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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.5.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.11.4.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.5.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.6.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shell.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/merge-strategies.txt3
9 files changed, 118 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a498fd6fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Git v2.10.5 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.10.4
+-------------------
+
+ * "git cvsserver" no longer is invoked by "git daemon" by default,
+ as it is old and largely unmaintained.
+
+ * Various Perl scripts did not use safe_pipe_capture() instead of
+ backticks, leaving them susceptible to end-user input. They have
+ been corrected.
+
+Credits go to joernchen <joernchen@phenoelit.de> for finding the
+unsafe constructs in "git cvsserver", and to Jeff King at GitHub for
+finding and fixing instances of the same issue in other scripts.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.11.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.11.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad4da8eb09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.11.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Git v2.11.4 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.11.3
+-------------------
+
+ * "git cvsserver" no longer is invoked by "git daemon" by default,
+ as it is old and largely unmaintained.
+
+ * Various Perl scripts did not use safe_pipe_capture() instead of
+ backticks, leaving them susceptible to end-user input. They have
+ been corrected.
+
+Credits go to joernchen <joernchen@phenoelit.de> for finding the
+unsafe constructs in "git cvsserver", and to Jeff King at GitHub for
+finding and fixing instances of the same issue in other scripts.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fa73cfce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Git v2.12.5 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.12.4
+-------------------
+
+ * "git cvsserver" no longer is invoked by "git daemon" by default,
+ as it is old and largely unmaintained.
+
+ * Various Perl scripts did not use safe_pipe_capture() instead of
+ backticks, leaving them susceptible to end-user input. They have
+ been corrected.
+
+Credits go to joernchen <joernchen@phenoelit.de> for finding the
+unsafe constructs in "git cvsserver", and to Jeff King at GitHub for
+finding and fixing instances of the same issue in other scripts.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afcae9c808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Git v2.13.6 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.13.5
+-------------------
+
+ * "git cvsserver" no longer is invoked by "git daemon" by default,
+ as it is old and largely unmaintained.
+
+ * Various Perl scripts did not use safe_pipe_capture() instead of
+ backticks, leaving them susceptible to end-user input. They have
+ been corrected.
+
+Credits go to joernchen <joernchen@phenoelit.de> for finding the
+unsafe constructs in "git cvsserver", and to Jeff King at GitHub for
+finding and fixing instances of the same issue in other scripts.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt
index bcfe78f59d..bec9186ade 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt
@@ -91,4 +91,15 @@ Fixes since v2.14.1
* "git archive" did not work well with pathspecs and the
export-ignore attribute.
+ * "git cvsserver" no longer is invoked by "git daemon" by default,
+ as it is old and largely unmaintained.
+
+ * Various Perl scripts did not use safe_pipe_capture() instead of
+ backticks, leaving them susceptible to end-user input. They have
+ been corrected.
+
Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
+
+Credits go to joernchen <joernchen@phenoelit.de> for finding the
+unsafe constructs in "git cvsserver", and to Jeff King at GitHub for
+finding and fixing instances of the same issue in other scripts.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index bb370c9c7b..66b4e0a405 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
[(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
- [--points-at <object>] [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]]
- [--contains [<object>]] [--no-contains [<object>]]
+ [--points-at=<object>]
+ (--merged[=<object>] | --no-merged[=<object>])
+ [--contains[=<object>]] [--no-contains[=<object>]]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -25,19 +26,25 @@ host language allowing their direct evaluation in that language.
OPTIONS
-------
-<count>::
+<pattern>...::
+ If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
+ match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
+ literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the
+ beginning up to a slash.
+
+--count=<count>::
By default the command shows all refs that match
`<pattern>`. This option makes it stop after showing
that many refs.
-<key>::
+--sort=<key>::
A field name to sort on. Prefix `-` to sort in
descending order of the value. When unspecified,
`refname` is used. You may use the --sort=<key> option
multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
key.
-<format>::
+--format=<format>::
A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from a ref being shown
and the object it points at. If `fieldname`
is prefixed with an asterisk (`*`) and the ref points
@@ -50,12 +57,6 @@ OPTIONS
`xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL),
`%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
-<pattern>...::
- If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
- match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
- literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the
- beginning up to a slash.
-
--shell::
--perl::
--python::
@@ -65,24 +66,24 @@ OPTIONS
the specified host language. This is meant to produce
a scriptlet that can directly be `eval`ed.
---points-at <object>::
+--points-at=<object>::
Only list refs which points at the given object.
---merged [<object>]::
+--merged[=<object>]::
Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the
specified commit (HEAD if not specified),
incompatible with `--no-merged`.
---no-merged [<object>]::
+--no-merged[=<object>]::
Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the
specified commit (HEAD if not specified),
incompatible with `--merged`.
---contains [<object>]::
+--contains[=<object>]::
Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
specified).
---no-contains [<object>]::
+--no-contains[=<object>]::
Only list refs which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD
if not specified).
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
index 2e30a3e42d..54cf2560be 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ EOF
$ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login
----------------
+To enable git-cvsserver access (which should generally have the
+`no-interactive-login` example above as a prerequisite, as creating
+the git-shell-commands directory allows interactive logins):
+
+----------------
+$ cat >$HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs <<\EOF
+if ! test $# = 1 && test "$1" = "server"
+then
+ echo >&2 "git-cvsserver only handles \"server\""
+ exit 1
+fi
+exec git cvsserver server
+EOF
+$ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs
+----------------
+
SEE ALSO
--------
ssh(1),
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index c4f2be2542..4c68bc19d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ unspecified.
This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the
working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any
-content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute.
+content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. Note that
+setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF line
+endings may make the paths to be considered dirty. Adding the path to
+the index again will normalize the line endings in the index.
Set to string value "crlf"::
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
index 2eb92b9327..a09d597463 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ even look at what the other tree contains at all. It discards everything
the other tree did, declaring 'our' history contains all that happened in it.
theirs;;
- This is the opposite of 'ours'.
+ This is the opposite of 'ours'; note that, unlike 'ours', there is
+ no 'theirs' merge stragegy to confuse this merge option with.
patience;;
With this option, 'merge-recursive' spends a little extra time