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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
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 |