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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ac9b838e25 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +Git v1.7.7.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.7 +------------------ + + * On some BSD systems, adding +s bit on directories is detrimental + (it is not necessary on BSD to begin with). "git init --shared" + has been updated to take this into account without extra makefile + settings on platforms the Makefile knows about. + + * After incorrectly written third-party tools store a tag object in + HEAD, git diagnosed it as a repository corruption and refused to + proceed in order to avoid spreading the damage. We now gracefully + recover from such a situation by pretending as if the commit that + is pointed at by the tag were in HEAD. + + * "git apply --whitespace=error" did not bother to report the exact + line number in the patch that introduced new blank lines at the end + of the file. + + * "git apply --index" did not check corrupted patch. + + * "git checkout $tree $directory/" resurrected paths locally removed or + modified only in the working tree in $directory/ that did not appear + in $directory of the given $tree. They should have been kept intact. + + * "git diff $tree $path" used to apply the pathspec at the output stage, + reading the whole tree, wasting resources. + + * The code to check for updated submodules during a "git fetch" of the + superproject had an unnecessary quadratic loop. + + * "git fetch" from a large bundle did not enable the progress output. + + * When "git fsck --lost-and-found" found that an empty blob object in the + object store is unreachable, it incorrectly reported an error after + writing the lost blob out successfully. + + * "git filter-branch" did not refresh the index before checking that the + working tree was clean. + + * "git grep $tree" when run with multiple threads had an unsafe access to + the object database that should have been protected with mutex. + + * The "--ancestry-path" option to "git log" and friends misbehaved in a + history with complex criss-cross merges and showed an uninteresting + side history as well. + + * Test t1304 assumed LOGNAME is always set, which may not be true on + some systems. + + * Tests with --valgrind failed to find "mergetool" scriptlets. + + * "git patch-id" miscomputed the patch-id in a patch that has a line longer + than 1kB. + + * When an "exec" insn failed after modifying the index and/or the working + tree during "rebase -i", we now check and warn that the changes need to + be cleaned up. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d7b2c76c03 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,207 @@ +Git v1.7.8 Release Notes (draft) +================================ + +Updates since v1.7.7 +-------------------- + + * Some git-svn, git-gui, git-p4 (in contrib) and msysgit updates. + + * Updates to bash completion scripts. + + * The build procedure has been taught to take advantage of computed + dependency automatically when the complier supports it. + + * The date parser now accepts timezone designators that lack minutes + part and also has a colon between "hh:mm". + + * The contents of the /etc/mailname file, if exists, is used as the + default value of the hostname part of the committer/author e-mail. + + * "git am" learned how to read from patches generated by Hg. + + * "git archive" talking with a remote repository can report errors + from the remote side in a more informative way. + + * "git branch" learned an explicit --list option to ask for branches + listed, optionally with a glob matching pattern to limit its output. + + * "git check-attr" learned "--cached" option to look at .gitattributes + files from the index, not from the working tree. + + * Variants of "git cherry-pick" and "git revert" that take multiple + commits learned to "--continue". + + * "git daemon" gives more human readble error messages to clients + using ERR packets when appropriate. + + * Errors at the network layer is logged by "git daemon". + + * "git diff" learned "--minimal" option to spend extra cycles to come + up with a minimal patch output. + + * "git diff" learned "--function-context" option to show the whole + function as context that was affected by a change. + + * "git difftool" can be told to skip launching the tool for a path by + answering 'n' to its prompt. + + * "git fetch" learned to honor transfer.fsckobjects configuration to + validate the objects that were received from the other end, just like + "git receive-pack" (the receiving end of "git push") does. + + * "git fetch" makes sure that the set of objects it received from the + other end actually completes the history before updating the refs. + "git receive-pack" (the receiving end of "git push") learned to do the + same. + + * "git fetch" learned that fetching/cloning from a regular file on the + filesystem is not necessarily a request to unpack a bundle file; the + file could be ".git" with "gitdir: <path>" in it. + + * "git for-each-ref" learned "%(contents:subject)", "%(contents:body)" + and "%(contents:signature)". The last one is useful for signed tags. + + * "git grep" used to incorrectly pay attention to .gitignore files + scattered in the directory it was working in even when "--no-index" + option was used. It no longer does this. The "--exclude-standard" + option needs to be given to explicitly activate the ignore + mechanism. + + * "git grep" learned "--untracked" option, where given patterns are + searched in untracked (but not ignored) files as well as tracked + files in the working tree, so that matches in new but not yet + added files do not get missed. + + * The recursive merge backend no longer looks for meaningless + existing merges in submodules unless in the outermost merge. + + * "git log" and friends learned "--children" option. + + * "git ls-remote" learned to respond to "-h"(elp) requests. + + * "git merge" learned the "--edit" option to allow users to edit the + merge commit log message. + + * "git rebase -i" can be told to use special purpose editor suitable + only for its insn sheet via sequence.editor configuration variable. + + * "git send-email" learned to respond to "-h"(elp) requests. + + * "git send-email" allows the value given to sendemail.aliasfile to begin + with "~/" to refer to the $HOME directory. + + * "git send-email" forces use of Authen::SASL::Perl to work around + issues between Authen::SASL::Cyrus and AUTH PLAIN/LOGIN. + + * "git stash" learned "--include-untracked" option to stash away + untracked/ignored cruft from the working tree. + + * "git submodule update" learned to honor "none" as the value for + submodule.<name>.update to specify that the named submodule should + not be checked out by default. + + * When populating a new submodule directory with "git submodule init", + the $GIT_DIR metainformation directory for submodules is created inside + $GIT_DIR/modules/<name>/ directory of the superproject and referenced + via the gitfile mechanism. This is to make it possible to switch + between commits in the superproject that has and does not have the + submodule in the tree without re-cloning. + + * "mediawiki" remote helper can interact with (surprise!) MediaWiki + with "git fetch" & "git push". + + * "gitweb" leaked unescaped control characters from syntax hiliter + outputs. + + * "gitweb" now has its own manual pages. + + +Also contains other documentation updates and minor code cleanups. + + +Fixes since v1.7.7 +------------------ + +Unless otherwise noted, all fixes in the 1.7.7.X maintenance track are +included in this release. + + * We used to drop error messages from libcurl on certain kinds of + errors. + (merge be22d92eac8 jn/maint-http-error-message later to maint). + + * Error report from smart HTTP transport, when the connection was + broken in the middle of a transfer, showed a useless message on + a corrupt packet. + (merge 6cdf022 sp/smart-http-failure later to maint). + + * HTTP transport did not use pushurl correctly, and also did not tell + what host it is trying to authenticate with when asking for + credentials. + (merge deba493 jk/http-auth later to maint). + + * "git branch -m/-M" advertised to update RENAME_REF ref in the + commit log message that introduced the feature but not anywhere in + the documentation, and never did update such a ref anyway. This + undocumented misfeature that did not exist has been excised. + (merge b0eab01 jc/maint-remove-renamed-ref later to maint). + + * Adding many refs to the local repository in one go (e.g. "git fetch" + that fetches many tags) and looking up a ref by name in a repository + with too many refs were unnecessarily slow. + (merge 17d68a54d jp/get-ref-dir-unsorted later to maint). + + * Report from "git commit" on untracked files was confused under + core.ignorecase option. + (merge 2548183b jk/name-hash-dirent later to maint). + + * The attribute mechanism did not use case insensitive match when + core.ignorecase was set. + (merge 6eba621 bc/attr-ignore-case later to maint). + + * "git bisect" did not notice when it failed to update the working tree + to the next commit to be tested. + (merge 1acf11717 js/bisect-no-checkout later to maint). + + * "git config --bool --get-regexp" failed to separate the variable name + and its value "true" when the variable is defined without "= true". + (merge 880e3cc mm/maint-config-explicit-bool-display later to maint). + + * "git remote rename $a $b" were not careful to match the remote name + against $a (i.e. source side of the remote nickname). + (merge b52d00aed mz/remote-rename later to maint). + + * "git diff --[num]stat" used to use the number of lines of context + different from the default, potentially giving different results from + "git diff | diffstat" and confusing the users. + (merge f01cae918 jc/maint-diffstat-numstat-context later to maint). + + * "git merge" did not understand ":/<pattern>" as a way to name a commit. + + * "git mergetool" learned to use its arguments as pathspec, not a path to + the file that may not even have any conflict. + (merge 6d9990a jm/mergetool-pathspec later to maint). + + * "git pull" and "git rebase" did not work well even when GIT_WORK_TREE is + set correctly with GIT_DIR if the current directory is outside the working + tree. + (merge 035b5bf jk/pull-rebase-with-work-tree later to maint). + + " "git push" on the receiving end used to call post-receive and post-update + hooks for attempted removal of non-existing refs. + (merge 160b81ed ph/push-to-delete-nothing later to maint). + + * "git send-email" did not honor the configured hostname when restarting + the HELO/EHLO exchange after switching TLS on. + (merge 155b940 md/smtp-tls-hello-again later to maint). + + * "gitweb" used to produce a non-working link while showing the contents + of a blob, when JavaScript actions are enabled. + (merge 2b07ff3ff ps/gitweb-js-with-lineno later to maint). + +--- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.7.7-485-g9ee3d37 +echo O=$(git describe --always master) +git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master +echo +git shortlog --no-merges ^$O master diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index e76195ac97..d4a51da464 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -117,5 +117,4 @@ commit. And the default value is 40. If there are more than one take effect. -h:: ---help:: Show help message. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 36e50526cb..5a841da6d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't need to. -There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. -In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section -names. +There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this +syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also +compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same +restrictions as section names. All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form @@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ advice.*:: core.fileMode:: If false, the executable bit differences between the index and - the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT. + the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT. See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. + The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] @@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ is created. core.trustctime:: If false, the ctime differences between the index and the - working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time + working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system crawlers and some backup systems). See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. @@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ core.ignoreStat:: If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the - working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not + working tree, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. @@ -473,6 +474,12 @@ core.editor:: variable when it is set, and the environment variable `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. +sequence.editor:: + Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase insn file. + The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. + It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable. + When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead. + core.pager:: The command that git will use to paginate output. Can be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment @@ -857,6 +864,13 @@ fetch.recurseSubmodules:: when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's reference. +fetch.fsckObjects:: + If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched + objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a + broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects. + Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` + is used instead. + fetch.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects fetched over the git native transfer is below this @@ -1470,7 +1484,8 @@ notes.rewriteRef:: You may also specify this configuration several times. + Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to -enable note rewriting. +enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable +rewriting for the default commit notes. + This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF` environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or @@ -1612,7 +1627,8 @@ receive.fsckObjects:: If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects. - Defaults to false. + Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` + is used instead. receive.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects received in a push is below this @@ -1847,6 +1863,11 @@ tar.umask:: archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and linkgit:git-archive[1]. +transfer.fsckObjects:: + When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are + not set, the value of this variable is used instead. + Defaults to false. + transfer.unpackLimit:: When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are not set, the value of this variable is used instead. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index b620b3afec..08b581f040 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] Synonym for `-p --raw`. endif::git-format-patch[] +--minimal:: + Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible + diff is produced. + --patience:: Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm. @@ -404,6 +408,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other. +-W:: +--function-context:: + Show whole surrounding functions of changes. + ifndef::git-format-patch[] --exit-code:: Make the program exit with codes similar to diff(1). diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 507b8d0ab2..f46013c91f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a] - [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] - [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] + [--list] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] + [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [<pattern>...] 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] 'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> 'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>... @@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ DESCRIPTION With no arguments, existing branches are listed and the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk. Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking -branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both. +branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both. This list mode is also +activated by the `--list` option (see below). +<pattern> restricts the output to matching branches, the pattern is a shell +wildcard (i.e., matched using fnmatch(3)) +Multiple patterns may be given; if any of them matches, the tag is shown. With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contain the named commit (in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants of the @@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ way to clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches. OPTIONS ------- -d:: +--delete:: Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in its upstream branch, or in `HEAD` if no upstream was set with `--track` or `--set-upstream`. @@ -72,6 +77,7 @@ OPTIONS Delete a branch irrespective of its merged status. -l:: +--create-reflog:: Create the branch's reflog. This activates recording of all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}". @@ -84,6 +90,7 @@ OPTIONS already. Without `-f` 'git branch' refuses to change an existing branch. -m:: +--move:: Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog. -M:: @@ -100,14 +107,21 @@ OPTIONS Same as `--color=never`. -r:: +--remotes:: List or delete (if used with -d) the remote-tracking branches. -a:: +--all:: List both remote-tracking branches and local branches. +--list:: + Activate the list mode. `git branch <pattern>` would try to create a branch, + use `git branch --list <pattern>` to list matching branches. + -v:: --verbose:: - Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with + When in list mode, + show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print the name of the upstream branch, as well. diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt index 1f7312a189..5abdbaa51c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ OPTIONS paths. If this option is used, then 'unspecified' attributes will not be included in the output. +--cached:: + Consider `.gitattributes` in the index only, ignoring the working tree. + --stdin:: Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line. diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index c9fdf84a08..103e7b128d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ git-check-ref-format - Ensures that a reference name is well formed SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git check-ref-format' <refname> -'git check-ref-format' --print <refname> +'git check-ref-format' [--normalize] + [--[no-]allow-onelevel] [--refspec-pattern] + <refname> 'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand> DESCRIPTION @@ -28,22 +29,28 @@ git imposes the following rules on how references are named: . They can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory) grouping, but no slash-separated component can begin with a - dot `.`. + dot `.` or end with the sequence `.lock`. . They must contain at least one `/`. This enforces the presence of a category like `heads/`, `tags/` etc. but the actual names are not - restricted. + restricted. If the `--allow-onelevel` option is used, this rule + is waived. . They cannot have two consecutive dots `..` anywhere. . They cannot have ASCII control characters (i.e. bytes whose values are lower than \040, or \177 `DEL`), space, tilde `~`, - caret `{caret}`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`, - or open bracket `[` anywhere. + caret `{caret}`, or colon `:` anywhere. -. They cannot end with a slash `/` nor a dot `.`. +. They cannot have question-mark `?`, asterisk `{asterisk}`, or open + bracket `[` anywhere. See the `--refspec-pattern` option below for + an exception to this rule. -. They cannot end with the sequence `.lock`. +. They cannot begin or end with a slash `/` or contain multiple + consecutive slashes (see the `--normalize` option below for an + exception to this rule) + +. They cannot end with a dot `.`. . They cannot contain a sequence `@{`. @@ -68,16 +75,36 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]): . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry. -With the `--print` option, if 'refname' is acceptable, it prints the -canonicalized name of a hypothetical reference with that name. That is, -it prints 'refname' with any extra `/` characters removed. - With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax'' `@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you typed the branch name. +OPTIONS +------- +--allow-onelevel:: +--no-allow-onelevel:: + Controls whether one-level refnames are accepted (i.e., + refnames that do not contain multiple `/`-separated + components). The default is `--no-allow-onelevel`. + +--refspec-pattern:: + Interpret <refname> as a reference name pattern for a refspec + (as used with remote repositories). If this option is + enabled, <refname> is allowed to contain a single `{asterisk}` + in place of a one full pathname component (e.g., + `foo/{asterisk}/bar` but not `foo/bar{asterisk}`). + +--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 + refname is valid then print it to standard output and exit + with a status of 0. (`--print` is a deprecated way to spell + `--normalize`.) + + EXAMPLES -------- @@ -90,7 +117,7 @@ $ git check-ref-format --branch @{-1} * Determine the reference name to use for a new branch: + ------------ -$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --print "refs/heads/$newbranch") || +$ ref=$(git check-ref-format --normalize "refs/heads/$newbranch") || die "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 7cfa3d92ac..2660a842fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>... +'git cherry-pick' --reset +'git cherry-pick' --continue DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -110,6 +112,10 @@ effect to your index in a row. Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details. +SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS +--------------------- +include::sequencer.txt[] + EXAMPLES -------- `git cherry-pick master`:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt index 0fdb82ee86..02133d5fc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ if set: In case (some of) these environment variables are not set, the information is taken from the configuration items user.name and user.email, or, if not -present, system user name and fully qualified hostname. +present, system user name and the hostname used for outgoing mail (taken +from `/etc/mailname` and falling back to the fully qualified hostname when +that file does not exist). A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git commit-tree' will just wait @@ -90,6 +92,10 @@ Discussion include::i18n.txt[] +FILES +----- +/etc/mailname + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-write-tree[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index 69a1e4af9e..31b28fc29f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning repository configuration. By default, all the services are overridable. +--informative-errors:: +--no-informative-errors:: + When informative errors are turned on, git-daemon will report + more verbose errors to the client, differentiating conditions + like "no such repository" from "repository not exported". This + is more convenient for clients, but may leak information about + the existence of unexported repositories. When informative + errors are not enabled, all errors report "access denied" to the + client. The default is --no-informative-errors. + <directory>:: A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 152e695c81..c872b883ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`, `committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`, and `date` to extract the named component. -The first line of the message in a commit and tag object is -`subject`, the remaining lines are `body`. The whole message -is `contents`. +The complete message in a commit and tag object is `contents`. +Its first line is `contents:subject`, the remaining lines +are `contents:body` and the optional GPG signature +is `contents:signature`. For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric order (`objectsize`, `authordate`, `committerdate`, `taggerdate`). diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index e44a4988b7..15d6711d46 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] - [--cached | --no-index | <tree>...] + [ [--exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -49,7 +49,20 @@ OPTIONS blobs registered in the index file. --no-index:: - Search files in the current directory, not just those tracked by git. + Search files in the current directory that is not managed by git. + +--untracked:: + In addition to searching in the tracked files in the working + tree, search also in untracked files. + +--no-exclude-standard:: + Also search in ignored files by not honoring the `.gitignore` + mechanism. Only useful with `--untracked`. + +--exclude-standard:: + Do not pay attention to ignored files specified via the `.gitignore` + mechanism. Only useful when searching files in the current directory + with `--no-index`. -a:: --text:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 3470910109..2a49de7cfe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve merge conflicts. It is typically run after 'git merge'. If one or more <file> parameters are given, the merge tool program will -be run to resolve differences on each file. If no <file> names are -specified, 'git mergetool' will run the merge tool program on every file -with merge conflicts. +be run to resolve differences on each file (skipping those without +conflicts). Specifying a directory will include all unresolved files in +that path. If no <file> names are specified, 'git mergetool' will run +the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index c45d53c6e1..5375549820 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ OPTIONS -i:: Usually a merge requires the index file as well as the - files in the working tree are up to date with the + files in the working tree to be up to date with the current head commit, in order not to lose local changes. This flag disables the check with the working tree and is meant to be used when creating a merge of @@ -71,21 +71,21 @@ OPTIONS --aggressive:: Usually a three-way merge by 'git read-tree' resolves the merge for really trivial cases and leaves other - cases unresolved in the index, so that Porcelains can + cases unresolved in the index, so that porcelains can implement different merge policies. This flag makes the - command to resolve a few more cases internally: + command resolve a few more cases internally: + * when one side removes a path and the other side leaves the path unmodified. The resolution is to remove that path. * when both sides remove a path. The resolution is to remove that path. -* when both sides adds a path identically. The resolution +* when both sides add a path identically. The resolution is to add that path. --prefix=<prefix>/:: Keep the current index contents, and read the contents - of named tree-ish under directory at `<prefix>`. The + of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`. The original index file cannot have anything at the path - `<prefix>` itself, and have nothing in `<prefix>/` + `<prefix>` itself, nor anything in the `<prefix>/` directory. Note that the `<prefix>/` value must end with a slash. @@ -379,45 +379,45 @@ have finished your work-in-progress), attempt the merge again. Sparse checkout --------------- -"Sparse checkout" allows to sparsely populate working directory. -It uses skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell -Git whether a file on working directory is worth looking at. +"Sparse checkout" allows populating the working directory sparsely. +It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell +Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. -"git read-tree" and other merge-based commands ("git merge", "git -checkout"...) can help maintaining skip-worktree bitmap and working +'git read-tree' and other merge-based commands ('git merge', 'git +checkout'...) can help maintaining the skip-worktree bitmap and working directory update. `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is used to -define the skip-worktree reference bitmap. When "git read-tree" needs -to update working directory, it will reset skip-worktree bit in index +define the skip-worktree reference bitmap. When 'git read-tree' needs +to update the working directory, it resets the skip-worktree bit in the index based on this file, which uses the same syntax as .gitignore files. -If an entry matches a pattern in this file, skip-worktree will be -set on that entry. Otherwise, skip-worktree will be unset. +If an entry matches a pattern in this file, skip-worktree will not be +set on that entry. Otherwise, skip-worktree will be set. Then it compares the new skip-worktree value with the previous one. If -skip-worktree turns from unset to set, it will add the corresponding -file back. If it turns from set to unset, that file will be removed. +skip-worktree turns from set to unset, it will add the corresponding +file back. If it turns from unset to set, that file will be removed. While `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is usually used to specify what -files are in. You can also specify what files are _not_ in, using -negate patterns. For example, to remove file "unwanted": +files are in, you can also specify what files are _not_ in, using +negate patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`: ---------------- -* +/* !unwanted ---------------- -Another tricky thing is fully repopulating working directory when you +Another tricky thing is fully repopulating the working directory when you no longer want sparse checkout. You cannot just disable "sparse -checkout" because skip-worktree are still in the index and you working -directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate working +checkout" because skip-worktree bits are still in the index and your working +directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate the working directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as follows: ---------------- -* +/* ---------------- -Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in "git -read-tree" and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to +Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in 'git +read-tree' and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to turn `core.sparseCheckout` on in order to have sparse checkout support. diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 42c9676eaa..8023dc086d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status. <args>...:: Flags and parameters to be parsed. +--resolve-git-dir <path>:: + Check if <path> is a valid git-dir or a git-file pointing to a valid + git-dir. If <path> is a valid git-dir the resolved path to git-dir will + be printed. include::revisions.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index b311d59c7c..f3519413e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>... +'git revert' --reset +'git revert' --continue DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -91,6 +93,10 @@ effect to your index in a row. Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details. +SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS +--------------------- +include::sequencer.txt[] + EXAMPLES -------- `git revert HEAD~3`:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 67cf5f0f8b..6ec3fef079 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree). init:: Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name and url found in .gitmodules into .git/config. + It will also copy the value of `submodule.$name.update` into + .git/config. The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`. This command does not alter existing information in .git/config. You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config @@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ update:: checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository. This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or `--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to - `rebase` or `merge`. + `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. + If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the @@ -141,6 +143,10 @@ submodule with the `--init` option. + If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within. ++ +If the configuration key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `none` the +submodule with name `$name` will not be updated by default. This can be +overriden by adding `--checkout` to the command. summary:: Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 08cad6d2b6..34ee785064 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ svn:mergeinfo property in the SVN repository when possible. Currently, this can only be done when dcommitting non-fast-forward merges where all parents but the first have already been pushed into SVN. +--interactive;; + Ask the user to confirm that a patch set should actually be sent to SVN. + For each patch, one may answer "yes" (accept this patch), "no" (discard this + patch), "all" (accept all patches), or "quit". + + + 'git svn dcommit' returns immediately if answer if "no" or "quit", without + commiting anything to SVN. + 'branch':: Create a branch in the SVN repository. @@ -318,7 +326,7 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git log' Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file. The output of this mode is format-compatible with the output of `svn blame' by default. Like the SVN blame command, - local uncommitted changes in the working copy are ignored; + local uncommitted changes in the working tree are ignored; the version of the file in the HEAD revision is annotated. Unknown arguments are passed directly to 'git blame'. + diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index fb1c0ac694..c83cb13de6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ GnuPG key for signing. OPTIONS ------- -a:: +--annotate:: Make an unsigned, annotated tag object -s:: +--sign:: Make a GPG-signed tag, using the default e-mail address's key -u <key-id>:: +--local-user=<key-id>:: Make a GPG-signed tag, using the given key -f:: @@ -56,9 +59,11 @@ OPTIONS Replace an existing tag with the given name (instead of failing) -d:: +--delete:: Delete existing tags with the given names. -v:: +--verify:: Verify the gpg signature of the given tag names. -n<num>:: @@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS If the tag is not annotated, the commit message is displayed instead. -l <pattern>:: +--list <pattern>:: List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no pattern is given). Running "git tag" without arguments also lists all tags. The pattern is a shell wildcard (i.e., matched @@ -79,6 +85,7 @@ OPTIONS Only list tags which contain the specified commit. -m <msg>:: +--message=<msg>:: Use the given tag message (instead of prompting). If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are concatenated as separate paragraphs. @@ -86,6 +93,7 @@ OPTIONS is given. -F <file>:: +--file=<file>:: Take the tag message from the given file. Use '-' to read the message from the standard input. Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>` diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index d3931294d1..a3081f4e23 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ tree files, you have to explicitly tell git about it by dropping "assume unchanged" bit, either before or after you modify them. In order to set "assume unchanged" bit, use `--assume-unchanged` -option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. +option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. To see which files +have the "assume unchanged" bit set, use `git ls-files -v` +(see linkgit:git-ls-files[1]). The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. When this is true, paths updated with `git update-index paths...` and @@ -363,7 +365,8 @@ ctime for marking files processed) (see linkgit:git-config[1]). SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-config[1], -linkgit:git-add[1] +linkgit:git-add[1], +linkgit:git-ls-files[1] GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index cbc51d5a94..5e80cfd71a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7] +* link:v1.7.7.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.1] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt[1.7.7.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.7.txt[1.7.7]. * link:v1.7.6.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.6.4] diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index b613d4ed08..6bd0b041c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ With --no-commit perform the merge but pretend the merge failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing. +--edit:: +-e:: ++ + Invoke editor before committing successful merge to further + edit the default merge message. + --ff:: --no-ff:: Do not generate a merge commit if the merge resolved as diff --git a/Documentation/sequencer.txt b/Documentation/sequencer.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3e6df338be --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sequencer.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +--reset:: + Forget about the current operation in progress. Can be used + to clear the sequencer state after a failed cherry-pick or + revert. + +--continue:: + Continue the operation in progress using the information in + '.git/sequencer'. Can be used to continue after resolving + conflicts in a failed cherry-pick or revert. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..49b3d52952 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +argv-array API +============== + +The argv-array API allows one to dynamically build and store +NULL-terminated lists. An argv-array maintains the invariant that the +`argv` member always points to a non-NULL array, and that the array is +always NULL-terminated at the element pointed to by `argv[argc]`. This +makes the result suitable for passing to functions expecting to receive +argv from main(), or the link:api-run-command.html[run-command API]. + +The link:api-string-list.html[string-list API] is similar, but cannot be +used for these purposes; instead of storing a straight string pointer, +it contains an item structure with a `util` field that is not compatible +with the traditional argv interface. + +Each `argv_array` manages its own memory. Any strings pushed into the +array are duplicated, and all memory is freed by argv_array_clear(). + +Data Structures +--------------- + +`struct argv_array`:: + + A single array. This should be initialized by assignment from + `ARGV_ARRAY_INIT`, or by calling `argv_array_init`. The `argv` + member contains the actual array; the `argc` member contains the + number of elements in the array, not including the terminating + NULL. + +Functions +--------- + +`argv_array_init`:: + Initialize an array. This is no different than assigning from + `ARGV_ARRAY_INIT`. + +`argv_array_push`:: + Push a copy of a string onto the end of the array. + +`argv_array_pushf`:: + Format a string and push it onto the end of the array. This is a + convenience wrapper combining `strbuf_addf` and `argv_array_push`. + +`argv_array_clear`:: + Free all memory associated with the array and return it to the + initial, empty state. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index f6a4a361bd..4b92514f60 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -135,9 +135,14 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: describes the group or an empty string. Start the description with an upper-case letter. -`OPT_BOOLEAN(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: - Introduce a boolean option. - `int_var` is incremented on each use. +`OPT_BOOL(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: + Introduce a boolean option. `int_var` is set to one with + `--option` and set to zero with `--no-option`. + +`OPT_COUNTUP(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: + Introduce a count-up option. + `int_var` is incremented on each use of `--option`, and + reset to zero with `--no-option`. `OPT_BIT(short, long, &int_var, description, mask)`:: Introduce a boolean option. @@ -148,8 +153,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: If used, `int_var` is bitwise-anded with the inverted `mask`. `OPT_SET_INT(short, long, &int_var, description, integer)`:: - Introduce a boolean option. - If used, set `int_var` to `integer`. + Introduce an integer option. + `int_var` is set to `integer` with `--option`, and + reset to zero with `--no-option`. `OPT_SET_PTR(short, long, &ptr_var, description, ptr)`:: Introduce a boolean option. @@ -198,6 +204,11 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: "auto", set `int_var` to 1 if stdout is a tty or a pager, 0 otherwise. +`OPT_NOOP_NOARG(short, long)`:: + Introduce an option that has no effect and takes no arguments. + Use it to hide deprecated options that are still to be recognized + and ignored silently. + The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4a4bae8109 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +sha1-array API +============== + +The sha1-array API provides storage and manipulation of sets of SHA1 +identifiers. The emphasis is on storage and processing efficiency, +making them suitable for large lists. Note that the ordering of items is +not preserved over some operations. + +Data Structures +--------------- + +`struct sha1_array`:: + + A single array of SHA1 hashes. This should be initialized by + assignment from `SHA1_ARRAY_INIT`. The `sha1` member contains + the actual data. The `nr` member contains the number of items in + the set. The `alloc` and `sorted` members are used internally, + and should not be needed by API callers. + +Functions +--------- + +`sha1_array_append`:: + Add an item to the set. The sha1 will be placed at the end of + the array (but note that some operations below may lose this + ordering). + +`sha1_array_sort`:: + Sort the elements in the array. + +`sha1_array_lookup`:: + Perform a binary search of the array for a specific sha1. + If found, returns the offset (in number of elements) of the + sha1. If not found, returns a negative integer. If the array is + not sorted, this function has the side effect of sorting it. + +`sha1_array_clear`:: + Free all memory associated with the array and return it to the + initial, empty state. + +`sha1_array_for_each_unique`:: + Efficiently iterate over each unique element of the list, + executing the callback function for each one. If the array is + not sorted, this function has the side effect of sorting it. + +Examples +-------- + +----------------------------------------- +void print_callback(const unsigned char sha1[20], + void *data) +{ + printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1)); +} + +void some_func(void) +{ + struct sha1_array hashes = SHA1_ARRAY_INIT; + unsigned char sha1[20]; + + /* Read objects into our set */ + while (read_object_from_stdin(sha1)) + sha1_array_append(&hashes, sha1); + + /* Check if some objects are in our set */ + while (read_object_from_stdin(sha1)) { + if (sha1_array_lookup(&hashes, sha1) >= 0) + printf("it's in there!\n"); + + /* + * Print the unique set of objects. We could also have + * avoided adding duplicate objects in the first place, + * but we would end up re-sorting the array repeatedly. + * Instead, this will sort once and then skip duplicates + * in linear time. + */ + sha1_array_for_each_unique(&hashes, print_callback, NULL); +} +----------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt index a7004c63e7..546980c0a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt @@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ process on the server side over the Git protocol is this: "0039git-upload-pack /schacon/gitbook.git\0host=example.com\0" | nc -v example.com 9418 +If the server refuses the request for some reasons, it could abort +gracefully with an error message. + +---- + error-line = PKT-LINE("ERR" SP explanation-text) +---- + SSH Transport ------------- |