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-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-tutorial.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bisect.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-request-pull.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rm.txt52
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shortlog.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hooks.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt45
14 files changed, 139 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt
index aa40dfd36a..5a5531222d 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/core-tutorial.txt
@@ -535,18 +535,18 @@ with the associated patches use the more complex (and much more
powerful)
----------------
-$ git-whatchanged -p --root
+$ git-whatchanged -p
----------------
and you will see exactly what has changed in the repository over its
short history.
[NOTE]
-The `\--root` flag is a flag to `git-diff-tree` to tell it to
-show the initial aka 'root' commit too. Normally you'd probably not
-want to see the initial import diff, but since the tutorial project
-was started from scratch and is so small, we use it to make the result
-a bit more interesting.
+When using the above two commands, the initial commit will be shown.
+If this is a problem because it is huge, you can hide it by setting
+the log.showroot configuration variable to false. Having this, you
+can still show it for each command just adding the `\--root` option,
+which is a flag for `git-diff-tree` accepted by both commands.
With that, you should now be having some inkling of what git does, and
can explore on your own.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 96585ae8d9..698ffde7ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
on the subcommand:
+ git bisect help
git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
git bisect bad [<rev>]
git bisect good [<rev>...]
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ This command uses 'git-rev-list --bisect' option to help drive the
binary search process to find which change introduced a bug, given an
old "good" commit object name and a later "bad" commit object name.
+Getting help
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Use "git bisect" to get a short usage description, and "git bisect
+help" or "git bisect -h" to get a long usage description.
+
Basic bisect commands: start, bad, good
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index b4ae61ff46..4bb51cc06e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ but can be used to amend a merge commit.
as well. This is usually not what you want unless you
are concluding a conflicted merge.
+-o|--only::
+ Make a commit only from the paths specified on the
+ command line, disregarding any contents that have been
+ staged so far. This is the default mode of operation of
+ 'git commit' if any paths are given on the command line,
+ in which case this option can be omitted.
+ If this option is specified together with '--amend', then
+ no paths need be specified, which can be used to amend
+ the last commit without committing changes that have
+ already been staged.
+
-u|--untracked-files::
Show all untracked files, also those in uninteresting
directories, in the "Untracked files:" section of commit
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index fa161718dd..5de5d051b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
"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::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index 9cec8021b8..b1106714b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ cvs -d ":ext;CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver:user@server/path/repo.git" co <HEAD_name>
------
This has the advantage that it will be saved in your 'CVS/Root' files and
you don't need to worry about always setting the correct environment
-variable.
+variable. SSH users restricted to git-shell don't need to override the default
+with CVS_SERVER (and shouldn't) as git-shell understands `cvs` to mean
+git-cvsserver and pretends that the other end runs the real cvs better.
--
2. For each repo that you want accessible from CVS you need to edit config in
the repo and add the following section.
@@ -141,25 +143,29 @@ allowing access over SSH.
enabled=1
------
--
-3. On the client machine you need to set the following variables.
- CVSROOT should be set as per normal, but the directory should point at the
- appropriate git repo. For example:
+3. If you didn't specify the CVSROOT/CVS_SERVER directly in the checkout command,
+ automatically saving it in your 'CVS/Root' files, then you need to set them
+ explicitly in your environment. CVSROOT should be set as per normal, but the
+ directory should point at the appropriate git repo. As above, for SSH clients
+ _not_ restricted to git-shell, CVS_SERVER should be set to git-cvsserver.
+
--
-For SSH access, CVS_SERVER should be set to git-cvsserver
-
-Example:
-
------
export CVSROOT=:ext:user@server:/var/git/project.git
export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
------
--
-4. For SSH clients that will make commits, make sure their .bashrc file
- sets the GIT_AUTHOR and GIT_COMMITTER variables.
+4. For SSH clients that will make commits, make sure their server-side
+ .ssh/environment files (or .bashrc, etc., according to their specific shell)
+ export appropriate values for GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL,
+ GIT_COMMITTER_NAME, and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL. For SSH clients whose login
+ shell is bash, .bashrc may be a reasonable alternative.
5. Clients should now be able to check out the project. Use the CVS 'module'
- name to indicate what GIT 'head' you want to check out. Example:
+ name to indicate what GIT 'head' you want to check out. This also sets the
+ name of your newly checked-out directory, unless you tell it otherwise with
+ `-d <dir_name>`. For example, this checks out 'master' branch to the
+ `project-master` directory:
+
------
cvs co -d project-master master
diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
index 270df9b185..9a14c04e39 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ OPTIONS
URL to include in the summary.
<end>::
- Commit to send at; defaults to HEAD.
+ Commit to end at; defaults to HEAD.
Author
------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
index dc36c662ae..9c81b72dbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
@@ -11,28 +11,37 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Remove files from the working tree and from the index. The
-files have to be identical to the tip of the branch, and no
-updates to its contents must have been placed in the staging
-area (aka index). When --cached is given, the staged content has to
-match either the tip of the branch *or* the file on disk.
+Remove files from the index, or from the working tree and the index.
+`git rm` will not remove a file from just your working directory.
+(There is no option to remove a file only from the work tree
+and yet keep it in the index; use `/bin/rm` if you want to do that.)
+The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the branch,
+and no updates to their contents can be staged in the index,
+though that default behavior can be overridden with the `-f` option.
+When '--cached' is given, the staged content has to
+match either the tip of the branch or the file on disk,
+allowing the file to be removed from just the index.
OPTIONS
-------
<file>...::
Files to remove. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to
- remove all matching files. Also a leading directory name
- (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be
- given to remove all files in the directory, recursively,
- but this requires `-r` option to be given for safety.
+ remove all matching files. If you want git to expand
+ file glob characters, you may need to shell-escape them.
+ A leading directory name
+ (e.g. `dir` to remove `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be
+ given to remove all files in the directory, and recursively
+ all sub-directories,
+ but this requires the `-r` option to be explicitly given.
-f::
Override the up-to-date check.
-n, \--dry-run::
- Don't actually remove the file(s), just show if they exist in
- the index.
+ Don't actually remove any file(s). Instead, just show
+ if they exist in the index and would otherwise be removed
+ by the command.
-r::
Allow recursive removal when a leading directory name is
@@ -44,9 +53,9 @@ OPTIONS
for command-line options).
\--cached::
- This option can be used to tell the command to remove
- the paths only from the index, leaving working tree
- files.
+ Use this option to unstage and remove paths only from the index.
+ Working tree files, whether modified or not, will be
+ left alone.
\--ignore-unmatch::
Exit with a zero status even if no files matched.
@@ -59,11 +68,15 @@ OPTIONS
DISCUSSION
----------
-The list of <file> given to the command can be exact pathnames,
-file glob patterns, or leading directory name. The command
-removes only the paths that is known to git. Giving the name of
+The <file> list given to the command can be exact pathnames,
+file glob patterns, or leading directory names. The command
+removes only the paths that are known to git. Giving the name of
a file that you have not told git about does not remove that file.
+File globbing matches across directory boundaries. Thus, given
+two directories `d` and `d2`, there is a difference between
+using `git rm \'d\*\'` and `git rm \'d/\*\'`, as the former will
+also remove all of directory `d2`.
EXAMPLES
--------
@@ -72,11 +85,10 @@ git-rm Documentation/\\*.txt::
`Documentation` directory and any of its subdirectories.
+
Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this
-example; this lets the command include the files from
-subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
+example; this lets git, and not the shell, expand the pathnames
+of files and subdirectories under the `Documentation/` directory.
git-rm -f git-*.sh::
- Remove all git-*.sh scripts that are in the index.
Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk
(i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it
does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index c7752575d8..d7cb4c0468 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-git-log --pretty=short | 'git-shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e]
-git-shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [<committish>...]
+git-log --pretty=short | 'git-shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w]
+git-shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] [<committish>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ OPTIONS
-e, \--email::
Show the email address of each author.
+-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]::
+ Linewrap the output by wrapping each line at `width`. The first
+ line of each entry is indented by `indent1` spaces, and the second
+ and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`,
+ `indent1`, and `indent2` default to 76, 6 and 9 respectively.
+
FILES
-----
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 3ea269aa7a..ea4376a17f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
directory.
+If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
+to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
+summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see --summary-limit
+option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+
See Also
--------
linkgit:gitignore[5]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 41f9f63566..6ffd896fbc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ OPTIONS
-n, --summary-limit::
This option is only valid for the summary command.
Limit the summary size (number of commits shown in total).
- Giving 0 will disable the summary; a negative number means unlimted
+ Giving 0 will disable the summary; a negative number means unlimited
(the default). This limit only applies to modified submodules. The
size is always limited to 1 for added/deleted/typechanged submodules.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index c22fb71176..9712392f79 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <name> [<head>]
'git-tag' -d <name>...
-'git-tag' [-n [<num>]] -l [<pattern>]
+'git-tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [<pattern>]
'git-tag' -v <name>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OPTIONS
-v::
Verify the gpg signature of the given tag names.
--n <num>::
+-n<num>::
<num> specifies how many lines from the annotation, if any,
are printed when using -l.
The default is not to print any annotation lines.
@@ -233,14 +233,14 @@ the tag object affects, for example, the ordering of tags in the
gitweb interface.
To set the date used in future tag objects, set the environment
-variable GIT_AUTHOR_DATE to one or more of the date and time. The
+variable GIT_COMMITTER_DATE to one or more of the date and time. The
date and time can be specified in a number of ways; the most common
is "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM".
An example follows.
------------
-$ GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2006-10-02 10:31" git tag -s v1.0.1
+$ GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-10-02 10:31" git tag -s v1.0.1
------------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index 29edafceda..ed3ba83c53 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ gitk --max-count=100 --all \-- Makefile::
Show at most 100 changes made to the file 'Makefile'. Instead of only
looking for changes in the current branch look in all branches.
+Files
+-----
+Gitk creates the .gitk file in your $HOME directory to store preferences
+such as display options, font, and colors.
+
See Also
--------
'qgit(1)'::
diff --git a/Documentation/hooks.txt b/Documentation/hooks.txt
index 76b8d77460..44fbe58f20 100644
--- a/Documentation/hooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hooks.txt
@@ -276,3 +276,10 @@ probably enable this hook.
Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to
`git-send-pack` on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages
for the user.
+
+pre-auto-gc
+-----------
+
+This hook is invoked by `git-gc --auto`. It takes no parameter, and
+exiting with non-zero status from this script causes the `git-gc --auto`
+to abort.
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
index 8eadc20494..b7d09c1ec6 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
From: Rutger Nijlunsing <rutger@nospam.com>
-Subject: Setting up a git repository which can be pushed into and pulled from over HTTP.
+Subject: Setting up a git repository which can be pushed into and pulled from over HTTP(S).
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:00:26 +0200
Since Apache is one of those packages people like to compile
@@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ What's needed:
- have permissions to chown a directory
-- have git installed at the server _and_ client
+- have git installed on the client, and
-In effect, this probably means you're going to be root.
+- either have git installed on the server or have a webdav client on
+ the client.
+
+In effect, this means you're going to be root, or that you're using a
+preconfigured WebDAV server.
Step 1: setup a bare GIT repository
@@ -50,9 +54,9 @@ Step 1: setup a bare GIT repository
At the time of writing, git-http-push cannot remotely create a GIT
repository. So we have to do that at the server side with git. Another
-option would be to generate an empty repository at the client and copy
-it to the server with WebDAV. But then you're probably the first to
-try that out :)
+option is to generate an empty bare repository at the client and copy
+it to the server with a WebDAV client (which is the only option if Git
+is not installed on the server).
Create the directory under the DocumentRoot of the directories served
by Apache. As an example we take /usr/local/apache2, but try "grep
@@ -169,7 +173,9 @@ On Debian:
Most tests should pass.
-A command line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver.
+A command line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver. If you prefer GUIs, for
+example, konqueror can open WebDAV URLs as "webdav://..." or
+"webdavs://...".
If you're into Windows, from XP onwards Internet Explorer supports
WebDAV. For this, do Internet Explorer -> Open Location ->
@@ -179,8 +185,9 @@ http://<servername>/my-new-repo.git [x] Open as webfolder -> login .
Step 3: setup the client
------------------------
-Make sure that you have HTTP support, i.e. your git was built with curl.
-The easiest way to check is to look for the executable 'git-http-push'.
+Make sure that you have HTTP support, i.e. your git was built with
+curl (version more recent than 7.10). The command 'git http-push' with
+no argument should display a usage message.
Then, add the following to your $HOME/.netrc (you can do without, but will be
asked to input your password a _lot_ of times):
@@ -197,10 +204,10 @@ instead of the server name.
To check whether all is OK, do:
- curl --netrc --location -v http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git/
-
-...this should give a directory listing in HTML of /var/www/my-new-repo.git .
+ curl --netrc --location -v http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git/HEAD
+...this should give something like 'ref: refs/heads/master', which is
+the content of the file HEAD on the server.
Now, add the remote in your existing repository which contains the project
you want to export:
@@ -225,6 +232,15 @@ want to export) to repository called 'upload', which we previously
defined with git-config.
+Using a proxy:
+--------------
+
+If you have to access the WebDAV server from behind an HTTP(S) proxy,
+set the variable 'all_proxy' to 'http://proxy-host.com:port', or
+'http://login-on-proxy:passwd-on-proxy@proxy-host.com:port'. See 'man
+curl' for details.
+
+
Troubleshooting:
----------------
@@ -248,9 +264,14 @@ Reading /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log is often helpful.
On Debian: Read /var/log/apache2/error.log instead.
+If you access HTTPS locations, git may fail verifying the SSL
+certificate (this is return code 60). Setting http.sslVerify=false can
+help diagnosing the problem, but removes security checks.
+
Debian References: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/285
Authors
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Rutger Nijlunsing <git@wingding.demon.nl>
+ Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>