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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/sendemail.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fetch-options.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-log.txt | 47 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-ref.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 52 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt | 6 |
9 files changed, 117 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt index 483ebb4f8d..783cba3af5 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt @@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ UI, Workflows & Features configurable to selectively allow or reject object filtering specification used for partial cloning. + * Stop when "sendmail.*" configuration variables are defined, which + could be a mistaken attempt to define "sendemail.*" variables. + + * The existing backends for "git mergetool" based on variants of vim + have been refactored and then support for "nvim" has been added. + + * "git bisect" learns the "--first-parent" option to find the first + breakage along the first-parent chain. + + * "git log --first-parent -p" showed patches only for single-parent + commits on the first-parent chain; the "--first-parent" option has + been made to imply "-m". Use "--no-diff-merges" to restore the + previous behaviour to omit patches for merge commits. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -60,6 +74,14 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. easier to mark object existence checks that do and don't want to trigger lazy fetches, and a few such checks are converted using it. + * A no-op replacement function implemented as a C preprocessor macro + does not perform as good a job as one implemented as a "static + inline" function in catching errors in parameters; replace the + former with the latter in <git-compat-util.h> header. + + * Test framework update. + (merge d572f52a64 es/test-cmp-typocatcher later to maint). + Fixes since v2.28 ----------------- @@ -110,6 +132,19 @@ Fixes since v2.28 it is. (merge 11bc12ae1e rp/blame-first-parent-doc later to maint). + * The logic to find the ref transaction hook script attempted to + cache the path to the found hook without realizing that it needed + to keep a copied value, as the API it used returned a transitory + buffer space. This has been corrected. + (merge 09b2aa30c9 ps/ref-transaction-hook later to maint). + + * Recent versions of "git diff-files" shows a diff between the index + and the working tree for "intent-to-add" paths as a "new file" + patch; "git apply --cached" should be able to take "git diff-files" + and should act as an equivalent to "git add" for the path, but the + command failed to do so for such a path. + (merge 4c025c667e rp/apply-cached-with-i-t-a later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 84544f2ea3 sk/typofixes later to maint). (merge b17f411ab5 ar/help-guides-doc later to maint). @@ -124,3 +159,4 @@ Fixes since v2.28 (merge de20baf2c9 ny/notes-doc-sample-update later to maint). (merge f649aaaf82 so/rev-parser-errormessage-fix later to maint). (merge 6103d58b7f bc/sha-256-cvs-svn-updates later to maint). + (merge ac900fddb7 ma/stop-progress-null-fix later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt b/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt index 0006faf800..cbc5af42fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt @@ -61,3 +61,8 @@ sendemail.smtpBatchSize:: sendemail.smtpReloginDelay:: Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server. See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1]. + +sendemail.forbidSendmailVariables:: + To avoid common misconfiguration mistakes, linkgit:git-send-email[1] + will abort with a warning if any configuration options for "sendmail" + exist. Set this variable to bypass the check. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 7987d72b02..b7af973d9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] Synonym for `-p --raw`. endif::git-format-patch[] +ifdef::git-log[] +-t:: + Show the tree objects in the diff output. +endif::git-log[] + --indent-heuristic:: Enable the heuristic that shifts diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read. This is the default. diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 6e2a160a47..ff70625694 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] endif::git-pull[] --set-upstream:: - If the remote is fetched successfully, pull and add upstream + If the remote is fetched successfully, add upstream (tracking) reference, used by argument-less linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information, see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 7586c5a843..0e993e4587 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>] - [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] + [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>] git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...] git bisect terms [--term-good | --term-bad] @@ -365,6 +365,17 @@ does not require a checked out tree. + If the repository is bare, `--no-checkout` is assumed. +--first-parent:: ++ +Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit. ++ +In detecting regressions introduced through the merging of a branch, the merge +commit will be identified as introduction of the bug and its ancestors will be +ignored. ++ +This option is particularly useful in avoiding false positives when a merged +branch contained broken or non-buildable commits, but the merge itself was OK. + EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 3fd26d5212..2b8ac5ff88 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -114,8 +114,51 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[] include::pretty-formats.txt[] -COMMON DIFF OPTIONS -------------------- +DIFF FORMATTING +--------------- + +By default, `git log` does not generate any diff output. The options +below can be used to show the changes made by each commit. + +Note that unless one of `-c`, `--cc`, or `-m` is given, merge commits +will never show a diff, even if a diff format like `--patch` is +selected, nor will they match search options like `-S`. The exception is +when `--first-parent` is in use, in which merges are treated like normal +single-parent commits (this can be overridden by providing a +combined-diff option or with `--no-diff-merges`). + +-c:: + With this option, diff output for a merge commit + shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result + simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent + and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files + which were modified from all parents. + +--cc:: + This flag implies the `-c` option and further compresses the + patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in + the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks + one of them without modification. + +--combined-all-paths:: + This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to + list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has + effect when -c or --cc are specified, and is likely only + useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. when either + rename or copy detection have been requested). + +-m:: + This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like + regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry + and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against + the first parent is shown when `--first-parent` option is given; + in that case, the output represents the changes the merge + brought _into_ the then-current branch. + +--diff-merges=off:: +--no-diff-merges:: + Disable output of diffs for merge commits (default). Useful to + override `-m`, `-c`, or `--cc`. :git-log: 1 include::diff-options.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index 3e737c2360..d401234b03 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt @@ -148,12 +148,13 @@ still see a subset of the modifications. LOGGING UPDATES --------------- -If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true and the ref is one under -"refs/heads/", "refs/remotes/", "refs/notes/", or the symbolic ref HEAD; or -the file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append -a line to the log file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" (dereferencing all -symbolic refs before creating the log name) describing the change -in ref value. Log lines are formatted as: +If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true and the ref is one +under "refs/heads/", "refs/remotes/", "refs/notes/", or a pseudoref +like HEAD or ORIG_HEAD; or the file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then +`git update-ref` will append a line to the log file +"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" (dereferencing all symbolic refs before creating +the log name) describing the change in ref value. Log lines are +formatted as: oldsha1 SP newsha1 SP committer LF diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index b01b2b6773..002379056a 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit). 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. Cannot be - combined with --bisect. + brought in to your history by such a merge. --not:: Reverses the meaning of the '{caret}' prefix (or lack thereof) @@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ ifndef::git-rev-list[] Pretend as if the bad bisection ref `refs/bisect/bad` was listed and as if it was followed by `--not` and the good bisection refs `refs/bisect/good-*` on the command - line. Cannot be combined with --first-parent. + line. endif::git-rev-list[] --stdin:: @@ -743,7 +742,7 @@ outputs 'midpoint', the output of the two commands would be of roughly the same length. Finding the change which introduces a regression is thus reduced to a binary search: repeatedly generate and test new 'midpoint's until the commit chain is of length -one. Cannot be combined with --first-parent. +one. --bisect-vars:: This calculates the same as `--bisect`, except that refs in @@ -1117,48 +1116,3 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] by a tab. endif::git-rev-list[] endif::git-shortlog[] - -ifndef::git-shortlog[] -ifndef::git-rev-list[] -Diff Formatting -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Listed below are options that control the formatting of diff output. -Some of them are specific to linkgit:git-rev-list[1], however other diff -options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options. - --c:: - With this option, diff output for a merge commit - shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result - simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent - and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files - which were modified from all parents. - ---cc:: - This flag implies the `-c` option and further compresses the - patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in - the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks - one of them without modification. - ---combined-all-paths:: - This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to - list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has - effect when -c or --cc are specified, and is likely only - useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. when either - rename or copy detection have been requested). - --m:: - This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like - regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry - and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against - the first parent is shown when `--first-parent` option is given; - in that case, the output represents the changes the merge - brought _into_ the then-current branch. - --r:: - Show recursive diffs. - --t:: - Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies `-r`. -endif::git-rev-list[] -endif::git-shortlog[] diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt index 808fa30b99..f14a7659aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt @@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ file. +---------------------+ | | +-----------------------+ +---------------------+ - | graph-{hash2} |->| | + | graph-{hash2} |->| | +-----------------------+ +---------------------+ | | | +-----------------------+ +---------------------+ | | | | - | graph-{hash1} |->| | + | graph-{hash1} |->| | | | | | +-----------------------+ +---------------------+ | tmp_graphXXX @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ file. | | | | | | - | graph-{hash0} | + | graph-{hash0} | | | | | | | |