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-rw-r--r--Documentation/CodingGuidelines12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/Makefile100
-rw-r--r--Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.0.3.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.32.0.txt416
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.33.0.txt155
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/advice.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/blame.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/checkout.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/clone.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/color.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/index.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/log.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/merge.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/pack.txt38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/push.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/rebase.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/stash.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cat-file.txt67
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-clone.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt59
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-credential.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-describe.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt64
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt94
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-maintenance.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mktag.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt55
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-repack.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rm.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-email.txt25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-worktree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/githooks.txt33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitignore.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmailmap.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/glossary-content.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.txt131
-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/lint-gitlink.perl108
-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl24
-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/lint-man-section-order.perl105
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-formats.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/revisions.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-error-handling.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-simple-ipc.txt105
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/index-format.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt83
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/packfile-uri.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt270
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/reftable.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/remembering-renames.txt671
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/sparse-index.txt208
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.txt3
87 files changed, 3110 insertions, 376 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 45465bc0c9..e3af089ecf 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
does not have such a problem.
+ - Even though "local" is not part of POSIX, we make heavy use of it
+ in our test suite. We do not use it in scripted Porcelains, and
+ hopefully nobody starts using "local" before they are reimplemented
+ in C ;-)
+
For C programs:
@@ -498,7 +503,12 @@ Error Messages
- Do not end error messages with a full stop.
- - Do not capitalize ("unable to open %s", not "Unable to open %s")
+ - Do not capitalize the first word, only because it is the first word
+ in the message ("unable to open %s", not "Unable to open %s"). But
+ "SHA-3 not supported" is fine, because the reason the first word is
+ capitalized is not because it is at the beginning of the sentence,
+ but because the word would be spelled in capital letters even when
+ it appeared in the middle of the sentence.
- Say what the error is first ("cannot open %s", not "%s: cannot open")
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 81d1bf7a04..f5605b7767 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
MAN1_TXT =
MAN5_TXT =
MAN7_TXT =
+HOWTO_TXT =
+DOC_DEP_TXT =
TECH_DOCS =
ARTICLES =
SP_ARTICLES =
@@ -42,6 +44,11 @@ MAN7_TXT += gittutorial-2.txt
MAN7_TXT += gittutorial.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitworkflows.txt
+HOWTO_TXT += $(wildcard howto/*.txt)
+
+DOC_DEP_TXT += $(wildcard *.txt)
+DOC_DEP_TXT += $(wildcard config/*.txt)
+
ifdef MAN_FILTER
MAN_TXT = $(filter $(MAN_FILTER),$(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT))
else
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ SP_ARTICLES += howto/rebuild-from-update-hook
SP_ARTICLES += howto/rebase-from-internal-branch
SP_ARTICLES += howto/keep-canonical-history-correct
SP_ARTICLES += howto/maintain-git
+SP_ARTICLES += howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases
API_DOCS = $(patsubst %.txt,%,$(filter-out technical/api-index-skel.txt technical/api-index.txt, $(wildcard technical/api-*.txt)))
SP_ARTICLES += $(API_DOCS)
@@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ TECH_DOCS += technical/multi-pack-index
TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-format
TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-heuristics
TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-protocol
+TECH_DOCS += technical/parallel-checkout
TECH_DOCS += technical/partial-clone
TECH_DOCS += technical/protocol-capabilities
TECH_DOCS += technical/protocol-common
@@ -130,6 +139,7 @@ ASCIIDOC_CONF = -f asciidoc.conf
ASCIIDOC_COMMON = $(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $(ASCIIDOC_CONF) \
-amanversion=$(GIT_VERSION) \
-amanmanual='Git Manual' -amansource='Git'
+ASCIIDOC_DEPS = asciidoc.conf GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
TXT_TO_HTML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML)
TXT_TO_XML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK)
MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-normal.xsl
@@ -184,6 +194,7 @@ ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook5
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -acompat-mode -atabsize=8
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -I. -rasciidoctor-extensions
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;'
+ASCIIDOC_DEPS = asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
DBLATEX_COMMON =
XMLTO_EXTRA += --skip-validation
XMLTO_EXTRA += -x manpage.xsl
@@ -284,10 +295,8 @@ docdep_prereqs = \
mergetools-list.made $(mergetools_txt) \
cmd-list.made $(cmds_txt)
-doc.dep : $(docdep_prereqs) $(wildcard *.txt) $(wildcard config/*.txt) build-docdep.perl
- $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@+ $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
- mv $@+ $@
+doc.dep : $(docdep_prereqs) $(DOC_DEP_TXT) build-docdep.perl
+ $(QUIET_GEN)$(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@ $(QUIET_STDERR)
ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
-include doc.dep
@@ -307,8 +316,7 @@ cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
$(cmds_txt): cmd-list.made
cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT)
- $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \
- $(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(cmds_txt) $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
+ $(QUIET_GEN)$(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(cmds_txt) $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
date >$@
mergetools_txt = mergetools-diff.txt mergetools-merge.txt
@@ -316,7 +324,7 @@ mergetools_txt = mergetools-diff.txt mergetools-merge.txt
$(mergetools_txt): mergetools-list.made
mergetools-list.made: ../git-mergetool--lib.sh $(wildcard ../mergetools/*)
- $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \
+ $(QUIET_GEN) \
$(SHELL_PATH) -c 'MERGE_TOOLS_DIR=../mergetools && \
. ../git-mergetool--lib.sh && \
show_tool_names can_diff "* " || :' >mergetools-diff.txt && \
@@ -345,32 +353,23 @@ clean:
$(RM) manpage-base-url.xsl
$(RM) GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
-$(MAN_HTML): %.html : %.txt asciidoc.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
- $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(TXT_TO_HTML) -d manpage -o $@+ $< && \
- mv $@+ $@
+$(MAN_HTML): %.html : %.txt $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
+ $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_HTML) -d manpage -o $@ $<
-$(OBSOLETE_HTML): %.html : %.txto asciidoc.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
- $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(TXT_TO_HTML) -o $@+ $< && \
- mv $@+ $@
+$(OBSOLETE_HTML): %.html : %.txto $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
+ $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_HTML) -o $@ $<
manpage-base-url.xsl: manpage-base-url.xsl.in
$(QUIET_GEN)sed "s|@@MAN_BASE_URL@@|$(MAN_BASE_URL)|" $< > $@
%.1 %.5 %.7 : %.xml manpage-base-url.xsl $(wildcard manpage*.xsl)
- $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(RM) $@ && \
- $(XMLTO) -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
+ $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(XMLTO) -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
-%.xml : %.txt asciidoc.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
- $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(TXT_TO_XML) -d manpage -o $@+ $< && \
- mv $@+ $@
+%.xml : %.txt $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
+ $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_XML) -d manpage -o $@ $<
user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
- $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(TXT_TO_XML) -d book -o $@+ $< && \
- mv $@+ $@
+ $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_XML) -d book -o $@ $<
technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \
technical/api-index.sh $(patsubst %,%.txt,$(API_DOCS))
@@ -391,46 +390,35 @@ XSLTOPTS += --stringparam html.stylesheet docbook-xsl.css
XSLTOPTS += --param generate.consistent.ids 1
user-manual.html: user-manual.xml $(XSLT)
- $(QUIET_XSLTPROC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@+ $(XSLT) $< && \
- mv $@+ $@
+ $(QUIET_XSLTPROC)xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@ $(XSLT) $<
git.info: user-manual.texi
$(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi
user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml
- $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout >$@++ && \
- $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl <$@++ >$@+ && \
- rm $@++ && \
- mv $@+ $@
+ $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout >$@+ && \
+ $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl <$@+ >$@ && \
+ $(RM) $@+
user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml
- $(QUIET_DBLATEX)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ $(DBLATEX_COMMON) $< && \
- mv $@+ $@
+ $(QUIET_DBLATEX)$(DBLATEX) -o $@ $(DBLATEX_COMMON) $<
gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl texi.xsl
- $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+ $(QUIET_DB2TEXI) \
($(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 $@+ $@
+ $(RM) $(xml)+ &&) true) > $@+ && \
+ $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ <$@+ >$@ && \
+ $(RM) $@+
gitman.info: gitman.texi
$(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi
$(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml
- $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $*.xml >$@+ && \
- mv $@+ $@
+ $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $*.xml >$@
-howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt)
- $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
- '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./howto-index.sh $(sort $(wildcard howto/*.txt)) >$@+ && \
- mv $@+ $@
+howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(HOWTO_TXT)
+ $(QUIET_GEN)'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./howto-index.sh $(sort $(HOWTO_TXT)) >$@
$(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_HTML) $*.txt
@@ -438,11 +426,10 @@ $(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt
WEBDOC_DEST = /pub/software/scm/git/docs
howto/%.html: ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-relative-html-prefix=../
-$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard howto/*.txt)): %.html : %.txt GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
- $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(HOWTO_TXT)): %.html : %.txt GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
+ $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC) \
sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | \
- $(TXT_TO_HTML) - >$@+ && \
- mv $@+ $@
+ $(TXT_TO_HTML) - >$@
install-webdoc : html
'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(WEBDOC_DEST)
@@ -470,11 +457,20 @@ print-man1:
@for i in $(MAN1_TXT); do echo $$i; done
lint-docs::
- $(QUIET_LINT)$(PERL_PATH) lint-gitlink.perl
+ $(QUIET_LINT)$(PERL_PATH) lint-gitlink.perl \
+ $(HOWTO_TXT) $(DOC_DEP_TXT) \
+ --section=1 $(MAN1_TXT) \
+ --section=5 $(MAN5_TXT) \
+ --section=7 $(MAN7_TXT); \
+ $(PERL_PATH) lint-man-end-blurb.perl $(MAN_TXT); \
+ $(PERL_PATH) lint-man-section-order.perl $(MAN_TXT);
ifeq ($(wildcard po/Makefile),po/Makefile)
doc-l10n install-l10n::
$(MAKE) -C po $@
endif
+# Delete the target file on error
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
+
.PHONY: FORCE
diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
index af0a9da62e..015cf24631 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Veteran contributors who are especially interested in helping mentor newcomers
are present on the list. In order to avoid search indexers, group membership is
required to view messages; anyone can join and no approval is required.
-==== https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] on Freenode
+==== https://web.libera.chat/#git-devel[#git-devel] on Libera Chat
This IRC channel is for conversations between Git contributors. If someone is
currently online and knows the answer to your question, you can receive help
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ either examining recent pull requests where someone has been granted `/allow`
(https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+%22%2Fallow%22[Search:
is:pr is:open "/allow"]), in which case both the author and the person who
granted the `/allow` can now `/allow` you, or by inquiring on the
-https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] IRC channel on Freenode
+https://web.libera.chat/#git-devel[#git-devel] IRC channel on Libera Chat
linking your pull request and asking for someone to `/allow` you.
If the CI fails, you can update your changes with `git rebase -i` and push your
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.0.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.0.3.txt
index ae0577836a..ad36c0f0b7 100644
--- a/