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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 711cb9171e..c37c43186e 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ code. For Git in general, a few rough rules are: go and fix it up." Cf. http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1001.3/01069.html + - Log messages to explain your changes are as important as the + changes themselves. Clearly written code and in-code comments + explain how the code works and what is assumed from the surrounding + context. The log messages explain what the changes wanted to + achieve and why the changes were necessary (more on this in the + accompanying SubmittingPatches document). + Make your code readable and sensible, and don't try to be clever. As for more concrete guidelines, just imitate the existing code @@ -499,6 +506,33 @@ For Python scripts: - Where required libraries do not restrict us to Python 2, we try to also be compatible with Python 3.1 and later. + +Program Output + + We make a distinction between a Git command's primary output and + output which is merely chatty feedback (for instance, status + messages, running transcript, or progress display), as well as error + messages. Roughly speaking, a Git command's primary output is that + which one might want to capture to a file or send down a pipe; its + chatty output should not interfere with these use-cases. + + As such, primary output should be sent to the standard output stream + (stdout), and chatty output should be sent to the standard error + stream (stderr). Examples of commands which produce primary output + include `git log`, `git show`, and `git branch --list` which generate + output on the stdout stream. + + Not all Git commands have primary output; this is often true of + commands whose main function is to perform an action. Some action + commands are silent, whereas others are chatty. An example of a + chatty action commands is `git clone` with its "Cloning into + '<path>'..." and "Checking connectivity..." status messages which it + sends to the stderr stream. + + Error messages from Git commands should always be sent to the stderr + stream. + + Error Messages - Do not end error messages with a full stop. diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt index b20bc8e914..63a2ef5449 100644 --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt @@ -905,19 +905,34 @@ Sending emails with Git is a two-part process; before you can prepare the emails themselves, you'll need to prepare the patches. Luckily, this is pretty simple: ---- -$ git format-patch --cover-letter -o psuh/ master..psuh ----- - -The `--cover-letter` parameter tells `format-patch` to create a cover letter -template for you. You will need to fill in the template before you're ready -to send - but for now, the template will be next to your other patches. - -The `-o psuh/` parameter tells `format-patch` to place the patch files into a -directory. This is useful because `git send-email` can take a directory and -send out all the patches from there. - -`master..psuh` tells `format-patch` to generate patches for the difference -between `master` and `psuh`. It will make one patch file per commit. After you +$ git format-patch --cover-letter -o psuh/ --base=auto psuh@{u}..psuh +---- + + . The `--cover-letter` option tells `format-patch` to create a + cover letter template for you. You will need to fill in the + template before you're ready to send - but for now, the template + will be next to your other patches. + + . The `-o psuh/` option tells `format-patch` to place the patch + files into a directory. This is useful because `git send-email` + can take a directory and send out all the patches from there. + + . The `--base=auto` option tells the command to record the "base + commit", on which the recipient is expected to apply the patch + series. The `auto` value will cause `format-patch` to compute + the base commit automatically, which is the merge base of tip + commit of the remote-tracking branch and the specified revision + range. + + . The `psuh@{u}..psuh` option tells `format-patch` to generate + patches for the commits you created on the `psuh` branch since it + forked from its upstream (which is `origin/master` if you + followed the example in the "Set up your workspace" section). If + you are already on the `psuh` branch, you can just say `@{u}`, + which means "commits on the current branch since it forked from + its upstream", which is the same thing. + +The command will make one patch file per commit. After you run, you can go have a look at each of the patches with your favorite text editor and make sure everything looks alright; however, it's not recommended to make code fixups via the patch file. It's a better idea to make the change the diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt index 45eb84d8b4..ca267941f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt @@ -58,14 +58,19 @@ running, enable trace output by setting the environment variable `GIT_TRACE`. Add usage text and `-h` handling, like all subcommands should consistently do (our test suite will notice and complain if you fail to do so). +We'll need to include the `parse-options.h` header. ---- +#include "parse-options.h" + +... + int cmd_walken(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) { const char * const walken_usage[] = { N_("git walken"), NULL, - } + }; struct option options[] = { OPT_END() }; @@ -195,9 +200,14 @@ Similarly to the default values, we don't have anything to do here yet ourselves; however, we should call `git_default_config()` if we aren't calling any other existing config callbacks. -Add a new function to `builtin/walken.c`: +Add a new function to `builtin/walken.c`. +We'll also need to include the `config.h` header: ---- +#include "config.h" + +... + static int git_walken_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb) { /* @@ -229,8 +239,14 @@ typically done by calling `repo_init_revisions()` with the repository you intend to target, as well as the `prefix` argument of `cmd_walken` and your `rev_info` struct. -Add the `struct rev_info` and the `repo_init_revisions()` call: +Add the `struct rev_info` and the `repo_init_revisions()` call. +We'll also need to include the `revision.h` header: + ---- +#include "revision.h" + +... + int cmd_walken(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) { /* This can go wherever you like in your declarations.*/ @@ -624,9 +640,14 @@ static void walken_object_walk(struct rev_info *rev) ---- Let's start by calling just the unfiltered walk and reporting our counts. -Complete your implementation of `walken_object_walk()`: +Complete your implementation of `walken_object_walk()`. +We'll also need to include the `list-objects.h` header. ---- +#include "list-objects.h" + +... + traverse_commit_list(rev, walken_show_commit, walken_show_object, NULL); printf("commits %d\nblobs %d\ntags %d\ntrees %d\n", commit_count, @@ -697,7 +718,7 @@ First, we'll need to `#include "list-objects-filter-options.h"` and set up the ---- static void walken_object_walk(struct rev_info *rev) { - struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options = {}; + struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options = { 0 }; ... ---- diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt index 47124fdbd9..d69b50d180 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt @@ -4,11 +4,199 @@ Git 2.35 Release Notes Updates since Git 2.34 ---------------------- +Backward compatibility warts + + * "_" is now treated as any other URL-valid characters in an URL when + matching the per-URL configuration variable names. + + * The color palette used by "git grep" has been updated to match that + of GNU grep. + + +Note to those who build from the source + + * You may need to define NO_UNCOMPRESS2 Makefile macro if you build + with zlib older than 1.2.9. + + * If your compiler cannot grok C99, the build will fail. See the + instruction at the beginning of git-compat-util.h if this happens + to you. + + UI, Workflows & Features + * "git status --porcelain=v2" now show the number of stash entries + with --show-stash like the normal output does. + + * "git stash" learned the "--staged" option to stash away what has + been added to the index (and nothing else). + + * "git var GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH" is a way to see what name is used for + the newly created branch if "git init" is run. + + * Various operating modes of "git reset" have been made to work + better with the sparse index. + + * "git submodule deinit" for a submodule whose .git metadata + directory is embedded in its working tree refused to work, until + the submodule gets converted to use the "absorbed" form where the + metadata directory is stored in superproject, and a gitfile at the + top-level of the working tree of the submodule points at it. The + command is taught to convert such submodules to the absorbed form + as needed. + + * The completion script (in contrib/) learns that the "--date" + option of commands from the "git log" family takes "human" and + "auto" as valid values. + + * "Zealous diff3" style of merge conflict presentation has been added. + + * The "git log --format=%(describe)" placeholder has been extended to + allow passing selected command-line options to the underlying "git + describe" command. + + * "default" and "reset" have been added to our color palette. + + * The cryptographic signing using ssh keys can specify literal keys + for keytypes whose name do not begin with the "ssh-" prefix by + using the "key::" prefix mechanism (e.g. "key::ecdsa-sha2-nistp256"). + + * "git fetch" without the "--update-head-ok" option ought to protect + a checked out branch from getting updated, to prevent the working + tree that checks it out to go out of sync. The code was written + before the use of "git worktree" got widespread, and only checked + the branch that was checked out in the current worktree, which has + been updated. + + * "git name-rev" has been tweaked to give output that is shorter and + easier to understand. + + * "git apply" has been taught to ignore a message without a patch + with the "--allow-empty" option. It also learned to honor the + "--quiet" option given from the command line. + + * The "init" and "set" subcommands in "git sparse-checkout" have been + unified for a better user experience and performance. + + * Many git commands that deal with working tree files try to remove a + directory that becomes empty (i.e. "git switch" from a branch that + has the directory to another branch that does not would attempt + remove all files in the directory and the directory itself). This + drops users into an unfamiliar situation if the command was run in + a subdirectory that becomes subject to removal due to the command. + The commands have been taught to keep an empty directory if it is + the directory they were started in to avoid surprising users. + + * "git am" learns "--empty=(stop|drop|keep)" option to tweak what is + done to a piece of e-mail without a patch in it. + + * The default merge message prepared by "git merge" records the name + of the current branch; the name can be overridden with a new option + to allow users to pretend a merge is made on a different branch. + + * The way "git p4" shows file sizes in its output has been updated to + use human-readable units. + + * "git -c branch.autosetupmerge=inherit branch new old" makes "new" + to have the same upstream as the "old" branch, instead of marking + "old" itself as its upstream. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + * The use of errno as a means to carry the nature of error in the ref + API implementation has been reworked and reduced. + + * Teach and encourage first-time contributors to this project to + state the base commit when they submit their topic. + + * The command line completion for "git send-email" options have been + tweaked to make it easier to keep it in sync with the command itself. + + * Ensure that the sparseness of the in-core index matches the + index.sparse configuration specified by the repository immediately + after the on-disk index file is read. + + * Code clean-up to eventually allow information on remotes defined + for an arbitrary repository to be read. + + * Build optimization. + + * Tighten code for testing pack-bitmap. + + * Weather balloon to break people with compilers that do not support + C99. + + * The "reftable" backend for the refs API, without integrating into + the refs subsystem, has been added. + + * More tests are marked as leak-free. + + * The test framework learns to list unsatisfied test prerequisites, + and optionally error out when prerequisites that are expected to be + satisfied are not. + + * The default setting for trace2 event nesting was too low to cause + test failures, which is worked around by bumping it up in the test + framework. + + * Drop support for TravisCI and update test workflows at GitHub. + + * Many tests that used to need GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME + mechanism to force "git" to use 'master' as the default name for + the initial branch no longer need it; the use of the mechanism from + them have been removed. + + * Allow running our tests while disabling fsync. + + * Document the parameters given to the reflog entry iterator callback + functions. + (merge e6e94f34b2 jc/reflog-iterator-callback-doc later to maint). + + * The test helper for refs subsystem learned to write bogus and/or + nonexistent object name to refs to simulate error situations we + want to test Git in. + + * "diff --histogram" optimization. + + * Weather balloon to find compilers that do not grok variable + declaration in the for() loop. + + * diff and blame commands have been taught to work better with sparse + index. + + * The chainlint test script linter in the test suite has been updated. + + * The DEVELOPER=yes build uses -std=gnu99 now. + + * "git format-patch" uses a single rev_info instance and then exits. + Mark the structure with UNLEAK() macro to squelch leak sanitizer. + + * New interface into the tmp-objdir API to help in-core use of the + quarantine feature. + + * Broken &&-chains in the test scripts have been corrected. + + * The RCS keyword substitution in "git p4" used to be done assuming + that the contents are UTF-8 text, which can trigger decoding + errors. We now treat the contents as a bytestring for robustness + and correctness. + + * The conditions to choose different definitions of the FLEX_ARRAY + macro for vendor compilers has been simplified to make it easier to + maintain. + + * Correctness and performance update to "diff --color-moved" feature. + + * "git upload-pack" (the other side of "git fetch") used a 8kB buffer + but most of its payload came on 64kB "packets". The buffer size + has been enlarged so that such a packet fits. + + * "git fetch" and "git pull" are now declared sparse-index clean. + Also "git ls-files" learns the "--sparse" option to help debugging. + + * Similar message templates have been consolidated so that + translators need to work on fewer number of messages. Fixes since v2.34 @@ -19,16 +207,206 @@ Fixes since v2.34 library in the latest release. * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. - (merge edbd9f3715 ab/update-submitting-patches later to maint). * "git pull" with any strategy when the other side is behind us should succeed as it is a no-op, but doesn't. - (merge ea1954af ev/pull-already-up-to-date-is-noop later to maint). * An earlier change in 2.34.0 caused JGit application (that abused GIT_EDITOR mechanism when invoking "git config") to get stuck with a SIGTTOU signal; it has been reverted. - (merge e3f7e01b50 jc/save-restore-terminal-revert later to maint). * An earlier change that broke .gitignore matching has been reverted. - (merge 33c5d6c845 ds/add-rm-with-sparse-index later to maint). + + * Things like "git -c branch.sort=bogus branch new HEAD", i.e. the + operation modes of the "git branch" command that do not need the + sort key information, no longer errors out by seeing a bogus sort + key. + (merge 98e7ab6d42 jc/fix-ref-sorting-parse later to maint). + + * The compatibility implementation for unsetenv(3) were written to + mimic ancient, non-POSIX, variant seen in an old glibc; it has been + changed to return an integer to match the more modern era. + (merge a38989bd5b jc/unsetenv-returns-an-int later to maint). + + * The clean/smudge conversion code path has been prepared to better + work on platforms where ulong is narrower than size_t. + (merge 596b5e77c9 mc/clean-smudge-with-llp64 later to maint). + + * Redact the path part of packfile URI that appears in the trace output. + (merge 0ba558ffb1 if/redact-packfile-uri later to maint). + + * CI has been taught to catch some Unicode directional formatting + sequence that can be used in certain mischief. + (merge 0e7696c64d js/ci-no-directional-formatting later to maint). + + * The "--date=format:<strftime>" gained a workaround for the lack of + system support for a non-local timezone to handle "%s" placeholder. + (merge 9b591b9403 jk/strbuf-addftime-seconds-since-epoch later to maint). + + * The "merge" subcommand of "git jump" (in contrib/) silently ignored + pathspec and other parameters. + (merge 67ba13e5a4 jk/jump-merge-with-pathspec later to maint). + + * The code to decode the length of packed object size has been + corrected. + (merge 34de5b8eac jt/pack-header-lshift-overflow later to maint). + + * The advice message given by "git pull" when the user hasn't made a + choice between merge and rebase still said that the merge is the + default, which no longer is the case. This has been corrected. + (merge 71076d0edd ah/advice-pull-has-no-preference-between-rebase-and-merge later to maint). + + * "git fetch", when received a bad packfile, can fail with SIGPIPE. + This wasn't wrong per-se, but we now detect the situation and fail + in a more predictable way. + (merge 2a4aed42ec jk/fetch-pack-avoid-sigpipe-to-index-pack later to maint). + + * The function to cull a child process and determine the exit status + had two separate code paths for normal callers and callers in a + signal handler, and the latter did not yield correct value when the + child has caught a signal. The handling of the exit status has + been unified for these two code paths. An existing test with + flakiness has also been corrected. + (merge 5263e22cba jk/t7006-sigpipe-tests-fix later to maint). + + * When a non-existent program is given as the pager, we tried to + reuse an uninitialized child_process structure and crashed, which + has been fixed. + (merge f917f57f40 em/missing-pager later to maint). + + * The single-key-input mode in "git add -p" had some code to handle + keys that generate a sequence of input via ReadKey(), which did not + handle end-of-file correctly, which has been fixed. + (merge fc8a8126df cb/add-p-single-key-fix later to maint). + + * "git rebase -x" added an unnecessary 'exec' instructions before + 'noop', which has been corrected. + (merge cc9dcdee61 en/rebase-x-fix later to maint). + + * When the "git push" command is killed while the receiving end is + trying to report what happened to the ref update proposals, the + latter used to die, due to SIGPIPE. The code now ignores SIGPIPE + to increase our chances to run the post-receive hook after it + happens. + (merge d34182b9e3 rj/receive-pack-avoid-sigpipe-during-status-reporting later to maint). + + * "git worktree add" showed "Preparing worktree" message to the + standard output stream, but when it failed, the message from die() + went to the standard error stream. Depending on the order the + stdio streams are flushed at the program end, this resulted in + confusing output. It has been corrected by sending all the chatty + messages to the standard error stream. + (merge b50252484f es/worktree-chatty-to-stderr later to maint). + + * Coding guideline document has been updated to clarify what goes to + standard error in our system. + (merge e258eb4800 es/doc-stdout-vs-stderr later to maint). + + * The sparse-index/sparse-checkout feature had a bug in its use of + the matching code to determine which path is in or outside the + sparse checkout patterns. + (merge 8c5de0d265 ds/sparse-deep-pattern-checkout-fix later to maint). + + * "git rebase -x" by mistake started exporting the GIT_DIR and + GIT_WORK_TREE environment variables when the command was rewritten + in C, which has been corrected. + (merge 434e0636db en/rebase-x-wo-git-dir-env later to maint). + + * When "git log" implicitly enabled the "decoration" processing + without being explicitly asked with "--decorate" option, it failed + to read and honor the settings given by the "--decorate-refs" + option. + + * "git fetch --set-upstream" did not check if there is a current + branch, leading to a segfault when it is run on a detached HEAD, + which has been corrected. + (merge 17baeaf82d ab/fetch-set-upstream-while-detached later to maint). + + * Among some code paths that ask an yes/no question, only one place + gave a prompt that looked different from the others, which has been + updated to match what the others create. + (merge 0fc8ed154c km/help-prompt-fix later to maint). + + * "git log --invert-grep --author=<name>" used to exclude commits + written by the given author, but now "--invert-grep" only affects + the matches made by the "--grep=<pattern>" option. + (merge 794c000267 rs/log-invert-grep-with-headers later to maint). + + * "git grep --perl-regexp" failed to match UTF-8 characters with + wildcard when the pattern consists only of ASCII letters, which has + been corrected. + (merge 32e3e8bc55 rs/pcre2-utf later to maint). + + * Certain sparse-checkout patterns that are valid in non-cone mode + led to segfault in cone mode, which has been corrected. + + * Use of certain "git rev-list" options with "git fast-export" + created nonsense results (the worst two of which being "--reverse" + and "--invert-grep --grep=<foo>"). The use of "--first-parent" is + made to behave a bit more sensible than before. + (merge 726a228dfb ws/fast-export-with-revision-options later to maint). + + * Perf tests were run with end-user's shell, but it has been + corrected to use the shell specified by $TEST_SHELL_PATH. + (merge 9ccab75608 ja/perf-use-specified-shell later to maint). + + * Fix dependency rules to generate hook-list.h header file. + (merge d3fd1a6667 ab/makefile-hook-list-dependency-fix later to maint). + + * "git stash" by default triggers its "push" action, but its + implementation also made "git stash -h" to show short help only for + "git stash push", which has been corrected. + (merge ca7990cea5 ab/do-not-limit-stash-help-to-push later to maint). + + * "git apply --3way" bypasses the attempt to do a three-way + application in more cases to address the regression caused by the + recent change to use direct application as a fallback. + (merge 34d607032c jz/apply-3-corner-cases later to maint). + + * Fix performance-releated bug in "git subtree" (in contrib/). + (merge 3ce8888fb4 jl/subtree-check-parents-argument-passing-fix later to maint). + + * Extend the guidance to choose the base commit to build your work + on, and hint/nudge contributors to read others' changes. + (merge fdfae830f8 jc/doc-submitting-patches-choice-of-base later to maint). + + * A corner case bug in the ort merge strategy has been corrected. + (merge d30126c20d en/merge-ort-renorm-with-rename-delete-conflict-fix later to maint). + + * "git stash apply" forgot to attempt restoring untracked files when + it failed to restore changes to tracked ones. + (merge 71cade5a0b en/stash-df-fix later to maint). + + * Calling dynamically loaded functions on Windows has been corrected. + (merge 4a9b204920 ma/windows-dynload-fix later to maint). + + * Some lockfile code called free() in signal-death code path, which + has been corrected. + (merge 58d4d7f1c5 ps/lockfile-cleanup-fix later to maint). + + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. + (merge 74db416c9c cw/protocol-v2-doc-fix later to maint). + (merge f9b2b6684d ja/doc-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 7d1b866778 jc/fix-first-object-walk later to maint). + (merge 538ac74604 js/trace2-avoid-recursive-errors later to maint). + (merge 152923b132 jk/t5319-midx-corruption-test-deflake later to maint). + (merge 9081a421a6 ab/checkout-branch-info-leakfix later to maint). + (merge 42c456ff81 rs/mergesort later to maint). + (merge ad506e6780 tl/midx-docfix later to maint). + (merge bf5b83fd8a hk/ci-checkwhitespace-commentfix later to maint). + (merge 49f1eb3b34 jk/refs-g11-workaround later to maint). + (merge 7d3fc7df70 jt/midx-doc-fix later to maint). + (merge 7b089120d9 hn/create-reflog-simplify later to maint). + (merge 9e12400da8 cb/mingw-gmtime-r later to maint). + (merge 0bf0de6cc7 tb/pack-revindex-on-disk-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 2c68f577fc ew/cbtree-remove-unused-and-broken-cb-unlink later to maint). + (merge eafd6e7e55 ab/die-with-bug later to maint). + (merge 91028f7659 jc/grep-patterntype-default-doc later to maint). + (merge 47ca93d071 ds/repack-fixlets later to maint). + (merge e6a9bc0c60 rs/t4202-invert-grep-test-fix later to maint). + (merge deb5407a42 gh/gpg-doc-markup-fix later to maint). + (merge 999bba3e0b rs/daemon-plug-leak later to maint). + (merge 786eb1ba39 js/l10n-mention-ngettext-early-in-readme later to maint). + (merge 2f12b31b74 ab/makefile-msgfmt-wo-stats later to maint). + (merge 0517f591ca fs/gpg-unknown-key-test-fix later to maint). + (merge 97d6fb5a1f ma/header-dup-cleanup later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..726ba250ef --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Git v2.35.1 Release Notes +========================= + +Git 2.35 shipped with a regression that broke use of "rebase" and +"stash" in a secondary worktree. This maintenance release ought to +fix it. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..78e037b865 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +Git 2.36 Release Notes +====================== + +Updates since Git 2.35 +---------------------- + +Backward compatibility warts + + * "git name-rev --stdin" has been deprecated and issues a warning + when used; use "git name-rev --annotate-stdin" instead. + + +Note to those who build from the source + + * + + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * Assorted updates to "git cat-file", especially "-h". + + * The command line completion (in contrib/) learns to complete + arguments to give to "git sparse-checkout" command. + + * "git log --remerge-diff" shows the difference from mechanical merge + result and the result that is actually recorded in a merge commit. + + * "git log" and friends learned an option --exclude-first-parent-only + to propagate UNINTERESTING bit down only along the first-parent + chain, just like --first-parent option shows commits that lack the + UNINTERESTING bit only along the first-parent chain. + + * The command line completion script (in contrib/) learned to + complete all Git subcommands, including the ones that are normally + hidden, when GIT_COMPLETION_SHOW_ALL_COMMANDS is used. + + * "git branch" learned the "--recurse-submodules" option. + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * "git apply" (ab)used the util pointer of the string-list to keep + track of how each symbolic link needs to be handled, which has been + simplified by using strset. + + * Fix a hand-rolled alloca() imitation that may have violated + alignment requirement of data being sorted in compatibility + implementation of qsort_s() and stable qsort(). + + * Use the parse-options API in "git reflog" command. + + * The conditional inclusion mechanism of configuration files using + "[includeIf <condition>]" learns to base its decision on the + URL of the remote repository the repository interacts with. + (merge 399b198489 jt/conditional-config-on-remote-url later to maint). + + * "git name-rev --stdin" does not behave like usual "--stdin" at + all. Start the process of renaming it to "--annotate-stdin". + (merge a2585719b3 jc/name-rev-stdin later to maint). + + * "git update-index", "git checkout-index", and "git clean" are + taught to work better with the sparse checkout feature. + + * Use an internal call to reset_head() helper function instead of + spawning "git checkout" in "rebase", and update code paths that are + involved in the change. + + +Fixes since v2.35 +----------------- + + * "rebase" and "stash" in secondary worktrees are broken in + Git 2.35.0, which has been corrected. + + * "git pull --rebase" ignored the rebase.autostash configuration + variable when the remote history is a descendant of our history, + which has been corrected. + (merge 3013d98d7a pb/pull-rebase-autostash-fix later to maint). + + * "git update-index --refresh" has been taught to deal better with + racy timestamps (just like "git status" already does). + (merge 2ede073fd2 ms/update-index-racy later to maint). + + * Avoid tests that are run under GIT_TRACE2 set from failing + unnecessarily. + (merge 944d808e42 js/test-unset-trace2-parents later to maint). + + * The merge-ort misbehaved when merge.renameLimit configuration is + set too low and failed to find all renames. + (merge 9ae39fef7f en/merge-ort-restart-optim-fix later to maint). + + * We explain that revs come first before the pathspec among command + line arguments, but did not spell out that dashed options come + before other args, which has been corrected. + (merge c11f95010c tl/doc-cli-options-first later to maint). + + * "git add -p" rewritten in C regressed hunk splitting in some cases, + which has been corrected. + (merge 7008ddc645 pw/add-p-hunk-split-fix later to maint). + + * "git fetch --negotiate-only" is an internal command used by "git + push" to figure out which part of our history is missing from the + other side. It should never recurse into submodules even when + fetch.recursesubmodules configuration variable is set, nor it + should trigger "gc". The code has been tightened up to ensure it + only does common ancestry discovery and nothing else. + (merge de4eaae63a gc/fetch-negotiate-only-early-return later to maint). + + * The code path that verifies signatures made with ssh were made to + work better on a system with CRLF line endings. + (merge caeef01ea7 fs/ssh-signing-crlf later to maint). + + * "git sparse-checkout init" failed to write into $GIT_DIR/info + directory when the repository was created without one, which has + been corrected to auto-create it. + (merge 7f44842ac1 jt/sparse-checkout-leading-dir-fix later to maint). + + * Cloning from a repository that does not yet have any branches or + tags but has other refs resulted in a "remote transport reported + error", which has been corrected. + (merge dccea605b6 jt/clone-not-quite-empty later to maint). + + * Mark in various places in the code that the sparse index and the + split index features are mutually incompatible. + (merge 451b66c533 js/sparse-vs-split-index later to maint). + + * Update the logic to compute alignment requirement for our mem-pool. + (merge e38bcc66d8 jc/mem-pool-alignment later to maint). + + * Pick a better random number generator and use it when we prepare + temporary filenames. + (merge 47efda967c bc/csprng-mktemps later to maint). + + * Update the contributor-facing documents on proposed log messages. + (merge cdba0295b0 jc/doc-log-messages later to maint). + + * When "git fetch --prune" failed to prune the refs it wanted to + prune, the command issued error messages but exited with exit + status 0, which has been corrected. + (merge c9e04d905e tg/fetch-prune-exit-code-fix later to maint). + + * Problems identified by Coverity in the reftable code have been + corrected. + (merge 01033de49f hn/reftable-coverity-fixes later to maint). + + * A bug that made multi-pack bitmap and the object order out-of-sync, + making the .midx data corrupt, has been fixed. + (merge f8b60cf99b tb/midx-bitmap-corruption-fix later to maint). + + * The build procedure has been taught to notice older version of zlib + and enable our replacement uncompress2() automatically. + (merge 07564773c2 ab/auto-detect-zlib-compress2 later to maint). + + * Interaction between fetch.negotiationAlgorithm and + feature.experimental configuration variables has been corrected. + (merge 714edc620c en/fetch-negotiation-default-fix later to maint). + + * "git diff --diff-filter=aR" is now parsed correctly. + (merge 75408ca949 js/diff-filter-negation-fix later to maint). + + * When "git subtree" wants to create a merge, it used "git merge" and + let it be affected by end-user's "merge.ff" configuration, which + has been corrected. + (merge 9158a3564a tk/subtree-merge-not-ff-only later to maint). + + * Unlike "git apply", "git patch-id" did not handle patches with + hunks that has only 1 line in either preimage or postimage, which + has been corrected. + (merge 757e75c81e jz/patch-id-hunk-header-parsing-fix later to maint). + + * "receive-pack" checks if it will do any ref updates (various + conditions could reject a push) before received objects are taken + out of the temporary directory used for quarantine purposes, so + that a push that is known-to-fail will not leave crufts that a + future "gc" needs to clean up. + (merge 5407764069 cb/clear-quarantine-early-on-all-ref-update-errors later to maint). + + * Because a deletion of ref would need to remove it from both the + loose ref store and the packed ref store, a delete-ref operation + that logically removes one ref may end up invoking ref-transaction + hook twice, which has been corrected. + (merge 2ed1b64ebd ps/avoid-unnecessary-hook-invocation-with-packed-refs later to maint). + + * When there is no object to write .bitmap file for, "git + multi-pack-index" triggered an error, instead of just skipping, + which has been corrected. + (merge eb57277ba3 tb/midx-no-bitmap-for-no-objects later to maint). + + * "git cmd -h" outside a repository should error out cleanly for many + commands, but instead it hit a BUG(), which has been corrected. + (merge 87ad07d735 js/short-help-outside-repo-fix later to maint). + + * "working tree" and "per-worktree ref" were in glossary, but + "worktree" itself wasn't, which has been corrected. + (merge 2df5387ed0 jc/glossary-worktree later to maint). + + * L10n support for a few error messages. + (merge 3d3c23b3a7 bs/forbid-i18n-of-protocol-token-in-fetch-pack later to maint). + + * Test modernization. + (merge d4fe066e4b sy/t0001-use-path-is-helper later to maint). + + * "git log --graph --graph" used to leak a graph structure, and there + was no way to countermand "--graph" that appear earlier on the + command line. A "--no-graph" option has been added and resource + leakage has been plugged. + + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. + (merge cfc5cf428b jc/find-header later to maint). + (merge 40e7cfdd46 jh/p4-fix-use-of-process-error-exception later to maint). + (merge 727e6ea350 jh/p4-spawning-external-commands-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 0a6adc26e2 rs/grep-expr-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 4ed7dfa713 po/readme-mention-contributor-hints later to maint). + (merge 6046f7a91c en/plug-leaks-in-merge later to maint). + (merge 8c591dbfce bc/clarify-eol-attr later to maint). + (merge 518e15db74 rs/parse-options-lithelp-help later to maint). + (merge cbac0076ef gh/doc-typos later to maint). + (merge ce14de03db ab/no-errno-from-resolve-ref-unsafe later to maint). + (merge 2826ffad8c rc/negotiate-only-typofix later to maint). + (merge 0f03f04c5c en/sparse-checkout-leakfix later to maint). + (merge 74f3390dde sy/diff-usage-typofix later to maint). + (merge 45d0212a71 ll/doc-mktree-typofix later to maint). + (merge e9b272e4c1 js/no-more-legacy-stash later to maint). + (merge 6798b08e84 ab/do-not-hide-failures-in-git-dot-pm later to maint). + (merge 9325285df4 po/doc-check-ignore-markup-fix later to maint). + (merge cd26cd6c7c sy/modernize-t-lib-read-tree-m-3way later to maint). + (merge d17294a05e ab/hash-object-leakfix later to maint). + (merge b8403129d3 jd/t0015-modernize later to maint). + (merge 332acc248d ds/mailmap later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 11e03056f2..a6121d1d42 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ change is relevant to. base your work on the tip of the topic. * A new feature should be based on `master` in general. If the new - feature depends on a topic that is in `seen`, but not in `master`, - base your work on the tip of that topic. + feature depends on other topics that are in `next`, but not in + `master`, fork a branch from the tip of `master`, merge these topics + to the branch, and work on that branch. You can remind yourself of + how you prepared the base with `git log --first-parent master..`. * Corrections and enhancements to a topic not yet in `master` should be based on the tip of that topic. If the topic has not been merged @@ -28,10 +30,10 @@ change is relevant to. into the series. * In the exceptional case that a new feature depends on several topics - not in `master`, start working on `next` or `seen` privately and send - out patches for discussion. Before the final merge, you may have to - wait until some of the dependent topics graduate to `master`, and - rebase your work. + not in `master`, start working on `next` or `seen` privately and + send out patches only for discussion. Once your new feature starts + to stabilize, you would have to rebase it (see the "depends on other + topics" above). * Some parts of the system have dedicated maintainers with their own repositories (see the section "Subsystems" below). Changes to @@ -71,8 +73,13 @@ Make sure that you have tests for the bug you are fixing. See [[tests]] When adding a new feature, make sure that you have new tests to show the feature triggers the new behavior when it should, and to show the -feature does not trigger when it shouldn't. After any code change, make -sure that the entire test suite passes. +feature does not trigger when it shouldn't. After any code change, +make sure that the entire test suite passes. When fixing a bug, make +sure you have new tests that break if somebody else breaks what you +fixed by accident to avoid regression. Also, try merging your work to +'next' and 'seen' and make sure the tests still pass; topics by others +that are still in flight may have unexpected interactions with what +you are trying to do in your topic. Pushing to a fork of https://github.com/git/git will use their CI integration to test your changes on Linux, Mac and Windows. See the @@ -103,6 +110,35 @@ run `git diff --check` on your changes before you commit. [[describe-changes]] === Describe your changes well. +The log message that explains your changes is just as important as the +changes themselves. Your code may be clearly written with in-code +comment to sufficiently explain how it works with the surrounding +code, but those who need to fix or enhance your code in the future +will need to know _why_ your code does what it does, for a few +reasons: + +. Your code may be doing something differently from what you wanted it + to do. Writing down what you actually wanted to achieve will help + them fix your code and make it do what it should have been doing + (also, you often discover your own bugs yourself, while writing the + log message to summarize the thought behind it). + +. Your code may be doing things that were only necessary for your + immediate needs (e.g. "do X to directories" without implementing or + even designing what is to be done on files). Writing down why you + excluded what the code does not do will help guide future developers. + Writing down "we do X to directories, because directories have + characteristic Y" would help them infer "oh, files also have the same + characteristic Y, so perhaps doing X to them would also make sense?". + Saying "we don't do the same X to files, because ..." will help them + decide if the reasoning is sound (in which case they do not waste + time extending your code to cover files), or reason differently (in + which case, they can explain why they extend your code to cover + files, too). + +The goal of your log message is to convey the _why_ behind your +change to help future developers. + The first line of the commit message should be a short description (50 characters is the soft limit, see DISCUSSION in linkgit:git-commit[1]), and should skip the full stop. It is also conventional in most cases to @@ -135,6 +171,13 @@ The body should provide a meaningful commit message, which: . alternate solutions considered but discarded, if any. +[[present-tense]] +The problem statement that describes the status quo is written in the +present tense. Write "The code does X when it is given input Y", +instead of "The code used to do Y when given input X". You do not +have to say "Currently"---the status quo in the problem statement is +about the code _without_ your change, by project convention. + [[imperative-mood]] Describe your changes in imperative mood, e.g. "make xyzzy do frotz" instead of "[This patch] makes xyzzy do frotz" or "[I] changed xyzzy @@ -144,8 +187,21 @@ without external resources. Instead of giving a URL to a mailing list archive, summarize the relevant points of the discussion. [[commit-reference]] -If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable -branch, use the format "abbreviated hash (subject, date)", like this: + +There are a few reasons why you may want to refer to another commit in +the "more stable" part of the history (i.e. on branches like `maint`, +`master`, and `next`): + +. A commit that introduced the root cause of a bug you are fixing. + +. A commit that introduced a feature that you are enhancing. + +. A commit that conflicts with your work when you made a trial merge + of your work into `next` and `seen` for testing. + +When you reference a commit on a more stable branch (like `master`, +`maint` and `next`), use the format "abbreviated hash (subject, +date)", like this: .... Commit f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30) @@ -259,9 +315,11 @@ Please make sure your patch does not add commented out debugging code, or include any extra files which do not relate to what your patch is trying to achieve. Make sure to review your patch after generating it, to ensure accuracy. Before -sending out, please make sure it cleanly applies to the `master` -branch head. If you are preparing a work based on "next" branch, -that is fine, but please mark it as such. +sending out, please make sure it cleanly applies to the base you +have chosen in the "Decide what to base your work on" section, +and unless it targets the `master` branch (which is the default), +mark your patches as such. + [[send-patches]] === Sending your patches. @@ -365,7 +423,10 @@ Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}. Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git contacts` command in `contrib/contacts/` can help to -identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. +identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. Also, when you made +trial merges of your topic to `next` and `seen`, you may have noticed +work by others conflicting with your changes. There is a good possibility +that these people may know the area you are touching well. :current-maintainer: footnote:[The current maintainer: gitster@pobox.com] :git-ml: footnote:[The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org] diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 1167e88e34..bf3e512921 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -159,6 +159,33 @@ all branches that begin with `foo/`. This is useful if your branches are organized hierarchically and you would like to apply a configuration to all the branches in that hierarchy. +`hasconfig:remote.*.url:`:: + The data that follows this keyword is taken to + be a pattern with standard globbing wildcards and two + additional ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple + components. The first time this keyword is seen, the rest of + the config files will be scanned for remote URLs (without + applying any values). If there exists at least one remote URL + that matches this pattern, the include condition is met. ++ +Files included by this option (directly or indirectly) are not allowed +to contain remote URLs. ++ +Note that unlike other includeIf conditions, resolving this condition +relies on information that is not yet known at the point of reading the +condition. A typical use case is this option being present as a +system-level or global-level config, and the remote URL being in a +local-level config; hence the need to scan ahead when resolving this +condition. In order to avoid the chicken-and-egg problem in which +potentially-included files can affect whether such files are potentially +included, Git breaks the cycle by prohibiting these files from affecting +the resolution of these conditions (thus, prohibiting them from +declaring remote URLs). ++ +As for the naming of this keyword, it is for forwards compatibiliy with +a naming scheme that supports more variable-based include conditions, +but currently Git only supports the exact keyword described above. + A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`: * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching. @@ -226,6 +253,14 @@ Example ; currently checked out [includeIf "onbranch:foo-branch"] path = foo.inc + +; include only if a remote with the given URL exists (note +; that such a URL may be provided later in a file or in a +; file read after this file is read, as seen in this example) +[includeIf "hasconfig:remote.*.url:https://example.com/**"] + path = foo.inc +[remote "origin"] + url = https://example.com/git ---- Values @@ -262,11 +297,19 @@ color:: colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background) and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces. + -The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, -`blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the -foreground; the second is the background. All the basic colors except -`normal` have a bright variant that can be specified by prefixing the -color with `bright`, like `brightred`. +The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, +`yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, `white` and `default`. The first +color given is the foreground; the second is the background. All the +basic colors except `normal` and `default` have a bright variant that can +be specified by prefixing the color with `bright`, like `brightred`. ++ +The color `normal` makes no change to the color. It is the same as an +empty string, but can be used as the foreground color when specifying a +background color alone (for example, "normal red"). ++ +The color `default` explicitly resets the color to the terminal default, +for example to specify a cleared background. Although it varies between +terminals, this is usually not the same as setting to "white black". + Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If @@ -280,6 +323,11 @@ The position of any attributes with respect to the colors be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`, `no-ul`, etc). + +The pseudo-attribute `reset` resets all colors and attributes before +applying the specified coloring. For example, `reset green` will result +in a green foreground and default background without any active +attributes. ++ An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely. + diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt index 063eec2511..adee26fbbb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt @@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ advice.*:: submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie:: Advice shown when a submodule.alternateErrorStrategy option configured to "die" causes a fatal error. + submodulesNotUpdated:: + Advice shown when a user runs a submodule command that fails + because `git submodule update --init` was not run. addIgnoredFile:: Advice shown if a user attempts to add an ignored file to the index. diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.txt b/Documentation/config/branch.txt index d323d7327f..1e0c7af014 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/branch.txt @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ branch.autoSetupMerge:: automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` -- automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a - local branch or remote-tracking + local branch or remote-tracking branch; `inherit` -- if the starting point + has a tracking configuration, it is copied to the new branch. This option defaults to true. branch.autoSetupRebase:: diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt index 63748c02b7..cd65d236b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt @@ -56,18 +56,19 @@ fetch.output:: OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail. fetch.negotiationAlgorithm:: - Control how information about the commits in the local repository is - sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the - server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an - effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary - packfile; or set to "noop" to not send any information at all, which - will almost certainly result in a larger-than-necessary packfile, but - will skip the negotiation step. - The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm - that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one - of its descendants). If `feature.experimental` is enabled, then this - setting defaults to "skipping". - Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out. + Control how information about the commits in the local repository + is sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by + the server. Set to "consecutive" to use an algorithm that walks + over consecutive commits checking each one. Set to "skipping" to + use an algorithm that skips commits in an effort to converge + faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary packfile; or set + to "noop" to not send any information at all, which will almost + certainly result in a larger-than-necessary packfile, but will skip + the negotiation step. Set to "default" to override settings made + previously and use the default behaviour. The default is normally + "consecutive", but if `feature.experimental` is true, then the + default is "skipping". Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to + error out. + See also the `--negotiate-only` and `--negotiation-tip` options to linkgit:git-fetch[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt index 4f30c7dbdd..86892ada77 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt @@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ gpg.minTrustLevel:: * `fully` * `ultimate` -gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand: +gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand:: This command that will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key is - expected in the first line of its output. To automatically use the first + expected in the first line of its output. To automatically use the first available key from your ssh-agent set this to "ssh-add -L". gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile:: A file containing ssh public keys which you are willing to trust. The file consists of one or more lines of principals followed by an ssh public key. - e.g.: user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1... + e.g.: `user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1...` See ssh-keygen(1) "ALLOWED SIGNERS" for details. The principal is only used to identify the key and is available when verifying a signature. @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ A repository that only allows signed commits can store the file in the repository itself using a path relative to the top-level of the working tree. This way only committers with an already valid key can add or change keys in the keyring. + +Since OpensSSH 8.8 this file allows specifying a key lifetime using valid-after & +valid-before options. Git will mark signatures as valid if the signing key was +valid at the time of the signature's creation. This allows users to change a +signing key without invalidating all previously made signatures. ++ Using a SSH CA key with the cert-authority option (see ssh-keygen(1) "CERTIFICATES") is also valid. diff --git a/Documentation/config/grep.txt b/Documentation/config/grep.txt index 44abe45a7c..182edd813a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/grep.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ grep.patternType:: Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the - value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. + value 'default' will use the `grep.extendedRegexp` option to choose + between 'basic' and 'extended'. grep.extendedRegexp:: If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This diff --git a/Documentation/config/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt index e27cc63944..99e83dd36e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/merge.txt @@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ merge.conflictStyle:: shows a `<<<<<<<` conflict marker, changes made by one side, a `=======` marker, changes made by the other side, and then a `>>>>>>>` marker. An alternate style, "diff3", adds a `|||||||` - marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. + marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. The + "merge" style tends to produce smaller conflict regions than diff3, + both because of the exclusion of the original text, and because + when a subset of lines match on the two sides they are just pulled + out of the conflict region. Another alternate style, "zdiff3", is + similar to diff3 but removes matching lines on the two sides from + the conflict region when those matching lines appear near either + the beginning or end of a conflict region. merge.defaultToUpstream:: If merge is called without any commit argument, merge the upstream diff --git a/Documentation/config/stash.txt b/Documentation/config/stash.txt index 9ed775281f..b9f609ed76 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/stash.txt @@ -1,10 +1,3 @@ -stash.useBuiltin:: - Unused configuration variable. Used in Git versions 2.22 to - 2.26 as an escape hatch to enable the legacy shellscript - implementation of stash. Now the built-in rewrite of it in C - is always used. Setting this will emit a warning, to alert any - remaining users that setting this now does nothing. - stash.showIncludeUntracked:: If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command will show the untracked files of a stash entry. Defaults to false. See diff --git a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt index ee454f8126..6490527b45 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt @@ -59,18 +59,33 @@ submodule.active:: submodule.recurse:: A boolean indicating if commands should enable the `--recurse-submodules` - option by default. - Applies to all commands that support this option - (`checkout`, `fetch`, `grep`, `pull`, `push`, `read-tree`, `reset`, - `restore` and `switch`) except `clone` and `ls-files`. + option by default. Defaults to false. ++ +When set to true, it can be deactivated via the +`--no-recurse-submodules` option. Note that some Git commands +lacking this option may call some of the above commands affected by +`submodule.recurse`; for instance `git remote update` will call +`git fetch` but does not have a `--no-recurse-submodules` option. +For these commands a workaround is to temporarily change the +configuration value by using `git -c submodule.recurse=0`. ++ +The following list shows the commands that accept +`--recurse-submodules` and whether they are supported by this +setting. + +* `checkout`, `fetch`, `grep`, `pull`, `push`, `read-tree`, +`reset`, `restore` and `switch` are always supported. +* `clone` and `ls-files` are not supported. +* `branch` is supported only if `submodule.propagateBranches` is +enabled + +submodule.propagateBranches:: + [EXPERIMENTAL] A boolean that enables branching support when + using `--recurse-submodules` or `submodule.recurse=true`. + Enabling this will allow certain commands to accept + `--recurse-submodules` and certain commands that already accept + `--recurse-submodules` will now consider branches. Defaults to false. - When set to true, it can be deactivated via the - `--no-recurse-submodules` option. Note that some Git commands - lacking this option may call some of the above commands affected by - `submodule.recurse`; for instance `git remote update` will call - `git fetch` but does not have a `--no-recurse-submodules` option. - For these commands a workaround is to temporarily change the - configuration value by using `git -c submodule.recurse=0`. submodule.fetchJobs:: Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time. diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index ad78dce9ec..ec9233b060 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ user.signingKey:: commit, you can override the default selection with this variable. This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports. - If gpg.format is set to "ssh" this can contain the literal ssh public - key (e.g.: "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier") or a file which contains it and - corresponds to the private key used for signing. The private key - needs to be available via ssh-agent. Alternatively it can be set to - a file containing a private key directly. If not set git will call - gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the first - key available. + If gpg.format is set to `ssh` this can contain the path to either + your private ssh key or the public key when ssh-agent is used. + Alternatively it can contain a public key prefixed with `key::` + directly (e.g.: "key::ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier"). The private key + needs to be available via ssh-agent. If not set git will call + gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the + first key available. For backward compatibility, a raw key which + begins with "ssh-", such as "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier", is treated + as "key::ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier", but this form is deprecated; + use the `key::` form instead. diff --git a/Documentation/date-formats.txt b/Documentation/date-formats.txt index 99c455f51c..67645cae64 100644 --- a/Documentation/date-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/date-formats.txt @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ The `GIT_AUTHOR_DATE` and `GIT_COMMITTER_DATE` environment variables support the following date formats: Git internal format:: - It is `<unix timestamp> <time zone offset>`, where `<unix - timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. - `<time zone offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC. + It is `<unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>`, where + `<unix-timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. + `<time-zone-offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC. For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is `+0100`. RFC 2822:: diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index c89d530d3d..3674ac48e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endif::git-diff[] endif::git-format-patch[] ifdef::git-log[] ---diff-merges=(off|none|on|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc):: +--diff-merges=(off|none|on|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc|remerge|r):: --no-diff-merges:: Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is {diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case @@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ ifdef::git-log[] each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated for each parent. + +--diff-merges=remerge::: +--diff-merges=r::: +--remerge-diff::: + With this option, two-parent merge commits are remerged to + create a temporary tree object -- potentially containing files + with conflict markers and such. A diff is then shown between + that temporary tree and the actual merge commit. ++ +The output emitted when this option is used is subject to change, and +so is its interaction with other options (unless explicitly +documented). ++ --diff-merges=combined::: --diff-merges=c::: -c::: @@ -616,11 +628,8 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] Also, these upper-case letters can be downcased to exclude. E.g. `--diff-filter=ad` excludes added and deleted paths. + -Note that not all diffs can feature all types. For instance, diffs -from the index to the working tree can never have Added entries -(because the set of paths included in the diff is limited by what is in -the index). Similarly, copied and renamed entries cannot appear if -detection for those types is disabled. +Note that not all diffs can feature all types. For instance, copied and +renamed entries cannot appear if detection for those types is disabled. -S<string>:: Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index e967ff1874..f903683189 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ configuration variables documented in linkgit:git-config[1], and the ancestors of the provided `--negotiation-tip=*` arguments, which we have in common with the server. + +This is incompatible with `--recurse-submodules=[yes|on-demand]`. Internally this is used to implement the `push.negotiate` option, see linkgit:git-config[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 0a4a984dfd..09107fb106 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>] [--quoted-cr=<action>] + [--empty=(stop|drop|keep)] [(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...] -'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --show-current-patch[=(diff|raw)]) +'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --show-current-patch[=(diff|raw)] | --allow-empty) DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -63,6 +64,14 @@ OPTIONS --quoted-cr=<action>:: This flag will be passed down to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). +--empty=(stop|drop|keep):: + By default, or when the option is set to 'stop', the command + errors out on an input e-mail message lacking a patch + and stops into the middle of the current am session. When this + option is set to 'drop', skip such an e-mail message instead. + When this option is set to 'keep', create an empty commit, + recording the contents of the e-mail message as its log. + -m:: --message-id:: Pass the `-m` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]), @@ -191,6 +200,11 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this. the e-mail message; if `diff`, show the diff portion only. Defaults to `raw`. +--allow-empty:: + After a patch failure on an input e-mail message lacking a patch, + create an empty commit with the contents of the e-mail message + as its log message. + DISCUSSION ---------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index aa1ae56a25..b6d77f4206 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=(nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all)] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--directory=<root>] - [--verbose] [--unsafe-paths] [<patch>...] + [--verbose | --quiet] [--unsafe-paths] [--allow-empty] [<patch>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ behavior: current patch being applied will be printed. This option will cause additional information to be reported. +-q:: +--quiet:: + Suppress stderr output. Messages about patch status and progress + will not be printed. + --recount:: Do not trust the line counts in the hunk headers, but infer them by inspecting the patch (e.g. after editing the patch without @@ -251,6 +256,10 @@ When `git apply` is used as a "better GNU patch", the user can pass the `--unsafe-paths` option to override this safety check. This option has no effect when `--index` or `--cached` is in use. +--allow-empty:: + Don't return error for patches containing no diff. This includes + empty patches and patches with commit text only. + CONFIGURATION ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index a595a0ffee..847777fd17 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ git-archimport - Import a GNU Arch repository into Git SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D depth] [-t tempdir] - <archive/branch>[:<git-branch>] ... +'git archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D <depth>] [-t <tempdir>] + <archive>/<branch>[:<git-branch>]... DESCRIPTION ----------- Imports a project from one or more GNU Arch repositories. It will follow branches -and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive/branch> +and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive>/<branch> parameters supplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it as a merge whenever possible (see discussion below). @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import new branches within the provided roots. It expects to be dealing with one project only. If it sees branches that have different roots, it will refuse to run. In that case, -edit your <archive/branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the +edit your <archive>/<branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the import. 'git archimport' uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ incremental imports. While 'git archimport' will try to create sensible branch names for the archives that it imports, it is also possible to specify Git branch names -manually. To do so, write a Git branch name after each <archive/branch> +manually. To do so, write a Git branch name after each <archive>/<branch> parameter, separated by a colon. This way, you can shorten the Arch branch names and convert Arch jargon to Git jargon, for example mapping a "PROJECT{litdd}devo{litdd}VERSION" branch to "master". @@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ OPTIONS Override the default tempdir. -<archive/branch>:: - Archive/branch identifier in a format that `tla log` understands. +<archive>/<branch>:: + <archive>/<branch> identifier in a format that `tla log` understands. GIT diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 8af42eff89..c8b4f9ce3c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>] [(-r | --remotes) | (-a | --all)] [--list] [<pattern>...] -'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] +'git branch' [--track[=(direct|inherit)] | --no-track] [-f] + [--recurse-submodules] <branchname> [<start-point>] 'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>] 'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>] 'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> @@ -206,24 +207,50 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode. Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them. -t:: ---track:: +--track[=(direct|inherit)]:: When creating a new branch, set up `branch.<name>.remote` and - `branch.<name>.merge` configuration entries to mark the - start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This + `branch.<name>.merge` configuration entries to set "upstream" tracking + configuration for the new branch. This configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the two branches in `git status` and `git branch -v`. Furthermore, it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the upstream when the new branch is checked out. + -This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. +The exact upstream branch is chosen depending on the optional argument: +`-t`, `--track`, or `--track=direct` means to use the start-point branch +itself as the upstream; `--track=inherit` means to copy the upstream +configuration of the start-point branch. ++ +`--track=direct` is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. Set the branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable to `false` if you want `git switch`, `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if `--no-track` were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the -start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. +start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. Set it to +`inherit` if you want to copy the tracking configuration from the +branch point. ++ +See linkgit:git-pull[1] and linkgit:git-config[1] for additional discussion on +how the `branch.<name>.remote` and `branch.<name>.merge` options are used. --no-track:: Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the - branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is true. + branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is set. + +--recurse-submodules:: + THIS OPTION IS EXPERIMENTAL! Causes the current command to + recurse into submodules if `submodule.propagateBranches` is + enabled. See `submodule.propagateBranches` in + linkgit:git-config[1]. Currently, only branch creation is + supported. ++ +When used in branch creation, a new branch <branchname> will be created +in the superproject and all of the submodules in the superproject's +<start-point>. In submodules, the branch will point to the submodule +commit in the superproject's <start-point> but the branch's tracking +information will be set up based on the submodule's branches and remotes +e.g. `git branch --recurse-submodules topic origin/main` will create the +submodule branch "topic" that points to the submodule commit in the +superproject's "origin/main", but tracks the submodule's "origin/main". --set-upstream:: As this option had confusing syntax, it is no longer supported. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index 27b27e2b30..bef76f4dd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv | --filters ) [--path=<path>] <object> -'git cat-file' (--batch[=<format>] | --batch-check[=<format>]) [ --textconv | --filters ] [--follow-symlinks] +'git cat-file' <type> <object> +'git cat-file' (-e | -p) <object> +'git cat-file' (-t | -s) [--allow-unknown-type] <object> +'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) [--batch-all-objects] + [--buffer] [--follow-symlinks] [--unordered] + [--textconv | --filters] +'git cat-file' (--textconv | --filters) + [<rev>:<path|tree-ish> | --path=<path|tree-ish> <rev>] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt index 0c3924a63d..2892799e32 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ OPTIONS Instead of printing the paths that are excluded, for each path that matches an exclude pattern, print the exclude pattern together with the path. (Matching an exclude pattern usually - means the path is excluded, but if the pattern begins with '!' + means the path is excluded, but if the pattern begins with "`!`" then it is a negated pattern and matching it means the path is NOT excluded.) + @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ If `--verbose` is specified, the output is a series of lines of the form: <pathname> is the path of a file being queried, <pattern> is the matching pattern, <source> is the pattern's source file, and <linenum> is the line number of the pattern within that source. If the pattern -contained a `!` prefix or `/` suffix, it will be preserved in the +contained a "`!`" prefix or "`/`" suffix, it will be preserved in the output. <source> will be an absolute path when referring to the file configured by `core.excludesFile`, or relative to the repository root when referring to `.git/info/exclude` or a per-directory exclude file. diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt index 4d33e7be0f..01dbd5cbf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git checkout-index' [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [--prefix=<string>] [--stage=<number>|all] [--temp] + [--ignore-skip-worktree-bits] [-z] [--stdin] [--] [<file>...] @@ -37,8 +38,9 @@ OPTIONS -a:: --all:: - checks out all files in the index. Cannot be used - together with explicit filenames. + checks out all files in the index except for those with the + skip-worktree bit set (see `--ignore-skip-worktree-bits`). + Cannot be used together with explicit filenames. -n:: --no-create:: @@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ OPTIONS write the content to temporary files. The temporary name associations will be written to stdout. +--ignore-skip-worktree-bits:: + Check out all files, including those with the skip-worktree bit + set. + --stdin:: Instead of taking list of paths from the command line, read list of paths from the standard input. Paths are diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index d473c9bf38..9f37e22e13 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] --detach [<branch>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] <commit> -'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new-branch>] [<start-point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>... 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] --pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul] 'git checkout' (-p|--patch) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<pathspec>...] @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ You could omit `<branch>`, in which case the command degenerates to rather expensive side-effects to show only the tracking information, if exists, for the current branch. -'git checkout' -b|-B <new_branch> [<start point>]:: +'git checkout' -b|-B <new-branch> [<start-point>]:: Specifying `-b` causes a new branch to be created as if linkgit:git-branch[1] were called and then checked out. In @@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ if exists, for the current branch. `--track` without `-b` implies branch creation; see the description of `--track` below. + -If `-B` is given, `<new_branch>` is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it +If `-B` is given, `<new-branch>` is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it is reset. This is the transactional equivalent of + ------------ -$ git branch -f <branch> [<start point>] +$ git branch -f <branch> [<start-point>] $ git checkout <branch> ------------ + @@ -145,18 +145,18 @@ as `ours` (i.e. "our shared canonical history"), while what you did on your side branch as `theirs` (i.e. "one contributor's work on top of it"). --b <new_branch>:: - Create a new branch named `<new_branch>` and start it at - `<start_point>`; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. +-b <new-branch>:: + Create a new branch named `<new-branch>` and start it at + `<start-point>`; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. --B <new_branch>:: - Creates the branch `<new_branch>` and start it at `<start_point>`; - if it already exists, then reset it to `<start_point>`. This is +-B <new-branch>:: + Creates the branch `<new-branch>` and start it at `<start-point>`; + if it already exists, then reset it to `<start-point>`. This is equivalent to running "git branch" with "-f"; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. -t:: ---track:: +--track[=(direct|inherit)]:: When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. See "--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + @@ -210,16 +210,16 @@ variable. `<commit>` is not a branch name. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section below for details. ---orphan <new_branch>:: - Create a new 'orphan' branch, named `<new_branch>`, started from - `<start_point>` and switch to it. The first commit made on this +--orphan <new-branch>:: + Create a new 'orphan' branch, named `<new-branch>`, started from + `<start-point>` and switch to it. The first commit made on this new branch will have no parents and it will be the root of a new history totally disconnected from all the other branches and commits. + The index and the working tree are adjusted as if you had previously run -`git checkout <start_point>`. This allows you to start a new history -that records a set of paths similar to `<start_point>` by easily running +`git checkout <start-point>`. This allows you to start a new history +that records a set of paths similar to `<start-point>` by easily running `git commit -a` to make the root commit. + This can be useful when you want to publish the tree from a commit @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ whose full history contains proprietary or otherwise encumbered bits of code. + If you want to start a disconnected history that records a set of paths -that is totally different from the one of `<start_point>`, then you should +that is totally different from the one of `<start-point>`, then you should clear the index and the working tree right after creating the orphan branch by running `git rm -rf .` from the top level of the working tree. Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the @@ -266,8 +266,7 @@ When switching branches with `--merge`, staged changes may be lost. The same as `--merge` option above, but changes the way the conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the `merge.conflictStyle` configuration variable. Possible values are - "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by - "merge" style, shows the original contents). + "merge" (default), "diff3", and "zdiff3". -p:: --patch:: @@ -341,10 +340,10 @@ As a special case, you may use `A...B` as a shortcut for the merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`. -<new_branch>:: +<new-branch>:: Name for the new branch. -<start_point>:: +<start-point>:: The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to `HEAD`. + diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 5d750314b2..78dcc9171f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] +'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m <parent-number>] [-s] [-x] [--ff] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>... 'git cherry-pick' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit) @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ OPTIONS described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op. --m parent-number:: ---mainline parent-number:: +-m <parent-number>:: +--mainline <parent-number>:: Usually you cannot cherry-pick a merge because you do not know which side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 3fe3810f1c..984d194934 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] +'git clone' [--template=<template-directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] + [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags] [--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse] [--[no-]reject-shallow] @@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. configuration variables are created. --sparse:: - Initialize the sparse-checkout file so the working - directory starts with only the files in the root - of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be - modified to grow the working directory as needed. + Employ a sparse-checkout, with only files in the toplevel + directory initially being present. The + linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] command can be used to grow the + working directory as needed. --filter=<filter-spec>:: Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. via ssh, this specifies a non-default path for the command run on the other end. ---template=<template_directory>:: +--template=<template-directory>:: Specify the directory from which templates will be used; (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ or `--mirror` is given) superproject's recorded SHA-1. Equivalent to passing `--remote` to `git submodule update`. ---separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: +--separate-git-dir=<git-dir>:: Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory, then make a filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there. diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 992225f612..2285effb36 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] name [value [value-pattern]] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add name value -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] --replace-all name value [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get name [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get-all name [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] [--name-only] --get-regexp name_regex [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch name URL -'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset name [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset-all name [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name -'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] <name> [<value> [<value-pattern>]] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add <name> <value> +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] --replace-all <name> <value> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get <name> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get-all <name> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] [--name-only] --get-regexp <name-regex> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch <name> <URL> +'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset <name> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset-all <name> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section <old-name> <new-name> +'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section <name> 'git config' [<file-option>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--name-only] -l | --list -'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] -'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] +'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color <name> [<default>] +'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool <name> [<stdout-is-tty>] 'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit DESCRIPTION @@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ OPTIONS in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection names are not. ---get-urlmatch name URL:: +--get-urlmatch <name> <URL>:: When given a two-part name section.key, the value for - section.<url>.key whose <url> part matches the best to the + section.<URL>.key whose <URL> part matches the best to the given URL is returned (if no such key exists, the value for section.key is used as a fallback). When given just the section as name, do so for all the keys in the section and @@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>. read from or written to if `extensions.worktreeConfig` is present. If not it's the same as `--local`. --f config-file:: ---file config-file:: +-f <config-file>:: +--file <config-file>:: For writing options: write to the specified file rather than the repository `.git/config`. + @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ available files. + See also <<FILES>>. ---blob blob:: +--blob <blob>:: Similar to `--file` but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g. you can use 'master:.gitmodules' to read values from the file '.gitmodules' in the master branch. See "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" @@ -246,18 +246,18 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include: all queried config options with the scope of that value (local, global, system, command). ---get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]:: +--get-colorbool <name> [<stdout-is-tty>]:: - Find the color setting for `name` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output - "true" or "false". `stdout-is-tty` should be either "true" or + Find the color setting for `<name>` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output + "true" or "false". `<stdout-is-tty>` should be either "true" or "false", and is taken into account when configuration says - "auto". If `stdout-is-tty` is missing, then checks the standard + "auto". If `<stdout-is-tty>` is missing, then checks the standard output of the command itself, and exits with status 0 if color is to be used, or exits with status 1 otherwise. When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses `color.ui` as fallback. ---get-color name [default]:: +--get-color <name> [<default>]:: Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt index 206e3c5f40..f18673017f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-credential - Retrieve and store user credentials SYNOPSIS -------- ------------------ -git credential <fill|approve|reject> +'git credential' (fill|approve|reject) ------------------ DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index 00154b6c85..41c8a8a05c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] - [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID +'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d <cvsroot>] + [-w <cvs-workdir>] [-W] [-f] [-m <msgprefix>] [<parent-commit>] <commit-id> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index de1ebed67d..b3f27671a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] [-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>] - [-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>] - [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>] - [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>] + [-C <git-repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>] + [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commit-limit>] + [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS-module>] DESCRIPTION @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ OPTIONS from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the `CVSROOT` environment variable. -<CVS_module>:: +<CVS-module>:: The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>. If not given, 'git cvsimport' tries to read it from `CVS/Repository`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt index 906774f0f7..bf1febb9ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...] +'git diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common-diff-options>] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt index 27acb31cbf..679cae27d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-index - Compare a tree to the working tree or index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] +'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] [<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 2fc24c542f..274d5eaba9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty] [-t] [-r] [-c | --cc] [--combined-all-paths] [--root] [--merge-base] - [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...] + [<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt index 6793d8fc05..6f28812f38 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] +'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--into-name <branch>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] 'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] -F <file> DESCRIPTION @@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ OPTIONS Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line of the log message. For use with `--log`. +--into-name <branch>:: + Prepare the merge message as if merging to the branch `<branch>`, + instead of the name of the real branch to which the merge is made. + -F <file>:: --file <file>:: Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 113eabc107..be797d7a28 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>] - [--ignore-if-in-upstream] + [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--always] [--cover-from-description=<mode>] [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>] [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>] @@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. patches being generated, and any patch that matches is ignored. +--always:: + Include patches for commits that do not introduce any change, + which are omitted by default. + --cover-from-description=<mode>:: Controls which parts of the cover letter will be automatically populated using the branch's description. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index bd596619c0..5088783dcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs] [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [--[no-]dangling] [--[no-]progress] [--connectivity-only] - [--[no-]name-objects] [<object>*] + [--[no-]name-objects] [<object>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt index c9d7e96214..e8f3ccb433 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gui - A portable graphical interface to Git SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git gui' [<command>] [arguments] +'git gui' [<command>] [<arguments>] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 96d5f598b4..44ea63cc6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]] - [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [COMMAND|GUIDE] + [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<guide>] 'git help' [-g|--guides] 'git help' [-c|--config] DESCRIPTION ----------- -With no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the 'git' +With no options and no '<command>' or '<guide>' given, the synopsis of the 'git' command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed on the standard output. @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ variables. If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased command, use -`git COMMAND --help`. +`git <command> --help`. Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the former is internally converted into the latter. diff --git a/Documentation/git-hook.txt b/Documentation/git-hook.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..77c3a8ad90 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-hook.txt @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +git-hook(1) +=========== + +NAME +---- +git-hook - Run git hooks + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git hook' run [--ignore-missing] <hook-name> [-- <hook-args>] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +A command interface to running git hooks (see linkgit:githooks[5]), +for use by other scripted git commands. + +SUBCOMMANDS +----------- + +run:: + Run the `<hook-name>` hook. See linkgit:githooks[5] for + supported hook names. ++ + +Any positional arguments to the hook should be passed after a +mandatory `--` (or `--end-of-options`, see linkgit:gitcli[7]). See +linkgit:githooks[5] for arguments hooks might expect (if any). + +OPTIONS +------- + +--ignore-missing:: + Ignore any missing hook by quietly returning zero. Used for + tools that want to do a blind one-shot run of a hook that may + or may not be present. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:githooks[5] + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt index 9fa17b60e4..319062c021 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-http-fetch - Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <url> +'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w <filename>] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <URL> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index ea03a4eeb0..7c6a6dd7f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...] +'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <URL> <ref> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -63,16 +63,15 @@ of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'. -Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon) -and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be -pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source -side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the -destination side. +Each pattern pair '<src>:<dst>' consists of the source side (before +the colon) and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be +pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side, +and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side. - - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the + - It is an error if '<src>' does not match exactly one of the local refs. - - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either + - If '<dst>' does not match any remote ref, either * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the destination literally in this case. diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index 648a6cd78a..18bf1a3c8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty Git repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] +'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index b611d80697..ad921fe782 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] - [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--object-format=<format>] +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] + [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>] [--object-format=<format>] [-b <branch-name> | --initial-branch=<branch-name>] - [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] + [--shared[=<permissions>]] [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ values are 'sha1' and (if enabled) 'sha256'. 'sha1' is the default. + include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[] ---template=<template_directory>:: +--template=<template-directory>:: Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.) ---separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: +--separate-git-dir=<git-dir>:: Instead of initializing the repository as a directory to either `$GIT_DIR` or `./.git/`, create a text file there containing the path to the actual @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ repository. If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently `master`, but this is subject to change in the future; the name can be customized via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable). ---shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]:: +--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|<perm>)]:: Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into that @@ -110,13 +110,16 @@ the repository permissions. Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. -'0xxx':: +'<perm>':: -'0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'. '0xxx' will -override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and -'all' does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but not -group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo that is -readable and writable to the current user and group, but inaccessible to others. +'<perm>' is a 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file +will have mode '<perm>'. '<perm>' will override users' umask(2) +value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and 'all' +does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but +not group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo +that is readable and writable to the current user and group, but +inaccessible to others (directories and executable files get their +`x` bit from the `r` bit for corresponding classes of users). -- By default, the configuration flag `receive.denyNonFastForwards` is enabled diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 0498e7bacb..20e87cecf4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...] +'git log' [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc. include::line-range-options.txt[] -<revision range>:: +<revision-range>:: Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no - <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the + <revision-range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD` specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of - ways to spell <revision range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges' + ways to spell <revision-range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges' section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. [--] <path>...:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 6d11ab506b..48cc7c0b6f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v] [-f] - (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])* - (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])* - [--eol] + [-c|--cached] [-d|--deleted] [-o|--others] [-i|--|ignored] + [-s|--stage] [-u|--unmerged] [-k|--|killed] [-m|--modified] + [--directory [--no-empty-directory]] [--eol] [--deduplicate] [-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>] [-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>] @@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ Both the <eolinfo> in the index ("i/<eolinfo>") and in the working tree ("w/<eolinfo>") are shown for regular files, followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>"). +--sparse:: + If the index is sparse, show the sparse directories without expanding + to the contained files. Sparse directories will be shown with a + trailing slash, such as "x/" for a sparse directory "x". + \--:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index f856032613..7e9093fab6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ OPTIONS --diff3:: Show conflicts in "diff3" style. +--zdiff3:: + Show conflicts in "zdiff3" style. + --ours:: --theirs:: --union:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt index 2ab84a91e5..eea56b3154 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-merge-index - Run a merge for files needing merging SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <file>*) +'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | ( [--] <file>...) ) DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index e4f3352eb5..3125473cc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit] [--no-verify] [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]] [--[no-]allow-unrelated-histories] - [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [-F <file>] [<commit>...] + [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [-F <file>] + [--into-name <branch>] [<commit>...] 'git merge' (--continue | --abort | --quit) DESCRIPTION @@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be used to give a good default for automated 'git merge' invocations. The automated message can include the branch description. +--into-name <branch>:: + Prepare the default merge message as if merging to the branch + `<branch>`, instead of the name of the real branch to which + the merge is made. + -F <file>:: --file=<file>:: Read the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in @@ -240,7 +246,8 @@ from the RCS suite to present such a conflicted hunk, like this: ------------ Here are lines that are either unchanged from the common -ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed. +ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed, +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed the same way. <<<<<<< yours:sample.txt Conflict resolution is hard; let's go shopping. @@ -261,16 +268,37 @@ side wants to say it is hard and you'd prefer to go shopping, while the other side wants to claim it is easy. An alternative style can be used by setting the "merge.conflictStyle" -configuration variable to "diff3". In "diff3" style, the above conflict -may look like this: +configuration variable to either "diff3" or "zdiff3". In "diff3" +style, the above conflict may look like this: + +------------ +Here are lines that are either unchanged from the common +ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed, +<<<<<<< yours:sample.txt +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed the same way. +Conflict resolution is hard; +let's go shopping. +||||||| base:sample.txt +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed identically. +Conflict resolution is hard. +======= +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed the same way. +Git makes conflict resolution easy. +>>>>>>> theirs:sample.txt +And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified. +------------ + +while in "zdiff3" style, it may look like this: ------------ Here are lines that are either unchanged from the common -ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed. +ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed, +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed the same way. <<<<<<< yours:sample.txt Conflict resolution is hard; let's go shopping. -||||||| +||||||| base:sample.txt +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed identically. Conflict resolution is hard. ======= Git makes conflict resolution easy. diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt index 27fe2b32e1..76b44f4da1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OPTIONS --batch:: Allow building of more than one tree object before exiting. Each - tree is separated by as single blank line. The final new-line is + tree is separated by a single blank line. The final new-line is optional. Note - if the `-z` option is used, lines are terminated with NUL. diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt index 5cb0eb0855..ec8a27ce8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt @@ -42,11 +42,37 @@ OPTIONS --all:: List all commits reachable from all refs ---stdin:: +--annotate-stdin:: Transform stdin by substituting all the 40-character SHA-1 hexes (say $hex) with "$hex ($rev_name)". When used with --name-only, substitute with "$rev_name", omitting $hex - altogether. Intended for the scripter's use. + altogether. ++ +For example: ++ +----------- +$ cat sample.txt + +An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted. +The full name after substitution is 2ae0a9cb8298185a94e5998086f380a355dd8907, +while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad + +$ git name-rev --annotate-stdin <sample.txt + +An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted. +The full name after substitution is 2ae0a9cb8298185a94e5998086f380a355dd8907 (master), +while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad + +$ git name-rev --name-only --annotate-stdin <sample.txt + +An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted. +The full name after substitution is master, +while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad +----------- + +--stdin:: + This option is deprecated in favor of 'git name-rev --annotate-stdin'. + They are functionally equivalent. --name-only:: Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt index 38e5257b2a..e21fcd8f71 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-p4 - Import from and submit to Perforce repositories SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git p4 clone' [<sync options>] [<clone options>] <p4 depot path>... -'git p4 sync' [<sync options>] [<p4 depot path>...] +'git p4 clone' [<sync-options>] [<clone-options>] <p4-depot-path>... +'git p4 sync' [<sync-options>] [<p4-depot-path>...] 'git p4 rebase' -'git p4 submit' [<submit options>] [<master branch name>] +'git p4 submit' [<submit-options>] [<master-branch-name>] DESCRIPTION @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior. p4/master. See the "Sync options" section above for more information. ---commit <sha1>|<sha1..sha1>:: +--commit (<sha1>|<sha1>..<sha1>):: Submit only the specified commit or range of commits, instead of the full list of changes that are in the current Git branch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index dbfd1f9017..f8344e1e5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>] - [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | base-name] - [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < object-list + [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | <base-name>] + [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < <object-list> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt index f2869da572..ee7034b5e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... > +'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] ( --all | <pack-filename>... ) DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index a1af21fcef..9da4647061 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -714,9 +714,9 @@ information about the rebased commits and their parents (and instead generates new fake commits based off limited information in the generated patches), those commits cannot be identified; instead it has to fall back to a commit summary. Also, when merge.conflictStyle is -set to diff3, the apply backend will use "constructed merge base" to -label the content from the merge base, and thus provide no information -about the merge base commit whatsoever. +set to diff3 or zdiff3, the apply backend will use "constructed merge +base" to label the content from the merge base, and thus provide no +information about the merge base commit whatsoever. The merge backend works with the full commits on both sides of history and thus has no such limitations. diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index ff487ff77d..5ced7ad4f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: [verse] -'git reflog' ['show'] [log-options] [<ref>] +'git reflog' ['show'] [<log-options>] [<ref>] 'git reflog expire' [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--rewrite] [--updateref] [--stale-fix] [--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] [--all [--single-worktree] | <refs>...] 'git reflog delete' [--rewrite] [--updateref] - [--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] ref@\{specifier\}... + [--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] <ref>@\{<specifier>\}... 'git reflog exists' <ref> Reference logs, or "reflogs", record when the tips of branches and diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 31c29c9b31..2bebc32566 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] -'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <url> +'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <URL> 'git remote rename' <old> <new> 'git remote remove' <name> 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>) @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git remote get-url' [--push] [--all] <name> 'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>] 'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl> -'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url> +'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <URL> 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>... 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>... 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...] @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes. 'add':: Add a remote named <name> for the repository at -<url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and +<URL>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>. + With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ With `--push`, push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs. With `--add`, instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added. + With `--delete`, instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching -regex <url> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all +regex <URL> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an error. + Note that the push URL and the fetch URL, even though they can diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 7183fb498f..ee30edc178 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ to the new separate pack will be written. linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -q:: - Pass the `-q` option to 'git pack-objects'. See - linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. +--quiet:: + Show no progress over the standard error stream and pass the `-q` + option to 'git pack-objects'. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -n:: Do not update the server information with diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt index 4d4392d0f8..fa5a426709 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <url> [<end>] +'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <URL> [<end>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled. The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by `<start>` and the output asks it to integrate the changes you made since that commit, up to the commit named by `<end>`, by visiting -the repository named by `<url>`. +the repository named by `<URL>`. OPTIONS @@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ OPTIONS Commit to start at. This names a commit that is already in the upstream history. -<url>:: +<URL>:: The repository URL to be pulled from. <end>:: Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD). This names the commit at the tip of the history you are asking to be pulled. + -When the repository named by `<url>` has the commit at a tip of a +When the repository named by `<URL>` has the commit at a tip of a ref that is different from the ref you have locally, you can use the `<local>:<remote>` syntax, to have its local name, a colon `:`, and its remote name. diff --git a/Documentation/git-restore.txt b/Documentation/git-restore.txt index 55bde91ef9..5964810caa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-restore.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-restore.txt @@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ in linkgit:git-checkout[1] for details. The same as `--merge` option above, but changes the way the conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the `merge.conflictStyle` configuration variable. Possible values - are "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is - shown by "merge" style, shows the original contents). + are "merge" (default), "diff3", and "zdiff3". --ignore-unmerged:: When restoring files on the working tree from the index, do diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 3db4eab4ba..41cd8cb424 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory|rev-list options>... +'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory>... +'git send-email' [<options>] <format-patch options> 'git send-email' --dump-aliases @@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out. Patches can be specified as files, directories (which will send all files in the directory), or directly as a revision list. In the last case, any format accepted by linkgit:git-format-patch[1] can -be passed to git send-email. +be passed to git send-email, as well as options understood by +linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. The header of the email is configurable via command-line options. If not specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index c9c7f3065c..f64e77047b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...] +'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...] git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [<options>] DESCRIPTION @@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ counts both authors and co-authors. If width is `0` (zero) then indent the lines of the output without wrapping them. -<revision range>:: +<revision-range>:: Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no - <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the + <revision-range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD` specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of - ways to spell <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges" + ways to spell <revision-range>, see the "Specifying Ranges" section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. [--] <path>...:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt index 42056ee9ff..b81dbe0654 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ given by a list of patterns. SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [options]' +'git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [<options>]' DESCRIPTION @@ -30,28 +30,36 @@ COMMANDS 'list':: Describe the patterns in the sparse-checkout file. -'init':: - Enable the `core.sparseCheckout` setting. If the - sparse-checkout file does not exist, then populate it with - patterns that match every file in the root directory and - no other directories, then will remove all directories tracked - by Git. Add patterns to the sparse-checkout file to - repopulate the working directory. +'set':: + Enable the necessary config settings + (extensions.worktreeConfig, core.sparseCheckout, + core.sparseCheckoutCone) if they are not already enabled, and + write a set of patterns to the sparse-checkout file from the + list of arguments following the 'set' subcommand. Update the + working directory to match the new patterns. + -To avoid interfering with other worktrees, it first enables the -`extensions.worktreeConfig` setting and makes sure to set the -`core.sparseCheckout` setting in the worktree-specific config file. +When the `--stdin` option is provided, the patterns are read from +standard in as a newline-delimited list instead of from the arguments. + -When `--cone` is provided, the `core.sparseCheckoutCone` setting is -also set, allowing for better performance with a limited set of -patterns (see 'CONE PATTERN SET' below). +When `--cone` is passed or `core.sparseCheckoutCone` is enabled, the +input list is considered a list of directories instead of +sparse-checkout patterns. This allows for better performance with a +limited set of patterns (see 'CONE PATTERN SET' below). Note that the +set command will write patterns to the sparse-checkout file to include +all files contained in those directories (recursively) as well as +files that are siblings of ancestor directories. The input format +matches the output of `git ls-tree --name-only`. This includes +interpreting pathnames that begin with a double quote (") as C-style +quoted strings. This may become the default in the future; --no-cone +can be passed to request non-cone mode. + -Use the `--[no-]sparse-index` option to toggle the use of the sparse -index format. This reduces the size of the index to be more closely -aligned with your sparse-checkout definition. This can have significant -performance advantages for commands such as `git status` or `git add`. -This feature is still experimental. Some commands might be slower with -a sparse index until they are properly integrated with the feature. +Use the `--[no-]sparse-index` option to use a sparse index (the +default is to not use it). A sparse index reduces the size of the +index to be more closely aligned with your sparse-checkout +definition. This can have significant performance advantages for +commands such as `git status` or `git add`. This feature is still +experimental. Some commands might be slower with a sparse index until +they are properly integrated with the feature. + **WARNING:** Using a sparse index requires modifying the index in a way that is not completely understood by external tools. If you have trouble @@ -60,23 +68,6 @@ to rewrite your index to not be sparse. Older versions of Git will not understand the sparse directory entries index extension and may fail to interact with your repository until it is disabled. -'set':: - Write a set of patterns to the sparse-checkout file, as given as - a list of arguments following the 'set' subcommand. Update the - working directory to match the new patterns. Enable the - core.sparseCheckout config setting if it is not already enabled. -+ -When the `--stdin` option is provided, the patterns are read from -standard in as a newline-delimited list instead of from the arguments. -+ -When `core.sparseCheckoutCone` is enabled, the input list is considered a -list of directories instead of sparse-checkout patterns. The command writes -patterns to the sparse-checkout file to include all files contained in those -directories (recursively) as well as files that are siblings of ancestor -directories. The input format matches the output of `git ls-tree --name-only`. -This includes interpreting pathnames that begin with a double quote (") as -C-style quoted strings. - 'add':: Update the sparse-checkout file to include additional patterns. By default, these patterns are read from the command-line arguments, @@ -93,12 +84,35 @@ C-style quoted strings. cases, it can make sense to run `git sparse-checkout reapply` later after cleaning up affected paths (e.g. resolving conflicts, undoing or committing changes, etc.). ++ +The `reapply` command can also take `--[no-]cone` and `--[no-]sparse-index` +flags, with the same meaning as the flags from the `set` command, in order +to change which sparsity mode you are using without needing to also respecify +all sparsity paths. 'disable':: Disable the `core.sparseCheckout` config setting, and restore the - working directory to include all files. Leaves the sparse-checkout - file intact so a later 'git sparse-checkout init' command may - return the working directory to the same state. + working directory to include all files. + +'init':: + Deprecated command that behaves like `set` with no specified paths. + May be removed in the future. ++ +Historically, `set` did not handle all the necessary config settings, +which meant that both `init` and `set` had to be called. Invoking +both meant the `init` step would first remove nearly all tracked files +(and in cone mode, ignored files too), then the `set` step would add +many of the tracked files (but not ignored files) back. In addition +to the lost files, the performance and UI of this combination was +poor. ++ +Also, historically, `init` would not actually initialize the +sparse-checkout file if it already existed. This meant it was +possible to return to a sparse-checkout without remembering which +paths to pass to a subsequent 'set' or 'add' command. However, +`--cone` and `--sparse-index` options would not be remembered across +the disable command, so the easy restore of calling a plain `init` +decreased in utility. SPARSE CHECKOUT --------------- @@ -107,7 +121,7 @@ SPARSE CHECKOUT 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. If the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working -directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which +directory. Git will avoid populating the contents of those files, which makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many files, but only a few are important to the current user. @@ -117,10 +131,8 @@ directory, it updates the skip-worktree bits in the index based on this file. The files matching the patterns in the file will appear in the working directory, and the rest will not. -To enable the sparse-checkout feature, run `git sparse-checkout init` to -initialize a simple sparse-checkout file and enable the `core.sparseCheckout` -config setting. Then, run `git sparse-checkout set` to modify the patterns in -the sparse-checkout file. +To enable the sparse-checkout feature, run `git sparse-checkout set` to +set the patterns you want to use. To repopulate the working directory with all files, use the `git sparse-checkout disable` command. diff --git a/Documentation/git-stage.txt b/Documentation/git-stage.txt index 25bcda936d..2f6aaa75b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stage.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stage.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-stage - Add file contents to the staging area SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git stage' args... +'git stage' <arg>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index be6084ccef..6e15f47525 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] -'git stash' [push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] +'git stash' [push [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-m|--message <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>...]] @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stash index (e.g. the integer `n` is equivalent to `stash@{n}`). COMMANDS -------- -push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>...]:: +push [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>...]:: Save your local modifications to a new 'stash entry' and roll them back to HEAD (in the working tree and in the index). @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ subcommand from making an unwanted stash entry. The two exceptions to this are `stash -p` which acts as alias for `stash push -p` and pathspec elements, which are allowed after a double hyphen `--` for disambiguation. -save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +save [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: This option is deprecated in favour of 'git stash push'. It differs from "stash push" in that it cannot take pathspec. @@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use `--no-keep-index` to override this. +-S:: +--staged:: + This option is only valid for `push` and `save` commands. ++ +Stash only the changes that are currently staged. This is similar to +basic `git commit` except the state is committed to the stash instead +of current branch. ++ +The `--patch` option has priority over this one. + --pathspec-from-file=<file>:: This option is only valid for `push` command. + @@ -341,6 +351,24 @@ $ edit/build/test remaining parts $ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts' ---------------------------------------------------------------- +Saving unrelated changes for future use:: + +When you are in the middle of massive changes and you find some +unrelated issue that you don't want to forget to fix, you can do the +change(s), stage them, and use `git stash push --staged` to stash them +out for future use. This is similar to committing the staged changes, +only the commit ends-up being in the stash and not on the current branch. ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +# ... hack hack hack ... +$ git add --patch foo # add unrelated changes to the index +$ git stash push --staged # save these changes to the stash +# ... hack hack hack, finish curent changes ... +$ git commit -m 'Massive' # commit fully tested changes +$ git switch fixup-branch # switch to another branch +$ git stash pop # to finish work on the saved changes +---------------------------------------------------------------- + Recovering stash entries that were cleared/dropped erroneously:: If you mistakenly drop or clear stash entries, they cannot be recovered diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 4a2c3e0408..54a4b29b47 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -314,6 +314,14 @@ Line Notes ------------------------------------------------------------ .... +Stash Information +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If `--show-stash` is given, one line is printed showing the number of stash +entries if non-zero: + + # stash <N> + Changed Tracked Entries ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 222b556d7a..4e92308e85 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ OPTIONS ------- --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody)]:: ---template=<template_directory>:: +--template=<template-directory>:: Only used with the 'init' command. These are passed directly to 'git init'. diff --git a/Documentation/git-switch.txt b/Documentation/git-switch.txt index 5c438cd505..bbcbdceb45 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-switch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-switch.txt @@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ should result in deletion of the path). The same as `--merge` option above, but changes the way the conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the `merge.conflictStyle` configuration variable. Possible values are - "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by - "merge" style, shows the original contents). + "merge" (default), "diff3", and "zdiff3". -q:: --quiet:: @@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ should result in deletion of the path). attached to a terminal, regardless of `--quiet`. -t:: ---track:: +--track [direct|inherit]:: When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. `-c` is implied. See `--track` in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 6072f936ab..387cc1b914 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ ifdef::git-default-pager[] The build you are using chose '{git-default-pager}' as the default. endif::git-default-pager[] +GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH:: + The name of the first branch created in newly initialized repositories. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index 8d162b56c5..f2f996cbe1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-web--browse - Git helper script to launch a web browser SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git web{litdd}browse' [<options>] <url|file>... +'git web{litdd}browse' [<options>] (<URL>|<file>)... DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 8a7cbdd19c..9e862fbcf7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] [--checkout] [--lock [--reason <string>]] [-b <new-branch>] <path> [<commit-ish>] -'git worktree list' [--porcelain] +'git worktree list' [-v | --porcelain] 'git worktree lock' [--reason <string>] <worktree> 'git worktree move' <worktree> <new-path> 'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 281c5f8cae..13f83a2a3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -832,8 +832,9 @@ for full details. `GIT_TRACE_REDACT`:: By default, when tracing is activated, Git redacts the values of - cookies, the "Authorization:" header, and the "Proxy-Authorization:" - header. Set this variable to `0` to prevent this redaction. + cookies, the "Authorization:" header, the "Proxy-Authorization:" + header and packfile URIs. Set this variable to `0` to prevent this + redaction. `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS`:: Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 83fd4e19a4..a71dad2674 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -160,11 +160,13 @@ 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. 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. +working directory. This attribute has effect only if the `text` +attribute is set or unspecified, or if it is set to `auto`, the file is +detected as text, and it is stored with LF endings in the index. Note +that setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF +line endings may make the paths to be considered dirty unless +`text=auto` is set. Adding the path to the index again will normalize +the line endings in the index. Set to string value "crlf":: diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 92e4ba6a2f..1819a5a185 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ Many commands take revisions (most often "commits", but sometimes "tree-ish", depending on the context and command) and paths as their arguments. Here are the rules: + * Options come first and then args. + A subcommand may take dashed options (which may take their own + arguments, e.g. "--max-parents 2") and arguments. You SHOULD + give dashed options first and then arguments. Some commands may + accept dashed options after you have already gave non-option + arguments (which may make the command ambiguous), but you should + not rely on it (because eventually we may find a way to fix + these ambiguity by enforcing the "options then args" rule). + * Revisions come first and then paths. E.g. in `git diff v1.0 v2.0 arch/x86 include/asm-x86`, `v1.0` and `v2.0` are revisions and `arch/x86` and `include/asm-x86` @@ -72,24 +81,24 @@ you will. Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are scripting Git: - * it's preferred to use the non-dashed form of Git commands, which means that + * It's preferred to use the non-dashed form of Git commands, which means that you should prefer `git foo` to `git-foo`. - * splitting short options to separate words (prefer `git foo -a -b` + * Splitting short options to separate words (prefer `git foo -a -b` to `git foo -ab`, the latter may not even work). - * when a command-line option takes an argument, use the 'stuck' form. In + * When a command-line option takes an argument, use the 'stuck' form. In other words, write `git foo -oArg` instead of `git foo -o Arg` for short options, and `git foo --long-opt=Arg` instead of `git foo --long-opt Arg` for long options. An option that takes optional option-argument must be written in the 'stuck' form. - * when you give a revision parameter to a command, make sure the parameter is + * When you give a revision parameter to a command, make sure the parameter is not ambiguous with a name of a file in the work tree. E.g. do not write `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 + * 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 diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 758bf39ba3..80517b4eb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ because the hostnames differ. Nor would it match `foo.example.com`; Git compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not match: Git compares the protocols exactly. However, you may use wildcards in -the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<url>.*` +the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<URL>.*` options. If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Options for a credential context can be configured either in `credential.*` (which applies to all credentials), or -`credential.<url>.*`, where <url> matches the context as described +`credential.<URL>.*`, where <URL> matches the context as described above. The following options are available in either location: diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index b51959ff94..a16e62bc8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -698,6 +698,10 @@ and "0" meaning they were not. Only one parameter should be set to "1" when the hook runs. The hook running passing "1", "1" should not be possible. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-hook[1] + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt index 891c8da4fd..941858a6ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Workflow for a third party library ---------------------------------- # Add a submodule - git submodule add <url> <path> + git submodule add <URL> <path> # Occasionally update the submodule to a new version: git -C <path> checkout <new version> diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt index 47cf97f9be..59305265c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ request to do so by mail. Such a request looks like ------------------------------------- Please pull from - <url> <branch> + <URL> <branch> ------------------------------------- In that case, 'git pull' can do the fetch and merge in one go, as @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ follows. .Push/pull: Merging remote topics [caption="Recipe: "] ===================================== -`git pull <url> <branch>` +`git pull <URL> <branch>` ===================================== Occasionally, the maintainer may get merge conflicts when they try to @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ merge because you cannot format-patch merges): .format-patch/am: Keeping topics up to date [caption="Recipe: "] ===================================== -`git pull --rebase <url> <branch>` +`git pull --rebase <URL> <branch>` ===================================== You can then fix the conflicts during the rebase. Presumably you have diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index c077971335..aa2f41f5e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Pathspecs are used on the command line of "git ls-files", "git ls-tree", "git add", "git grep", "git diff", "git checkout", and many other commands to limit the scope of operations to some subset of the tree or -worktree. See the documentation of each command for whether +working tree. See the documentation of each command for whether paths are relative to the current directory or toplevel. The pathspec syntax is as follows: + @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ exclude;; interface than the <<def_plumbing,plumbing>>. [[def_per_worktree_ref]]per-worktree ref:: - Refs that are per-<<def_working_tree,worktree>>, rather than + Refs that are per-<<def_worktree,worktree>>, rather than global. This is presently only <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> and any refs that start with `refs/bisect/`, but might later include other unusual refs. @@ -669,3 +669,12 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`. The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree normally contains the contents of the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> commit's tree, plus any local changes that you have made but not yet committed. + +[[def_worktree]]worktree:: + A repository can have zero (i.e. bare repository) or one or + more worktrees attached to it. One "worktree" consists of a + "working tree" and repository metadata, most of which are + shared among other worktrees of a single repository, and + some of which are maintained separately per worktree + (e.g. the index, HEAD and pseudorefs like MERGE_HEAD, + per-worktree refs and per-worktree configuration file). diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index ef6bd420ae..0b4c1c8d98 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ built-in formats: * 'oneline' - <hash> <title line> + <hash> <title-line> + This is designed to be as compact as possible. @@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible. commit <hash> Author: <author> - <title line> + <title-line> * 'medium' commit <hash> Author: <author> - Date: <author date> + Date: <author-date> - <title line> + <title-line> - <full commit message> + <full-commit-message> * 'full' @@ -47,25 +47,25 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible. Author: <author> Commit: <committer> - <title line> + <title-line> - <full commit message> + <full-commit-message> * 'fuller' commit <hash> Author: <author> - AuthorDate: <author date> + AuthorDate: <author-date> Commit: <committer> - CommitDate: <committer date> + CommitDate: <committer-date> - <title line> + <title-line> - <full commit message> + <full-commit-message> * 'reference' - <abbrev hash> (<title line>, <short author date>) + <abbrev-hash> (<title-line>, <short-author-date>) + This format is used to refer to another commit in a commit message and is the same as `--pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)'`. By default, @@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like From <hash> <date> From: <author> - Date: <author date> - Subject: [PATCH] <title line> + Date: <author-date> + Subject: [PATCH] <title-line> - <full commit message> + <full-commit-message> * 'mboxrd' + @@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ commits are displayed, but not the way the diff is shown e.g. with `git log --raw`. To get full object names in a raw diff format, use `--no-abbrev`. -* 'format:<string>' +* 'format:<format-string>' + -The 'format:<string>' format allows you to specify which information +The 'format:<format-string>' format allows you to specify which information you want to show. It works a little bit like printf format, with the notable exception that you get a newline with '%n' instead of '\n'. @@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ The placeholders are: inconsistent when tags are added or removed at the same time. + +** 'tags[=<bool-value>]': Instead of only considering annotated tags, + consider lightweight tags as well. +** 'abbrev=<number>': Instead of using the default number of hexadecimal digits + (which will vary according to the number of objects in the repository with a + default of 7) of the abbreviated object name, use <number> digits, or as many + digits as needed to form a unique object name. ** 'match=<pattern>': Only consider tags matching the given `glob(7)` pattern, excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix. ** 'exclude=<pattern>': Do not consider tags matching the given @@ -273,12 +279,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] If any option is provided multiple times the last occurrence wins. + -The boolean options accept an optional value `[=<BOOL>]`. The values -`true`, `false`, `on`, `off` etc. are all accepted. See the "boolean" -sub-section in "EXAMPLES" in linkgit:git-config[1]. If a boolean -option is given with no value, it's enabled. -+ -** 'key=<K>': only show trailers with specified key. Matching is done +** 'key=<key>': only show trailers with specified <key>. Matching is done case-insensitively and trailing colon is optional. If option is given multiple times trailer lines matching any of the keys are shown. This option automatically enables the `only` option so that @@ -286,25 +287,25 @@ option is given with no value, it's enabled. desired it can be disabled with `only=false`. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Reviewed-by)` shows trailer lines with key `Reviewed-by`. -** 'only[=<BOOL>]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer +** 'only[=<bool>]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer block should be included. -** 'separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between trailer +** 'separator=<sep>': specify a separator inserted between trailer lines. When this option is not given each trailer line is - terminated with a line feed character. The string SEP may contain + terminated with a line feed character. The string <sep> may contain the literal formatting codes described above. To use comma as separator one must use `%x2C` as it would otherwise be parsed as next option. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Ticket,separator=%x2C )` shows all trailer lines whose key is "Ticket" separated by a comma and a space. -** 'unfold[=<BOOL>]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold` +** 'unfold[=<bool>]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold` option was given. E.g., `%(trailers:only,unfold=true)` unfolds and shows all trailer lines. -** 'keyonly[=<BOOL>]': only show the key part of the trailer. -** 'valueonly[=<BOOL>]': only show the value part of the trailer. -** 'key_value_separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between +** 'keyonly[=<bool>]': only show the key part of the trailer. +** 'valueonly[=<bool>]': only show the value part of the trailer. +** 'key_value_separator=<sep>': specify a separator inserted between trailer lines. When this option is not given each trailer key-value pair is separated by ": ". Otherwise it shares the same semantics - as 'separator=<SEP>' above. + as 'separator=<sep>' above. NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will @@ -313,6 +314,11 @@ insert an empty string unless we are traversing reflog entries (e.g., by decoration format if `--decorate` was not already provided on the command line. +The boolean options accept an optional value `[=<bool-value>]`. The values +`true`, `false`, `on`, `off` etc. are all accepted. See the "boolean" +sub-section in "EXAMPLES" in linkgit:git-config[1]. If a boolean +option is given with no value, it's enabled. + If you add a `+` (plus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, a line-feed is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the placeholder expands to a non-empty string. diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 24569b06d1..fd4f4e26c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -122,19 +122,27 @@ again. Equivalent forms are `--min-parents=0` (any commit has 0 or more parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit). --first-parent:: - Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge - commit. This option can give a better overview when - viewing the evolution of a particular topic branch, - because merges into a topic branch tend to be only about - adjusting to updated upstream from time to time, and - this option allows you to ignore the individual commits - brought in to your history by such a merge. + When finding commits to include, follow only the first + parent commit upon seeing a merge commit. This option + can give a better overview when viewing the evolution of + a particular topic branch, because merges into a topic + branch tend to be only about adjusting to updated upstream + from time to time, and this option allows you to ignore + the individual commits brought in to your history by such + a merge. ifdef::git-log[] + This option also changes default diff format for merge commits to `first-parent`, see `--diff-merges=first-parent` for details. endif::git-log[] +--exclude-first-parent-only:: + When finding commits to exclude (with a '{caret}'), follow only + the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit. + This can be used to find the set of changes in a topic branch + from the point where it diverged from the remote branch, given + that arbitrary merges can be valid topic branch changes. + --not:: Reverses the meaning of the '{caret}' prefix (or lack thereof) for all following revision specifiers, up to the next `--not`. @@ -1047,7 +1055,7 @@ omitted. has no effect. `--date=format:...` feeds the format `...` to your system `strftime`, -except for %z and %Z, which are handled internally. +except for %s, %z, and %Z, which are handled internally. Use `--date=format:%c` to show the date in your system locale's preferred format. See the `strftime` manual for a complete list of format placeholders. When using `-local`, the correct syntax is diff --git a/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt index 86f40f2490..f2221d2b44 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/multi-pack-index.txt @@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ is not feasible due to storage space or excessive repack times. The multi-pack-index (MIDX for short) stores a list of objects and their offsets into multiple packfiles. It contains: -- A list of packfile names. -- A sorted list of object IDs. -- A list of metadata for the ith object ID including: - - A value j referring to the jth packfile. - - An offset within the jth packfile for the object. -- If large offsets are required, we use another list of large +* A list of packfile names. +* A sorted list of object IDs. +* A list of metadata for the ith object ID including: +** A value j referring to the jth packfile. +** An offset within the jth packfile for the object. +* If large offsets are required, we use another list of large offsets similar to version 2 pack-indexes. +- An optional list of objects in pseudo-pack order (used with MIDX bitmaps). Thus, we can provide O(log N) lookup time for any number of packfiles. @@ -87,11 +88,6 @@ Future Work helpful to organize packfiles by object type (commit, tree, blob, etc.) and use this metadata to help that maintenance. -- The partial clone feature records special "promisor" packs that - may point to objects that are not stored locally, but available - on request to a server. The multi-pack-index does not currently - track these promisor packs. - Related Links ------------- [0] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/git/issues/detail?id=6 diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt index 8d2f42f29e..6d3efb7d16 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt @@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ CHUNK DATA: [Optional] Object Large Offsets (ID: {'L', 'O', 'F', 'F'}) 8-byte offsets into large packfiles. + [Optional] Bitmap pack order (ID: {'R', 'I', 'D', 'X'}) + A list of MIDX positions (one per object in the MIDX, num_objects in + total, each a 4-byte unsigned integer in network byte order), sorted + according to their relative bitmap/pseudo-pack positions. + TRAILER: Index checksum of the above contents. @@ -456,9 +461,5 @@ In short, a MIDX's pseudo-pack is the de-duplicated concatenation of objects in packs stored by the MIDX, laid out in pack order, and the packs arranged in MIDX order (with the preferred pack coming first). -Finally, note that the MIDX's reverse index is not stored as a chunk in -the multi-pack-index itself. This is done because the reverse index -includes the checksum of the pack or MIDX to which it belongs, which -makes it impossible to write in the MIDX. To avoid races when rewriting -the MIDX, a MIDX reverse index includes the MIDX's checksum in its -filename (e.g., `multi-pack-index-xyz.rev`). +The MIDX's reverse index is stored in the optional 'RIDX' chunk within +the MIDX itself. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt index 21e8258ccf..8a877d27e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt @@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ command can be requested at a time. empty-request = flush-pkt command-request = command capability-list - [command-args] + delim-pkt + command-args flush-pkt command = PKT-LINE("command=" key LF) - command-args = delim-pkt - *command-specific-arg + command-args = *command-specific-arg command-specific-args are packet line framed arguments defined by each individual command. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/rerere.txt b/Documentation/technical/rerere.txt index af5f9fc24f..35d4541433 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/rerere.txt @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ conflicts before writing them to the rerere database. Different conflict styles and branch names are normalized by stripping the labels from the conflict markers, and removing the common ancestor -version from the `diff3` conflict style. Branches that are merged -in different order are normalized by sorting the conflict hunks. More -on each of those steps in the following sections. +version from the `diff3` or `zdiff3` conflict styles. Branches that +are merged in different order are normalized by sorting the conflict +hunks. More on each of those steps in the following sections. Once these two normalization operations are applied, a conflict ID is calculated based on the normalized conflict, which is later used by @@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ get a conflict like the following: >>>>>>> AC Doing the analogous with AC2 (forking a branch ABAC2 off of branch AB -and then merging branch AC2 into it), using the diff3 conflict style, -we get a conflict like the following: +and then merging branch AC2 into it), using the diff3 or zdiff3 +conflict style, we get a conflict like the following: <<<<<<< HEAD B diff --git a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt index bd184cd653..86d0008f94 100644 --- a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt +++ b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ config file would appear like this: ------------ [remote "<name>"] - url = <url> + url = <URL> pushurl = <pushurl> push = <refspec> fetch = <refspec> ------------ The `<pushurl>` is used for pushes only. It is optional and defaults -to `<url>`. +to `<URL>`. Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ This file should have the following format: ------------ - <url>#<head> + <URL>#<head> ------------ -`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional. +`<URL>` is required; `#<head>` is optional. Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line. |