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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5c2348db6c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,297 @@ +Git 2.13 Release Notes +====================== + +Backward compatibility notes. + + * Use of an empty string as a pathspec element that is used for + 'everything matches' is still warned and Git asks users to use a + more explicit '.' for that instead. The hope is that existing + users will not mind this change, and eventually the warning can be + turned into a hard error, upgrading the deprecation into removal of + this (mis)feature. That is not scheduled to happen in the upcoming + release (yet). + + * The historical argument order "git merge <msg> HEAD <commit>..." + has been deprecated for quite some time, and will be removed in a + future release. + + +Updates since v2.12 +------------------- + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * "git describe" and "git name-rev" have been taught to take more + than one refname patterns to restrict the set of refs to base their + naming output on, and also learned to take negative patterns to + name refs not to be used for naming via their "--exclude" option. + + * Deletion of a branch "foo/bar" could remove .git/refs/heads/foo + once there no longer is any other branch whose name begins with + "foo/", but we didn't do so so far. Now we do. + + * When "git merge" detects a path that is renamed in one history + while the other history deleted (or modified) it, it now reports + both paths to help the user understand what is going on in the two + histories being merged. + + * The <url> part in "http.<url>.<variable>" configuration variable + can now be spelled with '*' that serves as wildcard. + E.g. "http.https://*.example.com.proxy" can be used to specify the + proxy used for https://a.example.com, https://b.example.com, etc., + i.e. any host in the example.com domain. + + * "git tag" did not leave useful message when adding a new entry to + reflog; this was left unnoticed for a long time because refs/tags/* + doesn't keep reflog by default. + + * The "negative" pathspec feature was somewhat more cumbersome to use + than necessary in that its short-hand used "!" which needed to be + escaped from shells, and it required "exclude from what?" specified. + + * The command line options for ssh invocation needs to be tweaked for + some implementations of SSH (e.g. PuTTY plink wants "-P <port>" + while OpenSSH wants "-p <port>" to specify port to connect to), and + the variant was guessed when GIT_SSH environment variable is used + to specify it. The logic to guess now applies to the command + specified by the newer GIT_SSH_COMMAND and also core.sshcommand + configuration variable, and comes with an escape hatch for users to + deal with misdetected cases. + + * The "--git-path", "--git-common-dir", and "--shared-index-path" + options of "git rev-parse" did not produce usable output. They are + now updated to show the path to the correct file, relative to where + the caller is. + + * "git diff -W" has been taught to handle the case where a new + function is added at the end of the file better. + + * "git update-ref -d" and other operations to delete references did + not leave any entry in HEAD's reflog when the reference being + deleted was the current branch. This is not a problem in practice + because you do not want to delete the branch you are currently on, + but caused renaming of the current branch to something else not to + be logged in a useful way. + + * "Cc:" on the trailer part does not have to conform to RFC strictly, + unlike in the e-mail header. "git send-email" has been updated to + ignore anything after '>' when picking addresses, to allow non-address + cruft like " # stable 4.4" after the address. + (merge 9d3343961b jh/send-email-one-cc later to maint). + + * When "git submodule init" decides that the submodule in the working + tree is its upstream, it now gives a warning as it is not a very + common setup. + (merge d1b3b81aab sb/submodule-init-url-selection later to maint). + + * "git stash save" takes a pathspec so that the local changes can be + stashed away only partially. + (merge 9e140909f6 tg/stash-push later to maint). + + * Documentation for "git ls-files" did not refer to core.quotePath. + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * The code to list branches in "git branch" has been consolidated + with the more generic ref-filter API. + + * Resource usage while enumerating refs from alternate object store + has been optimized to help receiving end of "push" that hosts a + repository with many "forks". + + * The gitattributes machinery is being taught to work better in a + multi-threaded environment. + + * "git rebase -i" starts using the recently updated "sequencer" code. + + * Code and design clean-up for the refs API. + + * The preload-index code has been taught not to bother with the index + entries that are paths that are not checked out by "sparse checkout". + + * Some warning() messages from "git clean" were updated to show the + errno from failed system calls. + + * The "parse_config_key()" API function has been cleaned up. + (merge ad8c7cdadd jk/parse-config-key-cleanup later to maint). + + * A test that creates a confusing branch whose name is HEAD has been + corrected not to do so. + (merge f0252ca23c jk/t6300-cleanup later to maint). + + * The code that parses header fields in the commit object has been + updated for (micro)performance and code hygiene. + (merge b072504ce1 rs/commit-parsing-optim later to maint). + + * An helper function to make it easier to append the result from + real_path() to a strbuf has been added. + (merge 33ad9ddd0b rs/strbuf-add-real-path later to maint). + + * Reduce authentication round-trip over HTTP when the server supports + just a single authentication method. This also improves the + behaviour when Git is misconfigured to enable http.emptyAuth + against a server that does not authenticate without a username + (i.e. not using Kerberos etc., which makes http.emptyAuth + pointless). + (merge 40a18fc77c jk/http-auth later to maint). + + * Windows port wants to use OpenSSL's implementation of SHA-1 + routines, so let them. + (merge 2cfc70f0de jh/mingw-openssl-sha1 later to maint). + + * The t/perf performance test suite was not prepared to test not so + old versions of Git, but now it covers versions of Git that are not + so ancient. + (merge 28e1fb5466 jt/perf-updates later to maint). + + * Add 32-bit Linux variant to the set of platforms to be tested with + Travis CI. + (merge 88dedd5e72 js/travis-32bit-linux later to maint). + + * "git branch --list" takes the "--abbrev" and "--no-abbrev" options + to control the output of the object name in its "-v"(erbose) + output, but a recent update started ignoring them; fix it before + the breakage reaches to any released version. + + +Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. + + +Fixes since v2.12 +----------------- + +Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.9 in the maintenance +track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' +notes for details). + + * "git repack --depth=<n>" for a long time busted the specified depth + when reusing delta from existing packs. This has been corrected. + (merge 42b766d765 jk/delta-chain-limit later to maint). + + * The code to parse the command line "git grep <patterns>... <rev> + [[--] <pathspec>...]" has been cleaned up, and a handful of bugs + have been fixed (e.g. we used to check "--" if it is a rev). + (merge 131f3c96d2 jk/grep-no-index-fix later to maint). + + * "git ls-remote" and "git archive --remote" are designed to work + without being in a directory under Git's control. However, recent + updates revealed that we randomly look into a directory called + .git/ without actually doing necessary set-up when working in a + repository. Stop doing so. + (merge 4b0c3c7735 jn/remote-helpers-with-git-dir later to maint). + + * "git show-branch" expected there were only very short branch names + in the repository and used a fixed-length buffer to hold them + without checking for overflow. + (merge d3cc5f4c44 jk/show-branch-lift-name-len-limit later to maint). + + * A caller of tempfile API that uses stdio interface to write to + files may ignore errors while writing, which is detected when + tempfile is closed (with a call to ferror()). By that time, the + original errno that may have told us what went wrong is likely to + be long gone and was overwritten by an irrelevant value. + close_tempfile() now resets errno to EIO to make errno at least + predictable. + (merge 7e8c9355b7 jk/tempfile-ferror-fclose-confusion later to maint). + + * "git remote rm X", when a branch has remote X configured as the + value of its branch.*.remote, tried to remove branch.*.remote and + branch.*.merge and failed if either is unset. + (merge 20690b2139 rl/remote-allow-missing-branch-name-merge later to maint). + + * A "gc.log" file left by a backgrounded "gc --auto" disables further + automatic gc; it has been taught to run at least once a day (by + default) by ignoring a stale "gc.log" file that is too old. + (merge a831c06a2b dt/gc-ignore-old-gc-logs later to maint). + + * The code to parse "git -c VAR=VAL cmd" and set configuration + variable for the duration of cmd had two small bugs, which have + been fixed. + (merge 1274a155af jc/config-case-cmdline-take-2 later to maint). + + * user.email that consists of only cruft chars should consistently + error out, but didn't. + (merge 94425552f3 jk/ident-empty later to maint). + + * "git upload-pack", which is a counter-part of "git fetch", did not + report a request for a ref that was not advertised as invalid. + This is generally not a problem (because "git fetch" will stop + before making such a request), but is the right thing to do. + (merge bdb31eada7 jt/upload-pack-error-report later to maint). + + * A leak in a codepath to read from a packed object in (rare) cases + has been plugged. + (merge 886ddf4777 rs/sha1-file-plug-fallback-base-leak later to maint). + + * When a redirected http transport gets an error during the + redirected request, we ignored the error we got from the server, + and ended up giving a not-so-useful error message. + (merge 8e27391a5f jt/http-base-url-update-upon-redirect later to maint). + + * The patch subcommand of "git add -i" was meant to have paths + selection prompt just like other subcommand, unlike "git add -p" + directly jumps to hunk selection. Recently, this was broken and + "add -i" lost the paths selection dialog, but it now has been + fixed. + (merge c852bd54bd jk/add-i-patch-do-prompt later to maint). + + * Git v2.12 was shipped with an embarrassing breakage where various + operations that verify paths given from the user stopped dying when + seeing an issue, and instead later triggering segfault. + (merge ce83eadd9a js/realpath-pathdup-fix later to maint). + + * There is no need for Python only to give a few messages to the + standard error stream, but we somehow did. + (merge b8686c661d ss/remote-bzr-hg-placeholder-wo-python later to maint). + + * The code to parse "git log -L..." command line was buggy when there + are many ranges specified with -L; overrun of the allocated buffer + has been fixed. + (merge aaae0bf787 ax/line-log-range-merge-fix later to maint). + + * The command-line parsing of "git log -L" copied internal data + structures using incorrect size on ILP32 systems. + (merge 07f546cda5 vn/line-log-memcpy-size-fix later to maint). + + * "git diff --quiet" relies on the size field in diff_filespec to be + correctly populated, but diff_populate_filespec() helper function + made an incorrect short-cut when asked only to populate the size + field for paths that need to go through convert_to_git() (e.g. CRLF + conversion). + (merge 12426e114b jc/diff-populate-filespec-size-only-fix later to maint). + + * A few tests were run conditionally under (rare) conditions where + they cannot be run (like running cvs tests under 'root' account). + (merge c6507484a2 ab/cond-skip-tests later to maint). + + * "git branch @" created refs/heads/@ as a branch, and in general the + code that handled @{-1} and @{upstream} was a bit too loose in + disambiguating. + (merge fd4692ff70 jk/interpret-branch-name later to maint). + + * "git fetch" that requests a commit by object name, when the other + side does not allow such an request, failed without much + explanation. + (merge d56583ded6 mm/fetch-show-error-message-on-unadvertised-object later to maint). + + * "git filter-branch --prune-empty" drops a single-parent commit that + becomes a no-op, but did not drop a root commit whose tree is empty. + (merge 32da7467eb dp/filter-branch-prune-empty later to maint). + + * Recent versions of Git treats http alternates (used in dumb http + transport) just like HTTP redirects and requires the client to + enable following it, due to security concerns. But we forgot to + give a warning when we decide not to honor the alternates. + (merge 5cae73d5d2 ew/http-alternates-as-redirects-warning later to maint). + + * "git push" had a handful of codepaths that could lead to a deadlock + when unexpected error happened, which has been fixed. + (merge d1a13d3fcb jk/push-deadlock-regression-fix later to maint). + + * Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups. + (merge 2cfa83574c mm/two-more-xstrfmt later to maint). + (merge b803ae4427 ps/docs-diffcore later to maint). + (merge bcd886d897 ew/markdown-url-in-readme later to maint). + (merge b2d593a779 rj/remove-unused-mktemp later to maint). + (merge 3255e512a8 jk/ewah-use-right-type-in-sizeof later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 015346c417..5e5c2ae5fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -350,16 +350,19 @@ core.checkStat:: all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime. core.quotePath:: - The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', - 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote - "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the - pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the - same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this - variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are - not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double - quote, backslash and control characters are always - quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this - variable. + Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will + quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the + pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with + backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g. + `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with + values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in + UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than + 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes, + backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless + of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is + not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames + completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value + is true. core.eol:: Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for @@ -1402,6 +1405,12 @@ gc.autoDetach:: Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background if the system supports it. Default is true. +gc.logExpiry:: + If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run + unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is + "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its + value. + gc.packRefs:: Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb @@ -1919,7 +1928,10 @@ http.<url>.*:: must match exactly between the config key and the URL. . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`). - This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL. + This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is + possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains + at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match + `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`. . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`). This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL. @@ -1954,6 +1966,17 @@ Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching. +ssh.variant:: + Depending on the value of the environment variables `GIT_SSH` or + `GIT_SSH_COMMAND`, or the config setting `core.sshCommand`, Git + auto-detects whether to adjust its command-line parameters for use + with plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default (OpenSSH). ++ +The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this auto-detection; +valid values are `ssh`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any other value +will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via the +environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`. + i18n.commitEncoding:: Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt index cf5262622f..706916c94c 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt @@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ Example: :100644 100644 5be4a4...... 000000...... M file.c ------------------------------------------------ -When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters -in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, -respectively. +Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are +quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` +(see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output +verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte. diff format for merges ---------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt index d2a7ff56e8..231105cff4 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt @@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ The index line includes the SHA-1 checksum before and after the change. The <mode> is included if the file mode does not change; otherwise, separate lines indicate the old and the new mode. -3. TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames - are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively. - If there is need for such substitution then the whole - pathname is put in double quotes. +3. Pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as explained for + the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see + linkgit:git-config[1]). 4. All the `file1` files in the output refer to files before the commit, and all the `file2` files refer to files after the commit. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index d91ddbd5fe..89cc0f48de 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -192,10 +192,9 @@ ifndef::git-log[] given, do not munge pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators. endif::git-log[] + -Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes, -and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`, -respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if -any of those replacements occurred. +Without this option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as +explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). --name-only:: Show only names of changed files. diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 8ddb207409..631cbd840a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -108,10 +108,9 @@ the information is read from the current index instead. When `--numstat` has been given, do not munge pathnames, but use a NUL-terminated machine-readable format. + -Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes, -and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`, -respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if -any of those replacements occurred. +Without this option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as +explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). -p<n>:: Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 28d46cc03b..092f1bcf9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--list] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [--sort=<key>] - [--points-at <object>] [<pattern>...] + [--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...] 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] 'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>] 'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>] @@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. --points-at <object>:: Only list branches of the given object. +--format <format>:: + A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the object + pointed at by a ref being shown. The format is the same as + that of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. + Examples -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 4f8f20a360..25dcdcc289 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -117,9 +117,12 @@ OPTIONS -z:: --null:: - When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, terminate - entries in the status output with NUL, instead of LF. If no - format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format. + When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, print the + filename verbatim and terminate the entries with NUL, instead of LF. + If no format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format. + Without the `-z` option, filenames with "unusual" characters are + quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` + (see linkgit:git-config[1]). -F <file>:: --file=<file>:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index e4ac448ff5..8755f3af7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -83,7 +83,20 @@ OPTIONS --match <pattern>:: Only consider tags matching the given `glob(7)` pattern, excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix. This can be used to avoid - leaking private tags from the repository. + leaking private tags from the repository. If given multiple times, a + list of patterns will be accumulated, and tags matching any of the + patterns will be considered. Use `--no-match` to clear and reset the + list of patterns. + +--exclude <pattern>:: + Do not consider tags matching the given `glob(7)` pattern, excluding + the "refs/tags/" prefix. This can be used to narrow the tag space and + find only tags matching some meaningful criteria. If given multiple + times, a list of patterns will be accumulated and tags matching any + of the patterns will be excluded. When combined with --match a tag will + be considered when it matches at least one --match pattern and does not + match any of the --exclude patterns. Use `--no-exclude` to clear and + reset the list of patterns. --always:: Show uniquely abbreviated commit object as fallback. diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 0a09698c03..6e4bb02204 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -167,14 +167,12 @@ to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit. project root. Implies <<Remap_to_ancestor>>. --prune-empty:: - Some kind of filters will generate empty commits, that left the tree - untouched. This switch allow git-filter-branch to ignore such - commits. Though, this switch only applies for commits that have one - and only one parent, it will hence keep merges points. Also, this - option is not compatible with the use of `--commit-filter`. Though you - just need to use the function 'git_commit_non_empty_tree "$@"' instead - of the `git commit-tree "$@"` idiom in your commit filter to make that - happen. + Some filters will generate empty commits that leave the tree untouched. + This option instructs git-filter-branch to remove such commits if they + have exactly one or zero non-pruned parents; merge commits will + therefore remain intact. This option cannot be used together with + `--commit-filter`, though the same effect can be achieved by using the + provided `git_commit_non_empty_tree` function in a commit filter. --original <namespace>:: Use this option to set the namespace where the original commits diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index abe13f3bed..111e1be6f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -95,11 +95,20 @@ refname:: The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/). For a non-ambiguous short name of the ref append `:short`. The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict - abbreviation mode. If `strip=<N>` is appended, strips `<N>` - slash-separated path components from the front of the refname - (e.g., `%(refname:strip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `foo`. - `<N>` must be a positive integer. If a displayed ref has fewer - components than `<N>`, the command aborts with an error. + abbreviation mode. If `lstrip=<N>` (`rstrip=<N>`) is appended, strips `<N>` + slash-separated path components from the front (back) of the refname + (e.g. `%(refname:lstrip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `foo` and + `%(refname:rstrip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `refs`). + If `<N>` is a negative number, strip as many path components as + necessary from the specified end to leave `-<N>` path components + (e.g. `%(refname:lstrip=-2)` turns + `refs/tags/foo` into `tags/foo` and `%(refname:rstrip=-1)` + turns `refs/tags/foo` into `refs`). When the ref does not have + enough components, the result becomes an empty string if + stripping with positive <N>, or it becomes the full refname if + stripping with negative <N>. Neither is an error. ++ +`strip` can be used as a synomym to `lstrip`. objecttype:: The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`). @@ -110,21 +119,31 @@ objectsize:: objectname:: The object name (aka SHA-1). For a non-ambiguous abbreviation of the object name append `:short`. + For an abbreviation of the object name with desired length append + `:short=<length>`, where the minimum length is MINIMUM_ABBREV. The + length may be exceeded to ensure unique object names. upstream:: The name of a local ref which can be considered ``upstream'' - from the displayed ref. Respects `:short` in the same way as - `refname` above. Additionally respects `:track` to show - "[ahead N, behind M]" and `:trackshort` to show the terse - version: ">" (ahead), "<" (behind), "<>" (ahead and behind), - or "=" (in sync). Has no effect if the ref does not have - tracking information associated with it. + from the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip` and + `:rstrip` in the same way as `refname` above. Additionally + respects `:track` to show "[ahead N, behind M]" and + `:trackshort` to show the terse version: ">" (ahead), "<" + (behind), "<>" (ahead and behind), or "=" (in sync). `:track` + also prints "[gone]" whenever unknown upstream ref is + encountered. Append `:track,nobracket` to show tracking + information without brackets (i.e "ahead N, behind M"). Has + no effect if the ref does not have tracking information + associated with it. All the options apart from `nobracket` + are mutually exclusive, but if used together the last option + is selected. push:: - The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}` location - for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:track`, and - `:trackshort` options as `upstream` does. Produces an empty - string if no `@{push}` ref is configured. + The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}` + location for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:lstrip`, + `:rstrip`, `:track`, and `:trackshort` options as `upstream` + does. Produces an empty string if no `@{push}` ref is + configured. HEAD:: '*' if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' ' @@ -149,6 +168,25 @@ align:: quoted, but if nested then only the topmost level performs quoting. +if:: + Used as %(if)...%(then)...%(end) or + %(if)...%(then)...%(else)...%(end). If there is an atom with + value or string literal after the %(if) then everything after + the %(then) is printed, else if the %(else) atom is used, then + everything after %(else) is printed. We ignore space when + evaluating the string before %(then), this is useful when we + use the %(HEAD) atom which prints either "*" or " " and we + want to apply the 'if' condition only on the 'HEAD' ref. + Append ":equals=<string>" or ":notequals=<string>" to compare + the value between the %(if:...) and %(then) atoms with the + given string. + +symref:: + The ref which the given symbolic ref refers to. If not a + symbolic ref, nothing is printed. Respects the `:short`, + `:lstrip` and `:rstrip` options in the same way as `refname` + above. + In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can be used to specify the value in the header field. @@ -186,6 +224,14 @@ As a special case for the date-type fields, you may specify a format for the date by adding `:` followed by date format name (see the values the `--date` option to linkgit:git-rev-list[1] takes). +Some atoms like %(align) and %(if) always require a matching %(end). +We call them "opening atoms" and sometimes denote them as %($open). + +When a scripting language specific quoting is in effect, everything +between a top-level opening atom and its matching %(end) is evaluated +according to the semantics of the opening atom and only its result +from the top-level is quoted. + EXAMPLES -------- @@ -273,6 +319,22 @@ eval=`git for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \ eval "$eval" ------------ + +An example to show the usage of %(if)...%(then)...%(else)...%(end). +This prefixes the current branch with a star. + +------------ +git for-each-ref --format="%(if)%(HEAD)%(then)* %(else) %(end)%(refname:short)" refs/heads/ +------------ + + +An example to show the usage of %(if)...%(then)...%(end). +This prints the authorname, if present. + +------------ +git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)%(if)%(authorname)%(then) Authored by: %(authorname)%(end)" +------------ + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-show-ref[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 446209e206..1cab703f73 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ OPTIONS succeed. -z:: - \0 line termination on output. + \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames. + See OUTPUT below for more information. -x <pattern>:: --exclude=<pattern>:: @@ -196,9 +197,10 @@ the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state) -When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters -in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, -respectively. +Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are +quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` +(see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output +verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte. Exclude Patterns diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index dbc91f98ff..9dee7bef35 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ OPTIONS Show object size of blob (file) entries. -z:: - \0 line termination on output. + \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames. + See OUTPUT FORMAT below for more information. --name-only:: --name-status:: @@ -82,8 +83,6 @@ Output Format ------------- <mode> SP <type> SP <object> TAB <file> -Unless the `-z` option is used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters -in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively. This output format is compatible with what `--index-info --stdin` of 'git update-index' expects. @@ -95,6 +94,11 @@ Object size identified by <object> is given in bytes, and right-justified with minimum width of 7 characters. Object size is given only for blobs (file) entries; for other entries `-` character is used in place of size. +Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are +quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` +(see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output +verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt index ca28fb8e2a..e8e68f528c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt @@ -26,7 +26,18 @@ OPTIONS --refs=<pattern>:: Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern. The pattern - can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name. + can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name. If + given multiple times, use refs whose names match any of the given shell + patterns. Use `--no-refs` to clear any previous ref patterns given. + +--exclude=<pattern>:: + Do not use any ref whose name matches a given shell pattern. The + pattern can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref + name. If given multiple times, a ref will be excluded when it matches + any of the given patterns. When used together with --refs, a ref will + be used as a match only when it matches at least one --refs pattern and + does not match any --exclude patterns. Use `--no-exclude` to clear the + list of exclude patterns. --all:: List all commits reachable from all refs diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 7241e96893..91c02b8c85 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory is not detected to lie in a Git repository or work tree print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status. +--absolute-git-dir:: + Like `--git-dir`, but its output is always the canonicalized + absolute path. + --git-common-dir:: Show `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` if defined, else `$GIT_DIR`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 2e9e344cd7..70191d06b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] -'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] - [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]] +'git stash' save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] + [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>] +'git stash' [push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] + [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-m|--message <message>]] + [--] [<pathspec>...]] 'git stash' clear 'git stash' create [<message>] 'git stash' store [-m|--message <message>] [-q|--quiet] <commit> @@ -46,14 +49,24 @@ OPTIONS ------- save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--] [<pathspec>...]:: Save your local modifications to a new 'stash' and roll them back to HEAD (in the working tree and in the index). The <message> part is optional and gives - the description along with the stashed state. For quickly making - a snapshot, you can omit _both_ "save" and <message>, but giving - only <message> does not trigger this action to prevent a misspelled - subcommand from making an unwanted stash. + the description along with the stashed state. ++ +For quickly making a snapshot, you can omit "push". In this mode, +non-option arguments are not allowed to prevent a misspelled +subcommand from making an unwanted stash. The two exceptions to this +are `stash -p` which acts as alias for `stash push -p` and pathspecs, +which are allowed after a double hyphen `--` for disambiguation. ++ +When pathspec is given to 'git stash push', the new stash records the +modified states only for the files that match the pathspec. The index +entries and working tree files are then rolled back to the state in +HEAD only for these files, too, leaving files that do not match the +pathspec intact. + If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the index are left intact. diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 725065ef2d..ba873657cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -322,10 +322,9 @@ When the `-z` option is given, pathnames are printed as is and without any quoting and lines are terminated with a NUL (ASCII 0x00) byte. -Otherwise, all pathnames will be "C-quoted" if they contain any tab, -linefeed, double quote, or backslash characters. In C-quoting, these -characters will be replaced with the corresponding C-style escape -sequences and the resulting pathname will be double quoted. +Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are +quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` +(see linkgit:git-config[1]). CONFIGURATION diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 8acc72ebb8..e05d0cddef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -73,13 +73,17 @@ configuration entries unless `--name` is used to specify a logical name. + <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ -or ../), the location relative to the superproject's origin +or ../), the location relative to the superproject's default remote repository (Please note that to specify a repository 'foo.git' which is located right next to a superproject 'bar.git', you'll have to use '../foo.git' instead of './foo.git' - as one might expect when following the rules for relative URLs - because the evaluation of relative URLs in Git is identical to that of relative directories). -If the superproject doesn't have an origin configured ++ +The default remote is the remote of the remote tracking branch +of the current branch. If no such remote tracking branch exists or +the HEAD is detached, "origin" is assumed to be the default remote. +If the superproject doesn't have a default remote configured the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current working directory is used instead. + @@ -118,18 +122,24 @@ too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree). init [--] [<path>...]:: Initialize the submodules recorded in the index (which were - added and committed elsewhere) by copying submodule - names and urls from .gitmodules to .git/config. - Optional <path> arguments limit which submodules will be initialized. - It will also copy the value of `submodule.$name.update` into - .git/config. - The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`. - This command does not alter existing information in .git/config. - You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config - for your local setup and proceed to `git submodule update`; - you can also just use `git submodule update --init` without - the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize - any submodule locations. + added and committed elsewhere) by setting `submodule.$name.url` + in .git/config. It uses the same setting from .gitmodules as + a template. If the URL is relative, it will be resolved using + the default remote. If there is no default remote, the current + repository will be assumed to be upstream. ++ +Optional <path> arguments limit which submodules will be initialized. +If no path is specified, all submodules are initialized. ++ +When present, it will also copy the value of `submodule.$name.update`. +This command does not alter existing information in .git/config. +You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config +for your local setup and proceed to `git submodule update`; +you can also just use `git submodule update --init` without +the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize +any submodule locations. ++ +See the add subcommand for the defintion of default remote. deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...):: Unregister the given submodules, i.e. remove the whole diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index aa895da4a5..df0941d456 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -1025,6 +1025,12 @@ Usually it is easier to configure any desired options through your personal `.ssh/config` file. Please consult your ssh documentation for further details. +`GIT_SSH_VARIANT`:: + If this environment variable is set, it overrides Git's autodetection + whether `GIT_SSH`/`GIT_SSH_COMMAND`/`core.sshCommand` refer to OpenSSH, + plink or tortoiseplink. This variable overrides the config setting + `ssh.variant` that serves the same purpose. + `GIT_ASKPASS`:: If this environment variable is set, then Git commands which need to acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication) diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index e0b66c1220..a53d093ca1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form: pattern attr1 attr2 ... That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list, -separated by whitespaces. When the pattern matches the -path in question, the attributes listed on the line are given to -the path. +separated by whitespaces. Leading and trailing whitespaces are +ignored. Lines that begin with '#' are ignored. Patterns +that begin with a double quote are quoted in C style. +When the pattern matches the path in question, the attributes +listed on the line are given to the path. Each attribute can be in one of these states for a given path: @@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead. Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the `$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file. -Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute +Sometimes you would need to override a setting of an attribute for a path to `Unspecified` state. This can be done by listing the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`. diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt index 46bc6d077c..c0a60f3158 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt @@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ format sections of the manual for 'git diff-{asterisk}' commands) or diff-patch format. -diffcore-break: For Splitting Up "Complete Rewrites" ----------------------------------------------------- +diffcore-break: For Splitting Up Complete Rewrites +-------------------------------------------------- The second transformation in the chain is diffcore-break, and is controlled by the -B option to the 'git diff-{asterisk}' commands. This is @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ the original is used), and can be customized by giving a number after "-B" option (e.g. "-B75" to tell it to use 75%). -diffcore-rename: For Detection Renames and Copies +diffcore-rename: For Detecting Renames and Copies ------------------------------------------------- This transformation is used to detect renames and copies, and is @@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ the expense of making it slower. Without `--find-copies-harder`, copied happened to have been modified in the same changeset. -diffcore-merge-broken: For Putting "Complete Rewrites" Back Together --------------------------------------------------------------------- +diffcore-merge-broken: For Putting Complete Rewrites Back Together +------------------------------------------------------------------ This transformation is used to merge filepairs broken by diffcore-break, and not transformed into rename/copy by diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 8ad29e61a9..fc9320e59e 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -386,8 +386,10 @@ Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic. exclude;; After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run - through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!`). If it - matches, the path is ignored. + through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!` or its + synonym `^`). If it matches, the path is ignored. When there + is no non-exclude pathspec, the exclusion is applied to the + result set as if invoked without any pathspec. -- [[def_parent]]parent:: diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt index 2602668677..e7cbb7c13a 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt @@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ Data Structure of no interest to the calling programs. The name of the attribute can be retrieved by calling `git_attr_name()`. -`struct git_attr_check`:: +`struct attr_check_item`:: - This structure represents a set of attributes to check in a call - to `git_check_attr()` function, and receives the results. + This structure represents one attribute and its value. + +`struct attr_check`:: + + This structure represents a collection of `attr_check_item`. + It is passed to `git_check_attr()` function, specifying the + attributes to check, and receives their values. Attribute Values @@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ Attribute Values An attribute for a path can be in one of four states: Set, Unset, Unspecified or set to a string, and `.value` member of `struct -git_attr_check` records it. There are three macros to check these: +attr_check_item` records it. There are three macros to check these: `ATTR_TRUE()`:: @@ -48,49 +53,51 @@ value of the attribute for the path. Querying Specific Attributes ---------------------------- -* Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` to define the list of - attributes you would want to check. To populate this array, you would - need to define necessary attributes by calling `git_attr()` function. +* Prepare `struct attr_check` using attr_check_initl() + function, enumerating the names of attributes whose values you are + interested in, terminated with a NULL pointer. Alternatively, an + empty `struct attr_check` can be prepared by calling + `attr_check_alloc()` function and then attributes you want to + ask about can be added to it with `attr_check_append()` + function. * Call `git_check_attr()` to check the attributes for the path. -* Inspect `git_attr_check` structure to see how each of the attribute in - the array is defined for the path. +* Inspect `attr_check` structure to see how each of the + attribute in the array is defined for the path. Example ------- -To see how attributes "crlf" and "indent" are set for different paths. +To see how attributes "crlf" and "ident" are set for different paths. -. Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` with two elements (because - we are checking two attributes). Initialize their `attr` member with - pointers to `struct git_attr` obtained by calling `git_attr()`: +. Prepare a `struct attr_check` with two elements (because + we are checking two attributes): ------------ -static struct git_attr_check check[2]; +static struct attr_check *check; static void setup_check(void) { - if (check[0].attr) + if (check) return; /* already done */ - check[0].attr = git_attr("crlf"); - check[1].attr = git_attr("ident"); + check = attr_check_initl("crlf", "ident", NULL); } ------------ -. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared array of `struct git_attr_check`: +. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared `struct attr_check`: ------------ const char *path; setup_check(); - git_check_attr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check); + git_check_attr(path, check); ------------ -. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check[]`: +. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check->items[]`: ------------ - const char *value = check[0].value; + const char *value = check->items[0].value; if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) { The attribute is Set, by listing only the name of the @@ -109,20 +116,39 @@ static void setup_check(void) } ------------ +To see how attributes in argv[] are set for different paths, only +the first step in the above would be different. + +------------ +static struct attr_check *check; +static void setup_check(const char **argv) +{ + check = attr_check_alloc(); + while (*argv) { + struct git_attr *attr = git_attr(*argv); + attr_check_append(check, attr); + argv++; + } +} +------------ + Querying All Attributes ----------------------- To get the values of all attributes associated with a file: -* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which returns an array of `git_attr_check` - structures. +* Prepare an empty `attr_check` structure by calling + `attr_check_alloc()`. + +* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which populates the `attr_check` + with the attributes attached to the path. -* Iterate over the `git_attr_check` array to examine the attribute - names and values. The name of the attribute described by a - `git_attr_check` object can be retrieved via - `git_attr_name(check[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items will be - returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return false - for all returned `git_array_check` objects.) +* Iterate over the `attr_check.items[]` array to examine + the attribute names and values. The name of the attribute + described by a `attr_check.items[]` object can be retrieved via + `git_attr_name(check->items[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items + will be returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return + false for all returned `attr_check.items[]` objects.) -* Free the `git_array_check` array. +* Free the `attr_check` struct by calling `attr_check_free()`. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 27bd701c0d..36768b479e 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: Introduce an option with string argument. The string argument is put into `str_var`. +`OPT_STRING_LIST(short, long, &struct string_list, arg_str, description)`:: + Introduce an option with string argument. + The string argument is stored as an element in `string_list`. + Use of `--no-option` will clear the list of preceding values. + `OPT_INTEGER(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: Introduce an option with integer argument. The integer is put into `int_var`. |