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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 0d7fa9cca9..b8bf618a30 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -129,3 +129,6 @@ For C programs: used in the git core command set (unless your command is clearly separate from it, such as an importer to convert random-scm-X repositories to git). + + - When we pass <string, length> pair to functions, we should try to + pass them in that order. diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 144ec32f12..7a8037f586 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ man7dir=$(mandir)/man7 ASCIIDOC=asciidoc ASCIIDOC_EXTRA = -MANPAGE_XSL = callouts.xsl +MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-normal.xsl +XMLTO_EXTRA = INSTALL?=install RM ?= rm -f DOC_REF = origin/man @@ -59,13 +60,52 @@ endif -include ../config.mak.autogen -include ../config.mak +# +# For asciidoc ... +# -7.1.2, no extra settings are needed. +# 8.0-, set ASCIIDOC8. +# + +# +# For docbook-xsl ... +# -1.68.1, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF? (based on changelog from 1.73.0) +# 1.69.0, no extra settings are needed? +# 1.69.1-1.71.0, set DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP? +# 1.71.1, no extra settings are needed? +# 1.72.0, set DOCBOOK_XSL_172. +# 1.73.0-, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF +# + +# +# If you had been using DOCBOOK_XSL_172 in an attempt to get rid +# of 'the ".ft C" problem' in your generated manpages, and you +# instead ended up with weird characters around callouts, try +# using ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF instead (it works fine with ASCIIDOC8). +# + ifdef ASCIIDOC8 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a asciidoc7compatible endif ifdef DOCBOOK_XSL_172 -ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a docbook-xsl-172 +ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-1.72.xsl +else + ifdef ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF + # docbook-xsl after 1.72 needs the regular XSL, but will not + # pass-thru raw roff codes from asciidoc.conf, so turn them off. + ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff + endif endif +ifdef MAN_BOLD_LITERAL +XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-bold-literal.xsl +endif +ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP +XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-suppress-sp.xsl +endif + +SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL) +# Shell quote; +SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH)) # # Please note that there is a minor bug in asciidoc. @@ -76,6 +116,32 @@ endif # yourself - yes, all 6 characters of it! # +QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +$(MAKE) -C # space to separate -C and subdir +QUIET_SUBDIR1 = + +ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),w),w) +PRINT_DIR = --no-print-directory +else # "make -w" +NO_SUBDIR = : +endif + +ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s) +ifndef V + QUIET_ASCIIDOC = @echo ' ' ASCIIDOC $@; + QUIET_XMLTO = @echo ' ' XMLTO $@; + QUIET_DB2TEXI = @echo ' ' DB2TEXI $@; + QUIET_MAKEINFO = @echo ' ' MAKEINFO $@; + QUIET_DBLATEX = @echo ' ' DBLATEX $@; + QUIET_XSLTPROC = @echo ' ' XSLTPROC $@; + QUIET_GEN = @echo ' ' GEN $@; + QUIET_STDERR = 2> /dev/null + QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +@subdir= + QUIET_SUBDIR1 = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo ' ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \ + $(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir + export V +endif +endif + all: html man html: $(DOC_HTML) @@ -116,10 +182,10 @@ install-pdf: pdf $(INSTALL) -m 644 user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir) install-html: html - sh ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) + '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) ../GIT-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE - $(MAKE) -C ../ GIT-VERSION-FILE + $(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) GIT-VERSION-FILE -include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE @@ -127,8 +193,8 @@ install-html: html # Determine "include::" file references in asciidoc files. # doc.dep : $(wildcard *.txt) build-docdep.perl - $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@+ + $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + $(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@+ $(QUIET_STDERR) && \ mv $@+ $@ -include doc.dep @@ -146,102 +212,105 @@ cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \ $(cmds_txt): cmd-list.made cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT) - $(RM) $@ - $(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt + $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \ + $(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(QUIET_STDERR) && \ date >$@ clean: $(RM) *.xml *.xml+ *.html *.html+ *.1 *.5 *.7 - $(RM) *.texi *.texi+ git.info gitman.info + $(RM) *.texi *.texi+ *.texi++ git.info gitman.info $(RM) howto-index.txt howto/*.html doc.dep $(RM) technical/api-*.html technical/api-index.txt $(RM) $(cmds_txt) *.made $(MAN_HTML): %.html : %.txt - $(RM) $@+ $@ + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \ - $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) -o $@+ $< + $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \ mv $@+ $@ %.1 %.5 %.7 : %.xml - $(RM) $@ - xmlto -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) man $< + $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(RM) $@ && \ + xmlto -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $< %.xml : %.txt - $(RM) $@+ $@ + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ $(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \ - $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) -o $@+ $< + $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \ mv $@+ $@ user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf - $(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d book $< + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -b docbook -d book $< technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \ technical/api-index.sh $(patsubst %,%.txt,$(API_DOCS)) - cd technical && sh ./api-index.sh + $(QUIET_GEN)cd technical && '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./api-index.sh $(patsubst %,%.html,$(API_DOCS) technical/api-index): %.html : %.txt - $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -f asciidoc.conf \ + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -f asciidoc.conf \ $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) $*.txt XSLT = docbook.xsl XSLTOPTS = --xinclude --stringparam html.stylesheet docbook-xsl.css user-manual.html: user-manual.xml - xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@ $(XSLT) $< + $(QUIET_XSLTPROC)xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@ $(XSLT) $< git.info: user-manual.texi - $(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi + $(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml - $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout | \ - $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl >$@+ + $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout >$@++ && \ + $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl <$@++ >$@+ && \ + rm $@++ && \ mv $@+ $@ user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml - $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< + $(QUIET_DBLATEX)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< && \ mv $@+ $@ gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl - $(RM) $@+ $@ + $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \ - --to-stdout $(xml);)) | $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ >$@+ + --to-stdout $(xml) &&) true) > $@++ && \ + $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ <$@++ >$@+ && \ + rm $@++ && \ mv $@+ $@ gitman.info: gitman.texi - $(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi + $(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi $(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml - $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $*.xml >$@+ + $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $*.xml >$@+ && \ mv $@+ $@ howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) - $(RM) $@+ $@ - sh ./howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) >$@+ + $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) >$@+ && \ mv $@+ $@ $(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt - $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 $*.txt + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -b xhtml11 $*.txt WEBDOC_DEST = /pub/software/scm/git/docs $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard howto/*.txt)): %.html : %.txt - $(RM) $@+ $@ - sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 - >$@+ + $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \ + sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | $(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -b xhtml11 - >$@+ && \ mv $@+ $@ install-webdoc : html - sh ./install-webdoc.sh $(WEBDOC_DEST) + '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(WEBDOC_DEST) quick-install: quick-install-man quick-install-man: - sh ./install-doc-quick.sh $(DOC_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir) + '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(DOC_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir) quick-install-html: - sh ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) + '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) .PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2400b72ef7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +GIT v1.6.3.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.3 +------------------ + +* "git checkout -b new-branch" with a staged change in the index + incorrectly primed the in-index cache-tree, resulting a wrong tree + object to be written out of the index. This is a grave regression + since the last 1.6.2.X maintenance release. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b2f3f0293c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +GIT v1.6.3.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.3.1 +-------------------- + + * A few codepaths picked up the first few bytes from an sha1[] by + casting the (char *) pointer to (int *); GCC 4.4 did not like this, + and aborted compilation. + + * Some unlink(2) failures went undiagnosed. + + * The "recursive" merge strategy misbehaved when faced rename/delete + conflicts while coming up with an intermediate merge base. + + * The low-level merge algorithm did not handle a degenerate case of + merging a file with itself using itself as the common ancestor + gracefully. It should produce the file itself, but instead + produced an empty result. + + * GIT_TRACE mechanism segfaulted when tracing a shell-quoted aliases. + + * OpenBSD also uses st_ctimspec in "struct stat", instead of "st_ctim". + + * With NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS, "make install" can be told not to + create hardlinks between $(gitexecdir)/git-$builtin_commands and + $(bindir)/git. + + * command completion code in bash did not reliably detect that we are + in a bare repository. + + * "git add ." in an empty directory complained that pathspec "." did not + match anything, which may be technically correct, but not useful. We + silently make it a no-op now. + + * "git add -p" (and "patch" action in "git add -i") was broken when + the first hunk that adds a line at the top was split into two and + both halves are marked to be used. + + * "git blame path" misbehaved at the commit where path became file + from a directory with some files in it. + + * "git for-each-ref" had a segfaulting bug when dealing with a tag object + created by an ancient git. + + * "git format-patch -k" still added patch numbers if format.numbered + configuration was set. + + * "git grep --color ''" did not terminate. The command also had + subtle bugs with its -w option. + + * http-push had a small use-after-free bug. + + * "git push" was converting OFS_DELTA pack representation into less + efficient REF_DELTA representation unconditionally upon transfer, + making the transferred data unnecessarily larger. + + * "git remote show origin" segfaulted when origin was still empty. + +Many other general usability updates around help text, diagnostic messages +and documentation are included as well. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1c28398bb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +GIT v1.6.3.3 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.3.2 +-------------------- + + * "git archive" running on Cygwin can get stuck in an infinite loop. + + * "git daemon" did not correctly parse the initial line that carries + virtual host request information. + + * "git diff --textconv" leaked memory badly when the textconv filter + errored out. + + * The built-in regular expressions to pick function names to put on + hunk header lines for java and objc were very inefficiently written. + + * in certain error situations git-fetch (and git-clone) on Windows didn't + detect connection abort and ended up waiting indefinitely. + + * import-tars script (in contrib) did not import symbolic links correctly. + + * http.c used CURLOPT_SSLKEY even on libcURL version 7.9.2, even though + it was only available starting 7.9.3. + + * low-level filelevel merge driver used return value from strdup() + without checking if we ran out of memory. + + * "git rebase -i" left stray closing parenthesis in its reflog message. + + * "git remote show" did not show all the URLs associated with the named + remote, even though "git remote -v" did. Made them consistent by + making the former show all URLs. + + * "whitespace" attribute that is set was meant to detect all errors known + to git, but it told git to ignore trailing carriage-returns. + +Includes other documentation fixes. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cad461bc76 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +GIT v1.6.3.4 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.3.3 +-------------------- + + * "git add --no-ignore-errors" did not override configured + add.ignore-errors configuration. + + * "git apply --whitespace=fix" did not fix trailing whitespace on an + incomplete line. + + * "git branch" opened too many commit objects unnecessarily. + + * "git checkout -f $commit" with a path that is a file (or a symlink) in + the work tree to a commit that has a directory at the path issued an + unnecessary error message. + + * "git diff -c/--cc" was very inefficient in coalescing the removed lines + shared between parents. + + * "git diff -c/--cc" showed removed lines at the beginning of a file + incorrectly. + + * "git remote show nickname" did not honor configured + remote.nickname.uploadpack when inspecting the branches at the remote. + + * "git request-pull" when talking to the terminal for a preview + showed some of the output in the pager. + + * "git request-pull start nickname [end]" did not honor configured + remote.nickname.uploadpack when it ran git-ls-remote against the remote + repository to learn the current tip of branches. + +Includes other documentation updates and minor fixes. + diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..418c685cf8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@ +GIT v1.6.3 Release Notes +======================== + +With the next major release, "git push" into a branch that is +currently checked out will be refused by default. You can choose +what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration +variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving repository. + +To ease the transition plan, the receiving repository of such a +push running this release will issue a big warning when the +configuration variable is missing. Please refer to: + + http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare + http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007 + +for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the +transition plan. + +For a similar reason, "git push $there :$killed" to delete the branch +$killed in a remote repository $there, if $killed branch is the current +branch pointed at by its HEAD, gets a large warning. You can choose what +should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration variable +receive.denyDeleteCurrent in the receiving repository. + +When the user does not tell "git push" what to push, it has always +pushed matching refs. For some people it is unexpected, and a new +configuration variable push.default has been introduced to allow +changing a different default behaviour. To advertise the new feature, +a big warning is issued if this is not configured and a git push without +arguments is attempted. + + +Updates since v1.6.2 +-------------------- + +(subsystems) + +* various git-svn updates. + +* git-gui updates, including an update to Russian translation, and a + fix to an infinite loop when showing an empty diff. + +* gitk updates, including an update to Russian translation and improved Windows + support. + +(performance) + +* many uses of lstat(2) in the codepath for "git checkout" have been + optimized out. + +(usability, bells and whistles) + +* Boolean configuration variable yes/no can be written as on/off. + +* rsync:/path/to/repo can be used to run git over rsync for local + repositories. It may not be useful in practice; meant primarily for + testing. + +* http transport learned to prompt and use password when fetching from or + pushing to http://user@host.xz/ URL. + +* (msysgit) progress output that is sent over the sideband protocol can + be handled appropriately in Windows console. + +* "--pretty=<style>" option to the log family of commands can now be + spelled as "--format=<style>". In addition, --format=%formatstring + is a short-hand for --pretty=tformat:%formatstring. + +* "--oneline" is a synonym for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit". + +* "--graph" to the "git log" family can draw the commit ancestry graph + in colors. + +* If you realize that you botched the patch when you are editing hunks + with the 'edit' action in git-add -i/-p, you can abort the editor to + tell git not to apply it. + +* @{-1} is a new way to refer to the last branch you were on introduced in + 1.6.2, but the initial implementation did not teach this to a few + commands. Now the syntax works with "branch -m @{-1} newname". + +* git-archive learned --output=<file> option. + +* git-archive takes attributes from the tree being archived; strictly + speaking, this is an incompatible behaviour change, but is a good one. + Use --worktree-attributes option to allow it to read attributes from + the work tree as before (deprecated git-tar tree command always reads + attributes from the work tree). + +* git-bisect shows not just the number of remaining commits whose goodness + is unknown, but also shows the estimated number of remaining rounds. + +* You can give --date=<format> option to git-blame. + +* "git-branch -r" shows HEAD symref that points at a remote branch in + interest of each tracked remote repository. + +* "git-branch -v -v" is a new way to get list of names for branches and the + "upstream" branch for them. + +* git-config learned -e option to open an editor to edit the config file + directly. + +* git-clone runs post-checkout hook when run without --no-checkout. + +* git-difftool is now part of the officially supported command, primarily + maintained by David Aguilar. + +* git-for-each-ref learned a new "upstream" token. + +* git-format-patch can be told to use attachment with a new configuration, + format.attach. + +* git-format-patch can be told to produce deep or shallow message threads. + +* git-format-patch can be told to always add sign-off with a configuration + variable. + +* git-format-patch learned format.headers configuration to add extra + header fields to the output. This behaviour is similar to the existing + --add-header=<header> option of the command. + +* git-format-patch gives human readable names to the attached files, when + told to send patches as attachments. + +* git-grep learned to highlight the found substrings in color. + +* git-imap-send learned to work around Thunderbird's inability to easily + disable format=flowed with a new configuration, imap.preformattedHTML. + +* git-rebase can be told to rebase the series even if your branch is a + descendant of the commit you are rebasing onto with --force-rebase + option. + +* git-rebase can be told to report diffstat with the --stat option. + +* Output from git-remote command has been vastly improved. + +* "git remote update --prune $remote" updates from the named remote and + then prunes stale tracking branches. + +* git-send-email learned --confirm option to review the Cc: list before + sending the messages out. + +(developers) + +* Test scripts can be run under valgrind. + +* Test scripts can be run with installed git. + +* Makefile learned 'coverage' option to run the test suites with + coverage tracking enabled. + +* Building the manpages with docbook-xsl between 1.69.1 and 1.71.1 now + requires setting DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP to work around a docbook-xsl bug. + This workaround used to be enabled by default, but causes problems + with newer versions of docbook-xsl. In addition, there are a few more + knobs you can tweak to work around issues with various versions of the + docbook-xsl package. See comments in Documentation/Makefile for details. + +* Support for building and testing a subset of git on a system without a + working perl has been improved. + + +Fixes since v1.6.2 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.6.2.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + +Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to +v1.6.2.X series. + +* "git-apply" rejected a patch that swaps two files (i.e. renames A to B + and B to A at the same time). May need to be backported by cherry + picking d8c81df and then 7fac0ee). + +* The initial checkout did not read the attributes from the .gitattribute + file that is being checked out. + +* git-gc spent excessive amount of time to decide if an object appears + in a locally existing pack (if needed, backport by merging 69e020a). diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 9b559adefc..76fc84d878 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): - check for unnecessary whitespace with "git diff --check" before committing - do not check in commented out code or unneeded files - - provide a meaningful commit message - the first line of the commit message should be a short description and should skip the full stop + - the body should provide a meaningful commit message, which: + - uses the imperative, present tense: "change", + not "changed" or "changes". + - includes motivation for the change, and contrasts + its implementation with previous behaviour - if you want your work included in git.git, add a "Signed-off-by: Your Name <you@example.com>" line to the commit message (or just use the option "-s" when @@ -62,6 +66,14 @@ Describe the technical detail of the change(s). If your description starts to get too long, that's a sign that you probably need to split up your commit to finer grained pieces. +That being said, patches which plainly describe the things that +help reviewers check the patch, and future maintainers understand +the code, are the most beautiful patches. Descriptions that summarise +the point in the subject well, and describe the motivation for the +change, the approach taken by the change, and if relevant how this +differs substantially from the prior version, can be found on Usenet +archives back into the late 80's. Consider it like good Netiquette, +but for code. Oh, another thing. I am picky about whitespaces. Make sure your changes do not trigger errors with the sample pre-commit hook shipped @@ -491,6 +503,12 @@ message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send. Gmail ----- +GMail does not appear to have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web +interface, so this will mangle any emails that you send. You can however +use any IMAP email client to connect to the google imap server, and forward +the emails through that. Just make sure to disable line wrapping in that +email client. Alternatively, use "git send-email" instead. + Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: @@ -503,6 +521,9 @@ account settings: port = 993 sslverify = false +You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error +that the "Folder doesn't exist". + Next, ensure that your Gmail settings are correct. In "Settings" the "Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages" should be checked. @@ -513,3 +534,4 @@ command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts folder. Go to your Gmail account, open the Drafts folder, find the patch email, fill in the To: and CC: fields and send away! + diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf index 1e735df3bb..87a90f2c3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf +++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ caret=^ startsb=[ endsb=] tilde=~ +backtick=` ifdef::backend-docbook[] [linkgit-inlinemacro] @@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ ifdef::backend-docbook[] endif::backend-docbook[] ifdef::backend-docbook[] -ifndef::docbook-xsl-172[] +ifndef::git-asciidoc-no-roff[] # "unbreak" docbook-xsl v1.68 for manpages. v1.69 works with or without this. # v1.72 breaks with this because it replaces dots not in roff requests. [listingblock] @@ -42,16 +43,16 @@ ifdef::doctype-manpage[] endif::doctype-manpage[] </literallayout> {title#}</example> -endif::docbook-xsl-172[] +endif::git-asciidoc-no-roff[] -ifdef::docbook-xsl-172[] +ifdef::git-asciidoc-no-roff[] ifdef::doctype-manpage[] # The following two small workarounds insert a simple paragraph after screen [listingblock] <example><title>{title}</title> -<screen> +<literallayout> | -</screen><simpara></simpara> +</literallayout><simpara></simpara> {title#}</example> [verseblock] @@ -59,10 +60,11 @@ ifdef::doctype-manpage[] {title%}<literallayout{id? id="{id}"}> {title#}<literallayout> | -</literallayout><simpara></simpara> +</literallayout> {title#}</para></formalpara> +{title%}<simpara></simpara> endif::doctype-manpage[] -endif::docbook-xsl-172[] +endif::git-asciidoc-no-roff[] endif::backend-docbook[] ifdef::doctype-manpage[] diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 26cfb62195..1625ffce6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>. tree copy has the contents of the named file (specify `-` to make the command read from the standard input). +--date <format>:: + The value is one of the following alternatives: + {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}. If --date is not + provided, the value of the blame.date config variable is + used. If the blame.date config variable is also not set, the + iso format is used. For more information, See the discussion + of the --date option at linkgit:git-log[1]. + -M|<num>|:: Detect moving lines in the file as well. When a commit moves a block of lines in a file (e.g. the original file diff --git a/Documentation/callouts.xsl b/Documentation/callouts.xsl deleted file mode 100644 index 6a361a2136..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/callouts.xsl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -<!-- callout.xsl: converts asciidoc callouts to man page format --> -<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> -<xsl:template match="co"> - <xsl:value-of select="concat('\fB(',substring-after(@id,'-'),')\fR')"/> -</xsl:template> -<xsl:template match="calloutlist"> - <xsl:text>.sp </xsl:text> - <xsl:apply-templates/> - <xsl:text> </xsl:text> -</xsl:template> -<xsl:template match="callout"> - <xsl:value-of select="concat('\fB',substring-after(@arearefs,'-'),'. \fR')"/> - <xsl:apply-templates/> - <xsl:text>.br </xsl:text> -</xsl:template> - -<!-- sorry, this is not about callouts, but attempts to work around - spurious .sp at the tail of the line docbook stylesheets seem to add --> -<xsl:template match="simpara"> - <xsl:variable name="content"> - <xsl:apply-templates/> - </xsl:variable> - <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($content)"/> - <xsl:if test="not(ancestor::authorblurb) and - not(ancestor::personblurb)"> - <xsl:text> </xsl:text> - </xsl:if> -</xsl:template> - -</xsl:stylesheet> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 6af58ff3aa..ae0e5db50c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ CONFIGURATION FILE ------------------ The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect -the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository -is used to store the information for that repository, and -`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give -fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` -can be used to store system-wide defaults. - -They can be used by both the git plumbing -and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where -in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last +the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository +is used to store the configuration for that repository, and +`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as +fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` +can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. + +The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing +and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein +the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times. @@ -25,35 +25,35 @@ blank lines are ignored. The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric -characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable -must belong to some section, which means that there must be section -header before first setting of a variable. +characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable +must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section +header before the first setting of a variable. Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name, -in the section header, like in example below: +in the section header, like in the example below: -------- [section "subsection"] -------- -Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote -'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`', -respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple +Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except +newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`, +respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't need to. -There is also (case insensitive) alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. -In this syntax subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section -name. +There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. +In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section +names. All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric -characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value +characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued. Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. @@ -61,26 +61,26 @@ Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim. The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no, -0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, when +0/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier; 'git-config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false". String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes. -You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to -preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains -beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';'). -Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must -be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'. - -The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized: -'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) -and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal +You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to +preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains +comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';'). +Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must +be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`. + +The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized: +`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) +and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal char sequences are valid. -Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the +Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the customary UNIX fashion. -Some variables may require special value format. +Some variables may require a special value format. Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ core.gitProxy:: Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable (which always applies universally, without the special "for" handling). ++ +The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to +specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern. +This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from +proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. core.ignoreStat:: If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index @@ -384,9 +389,9 @@ core.pager:: to override git's default settings this way, you need to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` - to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the + to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the shell by git, which will translate the final command to - "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`". + `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`. core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to @@ -424,6 +429,20 @@ relatively high IO latencies. With this set to 'true', git will do the index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing overlapping IO's. +core.createObject:: + You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by + a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation + will not overwrite existing objects. ++ +On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable. +Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the +check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. + +add.ignore-errors:: + Tells 'git-add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be + added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' + option of linkgit:git-add[1]. + alias.*:: Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation @@ -437,7 +456,9 @@ If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command -"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". +"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be +executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may +not necessarily be the current directory. apply.whitespace:: Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way @@ -470,10 +491,14 @@ branch.autosetuprebase:: This option defaults to never. branch.<name>.remote:: - When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' which remote to fetch. - If this option is not given, 'git-fetch' defaults to remote "origin". + When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' and 'git-push' which + remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is + configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch. branch.<name>.merge:: + Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch + for the given branch. It tells 'git-fetch'/'git-pull' which + branch to merge and can also affect 'git-push' (see push.default). When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' the default refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a @@ -550,6 +575,25 @@ color.diff.<slot>:: whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. +color.grep:: + When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or + `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only + when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. + +color.grep.external:: + The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep' + command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned + on. If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all, + turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default. + For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even + when a pager is used. + +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'. + color.interactive:: When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive"). @@ -641,6 +685,27 @@ diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space before each empty output line. Defaults to false. +diff.tool:: + Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides + `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has + the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge" + and plus "kompare". + +difftool.<tool>.path:: + Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case + your tool is not in the PATH. + +difftool.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool. + The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following + variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary + file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE' + is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents + of the diff post-image. + +difftool.prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. + diff.wordRegex:: A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word" when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character @@ -658,6 +723,13 @@ fetch.unpackLimit:: especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. +format.attach:: + Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for + 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string + which will enable attachments as the default and set the + value as the boundary. See the --attach option in + linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + format.numbered:: A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there @@ -669,6 +741,14 @@ format.headers:: Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. +format.cc:: + Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted + by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + +format.subjectprefix:: + The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]' + subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix. + format.suffix:: The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to @@ -679,6 +759,23 @@ format.pretty:: See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. +format.thread:: + The default threading style for 'git-format-patch'. Can be + either a boolean value, `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` + threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, + where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the + `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. + `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. + A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false + value disables threading. + +format.signoff:: + A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of + format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a + patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have + the rights to submit this work under the same open source license. + Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion. + gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults @@ -1153,7 +1250,7 @@ pager.<cmd>:: particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for - all commands, set `core.pager` or 'GIT_PAGER' to "`cat`". + all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`. pull.octopus:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches @@ -1162,6 +1259,23 @@ pull.octopus:: pull.twohead:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch. +push.default:: + Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given + on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and + no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command + line. Possible values are: ++ +* `nothing` do not push anything. +* `matching` push all matching branches. + All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be + matching. This is the default. +* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch. +* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name. + +rebase.stat:: + Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last + rebase. False by default. + receive.fsckObjects:: If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a diff --git a/Documentation/docbook-xsl.css b/Documentation/docbook-xsl.css index b878b385c6..e11c8f053a 100644 --- a/Documentation/docbook-xsl.css +++ b/Documentation/docbook-xsl.css @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ body blockquote { html body { margin: 1em 5% 1em 5%; line-height: 1.2; + font-family: sans-serif; } body div { @@ -128,6 +129,15 @@ body pre { tt.literal, code.literal { color: navy; + font-family: sans-serif; +} + +code.literal:before { content: "'"; } +code.literal:after { content: "'"; } + +em { + font-style: italic; + color: #064; } div.literallayout p { @@ -137,7 +147,6 @@ div.literallayout p { div.literallayout { font-family: monospace; -# margin: 0.5em 10% 0.5em 1em; margin: 0em; color: navy; border: 1px solid silver; @@ -187,7 +196,8 @@ dt { } dt span.term { - font-style: italic; + font-style: normal; + color: navy; } div.variablelist dd p { diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index ad38f7f39d..bc132c87e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>] + [--output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes] [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish> [path...] @@ -47,6 +48,12 @@ OPTIONS --prefix=<prefix>/:: Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive. +--output=<file>:: + Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout. + +--worktree-attributes:: + Look for attributes in .gitattributes in working directory too. + <extra>:: This can be any options that the archiver backend understands. See next section. diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index e5862b9dbb..ffc02c737c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ If you have a script that can tell if the current source code is good or bad, you can bisect by issuing the command: ------------ -$ git bisect run my_script +$ git bisect run my_script arguments ------------ Note that the script (`my_script` in the above example) should @@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ $ git bisect start HEAD v1.2 -- # HEAD is bad, v1.2 is good $ git bisect run make # "make" builds the app ------------ +* Automatically bisect a test failure between origin and HEAD: ++ +------------ +$ git bisect start HEAD origin -- # HEAD is bad, origin is good +$ git bisect run make test # "make test" builds and tests +------------ + * Automatically bisect a broken test suite: + ------------ @@ -296,6 +303,15 @@ It is safer if both "test.sh" and "check_test_case.sh" scripts are outside the repository to prevent interactions between the bisect, make and test processes and the scripts. +* Automatically bisect a broken test suite: ++ +------------ +$ git bisect start HEAD HEAD~10 -- # culprit is among the last 10 +$ git bisect run sh -c "make || exit 125; ~/check_test_case.sh" +------------ ++ +Does the same as the previous example, but on a single line. + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 7f7b781f24..cbd4275871 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ OPTIONS based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}". -f:: - Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting - a branch that already exists with the same name. + Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists + already. Without `-f` 'git-branch' refuses to change an existing branch. -m:: Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog. @@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ OPTIONS -v:: --verbose:: - Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head. + Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with + relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print + the name of the upstream branch, as well. --abbrev=<length>:: Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing. @@ -110,19 +112,22 @@ OPTIONS Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them. --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up the configuration so that 'git-pull' - will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be - a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch - into the new branch, and if you do not want to use "git pull - <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default - when the start point is a remote branch. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want - '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 branch. + When creating a new branch, set up configuration to mark the + start-point branch as "upstream" from 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 branch. +Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you +want `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 branch. --no-track:: - Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable. + Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true. --contains <commit>:: Only list branches which contain the specified commit. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index b191276d7a..58c8d65772 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object> -'git cat-file' [--batch | --batch-check] < <list-of-objects> +'git cat-file' (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>) <object> +'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 171b68377d..c1ce26884e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-check-ref-format - Ensures that a reference name is well formed SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git check-ref-format' <refname> +'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -30,7 +32,11 @@ imposes the following rules on how references are named: caret `{caret}`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`, or open bracket `[` anywhere. -. They cannot end with a slash `/`. +. They cannot end with a slash `/` nor a dot `.`. + +. They cannot end with the sequence `.lock`. + +. They cannot contain a sequence `@{`. These rules make it easy for shell script based tools to parse reference names, pathname expansion by the shell when a reference name is used @@ -49,6 +55,18 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]): It may also be used to select a specific object such as with 'git-cat-file': "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". +. at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry. + +With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and +prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to. + +EXAMPLE +------- + +git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}:: + +Print the name of the previous branch. + GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 132fc4faa5..ad4b31e892 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -8,28 +8,28 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [--track | --no-track] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION ----------- When <paths> are not given, this command switches branches by -updating the index and working tree to reflect the specified -branch, <branch>, and updating HEAD to be <branch> or, if -specified, <new_branch>. Using -b will cause <new_branch> to -be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track -options, which will be passed to `git branch`. +updating the index, working tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified +branch. -As a convenience, --track will default to create a branch whose -name is constructed from the specified branch name by stripping -the first namespace level. +If `-b` is given, a new branch is created and checked out, as if +linkgit:git-branch[1] were called; in this case you can +use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to `git +branch`. As a convenience, --track without `-b` implies branch +creation; see the description of --track below. When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from the index file, or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In -this case, the `-b` options is meaningless and giving -either of them results in an error. <tree-ish> argument can be +this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving +either of them results in an error. The <tree-ish> argument can be used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given paths before updating the working tree. @@ -62,27 +62,16 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. -b:: Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at - <branch>. The new branch name must pass all checks defined - by linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks - may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. + <start_point>; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. -t:: --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that 'git-pull' - will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be - a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch - into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull - <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default - when the start point is a remote branch. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want - '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 branch. + When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. See + "--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + -If no '-b' option was given, the name of the new branch will be -derived from the remote branch, by attempting to guess the name -of the branch on remote system. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" -are prefixed, it is stripped away, and then the part up to the +If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be +derived from the remote branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" +is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed. This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching off of "origin/hack" (or "remotes/origin/hack", or even @@ -91,12 +80,12 @@ guessing results in an empty name, the guessing is aborted. You can explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case. --no-track:: - Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable. + Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true. -l:: - Create the new branch's reflog. This activates recording of - all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date - based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}". + Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for + details. -m:: --merge:: @@ -124,23 +113,28 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by "merge" style, shows the original contents). +<branch>:: + Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, + when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that + branch is checked out. Otherwise, if it refers to a valid + commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on + any branch (see below for details). ++ +As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch +checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify +`-` which is synonymous with `"@\{-1\}"`. + <new_branch>:: Name for the new branch. +<start_point>:: + The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see + linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to HEAD. + <tree-ish>:: Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified, the index will be used. -<branch>:: - Branch to checkout (when no paths are given); may be any object - ID that resolves to a commit. Defaults to HEAD. -+ -When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object), -your HEAD becomes 'detached'. -+ -As a special case, the "`@\{-N\}`" syntax for the N-th last branch -checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify -"`-`" which is synonymous with "`@\{-1\}`". Detached HEAD @@ -156,12 +150,12 @@ $ git checkout v2.6.18 ------------ Earlier versions of git did not allow this and asked you to -create a temporary branch using `-b` option, but starting from +create a temporary branch using the `-b` option, but starting from version 1.5.0, the above command 'detaches' your HEAD from the -current branch and directly point at the commit named by the tag -(`v2.6.18` in the above example). +current branch and directly points at the commit named by the tag +(`v2.6.18` in the example above). -You can use usual git commands while in this state. You can use +You can use all git commands while in this state. You can use `git reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for example. You can make changes and create a new commit on top of a detached HEAD. You can even create a merge by using `git @@ -206,7 +200,7 @@ You should instead write: $ git checkout -- hello.c ------------ -. After working in a wrong branch, switching to the correct +. After working in the wrong branch, switching to the correct branch would be done using: + ------------ @@ -214,7 +208,7 @@ $ git checkout mytopic ------------ + However, your "wrong" branch and correct "mytopic" branch may -differ in files that you have locally modified, in which case, +differ in files that you have modified locally, in which case the above checkout would fail like this: + ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 8a114509f4..be894af39f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -12,14 +12,17 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Removes files unknown to git. This allows to clean the working tree -from files that are not under version control. If the '-x' option is -specified, ignored files are also removed, allowing to remove all -build products. + +Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not +under version control, starting from the current directory. + +Normally, only files unknown to git are removed, but if the '-x' +option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for +example, be useful to remove all build products. + If any optional `<path>...` arguments are given, only those paths are affected. - OPTIONS ------- -d:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 4072f40d7a..b14de6c407 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt. part of the source repository is used if no directory is explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory - is not allowed. + is only allowed if the directory is empty. :git-clone: 1 include::urls.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 6ab2af4b61..f68b198205 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value -'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name value [value_regex] 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list '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 ----------- @@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ OPTIONS --add:: Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing - values. This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex. + values. This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex + in `--replace-all`. --get:: Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex @@ -154,13 +156,18 @@ See also <<FILES>>. 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 output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if there is no color configured for `name`. +-e:: +--edit:: + Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either + '--system', '--global', or repository (default). + [[FILES]] FILES ----- diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index 8f9ba74c8b..614e769f4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ repository, or incrementally import into an existing one. Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'. At least version 2.1 is required. +*WARNING:* for certain situations the import leads to incorrect results. +Please see the section <<issues,ISSUES>> for further reference. + You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are created by 'git-cvsimport'. By default initial import will create and populate a "master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free @@ -164,6 +167,39 @@ If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing. Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with a zero exit status. +[[issues]] +ISSUES +------ +Problems related to timestamps: + + * If timestamps of commits in the cvs repository are not stable enough + to be used for ordering commits changes may show up in the wrong + order. + * If any files were ever "cvs import"ed more than once (e.g., import of + more than one vendor release) the HEAD contains the wrong content. + * If the timestamp order of different files cross the revision order + within the commit matching time window the order of commits may be + wrong. + +Problems related to branches: + + * Branches on which no commits have been made are not imported. + * All files from the branching point are added to a branch even if + never added in cvs. + * This applies to files added to the source branch *after* a daughter + branch was created: if previously no commit was made on the daughter + branch they will erroneously be added to the daughter branch in git. + +Problems related to tags: + +* Multiple tags on the same revision are not imported. + +If you suspect that any of these issues may apply to the repository you +want to import consider using these alternative tools which proved to be +more stable in practice: + +* cvs2git (part of cvs2svn), `http://cvs2svn.tigris.org` +* parsecvs, `http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/parsecvs` Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..15b247bab4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +git-difftool(1) +=============== + +NAME +---- +git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git difftool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<'git diff' options>] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +'git-difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files +between revisions using common diff tools. 'git difftool' is a frontend +to 'git-diff' and accepts the same options and arguments. + +OPTIONS +------- +-y:: +--no-prompt:: + Do not prompt before launching a diff tool. + +--prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. + This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to + override any configuration settings. + +-t <tool>:: +--tool=<tool>:: + Use the diff tool specified by <tool>. + Valid merge tools are: + kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, + ecmerge, diffuse and opendiff ++ +If a diff tool is not specified, 'git-difftool' +will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`. If the +configuration variable `diff.tool` is not set, 'git-difftool' +will pick a suitable default. ++ +You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the +configuration variable `difftool.<tool>.path`. For example, you +can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting +`difftool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, 'git-difftool' assumes the +tool is available in PATH. ++ +Instead of running one of the known diff tools, +'git-difftool' can be customized to run an alternative program +by specifying the command line to invoke in a configuration +variable `difftool.<tool>.cmd`. ++ +When 'git-difftool' is invoked with this tool (either through the +`-t` or `--tool` option or the `diff.tool` configuration variable) +the configured command line will be invoked with the following +variables available: `$LOCAL` is set to the name of the temporary +file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and `$REMOTE` +is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents +of the diff post-image. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility +with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`. + +See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options. + +CONFIG VARIABLES +---------------- +'git-difftool' falls back to 'git-mergetool' config variables when the +difftool equivalents have not been defined. + +diff.tool:: + The default diff tool to use. + +difftool.<tool>.path:: + Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case + your tool is not in the PATH. + +difftool.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool. ++ +See the `--tool=<tool>` option above for more details. + +difftool.prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-diff[1]:: + Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc + +linkgit:git-mergetool[1]:: + Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts + +linkgit:git-config[1]:: + Get and set repository or global options + + +AUTHOR +------ +Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>. + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index c1193953a1..ab527b5b31 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ OPTIONS --index-filter <command>:: This is the filter for rewriting the index. It is similar to the tree filter but does not check out the tree, which makes it much - faster. For hairy cases, see linkgit:git-update-index[1]. + faster. Frequently used with `git rm \--cached + \--ignore-unmatch ...`, see EXAMPLES below. For hairy + cases, see linkgit:git-update-index[1]. --parent-filter <command>:: This is the filter for rewriting the commit's parent list. @@ -207,19 +209,18 @@ However, if the file is absent from the tree of some commit, a simple `rm filename` will fail for that tree and commit. Thus you may instead want to use `rm -f filename` as the script. -A significantly faster version: +Using `\--index-filter` with 'git-rm' yields a significantly faster +version. Like with using `rm filename`, `git rm --cached filename` +will fail if the file is absent from the tree of a commit. If you +want to "completely forget" a file, it does not matter when it entered +history, so we also add `\--ignore-unmatch`: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached filename' HEAD +git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch filename' HEAD -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in HEAD. -As with using `rm filename`, `git rm --cached filename` will fail -if the file is absent from the tree of a commit. If it is not important -whether the file is already absent from the tree, you can use -`git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch filename` instead. - To rewrite the repository to look as if `foodir/` had been its project root, and discard all other history: diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 5061d3e4e7..8dc873fd44 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ For all objects, the following names can be used: 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. objecttype:: The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`). @@ -85,6 +87,11 @@ objectsize:: objectname:: The object name (aka SHA-1). +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. + 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. diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 3c29655d75..6f1fc80119 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git format-patch' [-k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread] - [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]] - [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>] +'git format-patch' [-k] [(-o|--output-directory) <dir> | --stdout] + [--thread[=<style>]] + [(--attach|--inline)[=<boundary>] | --no-attach] + [-s | --signoff] [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>] @@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] [--cc=<email>] [--cover-letter] + [<common diff options>] [ <since> | <revision range> ] DESCRIPTION @@ -112,15 +114,27 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] which is the commit message and the patch itself in the second part, with "Content-Disposition: attachment". +--no-attach:: + Disable the creation of an attachment, overriding the + configuration setting. + --inline[=<boundary>]:: Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of which is the commit message and the patch itself in the second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline". ---thread:: +--thread[=<style>]:: Add In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the first. Also generates the Message-Id header to reference. ++ +The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`. +'shallow' threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the +series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the +`\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. 'deep' +threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. If not +specified, defaults to the 'format.thread' configuration, or `shallow` +if that is not set. --in-reply-to=Message-Id:: Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a @@ -144,6 +158,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] Add a "Cc:" header to the email headers. This is in addition to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times. +--add-header=<header>:: + Add an arbitrary header to the email headers. This is in addition + to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times. + For example, --add-header="Organization: git-foo" + --cover-letter:: In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can @@ -152,18 +171,17 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --suffix=.<sfx>:: Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated filenames, use specified suffix. A common alternative is - `--suffix=.txt`. + `--suffix=.txt`. Leaving this empty will remove the `.patch` + suffix. + -Note that you would need to include the leading dot `.` if you -want a filename like `0001-description-of-my-change.patch`, and -the first letter does not have to be a dot. Leaving it empty would -not add any suffix. +Note that the leading character does not have to be a dot; for example, +you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`. --no-binary:: - Don't output contents of changes in binary files, just take note - that they differ. Note that this disable the patch to be properly - applied. By default the contents of changes in those files are - encoded in the patch. + Do not output contents of changes in binary files, instead + display a notice that those files changed. Patches generated + using this option cannot be applied properly, but they are + still useful for code review. --root:: Treat the revision argument as a <revision range>, even if it @@ -174,9 +192,10 @@ not add any suffix. CONFIGURATION ------------- -You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message -in the repository configuration, new defaults for the subject prefix -and file suffix, and number patches when outputting more than one. +You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message, +defaults for the subject prefix and file suffix, number patches when +outputting more than one patch, add "Cc:" headers, configure attachments, +and sign off patches with configuration variables. ------------ [format] @@ -185,6 +204,8 @@ and file suffix, and number patches when outputting more than one. suffix = .txt numbered = auto cc = <email> + attach [ = mime-boundary-string ] + signoff = true ------------ @@ -222,8 +243,8 @@ $ git format-patch -M -B origin + Additionally, it detects and handles renames and complete rewrites intelligently to produce a renaming patch. A renaming patch reduces -the amount of text output, and generally makes it easier to review it. -Note that the "patch" program does not understand renaming patches, so +the amount of text output, and generally makes it easier to review. +Note that non-git "patch" programs won't understand renaming patches, so use it only when you know the recipient uses git to apply your patch. * Extract three topmost commits from the current branch and format them diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 553da6cbb1..fccb82deb4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match] [-z | --null] [-c | --count] [--all-match] + [--color | --no-color] [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...] @@ -105,6 +106,13 @@ OPTIONS Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of lines that match. +--color:: + Show colored matches. + +--no-color:: + Turn off match highlighting, even when the configuration file + gives the default to color output. + -[ABC] <context>:: Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B` -- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index eed50572e0..d016dafd49 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ imap.sslverify:: used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is `true`. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set. +imap.preformattedHTML:: + A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending + a patch. An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre> + and have a content type of text/html. Ironically, enabling this + option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text, + format=fixed email. Default is `false`. + Examples ~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index f7be5846a6..c04ae739ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] include::merge-strategies.txt[] -If you tried a merge which resulted in a complex conflicts and -would want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'. +If you tried a merge which resulted in complex conflicts and +want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'. CONFIGURATION ------------- @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified. ------------ The area where a pair of conflicting changes happened is marked with markers -"`<<<<<<<`", "`=======`", and "`>>>>>>>`". The part before the "`=======`" +`<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>`. The part before the `=======` is typically your side, and the part afterwards is typically their side. The default format does not show what the original said in the conflicting @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ Git makes conflict resolution easy. And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified. ------------ -In addition to the "`<<<<<<<`", "`=======`", and "`>>>>>>>`" markers, it uses -another "`|||||||`" marker that is followed by the original text. You can +In addition to the `<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>` markers, it uses +another `|||||||` marker that is followed by the original text. You can tell that the original just stated a fact, and your side simply gave in to that statement and gave up, while the other side tried to have a more positive attitude. You can sometimes come up with a better resolution by diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..78eb03f0ae --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +git-mergetool--lib(1) +===================== + +NAME +---- +git-mergetool--lib - Common git merge tool shell scriptlets + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"' + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. +This documentation is meant for people who are studying the +Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones. + +The 'git-mergetool--lib' scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using +`.`) by other shell scripts to set up functions for working +with git merge tools. + +Before sourcing 'git-mergetool--lib', your script must set `TOOL_MODE` +to define the operation mode for the functions listed below. +'diff' and 'merge' are valid values. + +FUNCTIONS +--------- +get_merge_tool:: + returns a merge tool. + +get_merge_tool_cmd:: + returns the custom command for a merge tool. + +get_merge_tool_path:: + returns the custom path for a merge tool. + +run_merge_tool:: + launches a merge tool given the tool name and a true/false + flag to indicate whether a merge base is present. + '$MERGED', '$LOCAL', '$REMOTE', and '$BASE' must be defined + for use by the merge tool. + +Author +------ +Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 5d3c632872..ff9700d17a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ OPTIONS --tool=<tool>:: Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>. Valid merge tools are: - kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, and opendiff + kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, + diffuse, tortoisemerge and opendiff + If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git-mergetool' will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt index 477785e134..253fc0fc25 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ IOW, you can use this thing to look for likely duplicate commits. When dealing with 'git-diff-tree' output, it takes advantage of the fact that the patch is prefixed with the object name of the -commit, and outputs two 40-byte hexadecimal string. The first +commit, and outputs two 40-byte hexadecimal strings. The first string is the patch ID, and the second string is the commit ID. This can be used to make a mapping from patch ID to commit ID. diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 4e7e5a719a..fd53c49fb8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ every time you push into it, by setting up 'hooks' there. See documentation for linkgit:git-receive-pack[1]. -OPTIONS -------- +OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]] +------------------ <repository>:: The "remote" repository that is destination of a push operation. This parameter can be either a URL @@ -187,6 +187,28 @@ reason:: Examples -------- +git push:: + Works like `git push <remote>`, where <remote> is the + current branch's remote (or `origin`, if no remote is + configured for the current branch). + +git push origin:: + Without additional configuration, works like + `git push origin :`. ++ +The default behavior of this command when no <refspec> is given can be +configured by setting the `push` option of the remote. ++ +For example, to default to pushing only the current branch to `origin` +use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`. Any valid <refspec> (like +the ones in the examples below) can be configured as the default for +`git push origin`. + +git push origin ::: + Push "matching" branches to `origin`. See + <refspec> in the <<OPTIONS,OPTIONS>> section above for a + description of "matching" branches. + git push origin master:: Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index da3c38cd60..3d5a066c31 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ Alternatively, you can undo the 'git-rebase' with git rebase --abort +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +rebase.stat:: + Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last + rebase. False by default. + OPTIONS ------- <newbase>:: @@ -232,7 +239,15 @@ OPTIONS -v:: --verbose:: - Display a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase. + Be verbose. Implies --stat. + +--stat:: + Show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase. The + diffstat is also controlled by the configuration option rebase.stat. + +-n:: +--no-stat:: + Do not show a diffstat as part of the rebase process. --no-verify:: This option bypasses the pre-rebase hook. See also linkgit:githooks[5]. @@ -243,11 +258,23 @@ OPTIONS context exist they all must match. By default no context is ever ignored. +-f:: +--force-rebase:: + Force the rebase even if the current branch is a descendant + of the commit you are rebasing onto. Normally the command will + exit with the message "Current branch is up to date" in such a + situation. + --whitespace=<option>:: This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' program (see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch. Incompatible with the --interactive option. +--committer-date-is-author-date:: +--ignore-date:: + These flags are passed to 'git-am' to easily change the dates + of the rebased commits (see linkgit:git-am[1]). + -i:: --interactive:: Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased. Let the diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index fad983e297..9e2b4eaa38 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url> 'git remote rename' <old> <new> 'git remote rm' <name> +'git remote set-head' <name> [-a | -d | <branch>] 'git remote show' [-n] <name> 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name> -'git remote update' [group] +'git remote update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -53,8 +54,7 @@ is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track multiple branches without grabbing all branches. + With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set -up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever -branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at. +up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command. + In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option @@ -76,6 +76,30 @@ the configuration file format. Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and configuration settings for the remote are removed. +'set-head':: + +Sets or deletes the default branch (`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for +the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required, +but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific +branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to +`master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally +specify `origin/master`. ++ +With `-d`, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted. ++ +With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then +`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote +`HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set +`$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will +only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be +fetched first. ++ +Use `<branch>` to set `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git +remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to +`refs/remotes/origin/master`. This will only work if +`refs/remotes/origin/master` already exists; if not it must be fetched first. ++ + 'show':: Gives some information about the remote <name>. @@ -101,6 +125,8 @@ the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]). ++ +With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated. DISCUSSION diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 3ccef2f2b3..52c353e674 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ OPTIONS --parseopt:: Use 'git-rev-parse' in option parsing mode (see PARSEOPT section below). ---keep-dash-dash:: +--keep-dashdash:: Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Tells the option parser to echo out the first `--` met instead of skipping it. @@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ OPTIONS unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master"). +--abbrev-ref[={strict|loose}]:: + A non-ambiguous short name of the objects name. + The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict + abbreviation mode. + --all:: Show all refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs`. @@ -299,18 +304,18 @@ previous section means the set of commits reachable from that commit, following the commit ancestry chain. To exclude commits reachable from a commit, a prefix `{caret}` -notation is used. E.g. "`{caret}r1 r2`" means commits reachable +notation is used. E.g. `{caret}r1 r2` means commits reachable from `r2` but exclude the ones reachable from `r1`. This set operation appears so often that there is a shorthand for it. When you have two commits `r1` and `r2` (named according to the syntax explained in SPECIFYING REVISIONS above), you can ask for commits that are reachable from r2 excluding those that are reachable -from r1 by "`{caret}r1 r2`" and it can be written as "`r1..r2`". +from r1 by `{caret}r1 r2` and it can be written as `r1..r2`. -A similar notation "`r1\...r2`" is called symmetric difference +A similar notation `r1\...r2` is called symmetric difference of `r1` and `r2` and is defined as -"`r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)`". +`r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)`. It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of `r1` or `r2` but not from both. diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index fc0a4ab441..a2821907c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- 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. The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine @@ -39,13 +43,13 @@ OPTIONS Composing ~~~~~~~~~ ---bcc:: +--bcc=<address>:: Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of 'sendemail.bcc'. + The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list. ---cc:: +--cc=<address>:: Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email. Default is the value of 'sendemail.cc'. + @@ -60,33 +64,32 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the patch series. + -When '--compose' is used, git send-email gets less interactive will use the -values of the headers you set there. If the body of the email (what you type -after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or GIT: prefixed) -lines, the summary won't be sent, but git-send-email will still use the -Headers values if you don't removed them. +When '--compose' is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and +In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message +(what you type after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank +(or GIT: prefixed) lines the summary won't be sent, but From, Subject, +and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed. + -If it wasn't able to see a header in the summary it will ask you about it -interactively after quitting your editor. +Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for. ---from:: +--from=<address>:: Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l". The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry. ---in-reply-to:: +--in-reply-to=<identifier>:: Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set (the default) Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose is not set, this will be prompted for. ---subject:: +--subject=<string>:: Specify the initial subject of the email thread. Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose is not set, this will be prompted for. ---to:: +--to=<address>:: Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified, @@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. Sending ~~~~~~~ ---envelope-sender:: +--envelope-sender=<address>:: Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails. This is useful if your default address is not the address that is subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have @@ -106,12 +109,12 @@ Sending the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA. ---smtp-encryption:: +--smtp-encryption=<encryption>:: Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpencryption'. ---smtp-pass:: +--smtp-pass[=<password>]:: Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no argument is specified, then the empty string is used as the password. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtppass', @@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with specified (with '--smtp-pass' or 'sendemail.smtppass'), then the user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. ---smtp-server:: +--smtp-server=<host>:: If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g. `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). Alternatively it can specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead; @@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. `/usr/lib/sendmail` if such program is available, or `localhost` otherwise. ---smtp-server-port:: +--smtp-server-port=<port>:: Specifies a port different from the default port (SMTP servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port 465). This can be set with 'sendemail.smtpserverport'. @@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. --smtp-ssl:: Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'. ---smtp-user:: +--smtp-user=<user>:: Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpuser'; if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or 'sendemail.smtpuser'), then authentication is not attempted. @@ -150,13 +153,13 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. Automating ~~~~~~~~~~ ---cc-cmd:: +--cc-cmd=<command>:: Specify a command to execute once per patch file which should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries. Output of this command must be single email address per line. Default is the value of 'sendemail.cccmd' configuration value. ---[no-]chain-reply-to:: +--[no-]chain-reply-to=<identifier>:: If this is set, each email will be sent as a reply to the previous email sent. If disabled with "--no-chain-reply-to", all emails after the first will be sent as replies to the first email sent. When using @@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ Automating entire patch series. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.chainreplyto' configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to. ---identity:: +--identity=<identity>:: A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is @@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ Automating cc list. Default is the value of 'sendemail.signedoffbycc' configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --signed-off-by-cc. ---suppress-cc:: +--suppress-cc=<category>:: Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the auto-cc of: + @@ -212,6 +215,22 @@ specified, as well as 'body' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. Administering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +--confirm=<mode>:: + Confirm just before sending: ++ +-- +- 'always' will always confirm before sending +- 'never' will never confirm before sending +- 'cc' will confirm before sending when send-email has automatically + added addresses from the patch to the Cc list +- 'compose' will confirm before sending the first message when using --compose. +- 'auto' is equivalent to 'cc' + 'compose' +-- ++ +Default is the value of 'sendemail.confirm' configuration value; if that +is unspecified, default to 'auto' unless any of the suppress options +have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. + --dry-run:: Do everything except actually send the emails. @@ -247,7 +266,7 @@ sendemail.aliasesfile:: sendemail.aliasfiletype:: Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be - one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'. + one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus'. sendemail.multiedit:: If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit @@ -255,6 +274,11 @@ sendemail.multiedit:: summary when '--compose' is used). If false, files will be edited one after the other, spawning a new editor each time. +sendemail.confirm:: + Sets the default for whether to confirm before sending. Must be + one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See '--confirm' + in the previous section for the meaning of these values. + Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index 3f8d973af1..0f3ad811cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality. The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not interactive. -Currently, only three commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack' -'git-upload-pack' with a single required argument or 'cvs server' (to invoke -'git-cvsserver'). +Currently, only four commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack' +'git-upload-pack' and 'git-upload-archive' with a single required argument, or +'cvs server' (to invoke 'git-cvsserver'). Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index 7e9ff3762b..51a4e9d6d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -148,9 +148,10 @@ $ git show-branch master fixes mhf ------------------------------------------------ These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master], -whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch -adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many -other commits. The current branch is "master". +whose commit message is "Add \'git show-branch\'". The "fixes" +branch adds one commit "Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"". +The "mhf" branch adds many other commits. The current branch +is "master". EXAMPLE diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 051f94d26f..1cc24cc47e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -75,14 +75,22 @@ show [<stash>]:: it will accept any format known to 'git-diff' (e.g., `git stash show -p stash@\{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form). -apply [--index] [<stash>]:: +pop [<stash>]:: - Restore the changes recorded in the stash on top of the current - working tree state. When no `<stash>` is given, applies the latest - one. The working directory must match the index. + Remove a single stashed state from the stash list and apply it + on top of the current working tree state, i.e., do the inverse + operation of `git stash save`. The working directory must + match the index. + -This operation can fail with conflicts; you need to resolve them -by hand in the working tree. +Applying the state can fail with conflicts; in this case, it is not +removed from the stash list. You need to resolve the conflicts by hand +and call `git stash drop` manually afterwards. ++ +When no `<stash>` is given, `stash@\{0}` is assumed. See also `apply`. + +apply [--index] [<stash>]:: + + Like `pop`, but do not remove the state from the stash list. + If the `--index` option is used, then tries to reinstate not only the working tree's changes, but also the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you @@ -112,12 +120,6 @@ drop [<stash>]:: Remove a single stashed state from the stash list. When no `<stash>` is given, it removes the latest one. i.e. `stash@\{0}` -pop [<stash>]:: - - Remove a single stashed state from the stash list and apply on top - of the current working tree state. When no `<stash>` is given, - `stash@\{0}` is assumed. See also `apply`. - create:: Create a stash (which is a regular commit object) and return its @@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ $ git pull file foobar not up to date, cannot merge. $ git stash $ git pull -$ git stash apply +$ git stash pop ---------------------------------------------------------------- Interrupted workflow:: @@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ You can use 'git-stash' to simplify the above, like this: $ git stash $ edit emergency fix $ git commit -a -m "Fix in a hurry" -$ git stash apply +$ git stash pop # ... continue hacking ... ---------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 3b8df44673..15b34d3760 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ foreach:: the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :' to the end of the command. + -As an example, "git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' will -show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule. +As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backtick}git +rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out +commit for each submodule. sync:: Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index d8bf7bfc30..74be8435cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ COMMANDS specified, the prefix must include a trailing slash. Setting a prefix is useful if you wish to track multiple projects that share a common repository. +--ignore-paths=<regex>;; + When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will + be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description + of '--ignore-paths'. 'fetch':: Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion remote we are @@ -97,6 +101,9 @@ COMMANDS makes 'git-log' (even without --date=local) show the same times that `svn log` would in the local timezone. +--parent;; + Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD. + This doesn't interfere with interoperating with the Subversion repository you cloned from, but if you wish for your local Git repository to be able to interoperate with someone else's local Git @@ -104,17 +111,25 @@ repository, either don't use this option or you should both use it in the same local timezone. --ignore-paths=<regex>;; - This allows one to specify Perl regular expression that will + This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN. - Examples: + The '--ignore-paths' option should match for every 'fetch' + (including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit', + 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. + +config key: svn-remote.<name>.ignore-paths + + If the ignore-paths config key is set and the command + line option is also given, both regular expressions + will be used. - --ignore-paths="^doc" - skip "doc*" directory for every fetch. +Examples: - --ignore-paths="^[^/]+/(?:branches|tags)" - skip "branches" - and "tags" of first level directories. + --ignore-paths="^doc" - skip "doc*" directory for every + fetch. - Regular expression is not persistent, you should specify - it every time when fetching. + --ignore-paths="^[^/]+/(?:branches|tags)" - skip + "branches" and "tags" of first level directories. 'clone':: Runs 'init' and 'fetch'. It will automatically create a @@ -385,7 +400,8 @@ config key: svn.authorsfile -q:: --quiet:: - Make 'git-svn' less verbose. + Make 'git-svn' less verbose. Specify a second time to make it + even less verbose. --repack[=<n>]:: --repack-flags=<flags>:: @@ -672,14 +688,14 @@ listed below are allowed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [svn-remote "project-a"] url = http://server.org/svn + fetch = trunk/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/trunk branches = branches/*/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/branches/* tags = tags/*/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/tags/* - trunk = trunk/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/trunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Keep in mind that the '*' (asterisk) wildcard of the local ref +Keep in mind that the '\*' (asterisk) wildcard of the local ref (right of the ':') *must* be the farthest right path component; -however the remote wildcard may be anywhere as long as it's own +however the remote wildcard may be anywhere as long as it's an independent path component (surrounded by '/' or EOL). This type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and should be manually entered with a text-editor or using 'git-config'. diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt index 35d27b0c7f..035cc3018f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt @@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ what they are for: * info/refs -BUGS ----- -When you remove an existing ref, the command fails to update -info/refs file unless `--force` flag is given. - - Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 9a26bde73e..3589a12e49 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git - the stupid content tracker SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] +'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS] @@ -43,9 +43,14 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.2] +* link:v1.6.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.3] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.2.5.txt[1.6.2.5], + link:RelNotes-1.6.2.4.txt[1.6.2.4], + link:RelNotes-1.6.2.3.txt[1.6.2.3], + link:RelNotes-1.6.2.2.txt[1.6.2.2], + link:RelNotes-1.6.2.1.txt[1.6.2.1], link:RelNotes-1.6.2.txt[1.6.2]. * link:v1.6.1.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.1.3] @@ -177,6 +182,10 @@ help ...`. environment variable. If no path is given, 'git' will print the current setting and then exit. +--html-path:: + Print the path to wherever your git HTML documentation is installed + and exit. + -p:: --paginate:: Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER). @@ -218,6 +227,8 @@ The link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[git concepts chapter of the user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] both provide introductions to the underlying git architecture. +See linkgit:gitworkflows[7] for an overview of recommended workflows. + See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful examples. @@ -635,7 +646,8 @@ SEE ALSO linkgit:gittutorial[7], linkgit:gittutorial-2[7], link:everyday.html[Everyday Git], linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7], linkgit:gitglossary[7], linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7], -linkgit:gitcli[7], link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual] +linkgit:gitcli[7], link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual], +linkgit:gitworkflows[7] GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 29e5929db2..be39ed7c15 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ 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 - you should prefer `"git foo"` to `"git-foo"`. + you should prefer `git foo` to `git-foo`. - * splitting short options to separate words (prefer `"git foo -a -b"` - to `"git foo -ab"`, the latter may not even work). + * 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 'sticked' 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"` + 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 'sticked' form. * 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 + `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. @@ -99,17 +99,17 @@ usage: git-describe [options] <committish>* Negating options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Options with long option names can be negated by prefixing `"--no-"`. For -example, `"git branch"` has the option `"--track"` which is 'on' by default. You -can use `"--no-track"` to override that behaviour. The same goes for `"--color"` -and `"--no-color"`. +Options with long option names can be negated by prefixing `--no-`. For +example, `git branch` has the option `--track` which is 'on' by default. You +can use `--no-track` to override that behaviour. The same goes for `--color` +and `--no-color`. Aggregating short options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Commands that support the enhanced option parser allow you to aggregate short -options. This means that you can for example use `"git rm -rf"` or -`"git clean -fdx"`. +options. This means that you can for example use `git rm -rf` or +`git clean -fdx`. Separating argument from the option diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 1fd512bca2..1c736738cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ indicating whether the checkout was a branch checkout (changing branches, flag=1) or a file checkout (retrieving a file from the index, flag=0). This hook cannot affect the outcome of 'git-checkout'. +It is also run after 'git-clone', unless the --no-checkout (-n) option is +used. The first parameter given to the hook is the null-ref, the second the +ref of the new HEAD and the flag is always 1. + This hook can be used to perform repository validity checks, auto-display differences from the previous HEAD if different, or set working dir metadata properties. diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index c5d5596d89..cf0689cfeb 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -332,11 +332,11 @@ alice$ git log -p HEAD..FETCH_HEAD ------------------------------------------------ This operation is safe even if Alice has uncommitted local changes. -The range notation HEAD..FETCH_HEAD" means "show everything that is reachable -from the FETCH_HEAD but exclude anything that is reachable from HEAD. +The range notation "HEAD..FETCH_HEAD" means "show everything that is reachable +from the FETCH_HEAD but exclude anything that is reachable from HEAD". Alice already knows everything that leads to her current state (HEAD), -and reviewing what Bob has in his state (FETCH_HEAD) that she has not -seen with this command +and reviews what Bob has in his state (FETCH_HEAD) that she has not +seen with this command. If Alice wants to visualize what Bob did since their histories forked she can issue the following command: @@ -375,9 +375,9 @@ it easier: alice$ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo ------------------------------------------------ -With this, Alice can perform the first part of the "pull" operation alone using the -'git-fetch' command without merging them with her own branch, -using: +With this, Alice can perform the first part of the "pull" operation +alone using the 'git-fetch' command without merging them with her own +branch, using: ------------------------------------- alice$ git fetch bob @@ -566,22 +566,22 @@ $ git log v2.5.. Makefile # commits since v2.5 which modify You can also give 'git-log' a "range" of commits where the first is not necessarily an ancestor of the second; for example, if the tips of -the branches "stable-release" and "master" diverged from a common +the branches "stable" and "master" diverged from a common commit some time ago, then ------------------------------------- -$ git log stable..experimental +$ git log stable..master ------------------------------------- -will list commits made in the experimental branch but not in the +will list commits made in the master branch but not in the stable branch, while ------------------------------------- -$ git log experimental..stable +$ git log master..stable ------------------------------------- will show the list of commits made on the stable branch but not -the experimental branch. +the master branch. The 'git-log' command has a weakness: it must present commits in a list. When the history has lines of development that diverged and @@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ digressions that may be interesting at this point are: smart enough to perform a close-to-optimal search even in the case of complex non-linear history with lots of merged branches. + * linkgit:gitworkflows[7]: Gives an overview of recommended + workflows. + * link:everyday.html[Everyday GIT with 20 Commands Or So] * linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]: Git for CVS users. @@ -661,6 +664,7 @@ linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7], linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7], linkgit:gitglossary[7], linkgit:git-help[1], +linkgit:gitworkflows[7], link:everyday.html[Everyday git], link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual] diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 9afca755ed..572374f7a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a 'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using - "`git branch -r`". + `git branch -r`. [[def_pack]]pack:: A set of objects which have been compressed into one file (to save space @@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a <<def_branch,branch>>, <<def_tag,tag>>, or any other reference. +[[def_upstream_branch]]upstream branch:: + The default <<def_branch,branch>> that is merged into the branch in + question (or the branch in question is rebased onto). It is configured + via branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge. If the upstream branch + of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'". + [[def_working_tree]]working tree:: The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree is normally equal to the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> plus any local changes diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl index 4065a3a27a..b4d315cb8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl +++ b/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl @@ -1,21 +1,14 @@ -<!-- Based on callouts.xsl. Fixes man page callouts for DocBook 1.72 XSL --> -<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> +<!-- manpage-1.72.xsl: + special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook + handles peculiarities in docbook-xsl 1.72.0 --> +<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" + version="1.0"> -<xsl:param name="man.output.quietly" select="1"/> -<xsl:param name="refentry.meta.get.quietly" select="1"/> +<xsl:import href="manpage-base.xsl"/> -<xsl:template match="co"> - <xsl:value-of select="concat('▓fB(',substring-after(@id,'-'),')▓fR')"/> -</xsl:template> -<xsl:template match="calloutlist"> - <xsl:text>⌂sp </xsl:text> - <xsl:apply-templates/> - <xsl:text> </xsl:text> -</xsl:template> -<xsl:template match="callout"> - <xsl:value-of select="concat('▓fB',substring-after(@arearefs,'-'),'. ▓fR')"/> - <xsl:apply-templates/> - <xsl:text>⌂br </xsl:text> -</xsl:template> +<!-- these are the special values for the roff control characters + needed for docbook-xsl 1.72.0 --> +<xsl:param name="git.docbook.backslash">▓</xsl:param> +<xsl:param name="git.docbook.dot" >⌂</xsl:param> </xsl:stylesheet> diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a264fa6160 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +<!-- manpage-base.xsl: + special formatting for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook --> +<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" + version="1.0"> + +<!-- these params silence some output from xmlto --> +<xsl:param name="man.output.quietly" select="1"/> +<xsl:param name="refentry.meta.get.quietly" select="1"/> + +<!-- convert asciidoc callouts to man page format; + git.docbook.backslash and git.docbook.dot params + must be supplied by another XSL file or other means --> +<xsl:template match="co"> + <xsl:value-of select="concat( + $git.docbook.backslash,'fB(', + substring-after(@id,'-'),')', + $git.docbook.backslash,'fR')"/> +</xsl:template> +<xsl:template match="calloutlist"> + <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.dot"/> + <xsl:text>sp </xsl:text> + <xsl:apply-templates/> + <xsl:text> </xsl:text> +</xsl:template> +<xsl:template match="callout"> + <xsl:value-of select="concat( + $git.docbook.backslash,'fB', + substring-after(@arearefs,'-'), + '. ',$git.docbook.backslash,'fR')"/> + <xsl:apply-templates/> + <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.dot"/> + <xsl:text>br </xsl:text> +</xsl:template> + +</xsl:stylesheet> diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..608eb5df62 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +<!-- manpage-bold-literal.xsl: + special formatting for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook --> +<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" + version="1.0"> + +<!-- render literal text as bold (instead of plain or monospace); + this makes literal text easier to distinguish in manpages + viewed on a tty --> +<xsl:template match="literal"> + <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.backslash"/> + <xsl:text>fB</xsl:text> + <xsl:apply-templates/> + <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.backslash"/> + <xsl:text>fR</xsl:text> +</xsl:template> + +</xsl:stylesheet> diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a48f5b11f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +<!-- manpage-normal.xsl: + special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook + handles anything we want to keep away from docbook-xsl 1.72.0 --> +<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" + version="1.0"> + +<xsl:import href="manpage-base.xsl"/> + +<!-- these are the normal values for the roff control characters --> +<xsl:param name="git.docbook.backslash">\</xsl:param> +<xsl:param name="git.docbook.dot" >.</xsl:param> + +</xsl:stylesheet> diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a63c7632a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +<!-- manpage-suppress-sp.xsl: + special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook + handles erroneous, inline .sp in manpage output of some + versions of docbook-xsl --> +<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" + version="1.0"> + +<!-- attempt to work around spurious .sp at the tail of the line + that some versions of docbook stylesheets seem to add --> +<xsl:template match="simpara"> + <xsl:variable name="content"> + <xsl:apply-templates/> + </xsl:variable> + <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($content)"/> + <xsl:if test="not(ancestor::authorblurb) and + not(ancestor::personblurb)"> + <xsl:text> </xsl:text> + </xsl:if> +</xsl:template> + +</xsl:stylesheet> diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt index 1ff08ff2cc..4832bc75e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ merge.stat:: merge.tool:: Controls which merge resolution program is used by linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3", - "tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and + "tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", + "diffuse", "ecmerge", "tortoisemerge", and "opendiff". Any other value is treated is custom merge tool and there must be a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd option. diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 637b53f898..adadf8e4bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ --squash:: Produce the working tree and index state as if a real - merge happened, but do not actually make a commit or + merge happened (except for the merge information), + but do not actually make a commit or move the `HEAD`, nor record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD` to cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge commit. This allows you to create a single commit on diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt index 1276f858ad..4365b7e842 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt @@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ MERGE STRATEGIES resolve:: This can only resolve two heads (i.e. the current branch - and another branch you pulled from) using 3-way merge + and another branch you pulled from) using a 3-way merge algorithm. It tries to carefully detect criss-cross merge ambiguities and is considered generally safe and fast. recursive:: - This can only resolve two heads using 3-way merge - algorithm. When there are more than one common - ancestors that can be used for 3-way merge, it creates a + This can only resolve two heads using a 3-way merge + algorithm. When there is more than one common + ancestor that can be used for 3-way merge, it creates a merged tree of the common ancestors and uses that as the reference tree for the 3-way merge. This has been reported to result in fewer merge conflicts without @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ recursive:: pulling or merging one branch. octopus:: - This resolves more than two-head case, but refuses to do - complex merge that needs manual resolution. It is + This resolves cases with more than two heads, but refuses to do + a complex merge that needs manual resolution. It is primarily meant to be used for bundling topic branch heads together. This is the default merge strategy when - pulling or merging more than one branches. + pulling or merging more than one branch. ours:: This resolves any number of heads, but the result of the diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 159390c35a..2a845b1e57 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ The placeholders are: - '%d': ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1] - '%e': encoding - '%s': subject +- '%f': sanitized subject line, suitable for a filename - '%b': body - '%Cred': switch color to red - '%Cgreen': switch color to green @@ -152,3 +153,12 @@ $ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef \ 4da45be 7134973 --------------------- ++ +In addition, any unrecognized string that has a `%` in it is interpreted +as if it has `tformat:` in front of it. For example, these two are +equivalent: ++ +--------------------- +$ git log -2 --pretty=tformat:%h 4da45bef +$ git log -2 --pretty=%h 4da45bef +--------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index 5f21efe407..bff94991b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ --pretty[='<format>']:: +--format[='<format>']:: Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format, where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium', @@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]). This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for people using 80-column terminals. +--oneline:: + This is a shorthand for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit" + used together. + --encoding[=<encoding>]:: The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 7dd237c2f6..11eec941df 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -140,38 +140,38 @@ limiting may be applied. -- -n 'number':: ---max-count='number':: +--max-count=<number>:: Limit the number of commits output. ---skip='number':: +--skip=<number>:: Skip 'number' commits before starting to show the commit output. ---since='date':: ---after='date':: +--since=<date>:: +--after=<date>:: Show commits more recent than a specific date. ---until='date':: ---before='date':: +--until=<date>:: +--before=<date>:: Show commits older than a specific date. ifdef::git-rev-list[] ---max-age='timestamp':: ---min-age='timestamp':: +--max-age=<timestamp>:: +--min-age=<timestamp>:: Limit the commits output to specified time range. endif::git-rev-list[] ---author='pattern':: ---committer='pattern':: +--author=<pattern>:: +--committer=<pattern>:: Limit the commits output to ones with author/committer header lines that match the specified pattern (regular expression). ---grep='pattern':: +--grep=<pattern>:: Limit the commits output to ones with log message that matches the specified pattern (regular expression). diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 539863b1f9..e30c602f47 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ Steps to parse options non-option arguments in `argv[]`. `argc` is updated appropriately because of the assignment. + +You can also pass NULL instead of a usage array as fourth parameter of +parse_options(), to avoid displaying a help screen with usage info and +option list. This should only be done if necessary, e.g. to implement +a limited parser for only a subset of the options that needs to be run +before the full parser, which in turn shows the full help message. ++ Flags are the bitwise-or of: `PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH`:: @@ -77,6 +83,28 @@ Flags are the bitwise-or of: Using this flag, processing is stopped at the first non-option argument. +`PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0`:: + Keep the first argument, which contains the program name. It's + removed from argv[] by default. + +`PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN`:: + Keep unknown arguments instead of erroring out. This doesn't + work for all combinations of arguments as users might expect + it to do. E.g. if the first argument in `--unknown --known` + takes a value (which we can't know), the second one is + mistakenly interpreted as a known option. Similarly, if + `PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION` is set, the second argument in + `--unknown value` will be mistakenly interpreted as a + non-option, not as a value belonging to the unknown option, + the parser early. That's why parse_options() errors out if + both options are set. + +`PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP`:: + By default, parse_options() handles `-h`, `--help` and + `--help-all` internally, by showing a help screen. This option + turns it off and allows one to add custom handlers for these + options, or to just leave them unknown. + Data Structure -------------- @@ -170,7 +198,7 @@ The function must be defined in this form: The callback mechanism is as follows: -* Inside `funct`, the only interesting member of the structure +* Inside `func`, the only interesting member of the structure given by `opt` is the void pointer `opt->value`. `\*opt->value` will be the value that is saved into `var`, if you use `OPT_CALLBACK()`. diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 96af8977f6..0b88a51d0b 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ As you can see, a commit shows who made the latest change, what they did, and why. Every commit has a 40-hexdigit id, sometimes called the "object name" or the -"SHA1 id", shown on the first line of the "git-show" output. You can usually +"SHA-1 id", shown on the first line of the "git show" output. You can usually refer to a commit by a shorter name, such as a tag or a branch name, but this longer name can also be useful. Most importantly, it is a globally unique name for this commit: so if you tell somebody else the object name (for @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ ref: refs/heads/master Examining an old version without creating a new branch ------------------------------------------------------ -The git-checkout command normally expects a branch head, but will also +The `git checkout` command normally expects a branch head, but will also accept an arbitrary commit; for example, you can check out the commit referenced by a tag: @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so HEAD is now at 427abfa... Linux v2.6.17 ------------------------------------------------ -The HEAD then refers to the SHA1 of the commit instead of to a branch, +The HEAD then refers to the SHA-1 of the commit instead of to a branch, and git branch shows that you are no longer on a branch: ------------------------------------------------ @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ references with the same shorthand name, see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section of linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. [[Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch]] -Updating a repository with git-fetch +Updating a repository with git fetch ------------------------------------ Eventually the developer cloned from will do additional work in her @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ $ git fetch linux-nfs ------------------------------------------------- New remote-tracking branches will be stored under the shorthand name -that you gave "git-remote add", in this case linux-nfs: +that you gave "git remote add", in this case linux-nfs: ------------------------------------------------- $ git branch -r @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ $ git bisect reset to return you to the branch you were on before. -Note that the version which git-bisect checks out for you at each +Note that the version which `git bisect` checks out for you at each point is just a suggestion, and you're free to try a different version if you think it would be a good idea. For example, occasionally you may land on a commit that broke something unrelated; @@ -592,11 +592,11 @@ In addition to HEAD, there are several other special names for commits: Merges (to be discussed later), as well as operations such as -git-reset, which change the currently checked-out commit, generally +`git reset`, which change the currently checked-out commit, generally set ORIG_HEAD to the value HEAD had before the current operation. -The git-fetch operation always stores the head of the last fetched -branch in FETCH_HEAD. For example, if you run git fetch without +The `git fetch` operation always stores the head of the last fetched +branch in FETCH_HEAD. For example, if you run `git fetch` without specifying a local branch as the target of the operation ------------------------------------------------- @@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ $ git log --pretty=oneline origin..mybranch | wc -l ------------------------------------------------- Alternatively, you may often see this sort of thing done with the -lower-level command linkgit:git-rev-list[1], which just lists the SHA1's +lower-level command linkgit:git-rev-list[1], which just lists the SHA-1's of all the given commits: ------------------------------------------------- @@ -1073,9 +1073,9 @@ $ git diff shows the difference between the working tree and the index file. -Note that "git-add" always adds just the current contents of a file +Note that "git add" always adds just the current contents of a file to the index; further changes to the same file will be ignored unless -you run git-add on the file again. +you run `git add` on the file again. When you're ready, just run @@ -1136,10 +1136,10 @@ Ignoring files A project will often generate files that you do 'not' want to track with git. This typically includes files generated by a build process or temporary backup files made by your editor. Of course, 'not' tracking files with git -is just a matter of 'not' calling "`git-add`" on them. But it quickly becomes +is just a matter of 'not' calling `git add` on them. But it quickly becomes annoying to have these untracked files lying around; e.g. they make -"`git add .`" practically useless, and they keep showing up in the output of -"`git status`". +`git add .` practically useless, and they keep showing up in the output of +`git status`. You can tell git to ignore certain files by creating a file called .gitignore in the top level of your working directory, with contents such as: @@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ $ git add file.txt ------------------------------------------------- the different stages of that file will be "collapsed", after which -git-diff will (by default) no longer show diffs for that file. +`git diff` will (by default) no longer show diffs for that file. [[undoing-a-merge]] Undoing a merge @@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ Fixing a mistake by rewriting history If the problematic commit is the most recent commit, and you have not yet made that commit public, then you may just -<<undoing-a-merge,destroy it using git-reset>>. +<<undoing-a-merge,destroy it using `git reset`>>. Alternatively, you can edit the working directory and update the index to fix your @@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ Checking out an old version of a file In the process of undoing a previous bad change, you may find it useful to check out an older version of a particular file using -linkgit:git-checkout[1]. We've used git-checkout before to switch +linkgit:git-checkout[1]. We've used `git checkout` before to switch branches, but it has quite different behavior if it is given a path name: the command @@ -1520,10 +1520,10 @@ $ git commit -a -m "blorpl: typofix" ------------------------------------------------ After that, you can go back to what you were working on with -`git stash apply`: +`git stash pop`: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git stash apply +$ git stash pop ------------------------------------------------ @@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ $ git gc ------------------------------------------------- to recompress the archive. This can be very time-consuming, so -you may prefer to run git-gc when you are not doing other work. +you may prefer to run `git gc` when you are not doing other work. [[ensuring-reliability]] @@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ In some situations the reflog may not be able to save you. For example, suppose you delete a branch, then realize you need the history it contained. The reflog is also deleted; however, if you have not yet pruned the repository, then you may still be able to find the lost -commits in the dangling objects that git-fsck reports. See +commits in the dangling objects that `git fsck` reports. See <<dangling-objects>> for the details. ------------------------------------------------- @@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ Sharing development with others =============================== [[getting-updates-With-git-pull]] -Getting updates with git-pull +Getting updates with git pull ----------------------------- After you clone a repository and make a few changes of your own, you @@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ repository that you pulled from. <<fast-forwards,fast forward>>; instead, your branch will just be updated to point to the latest commit from the upstream branch.) -The git-pull command can also be given "." as the "remote" repository, +The `git pull` command can also be given "." as the "remote" repository, in which case it just merges in a branch from the current repository; so the commands @@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ Public git repositories Another way to submit changes to a project is to tell the maintainer of that project to pull the changes from your repository using linkgit:git-pull[1]. In the section "<<getting-updates-With-git-pull, -Getting updates with git-pull>>" we described this as a way to get +Getting updates with `git pull`>>" we described this as a way to get updates from the "main" repository, but it works just as well in the other direction. @@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ Setting up a public repository ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Assume your personal repository is in the directory ~/proj. We -first create a new clone of the repository and tell git-daemon that it +first create a new clone of the repository and tell `git daemon` that it is meant to be public: ------------------------------------------------- @@ -1878,10 +1878,10 @@ repository>>", below. Otherwise, all you need to do is start linkgit:git-daemon[1]; it will listen on port 9418. By default, it will allow access to any directory that looks like a git directory and contains the magic file -git-daemon-export-ok. Passing some directory paths as git-daemon +git-daemon-export-ok. Passing some directory paths as `git daemon` arguments will further restrict the exports to those paths. -You can also run git-daemon as an inetd service; see the +You can also run `git daemon` as an inetd service; see the linkgit:git-daemon[1] man page for details. (See especially the examples section.) @@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ or just $ git push ssh://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git master ------------------------------------------------- -As with git-fetch, git-push will complain if this does not result in a +As with `git fetch`, `git push` will complain if this does not result in a <<fast-forwards,fast forward>>; see the following section for details on handling this case. @@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ repository that has a checked-out working tree, but the working tree will not be updated by the push. This may lead to unexpected results if the branch you push to is the currently checked-out branch! -As with git-fetch, you may also set up configuration options to +As with `git fetch`, you may also set up configuration options to save typing; so, for example, after ------------------------------------------------- @@ -1988,13 +1988,13 @@ error: failed to push to 'ssh://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git' This can happen, for example, if you: - - use `git-reset --hard` to remove already-published commits, or - - use `git-commit --amend` to replace already-published commits + - use `git reset --hard` to remove already-published commits, or + - use `git commit --amend` to replace already-published commits (as in <<fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history>>), or - - use `git-rebase` to rebase any already-published commits (as + - use `git rebase` to rebase any already-published commits (as in <<using-git-rebase>>). -You may force git-push to perform the update anyway by preceding the +You may force `git push` to perform the update anyway by preceding the branch name with a plus sign: ------------------------------------------------- @@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ advantages over the central shared repository: - Git's ability to quickly import and merge patches allows a single maintainer to process incoming changes even at very - high rates. And when that becomes too much, git-pull provides + high rates. And when that becomes too much, `git pull` provides an easy way for that maintainer to delegate this job to other maintainers while still allowing optional review of incoming changes. @@ -2404,7 +2404,7 @@ use them, and then explain some of the problems that can arise because you are rewriting history. [[using-git-rebase]] -Keeping a patch series up to date using git-rebase +Keeping a patch series up to date using git rebase -------------------------------------------------- Suppose that you create a branch "mywork" on a remote-tracking branch @@ -2468,9 +2468,9 @@ patches to the new mywork. The result will look like: ................................................ In the process, it may discover conflicts. In that case it will stop -and allow you to fix the conflicts; after fixing conflicts, use "git-add" +and allow you to fix the conflicts; after fixing conflicts, use `git add` to update the index with those contents, and then, instead of -running git-commit, just run +running `git commit`, just run ------------------------------------------------- $ git rebase --continue @@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@ with $ git tag bad mywork~5 ------------------------------------------------- -(Either gitk or git-log may be useful for finding the commit.) +(Either gitk or `git log` may be useful for finding the commit.) Then check out that commit, edit it, and rebase the rest of the series on top of it (note that we could check out the commit on a temporary @@ -2549,12 +2549,12 @@ $ gitk origin..mywork & and browse through the list of patches in the mywork branch using gitk, applying them (possibly in a different order) to mywork-new using -cherry-pick, and possibly modifying them as you go using `commit --amend`. +cherry-pick, and possibly modifying them as you go using `git commit --amend`. The linkgit:git-gui[1] command may also help as it allows you to individually select diff hunks for inclusion in the index (by right-clicking on the diff hunk and choosing "Stage Hunk for Commit"). -Another technique is to use git-format-patch to create a series of +Another technique is to use `git format-patch` to create a series of patches, then reset the state to before the patches: ------------------------------------------------- @@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@ you know is that D is bad, that Z is good, and that linkgit:git-bisect[1] identifies C as the culprit, how will you figure out that the problem is due to this change in semantics? -When the result of a git-bisect is a non-merge commit, you should +When the result of a `git bisect` is a non-merge commit, you should normally be able to discover the problem by examining just that commit. Developers can make this easy by breaking their changes into small self-contained commits. That won't help in the case above, however, @@ -2725,7 +2725,7 @@ master branch. In more detail: git fetch and fast-forwards --------------------------- -In the previous example, when updating an existing branch, "git-fetch" +In the previous example, when updating an existing branch, "git fetch" checks to make sure that the most recent commit on the remote branch is a descendant of the most recent commit on your copy of the branch before updating your copy of the branch to point at the new @@ -2751,7 +2751,7 @@ resulting in a situation like: o--o--o <-- new head of the branch ................................................ -In this case, "git-fetch" will fail, and print out a warning. +In this case, "git fetch" will fail, and print out a warning. In that case, you can still force git to update to the new head, as described in the following section. However, note that in the @@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ unless you've already created a reference of your own pointing to them. [[forcing-fetch]] -Forcing git-fetch to do non-fast-forward updates +Forcing git fetch to do non-fast-forward updates ------------------------------------------------ If git fetch fails because the new head of a branch is not a @@ -2865,8 +2865,8 @@ The Object Database We already saw in <<understanding-commits>> that all commits are stored under a 40-digit "object name". In fact, all the information needed to represent the history of a project is stored in objects with such names. -In each case the name is calculated by taking the SHA1 hash of the -contents of the object. The SHA1 hash is a cryptographic hash function. +In each case the name is calculated by taking the SHA-1 hash of the +contents of the object. The SHA-1 hash is a cryptographic hash function. What that means to us is that it is impossible to find two different objects with the same name. This has a number of advantages; among others: @@ -2877,10 +2877,10 @@ others: same content stored in two repositories will always be stored under the same name. - Git can detect errors when it reads an object, by checking that the - object's name is still the SHA1 hash of its contents. + object's name is still the SHA-1 hash of its contents. (See <<object-details>> for the details of the object formatting and -SHA1 calculation.) +SHA-1 calculation.) There are four different types of objects: "blob", "tree", "commit", and "tag". @@ -2926,9 +2926,9 @@ committer Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 1187591163 -0700 As you can see, a commit is defined by: -- a tree: The SHA1 name of a tree object (as defined below), representing +- a tree: The SHA-1 name of a tree object (as defined below), representing the contents of a directory at a certain point in time. -- parent(s): The SHA1 name of some number of commits which represent the +- parent(s): The SHA-1 name of some number of commits which represent the immediately previous step(s) in the history of the project. The example above has one parent; merge commits may have more than one. A commit with no parents is called a "root" commit, and @@ -2977,13 +2977,13 @@ $ git ls-tree fb3a8bdd0ce ------------------------------------------------ As you can see, a tree object contains a list of entries, each with a -mode, object type, SHA1 name, and name, sorted by name. It represents +mode, object type, SHA-1 name, and name, sorted by name. It represents the contents of a single directory tree. The object type may be a blob, representing the contents of a file, or another tree, representing the contents of a subdirectory. Since trees -and blobs, like all other objects, are named by the SHA1 hash of their -contents, two trees have the same SHA1 name if and only if their +and blobs, like all other objects, are named by the SHA-1 hash of their +contents, two trees have the same SHA-1 name if and only if their contents (including, recursively, the contents of all subdirectories) are identical. This allows git to quickly determine the differences between two related tree objects, since it can ignore any entries with @@ -3029,15 +3029,15 @@ currently checked out. Trust ~~~~~ -If you receive the SHA1 name of a blob from one source, and its contents +If you receive the SHA-1 name of a blob from one source, and its contents from another (possibly untrusted) source, you can still trust that those -contents are correct as long as the SHA1 name agrees. This is because -the SHA1 is designed so that it is infeasible to find different contents +contents are correct as long as the SHA-1 name agrees. This is because +the SHA-1 is designed so that it is infeasible to find different contents that produce the same hash. -Similarly, you need only trust the SHA1 name of a top-level tree object +Similarly, you need only trust the SHA-1 name of a top-level tree object to trust the contents of the entire directory that it refers to, and if -you receive the SHA1 name of a commit from a trusted source, then you +you receive the SHA-1 name of a commit from a trusted source, then you can easily verify the entire history of commits reachable through parents of that commit, and all of those contents of the trees referred to by those commits. @@ -3049,7 +3049,7 @@ that you trust that commit, and the immutability of the history of commits tells others that they can trust the whole history. In other words, you can easily validate a whole archive by just -sending out a single email that tells the people the name (SHA1 hash) +sending out a single email that tells the people the name (SHA-1 hash) of the top commit, and digitally sign that email using something like GPG/PGP. @@ -3090,7 +3090,7 @@ How git stores objects efficiently: pack files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Newly created objects are initially created in a file named after the -object's SHA1 hash (stored in .git/objects). +object's SHA-1 hash (stored in .git/objects). Unfortunately this system becomes inefficient once a project has a lot of objects. Try this on an old project: @@ -3131,7 +3131,7 @@ $ git prune to remove any of the "loose" objects that are now contained in the pack. This will also remove any unreferenced objects (which may be -created when, for example, you use "git-reset" to remove a commit). +created when, for example, you use "git reset" to remove a commit). You can verify that the loose objects are gone by looking at the .git/objects directory or by running @@ -3160,7 +3160,7 @@ branch still exists, as does everything it pointed to. The branch pointer itself just doesn't, since you replaced it with another one. There are also other situations that cause dangling objects. For -example, a "dangling blob" may arise because you did a "git-add" of a +example, a "dangling blob" may arise because you did a "git add" of a file, but then, before you actually committed it and made it part of the bigger picture, you changed something else in that file and committed that *updated* thing--the old state that you added originally ends up @@ -3210,7 +3210,7 @@ Usually, dangling blobs and trees aren't very interesting. They're almost always the result of either being a half-way mergebase (the blob will often even have the conflict markers from a merge in it, if you have had conflicting merges that you fixed up by hand), or simply -because you interrupted a "git-fetch" with ^C or something like that, +because you interrupted a "git fetch" with ^C or something like that, leaving _some_ of the new objects in the object database, but just dangling and useless. @@ -3225,9 +3225,9 @@ and they'll be gone. But you should only run "git prune" on a quiescent repository--it's kind of like doing a filesystem fsck recovery: you don't want to do that while the filesystem is mounted. -(The same is true of "git-fsck" itself, btw, but since -git-fsck never actually *changes* the repository, it just reports -on what it found, git-fsck itself is never "dangerous" to run. +(The same is true of "git fsck" itself, btw, but since +`git fsck` never actually *changes* the repository, it just reports +on what it found, `git fsck` itself is never 'dangerous' to run. Running it while somebody is actually changing the repository can cause confusing and scary messages, but it won't actually do anything bad. In contrast, running "git prune" while somebody is actively changing the @@ -3297,7 +3297,7 @@ $ git hash-object -w somedirectory/myfile ------------------------------------------------ which will create and store a blob object with the contents of -somedirectory/myfile, and output the sha1 of that object. if you're +somedirectory/myfile, and output the SHA-1 of that object. if you're extremely lucky it might be 4b9458b3786228369c63936db65827de3cc06200, in which case you've guessed right, and the corruption is fixed! @@ -3359,7 +3359,7 @@ The index ----------- The index is a binary file (generally kept in .git/index) containing a -sorted list of path names, each with permissions and the SHA1 of a blob +sorted list of path names, each with permissions and the SHA-1 of a blob object; linkgit:git-ls-files[1] can show you the contents of the index: ------------------------------------------------- @@ -3489,14 +3489,14 @@ done NOTE: Do not use local URLs here if you plan to publish your superproject! -See what files `git-submodule` created: +See what files `git submodule` created: ------------------------------------------------- $ ls -a . .. .git .gitmodules a b c d ------------------------------------------------- -The `git-submodule add <repo> <path>` command does a couple of things: +The `git submodule add <repo> <path>` command does a couple of things: - It clones the submodule from <repo> to the given <path> under the current directory and by default checks out the master branch. @@ -3542,7 +3542,7 @@ init` to add the submodule repository URLs to `.git/config`: $ git submodule init ------------------------------------------------- -Now use `git-submodule update` to clone the repositories and check out the +Now use `git submodule update` to clone the repositories and check out the commits specified in the superproject: ------------------------------------------------- @@ -3552,8 +3552,8 @@ $ ls -a . .. .git a.txt ------------------------------------------------- -One major difference between `git-submodule update` and `git-submodule add` is -that `git-submodule update` checks out a specific commit, rather than the tip +One major difference between `git submodule update` and `git submodule add` is +that `git submodule update` checks out a specific commit, rather than the tip of a branch. It's like checking out a tag: the head is detached, so you're not working on a branch. @@ -3754,7 +3754,7 @@ unsaved state that you might want to restore later!) your current index. Normal operation is just ------------------------------------------------- -$ git read-tree <sha1 of tree> +$ git read-tree <SHA-1 of tree> ------------------------------------------------- and your index file will now be equivalent to the tree that you saved @@ -3769,7 +3769,7 @@ You update your working directory from the index by "checking out" files. This is not a very common operation, since normally you'd just keep your files updated, and rather than write to your working directory, you'd tell the index files about the changes in your -working directory (i.e. `git-update-index`). +working directory (i.e. `git update-index`). However, if you decide to jump to a new version, or check out somebody else's version, or just restore a previous tree, you'd populate your @@ -3782,7 +3782,7 @@ $ git checkout-index filename or, if you want to check out all of the index, use `-a`. -NOTE! git-checkout-index normally refuses to overwrite old files, so +NOTE! `git checkout-index` normally refuses to overwrite old files, so if you have an old version of the tree already checked out, you will need to use the "-f" flag ('before' the "-a" flag or the filename) to 'force' the checkout. @@ -3820,7 +3820,7 @@ $ git commit-tree <tree> -p <parent> [-p <parent2> ..] and then giving the reason for the commit on stdin (either through redirection from a pipe or file, or by just typing it at the tty). -git-commit-tree will return the name of the object that represents +`git commit-tree` will return the name of the object that represents that commit, and you should save it away for later use. Normally, you'd commit a new `HEAD` state, and while git doesn't care where you save the note about that state, in practice we tend to just write the @@ -3889,7 +3889,7 @@ $ git cat-file blob|tree|commit|tag <objectname> to show its contents. NOTE! Trees have binary content, and as a result there is a special helper for showing that content, called -`git-ls-tree`, which turns the binary content into a more easily +`git ls-tree`, which turns the binary content into a more easily readable form. It's especially instructive to look at "commit" objects, since those @@ -3978,13 +3978,13 @@ $ git ls-files --unmerged ------------------------------------------------ Each line of the `git ls-files --unmerged` output begins with -the blob mode bits, blob SHA1, 'stage number', and the +the blob mode bits, blob SHA-1, 'stage number', and the filename. The 'stage number' is git's way to say which tree it came from: stage 1 corresponds to `$orig` tree, stage 2 `HEAD` tree, and stage3 `$target` tree. Earlier we said that trivial merges are done inside -`git-read-tree -m`. For example, if the file did not change +`git read-tree -m`. For example, if the file did not change from `$orig` to `HEAD` nor `$target`, or if the file changed from `$orig` to `HEAD` and `$orig` to `$target` the same way, obviously the final outcome is what is in `HEAD`. What the @@ -4011,20 +4011,20 @@ $ mv -f hello.c~2 hello.c $ git update-index hello.c ------------------------------------------------- -When a path is in the "unmerged" state, running `git-update-index` for +When a path is in the "unmerged" state, running `git update-index` for that path tells git to mark the path resolved. The above is the description of a git merge at the lowest level, to help you understand what conceptually happens under the hood. -In practice, nobody, not even git itself, runs `git-cat-file` three times -for this. There is a `git-merge-index` program that extracts the +In practice, nobody, not even git itself, runs `git cat-file` three times +for this. There is a `git merge-index` program that extracts the stages to temporary files and calls a "merge" script on it: ------------------------------------------------- $ git merge-index git-merge-one-file hello.c ------------------------------------------------- -and that is what higher level `git-merge -s resolve` is implemented with. +and that is what higher level `git merge -s resolve` is implemented with. [[hacking-git]] Hacking git @@ -4045,12 +4045,12 @@ objects). There are currently four different object types: "blob", Regardless of object type, all objects share the following characteristics: they are all deflated with zlib, and have a header that not only specifies their type, but also provides size information -about the data in the object. It's worth noting that the SHA1 hash +about the data in the object. It's worth noting that the SHA-1 hash that is used to name the object is the hash of the original data plus this header, so `sha1sum` 'file' does not match the object name for 'file'. (Historical note: in the dawn of the age of git the hash -was the sha1 of the 'compressed' object.) +was the SHA-1 of the 'compressed' object.) As a result, the general consistency of an object can always be tested independently of the contents or the type of the object: all objects can @@ -4061,7 +4061,7 @@ size> {plus} <byte\0> {plus} <binary object data>. The structured objects can further have their structure and connectivity to other objects verified. This is generally done with -the `git-fsck` program, which generates a full dependency graph +the `git fsck` program, which generates a full dependency graph of all objects, and verifies their internal consistency (in addition to just verifying their superficial consistency through the hash). @@ -4120,7 +4120,7 @@ functions like `get_sha1_basic()` or the likes. This is just to get you into the groove for the most libified part of Git: the revision walker. -Basically, the initial version of `git-log` was a shell script: +Basically, the initial version of `git log` was a shell script: ---------------------------------------------------------------- $ git-rev-list --pretty $(git-rev-parse --default HEAD "$@") | \ @@ -4129,20 +4129,20 @@ $ git-rev-list --pretty $(git-rev-parse --default HEAD "$@") | \ What does this mean? -`git-rev-list` is the original version of the revision walker, which +`git rev-list` is the original version of the revision walker, which _always_ printed a list of revisions to stdout. It is still functional, and needs to, since most new Git programs start out as scripts using -`git-rev-list`. +`git rev-list`. -`git-rev-parse` is not as important any more; it was only used to filter out +`git rev-parse` is not as important any more; it was only used to filter out options that were relevant for the different plumbing commands that were called by the script. -Most of what `git-rev-list` did is contained in `revision.c` and +Most of what `git rev-list` did is contained in `revision.c` and `revision.h`. It wraps the options in a struct named `rev_info`, which controls how and what revisions are walked, and more. -The original job of `git-rev-parse` is now taken by the function +The original job of `git rev-parse` is now taken by the function `setup_revisions()`, which parses the revisions and the common command line options for the revision walker. This information is stored in the struct `rev_info` for later consumption. You can do your own command line option @@ -4155,7 +4155,7 @@ just have a look at the first implementation of `cmd_log()`; call `git show v1.3.0{tilde}155^2{tilde}4` and scroll down to that function (note that you no longer need to call `setup_pager()` directly). -Nowadays, `git-log` is a builtin, which means that it is _contained_ in the +Nowadays, `git log` is a builtin, which means that it is _contained_ in the command `git`. The source side of a builtin is - a function called `cmd_<bla>`, typically defined in `builtin-<bla>.c`, @@ -4171,7 +4171,7 @@ since they share quite a bit of code. In that case, the commands which are _not_ named like the `.c` file in which they live have to be listed in `BUILT_INS` in the `Makefile`. -`git-log` looks more complicated in C than it does in the original script, +`git log` looks more complicated in C than it does in the original script, but that allows for a much greater flexibility and performance. Here again it is a good point to take a pause. @@ -4182,9 +4182,9 @@ the organization of Git (after you know the basic concepts). So, think about something which you are interested in, say, "how can I access a blob just knowing the object name of it?". The first step is to find a Git command with which you can do it. In this example, it is either -`git-show` or `git-cat-file`. +`git show` or `git cat-file`. -For the sake of clarity, let's stay with `git-cat-file`, because it +For the sake of clarity, let's stay with `git cat-file`, because it - is plumbing, and @@ -4198,7 +4198,7 @@ it does. ------------------------------------------------------------------ git_config(git_default_config); if (argc != 3) - usage("git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>] <sha1>"); + usage("git cat-file [-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>] <sha1>"); if (get_sha1(argv[2], sha1)) die("Not a valid object name %s", argv[2]); ------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -4243,10 +4243,10 @@ To find out how the result can be used, just read on in `cmd_cat_file()`: ----------------------------------- Sometimes, you do not know where to look for a feature. In many such cases, -it helps to search through the output of `git log`, and then `git-show` the +it helps to search through the output of `git log`, and then `git show` the corresponding commit. -Example: If you know that there was some test case for `git-bundle`, but +Example: If you know that there was some test case for `git bundle`, but do not remember where it was (yes, you _could_ `git grep bundle t/`, but that does not illustrate the point!): @@ -4530,7 +4530,7 @@ The basic requirements: - Whenever possible, section headings should clearly describe the task they explain how to do, in language that requires no more knowledge than necessary: for example, "importing patches into a project" rather - than "the git-am command" + than "the `git am` command" Think about how to create a clear chapter dependency graph that will allow people to get to important topics without necessarily reading |