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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Makefile | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.6.txt | 62 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt | 62 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-credential-cache--daemon.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-credential-store.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-describe.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fsck.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-lost-found.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pull.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-replace.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-tag.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 60 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitcli.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 31 |
18 files changed, 230 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 45577117c2..57da6aadeb 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -76,11 +76,19 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive): - We do not use Process Substitution <(list) or >(list). + - Do not write control structures on a single line with semicolon. + "then" should be on the next line for if statements, and "do" + should be on the next line for "while" and "for". + - We prefer "test" over "[ ... ]". - We do not write the noiseword "function" in front of shell functions. + - We prefer a space between the function name and the parentheses. The + opening "{" should also be on the same line. + E.g.: my_function () { + - As to use of grep, stick to a subset of BRE (namely, no \{m,n\}, [::], [==], nor [..]) for portability. diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 063fa696c9..cf5916fe8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -344,4 +344,7 @@ require-htmlrepo:: quick-install-html: require-htmlrepo '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REPO) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) +print-man1: + @for i in $(MAN1_TXT); do echo $$i; done + .PHONY: FORCE diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.6.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..84ba827b1b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +Git v1.7.11.6 Release Notes +=========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.11.5 +--------------------- + +This consists primarily of documentation updates and low-impact code +clarification and bugfixes. + + - "ciabot" script (in contrib/) has been updated with extensive + documentation. + + - The "--rebase" option to "git pull" can be abbreviated to "-r", + but we didn't document it. + + - It was generally understood that "--long-option"s to many of our + subcommands can be abbreviated to the unique prefix, but it was not + easy to find it described for new readers of the documentation set. + + - The "--topo-order", "--date-order" (and the lack of either means + the default order) options to "rev-list" and "log" family of + commands were poorly described in the documentation. + + - Older parts of the documentation described as if having a regular + file in .git/refs/ hierarchy were the only way to have branches and + tags, which is not true for quite some time. + + - A utility shell function test_seq has been added as a replacement + for the 'seq' utility found on some platforms. + + - Fallback 'getpass' implementation made unportable use of stdio API. + + - "git commit --amend" let the user edit the log message and then + died when the human-readable committer name was given + insufficiently by getpwent(3). + + - The reflog entries left by "git rebase" and "git rebase -i" were + inconsistent (the interactive one gave an abbreviated object name). + + - When the user exports a non-default IFS without HT, scripts that + rely on being able to parse "ls-files -s | while read a b c..." + started to fail. Protect them from such a misconfiguration. + + - When "git push" triggered the automatic gc on the receiving end, a + message from "git prune" that said it was removing cruft leaked to + the standard output, breaking the communication protocol. + + - "git diff" had a confusion between taking data from a path in the + working tree and taking data from an object that happens to have + name 0{40} recorded in a tree. + + - "git send-email" did not unquote encoded words that appear on the + header correctly, and lost "_" from strings. + + - When the user gives an argument that can be taken as both a + revision name and a pathname without disambiguating with "--", we + used to give a help message "Use '--' to separate". The message + has been clarified to show where that '--' goes on the command + line. + + - "gitweb" when used with PATH_INFO failed to notice directories with + SP (and other characters that need URL-style quoting) in them. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c6ea0acb9a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +Git 1.7.12.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.12 +------------------- + + * "ciabot" script (in contrib/) has been updated with extensive + documentation. + + * The "--rebase" option to "git pull" can be abbreviated to "-r", + but we didn't document it. + + * It was generally understood that "--long-option"s to many of our + subcommands can be abbreviated to the unique prefix, but it was not + easy to find it described for new readers of the documentation set. + + * The "--topo-order", "--date-order" (and the lack of either means + the default order) options to "rev-list" and "log" family of + commands were poorly described in the documentation. + + * Older parts of the documentation described as if having a regular + file in .git/refs/ hierarchy were the only way to have branches and + tags, which is not true for quite some time. + + * A utility shell function test_seq has been added as a replacement + for the 'seq' utility found on some platforms. + + * Fallback 'getpass' implementation made unportable use of stdio API. + + * "git commit --amend" let the user edit the log message and then + died when the human-readable committer name was given + insufficiently by getpwent(3). + + * "git prune" without "-v" used to warn about leftover temporary + files (which is an indication of an earlier aborted operation). + + * The reflog entries left by "git rebase" and "git rebase -i" were + inconsistent (the interactive one gave an abbreviated object name). + + * When the user exports a non-default IFS without HT, scripts that + rely on being able to parse "ls-files -s | while read a b c..." + started to fail. Protect them from such a misconfiguration. + + * When "git push" triggered the automatic gc on the receiving end, a + message from "git prune" that said it was removing cruft leaked to + the standard output, breaking the communication protocol. + + * "git diff" had a confusion between taking data from a path in the + working tree and taking data from an object that happens to have + name 0{40} recorded in a tree. + + * "git send-email" did not unquote encoded words that appear on the + header correctly, and lost "_" from strings. + + * When the user gives an argument that can be taken as both a + revision name and a pathname without disambiguating with "--", we + used to give a help message "Use '--' to separate". The message + has been clarified to show where that '--' goes on the command + line. + + * "gitweb" when used with PATH_INFO failed to notice directories with + SP (and other characters that need URL-style quoting) in them. diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache--daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache--daemon.txt index 11edc5a173..d15db42d43 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache--daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache--daemon.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-credential-cache--daemon(1) NAME ---- -git-credential-cache--daemon - temporarily store user credentials in memory +git-credential-cache--daemon - Temporarily store user credentials in memory SYNOPSIS -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt index f3d09c5d51..eeff5fa989 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-credential-cache(1) NAME ---- -git-credential-cache - helper to temporarily store passwords in memory +git-credential-cache - Helper to temporarily store passwords in memory SYNOPSIS -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt index 31093467d1..b27c03c361 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-credential-store(1) NAME ---- -git-credential-store - helper to store credentials on disk +git-credential-store - Helper to store credentials on disk SYNOPSIS -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 039cce2e98..72d6bb612b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ OPTIONS --all:: Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref - found in `.git/refs/`. This option enables matching + found in `refs/` namespace. This option enables matching any known branch, remote-tracking branch, or lightweight tag. --tags:: Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag - found in `.git/refs/tags`. This option enables matching + found in `refs/tags` namespace. This option enables matching a lightweight (non-annotated) tag. --contains:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 81f58234a7..15e7ac80c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ changes, which would normally have no effect. Nevertheless, this may be useful in the future for compensating for some git bugs or such, therefore such a usage is permitted. -*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts` and `.git/refs/replace/`. +*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts` file and refs in +the `refs/replace/` namespace. If you have any grafts or replacement refs defined, running this command will make them permanent. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index bbb25da2dd..da348fc942 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ OPTIONS An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace. + If no objects are given, 'git fsck' defaults to using the -index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless ---no-reflogs is given) as heads. +index file, all SHA1 references in `refs` namespace, and all reflogs +(unless --no-reflogs is given) as heads. --unreachable:: Print out objects that exist but that aren't reachable from any diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt index c406a11001..d54932889f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ $ gitk $(cd .git/lost-found/commit && echo ??*) ------------ After making sure you know which the object is the tag you are looking -for, you can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy. +for, you can reconnect it to your regular `refs` hierarchy by using +the `update-ref` command. ------------ $ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196 diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt index 10afd4edfe..f131677478 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- Traditionally, tips of branches and tags (collectively known as -'refs') were stored one file per ref under `$GIT_DIR/refs` +'refs') were stored one file per ref in a (sub)directory +under `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory. While many branch tips tend to be updated often, most tags and some branch tips are never updated. When a repository has hundreds or thousands of tags, this @@ -22,13 +23,14 @@ one-file-per-ref format both wastes storage and hurts performance. This command is used to solve the storage and performance -problem by stashing the refs in a single file, +problem by storing the refs in a single file, `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs`. When a ref is missing from the -traditional `$GIT_DIR/refs` hierarchy, it is looked up in this +traditional `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory hierarchy, it is looked +up in this file and used if found. Subsequent updates to branches always create new files under -`$GIT_DIR/refs` hierarchy. +`$GIT_DIR/refs` directory hierarchy. A recommended practice to deal with a repository with too many refs is to pack its refs with `--all --prune` once, and @@ -57,6 +59,15 @@ a repository with many branches of historical interests. The command usually removes loose refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` hierarchy after packing them. This option tells it not to. + +BUGS +---- + +Older documentation written before the packed-refs mechanism was +introduced may still say things like ".git/refs/heads/<branch> file +exists" when it means "branch <branch> exists". + + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index defb544ed0..67fa5ee195 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] :git-pull: 1 +-r:: --rebase:: Rebase the current branch on top of the upstream branch after fetching. If there is a remote-tracking branch corresponding to diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt index 17df525275..51131d0858 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt @@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Adds a 'replace' reference in `.git/refs/replace/` +Adds a 'replace' reference in `refs/replace/` namespace. The name of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the object that is replaced. The content of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the replacement object. -Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist in -`.git/refs/replace/` directory. +Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist. Replacement references will be used by default by all git commands except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index e36a7c3d1e..247534e908 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Add a tag reference in `.git/refs/tags/`, unless `-d/-l/-v` is given +Add a tag reference in `refs/tags/`, unless `-d/-l/-v` is given to delete, list or verify tags. -Unless `-f` is given, the tag to be created must not yet exist in the -`.git/refs/tags/` directory. +Unless `-f` is given, the named tag must not yet exist. If one of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>` is passed, the command creates a 'tag' object, and requires a tag message. Unless diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 27da0eb209..463d567a87 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -22,18 +22,17 @@ unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. See linkgit:gittutorial[7] to get started, then see -link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of commands, and -"man git-commandname" for documentation of each command. CVS users may -also want to read linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. See -the link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] for a more in-depth -introduction. +link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of +commands. The link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] has a more +in-depth introduction. -The '<command>' is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias -as defined in the configuration file (see linkgit:git-config[1]). +After you mastered the basic concepts, you can come back to this +page to learn what commands git offers. You can learn more about +individual git commands with "git help command". linkgit:gitcli[7] +manual page gives you an overview of the command line command syntax. -Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest git -documentation can be viewed at -`http://git-htmldocs.googlecode.com/git/git.html`. +Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest git documentation +can be viewed at `http://git-htmldocs.googlecode.com/git/git.html`. ifdef::stalenotes[] [NOTE] @@ -411,24 +410,6 @@ help ...`. linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information. -FURTHER DOCUMENTATION ---------------------- - -See the references above to get started using git. The following is -probably more detail than necessary for a first-time user. - -The link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[git concepts chapter of the -user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] both provide -introductions to the underlying git architecture. - -See linkgit:gitworkflows[7] for an overview of recommended workflows. - -See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful -examples. - -The internals are documented in the -link:technical/api-index.html[GIT API documentation]. - GIT COMMANDS ------------ @@ -848,6 +829,29 @@ The index is also capable of storing multiple entries (called "stages") for a given pathname. These stages are used to hold the various unmerged version of a file when a merge is in progress. +FURTHER DOCUMENTATION +--------------------- + +See the references in the "description" section to get started +using git. The following is probably more detail than necessary +for a first-time user. + +The link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[git concepts chapter of the +user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] both provide +introductions to the underlying git architecture. + +See linkgit:gitworkflows[7] for an overview of recommended workflows. + +See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful +examples. + +The internals are documented in the +link:technical/api-index.html[GIT API documentation]. + +Users migrating from CVS may also want to +read linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. + + Authors ------- Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index ea17f7a53b..3e72a5d68e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ scripting git: `git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree. + * many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated + only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option + whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to + invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out + when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a + new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize", + to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique. + ENHANCED OPTION PARSER ---------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index d9b2b5b2e0..def1340ac7 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -578,16 +578,33 @@ Commit Ordering By default, the commits are shown in reverse chronological order. ---topo-order:: +--date-order:: + Show no parents before all of its children are shown, but + otherwise show commits in the commit timestamp order. - This option makes them appear in topological order (i.e. - descendant commits are shown before their parents). +--topo-order:: + Show no parents before all of its children are shown, and + avoid showing commits on multiple lines of history + intermixed. ++ +For example, in a commit history like this: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- ---date-order:: + ---1----2----4----7 + \ \ + 3----5----6----8--- - This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no - parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise things - are still ordered in the commit timestamp order. +---------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +where the numbers denote the order of commit timestamps, `git +rev-list` and friends with `--date-order` show the commits in the +timestamp order: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. ++ +With `--topo-order`, they would show 8 6 5 3 7 4 2 1 (or 8 7 4 2 6 5 +3 1); some older commits are shown before newer ones in order to +avoid showing the commits from two parallel development track mixed +together. --reverse:: |