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-rw-r--r--Documentation/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt41
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt69
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.1.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt65
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/color.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/date-formats.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archimport.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archive.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bundle.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-clone.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-credential.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-files.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-index.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fsck.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-gui.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-help.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-http-push.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init-db.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-files.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-index.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reflog.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-request-pull.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-email.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shortlog.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stage.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-web--browse.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcredentials.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitignore.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitweb.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitworkflows.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/merge-options.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-formats.txt54
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-options.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/urls-remotes.txt8
63 files changed, 442 insertions, 239 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 911b6bf79c..ed656db2ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ print-man1:
## Lint: gitlink
.build/lint-docs/gitlink: | .build/lint-docs
$(QUIET)mkdir $@
-.build/lint-docs/gitlink/howto: | .build/lint-docs
+.build/lint-docs/gitlink/howto: | .build/lint-docs/gitlink
$(QUIET)mkdir $@
-.build/lint-docs/gitlink/config: | .build/lint-docs
+.build/lint-docs/gitlink/config: | .build/lint-docs/gitlink
$(QUIET)mkdir $@
LINT_DOCS_GITLINK = $(patsubst %.txt,.build/lint-docs/gitlink/%.ok,$(HOWTO_TXT) $(DOC_DEP_TXT))
$(LINT_DOCS_GITLINK): | .build/lint-docs/gitlink
diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
index b20bc8e914..63a2ef5449 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -905,19 +905,34 @@ Sending emails with Git is a two-part process; before you can prepare the emails
themselves, you'll need to prepare the patches. Luckily, this is pretty simple:
----
-$ git format-patch --cover-letter -o psuh/ master..psuh
-----
-
-The `--cover-letter` parameter tells `format-patch` to create a cover letter
-template for you. You will need to fill in the template before you're ready
-to send - but for now, the template will be next to your other patches.
-
-The `-o psuh/` parameter tells `format-patch` to place the patch files into a
-directory. This is useful because `git send-email` can take a directory and
-send out all the patches from there.
-
-`master..psuh` tells `format-patch` to generate patches for the difference
-between `master` and `psuh`. It will make one patch file per commit. After you
+$ git format-patch --cover-letter -o psuh/ --base=auto psuh@{u}..psuh
+----
+
+ . The `--cover-letter` option tells `format-patch` to create a
+ cover letter template for you. You will need to fill in the
+ template before you're ready to send - but for now, the template
+ will be next to your other patches.
+
+ . The `-o psuh/` option tells `format-patch` to place the patch
+ files into a directory. This is useful because `git send-email`
+ can take a directory and send out all the patches from there.
+
+ . The `--base=auto` option tells the command to record the "base
+ commit", on which the recipient is expected to apply the patch
+ series. The `auto` value will cause `format-patch` to compute
+ the base commit automatically, which is the merge base of tip
+ commit of the remote-tracking branch and the specified revision
+ range.
+
+ . The `psuh@{u}..psuh` option tells `format-patch` to generate
+ patches for the commits you created on the `psuh` branch since it
+ forked from its upstream (which is `origin/master` if you
+ followed the example in the "Set up your workspace" section). If
+ you are already on the `psuh` branch, you can just say `@{u}`,
+ which means "commits on the current branch since it forked from
+ its upstream", which is the same thing.
+
+The command will make one patch file per commit. After you
run, you can go have a look at each of the patches with your favorite text
editor and make sure everything looks alright; however, it's not recommended to
make code fixups via the patch file. It's a better idea to make the change the
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
index fdf7992193..75d4fdfde7 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
location relative to Git installation (e.g. its $sharedir which is
$(prefix)/share), with "%(prefix)".
- * Use `ort` instead of `recursive` as the default merge strategy.
+ * The `ort` strategy is used instead of `recursive` as the default
+ merge strategy.
* The userdiff pattern for "java" language has been updated.
@@ -77,7 +78,14 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git fsck" has been taught to report mismatch between expected and
actual types of an object better.
- * Use ssh public crypto for object and push-cert signing.
+ * In addition to GnuPG, ssh public crypto can be used for object and
+ push-cert signing. Note that this feature cannot be used with
+ ssh-keygen from OpenSSH 8.7, whose support for it is broken. Avoid
+ using it unless you update to OpenSSH 8.8.
+
+ * "git log --grep=string --author=name" learns to highlight hits just
+ like "git grep string" does.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -178,11 +186,13 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* Prevent "make sparse" from running for the source files that
haven't been modified.
- * The codepath to write a new version of .midx multi-pack index files
+ * The code path to write a new version of .midx multi-pack index files
has learned to release the mmaped memory holding the current
version of .midx before removing them from the disk, as some
platforms do not allow removal of a file that still has mapping.
+ * A new feature has been added to abort early in the test framework.
+
Fixes since v2.33
-----------------
@@ -254,12 +264,8 @@ Fixes since v2.33
* The output from "git fast-export", when its anonymization feature
is in use, showed an annotated tag incorrectly.
- * Doc update plus improved error reporting.
-
* Recent "diff -m" changes broke "gitk", which has been corrected.
- * Regression fix.
-
* The "git apply -3" code path learned not to bother the lower level
merge machinery when the three-way merge can be trivially resolved
without the content level merge. This fixes a regression caused by
@@ -368,6 +374,52 @@ Fixes since v2.33
* Improve test framework around unwritable directories.
(merge 5d22e18965 ab/test-cleanly-recreate-trash-directory later to maint).
+ * "git push" client talking to an HTTP server did not diagnose the
+ lack of the final status report from the other side correctly,
+ which has been corrected.
+ (merge c5c3486f38 jk/http-push-status-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Update "git archive" documentation and give explicit mention on the
+ compression level for both zip and tar.gz format.
+ (merge c4b208c309 bs/archive-doc-compression-level later to maint).
+
+ * Drop "git sparse-checkout" from the list of common commands.
+ (merge 6a9a50a8af sg/sparse-index-not-that-common-a-command later to maint).
+
+ * "git branch -c/-m new old" was not described to copy config, which
+ has been corrected.
+ (merge 8252ec300e jc/branch-copy-doc later to maint).
+
+ * Squelch over-eager warning message added during this cycle.
+
+ * Fix long-standing shell syntax error in the completion script.
+ (merge 46b0585286 re/completion-fix-test-equality later to maint).
+
+ * Teach "git commit-graph" command not to allow using replace objects
+ at all, as we do not use the commit-graph at runtime when we see
+ object replacement.
+ (merge 095d112f8c ab/ignore-replace-while-working-on-commit-graph later to maint).
+
+ * "git pull --no-verify" did not affect the underlying "git merge".
+ (merge 47bfdfb3fd ar/fix-git-pull-no-verify later to maint).
+
+ * One CI task based on Fedora image noticed a not-quite-kosher
+ construct recently, which has been corrected.
+
+ * "git pull --ff-only" and "git pull --rebase --ff-only" should make
+ it a no-op to attempt pulling from a remote that is behind us, but
+ instead the command errored out by saying it was impossible to
+ fast-forward, which may technically be true, but not a useful thing
+ to diagnose as an error. This has been corrected.
+ (merge 361cb52383 jc/fix-pull-ff-only-when-already-up-to-date later to maint).
+
+ * The way Cygwin emulates a unix-domain socket, on top of which the
+ simple-ipc mechanism is implemented, can race with the program on
+ the other side that wants to use the socket, and briefly make it
+ appear as a regular file before lstat(2) starts reporting it as a
+ socket. We now have a workaround on the side that connects to a
+ unix domain socket.
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge f188160be9 ab/bundle-remove-verbose-option later to maint).
(merge 8c6b4332b4 rs/close-pack-leakfix later to maint).
@@ -381,3 +433,6 @@ Fixes since v2.33
(merge ec9a37d69b ab/pkt-line-cleanup later to maint).
(merge 8650c6298c ab/fix-make-lint-docs later to maint).
(merge 1c720357ce ab/test-lib-diff-cleanup later to maint).
+ (merge 6b615dbece ks/submodule-add-message-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 203eb8381a jc/doc-format-patch-clarify-auto-base later to maint).
+ (merge 559664c792 ab/test-lib later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad404e9aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Git v2.34.1 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release is primarily to fix a handful of regressions in Git 2.34.
+
+Fixes since v2.34
+-----------------
+
+ * "git grep" looking in a blob that has non-UTF8 payload was
+ completely broken when linked with certain versions of PCREv2
+ library in the latest release.
+
+ * "git pull" with any strategy when the other side is behind us
+ should succeed as it is a no-op, but doesn't.
+
+ * An earlier change in 2.34.0 caused JGit application (that abused
+ GIT_EDITOR mechanism when invoking "git config") to get stuck with
+ a SIGTTOU signal; it has been reverted.
+
+ * An earlier change that broke .gitignore matching has been reverted.
+
+ * SubmittingPatches document gained a syntactically incorrect mark-up,
+ which has been corrected.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..120fac5b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+Git 2.35 Release Notes
+======================
+
+Updates since Git 2.34
+----------------------
+
+Backward compatibility warts
+
+ * "_" is now treated as any other URL-valid characters in an URL when
+ matching the per-URL configuration variable names.
+
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * "git status --porcelain=v2" now show the number of stash entries
+ with --show-stash like the normal output does.
+
+ * "git stash" learned the "--staged" option to stash away what has
+ been added to the index (and nothing else).
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
+
+ * The use of errno as a means to carry the nature of error in the ref
+ API implementation has been reworked and reduced.
+
+ * Teach and encourage first-time contributors to this project to
+ state the base commit when they submit their topic.
+
+ * The command line complation for "git send-email" options have been
+ tweaked to make it easier to keep it in sync with the command itself.
+
+
+Fixes since v2.34
+-----------------
+
+ * "git grep" looking in a blob that has non-UTF8 payload was
+ completely broken when linked with certain versions of PCREv2
+ library in the latest release.
+
+ * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
+
+ * "git pull" with any strategy when the other side is behind us
+ should succeed as it is a no-op, but doesn't.
+
+ * An earlier change in 2.34.0 caused JGit application (that abused
+ GIT_EDITOR mechanism when invoking "git config") to get stuck with
+ a SIGTTOU signal; it has been reverted.
+
+ * An earlier change that broke .gitignore matching has been reverted.
+
+ * Things like "git -c branch.sort=bogus branch new HEAD", i.e. the
+ operation modes of the "git branch" command that do not need the
+ sort key information, no longer errors out by seeing a bogus sort
+ key.
+ (merge 98e7ab6d42 jc/fix-ref-sorting-parse later to maint).
+
+ * The compatibility implementation for unsetenv(3) were written to
+ mimic ancient, non-POSIX, variant seen in an old glibc; it has been
+ changed to return an integer to match the more modern era.
+ (merge a38989bd5b jc/unsetenv-returns-an-int later to maint).
+
+ * The clean/smudge conversion code path has been prepared to better
+ work on platforms where ulong is narrower than size_t.
+ (merge 596b5e77c9 mc/clean-smudge-with-llp64 later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index e409022d93..11e03056f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ their trees themselves.
entitled "What's cooking in git.git" and "What's in git.git" giving
the status of various proposed changes.
-== GitHub CI[[GHCI]]]
+== GitHub CI[[GHCI]]
With an account at GitHub, you can use GitHub CI to test your changes
on Linux, Mac and Windows. See
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ Follow these steps for the initial setup:
After the initial setup, CI will run whenever you push new changes
to your fork of Git on GitHub. You can monitor the test state of all your
-branches here: https://github.com/<Your GitHub handle>/git/actions/workflows/main.yml
+branches here: `https://github.com/<Your GitHub handle>/git/actions/workflows/main.yml`
If a branch did not pass all test cases then it is marked with a red
cross. In that case you can click on the failing job and navigate to
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0c0e6b859f..1167e88e34 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ path relative to Git's "runtime prefix", i.e. relative to the location
where Git itself was installed. For example, `%(prefix)/bin/` refers to
the directory in which the Git executable itself lives. If Git was
compiled without runtime prefix support, the compiled-in prefix will be
-subsituted instead. In the unlikely event that a literal path needs to
+substituted instead. In the unlikely event that a literal path needs to
be specified that should _not_ be expanded, it needs to be prefixed by
`./`, like so: `./%(prefix)/bin`.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/color.txt b/Documentation/config/color.txt
index dd2d2e0d84..1795b2d16b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/color.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/color.txt
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ date settings, starting and ending with a color, the dates should be
set from oldest to newest. The metadata will be colored with the
specified colors if the line was introduced before the given
timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors.
-
+
Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well,
e.g. `2.weeks.ago` is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks.
-
+
It defaults to `blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red`, which
colors everything older than one year blue, recent changes between
@@ -107,9 +105,12 @@ color.grep.<slot>::
`matchContext`;;
matching text in context lines
`matchSelected`;;
- matching text in selected lines
+ matching text in selected lines. Also, used to customize the following
+ linkgit:git-log[1] subcommands: `--grep`, `--author` and `--committer`.
`selected`;;
- non-matching text in selected lines
+ non-matching text in selected lines. Also, used to customize the
+ following linkgit:git-log[1] subcommands: `--grep`, `--author` and
+ `--committer`.
`separator`;;
separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
and between hunks (`--`)
diff --git a/Documentation/date-formats.txt b/Documentation/date-formats.txt
index 99c455f51c..67645cae64 100644
--- a/Documentation/date-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/date-formats.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ The `GIT_AUTHOR_DATE` and `GIT_COMMITTER_DATE` environment variables
support the following date formats:
Git internal format::
- It is `<unix timestamp> <time zone offset>`, where `<unix
- timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.
- `<time zone offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC.
+ It is `<unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>`, where
+ `<unix-timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.
+ `<time-zone-offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC.
For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is `+0100`.
RFC 2822::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
index a595a0ffee..847777fd17 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ git-archimport - Import a GNU Arch repository into Git
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D depth] [-t tempdir]
- <archive/branch>[:<git-branch>] ...
+'git archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D <depth>] [-t <tempdir>]
+ <archive>/<branch>[:<git-branch>]...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Imports a project from one or more GNU Arch repositories.
It will follow branches
-and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive/branch>
+and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive>/<branch>
parameters supplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from
it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it
as a merge whenever possible (see discussion below).
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import new branches within the provided roots.
It expects to be dealing with one project only. If it sees
branches that have different roots, it will refuse to run. In that case,
-edit your <archive/branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the
+edit your <archive>/<branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the
import.
'git archimport' uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ incremental imports.
While 'git archimport' will try to create sensible branch names for the
archives that it imports, it is also possible to specify Git branch names
-manually. To do so, write a Git branch name after each <archive/branch>
+manually. To do so, write a Git branch name after each <archive>/<branch>
parameter, separated by a colon. This way, you can shorten the Arch
branch names and convert Arch jargon to Git jargon, for example mapping a
"PROJECT{litdd}devo{litdd}VERSION" branch to "master".
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ OPTIONS
Override the default tempdir.
-<archive/branch>::
- Archive/branch identifier in a format that `tla log` understands.
+<archive>/<branch>::
+ <archive>/<branch> identifier in a format that `tla log` understands.
GIT
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index 9f8172828d..bc4e76a783 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -93,12 +93,19 @@ BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS
zip
~~~
--0::
- Store the files instead of deflating them.
--9::
- Highest and slowest compression level. You can specify any
- number from 1 to 9 to adjust compression speed and ratio.
+-<digit>::
+ Specify compression level. Larger values allow the command
+ to spend more time to compress to smaller size. Supported
+ values are from `-0` (store-only) to `-9` (best ratio).
+ Default is `-6` if not given.
+tar
+~~~
+-<number>::
+ Specify compression level. The value will be passed to the
+ compression command configured in `tar.<format>.command`. See
+ manual page of the configured command for the list of supported
+ levels and the default level if this option isn't specified.
CONFIGURATION
-------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 5449767121..8af42eff89 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ OPTIONS
-m::
--move::
- Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog.
+ Move/rename a branch, together with its config and reflog.
-M::
Shortcut for `--move --force`.
-c::
--copy::
- Copy a branch and the corresponding reflog.
+ Copy a branch, together with its config and reflog.
-C::
Shortcut for `--copy --force`.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 71b5ecabd1..72ab813905 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ using the `--thin` option to linkgit:git-pack-objects[1], and
unbundled using the `--fix-thin` option to linkgit:git-index-pack[1].
There is no option to create a "thick pack" when using revision
-exclusions, users should not be concerned about the difference. By
-using "thin packs" bundles created using exclusions are smaller in
+exclusions, and users should not be concerned about the difference. By
+using "thin packs", bundles created using exclusions are smaller in
size. That they're "thin" under the hood is merely noted here as a
-curiosity, and as a reference to other documentation
+curiosity, and as a reference to other documentation.
See link:technical/bundle-format.html[the `bundle-format`
documentation] for more details and the discussion of "thin pack" in
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ unbundle <file>::
SPECIFYING REFERENCES
---------------------
-Revisions must accompanied by reference names to be packaged in a
+Revisions must be accompanied by reference names to be packaged in a
bundle.
More than one reference may be packaged, and more than one set of prerequisite objects can
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index d473c9bf38..a52dc49a3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] --detach [<branch>]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] <commit>
-'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>]
+'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new-branch>] [<start-point>]
'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...
'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] --pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]
'git checkout' (-p|--patch) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<pathspec>...]
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ You could omit `<branch>`, in which case the command degenerates to
rather expensive side-effects to show only the tracking information,
if exists, for the current branch.
-'git checkout' -b|-B <new_branch> [<start point>]::
+'git checkout' -b|-B <new-branch> [<start-point>]::
Specifying `-b` causes a new branch to be created as if
linkgit:git-branch[1] were called and then checked out. In
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ if exists, for the current branch.
`--track` without `-b` implies branch creation; see the
description of `--track` below.
+
-If `-B` is given, `<new_branch>` is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it
+If `-B` is given, `<new-branch>` is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it
is reset. This is the transactional equivalent of
+
------------
-$ git branch -f <branch> [<start point>]
+$ git branch -f <branch> [<start-point>]
$ git checkout <branch>
------------
+
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ as `ours` (i.e. "our shared canonical history"), while what you did
on your side branch as `theirs` (i.e. "one contributor's work on top
of it").
--b <new_branch>::
- Create a new branch named `<new_branch>` and start it at
- `<start_point>`; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
+-b <new-branch>::
+ Create a new branch named `<new-branch>` and start it at
+ `<start-point>`; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
--B <new_branch>::
- Creates the branch `<new_branch>` and start it at `<start_point>`;
- if it already exists, then reset it to `<start_point>`. This is
+-B <new-branch>::
+ Creates the branch `<new-branch>` and start it at `<start-point>`;
+ if it already exists, then reset it to `<start-point>`. This is
equivalent to running "git branch" with "-f"; see
linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
@@ -210,16 +210,16 @@ variable.
`<commit>` is not a branch name. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section
below for details.
---orphan <new_branch>::
- Create a new 'orphan' branch, named `<new_branch>`, started from
- `<start_point>` and switch to it. The first commit made on this
+--orphan <new-branch>::
+ Create a new 'orphan' branch, named `<new-branch>`, started from
+ `<start-point>` and switch to it. The first commit made on this
new branch will have no parents and it will be the root of a new
history totally disconnected from all the other branches and
commits.
+
The index and the working tree are adjusted as if you had previously run
-`git checkout <start_point>`. This allows you to start a new history
-that records a set of paths similar to `<start_point>` by easily running
+`git checkout <start-point>`. This allows you to start a new history
+that records a set of paths similar to `<start-point>` by easily running
`git commit -a` to make the root commit.
+
This can be useful when you want to publish the tree from a commit
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ whose full history contains proprietary or otherwise encumbered bits of
code.
+
If you want to start a disconnected history that records a set of paths
-that is totally different from the one of `<start_point>`, then you should
+that is totally different from the one of `<start-point>`, then you should
clear the index and the working tree right after creating the orphan
branch by running `git rm -rf .` from the top level of the working tree.
Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ As a special case, you may use `A...B` as a shortcut for the
merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
-<new_branch>::
+<new-branch>::
Name for the new branch.
-<start_point>::
+<start-point>::
The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see
linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to `HEAD`.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index 5d750314b2..78dcc9171f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff]
+'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m <parent-number>] [-s] [-x] [--ff]
[-S[<keyid>]] <commit>...
'git cherry-pick' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit)
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ OPTIONS
described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the
default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op.
--m parent-number::
---mainline parent-number::
+-m <parent-number>::
+--mainline <parent-number>::
Usually you cannot cherry-pick a merge because you do not know which
side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 3fe3810f1c..9685ea0691 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
+'git clone' [--template=<template-directory>]
[-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
[-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
- [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
+ [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>]
[--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags]
[--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]] [--[no-]shallow-submodules]
[--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse] [--[no-]reject-shallow]
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
via ssh, this specifies a non-default path for the command
run on the other end.
---template=<template_directory>::
+--template=<template-directory>::
Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
(See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ or `--mirror` is given)
superproject's recorded SHA-1. Equivalent to passing `--remote` to
`git submodule update`.
---separate-git-dir=<git dir>::
+--separate-git-dir=<git-dir>::
Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed
to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory,
then make a filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 95fec5f069..6c60bf98f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -212,8 +212,9 @@ include::signoff-option.txt[]
each trailer would appear, and other details.
-n::
---no-verify::
- This option bypasses the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks.
+--[no-]verify::
+ By default, the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks are run.
+ When any of `--no-verify` or `-n` is given, these are bypassed.
See also linkgit:githooks[5].
--allow-empty::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 992225f612..2285effb36 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] name [value [value-pattern]]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add name value
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] --replace-all name value [value-pattern]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get name [value-pattern]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get-all name [value-pattern]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] [--name-only] --get-regexp name_regex [value-pattern]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch name URL
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset name [value-pattern]
-'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset-all name [value-pattern]
-'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
-'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] <name> [<value> [<value-pattern>]]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add <name> <value>
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] --replace-all <name> <value> [<value-pattern>]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get <name> [<value-pattern>]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get-all <name> [<value-pattern>]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] [--name-only] --get-regexp <name-regex> [<value-pattern>]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch <name> <URL>
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset <name> [<value-pattern>]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset-all <name> [<value-pattern>]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section <old-name> <new-name>
+'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section <name>
'git config' [<file-option>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--name-only] -l | --list
-'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
-'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color <name> [<default>]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool <name> [<stdout-is-tty>]
'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit
DESCRIPTION
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ OPTIONS
in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection
names are not.
---get-urlmatch name URL::
+--get-urlmatch <name> <URL>::
When given a two-part name section.key, the value for
- section.<url>.key whose <url> part matches the best to the
+ section.<URL>.key whose <URL> part matches the best to the
given URL is returned (if no such key exists, the value for
section.key is used as a fallback). When given just the
section as name, do so for all the keys in the section and
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
read from or written to if `extensions.worktreeConfig` is
present. If not it's the same as `--local`.
--f config-file::
---file config-file::
+-f <config-file>::
+--file <config-file>::
For writing options: write to the specified file rather than the
repository `.git/config`.
+
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ available files.
+
See also <<FILES>>.
---blob blob::
+--blob <blob>::
Similar to `--file` but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g.
you can use 'master:.gitmodules' to read values from the file
'.gitmodules' in the master branch. See "SPECIFYING REVISIONS"
@@ -246,18 +246,18 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include:
all queried config options with the scope of that value
(local, global, system, command).
---get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]::
+--get-colorbool <name> [<stdout-is-tty>]::
- Find the color setting for `name` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output
- "true" or "false". `stdout-is-tty` should be either "true" or
+ Find the color setting for `<name>` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output
+ "true" or "false". `<stdout-is-tty>` should be either "true" or
"false", and is taken into account when configuration says
- "auto". If `stdout-is-tty` is missing, then checks the standard
+ "auto". If `<stdout-is-tty>` is missing, then checks the standard
output of the command itself, and exits with status 0 if color
is to be used, or exits with status 1 otherwise.
When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses
`color.ui` as fallback.
---get-color name [default]::
+--get-color <name> [<default>]::
Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt
index 206e3c5f40..f18673017f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-credential - Retrieve and store user credentials
SYNOPSIS
--------
------------------
-git credential <fill|approve|reject>
+'git credential' (fill|approve|reject)
------------------
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index 00154b6c85..41c8a8a05c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot]
- [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
+'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d <cvsroot>]
+ [-w <cvs-workdir>] [-W] [-f] [-m <msgprefix>] [<parent-commit>] <commit-id>
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index de1ebed67d..b3f27671a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>]
[-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>]
- [-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>]
- [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>]
- [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>]
+ [-C <git-repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>]
+ [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commit-limit>]
+ [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS-module>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ OPTIONS
from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the
`CVSROOT` environment variable.
-<CVS_module>::
+<CVS-module>::
The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>.
If not given, 'git cvsimport' tries to read it from
`CVS/Repository`.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
index 906774f0f7..bf1febb9ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
+'git diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common-diff-options>] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
index 27acb31cbf..679cae27d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-index - Compare a tree to the working tree or index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
+'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] [<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index 2fc24c542f..274d5eaba9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty]
[-t] [-r] [-c | --cc] [--combined-all-paths] [--root] [--merge-base]
- [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]
+ [<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index fe2f69d36e..113eabc107 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -689,10 +689,10 @@ You can also use `git format-patch --base=P -3 C` to generate patches
for A, B and C, and the identifiers for P, X, Y, Z are appended at the
end of the first message.
-If set `--base=auto` in cmdline, it will track base commit automatically,
-the base commit will be the merge base of tip commit of the remote-tracking
+If set `--base=auto` in cmdline, it will automatically compute
+the base commit as the merge base of tip commit of the remote-tracking
branch and revision-range specified in cmdline.
-For a local branch, you need to track a remote branch by `git branch
+For a local branch, you need to make it to track a remote branch by `git branch
--set-upstream-to` before using this option.
EXAMPLES
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
index bd596619c0..5088783dcc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs]
[--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found]
[--[no-]dangling] [--[no-]progress] [--connectivity-only]
- [--[no-]name-objects] [<object>*]
+ [--[no-]name-objects] [<object>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt
index c9d7e96214..e8f3ccb433 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gui - A portable graphical interface to Git
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git gui' [<command>] [arguments]
+'git gui' [<command>] [<arguments>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 96d5f598b4..44ea63cc6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]]
- [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [COMMAND|GUIDE]
+ [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<guide>]
'git help' [-g|--guides]
'git help' [-c|--config]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-With no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the 'git'
+With no options and no '<command>' or '<guide>' given, the synopsis of the 'git'
command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed
on the standard output.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ variables.
If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on
standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased command, use
-`git COMMAND --help`.
+`git <command> --help`.
Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the
former is internally converted into the latter.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
index 9fa17b60e4..319062c021 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-http-fetch - Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <url>
+'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w <filename>] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <URL>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
index ea03a4eeb0..7c6a6dd7f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...]
+'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <URL> <ref> [<ref>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -63,16 +63,15 @@ of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a
shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
-Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
-and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be
-pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
-side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
-destination side.
+Each pattern pair '<src>:<dst>' consists of the source side (before
+the colon) and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be
+pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side,
+and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side.
- - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
+ - It is an error if '<src>' does not match exactly one of the
local refs.
- - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
+ - If '<dst>' does not match any remote ref, either
* it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
destination literally in this case.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
index 648a6cd78a..18bf1a3c8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty Git repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index b611d80697..ad921fe782 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>]
- [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--object-format=<format>]
+'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>]
+ [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>] [--object-format=<format>]
[-b <branch-name> | --initial-branch=<branch-name>]
- [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
+ [--shared[=<permissions>]] [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ values are 'sha1' and (if enabled) 'sha256'. 'sha1' is the default.
+
include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[]
---template=<template_directory>::
+--template=<template-directory>::
Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE
DIRECTORY" section below.)
---separate-git-dir=<git dir>::
+--separate-git-dir=<git-dir>::
Instead of initializing the repository as a directory to either `$GIT_DIR` or
`./.git/`, create a text file there containing the path to the actual
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ repository. If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently
`master`, but this is subject to change in the future; the name can be
customized via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable).
---shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
+--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|<perm>)]::
Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This
allows users belonging to the same group to push into that
@@ -110,13 +110,16 @@ the repository permissions.
Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users.
-'0xxx'::
+'<perm>'::
-'0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'. '0xxx' will
-override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and
-'all' does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but not
-group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo that is
-readable and writable to the current user and group, but inaccessible to others.
+'<perm>' is a 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file
+will have mode '<perm>'. '<perm>' will override users' umask(2)
+value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and 'all'
+does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but
+not group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo
+that is readable and writable to the current user and group, but
+inaccessible to others (directories and executable files get their
+`x` bit from the `r` bit for corresponding classes of users).
--
By default, the configuration flag `receive.denyNonFastForwards` is enabled
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 0498e7bacb..20e87cecf4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...]
+'git log' [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc.
include::line-range-options.txt[]
-<revision range>::
+<revision-range>::
Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no
- <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the
+ <revision-range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the
whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD`
specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit
(i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of
- ways to spell <revision range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges'
+ ways to spell <revision-range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges'
section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
[--] <path>...::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 6d11ab506b..2e3d695fa2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v] [-f]
- (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])*
- (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])*
- [--eol]
+ [-c|--cached] [-d|--deleted] [-o|--others] [-i|--|ignored]
+ [-s|--stage] [-u|--unmerged] [-k|--|killed] [-m|--modified]
+ [--directory [--no-empty-directory]] [--eol]
[--deduplicate]
[-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
[-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
index 2ab84a91e5..eea56b3154 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-merge-index - Run a merge for files needing merging
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <file>*)
+'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | ( [--] <file>...) )
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
index b008ce2850..c588fb91af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ associated `.keep` file will not be selected for the batch to repack.
EXAMPLES
--------
-* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder.
+* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current `.git` directory.
+
-----------------------------------------------
$ git multi-pack-index write
-----------------------------------------------
-* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder with a
+* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current `.git` directory with a
corresponding bitmap.
+
-------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ $ git multi-pack-index write --preferred-pack=<pack> --bitmap
$ git multi-pack-index --object-dir <alt> write
-----------------------------------------------
-* Verify the MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder.
+* Verify the MIDX file for the packfiles in the current `.git` directory.
+
-----------------------------------------------
$ git multi-pack-index verify
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index 38e5257b2a..e21fcd8f71 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-p4 - Import from and submit to Perforce repositories
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git p4 clone' [<sync options>] [<clone options>] <p4 depot path>...
-'git p4 sync' [<sync options>] [<p4 depot path>...]
+'git p4 clone' [<sync-options>] [<clone-options>] <p4-depot-path>...
+'git p4 sync' [<sync-options>] [<p4-depot-path>...]
'git p4 rebase'
-'git p4 submit' [<submit options>] [<master branch name>]
+'git p4 submit' [<submit-options>] [<master-branch-name>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior.
p4/master. See the "Sync options" section above for more
information.
---commit <sha1>|<sha1..sha1>::
+--commit (<sha1>|<sha1>..<sha1>)::
Submit only the specified commit or range of commits, instead of the full
list of changes that are in the current Git branch.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index dbfd1f9017..f8344e1e5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
[--local] [--incremental] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>]
[--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
- [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | base-name]
- [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < object-list
+ [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | <base-name>]
+ [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < <object-list>
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
index f2869da572..ee7034b5e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... >
+'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] ( --all | <pack-filename>... )
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index ff487ff77d..5ced7ad4f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options
depending on the subcommand:
[verse]
-'git reflog' ['show'] [log-options] [<ref>]
+'git reflog' ['show'] [<log-options>] [<ref>]
'git reflog expire' [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>]
[--rewrite] [--updateref] [--stale-fix]
[--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] [--all [--single-worktree] | <refs>...]
'git reflog delete' [--rewrite] [--updateref]
- [--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] ref@\{specifier\}...
+ [--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] <ref>@\{<specifier>\}...
'git reflog exists' <ref>
Reference logs, or "reflogs", record when the tips of branches and
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 31c29c9b31..2bebc32566 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
-'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <url>
+'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <URL>
'git remote rename' <old> <new>
'git remote remove' <name>
'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git remote get-url' [--push] [--all] <name>
'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl>
-'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url>
+'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <URL>
'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>...
'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>...
'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...]
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.
'add'::
Add a remote named <name> for the repository at
-<url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
+<URL>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.
+
With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ With `--push`, push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs.
With `--add`, instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added.
+
With `--delete`, instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching
-regex <url> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all
+regex <URL> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all
non-push URLs is an error.
+
Note that the push URL and the fetch URL, even though they can
diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
index 4d4392d0f8..fa5a426709 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <url> [<end>]
+'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <URL> [<end>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled.
The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by
`<start>` and the output asks it to integrate the changes you made
since that commit, up to the commit named by `<end>`, by visiting
-the repository named by `<url>`.
+the repository named by `<URL>`.
OPTIONS
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ OPTIONS
Commit to start at. This names a commit that is already in
the upstream history.
-<url>::
+<URL>::
The repository URL to be pulled from.
<end>::
Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD). This names the commit
at the tip of the history you are asking to be pulled.
+
-When the repository named by `<url>` has the commit at a tip of a
+When the repository named by `<URL>` has the commit at a tip of a
ref that is different from the ref you have locally, you can use the
`<local>:<remote>` syntax, to have its local name, a colon `:`, and
its remote name.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 3db4eab4ba..41cd8cb424 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
+'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory>...
+'git send-email' [<options>] <format-patch options>
'git send-email' --dump-aliases
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
Patches can be specified as files, directories (which will send all
files in the directory), or directly as a revision list. In the
last case, any format accepted by linkgit:git-format-patch[1] can
-be passed to git send-email.
+be passed to git send-email, as well as options understood by
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
The header of the email is configurable via command-line options. If not
specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index c9c7f3065c..f64e77047b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...]
+'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...]
git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [<options>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ counts both authors and co-authors.
If width is `0` (zero) then indent the lines of the output without wrapping
them.
-<revision range>::
+<revision-range>::
Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no
- <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the
+ <revision-range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the
whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD`
specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit
(i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of
- ways to spell <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges"
+ ways to spell <revision-range>, see the "Specifying Ranges"
section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
[--] <path>...::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index 42056ee9ff..9a78dd721e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ given by a list of patterns.
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [options]'
+'git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [<options>]'
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stage.txt b/Documentation/git-stage.txt
index 25bcda936d..2f6aaa75b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stage.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stage.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-stage - Add file contents to the staging area
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git stage' args...
+'git stage' <arg>...
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index be6084ccef..6e15f47525 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>]
-'git stash' [push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
+'git stash' [push [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
[-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-m|--message <message>]
[--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]]
[--] [<pathspec>...]]
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stash index (e.g. the integer `n` is equivalent to `stash@{n}`).
COMMANDS
--------
-push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>...]::
+push [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>...]::
Save your local modifications to a new 'stash entry' and roll them
back to HEAD (in the working tree and in the index).
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ subcommand from making an unwanted stash entry. The two exceptions to this
are `stash -p` which acts as alias for `stash push -p` and pathspec elements,
which are allowed after a double hyphen `--` for disambiguation.
-save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
+save [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
This option is deprecated in favour of 'git stash push'. It
differs from "stash push" in that it cannot take pathspec.
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use
`--no-keep-index` to override this.
+-S::
+--staged::
+ This option is only valid for `push` and `save` commands.
++
+Stash only the changes that are currently staged. This is similar to
+basic `git commit` except the state is committed to the stash instead
+of current branch.
++
+The `--patch` option has priority over this one.
+
--pathspec-from-file=<file>::
This option is only valid for `push` command.
+
@@ -341,6 +351,24 @@ $ edit/build/test remaining parts
$ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts'
----------------------------------------------------------------
+Saving unrelated changes for future use::
+
+When you are in the middle of massive changes and you find some
+unrelated issue that you don't want to forget to fix, you can do the
+change(s), stage them, and use `git stash push --staged` to stash them
+out for future use. This is similar to committing the staged changes,
+only the commit ends-up being in the stash and not on the current branch.
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+# ... hack hack hack ...
+$ git add --patch foo # add unrelated changes to the index
+$ git stash push --staged # save these changes to the stash
+# ... hack hack hack, finish curent changes ...
+$ git commit -m 'Massive' # commit fully tested changes
+$ git switch fixup-branch # switch to another branch
+$ git stash pop # to finish work on the saved changes
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
Recovering stash entries that were cleared/dropped erroneously::
If you mistakenly drop or clear stash entries, they cannot be recovered
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 4a2c3e0408..54a4b29b47 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -314,6 +314,14 @@ Line Notes
------------------------------------------------------------
....
+Stash Information
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If `--show-stash` is given, one line is printed showing the number of stash
+entries if non-zero:
+
+ # stash <N>
+
Changed Tracked Entries
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 222b556d7a..4e92308e85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ OPTIONS
-------
--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody)]::
---template=<template_directory>::
+--template=<template-directory>::
Only used with the 'init' command.
These are passed directly to 'git init'.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
index 8d162b56c5..f2f996cbe1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-web--browse - Git helper script to launch a web browser
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git web{litdd}browse' [<options>] <url|file>...
+'git web{litdd}browse' [<options>] (<URL>|<file>)...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index d63c65e67d..13f83a2a3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ OPTIONS
--version::
Prints the Git suite version that the 'git' program came from.
+
-This option is internaly converted to `git version ...` and accepts
+This option is internally converted to `git version ...` and accepts
the same options as the linkgit:git-version[1] command. If `--help` is
also given, it takes precedence over `--version`.
@@ -832,8 +832,9 @@ for full details.
`GIT_TRACE_REDACT`::
By default, when tracing is activated, Git redacts the values of
- cookies, the "Authorization:" header, and the "Proxy-Authorization:"
- header. Set this variable to `0` to prevent this redaction.
+ cookies, the "Authorization:" header, the "Proxy-Authorization:"
+ header and packfile URIs. Set this variable to `0` to prevent this
+ redaction.
`GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS`::
Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index 758bf39ba3..80517b4eb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ because the hostnames differ. Nor would it match `foo.example.com`; Git
compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of
the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not
match: Git compares the protocols exactly. However, you may use wildcards in
-the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<url>.*`
+the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<URL>.*`
options.
If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
Options for a credential context can be configured either in
`credential.*` (which applies to all credentials), or
-`credential.<url>.*`, where <url> matches the context as described
+`credential.<URL>.*`, where <URL> matches the context as described
above.
The following options are available in either location:
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index f8a1fc2014..f2738b10db 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem.
EXAMPLES
--------
- - The pattern `hello.*` matches any file or folder
+ - The pattern `hello.*` matches any file or directory
whose name begins with `hello.`. If one wants to restrict
this only to the directory and not in its subdirectories,
one can prepend the pattern with a slash, i.e. `/hello.*`;
diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 891c8da4fd..941858a6ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Workflow for a third party library
----------------------------------
# Add a submodule
- git submodule add <url> <path>
+ git submodule add <URL> <path>
# Occasionally update the submodule to a new version:
git -C <path> checkout <new version>
diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
index 3cc9b034c4..7cee9d3689 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ like this:
# make the front page an internal rewrite to the gitweb script
RewriteRule ^/$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi [QSA,L,PT]
- # look for a public_git folder in unix users' home
+ # look for a public_git directory in unix users' home
# http://git.example.org/~<user>/
RewriteRule ^/\~([^\/]+)(/|/gitweb.cgi)?$ /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi \
[QSA,E=GITWEB_PROJECTROOT:/home/$1/public_git/,L,PT]
diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
index 47cf97f9be..59305265c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ request to do so by mail. Such a request looks like
-------------------------------------
Please pull from
- <url> <branch>
+ <URL> <branch>
-------------------------------------
In that case, 'git pull' can do the fetch and merge in one go, as
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ follows.
.Push/pull: Merging remote topics
[caption="Recipe: "]
=====================================
-`git pull <url> <branch>`
+`git pull <URL> <branch>`
=====================================
Occasionally, the maintainer may get merge conflicts when they try to
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ merge because you cannot format-patch merges):
.format-patch/am: Keeping topics up to date
[caption="Recipe: "]
=====================================
-`git pull --rebase <url> <branch>`
+`git pull --rebase <URL> <branch>`
=====================================
You can then fix the conflicts during the rebase. Presumably you have
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index 61ec157c2f..d8f7cd7ca0 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ ifdef::git-pull[]
Only useful when merging.
endif::git-pull[]
---no-verify::
- This option bypasses the pre-merge and commit-msg hooks.
+--[no-]verify::
+ By default, the pre-merge and commit-msg hooks are run.
+ When `--no-verify` is given, these are bypassed.
See also linkgit:githooks[5].
ifdef::git-pull[]
Only useful when merging.
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index ef6bd420ae..23f6335887 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ built-in formats:
* 'oneline'
- <hash> <title line>
+ <hash> <title-line>
+
This is designed to be as compact as possible.
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
commit <hash>
Author: <author>
- <title line>
+ <title-line>
* 'medium'
commit <hash>
Author: <author>
- Date: <author date>
+ Date: <author-date>
- <title line>
+ <title-line>
- <full commit message>
+ <full-commit-message>
* 'full'
@@ -47,25 +47,25 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
Author: <author>
Commit: <committer>
- <title line>
+ <title-line>
- <full commit message>
+ <full-commit-message>
* 'fuller'
commit <hash>
Author: <author>
- AuthorDate: <author date>
+ AuthorDate: <author-date>
Commit: <committer>
- CommitDate: <committer date>
+ CommitDate: <committer-date>
- <title line>
+ <title-line>
- <full commit message>
+ <full-commit-message>
* 'reference'
- <abbrev hash> (<title line>, <short author date>)
+ <abbrev-hash> (<title-line>, <short-author-date>)
+
This format is used to refer to another commit in a commit message and
is the same as `--pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)'`. By default,
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like
From <hash> <date>
From: <author>
- Date: <author date>
- Subject: [PATCH] <title line>
+ Date: <author-date>
+ Subject: [PATCH] <title-line>
- <full commit message>
+ <full-commit-message>
* 'mboxrd'
+
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ commits are displayed, but not the way the diff is shown e.g. with
`git log --raw`. To get full object names in a raw diff format,
use `--no-abbrev`.
-* 'format:<string>'
+* 'format:<format-string>'
+
-The 'format:<string>' format allows you to specify which information
+The 'format:<format-string>' format allows you to specify which information
you want to show. It works a little bit like printf format,
with the notable exception that you get a newline with '%n'
instead of '\n'.
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
If any option is provided multiple times the
last occurrence wins.
+
-The boolean options accept an optional value `[=<BOOL>]`. The values
+The boolean options accept an optional value `[=<value>]`. The values
`true`, `false`, `on`, `off` etc. are all accepted. See the "boolean"
sub-section in "EXAMPLES" in linkgit:git-config[1]. If a boolean
option is given with no value, it's enabled.
+
-** 'key=<K>': only show trailers with specified key. Matching is done
+** 'key=<key>': only show trailers with specified <key>. Matching is done
case-insensitively and trailing colon is optional. If option is
given multiple times trailer lines matching any of the keys are
shown. This option automatically enables the `only` option so that
@@ -286,25 +286,25 @@ option is given with no value, it's enabled.
desired it can be disabled with `only=false`. E.g.,
`%(trailers:key=Reviewed-by)` shows trailer lines with key
`Reviewed-by`.
-** 'only[=<BOOL>]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer
+** 'only[=<bool>]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer
block should be included.
-** 'separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between trailer
+** 'separator=<sep>': specify a separator inserted between trailer
lines. When this option is not given each trailer line is
- terminated with a line feed character. The string SEP may contain
+ terminated with a line feed character. The string <sep> may contain
the literal formatting codes described above. To use comma as
separator one must use `%x2C` as it would otherwise be parsed as
next option. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Ticket,separator=%x2C )`
shows all trailer lines whose key is "Ticket" separated by a comma
and a space.
-** 'unfold[=<BOOL>]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold`
+** 'unfold[=<bool>]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold`
option was given. E.g.,
`%(trailers:only,unfold=true)` unfolds and shows all trailer lines.
-** 'keyonly[=<BOOL>]': only show the key part of the trailer.
-** 'valueonly[=<BOOL>]': only show the value part of the trailer.
-** 'key_value_separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between
+** 'keyonly[=<bool>]': only show the key part of the trailer.
+** 'valueonly[=<bool>]': only show the value part of the trailer.
+** 'key_value_separator=<sep>': specify a separator inserted between
trailer lines. When this option is not given each trailer key-value
pair is separated by ": ". Otherwise it shares the same semantics
- as 'separator=<SEP>' above.
+ as 'separator=<sep>' above.
NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index b3af850608..dc685be363 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ people using 80-column terminals.
in `X` and we are outputting in `X`, we will output the object
verbatim; this means that invalid sequences in the original
commit may be copied to the output. Likewise, if iconv(3) fails
- to convert the commit, we will output the original object
- verbatim, along with a warning.
+ to convert the commit, we will quietly output the original
+ object verbatim.
--expand-tabs=<n>::
--expand-tabs::
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index b7bd27e171..24569b06d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -968,11 +968,6 @@ list of the missing objects. Object IDs are prefixed with a ``?'' character.
objects.
endif::git-rev-list[]
---unsorted-input::
- Show commits in the order they were given on the command line instead
- of sorting them in reverse chronological order by commit time. Cannot
- be combined with `--no-walk` or `--no-walk=sorted`.
-
--no-walk[=(sorted|unsorted)]::
Only show the given commits, but do not traverse their ancestors.
This has no effect if a range is specified. If the argument
@@ -980,8 +975,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
given on the command line. Otherwise (if `sorted` or no argument
was given), the commits are shown in reverse chronological order
by commit time.
- Cannot be combined with `--graph`. Cannot be combined with
- `--unsorted-input` if `sorted` or no argument was given.
+ Cannot be combined with `--graph`.
--do-walk::
Overrides a previous `--no-walk`.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt
index ef7fe02a8f..bb13ca3db8 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ yields
------------
$ cat ~/log.event
-{"event":"version","sid":"sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.620713Z","file":"common-main.c","line":38,"evt":"2","exe":"2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb"}
+{"event":"version","sid":"sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.620713Z","file":"common-main.c","line":38,"evt":"3","exe":"2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb"}
{"event":"start","sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.621027Z","file":"common-main.c","line":39,"t_abs":0.001173,"argv":["git","version"]}
{"event":"cmd_name","sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.621122Z","file":"git.c","line":432,"name":"version","hierarchy":"version"}
{"event":"exit","sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.621236Z","file":"git.c","line":662,"t_abs":0.001227,"code":0}
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ only present on the "start" and "atexit" events.
{
"event":"version",
...
- "evt":"2", # EVENT format version
+ "evt":"3", # EVENT format version
"exe":"2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb" # git version
}
------------
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
index 21e8258ccf..8a877d27e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ command can be requested at a time.
empty-request = flush-pkt
command-request = command
capability-list
- [command-args]
+ delim-pkt
+ command-args
flush-pkt
command = PKT-LINE("command=" key LF)
- command-args = delim-pkt
- *command-specific-arg
+ command-args = *command-specific-arg
command-specific-args are packet line framed arguments defined by
each individual command.
diff --git a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
index bd184cd653..86d0008f94 100644
--- a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ config file would appear like this:
------------
[remote "<name>"]
- url = <url>
+ url = <URL>
pushurl = <pushurl>
push = <refspec>
fetch = <refspec>
------------
The `<pushurl>` is used for pushes only. It is optional and defaults
-to `<url>`.
+to `<URL>`.
Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ This file should have the following format:
------------
- <url>#<head>
+ <URL>#<head>
------------
-`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
+`<URL>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following
refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line.