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-rw-r--r--Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt239
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/core.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/fetch.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/mergetool.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bisect.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fetch.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-imap-send.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-index-pack.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-index.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-worktree.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/githooks.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/object-format-disclaimer.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-options.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ref-reachability-filters.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/index-format.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt43
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/shallow.txt2
36 files changed, 510 insertions, 126 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
index d85c9b5143..4f85a089ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -319,14 +319,14 @@ function body:
...
git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
- if (git_config_get_string_const("user.name", &cfg_name) > 0)
+ if (git_config_get_string_tmp("user.name", &cfg_name) > 0)
printf(_("No name is found in config\n"));
else
printf(_("Your name: %s\n"), cfg_name);
----
`git_config()` will grab the configuration from config files known to Git and
-apply standard precedence rules. `git_config_get_string_const()` will look up
+apply standard precedence rules. `git_config_get_string_tmp()` will look up
a specific key ("user.name") and give you the value. There are a number of
single-key lookup functions like this one; you can see them all (and more info
about how to use `git_config()`) in `Documentation/technical/api-config.txt`.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt
index 783cba3af5..d728e81362 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,53 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
been made to imply "-m". Use "--no-diff-merges" to restore the
previous behaviour to omit patches for merge commits.
+ * The commit labels used to explain each side of conflicted hunks
+ placed by the sequencer machinery have been made more readable by
+ humans.
+
+ * The "--batch-size" option of "git multi-pack-index repack" command
+ is now used to specify that very small packfiles are collected into
+ one until the total size roughly exceeds it.
+
+ * The recent addition of SHA-256 support is marked as experimental in
+ the documentation.
+
+ * "git fetch" learned --no-write-fetch-head option to avoid writing
+ the FETCH_HEAD file.
+
+ * Command line completion (in contrib/) usually omits redundant,
+ deprecated and/or dangerous options from its output; it learned to
+ optionally include all of them.
+
+ * The output from the "diff" family of the commands had abbreviated
+ object names of blobs involved in the patch, but its length was not
+ affected by the --abbrev option. Now it is.
+
+ * "git worktree" gained a "repair" subcommand to help users recover
+ after moving the worktrees or repository manually without telling
+ Git. Also, "git init --separate-git-dir" no longer corrupts
+ administrative data related to linked worktrees.
+
+ * The "--format=" option to the "for-each-ref" command and friends
+ learned a few more tricks, e.g. the ":short" suffix that applies to
+ "objectname" now also can be used for "parent", "tree", etc.
+
+ * "git worktree add" learns that the "-d" is a synonym to "--detach"
+ option to create a new worktree without being on a branch.
+
+ * "format-patch --range-diff=<prev> <origin>..HEAD" has been taught
+ not to ignore <origin> when <prev> is a single version.
+
+ * "add -p" now allows editing paths that were only added in intent.
+
+ * The 'meld' backend of the "git mergetool" learned to give the
+ underlying 'meld' the '--auto-merge' option, which would help
+ reduce the amount of text that requires manual merging.
+
+ * "git for-each-ref" and friends that list refs used to allow only
+ one --merged or --no-merged to filter them; they learned to take
+ combination of both kind of filtering.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -66,7 +113,9 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
to a certain degree. It has been renamed to "strvec" to reduce the
barrier to adoption.
- * The final leg of SHA-256 transition.
+ * The final leg of SHA-256 transition plus doc updates. Note that
+ there is no inter-operability between SHA-1 and SHA-256
+ repositories yet.
* CMake support to build with MSVC for Windows bypassing the Makefile.
@@ -82,6 +131,46 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* Test framework update.
(merge d572f52a64 es/test-cmp-typocatcher later to maint).
+ * Updates to "git merge" tests, in preparation for a new merge
+ strategy backend.
+
+ * midx and commit-graph files now use the byte defined in their file
+ format specification for identifying the hash function used for
+ object names.
+
+ * The FETCH_HEAD is now always read from the filesystem regardless of
+ the ref backend in use, as its format is much richer than the
+ normal refs, and written directly by "git fetch" as a plain file..
+
+ * A handful of places in in-tree code still relied on being able to
+ execute the git subcommands, especially built-ins, in "git-foo"
+ form, which have been corrected.
+
+ * An unused binary has been discarded, and and a bunch of commands
+ have been turned into into built-in.
+
+ * A handful of places in in-tree code still relied on being able to
+ execute the git subcommands, especially built-ins, in "git-foo"
+ form, which have been corrected.
+
+ * When a packfile is removed by "git repack", multi-pack-index gets
+ cleared; the code was taught to do so less aggressively by first
+ checking if the midx actually refers to a pack that no longer
+ exists.
+
+ * Internal API clean-up to handle two options "diff-index" and "log"
+ have, which happen to share the same short form, more sensibly.
+
+ * The "add -i/-p" machinery has been written in C but it is not used
+ by default yet. It is made default to those who are participating
+ in feature.experimental experiment.
+
+ * Allow maintainers to tweak $(TAR) invocations done while making
+ distribution tarballs.
+
+ * "git index-pack" learned to resolve deltified objects with greater
+ parallelism.
+
Fixes since v2.28
-----------------
@@ -145,6 +234,138 @@ Fixes since v2.28
command failed to do so for such a path.
(merge 4c025c667e rp/apply-cached-with-i-t-a later to maint).
+ * "git diff [<tree-ish>] $path" for a $path that is marked with i-t-a
+ bit was not showing the mode bits from the working tree.
+ (merge cb0dd22b82 rp/ita-diff-modefix later to maint).
+
+ * Ring buffer with size 4 used for bin-hex translation resulted in a
+ wrong object name in the sequencer's todo output, which has been
+ corrected.
+ (merge 5da69c0dac ak/sequencer-fix-find-uniq-abbrev later to maint).
+
+ * When given more than one target line ranges, "git blame -La,b
+ -Lc,d" was over-eager to coalesce groups of original lines and
+ showed incorrect results, which has been corrected.
+ (merge c2ebaa27d6 jk/blame-coalesce-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The regexp to identify the function boundary for FORTRAN programs
+ has been updated.
+ (merge 75c3b6b2e8 pb/userdiff-fortran-update later to maint).
+
+ * A few end-user facing messages have been updated to be
+ hash-algorithm agnostic.
+ (merge 4279000d3e jc/object-names-are-not-sha-1 later to maint).
+
+ * "unlink" emulation on MinGW has been optimized.
+ (merge 680e0b4524 jh/mingw-unlink later to maint).
+
+ * The purpose of "git init --separate-git-dir" is to initialize a
+ new project with the repository separate from the working tree,
+ or, in the case of an existing project, to move the repository
+ (the .git/ directory) out of the working tree. It does not make
+ sense to use --separate-git-dir with a bare repository for which
+ there is no working tree, so disallow its use with bare
+ repositories.
+ (merge ccf236a23a es/init-no-separate-git-dir-in-bare later to maint).
+
+ * "ls-files -o" mishandled the top-level directory of another git
+ working tree that hangs in the current git working tree.
+ (merge ab282aa548 en/dir-nonbare-embedded later to maint).
+
+ * Fix some incorrect UNLEAK() annotations.
+ (merge 3e19816dc0 jk/unleak-fixes later to maint).
+
+ * Use more buffered I/O where we used to call many small write(2)s.
+ (merge a698d67b08 rs/more-buffered-io later to maint).
+
+ * The patch-id computation did not ignore the "incomplete last line"
+ marker like whitespaces.
+ (merge 82a62015a7 rs/patch-id-with-incomplete-line later to maint).
+
+ * Updates into a lazy/partial clone with a submodule did not work
+ well with transfer.fsckobjects set.
+
+ * The parser for "git for-each-ref --format=..." was too loose when
+ parsing the "%(trailers...)" atom, and forgot that "trailers" and
+ "trailers:<modifiers>" are the only two allowed forms, which has
+ been corrected.
+ (merge 2c22e102f8 hv/ref-filter-trailers-atom-parsing-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Long ago, we decided to use 3 threads by default when running the
+ index-pack task in parallel, which has been adjusted a bit upwards.
+ (merge fbff95b67f jk/index-pack-w-more-threads later to maint).
+
+ * "git restore/checkout --no-overlay" with wildcarded pathspec
+ mistakenly removed matching paths in subdirectories, which has been
+ corrected.
+ (merge bfda204ade rs/checkout-no-overlay-pathspec-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The description of --cached/--index options in "git apply --help"
+ has been updated.
+ (merge d064702be3 rp/apply-cached-doc later to maint).
+
+ * Feeding "$ZERO_OID" to "git log --ignore-missing --stdin", and
+ running "git log --ignore-missing $ZERO_OID" fell back to start
+ digging from HEAD; it has been corrected to become a no-op, like
+ "git log --tags=no-tag-matches-this-pattern" does.
+ (merge 04a0e98515 jk/rev-input-given-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Various callers of run_command API has been modernized.
+ (merge afbdba391e jc/run-command-use-embedded-args later to maint).
+
+ * List of options offered and accepted by "git add -i/-p" were
+ inconsistent, which have been corrected.
+ (merge ce910287e7 pw/add-p-allowed-options-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Various callers of run_command API has been modernized.
+ (merge afbdba391e jc/run-command-use-embedded-args later to maint).
+
+ * "git diff --stat -w" showed 0-line changes for paths whose changes
+ were only whitespaces, which was not intuitive. We now omit such
+ paths from the stat output.
+ (merge 1cf3d5db9b mr/diff-hide-stat-wo-textual-change later to maint).
+
+ * It was possible for xrealloc() to send a non-NULL pointer that has
+ been freed, which has been fixed.
+ (merge 6479ea4a8a jk/xrealloc-avoid-use-after-free later to maint).
+
+ * "git status" has trouble showing where it came from by interpreting
+ reflog entries that record certain events, e.g. "checkout @{u}", and
+ gives a hard/fatal error. Even though it inherently is impossible
+ to give a correct answer because the reflog entries lose some
+ information (e.g. "@{u}" does not record what branch the user was
+ on hence which branch 'the upstream' needs to be computed, and even
+ if the record were available, the relationship between branches may
+ have changed), at least hide the error to allow "status" show its
+ output.
+
+ * "git status --short" quoted a path with SP in it when tracked, but
+ not those that are untracked, ignored or unmerged. They are all
+ shown quoted consistently.
+
+ * "git diff/show" on a change that involves a submodule used to read
+ the information on commits in the submodule from a wrong repository
+ and gave a wrong information when the commit-graph is involved.
+ (merge 85a1ec2c32 mf/submodule-summary-with-correct-repository later to maint).
+
+ * Unlike "git config --local", "git config --worktree" did not fail
+ early and cleanly when started outside a git repository.
+ (merge 378fe5fc3d mt/config-fail-nongit-early later to maint).
+
+ * There is a logic to estimate how many objects are in the
+ repository, which is mean to run once per process invocation, but
+ it ran every time the estimated value was requested.
+ (merge 67bb65de5d jk/dont-count-existing-objects-twice later to maint).
+
+ * "git remote set-head" that failed still said something that hints
+ the operation went through, which was misleading.
+ (merge 5a07c6c3c2 cs/don-t-pretend-a-failed-remote-set-head-succeeded later to maint).
+
+ * "git fetch --all --ipv4/--ipv6" forgot to pass the protocol options
+ to instances of the "git fetch" that talk to individual remotes,
+ which has been corrected.
+ (merge 4e735c1326 ar/fetch-ipversion-in-all later to maint).
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge 84544f2ea3 sk/typofixes later to maint).
(merge b17f411ab5 ar/help-guides-doc later to maint).
@@ -160,3 +381,19 @@ Fixes since v2.28
(merge f649aaaf82 so/rev-parser-errormessage-fix later to maint).
(merge 6103d58b7f bc/sha-256-cvs-svn-updates later to maint).
(merge ac900fddb7 ma/stop-progress-null-fix later to maint).
+ (merge e767963ab6 rs/upload-pack-sigchain-fix later to maint).
+ (merge a831908599 rs/preserve-merges-unused-code-removal later to maint).
+ (merge 6dfefe70a9 jb/commit-graph-doc-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 847b37271e pb/set-url-docfix later to maint).
+ (merge 748f733d54 mt/checkout-entry-dead-code-removal later to maint).
+ (merge ce820cbd58 dl/subtree-docs later to maint).
+ (merge 55fe225dde jk/leakfix later to maint).
+ (merge ee22a29215 so/pretty-abbrev-doc later to maint).
+ (merge 3100fd5588 jc/post-checkout-doc later to maint).
+ (merge 17bae89476 pb/doc-external-diff-env later to maint).
+ (merge 27ed6ccc12 jk/worktree-check-clean-leakfix later to maint).
+ (merge 1302badd16 ea/blame-use-oideq later to maint).
+ (merge e6d5a11fed al/t3200-back-on-a-branch later to maint).
+ (merge 324efcf6b6 pw/add-p-leakfix later to maint).
+ (merge 1c6ffb546b jk/add-i-fixes later to maint).
+ (merge e40e936551 cd/commit-graph-doc later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index 74619a9c03..02002cf109 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
- Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
+ Maximum number of bytes per thread to reserve for caching base objects
that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
index b20394038d..6af6f5edb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the
server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an
effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary
- packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
+ packfile; or set to "noop" to not send any information at all, which
+ will almost certainly result in a larger-than-necessary packfile, but
+ will skip the negotiation step.
+ The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one
of its descendants). If `feature.experimental` is enabled, then this
setting defaults to "skipping".
diff --git a/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt b/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt
index 09ed31dbfa..16a27443a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
and `false` avoids using `--output`.
+mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge::
+ When the `--auto-merge` is given, meld will merge all non-conflicting
+ parts automatically, highlight the conflicting parts and wait for
+ user decision. Setting `mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge` to `true` tells
+ Git to unconditionally use the `--auto-merge` option with `meld`.
+ Setting this value to `auto` makes git detect whether `--auto-merge`
+ is supported and will only use `--auto-merge` when available. A
+ value of `false` avoids using `--auto-merge` altogether, and is the
+ default value.
+
mergetool.keepBackup::
After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index e8ed6470fb..b10ff4caa6 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ linkgit:git-diff-tree[1], or
linkgit:git-diff-files[1]
with the `-p` option produces patch text.
You can customize the creation of patch text via the
-`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables.
+`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables
+(see linkgit:git[1]).
What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional
diff format:
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index b7af973d9c..573fb9bb71 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -446,10 +446,11 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
- lines, show only a partial prefix. This is
- independent of the `--full-index` option above, which controls
- the diff-patch output format. Non default number of
- digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`.
+ lines, show only a partial prefix.
+ In diff-patch output format, `--full-index` takes higher
+ precedence, i.e. if `--full-index` is specified, full blob
+ names will be shown regardless of `--abbrev`.
+ Non default number of digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`.
-B[<n>][/<m>]::
--break-rewrites[=[<n>][/<m>]]::
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index b65a758661..2bf77b46fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
endif::git-pull[]
--set-upstream::
- If the remote is fetched successfully, pull and add upstream
+ If the remote is fetched successfully, add upstream
(tracking) reference, used by argument-less
linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
see `branch.<name>.merge` and `branch.<name>.remote` in
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index b9aa39000f..91d9a8601c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ OPTIONS
file and detects errors. Turns off "apply".
--index::
- When `--check` is in effect, or when applying the patch
- (which is the default when none of the options that
- disables it is in effect), make sure the patch is
- applicable to what the current index file records. If
- the file to be patched in the working tree is not
- up to date, it is flagged as an error. This flag also
- causes the index file to be updated.
+ Apply the patch to both the index and the working tree (or
+ merely check that it would apply cleanly to both if `--check` is
+ in effect). Note that `--index` expects index entries and
+ working tree copies for relevant paths to be identical (their
+ contents and metadata such as file mode must match), and will
+ raise an error if they are not, even if the patch would apply
+ cleanly to both the index and the working tree in isolation.
--cached::
- Apply a patch without touching the working tree. Instead take the
- cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index
- without using the working tree. This implies `--index`.
+ Apply the patch to just the index, without touching the working
+ tree. If `--check` is in effect, merely check that it would
+ apply cleanly to the index entry.
--intent-to-add::
When applying the patch only to the working tree, mark new
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 0e993e4587..fbb39fbdf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
on the subcommand:
- git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>]
+ git bisect start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]
[--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 03c0824d52..ace4ad3da8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--show-current]
[-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
[--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--sort=<key>]
- [(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]]
+ [--merged [<commit>]] [--no-merged [<commit>]]
[--contains [<commit>]] [--no-contains [<commit>]]
[--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>]
[(-r | --remotes) | (-a | --all)]
@@ -252,13 +252,11 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
--merged [<commit>]::
Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the
- specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`,
- incompatible with `--no-merged`.
+ specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`.
--no-merged [<commit>]::
Only list branches whose tips are not reachable from the
- specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`,
- incompatible with `--merged`.
+ specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`.
<branchname>::
The name of the branch to create or delete.
@@ -370,6 +368,8 @@ serve four related but different purposes:
- `--no-merged` is used to find branches which are candidates for merging
into HEAD, since those branches are not fully contained by HEAD.
+include::ref-reachability-filters.txt[]
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1],
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 5b697eee1b..afa5c11fd3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Use `--no-guess` to disable this.
Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for
details.
+-d::
--detach::
Rather than checking out a branch to work on it, check out a
commit for inspection and discardable experiments.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index 45b6d8e633..9067c2079e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ include::fetch-options.txt[]
include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+--stdin::
+ Read refspecs, one per line, from stdin in addition to those provided
+ as arguments. The "tag <name>" format is not supported.
+
include::urls-remotes.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 2ea71c5f6c..2962f85a50 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
[(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
[--points-at=<object>]
- (--merged[=<object>] | --no-merged[=<object>])
+ [--merged[=<object>]] [--no-merged[=<object>]]
[--contains[=<object>]] [--no-contains[=<object>]]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -76,13 +76,11 @@ OPTIONS
--merged[=<object>]::
Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the
- specified commit (HEAD if not specified),
- incompatible with `--no-merged`.
+ specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
--no-merged[=<object>]::
Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the
- specified commit (HEAD if not specified),
- incompatible with `--merged`.
+ specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
--contains[=<object>]::
Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
@@ -222,6 +220,8 @@ worktreepath::
In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can
be used to specify the value in the header field.
+Fields `tree` and `parent` can also be used with modifier `:short` and
+`:short=<length>` just like `objectname`.
For commit and tag objects, the special `creatordate` and `creator`
fields will correspond to the appropriate date or name-email-date tuple
@@ -230,7 +230,10 @@ These are intended for working on a mix of annotated and lightweight tags.
Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`,
`committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`,
-and `date` to extract the named component.
+and `date` to extract the named component. For email fields (`authoremail`,
+`committeremail` and `taggeremail`), `:trim` can be appended to get the email
+without angle brackets, and `:localpart` to get the part before the `@` symbol
+out of the trimmed email.
The message in a commit or a tag object is `contents`, from which
`contents:<part>` can be used to extract various parts out of:
@@ -242,6 +245,9 @@ contents:subject::
The first paragraph of the message, which typically is a
single line, is taken as the "subject" of the commit or the
tag message.
+ Instead of `contents:subject`, field `subject` can also be used to
+ obtain same results. `:sanitize` can be appended to `subject` for
+ subject line suitable for filename.
contents:body::
The remainder of the commit or the tag message that follows
@@ -400,6 +406,11 @@ Note also that multiple copies of an object may be present in the object
database; in this case, it is undefined which copy's size or delta base
will be reported.
+NOTES
+-----
+
+include::ref-reachability-filters.txt[]
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-show-ref[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index 65b53fcc47..63cf498ce9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -51,17 +51,13 @@ OPTIONS
CONFIGURATION
-------------
-To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set
+To use the tool, `imap.folder` and either `imap.tunnel` or `imap.host` must be set
to appropriate values.
-Variables
-~~~~~~~~~
-
include::config/imap.txt[]
-Examples
-~~~~~~~~
-
+EXAMPLES
+--------
Using tunnel mode:
..........................
@@ -89,14 +85,18 @@ Using direct mode with SSL:
user = bob
pass = p4ssw0rd
port = 123
- sslverify = false
+ ; sslVerify = false
.........................
-EXAMPLES
---------
-To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig
-to specify your account settings:
+[NOTE]
+You may want to use `sslVerify=false`
+while troubleshooting, if you suspect that the reason you are
+having trouble connecting is because the certificate you use at
+the private server `example.com` you are trying to set up (or
+have set up) may not be verified correctly.
+
+Using Gmail's IMAP interface:
---------
[imap]
@@ -104,17 +104,21 @@ to specify your account settings:
host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
user = user@gmail.com
port = 993
- sslverify = false
---------
-You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error
+[NOTE]
+You might need to instead use: `folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts"` if you get an error
that the "Folder doesn't exist".
+[NOTE]
+If your Gmail account is set to another language than English, the name of the "Drafts"
+folder will be localized.
+
Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:
$ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send
-Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail's web
+Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (Gmail's web
interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real
IMAP client).
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
index ac74d058e0..af0c26232c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ OPTIONS
value is set or outside a repository.
+
This option cannot be used with --stdin.
++
+include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[]
NOTES
-----
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index ddfe265da5..f35f70f13d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ current working directory.
Specify the given object format (hash algorithm) for the repository. The valid
values are 'sha1' and (if enabled) 'sha256'. 'sha1' is the default.
++
+include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[]
--template=<template_directory>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
index 0c6619493c..eb0caa0439 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ repack::
multi-pack-index, then divide by the total number of objects in
the pack and multiply by the pack size. We select packs with
expected size below the batch size until the set of packs have
- total expected size at least the batch size. If the total size
- does not reach the batch size, then do nothing. If a new pack-
- file is created, rewrite the multi-pack-index to reference the
- new pack-file. A later run of 'git multi-pack-index expire' will
- delete the pack-files that were part of this batch.
+ total expected size at least the batch size, or all pack-files
+ are considered. If only one pack-file is selected, then do
+ nothing. If a new pack-file is created, rewrite the
+ multi-pack-index to reference the new pack-file. A later run of
+ 'git multi-pack-index expire' will delete the pack-files that
+ were part of this batch.
+
If `repack.packKeptObjects` is `false`, then any pack-files with an
associated `.keep` file will not be selected for the batch to repack.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 374d2486f7..38e15488f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ CONFIGURATION
-------------
include::config/rebase.txt[]
+include::config/sequencer.txt[]
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -459,17 +460,38 @@ with `--keep-base` in order to drop those commits from your branch.
See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
--ignore-whitespace::
+ Ignore whitespace differences when trying to reconcile
+differences. Currently, each backend implements an approximation of
+this behavior:
++
+apply backend: When applying a patch, ignore changes in whitespace in
+context lines. Unfortunately, this means that if the "old" lines being
+replaced by the patch differ only in whitespace from the existing
+file, you will get a merge conflict instead of a successful patch
+application.
++
+merge backend: Treat lines with only whitespace changes as unchanged
+when merging. Unfortunately, this means that any patch hunks that were
+intended to modify whitespace and nothing else will be dropped, even
+if the other side had no changes that conflicted.
+
--whitespace=<option>::
- These flags are passed to the 'git apply' program
+ This flag is passed to the 'git apply' program
(see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch.
Implies --apply.
+
See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
--committer-date-is-author-date::
+ Instead of using the current time as the committer date, use
+ the author date of the commit being rebased as the committer
+ date. This option implies `--force-rebase`.
+
--ignore-date::
- These flags are passed to 'git am' to easily change the dates
- of the rebased commits (see linkgit:git-am[1]).
+--reset-author-date::
+ Instead of using the author date of the original commit, use
+ the current time as the author date of the rebased commit. This
+ option implies `--force-rebase`.
+
See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
@@ -607,9 +629,6 @@ INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS
The following options:
* --apply
- * --committer-date-is-author-date
- * --ignore-date
- * --ignore-whitespace
* --whitespace
* -C
@@ -636,6 +655,9 @@ In addition, the following pairs of options are incompatible:
* --preserve-merges and --signoff
* --preserve-merges and --rebase-merges
* --preserve-merges and --empty=
+ * --preserve-merges and --ignore-whitespace
+ * --preserve-merges and --committer-date-is-author-date
+ * --preserve-merges and --ignore-date
* --keep-base and --onto
* --keep-base and --root
* --fork-point and --root
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
index 39b1d8eaa1..e49318a5a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ OPTIONS
valid values are 'sha1' and (if enabled) 'sha256'. The default is the
algorithm for the current repository (set by `extensions.objectFormat`), or
'sha1' if no value is set or outside a repository..
++
+include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[]
GIT
---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index f6d9791780..56656d1be6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--no-contains <commit>]
[--points-at <object>] [--column[=<options>] | --no-column]
[--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>] [--format=<format>]
- [--[no-]merged [<commit>]] [<pattern>...]
+ [--merged <commit>] [--no-merged <commit>] [<pattern>...]
'git tag' -v [--format=<format>] <tagname>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
--merged [<commit>]::
Only list tags whose commits are reachable from the specified
- commit (`HEAD` if not specified), incompatible with `--no-merged`.
+ commit (`HEAD` if not specified).
--no-merged [<commit>]::
Only list tags whose commits are not reachable from the specified
- commit (`HEAD` if not specified), incompatible with `--merged`.
+ commit (`HEAD` if not specified).
--points-at <object>::
Only list tags of the given object (HEAD if not
@@ -377,6 +377,11 @@ $ GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-10-02 10:31" git tag -s v1.0.1
include::date-formats.txt[]
+NOTES
+-----
+
+include::ref-reachability-filters.txt[]
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 6ee6ec7982..32e8440cde 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git worktree move' <worktree> <new-path>
'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>]
'git worktree remove' [-f] <worktree>
+'git worktree repair' [<path>...]
'git worktree unlock' <worktree>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -31,6 +32,18 @@ A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a
bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees. When you are done
with a linked working tree, remove it with `git worktree remove`.
+In its simplest form, `git worktree add <path>` automatically creates a
+new branch whose name is the final component of `<path>`, which is
+convenient if you plan to work on a new topic. For instance, `git
+worktree add ../hotfix` creates new branch `hotfix` and checks it out at
+path `../hotfix`. To instead work on an existing branch in a new working
+tree, use `git worktree add <path> <branch>`. On the other hand, if you
+just plan to make some experimental changes or do testing without
+disturbing existing development, it is often convenient to create a
+'throwaway' working tree not associated with any branch. For instance,
+`git worktree add -d <path>` creates a new working tree with a detached
+`HEAD` at the same commit as the current branch.
+
If a working tree is deleted without using `git worktree remove`, then
its associated administrative files, which reside in the repository
(see "DETAILS" below), will eventually be removed automatically (see
@@ -97,7 +110,10 @@ with `--reason`.
move::
Move a working tree to a new location. Note that the main working tree
-or linked working trees containing submodules cannot be moved.
+or linked working trees containing submodules cannot be moved with this
+command. (The `git worktree repair` command, however, can reestablish
+the connection with linked working trees if you move the main working
+tree manually.)
prune::
@@ -110,6 +126,23 @@ and no modification in tracked files) can be removed. Unclean working
trees or ones with submodules can be removed with `--force`. The main
working tree cannot be removed.
+repair [<path>...]::
+
+Repair working tree administrative files, if possible, if they have
+become corrupted or outdated due to external factors.
++
+For instance, if the main working tree (or bare repository) is moved,
+linked working trees will be unable to locate it. Running `repair` in
+the main working tree will reestablish the connection from linked
+working trees back to the main working tree.
++
+Similarly, if a linked working tree is moved without using `git worktree
+move`, the main working tree (or bare repository) will be unable to
+locate it. Running `repair` within the recently-moved working tree will
+reestablish the connection. If multiple linked working trees are moved,
+running `repair` from any working tree with each tree's new `<path>` as
+an argument, will reestablish the connection to all the specified paths.
+
unlock::
Unlock a working tree, allowing it to be pruned, moved or deleted.
@@ -143,6 +176,7 @@ To remove a locked working tree, specify `--force` twice.
exists. `-B` overrides this safeguard, resetting `<new-branch>` to
`<commit-ish>`.
+-d::
--detach::
With `add`, detach `HEAD` in the new working tree. See "DETACHED HEAD"
in linkgit:git-checkout[1].
@@ -303,7 +337,8 @@ in the entry's directory. For example, if a linked working tree is moved
to `/newpath/test-next` and its `.git` file points to
`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next`, then update
`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/gitdir` to reference `/newpath/test-next`
-instead.
+instead. Better yet, run `git worktree repair` to reestablish the connection
+automatically.
To prevent a `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` entry from being pruned (which
can be useful in some situations, such as when the
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 81349a84e7..c463b937a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -504,7 +504,8 @@ double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
If this variable is set, the default hash algorithm for new
repositories will be set to this value. This value is currently
ignored when cloning; the setting of the remote repository
- is used instead. The default is "sha1".
+ is used instead. The default is "sha1". THIS VARIABLE IS
+ EXPERIMENTAL! See `--object-format` in linkgit:git-init[1].
Git Commits
~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -550,8 +551,9 @@ Git Diffs
`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF`::
When the environment variable `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is set, the
- program named by it is called, instead of the diff invocation
- described above. For a path that is added, removed, or modified,
+ program named by it is called to generate diffs, and Git
+ does not use its builtin diff machinery.
+ For a path that is added, removed, or modified,
`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is called with 7 parameters:
path old-file old-hex old-mode new-file new-hex new-mode
@@ -604,6 +606,12 @@ other
an editor is to be launched. See also linkgit:git-var[1]
and the `core.editor` option in linkgit:git-config[1].
+`GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`::
+ This environment variable overrides the configured Git editor
+ when editing the todo list of an interactive rebase. See also
+ linkit::git-rebase[1] and the `sequence.editor` option in
+ linkit::git-config[1].
+
`GIT_SSH`::
`GIT_SSH_COMMAND`::
If either of these environment variables is set then 'git fetch'
@@ -714,6 +722,10 @@ of clones and fetches.
time of each Git command.
See `GIT_TRACE` for available trace output options.
+`GIT_TRACE_REFS`::
+ Enables trace messages for operations on the ref database.
+ See `GIT_TRACE` for available trace output options.
+
`GIT_TRACE_SETUP`::
Enables trace messages printing the .git, working tree and current
working directory after Git has completed its setup phase.
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index 31b601e4bc..cf95d6d02b 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ worktree. The hook is given three parameters: the ref of the previous HEAD,
the ref of the new HEAD (which may or may not have changed), and a flag
indicating whether the checkout was a branch checkout (changing branches,
flag=1) or a file checkout (retrieving a file from the index, flag=0).
-This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git switch` or `git checkout`.
+This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git switch` or `git checkout`,
+other than that the hook's exit status becomes the exit status of
+these two commands.
It is also run after linkgit:git-clone[1], unless the `--no-checkout` (`-n`) option is
used. The first parameter given to the hook is the null-ref, the second the
diff --git a/Documentation/object-format-disclaimer.txt b/Documentation/object-format-disclaimer.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cb106f0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/object-format-disclaimer.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+THIS OPTION IS EXPERIMENTAL! SHA-256 support is experimental and still
+in an early stage. A SHA-256 repository will in general not be able to
+share work with "regular" SHA-1 repositories. It should be assumed
+that, e.g., Git internal file formats in relation to SHA-256
+repositories may change in backwards-incompatible ways. Only use
+`--object-format=sha256` for testing purposes.
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 7a6da6db78..17c5aac4b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ people using 80-column terminals.
--no-abbrev-commit::
Show the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object name. This negates
- `--abbrev-commit` and those options which imply it such as
- "--oneline". It also overrides the `log.abbrevCommit` variable.
+ `--abbrev-commit`, either explicit or implied by other options such
+ as "--oneline". It also overrides the `log.abbrevCommit` variable.
--oneline::
This is a shorthand for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit"
diff --git a/Documentation/ref-reachability-filters.txt b/Documentation/ref-reachability-filters.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bae46d84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ref-reachability-filters.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+When combining multiple `--contains` and `--no-contains` filters, only
+references that contain at least one of the `--contains` commits and
+contain none of the `--no-contains` commits are shown.
+
+When combining multiple `--merged` and `--no-merged` filters, only
+references that are reachable from at least one of the `--merged`
+commits and from none of the `--no-merged` commits are shown.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt
index 440541045d..1f86031333 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ HEADER:
1-byte version number:
Currently, the only valid version is 1.
- 1-byte Hash Version (1 = SHA-1)
- We infer the hash length (H) from this value.
+ 1-byte Hash Version
+ We infer the hash length (H) from this value:
+ 1 => SHA-1
+ 2 => SHA-256
+ If the hash type does not match the repository's hash algorithm, the
+ commit-graph file should be ignored with a warning presented to the
+ user.
1-byte number (C) of "chunks"
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ CHUNK DATA:
Commit Data (ID: {'C', 'D', 'A', 'T' }) (N * (H + 16) bytes)
* The first H bytes are for the OID of the root tree.
* The next 8 bytes are for the positions of the first two parents
- of the ith commit. Stores value 0x7000000 if no parent in that
+ of the ith commit. Stores value 0x70000000 if no parent in that
position. If there are more than two parents, the second value
has its most-significant bit on and the other bits store an array
position into the Extra Edge List chunk.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
index 808fa30b99..f14a7659aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ file.
+---------------------+
| |
+-----------------------+ +---------------------+
- | graph-{hash2} |->| |
+ | graph-{hash2} |->| |
+-----------------------+ +---------------------+
| | |
+-----------------------+ +---------------------+
| | | |
- | graph-{hash1} |->| |
+ | graph-{hash1} |->| |
| | | |
+-----------------------+ +---------------------+
| tmp_graphXXX
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ file.
| |
| |
| |
- | graph-{hash0} |
+ | graph-{hash0} |
| |
| |
| |
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt b/Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt
index 5b2db3be1e..6fd20ebbc2 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt
@@ -650,7 +650,6 @@ Some initial steps can be implemented independently of one another:
The first user-visible change is the introduction of the objectFormat
extension (without compatObjectFormat). This requires:
-- implementing the loose-object-idx
- teaching fsck about this mode of operation
- using the hash function API (vtable) when computing object names
- signing objects and verifying signatures
@@ -658,6 +657,7 @@ extension (without compatObjectFormat). This requires:
repository
Next comes introduction of compatObjectFormat:
+- implementing the loose-object-idx
- translating object names between object formats
- translating object content between object formats
- generating and verifying signatures in the compat format
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
index 51a79e63de..96d89ea9b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
@@ -401,8 +401,9 @@ at all in the request stream:
The stream is terminated by a pkt-line flush (`0000`).
A single "want" or "have" command MUST have one hex formatted
-SHA-1 as its value. Multiple SHA-1s MUST be sent by sending
-multiple commands.
+object name as its value. Multiple object names MUST be sent by sending
+multiple commands. Object names MUST be given using the object format
+negotiated through the `object-format` capability (default SHA-1).
The `have` list is created by popping the first 32 commits
from `c_pending`. Less can be supplied if `c_pending` empties.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
index faa25c5c52..f9a3644711 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ Git index format
== The Git index file has the following format
- All binary numbers are in network byte order. Version 2 is described
- here unless stated otherwise.
+ All binary numbers are in network byte order.
+ In a repository using the traditional SHA-1, checksums and object IDs
+ (object names) mentioned below are all computed using SHA-1. Similarly,
+ in SHA-256 repositories, these values are computed using SHA-256.
+ Version 2 is described here unless stated otherwise.
- A 12-byte header consisting of
@@ -32,8 +35,7 @@ Git index format
Extension data
- - 160-bit SHA-1 over the content of the index file before this
- checksum.
+ - Hash checksum over the content of the index file before this checksum.
== Index entry
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ Git index format
32-bit file size
This is the on-disk size from stat(2), truncated to 32-bit.
- 160-bit SHA-1 for the represented object
+ Object name for the represented object
A 16-bit 'flags' field split into (high to low bits)
@@ -160,8 +162,8 @@ Git index format
- A newline (ASCII 10); and
- - 160-bit object name for the object that would result from writing
- this span of index as a tree.
+ - Object name for the object that would result from writing this span
+ of index as a tree.
An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having
a negative number in the entry_count field. In this case, there is no
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ Git index format
stage 1 to 3 (a missing stage is represented by "0" in this field);
and
- - At most three 160-bit object names of the entry in stages from 1 to 3
+ - At most three object names of the entry in stages from 1 to 3
(nothing is written for a missing stage).
=== Split index
@@ -211,8 +213,8 @@ Git index format
The extension consists of:
- - 160-bit SHA-1 of the shared index file. The shared index file path
- is $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<SHA-1>. If all 160 bits are zero, the
+ - Hash of the shared index file. The shared index file path
+ is $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<hash>. If all bits are zero, the
index does not require a shared index file.
- An ewah-encoded delete bitmap, each bit represents an entry in the
@@ -253,10 +255,10 @@ Git index format
- 32-bit dir_flags (see struct dir_struct)
- - 160-bit SHA-1 of $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Null SHA-1 means the file
+ - Hash of $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. A null hash means the file
does not exist.
- - 160-bit SHA-1 of core.excludesfile. Null SHA-1 means the file does
+ - Hash of core.excludesfile. A null hash means the file does
not exist.
- NUL-terminated string of per-dir exclude file name. This usually
@@ -285,13 +287,13 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type:
- An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit records "check-only" bit of
read_directory_recursive() for the n-th directory.
- - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether SHA-1 and stat data
+ - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether hash and stat data
is valid for the n-th directory and exists in the next data.
- An array of stat data. The n-th data corresponds with the n-th
"one" bit in the previous ewah bitmap.
- - An array of SHA-1. The n-th SHA-1 corresponds with the n-th "one" bit
+ - An array of hashes. The n-th hash corresponds with the n-th "one" bit
in the previous ewah bitmap.
- One NUL.
@@ -330,12 +332,12 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type:
- 32-bit offset to the end of the index entries
- - 160-bit SHA-1 over the extension types and their sizes (but not
+ - Hash over the extension types and their sizes (but not
their contents). E.g. if we have "TREE" extension that is N-bytes
long, "REUC" extension that is M-bytes long, followed by "EOIE",
then the hash would be:
- SHA-1("TREE" + <binary representation of N> +
+ Hash("TREE" + <binary representation of N> +
"REUC" + <binary representation of M>)
== Index Entry Offset Table
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
index d3a142c652..f96b2e605f 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
Git pack format
===============
+== Checksums and object IDs
+
+In a repository using the traditional SHA-1, pack checksums, index checksums,
+and object IDs (object names) mentioned below are all computed using SHA-1.
+Similarly, in SHA-256 repositories, these values are computed using SHA-256.
+
== pack-*.pack files have the following format:
- A header appears at the beginning and consists of the following:
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ Git pack format
(deltified representation)
n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
- 20-byte base object name if OBJ_REF_DELTA or a negative relative
+ base object name if OBJ_REF_DELTA or a negative relative
offset from the delta object's position in the pack if this
is an OBJ_OFS_DELTA object
compressed delta data
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ Git pack format
Observation: length of each object is encoded in a variable
length format and is not constrained to 32-bit or anything.
- - The trailer records 20-byte SHA-1 checksum of all of the above.
+ - The trailer records a pack checksum of all of the above.
=== Object types
@@ -58,8 +64,8 @@ ofs-delta and ref-delta, which is only valid in a pack file.
Both ofs-delta and ref-delta store the "delta" to be applied to
another object (called 'base object') to reconstruct the object. The
-difference between them is, ref-delta directly encodes 20-byte base
-object name. If the base object is in the same pack, ofs-delta encodes
+difference between them is, ref-delta directly encodes base object
+name. If the base object is in the same pack, ofs-delta encodes
the offset of the base object in the pack instead.
The base object could also be deltified if it's in the same pack.
@@ -143,14 +149,14 @@ This is the instruction reserved for future expansion.
object is stored in the packfile as the offset from the
beginning.
- 20-byte object name.
+ one object name of the appropriate size.
- The file is concluded with a trailer:
- A copy of the 20-byte SHA-1 checksum at the end of
- corresponding packfile.
+ A copy of the pack checksum at the end of the corresponding
+ packfile.
- 20-byte SHA-1-checksum of all of the above.
+ Index checksum of all of the above.
Pack Idx file:
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@ Pack file entry: <+
If it is not DELTA, then deflated bytes (the size above
is the size before compression).
If it is REF_DELTA, then
- 20-byte base object name SHA-1 (the size above is the
+ base object name (the size above is the
size of the delta data that follows).
delta data, deflated.
If it is OFS_DELTA, then
@@ -227,9 +233,9 @@ Pack file entry: <+
- A 256-entry fan-out table just like v1.
- - A table of sorted 20-byte SHA-1 object names. These are
- packed together without offset values to reduce the cache
- footprint of the binary search for a specific object name.
+ - A table of sorted object names. These are packed together
+ without offset values to reduce the cache footprint of the
+ binary search for a specific object name.
- A table of 4-byte CRC32 values of the packed object data.
This is new in v2 so compressed data can be copied directly
@@ -248,10 +254,10 @@ Pack file entry: <+
- The same trailer as a v1 pack file:
- A copy of the 20-byte SHA-1 checksum at the end of
+ A copy of the pack checksum at the end of
corresponding packfile.
- 20-byte SHA-1-checksum of all of the above.
+ Index checksum of all of the above.
== multi-pack-index (MIDX) files have the following format:
@@ -273,7 +279,12 @@ HEADER:
Git only writes or recognizes version 1.
1-byte Object Id Version
- Git only writes or recognizes version 1 (SHA1).
+ We infer the length of object IDs (OIDs) from this value:
+ 1 => SHA-1
+ 2 => SHA-256
+ If the hash type does not match the repository's hash algorithm,
+ the multi-pack-index file should be ignored with a warning
+ presented to the user.
1-byte number of "chunks"
@@ -329,4 +340,4 @@ CHUNK DATA:
TRAILER:
- 20-byte SHA1-checksum of the above contents.
+ Index checksum of the above contents.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
index b9e17e7a28..0780d30cac 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
@@ -171,20 +171,13 @@ additional flag.
Fetching Missing Objects
------------------------
-- Fetching of objects is done using the existing transport mechanism using
- transport_fetch_refs(), setting a new transport option
- TRANS_OPT_NO_DEPENDENTS to indicate that only the objects themselves are
- desired, not any object that they refer to.
-+
-Because some transports invoke fetch_pack() in the same process, fetch_pack()
-has been updated to not use any object flags when the corresponding argument
-(no_dependents) is set.
+- Fetching of objects is done by invoking a "git fetch" subprocess.
- The local repository sends a request with the hashes of all requested
- objects as "want" lines, and does not perform any packfile negotiation.
+ objects, and does not perform any packfile negotiation.
It then receives a packfile.
-- Because we are reusing the existing fetch-pack mechanism, fetching
+- Because we are reusing the existing fetch mechanism, fetching
currently fetches all objects referred to by the requested objects, even
though they are not necessary.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
index 36ccd14f97..124d716807 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
@@ -324,15 +324,19 @@ allow-tip-sha1-in-want
----------------------
If the upload-pack server advertises this capability, fetch-pack may
-send "want" lines with SHA-1s that exist at the server but are not
-advertised by upload-pack.
+send "want" lines with object names that exist at the server but are not
+advertised by upload-pack. For historical reasons, the name of this
+capability contains "sha1". Object names are always given using the
+object format negotiated through the 'object-format' capability.
allow-reachable-sha1-in-want
----------------------------
If the upload-pack server advertises this capability, fetch-pack may
-send "want" lines with SHA-1s that exist at the server but are not
-advertised by upload-pack.
+send "want" lines with object names that exist at the server but are not
+advertised by upload-pack. For historical reasons, the name of this
+capability contains "sha1". Object names are always given using the
+object format negotiated through the 'object-format' capability.
push-cert=<nonce>
-----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt b/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt
index 01dedfe9ff..f3738baa0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pretend as if they are root commits (e.g. "git log" traversal
stops after showing them; "git fsck" does not complain saying
the commits listed on their "parent" lines do not exist).
-Each line contains exactly one SHA-1. When read, a commit_graft
+Each line contains exactly one object name. When read, a commit_graft
will be constructed, which has nr_parent < 0 to make it easier
to discern from user provided grafts.