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-rw-r--r--Documentation/Makefile22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt500
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt151
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blame-options.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/cat-texi.perl21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt129
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-config.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-describe.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-difftool.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt97
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-gc.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-gui.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-name-rev.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-relink.txt30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reset.txt48
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shortlog.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt81
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-worktree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt49
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/giteveryday.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitglossary.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gittutorial.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitworkflows.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/glossary-content.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-formats.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt86
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-setup.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/texi.xsl26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.txt8
57 files changed, 1355 insertions, 253 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index b43d66eae6..b5be2e2d3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ INSTALL_INFO = install-info
DOCBOOK2X_TEXI = docbook2x-texi
DBLATEX = dblatex
ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR = /etc/asciidoc/dblatex
+DBLATEX_COMMON = -p $(ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR)/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s $(ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR)/asciidoc-dblatex.sty
ifndef PERL_PATH
PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
endif
@@ -173,6 +174,16 @@ ifdef GNU_ROFF
XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-quote-apos.xsl
endif
+ifdef USE_ASCIIDOCTOR
+ASCIIDOC = asciidoctor
+ASCIIDOC_CONF =
+ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml5
+ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook45
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -I. -rasciidoctor-extensions
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;'
+DBLATEX_COMMON =
+endif
+
SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL)
# Shell quote;
SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
@@ -337,7 +348,7 @@ manpage-base-url.xsl: manpage-base-url.xsl.in
user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(TXT_TO_XML) -d article -o $@+ $< && \
+ $(TXT_TO_XML) -d book -o $@+ $< && \
mv $@+ $@
technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \
@@ -368,13 +379,14 @@ user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml
user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml
$(QUIET_DBLATEX)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p $(ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR)/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s $(ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR)/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< && \
+ $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ $(DBLATEX_COMMON) $< && \
mv $@+ $@
-gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl
+gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl texi.xsl
$(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \
- --to-stdout $(xml) &&) true) > $@++ && \
+ ($(foreach xml,$(sort $(MAN_XML)),xsltproc -o $(xml)+ texi.xsl $(xml) && \
+ $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout $(xml)+ && \
+ rm $(xml)+ &&) true) > $@++ && \
$(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ <$@++ >$@+ && \
rm $@++ && \
mv $@+ $@
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29154805b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,500 @@
+Git 2.12 Release Notes
+======================
+
+Backward compatibility notes.
+
+ * Use of an empty string that is used for 'everything matches' is
+ still warned and Git asks users to use a more explicit '.' for that
+ instead. The hope is that existing users will not mind this
+ change, and eventually the warning can be turned into a hard error,
+ upgrading the deprecation into removal of this (mis)feature. That
+ is not scheduled to happen in the upcoming release (yet).
+
+ * The historical argument order "git merge <msg> HEAD <commit>..."
+ has been deprecated for quite some time, and will be removed in a
+ future release.
+
+ * An ancient script "git relink" has been removed.
+
+
+Updates since v2.11
+-------------------
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * Various updates to "git p4".
+
+ * "git p4" didn't interact with the internal of .git directory
+ correctly in the modern "git-worktree"-enabled world.
+
+ * "git branch --list" and friends learned "--ignore-case" option to
+ optionally sort branches and tags case insensitively.
+
+ * In addition to %(subject), %(body), "log --pretty=format:..."
+ learned a new placeholder %(trailers).
+
+ * "git rebase" learned "--quit" option, which allows a user to
+ remove the metadata left by an earlier "git rebase" that was
+ manually aborted without using "git rebase --abort".
+
+ * "git clone --reference $there --recurse-submodules $super" has been
+ taught to guess repositories usable as references for submodules of
+ $super that are embedded in $there while making a clone of the
+ superproject borrow objects from $there; extend the mechanism to
+ also allow submodules of these submodules to borrow repositories
+ embedded in these clones of the submodules embedded in the clone of
+ the superproject.
+
+ * Porcelain scripts written in Perl are getting internationalized.
+
+ * "git merge --continue" has been added as a synonym to "git commit"
+ to conclude a merge that has stopped due to conflicts.
+
+ * Finer-grained control of what protocols are allowed for transports
+ during clone/fetch/push have been enabled via a new configuration
+ mechanism.
+
+ * "git shortlog" learned "--committer" option to group commits by
+ committer, instead of author.
+
+ * GitLFS integration with "git p4" has been updated.
+
+ * The isatty() emulation for Windows has been updated to eradicate
+ the previous hack that depended on internals of (older) MSVC
+ runtime.
+
+ * Some platforms no longer understand "latin-1" that is still seen in
+ the wild in e-mail headers; replace them with "iso-8859-1" that is
+ more widely known when conversion fails from/to it.
+
+ * "git grep" has been taught to optionally recurse into submodules.
+
+ * "git rm" used to refuse to remove a submodule when it has its own
+ git repository embedded in its working tree. It learned to move
+ the repository away to $GIT_DIR/modules/ of the superproject
+ instead, and allow the submodule to be deleted (as long as there
+ will be no loss of local modifications, that is).
+
+ * A recent updates to "git p4" was not usable for older p4 but it
+ could be made to work with minimum changes. Do so.
+
+ * "git diff" learned diff.interHunkContext configuration variable
+ that gives the default value for its --inter-hunk-context option.
+
+ * The prereleaseSuffix feature of version comparison that is used in
+ "git tag -l" did not correctly when two or more prereleases for the
+ same release were present (e.g. when 2.0, 2.0-beta1, and 2.0-beta2
+ are there and the code needs to compare 2.0-beta1 and 2.0-beta2).
+
+ * "git submodule push" learned "--recurse-submodules=only option to
+ push submodules out without pushing the top-level superproject.
+
+ * "git tag" and "git verify-tag" learned to put GPG verification
+ status in their "--format=<placeholders>" output format.
+
+ * An ancient repository conversion tool left in contrib/ has been
+ removed.
+
+ * "git show-ref HEAD" used with "--verify" because the user is not
+ interested in seeing refs/remotes/origin/HEAD, and used with
+ "--head" because the user does not want HEAD to be filtered out,
+ i.e. "git show-ref --head --verify HEAD", did not work as expected.
+
+ * "git submodule add" used to be confused and refused to add a
+ locally created repository; users can now use "--force" option
+ to add them.
+ (merge 619acfc78c sb/submodule-add-force later to maint).
+
+ * Some people feel the default set of colors used by "git log --graph"
+ rather limiting. A mechanism to customize the set of colors has
+ been introduced.
+
+ * "git read-tree" and its underlying unpack_trees() machinery learned
+ to report problematic paths prefixed with the --super-prefix option.
+
+ * When a submodule "A", which has another submodule "B" nested within
+ it, is "absorbed" into the top-level superproject, the inner
+ submodule "B" used to be left in a strange state. The logic to
+ adjust the .git pointers in these submodules has been corrected.
+
+ * The user can specify a custom update method that is run when
+ "submodule update" updates an already checked out submodule. This
+ was ignored when checking the submodule out for the first time and
+ we instead always just checked out the commit that is bound to the
+ path in the superproject's index.
+
+ * The command line completion (in contrib/) learned that
+ "git diff --submodule=" can take "diff" as a recently added option.
+
+ * The "core.logAllRefUpdates" that used to be boolean has been
+ enhanced to take 'always' as well, to record ref updates to refs
+ other than the ones that are expected to be updated (i.e. branches,
+ remote-tracking branches and notes).
+
+ * Comes with more command line completion (in contrib/) for recently
+ introduced options.
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
+
+ * Commands that operate on a log message and add lines to the trailer
+ blocks, such as "format-patch -s", "cherry-pick (-x|-s)", and
+ "commit -s", have been taught to use the logic of and share the
+ code with "git interpret-trailer".
+
+ * The default Travis-CI configuration specifies newer P4 and GitLFS.
+
+ * The "fast hash" that had disastrous performance issues in some
+ corner cases has been retired from the internal diff.
+
+ * The character width table has been updated to match Unicode 9.0
+
+ * Update the procedure to generate "tags" for developer support.
+
+ * The codeflow of setting NOATIME and CLOEXEC on file descriptors Git
+ opens has been simplified.
+
+ * "git diff" and its family had two experimental heuristics to shift
+ the contents of a hunk to make the patch easier to read. One of
+ them turns out to be better than the other, so leave only the
+ "--indent-heuristic" option and remove the other one.
+
+ * A new submodule helper "git submodule embedgitdirs" to make it
+ easier to move embedded .git/ directory for submodules in a
+ superproject to .git/modules/ (and point the latter with the former
+ that is turned into a "gitdir:" file) has been added.
+
+ * "git push \\server\share\dir" has recently regressed and then
+ fixed. A test has retroactively been added for this breakage.
+
+ * Build updates for Cygwin.
+
+ * The implementation of "real_path()" was to go there with chdir(2)
+ and call getcwd(3), but this obviously wouldn't be usable in a
+ threaded environment. Rewrite it to manually resolve relative
+ paths including symbolic links in path components.
+
+ * Adjust documentation to help AsciiDoctor render better while not
+ breaking the rendering done by AsciiDoc.
+
+ * The sequencer machinery has been further enhanced so that a later
+ set of patches can start using it to reimplement "rebase -i".
+
+ * Update the definition of the MacOSX test environment used by
+ TravisCI.
+
+ * Rewrite a scripted porcelain "git difftool" in C.
+
+ * "make -C t failed" will now run only the tests that failed in the
+ previous run. This is usable only when prove is not use, and gives
+ a useless error message when run after "make clean", but otherwise
+ is serviceable.
+
+ * "uchar [40]" to "struct object_id" conversion continues.
+
+
+Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
+
+Fixes since v2.10
+-----------------
+
+Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.9 in the maintenance
+track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases'
+notes for details).
+
+ * We often decide if a session is interactive by checking if the
+ standard I/O streams are connected to a TTY, but isatty() that
+ comes with Windows incorrectly returned true if it is used on NUL
+ (i.e. an equivalent to /dev/null). This has been fixed.
+
+ * "git svn" did not work well with path components that are "0", and
+ some configuration variable it uses were not documented.
+
+ * "git rev-parse --symbolic" failed with a more recent notation like
+ "HEAD^-1" and "HEAD^!".
+
+ * An empty directory in a working tree that can simply be nuked used
+ to interfere while merging or cherry-picking a change to create a
+ submodule directory there, which has been fixed..
+
+ * The code in "git push" to compute if any commit being pushed in the
+ superproject binds a commit in a submodule that hasn't been pushed
+ out was overly inefficient, making it unusable even for a small
+ project that does not have any submodule but have a reasonable
+ number of refs.
+
+ * "git push --dry-run --recurse-submodule=on-demand" wasn't
+ "--dry-run" in the submodules.
+
+ * The output from "git worktree list" was made in readdir() order,
+ and was unstable.
+
+ * mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode configuration variable did not apply
+ to built-in tools, but now it does.
+
+ * "git p4" LFS support was broken when LFS stores an empty blob.
+
+ * A corner case in merge-recursive regression that crept in
+ during 2.10 development cycle has been fixed.
+
+ * Transport with dumb http can be fooled into following foreign URLs
+ that the end user does not intend to, especially with the server
+ side redirects and http-alternates mechanism, which can lead to
+ security issues. Tighten the redirection and make it more obvious
+ to the end user when it happens.
+
+ * Update the error messages from the dumb-http client when it fails
+ to obtain loose objects; we used to give sensible error message
+ only upon 404 but we now forbid unexpected redirects that needs to
+ be reported with something sensible.
+
+ * When diff.renames configuration is on (and with Git 2.9 and later,
+ it is enabled by default, which made it worse), "git stash"
+ misbehaved if a file is removed and another file with a very
+ similar content is added.
+
+ * "git diff --no-index" did not take "--no-abbrev" option.
+
+ * "git difftool --dir-diff" had a minor regression when started from
+ a subdirectory, which has been fixed.
+
+ * "git commit --allow-empty --only" (no pathspec) with dirty index
+ ought to be an acceptable way to create a new commit that does not
+ change any paths, but it was forbidden, perhaps because nobody
+ needed it so far.
+
+ * Git 2.11 had a minor regression in "merge --ff-only" that competed
+ with another process that simultanously attempted to update the
+ index. We used to explain what went wrong with an error message,
+ but the new code silently failed. The error message has been
+ resurrected.
+
+ * A pathname that begins with "//" or "\\" on Windows is special but
+ path normalization logic was unaware of it.
+
+ * "git pull --rebase", when there is no new commits on our side since
+ we forked from the upstream, should be able to fast-forward without
+ invoking "git rebase", but it didn't.
+
+ * The way to specify hotkeys to "xxdiff" that is used by "git
+ mergetool" has been modernized to match recent versions of xxdiff.
+
+ * Unlike "git am --abort", "git cherry-pick --abort" moved HEAD back
+ to where cherry-pick started while picking multiple changes, when
+ the cherry-pick stopped to ask for help from the user, and the user
+ did "git reset --hard" to a different commit in order to re-attempt
+ the operation.
+
+ * Code cleanup in shallow boundary computation.
+
+ * A recent update to receive-pack to make it easier to drop garbage
+ objects made it clear that GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES cannot
+ have a pathname with a colon in it (no surprise!), and this in turn
+ made it impossible to push into a repository at such a path. This
+ has been fixed by introducing a quoting mechanism used when
+ appending such a path to the colon-separated list.
+
+ * The function usage_msg_opt() has been updated to say "fatal:"
+ before the custom message programs give, when they want to die
+ with a message about wrong command line options followed by the
+ standard usage string.
+
+ * "git index-pack --stdin" needs an access to an existing repository,
+ but "git index-pack file.pack" to generate an .idx file that
+ corresponds to a packfile does not.
+
+ * Fix for NDEBUG builds.
+
+ * A lazy "git push" without refspec did not internally use a fully
+ specified refspec to perform 'current', 'simple', or 'upstream'
+ push, causing unnecessary "ambiguous ref" errors.
+
+ * "git p4" misbehaved when swapping a directory and a symbolic link.
+
+ * Even though an fix was attempted in Git 2.9.3 days, but running
+ "git difftool --dir-diff" from a subdirectory never worked. This
+ has been fixed.
+
+ * "git p4" that tracks multile p4 paths imported a single changelist
+ that touches files in these multiple paths as one commit, followed
+ by many empty commits. This has been fixed.
+
+ * A potential but unlikely buffer overflow in Windows port has been
+ fixed.
+
+ * When the http server gives an incomplete response to a smart-http
+ rpc call, it could lead to client waiting for a full response that
+ will never come. Teach the client side to notice this condition
+ and abort the transfer.
+
+ * Compression setting for producing packfiles were spread across
+ three codepaths, one of which did not honor any configuration.
+ Unify these so that all of them honor core.compression and
+ pack.compression variables the same way.
+
+ * "git fast-import" sometimes mishandled while rebalancing notes
+ tree, which has been fixed.
+
+ * Recent update to the default abbreviation length that auto-scales
+ lacked documentation update, which has been corrected.
+
+ * Leakage of lockfiles in the config subsystem has been fixed.
+
+ * It is natural that "git gc --auto" may not attempt to pack
+ everything into a single pack, and there is no point in warning
+ when the user has configured the system to use the pack bitmap,
+ leading to disabling further "gc".
+
+ * "git archive" did not read the standard configuration files, and
+ failed to notice a file that is marked as binary via the userdiff
+ driver configuration.
+
+ * "git blame --porcelain" misidentified the "previous" <commit, path>
+ pair (aka "source") when contents came from two or more files.
+
+ * "git rebase -i" with a recent update started showing an incorrect
+ count when squashing more than 10 commits.
+
+ * "git <cmd> @{push}" on a detached HEAD used to segfault; it has
+ been corrected to error out with a message.
+
+ * Running "git add a/b" when "a" is a submodule correctly errored
+ out, but without a meaningful error message.
+ (merge 2d81c48fa7 sb/pathspec-errors later to maint).
+
+ * Typing ^C to pager, which usually does not kill it, killed Git and
+ took the pager down as a collateral damage in certain process-tree
+ structure. This has been fixed.
+
+ * "git mergetool" without any pathspec on the command line that is
+ run from a subdirectory became no-op in Git v2.11 by mistake, which
+ has been fixed.
+
+ * Retire long unused/unmaintained gitview from the contrib/ area.
+ (merge 3120925c25 sb/remove-gitview later to maint).
+
+ * Tighten a test to avoid mistaking an extended ERE regexp engine as
+ a PRE regexp engine.
+
+ * An error message with an ASCII control character like '\r' in it
+ can alter the message to hide its early part, which is problematic
+ when a remote side gives such an error message that the local side
+ will relay with a "remote: " prefix.
+ (merge f290089879 jk/vreport-sanitize later to maint).
+
+ * "git fsck" inspects loose objects more carefully now.
+ (merge cce044df7f jk/loose-object-fsck later to maint).
+
+ * A crashing bug introduced in v2.11 timeframe has been found (it is
+ triggerable only in fast-import) and fixed.
+ (merge abd5a00268 jk/clear-delta-base-cache-fix later to maint).
+
+ * With an anticipatory tweak for remotes defined in ~/.gitconfig
+ (e.g. "remote.origin.prune" set to true, even though there may or
+ may not actually be "origin" remote defined in a particular Git
+ repository), "git remote rename" and other commands misinterpreted
+ and behaved as if such a non-existing remote actually existed.
+ (merge e459b073fb js/remote-rename-with-half-configured-remote later to maint).
+
+ * A few codepaths had to rely on a global variable when sorting
+ elements of an array because sort(3) API does not allow extra data
+ to be passed to the comparison function. Use qsort_s() when
+ natively available, and a fallback implementation of it when not,
+ to eliminate the need, which is a prerequisite for making the
+ codepath reentrant.
+
+ * "git fsck --connectivity-check" was not working at all.
+ (merge a2b22854bd jk/fsck-connectivity-check-fix later to maint).
+
+ * After starting "git rebase -i", which first opens the user's editor
+ to edit the series of patches to apply, but before saving the
+ contents of that file, "git status" failed to show the current
+ state (i.e. you are in an interactive rebase session, but you have
+ applied no steps yet) correctly.
+ (merge df9ded4984 js/status-pre-rebase-i later to maint).
+
+ * Test tweak for FreeBSD where /usr/bin/unzip is unsuitable to run
+ our tests but /usr/local/bin/unzip is usable.
+ (merge d98b2c5fce js/unzip-in-usr-bin-workaround later to maint).
+
+ * "git p4" did not work well with multiple git-p4.mapUser entries on
+ Windows.
+ (merge c3c2b05776 gv/mingw-p4-mapuser later to maint).
+
+ * "git help" enumerates executable files in $PATH; the implementation
+ of "is this file executable?" on Windows has been optimized.
+ (merge c755015f79 hv/mingw-help-is-executable later to maint).
+
+ * Test tweaks for those who have default ACL in their git source tree
+ that interfere with the umask test.
+ (merge d549d21307 mm/reset-facl-before-umask-test later to maint).
+
+ * Names of the various hook scripts must be spelled exactly, but on
+ Windows, an .exe binary must be named with .exe suffix; notice
+ $GIT_DIR/hooks/<hookname>.exe as a valid <hookname> hook.
+ (merge 235be51fbe js/mingw-hooks-with-exe-suffix later to maint).
+
+ * Asciidoctor, an alternative reimplementation of AsciiDoc, still
+ needs some changes to work with documents meant to be formatted
+ with AsciiDoc. "make USE_ASCIIDOCTOR=YesPlease" to use it out of
+ the box to document our pages is getting closer to reality.
+
+ * Correct command line completion (in contrib/) on "git svn"
+ (merge 2cbad17642 ew/complete-svn-authorship-options later to maint).
+
+ * Incorrect usage help message for "git worktree prune" has been fixed.
+ (merge 2488dcab22 ps/worktree-prune-help-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Adjust a perf test to new world order where commands that do
+ require a repository are really strict about having a repository.
+ (merge c86000c1a7 rs/p5302-create-repositories-before-tests later to maint).
+
+ * "git log --graph" did not work well with "--name-only", even though
+ other forms of "diff" output were handled correctly.
+ (merge f5022b5fed jk/log-graph-name-only later to maint).
+
+ * The push-options given via the "--push-options" option were not
+ passed through to external remote helpers such as "smart HTTP" that
+ are invoked via the transport helper.
+
+ * The documentation explained what "git stash" does to the working
+ tree (after stashing away the local changes) in terms of "reset
+ --hard", which was exposing an unnecessary implementation detail.
+ (merge 20a7e06172 tg/stash-doc-cleanup later to maint).
+
+ * When "git p4" imports changelist that removes paths, it failed to
+ convert pathnames when the p4 used encoding different from the one
+ used on the Git side. This has been corrected.
+ (merge a8b05162e8 ls/p4-path-encoding later to maint).
+
+ * A new coccinelle rule that catches a check of !pointer before the
+ pointer is free(3)d, which most likely is a bug.
+ (merge ec6cd14c7a rs/cocci-check-free-only-null later to maint).
+
+ * "ls-files" run with pathspec has been micro-optimized to avoid
+ having to memmove(3) unnecessary bytes.
+ (merge 96f6d3f61a rs/ls-files-partial-optim later to maint).
+
+ * A hotfix for a topic already in 'master'.
+ (merge a4d92d579f js/mingw-isatty later to maint).
+
+ * Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups.
+ (merge f2627d9b19 sb/submodule-config-cleanup later to maint).
+ (merge 384f1a167b sb/unpack-trees-cleanup later to maint).
+ (merge 874444b704 rh/diff-orderfile-doc later to maint).
+ (merge eafd5d9483 cw/doc-sign-off later to maint).
+ (merge 0aaad415bc rs/absolute-pathdup later to maint).
+ (merge 4432dd6b5b rs/receive-pack-cleanup later to maint).
+ (merge 540a398e9c sg/mailmap-self later to maint).
+ (merge 209df269a6 nd/rev-list-all-includes-HEAD-doc later to maint).
+ (merge 941b9c5270 sb/doc-unify-bottom later to maint).
+ (merge 2aaf37b62c jk/doc-remote-helpers-markup-fix later to maint).
+ (merge e91461b332 jk/doc-submodule-markup-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 8ab9740d9f dp/submodule-doc-markup-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 0838cbc22f jk/tempfile-ferror-fclose-confusion later to maint).
+ (merge 115a40add6 dr/doc-check-ref-format-normalize later to maint).
+ (merge 133f0a299d gp/document-dotfiles-in-templates-are-not-copied later to maint).
+ (merge 2b35a9f4c7 bc/blame-doc-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 7e82388024 ps/doc-gc-aggressive-depth-update later to maint).
+ (merge 9993a7c5f1 bc/worktree-doc-fix-detached later to maint).
+ (merge e519eccdf4 rt/align-add-i-help-text later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0b4c36f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+Git 2.13 Release Notes
+======================
+
+Backward compatibility notes.
+
+ * Use of an empty string as a pathspec element that is used for
+ 'everything matches' is still warned and Git asks users to use a
+ more explicit '.' for that instead. The hope is that existing
+ users will not mind this change, and eventually the warning can be
+ turned into a hard error, upgrading the deprecation into removal of
+ this (mis)feature. That is not scheduled to happen in the upcoming
+ release (yet).
+
+ * The historical argument order "git merge <msg> HEAD <commit>..."
+ has been deprecated for quite some time, and will be removed in a
+ future release.
+
+
+Updates since v2.12
+-------------------
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * "git describe" and "git name-rev" have been taught to take more
+ than one refname patterns to restrict the set of refs to base their
+ naming output on, and also learned to take negative patterns to
+ name refs not to be used for naming via their "--exclude" option.
+
+ * Deletion of a branch "foo/bar" could remove .git/refs/heads/foo
+ once there no longer is any other branch whose name begins with
+ "foo/", but we didn't do so so far. Now we do.
+
+ * When "git merge" detects a path that is renamed in one history
+ while the other history deleted (or modified) it, it now reports
+ both paths to help the user understand what is going on in the two
+ histories being merged.
+
+ * The <url> part in "http.<url>.<variable>" configuration variable
+ can now be spelled with '*' that serves as wildcard.
+ E.g. "http.https://*.example.com.proxy" can be used to specify the
+ proxy used for https://a.example.com, https://b.example.com, etc.,
+ i.e. any host in the example.com domain.
+
+ * "git tag" did not leave useful message when adding a new entry to
+ reflog; this was left unnoticed for a long time because refs/tags/*
+ doesn't keep reflog by default.
+
+ * The "negative" pathspec feature was somewhat more cumbersome to use
+ than necessary in that its short-hand used "!" which needed to be
+ escaped from shells, and it required "exclude from what?" specified.
+
+ * The command line options for ssh invocation needs to be tweaked for
+ some implementations of SSH (e.g. PuTTY plink wants "-P <port>"
+ while OpenSSH wants "-p <port>" to specify port to connect to), and
+ the variant was guessed when GIT_SSH environment variable is used
+ to specify it. The logic to guess now applies to the command
+ specified by the newer GIT_SSH_COMMAND and also core.sshcommand
+ configuration variable, and comes with an escape hatch for users to
+ deal with misdetected cases.
+
+ * The "--git-path", "--git-common-dir", and "--shared-index-path"
+ options of "git rev-parse" did not produce usable output. They are
+ now updated to show the path to the correct file, relative to where
+ the caller is.
+
+ * "git diff -W" has been taught to handle the case where a new
+ function is added at the end of the file better.
+
+ * "git update-ref -d" and other operations to delete references did
+ not leave any entry in HEAD's reflog when the reference being
+ deleted was the current branch. This is not a problem in practice
+ because you do not want to delete the branch you are currently on,
+ but caused renaming of the current branch to something else not to
+ be logged in a useful way.
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
+
+ * The code to list branches in "git branch" has been consolidated
+ with the more generic ref-filter API.
+
+ * Resource usage while enumerating refs from alternate object store
+ has been optimized to help receiving end of "push" that hosts a
+ repository with many "forks".
+
+ * The gitattributes machinery is being taught to work better in a
+ multi-threaded environment.
+
+ * "git rebase -i" starts using the recently updated "sequencer" code.
+
+ * Code and design clean-up for the refs API.
+
+ * The preload-index code has been taught not to bother with the index
+ entries that are paths that are not checked out by "sparse checkout".
+
+ * Some warning() messages from "git clean" were updated to show the
+ errno from failed system calls.
+
+
+Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
+
+
+Fixes since v2.12
+-----------------
+
+Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.9 in the maintenance
+track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases'
+notes for details).
+
+ * "git repack --depth=<n>" for a long time busted the specified depth
+ when reusing delta from existing packs. This has been corrected.
+ (merge 42b766d765 jk/delta-chain-limit later to maint).
+
+ * The code to parse the command line "git grep <patterns>... <rev>
+ [[--] <pathspec>...]" has been cleaned up, and a handful of bugs
+ have been fixed (e.g. we used to check "--" if it is a rev).
+ (merge 131f3c96d2 jk/grep-no-index-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git ls-remote" and "git archive --remote" are designed to work
+ without being in a directory under Git's control. However, recent
+ updates revealed that we randomly look into a directory called
+ .git/ without actually doing necessary set-up when working in a
+ repository. Stop doing so.
+ (merge 4b0c3c7735 jn/remote-helpers-with-git-dir later to maint).
+
+ * "git show-branch" expected there were only very short branch names
+ in the repository and used a fixed-length buffer to hold them
+ without checking for overflow.
+ (merge d3cc5f4c44 jk/show-branch-lift-name-len-limit later to maint).
+
+ * A caller of tempfile API that uses stdio interface to write to
+ files may ignore errors while writing, which is detected when
+ tempfile is closed (with a call to ferror()). By that time, the
+ original errno that may have told us what went wrong is likely to
+ be long gone and was overwritten by an irrelevant value.
+ close_tempfile() now resets errno to EIO to make errno at least
+ predictable.
+ (merge 7e8c9355b7 jk/tempfile-ferror-fclose-confusion later to maint).
+
+ * "git remote rm X", when a branch has remote X configured as the
+ value of its branch.*.remote, tried to remove branch.*.remote and
+ branch.*.merge and failed if either is unset.
+ (merge 20690b2139 rl/remote-allow-missing-branch-name-merge later to maint).
+
+ * A "gc.log" file left by a backgrounded "gc --auto" disables further
+ automatic gc; it has been taught to run at least once a day (by
+ default) by ignoring a stale "gc.log" file that is too old.
+ (merge a831c06a2b dt/gc-ignore-old-gc-logs later to maint).
+
+ * Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups.
+ (merge 2cfa83574c mm/two-more-xstrfmt later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 08352deaae..3faf7eb884 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -216,12 +216,11 @@ that it will be postponed.
Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask
you to re-send them using MIME, that is OK.
-Do not PGP sign your patch, at least for now. Most likely, your
-maintainer or other people on the list would not have your PGP
-key and would not bother obtaining it anyway. Your patch is not
-judged by who you are; a good patch from an unknown origin has a
-far better chance of being accepted than a patch from a known,
-respected origin that is done poorly or does incorrect things.
+Do not PGP sign your patch. Most likely, your maintainer or other people on the
+list would not have your PGP key and would not bother obtaining it anyway.
+Your patch is not judged by who you are; a good patch from an unknown origin
+has a far better chance of being accepted than a patch from a known, respected
+origin that is done poorly or does incorrect things.
If you really really really really want to do a PGP signed
patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ patch.
*2* The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org
-(5) Sign your work
+(5) Certify your work by adding your "Signed-off-by: " line
To improve tracking of who did what, we've borrowed the
"sign-off" procedure from the Linux kernel project on patches
diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb b/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec83b4959e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require 'asciidoctor'
+require 'asciidoctor/extensions'
+
+module Git
+ module Documentation
+ class LinkGitProcessor < Asciidoctor::Extensions::InlineMacroProcessor
+ use_dsl
+
+ named :chrome
+
+ def process(parent, target, attrs)
+ if parent.document.basebackend? 'html'
+ prefix = parent.document.attr('git-relative-html-prefix')
+ %(<a href="#{prefix}#{target}.html">#{target}(#{attrs[1]})</a>\n)
+ elsif parent.document.basebackend? 'docbook'
+ "<citerefentry>\n" \
+ "<refentrytitle>#{target}</refentrytitle>" \
+ "<manvolnum>#{attrs[1]}</manvolnum>\n" \
+ "</citerefentry>\n"
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+Asciidoctor::Extensions.register do
+ inline_macro Git::Documentation::LinkGitProcessor, :linkgit
+end
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 2669b87c9d..dc41957afa 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[]
terminal. Can't use `--progress` together with `--porcelain`
or `--incremental`.
--M|<num>|::
+-M[<num>]::
Detect moved or copied lines within a file. When a commit
moves or copies a block of lines (e.g. the original file
has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and then
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ alphanumeric characters that Git must detect as moving/copying
within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent
commit. The default value is 20.
--C|<num>|::
+-C[<num>]::
In addition to `-M`, detect lines moved or copied from other
files that were modified in the same commit. This is
useful when you reorganize your program and move code
diff --git a/Documentation/cat-texi.perl b/Documentation/cat-texi.perl
index 87437f8a95..14d2f83415 100755
--- a/Documentation/cat-texi.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cat-texi.perl
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
my @menu = ();
my $output = $ARGV[0];
-open TMP, '>', "$output.tmp";
+open my $tmp, '>', "$output.tmp";
while (<STDIN>) {
next if (/^\\input texinfo/../\@node Top/);
@@ -11,13 +14,13 @@ while (<STDIN>) {
if (s/^\@top (.*)/\@node $1,,,Top/) {
push @menu, $1;
}
- s/\(\@pxref{\[(URLS|REMOTES)\]}\)//;
+ s/\(\@pxref\{\[(URLS|REMOTES)\]}\)//;
s/\@anchor\{[^{}]*\}//g;
- print TMP;
+ print $tmp $_;
}
-close TMP;
+close $tmp;
-printf '\input texinfo
+print '\input texinfo
@setfilename gitman.info
@documentencoding UTF-8
@dircategory Development
@@ -28,16 +31,16 @@ printf '\input texinfo
@top Git Manual Pages
@documentlanguage en
@menu
-', $menu[0];
+';
for (@menu) {
print "* ${_}::\n";
}
print "\@end menu\n";
-open TMP, '<', "$output.tmp";
-while (<TMP>) {
+open $tmp, '<', "$output.tmp";
+while (<$tmp>) {
print;
}
-close TMP;
+close $tmp;
print "\@bye\n";
unlink "$output.tmp";
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1fee83ca42..47603f5484 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ The position of any attributes with respect to the colors
be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`,
`no-ul`, etc).
+
+An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used
+to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely.
++
For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset
at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting
`color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a
@@ -517,10 +520,12 @@ core.logAllRefUpdates::
"`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
only when the file exists. If this configuration
- variable is set to true, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
+ variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
- refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
- note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
+ `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`),
+ note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`.
+ If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically
+ created for any ref under `refs/`.
+
This information can be used to determine what commit
was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
@@ -1397,6 +1402,12 @@ gc.autoDetach::
Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
if the system supports it. Default is true.
+gc.logExpiry::
+ If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
+ unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is
+ "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its
+ value.
+
gc.packRefs::
Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
@@ -1914,7 +1925,10 @@ http.<url>.*::
must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
. Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
- This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
+ This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is
+ possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains
+ at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match
+ `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`.
. Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
@@ -1949,6 +1963,17 @@ Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
+ssh.variant::
+ Depending on the value of the environment variables `GIT_SSH` or
+ `GIT_SSH_COMMAND`, or the config setting `core.sshCommand`, Git
+ auto-detects whether to adjust its command-line parameters for use
+ with plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default (OpenSSH).
++
+The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this auto-detection;
+valid values are `ssh`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any other value
+will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via the
+environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
+
i18n.commitEncoding::
Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
@@ -2036,6 +2061,10 @@ log.follow::
i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
on non-linear history.
+log.graphColors::
+ A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw
+ history lines in `git log --graph`.
+
log.showRoot::
If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
@@ -2321,6 +2350,52 @@ pretty.<name>::
Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
will be silently ignored.
+protocol.allow::
+ If set, provide a user defined default policy for all protocols which
+ don't explicitly have a policy (`protocol.<name>.allow`). By default,
+ if unset, known-safe protocols (http, https, git, ssh, file) have a
+ default policy of `always`, known-dangerous protocols (ext) have a
+ default policy of `never`, and all other protocols have a default
+ policy of `user`. Supported policies:
++
+--
+
+* `always` - protocol is always able to be used.
+
+* `never` - protocol is never able to be used.
+
+* `user` - protocol is only able to be used when `GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER` is
+ either unset or has a value of 1. This policy should be used when you want a
+ protocol to be directly usable by the user but don't want it used by commands which
+ execute clone/fetch/push commands without user input, e.g. recursive
+ submodule initialization.
+
+--
+
+protocol.<name>.allow::
+ Set a policy to be used by protocol `<name>` with clone/fetch/push
+ commands. See `protocol.allow` above for the available policies.
++
+The protocol names currently used by git are:
++
+--
+ - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
+ or local paths)
+
+ - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
+ connection (or proxy, if configured)
+
+ - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
+ `ssh://`, etc).
+
+ - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
+ Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want to configure
+ both, you must do so individually.
+
+ - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
+ `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
+--
+
pull.ff::
By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
@@ -2894,7 +2969,7 @@ submodule.alternateLocation::
value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
-submodule.alternateErrorStrategy
+submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
`ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
@@ -3067,17 +3142,39 @@ user.signingKey::
This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
-versionsort.prereleaseSuffix::
- When version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], prerelease
- tags (e.g. "1.0-rc1") may appear after the main release
- "1.0". By specifying the suffix "-rc" in this variable,
- "1.0-rc1" will appear before "1.0".
-+
-This variable can be specified multiple times, once per suffix. The
-order of suffixes in the config file determines the sorting order
-(e.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the config file then 1.0-preXX
-is sorted before 1.0-rcXX). The sorting order between different
-suffixes is undefined if they are in multiple config files.
+versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated)::
+ Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if
+ `versionsort.suffix` is set.
+
+versionsort.suffix::
+ Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames
+ with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted
+ lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing
+ after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This
+ variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags
+ with different suffixes.
++
+By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing
+that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if
+the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before
+"1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of
+suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames
+with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the
+configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any
+"1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags
+with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix
+among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and
+"-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags
+are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally
+"v4.8-bfsX".
++
+If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will
+be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in
+the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at
+that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the
+longest of those suffixes.
+The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are
+in multiple config files.
web.browser::
Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index 58f4bd6afa..cbce8ec638 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ diff.context::
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default
of 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
+diff.interHunkContext::
+ Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
+ of lines, thereby fusing the hunks that are close to each other.
+ This value serves as the default for the `--inter-hunk-context`
+ command line option.
+
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
@@ -99,9 +105,10 @@ diff.noprefix::
If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
diff.orderFile::
- File indicating how to order files within a diff, using
- one shell glob pattern per line.
- Can be overridden by the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1].
+ File indicating how to order files within a diff.
+ See the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1] for details.
+ If `diff.orderFile` is a relative pathname, it is treated as
+ relative to the top of the working tree.
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
@@ -172,10 +179,8 @@ diff.tool::
include::mergetools-diff.txt[]
diff.indentHeuristic::
-diff.compactionHeuristic::
- Set one of these options to `true` to enable one of two
- experimental heuristics that shift diff hunk boundaries to
- make patches easier to read.
+ Set this option to `true` to enable experimental heuristics
+ that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read.
diff.algorithm::
Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt
index 36cb549df9..d4f3d95505 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
--indent-heuristic::
--no-indent-heuristic::
---compaction-heuristic::
---no-compaction-heuristic::
These are to help debugging and tuning experimental heuristics
(which are off by default) that shift diff hunk boundaries to
make patches easier to read.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index e6215c372c..d91ddbd5fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -466,11 +466,41 @@ information.
endif::git-format-patch[]
-O<orderfile>::
- Output the patch in the order specified in the
- <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
+ Control the order in which files appear in the output.
This overrides the `diff.orderFile` configuration variable
(see linkgit:git-config[1]). To cancel `diff.orderFile`,
use `-O/dev/null`.
++
+The output order is determined by the order of glob patterns in
+<orderfile>.
+All files with pathnames that match the first pattern are output
+first, all files with pathnames that match the second pattern (but not
+the first) are output next, and so on.
+All files with pathnames that do not match any pattern are output
+last, as if there was an implicit match-all pattern at the end of the
+file.
+If multiple pathnames have the same rank (they match the same pattern
+but no earlier patterns), their output order relative to each other is
+the normal order.
++
+<orderfile> is parsed as follows:
++
+--
+ - Blank lines are ignored, so they can be used as separators for
+ readability.
+
+ - Lines starting with a hash ("`#`") are ignored, so they can be used
+ for comments. Add a backslash ("`\`") to the beginning of the
+ pattern if it starts with a hash.
+
+ - Each other line contains a single pattern.
+--
++
+Patterns have the same syntax and semantics as patterns used for
+fnmantch(3) without the FNM_PATHNAME flag, except a pathname also
+matches a pattern if removing any number of the final pathname
+components matches the pattern. For example, the pattern "`foo*bar`"
+matches "`fooasdfbar`" and "`foo/bar/baz/asdf`" but not "`foobarx`".
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
-R::
@@ -511,6 +541,8 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--inter-hunk-context=<lines>::
Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other.
+ Defaults to `diff.interHunkContext` or 0 if the config option
+ is unset.
-W::
--function-context::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 1fe73448f3..092f1bcf9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--list] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
[--column[=<options>] | --no-column]
[(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [--sort=<key>]
- [--points-at <object>] [<pattern>...]
+ [--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>]
'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>]
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ OPTIONS
based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
Note that in non-bare repositories, reflogs are usually
enabled by default by the `core.logallrefupdates` config option.
+ The negated form `--no-create-reflog` only overrides an earlier
+ `--create-reflog`, but currently does not negate the setting of
+ `core.logallrefupdates`.
-f::
--force::
@@ -118,6 +121,10 @@ OPTIONS
default to color output.
Same as `--color=never`.
+-i::
+--ignore-case::
+ Sorting and filtering branches are case insensitive.
+
--column[=<options>]::
--no-column::
Display branch listing in columns. See configuration variable
@@ -246,6 +253,11 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
--points-at <object>::
Only list branches of the given object.
+--format <format>::
+ A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the object
+ pointed at by a ref being shown. The format is the same as
+ that of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1].
+
Examples
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 8611a99120..92777cef25 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ OPTIONS
--normalize::
Normalize 'refname' by removing any leading slash (`/`)
characters and collapsing runs of adjacent slashes between
- name components into a single slash. Iff the normalized
+ name components into a single slash. If the normalized
refname is valid then print it to standard output and exit
- with a status of 0. (`--print` is a deprecated way to spell
- `--normalize`.)
+ with a status of 0, otherwise exit with a non-zero status.
+ (`--print` is a deprecated way to spell `--normalize`.)
EXAMPLES
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index e4ac448ff5..8755f3af7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,20 @@ OPTIONS
--match <pattern>::
Only consider tags matching the given `glob(7)` pattern,
excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix. This can be used to avoid
- leaking private tags from the repository.
+ leaking private tags from the repository. If given multiple times, a
+ list of patterns will be accumulated, and tags matching any of the
+ patterns will be considered. Use `--no-match` to clear and reset the
+ list of patterns.
+
+--exclude <pattern>::
+ Do not consider tags matching the given `glob(7)` pattern, excluding
+ the "refs/tags/" prefix. This can be used to narrow the tag space and
+ find only tags matching some meaningful criteria. If given multiple
+ times, a list of patterns will be accumulated and tags matching any
+ of the patterns will be excluded. When combined with --match a tag will
+ be considered when it matches at least one --match pattern and does not
+ match any of the --exclude patterns. Use `--no-exclude` to clear and
+ reset the list of patterns.
--always::
Show uniquely abbreviated commit object as fallback.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 224fb3090b..96c26e6aa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows.
Additionally, `$BASE` is set in the environment.
-g::
---gui::
+--[no-]gui::
When 'git-difftool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option
the default diff tool will be read from the configured
- `diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`.
+ `diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`. The `--no-gui`
+ option can be used to override this setting.
--[no-]trust-exit-code::
'git-difftool' invokes a diff tool individually on each file.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index f57e69bc83..111e1be6f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ OPTIONS
Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
specified).
+--ignore-case::
+ Sorting and filtering refs are case insensitive.
+
FIELD NAMES
-----------
@@ -92,11 +95,20 @@ refname::
The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/).
For a non-ambiguous short name of the ref append `:short`.
The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
- abbreviation mode. If `strip=<N>` is appended, strips `<N>`
- slash-separated path components from the front of the refname
- (e.g., `%(refname:strip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `foo`.
- `<N>` must be a positive integer. If a displayed ref has fewer
- components than `<N>`, the command aborts with an error.
+ abbreviation mode. If `lstrip=<N>` (`rstrip=<N>`) is appended, strips `<N>`
+ slash-separated path components from the front (back) of the refname
+ (e.g. `%(refname:lstrip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `foo` and
+ `%(refname:rstrip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `refs`).
+ If `<N>` is a negative number, strip as many path components as
+ necessary from the specified end to leave `-<N>` path components
+ (e.g. `%(refname:lstrip=-2)` turns
+ `refs/tags/foo` into `tags/foo` and `%(refname:rstrip=-1)`
+ turns `refs/tags/foo` into `refs`). When the ref does not have
+ enough components, the result becomes an empty string if
+ stripping with positive <N>, or it becomes the full refname if
+ stripping with negative <N>. Neither is an error.
++
+`strip` can be used as a synomym to `lstrip`.
objecttype::
The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`).
@@ -107,21 +119,31 @@ objectsize::
objectname::
The object name (aka SHA-1).
For a non-ambiguous abbreviation of the object name append `:short`.
+ For an abbreviation of the object name with desired length append
+ `:short=<length>`, where the minimum length is MINIMUM_ABBREV. The
+ length may be exceeded to ensure unique object names.
upstream::
The name of a local ref which can be considered ``upstream''
- from the displayed ref. Respects `:short` in the same way as
- `refname` above. Additionally respects `:track` to show
- "[ahead N, behind M]" and `:trackshort` to show the terse
- version: ">" (ahead), "<" (behind), "<>" (ahead and behind),
- or "=" (in sync). Has no effect if the ref does not have
- tracking information associated with it.
+ from the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip` and
+ `:rstrip` in the same way as `refname` above. Additionally
+ respects `:track` to show "[ahead N, behind M]" and
+ `:trackshort` to show the terse version: ">" (ahead), "<"
+ (behind), "<>" (ahead and behind), or "=" (in sync). `:track`
+ also prints "[gone]" whenever unknown upstream ref is
+ encountered. Append `:track,nobracket` to show tracking
+ information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M"). Has
+ no effect if the ref does not have tracking information
+ associated with it. All the options apart from `nobracket`
+ are mutually exclusive, but if used together the last option
+ is selected.
push::
- The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}` location
- for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:track`, and
- `:trackshort` options as `upstream` does. Produces an empty
- string if no `@{push}` ref is configured.
+ The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}`
+ location for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip`,
+ `:rstrip`, `:track`, and `:trackshort` options as `upstream`
+ does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}` ref is
+ configured.
HEAD::
'*' if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' '
@@ -146,6 +168,25 @@ align::
quoted, but if nested then only the topmost level performs
quoting.
+if::
+ Used as %(if)...%(then)...%(end) or
+ %(if)...%(then)...%(else)...%(end). If there is an atom with
+ value or string literal after the %(if) then everything after
+ the %(then) is printed, else if the %(else) atom is used, then
+ everything after %(else) is printed. We ignore space when
+ evaluating the string before %(then), this is useful when we
+ use the %(HEAD) atom which prints either "*" or " " and we
+ want to apply the 'if' condition only on the 'HEAD' ref.
+ Append ":equals=<string>" or ":notequals=<string>" to compare
+ the value between the %(if:...) and %(then) atoms with the
+ given string.
+
+symref::
+ The ref which the given symbolic ref refers to. If not a
+ symbolic ref, nothing is printed. Respects the `:short`,
+ `:lstrip` and `:rstrip` options in the same way as `refname`
+ above.
+
In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can
be used to specify the value in the header field.
@@ -165,6 +206,8 @@ of all lines of the commit message up to the first blank line. The next
line is 'contents:body', where body is all of the lines after the first
blank line. The optional GPG signature is `contents:signature`. The
first `N` lines of the message is obtained using `contents:lines=N`.
+Additionally, the trailers as interpreted by linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]
+are obtained as 'contents:trailers'.
For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric order
(`objectsize`, `authordate`, `committerdate`, `creatordate`, `taggerdate`).
@@ -181,6 +224,14 @@ As a special case for the date-type fields, you may specify a format for
the date by adding `:` followed by date format name (see the
values the `--date` option to linkgit:git-rev-list[1] takes).
+Some atoms like %(align) and %(if) always require a matching %(end).
+We call them "opening atoms" and sometimes denote them as %($open).
+
+When a scripting language specific quoting is in effect, everything
+between a top-level opening atom and its matching %(end) is evaluated
+according to the semantics of the opening atom and only its result
+from the top-level is quoted.
+
EXAMPLES
--------
@@ -268,6 +319,22 @@ eval=`git for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \
eval "$eval"
------------
+
+An example to show the usage of %(if)...%(then)...%(else)...%(end).
+This prefixes the current branch with a star.
+
+------------
+git for-each-ref --format="%(if)%(HEAD)%(then)* %(else) %(end)%(refname:short)" refs/heads/
+------------
+
+
+An example to show the usage of %(if)...%(then)...%(end).
+This prints the authorname, if present.
+
+------------
+git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)%(if)%(authorname)%(then) Authored by: %(authorname)%(end)"
+------------
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-show-ref[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 852b72c679..571b5a7e3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ the documentation for the --window' option in linkgit:git-repack[1] for
more details. This defaults to 250.
Similarly, the optional configuration variable `gc.aggressiveDepth`
-controls --depth option in linkgit:git-repack[1]. This defaults to 250.
+controls --depth option in linkgit:git-repack[1]. This defaults to 50.
The optional configuration variable `gc.pruneExpire` controls how old
the unreferenced loose objects have to be before they are pruned. The
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 0ecea6e491..71f32f3508 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--threads <num>]
[-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
[--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
+ [--recurse-submodules] [--parent-basename <basename>]
[ [--[no-]exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...]
[--] [<pathspec>...]
@@ -88,6 +89,19 @@ OPTIONS
mechanism. Only useful when searching files in the current directory
with `--no-index`.
+--recurse-submodules::
+ Recursively search in each submodule that has been initialized and
+ checked out in the repository. When used in combination with the
+ <tree> option the prefix of all submodule output will be the name of
+ the parent project's <tree> object.
+
+--parent-basename <basename>::
+ For internal use only. In order to produce uniform output with the
+ --recurse-submodules option, this option can be used to provide the
+ basename of a parent's <tree> object to a submodule so the submodule
+ can prefix its output with the parent's name rather than the SHA1 of
+ the submodule.
+
-a::
--text::
Process binary files as if they were text.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt
index c1a3e8bf07..5f93f8003d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ blame::
browser::
Start a tree browser showing all files in the specified
- commit (or `HEAD` by default). Files selected through the
+ commit. Files selected through the
browser are opened in the blame viewer.
citool::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 9d27197de8..3c5a67fb96 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ does not exist, it will be created.
TEMPLATE DIRECTORY
------------------
-The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to
-the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
+Files and directories in the template directory whose name do not start with a
+dot will be copied to the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
The template directory will be one of the following (in order):
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index b758d5556c..ca3c27b88a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...]
'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
'git merge' --abort
+'git merge' --continue
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ 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
+merge has resulted in conflicts.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -99,6 +102,11 @@ commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'.
'git merge --abort' is equivalent to 'git reset --merge' when
`MERGE_HEAD` is present.
+--continue::
+ After a 'git merge' stops due to conflicts you can conclude the
+ merge by running 'git merge --continue' (see "HOW TO RESOLVE
+ CONFLICTS" section below).
+
<commit>...::
Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch.
Specifying more than one commit will create a merge with
diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
index ca28fb8e2a..e8e68f528c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,18 @@ OPTIONS
--refs=<pattern>::
Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern. The pattern
- can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name.
+ can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name. If
+ given multiple times, use refs whose names match any of the given shell
+ patterns. Use `--no-refs` to clear any previous ref patterns given.
+
+--exclude=<pattern>::
+ Do not use any ref whose name matches a given shell pattern. The
+ pattern can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref
+ name. If given multiple times, a ref will be excluded when it matches
+ any of the given patterns. When used together with --refs, a ref will
+ be used as a match only when it matches at least one --refs pattern and
+ does not match any --exclude patterns. Use `--no-exclude` to clear the
+ list of exclude patterns.
--all::
List all commits reachable from all refs
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index c83aaf39c3..7436c64a95 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -303,6 +303,15 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior.
submit manually or revert. This option always stops after the
first (oldest) commit. Git tags are not exported to p4.
+--shelve::
+ Instead of submitting create a series of shelved changelists.
+ After creating each shelve, the relevant files are reverted/deleted.
+ If you have multiple commits pending multiple shelves will be created.
+
+--update-shelve CHANGELIST::
+ Update an existing shelved changelist with this commit. Implies
+ --shelve.
+
--conflict=(ask|skip|quit)::
Conflicts can occur when applying a commit to p4. When this
happens, the default behavior ("ask") is to prompt whether to
@@ -467,6 +476,12 @@ git-p4.client::
Client specified as an option to all p4 commands, with
'-c <client>', including the client spec.
+git-p4.retries::
+ Specifies the number of times to retry a p4 command (notably,
+ 'p4 sync') if the network times out. The default value is 3.
+ Set the value to 0 to disable retries or if your p4 version
+ does not support retries (pre 2012.2).
+
Clone and sync variables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
git-p4.syncFromOrigin::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 8eefabd0d1..1624a35888 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ origin +master` to force a push to the `master` branch). See the
standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
--no-recurse-submodules::
---recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no::
+--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|only|no::
May be used to make sure all submodule commits used by the
revisions to be pushed are available on a remote-tracking branch.
If 'check' is used Git will verify that all submodule commits that
@@ -280,11 +280,12 @@ origin +master` to force a push to the `master` branch). See the
remote of the submodule. If any commits are missing the push will
be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If 'on-demand' is used
all submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
- pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
- it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. A value of
- 'no' or using `--no-recurse-submodules` can be used to override the
- push.recurseSubmodules configuration variable when no submodule
- recursion is required.
+ pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions it will
+ also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If 'only' is used all
+ submodules will be recursively pushed while the superproject is left
+ unpushed. A value of 'no' or using `--no-recurse-submodules` can be used
+ to override the push.recurseSubmodules configuration variable when no
+ submodule recursion is required.
--[no-]verify::
Toggle the pre-push hook (see linkgit:githooks[5]). The
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index de222c81af..67d48e6883 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[<upstream> [<branch>]]
'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
--root [<branch>]
-'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --edit-todo
+'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --edit-todo
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD.
will be reset to where it was when the rebase operation was
started.
+--quit::
+ Abort the rebase operation but HEAD is not reset back to the
+ original branch. The index and working tree are also left
+ unchanged as a result.
+
--keep-empty::
Keep the commits that do not change anything from its
parents in the result.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-relink.txt b/Documentation/git-relink.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b33c99510..0000000000
--- a/Documentation/git-relink.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-git-relink(1)
-=============
-
-NAME
-----
-git-relink - Hardlink common objects in local repositories
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-[verse]
-'git relink' [--safe] <dir>... <master_dir>
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-This will scan 1 or more object repositories and look for objects in common
-with a master repository. Objects not already hardlinked to the master
-repository will be replaced with a hardlink to the master repository.
-
-OPTIONS
--------
---safe::
- Stops if two objects with the same hash exist but have different sizes.
- Default is to warn and continue.
-
-<dir>::
- Directories containing a .git/objects/ subdirectory.
-
-GIT
----
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 25432d9257..8a21198d65 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -292,6 +292,54 @@ $ git reset --keep start <3>
<3> But you can use "reset --keep" to remove the unwanted commit after
you switched to "branch2".
+Split a commit apart into a sequence of commits::
++
+Suppose that you have created lots of logically separate changes and commited
+them together. Then, later you decide that it might be better to have each
+logical chunk associated with its own commit. You can use git reset to rewind
+history without changing the contents of your local files, and then successively
+use `git add -p` to interactively select which hunks to include into each commit,
+using `git commit -c` to pre-populate the commit message.
++
+------------
+$ git reset -N HEAD^ <1>
+$ git add -p <2>
+$ git diff --cached <3>
+$ git commit -c HEAD@{1} <4>
+... <5>
+$ git add ... <6>
+$ git diff --cached <7>
+$ git commit ... <8>
+------------
++
+<1> First, reset the history back one commit so that we remove the original
+ commit, but leave the working tree with all the changes. The -N ensures
+ that any new files added with HEAD are still marked so that git add -p
+ will find them.
+<2> Next, we interactively select diff hunks to add using the git add -p
+ facility. This will ask you about each diff hunk in sequence and you can
+ use simple commands such as "yes, include this", "No don't include this"
+ or even the very powerful "edit" facility.
+<3> Once satisfied with the hunks you want to include, you should verify what
+ has been prepared for the first commit by using git diff --cached. This
+ shows all the changes that have been moved into the index and are about
+ to be committed.
+<4> Next, commit the changes stored in the index. The -c option specifies to
+ pre-populate the commit message from the original message that you started
+ with in the first commit. This is helpful to avoid retyping it. The HEAD@{1}
+ is a special notation for the commit that HEAD used to be at prior to the
+ original reset commit (1 change ago). See linkgit:git-reflog[1] for more
+ details. You may also use any other valid commit reference.
+<5> You can repeat steps 2-4 multiple times to break the original code into
+ any number of commits.
+<6> Now you've split out many of the changes into their own commits, and might
+ no longer use the patch mode of git add, in order to select all remaining
+ uncommitted changes.
+<7> Once again, check to verify that you've included what you want to. You may
+ also wish to verify that git diff doesn't show any remaining changes to be
+ committed later.
+<8> And finally create the final commit.
+
DISCUSSION
----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index b6c6326cdc..91c02b8c85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ repository. For example:
----
prefix=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix)
cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")"
+# rev-parse provides the -- needed for 'set'
+eval "set $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" -- "$@")"
----
--verify::
@@ -216,6 +217,10 @@ If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory
is not detected to lie in a Git repository or work tree
print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
+--absolute-git-dir::
+ Like `--git-dir`, but its output is always the canonicalized
+ absolute path.
+
--git-common-dir::
Show `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` if defined, else `$GIT_DIR`.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index 31af7f2736..ee6c5476c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ OPTIONS
Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown.
+-c::
+--committer::
+ Collect and show committer identities instead of authors.
+
-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]::
Linewrap the output by wrapping each line at `width`. The first
line of each entry is indented by `indent1` spaces, and the second
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 2e9cef06e6..2e9e344cd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ OPTIONS
save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
- Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset
- --hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives
+ Save your local modifications to a new 'stash' and roll them
+ back to HEAD (in the working tree and in the index).
+ The <message> part is optional and gives
the description along with the stashed state. For quickly making
a snapshot, you can omit _both_ "save" and <message>, but giving
only <message> does not trigger this action to prevent a misspelled
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index d841573475..8acc72ebb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,19 +9,15 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>]
- [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [<options>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...)
-'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch]
- [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge]
- [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive]
- [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>]
- [commit] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] update [<options>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [<options>] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] absorbgitdirs [--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -62,7 +58,7 @@ if you choose to go that route.
COMMANDS
--------
-add::
+add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]::
Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
to the changeset to be committed next to the current
project: the current project is termed the "superproject".
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ together in the same relative location, and only the
superproject's URL needs to be provided: git-submodule will correctly
locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules.
-status::
+status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]::
Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
submodule path and the output of 'git describe' for the
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ submodules with respect to the commit recorded in the index or the HEAD,
linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-diff[1] will provide that information
too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree).
-init::
+init [--] [<path>...]::
Initialize the submodules recorded in the index (which were
added and committed elsewhere) by copying submodule
names and urls from .gitmodules to .git/config.
@@ -135,7 +131,7 @@ init::
the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize
any submodule locations.
-deinit::
+deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...)::
Unregister the given submodules, i.e. remove the whole
`submodule.$name` section from .git/config together with their work
tree. Further calls to `git submodule update`, `git submodule foreach`
@@ -151,20 +147,20 @@ instead of deinit-ing everything, to prevent mistakes.
If `--force` is specified, the submodule's working tree will
be removed even if it contains local modifications.
-update::
+update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...]::
+
--
Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject
expects by cloning missing submodules and updating the working tree of
the submodules. The "updating" can be done in several ways depending
on command line options and the value of `submodule.<name>.update`
-configuration variable. Supported update procedures are:
+configuration variable. The command line option takes precedence over
+the configuration variable. if neither is given, a checkout is performed.
+update procedures supported both from the command line as well as setting
+`submodule.<name>.update`:
checkout;; the commit recorded in the superproject will be
- checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD. This is
- done when `--checkout` option is given, or no option is
- given, and `submodule.<name>.update` is unset, or if it is
- set to 'checkout'.
+ checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD.
+
If `--force` is specified, the submodule will be checked out (using
`git checkout --force` if appropriate), even if the commit specified
@@ -172,23 +168,21 @@ in the index of the containing repository already matches the commit
checked out in the submodule.
rebase;; the current branch of the submodule will be rebased
- onto the commit recorded in the superproject. This is done
- when `--rebase` option is given, or no option is given, and
- `submodule.<name>.update` is set to 'rebase'.
+ onto the commit recorded in the superproject.
merge;; the commit recorded in the superproject will be merged
- into the current branch in the submodule. This is done
- when `--merge` option is given, or no option is given, and
- `submodule.<name>.update` is set to 'merge'.
+ into the current branch in the submodule.
+
+The following procedures are only available via the `submodule.<name>.update`
+configuration variable:
custom command;; arbitrary shell command that takes a single
argument (the sha1 of the commit recorded in the
- superproject) is executed. This is done when no option is
- given, and `submodule.<name>.update` has the form of
- '!command'.
+ superproject) is executed. When `submodule.<name>.update`
+ is set to '!command', the remainder after the exclamation mark
+ is the custom command.
-When no option is given and `submodule.<name>.update` is set to 'none',
-the submodule is not updated.
+ none;; the submodule is not updated.
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -197,7 +191,7 @@ submodule with the `--init` option.
If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within.
--
-summary::
+summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]::
Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits
in the submodule between the given super project commit and the
@@ -210,7 +204,7 @@ summary::
Using the `--submodule=log` option with linkgit:git-diff[1] will provide that
information too.
-foreach::
+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:
@@ -227,11 +221,14 @@ foreach::
the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
to the end of the command.
+
-As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backtick}git
-rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
-commit for each submodule.
+As an example, the command below will show the path and currently
+checked out commit for each submodule:
++
+--------------
+git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`'
+--------------
-sync::
+sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]::
Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those
submodules which already have a URL entry in .git/config (that is the
@@ -245,6 +242,20 @@ sync::
If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
registered submodules, and sync any nested submodules within.
+absorbgitdirs::
+ If a git directory of a submodule is inside the submodule,
+ move the git directory of the submodule into its superprojects
+ `$GIT_DIR/modules` path and then connect the git directory and
+ its working directory by setting the `core.worktree` and adding
+ a .git file pointing to the git directory embedded in the
+ superprojects git directory.
++
+A repository that was cloned independently and later added as a submodule or
+old setups have the submodules git directory inside the submodule instead of
+embedded into the superprojects git directory.
++
+This command is recursive by default.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-q::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 80019c584b..525737a5d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]
[--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>]
[--format=<format>] [--[no-]merged [<commit>]] [<pattern>...]
-'git tag' -v <tagname>...
+'git tag' -v [--format=<format>] <tagname>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -101,13 +101,17 @@ OPTIONS
multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
key. Also supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag
names are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort
- order can also be affected by the
- "versionsort.prereleaseSuffix" configuration variable.
+ order can also be affected by the "versionsort.suffix"
+ configuration variable.
The keys supported are the same as those in `git for-each-ref`.
Sort order defaults to the value configured for the `tag.sort`
variable if it exists, or lexicographic order otherwise. See
linkgit:git-config[1].
+-i::
+--ignore-case::
+ Sorting and filtering tags are case insensitive.
+
--column[=<options>]::
--no-column::
Display tag listing in columns. See configuration variable
@@ -146,7 +150,11 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
'strip' removes both whitespace and commentary.
--create-reflog::
- Create a reflog for the tag.
+ Create a reflog for the tag. To globally enable reflogs for tags, see
+ `core.logAllRefUpdates` in linkgit:git-config[1].
+ The negated form `--no-create-reflog` only overrides an earlier
+ `--create-reflog`, but currently does not negate the setting of
+ `core.logallrefupdates`.
<tagname>::
The name of the tag to create, delete, or describe.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
index d590edcebd..0b8075dad9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-verify-tag - Check the GPG signature of tags
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git verify-tag' <tag>...
+'git verify-tag' [--format=<format>] <tag>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index e257c19ebe..553cf8413f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working
directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. `-` may also be
specified as `<branch>`; it is synonymous with `@{-1}`.
+
-If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detached` used,
+If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used,
then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically,
as if `-b $(basename <path>)` was specified.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index bdab261515..df0941d456 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
+* link:v2.12.0/git.html[documentation for release 2.12.0]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.12.0.txt[2.12].
+
* link:v2.11.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.11.1]
* release notes for
@@ -1020,6 +1025,12 @@ Usually it is easier to configure any desired options through your
personal `.ssh/config` file. Please consult your ssh documentation
for further details.
+`GIT_SSH_VARIANT`::
+ If this environment variable is set, it overrides Git's autodetection
+ whether `GIT_SSH`/`GIT_SSH_COMMAND`/`core.sshCommand` refer to OpenSSH,
+ plink or tortoiseplink. This variable overrides the config setting
+ `ssh.variant` that serves the same purpose.
+
`GIT_ASKPASS`::
If this environment variable is set, then Git commands which need to
acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication)
@@ -1162,30 +1173,20 @@ of clones and fetches.
cloning a repository to make a backup).
`GIT_ALLOW_PROTOCOL`::
- If set, provide a colon-separated list of protocols which are
- allowed to be used with fetch/push/clone. This is useful to
- restrict recursive submodule initialization from an untrusted
- repository. Any protocol not mentioned will be disallowed (i.e.,
- this is a whitelist, not a blacklist). If the variable is not
- set at all, all protocols are enabled. The protocol names
- currently used by git are:
-
- - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
- or local paths)
-
- - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
- connection (or proxy, if configured)
-
- - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
- `ssh://`, etc).
-
- - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
- Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want both,
- you should specify both as `http:https`.
-
- - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
- `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
-
+ If set to a colon-separated list of protocols, behave as if
+ `protocol.allow` is set to `never`, and each of the listed
+ protocols has `protocol.<name>.allow` set to `always`
+ (overriding any existing configuration). In other words, any
+ protocol not mentioned will be disallowed (i.e., this is a
+ whitelist, not a blacklist). See the description of
+ `protocol.allow` in linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
+
+`GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER`::
+ Set to 0 to prevent protocols used by fetch/push/clone which are
+ configured to the `user` state. This is useful to restrict recursive
+ submodule initialization from an untrusted repository or for programs
+ which feed potentially-untrusted URLS to git commands. See
+ linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
Discussion[[Discussion]]
------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index e0b66c1220..a53d093ca1 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form:
pattern attr1 attr2 ...
That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list,
-separated by whitespaces. When the pattern matches the
-path in question, the attributes listed on the line are given to
-the path.
+separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are
+ignored. Lines that begin with '#' are ignored. Patterns
+that begin with a double quote are quoted in C style.
+When the pattern matches the path in question, the attributes
+listed on the line are given to the path.
Each attribute can be in one of these states for a given path:
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the
`$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file.
-Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute
+Sometimes you would need to override a setting of an attribute
for a path to `Unspecified` state. This can be done by listing
the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index 22309cfb48..3a0ec8c53a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -1658,4 +1658,4 @@ link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite.
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
index 4c6143c511..1cd1283d0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
@@ -203,4 +203,4 @@ link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite.
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt
index 08cf62278e..46bc6d077c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt
@@ -288,4 +288,4 @@ link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite.
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/giteveryday.txt b/Documentation/giteveryday.txt
index 35473ad02f..10c8ff93c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/giteveryday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/giteveryday.txt
@@ -307,9 +307,16 @@ master or exposed as a part of a stable branch.
<9> backport a critical fix.
<10> create a signed tag.
<11> make sure master was not accidentally rewound beyond that
-already pushed out. `ko` shorthand points at the Git maintainer's
+already pushed out.
+<12> In the output from `git show-branch`, `master` should have
+everything `ko/master` has, and `next` should have
+everything `ko/next` has, etc.
+<13> push out the bleeding edge, together with new tags that point
+into the pushed history.
+
+In this example, the `ko` shorthand points at the Git maintainer's
repository at kernel.org, and looks like this:
-+
+
------------
(in .git/config)
[remote "ko"]
@@ -320,12 +327,6 @@ repository at kernel.org, and looks like this:
push = +refs/heads/pu
push = refs/heads/maint
------------
-+
-<12> In the output from `git show-branch`, `master` should have
-everything `ko/master` has, and `next` should have
-everything `ko/next` has, etc.
-<13> push out the bleeding edge, together with new tags that point
-into the pushed history.
Repository Administration[[ADMINISTRATION]]
diff --git a/Documentation/gitglossary.txt b/Documentation/gitglossary.txt
index 212e254adc..571f640f5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitglossary.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitglossary.txt
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite.
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index e382dd96df..ca96c281d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -178,19 +178,21 @@ used by default. If '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is not set it defaults to
History
-------
Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in
-tcl/tk and started off in a separate repository but was later merged
-into the main Git repository.
+tcl/tk.
+'gitk' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable
+versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience
+of end users.
+
+gitk-git/ comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project:
+
+ git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk
SEE ALSO
--------
'qgit(1)'::
A repository browser written in C++ using Qt.
-'gitview(1)'::
- A repository browser written in Python using Gtk. It's based on
- 'bzrk(1)' and distributed in the contrib area of the Git repository.
-
'tig(1)'::
A minimal repository browser and Git tool output highlighter written
in C using Ncurses.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index 9e8681f9e1..e4b785eb60 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -452,16 +452,20 @@ set by Git if the remote helper has the 'option' capability.
Request the helper to perform a force update. Defaults to
'false'.
-'option cloning {'true'|'false'}::
+'option cloning' {'true'|'false'}::
Notify the helper this is a clone request (i.e. the current
repository is guaranteed empty).
-'option update-shallow {'true'|'false'}::
+'option update-shallow' {'true'|'false'}::
Allow to extend .git/shallow if the new refs require it.
-'option pushcert {'true'|'false'}::
+'option pushcert' {'true'|'false'}::
GPG sign pushes.
+'option push-option <string>::
+ Transmit <string> as a push option. As the a push option
+ must not contain LF or NUL characters, the string is not encoded.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-remote[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
index a5f99cbb11..f51ed4e37c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
@@ -289,4 +289,4 @@ link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite.
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
index 30d2119565..e0976f6017 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
@@ -433,4 +433,4 @@ link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite.
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index b3b58d324e..794b83393e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -674,4 +674,4 @@ link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite.
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
index f16c414ea7..177610e44e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
@@ -477,4 +477,4 @@ linkgit:git-am[1]
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite.
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 8ad29e61a9..fc9320e59e 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -386,8 +386,10 @@ Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic.
exclude;;
After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run
- through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!`). If it
- matches, the path is ignored.
+ through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!` or its
+ synonym `^`). If it matches, the path is ignored. When there
+ is no non-exclude pathspec, the exclusion is applied to the
+ result set as if invoked without any pathspec.
--
[[def_parent]]parent::
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 3bcee2ddb1..47b286b33e 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
than given and there are spaces on its left, use those spaces
- '%><(<N>)', '%><|(<N>)': similar to '% <(<N>)', '%<|(<N>)'
respectively, but padding both sides (i.e. the text is centered)
+-%(trailers): display the trailers of the body as interpreted by
+ linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]
NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 5da7cf5a8d..a02f7324c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit).
for all following revision specifiers, up to the next `--not`.
--all::
- Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/` are listed on the
- command line as '<commit>'.
+ Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/`, along with `HEAD`, are
+ listed on the command line as '<commit>'.
--branches[=<pattern>]::
Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/heads` are listed
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt
index 2602668677..e7cbb7c13a 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ Data Structure
of no interest to the calling programs. The name of the
attribute can be retrieved by calling `git_attr_name()`.
-`struct git_attr_check`::
+`struct attr_check_item`::
- This structure represents a set of attributes to check in a call
- to `git_check_attr()` function, and receives the results.
+ This structure represents one attribute and its value.
+
+`struct attr_check`::
+
+ This structure represents a collection of `attr_check_item`.
+ It is passed to `git_check_attr()` function, specifying the
+ attributes to check, and receives their values.
Attribute Values
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ Attribute Values
An attribute for a path can be in one of four states: Set, Unset,
Unspecified or set to a string, and `.value` member of `struct
-git_attr_check` records it. There are three macros to check these:
+attr_check_item` records it. There are three macros to check these:
`ATTR_TRUE()`::
@@ -48,49 +53,51 @@ value of the attribute for the path.
Querying Specific Attributes
----------------------------
-* Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` to define the list of
- attributes you would want to check. To populate this array, you would
- need to define necessary attributes by calling `git_attr()` function.
+* Prepare `struct attr_check` using attr_check_initl()
+ function, enumerating the names of attributes whose values you are
+ interested in, terminated with a NULL pointer. Alternatively, an
+ empty `struct attr_check` can be prepared by calling
+ `attr_check_alloc()` function and then attributes you want to
+ ask about can be added to it with `attr_check_append()`
+ function.
* Call `git_check_attr()` to check the attributes for the path.
-* Inspect `git_attr_check` structure to see how each of the attribute in
- the array is defined for the path.
+* Inspect `attr_check` structure to see how each of the
+ attribute in the array is defined for the path.
Example
-------
-To see how attributes "crlf" and "indent" are set for different paths.
+To see how attributes "crlf" and "ident" are set for different paths.
-. Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` with two elements (because
- we are checking two attributes). Initialize their `attr` member with
- pointers to `struct git_attr` obtained by calling `git_attr()`:
+. Prepare a `struct attr_check` with two elements (because
+ we are checking two attributes):
------------
-static struct git_attr_check check[2];
+static struct attr_check *check;
static void setup_check(void)
{
- if (check[0].attr)
+ if (check)
return; /* already done */
- check[0].attr = git_attr("crlf");
- check[1].attr = git_attr("ident");
+ check = attr_check_initl("crlf", "ident", NULL);
}
------------
-. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared array of `struct git_attr_check`:
+. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared `struct attr_check`:
------------
const char *path;
setup_check();
- git_check_attr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check);
+ git_check_attr(path, check);
------------
-. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check[]`:
+. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check->items[]`:
------------
- const char *value = check[0].value;
+ const char *value = check->items[0].value;
if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) {
The attribute is Set, by listing only the name of the
@@ -109,20 +116,39 @@ static void setup_check(void)
}
------------
+To see how attributes in argv[] are set for different paths, only
+the first step in the above would be different.
+
+------------
+static struct attr_check *check;
+static void setup_check(const char **argv)
+{
+ check = attr_check_alloc();
+ while (*argv) {
+ struct git_attr *attr = git_attr(*argv);
+ attr_check_append(check, attr);
+ argv++;
+ }
+}
+------------
+
Querying All Attributes
-----------------------
To get the values of all attributes associated with a file:
-* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which returns an array of `git_attr_check`
- structures.
+* Prepare an empty `attr_check` structure by calling
+ `attr_check_alloc()`.
+
+* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which populates the `attr_check`
+ with the attributes attached to the path.
-* Iterate over the `git_attr_check` array to examine the attribute
- names and values. The name of the attribute described by a
- `git_attr_check` object can be retrieved via
- `git_attr_name(check[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items will be
- returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return false
- for all returned `git_array_check` objects.)
+* Iterate over the `attr_check.items[]` array to examine
+ the attribute names and values. The name of the attribute
+ described by a `attr_check.items[]` object can be retrieved via
+ `git_attr_name(check->items[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items
+ will be returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return
+ false for all returned `attr_check.items[]` objects.)
-* Free the `git_array_check` array.
+* Free the `attr_check` struct by calling `attr_check_free()`.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt
index 28f5a8b715..a3f020cd9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ Returns the removed entry, or NULL if not found.
`void *hashmap_iter_next(struct hashmap_iter *iter)`::
`void *hashmap_iter_first(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_iter *iter)`::
- Used to iterate over all entries of a hashmap.
+ Used to iterate over all entries of a hashmap. Note that it is
+ not safe to add or remove entries to the hashmap while
+ iterating.
+
`hashmap_iter_init` initializes a `hashmap_iter` structure.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 27bd701c0d..36768b479e 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
Introduce an option with string argument.
The string argument is put into `str_var`.
+`OPT_STRING_LIST(short, long, &struct string_list, arg_str, description)`::
+ Introduce an option with string argument.
+ The string argument is stored as an element in `string_list`.
+ Use of `--no-option` will clear the list of preceding values.
+
`OPT_INTEGER(short, long, &int_var, description)`::
Introduce an option with integer argument.
The integer is put into `int_var`.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-setup.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-setup.txt
index 540e455689..eb1fa9853e 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-setup.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-setup.txt
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ parse_pathspec(). This function takes several arguments:
- prefix and args come from cmd_* functions
-get_pathspec() is obsolete and should never be used in new code.
-
parse_pathspec() helps catch unsupported features and reject them
politely. At a lower level, different pathspec-related functions may
not support the same set of features. Such pathspec-sensitive
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt
index 941fa178dd..3dce003fda 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt
@@ -47,16 +47,20 @@ Functions
Can be passed to the config parsing infrastructure to parse
local (worktree) submodule configurations.
-`const struct submodule *submodule_from_path(const unsigned char *commit_sha1, const char *path)`::
+`const struct submodule *submodule_from_path(const unsigned char *treeish_name, const char *path)`::
- Lookup values for one submodule by its commit_sha1 and path.
+ Given a tree-ish in the superproject and a path, return the
+ submodule that is bound at the path in the named tree.
-`const struct submodule *submodule_from_name(const unsigned char *commit_sha1, const char *name)`::
+`const struct submodule *submodule_from_name(const unsigned char *treeish_name, const char *name)`::
The same as above but lookup by name.
-If given the null_sha1 as commit_sha1 the local configuration of a
-submodule will be returned (e.g. consolidated values from local git
+Whenever a submodule configuration is parsed in `parse_submodule_config_option`
+via e.g. `gitmodules_config()`, it will overwrite the null_sha1 entry.
+So in the normal case, when HEAD:.gitmodules is parsed first and then overlayed
+with the repository configuration, the null_sha1 entry contains the local
+configuration of a submodule (e.g. consolidated values from local git
configuration and the .gitmodules file in the worktree).
For an example usage see test-submodule-config.c.
diff --git a/Documentation/texi.xsl b/Documentation/texi.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f8ff07eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/texi.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!-- texi.xsl:
+ convert refsection elements into refsect elements that docbook2texi can
+ understand -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ version="1.0">
+
+<xsl:output method="xml"
+ encoding="UTF-8"
+ doctype-public="-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ doctype-system="http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" />
+
+<xsl:template match="//refsection">
+ <xsl:variable name="element">refsect<xsl:value-of select="count(ancestor-or-self::refsection)" /></xsl:variable>
+ <xsl:element name="{$element}">
+ <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
+ </xsl:element>
+</xsl:template>
+
+<!-- Copy all other nodes through. -->
+<xsl:template match="node()|@*">
+ <xsl:copy>
+ <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
+ </xsl:copy>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 5e07454572..bc29298678 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -4395,6 +4395,10 @@ itself!
Git Glossary
============
+[[git-explained]]
+Git explained
+-------------
+
include::glossary-content.txt[]
[[git-quick-start]]
@@ -4636,6 +4640,10 @@ $ git gc
Appendix B: Notes and todo list for this manual
===============================================
+[[todo-list]]
+Todo list
+---------
+
This is a work in progress.
The basic requirements: