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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt | 40 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-am.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-grep.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-hash-object.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-imap-send.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-show-branch.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-var.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt | 52 |
18 files changed, 191 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt index 970cd59330..8ff5bcada8 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt @@ -7,9 +7,17 @@ Fixes since v1.7.0 * In a freshly created repository "rev-parse HEAD^0" complained that it is dangling symref, even though "rev-parse HEAD" didn't. + * "git show :no-such-name" tried to access the index without bounds + check, leading to a potential segfault. + * Message from "git cherry-pick" was harder to read and use than necessary when it stopped due to conflicting changes. + * We referred to ".git/refs/" throughout the documentation when we + meant to talk about abstract notion of "ref namespace". Because + people's repositories often have packed refs these days, this was + confusing. + * "git diff --output=/path/that/cannot/be/written" did not correctly error out. @@ -24,8 +32,4 @@ Fixes since v1.7.0 option was propagated to "git stash drop" that is internally run at the end. --- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -echo O=$(git describe) -O=v1.7.0-22-gc69f921 -git shortlog $O.. +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fcb46ca6a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +Git v1.7.0.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.0.1 +-------------------- + + * GIT_PAGER was not honored consistently by some scripted Porcelains, most + notably "git am". + + * updating working tree files after telling git to add them to the + index and while it is still working created garbage object files in + the repository without diagnosing it as an error. + + * "git bisect -- pathspec..." did not diagnose an error condition properly when + the simplification with given pathspec made the history empty. + + * "git rev-list --cherry-pick A...B" now has an obvious optimization when the + histories haven't diverged (i.e. when one end is an ancestor of the other). + + * "git diff --quiet -w" did not work as expected. + + * "git fast-import" didn't work with a large input, as it lacked support + for producing the pack index in v2 format. + + * "git imap-send" didn't use CRLF line endings over the imap protocol + when storing its payload to the draft box, violating RFC 3501. + + * "git log --format='%w(x,y,z)%b'" and friends that rewrap message + has been optimized for utf-8 payload. + + * Error messages generated on the receiving end did not come back to "git + push". + + * "git status" in 1.7.0 lacked the optimization we used to have in 1.6.X series + to speed up scanning of large working tree. + + * "gitweb" did not diagnose parsing errors properly while reading tis configuration + file. + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8c18ca5d22 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Git v1.7.1 Release Notes +======================== + +Updates since v1.7.0 +-------------------- + + * "git grep" learned "--no-index" option, to search inside contents that + are not managed by git. + +Fixes since v1.7.0 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.7.0.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + +--- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +echo O=$(git describe) +O=v1.7.0-36-gfaa3b47 +git shortlog --no-merges ^maint $O.. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 4c36aa95b7..7103172ed3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ advice.*:: Advice on how to set your identity configuration when your information is guessed from the system username and domain name. Default: true. + + detachedHead:: + Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to + move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create + a local branch after the fact. Default: true. -- core.fileMode:: @@ -680,9 +685,7 @@ color.grep:: color.grep.match:: Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable - may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using - the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when - calling an external 'grep'. + may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. color.interactive:: When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 8707d0e740..60e922e6ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -117,12 +117,14 @@ any of those replacements occurred. option and lists the commits in that commit range like the 'summary' option of linkgit:git-submodule[1] does. ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Show colored diff. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. --color-words[=<regex>]:: Show colored word diff, i.e., color words which have changed. diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index c66c565bbe..23864df8da 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). ----no-scissors:: +--no-scissors:: Ignore scissors lines (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). -q:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 6b6c3da2d9..903a690f10 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] +'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] @@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ OPTIONS -M:: Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists. ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off branch colors, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. -r:: List or delete (if used with -d) the remote-tracking branches. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index ddfcb3d143..8bcd875a67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-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>] [<CVS_module>] + [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>] DESCRIPTION @@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to export changes back to CVS again later with 'git cvsexportcommit'. +-R:: + Generate a `$GIT_DIR/cvs-revisions` file containing a mapping from CVS + revision numbers to newly-created Git commit IDs. The generated file + will contain one line for each (filename, revision) pair imported; + each line will look like ++ +--------- +src/widget.c 1.1 1d862f173cdc7325b6fa6d2ae1cfd61fd1b512b7 +--------- ++ +The revision data is appended to the file if it already exists, for use when +doing incremental imports. ++ +This option may be useful if you have CVS revision numbers stored in commit +messages, bug-tracking systems, email archives, and the like. + -h:: Print a short usage message and exit. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 6764ff1886..19082b04eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ OPTIONS --max-pack-size=<n>:: Maximum size of each output packfile. - The default is 4 GiB as that is the maximum allowed - packfile size (due to file format limitations). Some - importers may wish to lower this, such as to ensure the - resulting packfiles fit on CDs. + The default is unlimited. --big-file-threshold=<n>:: Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index e019e760b4..6305f6d82a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ SYNOPSIS [-z | --null] [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet] [--max-depth <depth>] - [--color | --no-color] + [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...] - [--] [<path>...] + [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Look for specified patterns in the working tree files, blobs -registered in the index file, or given tree objects. +Look for specified patterns in the tracked files in the work tree, blobs +registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects. OPTIONS @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OPTIONS Don't match the pattern in binary files. --max-depth <depth>:: - For each pathspec given on command line, descend at most <depth> + For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth> levels of directories. A negative value means no limit. -w:: @@ -111,12 +111,14 @@ OPTIONS Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of lines that match. ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Show colored matches. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off match highlighting, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. -[ABC] <context>:: Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B` @@ -168,12 +170,19 @@ OPTIONS \--:: Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters - are <path> limiters. + are <pathspec> limiters. +<pathspec>...:: + If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern. + Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported. Example ------- +git grep 'time_t' -- '*.[ch]':: + Looks for `time_t` in all tracked .c and .h files in the working + directory and its subdirectories. + git grep -e \'#define\' --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \):: Looks for a line that has `#define` and either `MAX_PATH` or `PATH_MAX`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt index 479fce4693..6904739a48 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin] [--] <file>... -'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths < <list-of-paths> +'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters] < <list-of-paths> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index 57db955bd4..6cafbe2ec1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ imap.preformattedHTML:: option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text, format=fixed email. Default is `false`. +imap.authMethod:: + Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server. + Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only. + Examples ~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index b9c4154e73..f1499bba88 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order] - [--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse] + [--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse] [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]... @@ -117,13 +117,15 @@ OPTIONS When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached). ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit corresponding to the branch it's in. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options are mutually exclusive. diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index bb981822a4..458f3e2755 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- -'git var' [ -l | <variable> ] +'git var' ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 01c463101b..35c0c7983d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0] +* link:v1.7.0.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.2] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt[1.7.0.2], + link:RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt[1.7.0.1], link:RelNotes-1.7.0.txt[1.7.0]. * link:v1.6.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.2] @@ -229,7 +231,10 @@ help ...`. -p:: --paginate:: - Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER). + Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER) if standard + output is a terminal. This overrides the `pager.<cmd>` + configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section + below). --no-pager:: Do not pipe git output into a pager. @@ -401,7 +406,8 @@ people. Here is an example: ------------ Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust -their operation accordingly. +their operation accordingly. See linkgit:git-config[1] for a +list. Identifier Terminology diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index b396a871b3..d892e642ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -511,7 +511,8 @@ command to run to merge ancestor's version (`%O`), current version (`%A`) and the other branches' version (`%B`). These three tokens are replaced with the names of temporary files that hold the contents of these versions when the command line is -built. +built. Additionally, %L will be replaced with the conflict marker +size (see below). The merge driver is expected to leave the result of the merge in the file named with `%A` by overwriting it, and exit with zero diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 50f9e9ac17..312e3b2e2b 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: `OPT__ABBREV(&int_var)`:: Add `\--abbrev[=<n>]`. +`OPT__COLOR(&int_var, description)`:: + Add `\--color[=<when>]` and `--no-color`. + `OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var)`:: Add `-n, \--dry-run`. @@ -183,6 +186,15 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: arguments. Short options that happen to be digits take precedence over it. +`OPT_COLOR_FLAG(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: + Introduce an option that takes an optional argument that can + have one of three values: "always", "never", or "auto". If the + argument is not given, it defaults to "always". The `--no-` form + works like `--long=never`; it cannot take an argument. If + "always", set `int_var` to 1; if "never", set `int_var` to 0; if + "auto", set `int_var` to 1 if stdout is a tty or a pager, + 0 otherwise. + The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt index 68bf4cad8b..44876fa703 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ The functions above do the following: `start_async`:: Run a function asynchronously. Takes a pointer to a `struct - async` that specifies the details and returns a pipe FD - from which the caller reads. See below for details. + async` that specifies the details and returns a set of pipe FDs + for communication with the function. See below for details. `finish_async`:: @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ stderr as follows: .in: The FD must be readable; it becomes child's stdin. .out: The FD must be writable; it becomes child's stdout. - .err > 0 is not supported. + .err: The FD must be writable; it becomes child's stderr. The specified FD is closed by start_command(), even if it fails to run the sub-process! @@ -180,17 +180,47 @@ The caller: struct async variable; 2. initializes .proc and .data; 3. calls start_async(); -4. processes the data by reading from the fd in .out; -5. closes .out; +4. processes communicates with proc through .in and .out; +5. closes .in and .out; 6. calls finish_async(). +The members .in, .out are used to provide a set of fd's for +communication between the caller and the callee as follows: + +. Specify 0 to have no file descriptor passed. The callee will + receive -1 in the corresponding argument. + +. Specify < 0 to have a pipe allocated; start_async() replaces + with the pipe FD in the following way: + + .in: Returns the writable pipe end into which the caller + writes; the readable end of the pipe becomes the function's + in argument. + + .out: Returns the readable pipe end from which the caller + reads; the writable end of the pipe becomes the function's + out argument. + + The caller of start_async() must close the returned FDs after it + has completed reading from/writing from them. + +. Specify a file descriptor > 0 to be used by the function: + + .in: The FD must be readable; it becomes the function's in. + .out: The FD must be writable; it becomes the function's out. + + The specified FD is closed by start_async(), even if it fails to + run the function. + The function pointer in .proc has the following signature: - int proc(int fd, void *data); + int proc(int in, int out, void *data); -. fd specifies a writable file descriptor to which the function must - write the data that it produces. The function *must* close this - descriptor before it returns. +. in, out specifies a set of file descriptors to which the function + must read/write the data that it needs/produces. The function + *must* close these descriptors before it returns. A descriptor + may be -1 if the caller did not configure a descriptor for that + direction. . data is the value that the caller has specified in the .data member of struct async. @@ -205,8 +235,8 @@ because this facility is implemented by a pipe to a forked process on UNIX, but by a thread in the same address space on Windows: . It cannot change the program's state (global variables, environment, - etc.) in a way that the caller notices; in other words, .out is the - only communication channel to the caller. + etc.) in a way that the caller notices; in other words, .in and .out + are the only communication channels to the caller. . It must not change the program's state that the caller of the facility also uses. |