braces from distinct functions). Use
+ this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly.
+ See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--patience`.
+
+ignore-space-change;;
+ignore-all-space;;
+ignore-space-at-eol;;
+ Treats lines with the indicated type of whitespace change as
+ unchanged for the sake of a three-way merge. Whitespace
+ changes mixed with other changes to a line are not ignored.
+ See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `-b`, `-w`, and
+ `--ignore-space-at-eol`.
++
+* If 'their' version only introduces whitespace changes to a line,
+ 'our' version is used;
+* If 'our' version introduces whitespace changes but 'their'
+ version includes a substantial change, 'their' version is used;
+* Otherwise, the merge proceeds in the usual way.
+
renormalize;;
This runs a virtual check-out and check-in of all three stages
of a file when resolving a three-way merge. This option is
@@ -52,7 +74,11 @@ no-renormalize;;
Disables the `renormalize` option. This overrides the
`merge.renormalize` configuration variable.
-subtree[=path];;
+rename-threshold=<n>;;
+ Controls the similarity threshold used for rename detection.
+ See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `-M`.
+
+subtree[=<path>];;
This option is a more advanced form of 'subtree' strategy, where
the strategy makes a guess on how two trees must be shifted to
match with each other when merging. Instead, the specified path
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 9b6f3899ec..50923e2ce9 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---pretty[='<format>']::
---format='<format>'::
+--pretty[=<format>]::
+--format=<format>::
Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium',
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index ebc0108731..42ca059908 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
Synonym for `--date=relative`.
---date={relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short,raw}::
+--date=(relative|local|default|iso|rfc|short|raw)::
Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
as when using "--pretty". `log.date` config variable sets a default
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ you would get an output like this:
to be printed in between commits, in order for the graph history
to be drawn properly.
+
+This enables parent rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
++
This implies the '--topo-order' option by default, but the
'--date-order' option may also be specified.
@@ -146,6 +148,9 @@ options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options.
-t::
Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies '-r'.
+
+-s::
+ Suppress diff output.
endif::git-rev-list[]
Commit Limiting
@@ -246,29 +251,29 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/` are listed on the
command line as '<commit>'.
---branches[=pattern]::
+--branches[=<pattern>]::
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/heads` are listed
- on the command line as '<commit>'. If `pattern` is given, limit
+ on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
branches to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?',
'*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
---tags[=pattern]::
+--tags[=<pattern>]::
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/tags` are listed
- on the command line as '<commit>'. If `pattern` is given, limit
+ on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
tags to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', '*',
or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
---remotes[=pattern]::
+--remotes[=<pattern>]::
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed
- on the command line as '<commit>'. If `pattern`is given, limit
+ on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit
remote tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob.
If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
---glob=glob-pattern::
- Pretend as if all the refs matching shell glob `glob-pattern`
+--glob=<glob-pattern>::
+ Pretend as if all the refs matching shell glob '<glob-pattern>'
are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. Leading 'refs/',
is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '*',
or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt
index a7e050bb7a..9dc1bed768 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,40 @@ responsible for a few things.
path-specific merge drivers (specified in `.gitattributes`)
into account.
+Data structures
+---------------
+
+* `mmbuffer_t`, `mmfile_t`
+
+These store data usable for use by the xdiff backend, for writing and
+for reading, respectively. See `xdiff/xdiff.h` for the definitions
+and `diff.c` for examples.
+
+* `struct ll_merge_options`
+
+This describes the set of options the calling program wants to affect
+the operation of a low-level (single file) merge. Some options:
+
+`virtual_ancestor`::
+ Behave as though this were part of a merge between common
+ ancestors in a recursive merge.
+ If a helper program is specified by the
+ `[merge "<driver>"] recursive` configuration, it will
+ be used (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
+
+`variant`::
+ Resolve local conflicts automatically in favor
+ of one side or the other (as in 'git merge-file'
+ `--ours`/`--theirs`/`--union`). Can be `0`,
+ `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_OURS`, `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_THEIRS`, or
+ `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_UNION`.
+
+`renormalize`::
+ Resmudge and clean the "base", "theirs" and "ours" files
+ before merging. Use this when the merge is likely to have
+ overlapped with a change in smudge/clean or end-of-line
+ normalization rules.
+
Low-level (single file) merge
-----------------------------
@@ -28,15 +62,24 @@ Low-level (single file) merge
`.git/info/attributes` into account. Returns 0 for a
clean merge.
-The caller:
+Calling sequence:
-1. allocates an mmbuffer_t variable for the result;
-2. allocates and fills variables with the file's original content
- and two modified versions (using `read_mmfile`, for example);
-3. calls ll_merge();
-4. reads the output from result_buf.ptr and result_buf.size;
-5. releases buffers when finished (free(ancestor.ptr); free(ours.ptr);
- free(theirs.ptr); free(result_buf.ptr);).
+* Prepare a `struct ll_merge_options` to record options.
+ If you have no special requests, skip this and pass `NULL`
+ as the `opts` parameter to use the default options.
+
+* Allocate an mmbuffer_t variable for the result.
+
+* Allocate and fill variables with the file's original content
+ and two modified versions (using `read_mmfile`, for example).
+
+* Call `ll_merge()`.
+
+* Read the merged content from `result_buf.ptr` and `result_buf.size`.
+
+* Release buffers when finished. A simple
+ `free(ancestor.ptr); free(ours.ptr); free(theirs.ptr);
+ free(result_buf.ptr);` will do.
If the modifications do not merge cleanly, `ll_merge` will return a
nonzero value and `result_buf` will generally include a description of
@@ -47,18 +90,6 @@ The `ancestor_label`, `our_label`, and `their_label` parameters are
used to label the different sides of a conflict if the merge driver
supports this.
-The `flag` parameter is a bitfield:
-
- - The `LL_OPT_VIRTUAL_ANCESTOR` bit indicates whether this is an
- internal merge to consolidate ancestors for a recursive merge.
-
- - The `LL_OPT_FAVOR_MASK` bits allow local conflicts to be automatically
- resolved in favor of one side or the other (as in 'git merge-file'
- `--ours`/`--theirs`/`--union`).
- They can be populated by `create_ll_flag`, whose argument can be
- `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_OURS`, `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_THEIRS`, or
- `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_UNION`.
-
Everything else
---------------
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-sigchain.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-sigchain.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..535cdff164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-sigchain.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+sigchain API
+============
+
+Code often wants to set a signal handler to clean up temporary files or
+other work-in-progress when we die unexpectedly. For multiple pieces of
+code to do this without conflicting, each piece of code must remember
+the old value of the handler and restore it either when:
+
+ 1. The work-in-progress is finished, and the handler is no longer
+ necessary. The handler should revert to the original behavior
+ (either another handler, SIG_DFL, or SIG_IGN).
+
+ 2. The signal is received. We should then do our cleanup, then chain
+ to the next handler (or die if it is SIG_DFL).
+
+Sigchain is a tiny library for keeping a stack of handlers. Your handler
+and installation code should look something like:
+
+------------------------------------------
+ void clean_foo_on_signal(int sig)
+ {
+ clean_foo();
+ sigchain_pop(sig);
+ raise(sig);
+ }
+
+ void other_func()
+ {
+ sigchain_push_common(clean_foo_on_signal);
+ mess_up_foo();
+ clean_foo();
+ }
+------------------------------------------
+
+Handlers are given the typdef of sigchain_fun. This is the same type
+that is given to signal() or sigaction(). It is perfectly reasonable to
+push SIG_DFL or SIG_IGN onto the stack.
+
+You can sigchain_push and sigchain_pop individual signals. For
+convenience, sigchain_push_common will push the handler onto the stack
+for many common signals.
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index ce45bfcc04..fc56da677c 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ is usually a shortcut for the HEAD branch in the repository "origin".
For the complete list of paths which git checks for references, and
the order it uses to decide which to choose when there are multiple
references with the same shorthand name, see the "SPECIFYING
-REVISIONS" section of linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+REVISIONS" section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
[[Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch]]
Updating a repository with git fetch
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ We have seen several ways of naming commits already:
- HEAD: refers to the head of the current branch
There are many more; see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section of the
-linkgit:gitrevisions[1] man page for the complete list of ways to
+linkgit:gitrevisions[7] man page for the complete list of ways to
name revisions. Some examples:
-------------------------------------------------
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ commits reachable from some head but not from any tag in the repository:
$ gitk $( git show-ref --heads ) --not $( git show-ref --tags )
-------------------------------------------------
-(See linkgit:gitrevisions[1] for explanations of commit-selecting
+(See linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for explanations of commit-selecting
syntax such as `--not`.)
[[making-a-release]]
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ you've checked out.
The reflogs are kept by default for 30 days, after which they may be
pruned. See linkgit:git-reflog[1] and linkgit:git-gc[1] to learn
how to control this pruning, and see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS"
-section of linkgit:gitrevisions[1] for details.
+section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for details.
Note that the reflog history is very different from normal git history.
While normal history is shared by every repository that works on the
@@ -2171,11 +2171,14 @@ $ git push mytree release
Now to apply some patches from the community. Think of a short
snappy name for a branch to hold this patch (or related group of
-patches), and create a new branch from the current tip of Linus's
-branch:
+patches), and create a new branch from a recent stable tag of
+Linus's branch. Picking a stable base for your branch will:
+1) help you: by avoiding inclusion of unrelated and perhaps lightly
+tested changes
+2) help future bug hunters that use "git bisect" to find problems
-------------------------------------------------
-$ git checkout -b speed-up-spinlocks origin
+$ git checkout -b speed-up-spinlocks v2.6.35
-------------------------------------------------
Now you apply the patch(es), run some tests, and commit the change(s). If
@@ -3850,7 +3853,7 @@ You create a commit object by giving it the tree that describes the
state at the time of the commit, and a list of parents:
-------------------------------------------------
-$ git commit-tree <tree> -p <parent> [-p <parent2> ..]
+$ git commit-tree <tree> -p <parent> [(-p <parent2>)...]
-------------------------------------------------
and then giving the reason for the commit on stdin (either through