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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | Documentation/cmd-list.perl | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/extensions.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-bundle.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-help.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-notes.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 123 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt | 30 |
15 files changed, 191 insertions, 88 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index ecd0b340b1..80d1908a44 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ MAN1_TXT += git.txt MAN1_TXT += gitk.txt MAN1_TXT += gitweb.txt +# man5 / man7 guides (note: new guides should also be added to command-list.txt) MAN5_TXT += gitattributes.txt MAN5_TXT += githooks.txt MAN5_TXT += gitignore.txt @@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \ cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt \ cmds-synchingrepositories.txt \ cmds-synchelpers.txt \ + cmds-guide.txt \ cmds-purehelpers.txt \ cmds-foreignscminterface.txt @@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ $(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 $(QUIET_STDERR) && \ + $(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(cmds_txt) $(QUIET_STDERR) && \ date >$@ mergetools_txt = mergetools-diff.txt mergetools-merge.txt diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt index 41a2348191..06025e8824 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt @@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features of the title of default merge message with merge.suppressDest configuration. + * The component to respond to "git fetch" request is made more + configurable to selectively allow or reject object filtering + specification used for partial cloning. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -43,6 +47,15 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. in-core, but the check would have triggered lazy fetching of such an object from a promissor remote. + * The argv_array API is useful for not just managing argv but any + "vector" (NULL-terminated array) of strings, and has seen adoption + to a certain degree. It has been renamed to "strvec" to reduce the + barrier to adoption. + + * The final leg of SHA-256 transition. + + * CMake support to build with MSVC for Windows bypassing the Makefile. + Fixes since v2.28 ----------------- @@ -82,6 +95,13 @@ Fixes since v2.28 * Command line completion (in contrib/) update. (merge 688b87c81b mp/complete-show-color-moved later to maint). + * All "mergy" operations that internally use the merge-recursive + machinery should honor the merge.renormalize configuration, but + many of them didn't. + + * Doc cleanup around "worktree". + (merge dc9c144be5 es/worktree-doc-cleanups later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 84544f2ea3 sk/typofixes later to maint). (merge b17f411ab5 ar/help-guides-doc later to maint). @@ -89,3 +109,9 @@ Fixes since v2.28 (merge 861c4ce141 en/typofixes later to maint). (merge 60e47f6773 sg/ci-git-path-fix-with-pyenv later to maint). (merge e2bfa50ac3 jb/doc-packfile-name later to maint). + (merge 918d8ff780 es/worktree-cleanup later to maint). + (merge dc156bc31f ma/t1450-quotefix later to maint). + (merge 56e743426b en/merge-recursive-comment-fixes later to maint). + (merge 7d23ff818f rs/bisect-oid-to-hex-fix later to maint). + (merge de20baf2c9 ny/notes-doc-sample-update later to maint). + (merge f649aaaf82 so/rev-parser-errormessage-fix later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl index 5aa73cfe45..af5da45d28 100755 --- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl +++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl @@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ sub format_one { my ($out, $nameattr) = @_; my ($name, $attr) = @$nameattr; my ($state, $description); + my $mansection; $state = 0; open I, '<', "$name.txt" or die "No such file $name.txt"; while (<I>) { + if (/^git[a-z0-9-]*\(([0-9])\)$/) { + $mansection = $1; + next; + } if (/^NAME$/) { $state = 1; next; @@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ sub format_one { die "No description found in $name.txt"; } if (my ($verify_name, $text) = ($description =~ /^($name) - (.*)/)) { - print $out "linkgit:$name\[1\]::\n\t"; + print $out "linkgit:$name\[$mansection\]::\n\t"; if ($attr =~ / deprecated /) { print $out "(deprecated) "; } @@ -38,12 +43,15 @@ sub format_one { } } -while (<>) { +my ($input, @categories) = @ARGV; + +open IN, "<$input"; +while (<IN>) { last if /^### command list/; } my %cmds = (); -for (sort <>) { +for (sort <IN>) { next if /^#/; chomp; @@ -51,17 +59,10 @@ for (sort <>) { $attr = '' unless defined $attr; push @{$cmds{$cat}}, [$name, " $attr "]; } +close IN; -for my $cat (qw(ancillaryinterrogators - ancillarymanipulators - mainporcelain - plumbinginterrogators - plumbingmanipulators - synchingrepositories - foreignscminterface - purehelpers - synchelpers)) { - my $out = "cmds-$cat.txt"; +for my $out (@categories) { + my ($cat) = $out =~ /^cmds-(.*)\.txt$/; open O, '>', "$out+" or die "Cannot open output file $out+"; for (@{$cmds{$cat}}) { format_one(\*O, $_); diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index ef0768b91a..3042d80978 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ include::config/diff.txt[] include::config/difftool.txt[] +include::config/extensions.txt[] + include::config/fastimport.txt[] include::config/feature.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/config/extensions.txt b/Documentation/config/extensions.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4e23d73cdc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/extensions.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +extensions.objectFormat:: + Specify the hash algorithm to use. The acceptable values are `sha1` and + `sha256`. If not specified, `sha1` is assumed. It is an error to specify + this key unless `core.repositoryFormatVersion` is 1. ++ +Note that this setting should only be set by linkgit:git-init[1] or +linkgit:git-clone[1]. Trying to change it after initialization will not +work and will produce hard-to-diagnose issues. diff --git a/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt b/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt index ed1c835695..ee7b3ac94f 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt @@ -57,6 +57,24 @@ uploadpack.allowFilter:: If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial clone and partial fetch object filtering. +uploadpackfilter.allow:: + Provides a default value for unspecified object filters (see: the + below configuration variable). + Defaults to `true`. + +uploadpackfilter.<filter>.allow:: + Explicitly allow or ban the object filter corresponding to + `<filter>`, where `<filter>` may be one of: `blob:none`, + `blob:limit`, `tree`, `sparse:oid`, or `combine`. If using + combined filters, both `combine` and all of the nested filter + kinds must be allowed. Defaults to `uploadpackfilter.allow`. + +uploadpackfilter.tree.maxDepth:: + Only allow `--filter=tree=<n>` when `n` is no more than the value of + `uploadpackfilter.tree.maxDepth`. If set, this also implies + `uploadpackfilter.tree.allow=true`, unless this configuration + variable had already been set. Has no effect if unset. + uploadpack.allowRefInWant:: If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want` feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt index d34b0964be..53804cad4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-bundle - Move objects and refs by archive SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git bundle' create [-q | --quiet | --progress | --all-progress] [--all-progress-implied] <file> <git-rev-list-args> +'git bundle' create [-q | --quiet | --progress | --all-progress] [--all-progress-implied] + [--version=<version>] <file> <git-rev-list-args> 'git bundle' verify [-q | --quiet] <file> 'git bundle' list-heads <file> [<refname>...] 'git bundle' unbundle <file> [<refname>...] @@ -102,6 +103,12 @@ unbundle <file>:: is activated. Unlike --all-progress this flag doesn't actually force any progress display by itself. +--version=<version>:: + Specify the bundle version. Version 2 is the older format and can only be + used with SHA-1 repositories; the newer version 3 contains capabilities that + permit extensions. The default is the oldest supported format, based on the + hash algorithm in use. + -q:: --quiet:: This flag makes the command not to report its progress diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 69c0c5c34e..44fe8860b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ on the standard output. If the option `--all` or `-a` is given, all available commands are printed on the standard output. -If the option `--guides` or `-g` is given, a list of the useful -Git guides is also printed on the standard output. +If the option `--guides` or `-g` is given, a list of the +Git concept guides is also printed on the standard output. If a command, or a guide, is given, a manual page for that command or guide is brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ OPTIONS -g:: --guides:: - Prints a list of useful guides on the standard output. This + Prints a list of the Git concept guides on the standard output. This option overrides any given command or guide name. -i:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index ced2e8280e..0a4200674c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ are taken from notes refs. A notes ref is usually a branch which contains "files" whose paths are the object names for the objects they describe, with some directory separators included for performance reasons footnote:[Permitted pathnames have the form -'ab'`/`'cd'`/`'ef'`/`'...'`/`'abcdef...': a sequence of directory +'bf'`/`'fe'`/`'30'`/`'...'`/`'680d5a...': a sequence of directory names of two hexadecimal digits each followed by a filename with the rest of the object ID.]. diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index eaa2f2a404..54d715ead1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -270,15 +270,18 @@ So does `git bundle` (see linkgit:git-bundle[1]) when it creates a bundle. This option specifies how missing objects are handled. + The form '--missing=error' requests that pack-objects stop with an error if -a missing object is encountered. This is the default action. +a missing object is encountered. If the repository is a partial clone, an +attempt to fetch missing objects will be made before declaring them missing. +This is the default action. + The form '--missing=allow-any' will allow object traversal to continue -if a missing object is encountered. Missing objects will silently be -omitted from the results. +if a missing object is encountered. No fetch of a missing object will occur. +Missing objects will silently be omitted from the results. + The form '--missing=allow-promisor' is like 'allow-any', but will only allow object traversal to continue for EXPECTED promisor missing objects. -Unexpected missing object will raise an error. +No fetch of a missing object will occur. An unexpected missing object will +raise an error. --exclude-promisor-objects:: Omit objects that are known to be in the promisor remote. (This diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 4796c3c05e..6ee6ec7982 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ Manage multiple working trees attached to the same repository. A git repository can support multiple working trees, allowing you to check out more than one branch at a time. With `git worktree add` a new working tree is associated with the repository. This new working tree is called a -"linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by "git -init" or "git clone". A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a +"linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by +linkgit:git-init[1] or linkgit:git-clone[1]. +A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees. When you are done with a linked working tree, remove it with `git worktree remove`. @@ -48,10 +49,10 @@ add <path> [<commit-ish>]:: Create `<path>` and checkout `<commit-ish>` into it. The new working directory is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working -directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. `-` may also be -specified as `<commit-ish>`; it is synonymous with `@{-1}`. +directory specific files such as `HEAD`, `index`, etc. As a convenience, +`<commit-ish>` may be a bare "`-`", which is synonymous with `@{-1}`. + -If <commit-ish> is a branch name (call it `<branch>`) and is not found, +If `<commit-ish>` is a branch name (call it `<branch>`) and is not found, and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` are used, but there does exist a tracking branch in exactly one remote (call it `<remote>`) with a matching name, treat as equivalent to: @@ -66,24 +67,24 @@ one for the purposes of disambiguation, even if the `<branch>` isn't unique across all remotes. Set it to e.g. `checkout.defaultRemote=origin` to always checkout remote branches from there if `<branch>` is ambiguous but exists on the -'origin' remote. See also `checkout.defaultRemote` in +`origin` remote. See also `checkout.defaultRemote` in linkgit:git-config[1]. + If `<commit-ish>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` used, -then, as a convenience, the new worktree is associated with a branch +then, as a convenience, the new working tree is associated with a branch (call it `<branch>`) named after `$(basename <path>)`. If `<branch>` -doesn't exist, a new branch based on HEAD is automatically created as +doesn't exist, a new branch based on `HEAD` is automatically created as if `-b <branch>` was given. If `<branch>` does exist, it will be -checked out in the new worktree, if it's not checked out anywhere -else, otherwise the command will refuse to create the worktree (unless +checked out in the new working tree, if it's not checked out anywhere +else, otherwise the command will refuse to create the working tree (unless `--force` is used). list:: -List details of each worktree. The main worktree is listed first, followed by -each of the linked worktrees. The output details include if the worktree is -bare, the revision currently checked out, and the branch currently checked out -(or 'detached HEAD' if none). +List details of each working tree. The main working tree is listed first, +followed by each of the linked working trees. The output details include +whether the working tree is bare, the revision currently checked out, and the +branch currently checked out (or "detached HEAD" if none). lock:: @@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ or linked working trees containing submodules cannot be moved. prune:: -Prune working tree information in $GIT_DIR/worktrees. +Prune working tree information in `$GIT_DIR/worktrees`. remove:: @@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ OPTIONS `move` refuses to move a locked working tree unless `--force` is specified twice. If the destination is already assigned to some other working tree but is missing (for instance, if `<new-path>` was deleted manually), then `--force` -allows the move to proceed; use --force twice if the destination is locked. +allows the move to proceed; use `--force` twice if the destination is locked. + `remove` refuses to remove an unclean working tree unless `--force` is used. To remove a locked working tree, specify `--force` twice. @@ -137,13 +138,13 @@ To remove a locked working tree, specify `--force` twice. -B <new-branch>:: With `add`, create a new branch named `<new-branch>` starting at `<commit-ish>`, and check out `<new-branch>` into the new working tree. - If `<commit-ish>` is omitted, it defaults to HEAD. + If `<commit-ish>` is omitted, it defaults to `HEAD`. By default, `-b` refuses to create a new branch if it already exists. `-B` overrides this safeguard, resetting `<new-branch>` to `<commit-ish>`. --detach:: - With `add`, detach HEAD in the new working tree. See "DETACHED HEAD" + With `add`, detach `HEAD` in the new working tree. See "DETACHED HEAD" in linkgit:git-checkout[1]. --[no-]checkout:: @@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ To remove a locked working tree, specify `--force` twice. --[no-]guess-remote:: With `worktree add <path>`, without `<commit-ish>`, instead - of creating a new branch from HEAD, if there exists a tracking + of creating a new branch from `HEAD`, if there exists a tracking branch in exactly one remote matching the basename of `<path>`, base the new branch on the remote-tracking branch, and mark the remote-tracking branch as "upstream" from the new branch. @@ -166,12 +167,12 @@ This can also be set up as the default behaviour by using the When creating a new branch, if `<commit-ish>` is a branch, mark it as "upstream" from the new branch. This is the default if `<commit-ish>` is a remote-tracking branch. See - "--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + `--track` in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. --lock:: Keep the working tree locked after creation. This is the equivalent of `git worktree lock` after `git worktree add`, - but without race condition. + but without a race condition. -n:: --dry-run:: @@ -185,14 +186,14 @@ This can also be set up as the default behaviour by using the -q:: --quiet:: - With 'add', suppress feedback messages. + With `add`, suppress feedback messages. -v:: --verbose:: With `prune`, report all removals. --expire <time>:: - With `prune`, only expire unused working trees older than <time>. + With `prune`, only expire unused working trees older than `<time>`. --reason <string>:: With `lock`, an explanation why the working tree is locked. @@ -202,48 +203,48 @@ This can also be set up as the default behaviour by using the absolute. + If the last path components in the working tree's path is unique among -working trees, it can be used to identify worktrees. For example if -you only have two working trees, at "/abc/def/ghi" and "/abc/def/ggg", -then "ghi" or "def/ghi" is enough to point to the former working tree. +working trees, it can be used to identify a working tree. For example if +you only have two working trees, at `/abc/def/ghi` and `/abc/def/ggg`, +then `ghi` or `def/ghi` is enough to point to the former working tree. REFS ---- In multiple working trees, some refs may be shared between all working -trees, some refs are local. One example is HEAD is different for all -working trees. This section is about the sharing rules and how to access +trees and some refs are local. One example is `HEAD` which is different for each +working tree. This section is about the sharing rules and how to access refs of one working tree from another. In general, all pseudo refs are per working tree and all refs starting -with "refs/" are shared. Pseudo refs are ones like HEAD which are -directly under GIT_DIR instead of inside GIT_DIR/refs. There is one -exception to this: refs inside refs/bisect and refs/worktree is not +with `refs/` are shared. Pseudo refs are ones like `HEAD` which are +directly under `$GIT_DIR` instead of inside `$GIT_DIR/refs`. There are +exceptions, however: refs inside `refs/bisect` and `refs/worktree` are not shared. Refs that are per working tree can still be accessed from another -working tree via two special paths, main-worktree and worktrees. The -former gives access to per-worktree refs of the main working tree, +working tree via two special paths, `main-worktree` and `worktrees`. The +former gives access to per-working tree refs of the main working tree, while the latter to all linked working trees. -For example, main-worktree/HEAD or main-worktree/refs/bisect/good -resolve to the same value as the main working tree's HEAD and -refs/bisect/good respectively. Similarly, worktrees/foo/HEAD or -worktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad are the same as -GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/foo/HEAD and -GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad. +For example, `main-worktree/HEAD` or `main-worktree/refs/bisect/good` +resolve to the same value as the main working tree's `HEAD` and +`refs/bisect/good` respectively. Similarly, `worktrees/foo/HEAD` or +`worktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad` are the same as +`$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/foo/HEAD` and +`$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees/bar/refs/bisect/bad`. -To access refs, it's best not to look inside GIT_DIR directly. Instead +To access refs, it's best not to look inside `$GIT_DIR` directly. Instead use commands such as linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] or linkgit:git-update-ref[1] which will handle refs correctly. CONFIGURATION FILE ------------------ -By default, the repository "config" file is shared across all working +By default, the repository `config` file is shared across all working trees. If the config variables `core.bare` or `core.worktree` are already present in the config file, they will be applied to the main working trees only. In order to have configuration specific to working trees, you can turn -on "worktreeConfig" extension, e.g.: +on the `worktreeConfig` extension, e.g.: ------------ $ git config extensions.worktreeConfig true @@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ configuration in this file with `git config --worktree`. Older Git versions will refuse to access repositories with this extension. Note that in this file, the exception for `core.bare` and `core.worktree` -is gone. If you have them in $GIT_DIR/config before, you must move +is gone. If they exist in `$GIT_DIR/config`, you must move them to the `config.worktree` of the main working tree. You may also take this opportunity to review and move other configuration that you do not want to share to all working trees: @@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ do not want to share to all working trees: DETAILS ------- Each linked working tree has a private sub-directory in the repository's -$GIT_DIR/worktrees directory. The private sub-directory's name is usually +`$GIT_DIR/worktrees` directory. The private sub-directory's name is usually the base name of the linked working tree's path, possibly appended with a number to make it unique. For example, when `$GIT_DIR=/path/main/.git` the command `git worktree add /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked @@ -276,51 +277,51 @@ working tree in `/path/other/test-next` and also creates a `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next` directory (or `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next1` if `test-next` is already taken). -Within a linked working tree, $GIT_DIR is set to point to this private +Within a linked working tree, `$GIT_DIR` is set to point to this private directory (e.g. `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` in the example) and -$GIT_COMMON_DIR is set to point back to the main working tree's $GIT_DIR +`$GIT_COMMON_DIR` is set to point back to the main working tree's `$GIT_DIR` (e.g. `/path/main/.git`). These settings are made in a `.git` file located at the top directory of the linked working tree. Path resolution via `git rev-parse --git-path` uses either -$GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR depending on the path. For example, in the +`$GIT_DIR` or `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` depending on the path. For example, in the linked working tree `git rev-parse --git-path HEAD` returns `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/HEAD` (not `/path/other/test-next/.git/HEAD` or `/path/main/.git/HEAD`) while `git rev-parse --git-path refs/heads/master` uses -$GIT_COMMON_DIR and returns `/path/main/.git/refs/heads/master`, -since refs are shared across all working trees, except refs/bisect and -refs/worktree. +`$GIT_COMMON_DIR` and returns `/path/main/.git/refs/heads/master`, +since refs are shared across all working trees, except `refs/bisect` and +`refs/worktree`. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for more information. The rule of thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to -$GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR when you need to directly access something -inside $GIT_DIR. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path. +`$GIT_DIR` or `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` when you need to directly access something +inside `$GIT_DIR`. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path. -If you manually move a linked working tree, you need to update the 'gitdir' file +If you manually move a linked working tree, you need to update the `gitdir` file in the entry's directory. For example, if a linked working tree is moved to `/newpath/test-next` and its `.git` file points to `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next`, then update `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/gitdir` to reference `/newpath/test-next` instead. -To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from being pruned (which +To prevent a `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` entry from being pruned (which can be useful in some situations, such as when the entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), use the `git worktree lock` command, which adds a file named -'locked' to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in +`locked` to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in plain text. For example, if a linked working tree's `.git` file points to `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` then a file named `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/locked` will prevent the `test-next` entry from being pruned. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for details. -When extensions.worktreeConfig is enabled, the config file +When `extensions.worktreeConfig` is enabled, the config file `.git/worktrees/<id>/config.worktree` is read after `.git/config` is. LIST OUTPUT FORMAT ------------------ -The worktree list command has two output formats. The default format shows the +The `worktree list` command has two output formats. The default format shows the details on a single line with columns. For example: ------------ @@ -333,10 +334,10 @@ $ git worktree list Porcelain Format ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The porcelain format has a line per attribute. Attributes are listed with a -label and value separated by a single space. Boolean attributes (like 'bare' -and 'detached') are listed as a label only, and are only present if and only -if the value is true. The first attribute of a worktree is always `worktree`, -an empty line indicates the end of the record. For example: +label and value separated by a single space. Boolean attributes (like `bare` +and `detached`) are listed as a label only, and are present only +if the value is true. The first attribute of a working tree is always +`worktree`, an empty line indicates the end of the record. For example: ------------ $ git worktree list --porcelain diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 3e50065198..81349a84e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -304,6 +304,13 @@ users typically do not use them directly. include::cmds-purehelpers.txt[] +Guides +------ + +The following documentation pages are guides about Git concepts. + +include::cmds-guide.txt[] + Configuration Mechanism ----------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 9e481aec85..758bf39ba3 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitcredentials(7) NAME ---- -gitcredentials - providing usernames and passwords to Git +gitcredentials - Providing usernames and passwords to Git SYNOPSIS -------- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 2e2e7c10c6..5a60bbfa7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: will be overwritten, so this should only be used for options where the last one specified on the command line wins. -`OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(short, long, &argv_array_var, arg_str, description, flags)`:: +`OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(short, long, &strvec_var, arg_str, description, flags)`:: Introduce an option where all instances of it on the command-line will - be reconstructed into an argv_array. This is useful when you need to + be reconstructed into a strvec. This is useful when you need to pass the command-line option, which can be specified multiple times, to another command. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt index 0e828151a5..bac558d049 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ The Git bundle format is a format that represents both refs and Git objects. We will use ABNF notation to define the Git bundle format. See protocol-common.txt for the details. +A v2 bundle looks like this: + ---- bundle = signature *prerequisite *reference LF pack signature = "# v2 git bundle" LF @@ -18,9 +20,28 @@ reference = obj-id SP refname LF pack = ... ; packfile ---- +A v3 bundle looks like this: + +---- +bundle = signature *capability *prerequisite *reference LF pack +signature = "# v3 git bundle" LF + +capability = "@" key ["=" value] LF +prerequisite = "-" obj-id SP comment LF +comment = *CHAR +reference = obj-id SP refname LF +key = 1*(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-") +value = *(%01-09 / %0b-FF) + +pack = ... ; packfile +---- + == Semantics -A Git bundle consists of three parts. +A Git bundle consists of several parts. + +* "Capabilities", which are only in the v3 format, indicate functionality that + the bundle requires to be read properly. * "Prerequisites" lists the objects that are NOT included in the bundle and the reader of the bundle MUST already have, in order to use the data in the @@ -46,3 +67,10 @@ put any string here. The reader of the bundle MUST ignore the comment. Note that the prerequisites does not represent a shallow-clone boundary. The semantics of the prerequisites and the shallow-clone boundaries are different, and the Git bundle v2 format cannot represent a shallow clone repository. + +== Capabilities + +Because there is no opportunity for negotiation, unknown capabilities cause 'git +bundle' to abort. The only known capability is `object-format`, which specifies +the hash algorithm in use, and can take the same values as the +`extensions.objectFormat` configuration value. |