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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rm.txt61
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt144
4 files changed, 167 insertions, 75 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt
index 1ca76ac8d0..13c2684a19 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git clone --recurse-submodules --single-branch" now uses the same
single-branch option when cloning the submodules.
+ * "git rm" and "git stash" learns the new "--pathspec-from-file"
+ option.
+
+ * "git am --short-current-patch" is a way to show the piece of e-mail
+ for the stopped step, which is not suitable to directly feed "git
+ apply" (it is designed to be a good "git am" input). It learned a
+ new option to show only the patch part.
+
+ * Handling of conflicting renames in merge-recursive have further
+ been made consistent with how existing codepaths try to mimic what
+ is done to add/add conflicts.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -288,6 +300,18 @@ Fixes since v2.25
reverted.
(merge 0106b1d4be hi/gpg-use-check-signature later to maint).
+ * MinGW's poll() emulation has been improved.
+ (merge 94f4d01932 am/mingw-poll-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git show" and others gave an object name in raw format in its
+ error output, which has been corrected to give it in hex.
+ (merge 237a28173f hd/show-one-mergetag-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git fetch" over HTTP walker protocol did not show any progress
+ output. We inherently do not know how much work remains, but still
+ we can show something not to bore users.
+ (merge 7655b4119d rs/show-progress-in-dumb-http-fetch later to maint).
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge 26f924d50e en/simplify-check-updates-in-unpack-trees later to maint).
(merge d0d0a357a1 am/update-pathspec-f-f-tests later to maint).
@@ -315,3 +339,6 @@ Fixes since v2.25
(merge 240fc04f81 ag/rebase-remove-redundant-code later to maint).
(merge 7f487ce062 js/ci-windows-update later to maint).
(merge d68ce906c7 rs/commit-graph-code-simplification later to maint).
+ (merge a51d9e8f07 rj/t1050-use-test-path-is-file later to maint).
+ (merge fd0bc17557 kk/complete-diff-color-moved later to maint).
+ (merge 65bf820d0e en/test-cleanup later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 11ca61b00b..ab5754e05d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
[--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>]
[(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...]
-'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --show-current-patch)
+'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --show-current-patch[=(diff|raw)])
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -176,9 +176,11 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
Abort the patching operation but keep HEAD and the index
untouched.
---show-current-patch::
- Show the entire e-mail message "git am" has stopped at, because
- of conflicts.
+--show-current-patch[=(diff|raw)]::
+ Show the message at which `git am` has stopped due to
+ conflicts. If `raw` is specified, show the raw contents of
+ the e-mail message; if `diff`, show the diff portion only.
+ Defaults to `raw`.
DISCUSSION
----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
index b5c46223c4..ab750367fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git rm' [-f | --force] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>...
+'git rm' [-f | --force] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch]
+ [--quiet] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]]
+ [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-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 working 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,
+Remove files matching pathspec 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 working
+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,
@@ -26,15 +28,20 @@ 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. 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.
+<pathspec>...::
+ Files to remove. 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.
++
+The command removes only the paths that are known to Git.
++
+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`.
++
+For more details, see the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
-f::
--force::
@@ -68,19 +75,19 @@ OPTIONS
`git rm` normally outputs one line (in the form of an `rm` command)
for each file removed. This option suppresses that output.
+--pathspec-from-file=<file>::
+ Pathspec is passed in `<file>` instead of commandline args. If
+ `<file>` is exactly `-` then standard input is used. Pathspec
+ elements are separated by LF or CR/LF. Pathspec elements can be
+ quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
+ (see linkgit:git-config[1]). See also `--pathspec-file-nul` and
+ global `--literal-pathspecs`.
-DISCUSSION
-----------
-
-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.
+--pathspec-file-nul::
+ Only meaningful with `--pathspec-from-file`. Pathspec elements are
+ separated with NUL character and all other characters are taken
+ literally (including newlines and quotes).
-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`.
REMOVING FILES THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THE FILESYSTEM
--------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 53e1a1205d..31f1beb65b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>]
'git stash' [push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
[-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-m|--message <message>]
+ [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]]
[--] [<pathspec>...]]
'git stash' clear
'git stash' create [<message>]
@@ -43,10 +44,10 @@ created stash, `stash@{1}` is the one before it, `stash@{2.hours.ago}`
is also possible). Stashes may also be referenced by specifying just the
stash index (e.g. the integer `n` is equivalent to `stash@{n}`).
-OPTIONS
--------
+COMMANDS
+--------
-push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--] [<pathspec>...]::
+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>...]::
Save your local modifications to a new 'stash entry' and roll them
back to HEAD (in the working tree and in the index).
@@ -56,38 +57,13 @@ push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q
For quickly making a snapshot, you can omit "push". In this mode,
non-option arguments are not allowed to prevent a misspelled
subcommand from making an unwanted stash entry. The two exceptions to this
-are `stash -p` which acts as alias for `stash push -p` and pathspecs,
+are `stash -p` which acts as alias for `stash push -p` and pathspec elements,
which are allowed after a double hyphen `--` for disambiguation.
-+
-When pathspec is given to 'git stash push', the new stash entry records the
-modified states only for the files that match the pathspec. The index
-entries and working tree files are then rolled back to the state in
-HEAD only for these files, too, leaving files that do not match the
-pathspec intact.
-+
-If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the
-index are left intact.
-+
-If the `--include-untracked` option is used, all untracked files are also
-stashed and then cleaned up with `git clean`, leaving the working directory
-in a very clean state. If the `--all` option is used instead then the
-ignored files are stashed and cleaned in addition to the untracked files.
-+
-With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from the diff
-between HEAD and the working tree to be stashed. The stash entry is
-constructed such that its index state is the same as the index state
-of your repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you
-selected interactively. The selected changes are then rolled back
-from your worktree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of
-linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
-+
-The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use
-`--no-keep-index` to override this.
save [-p|--patch] [-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 pathspecs.
+ differs from "stash push" in that it cannot take pathspec.
Instead, all non-option arguments are concatenated to form the stash
message.
@@ -111,7 +87,7 @@ show [<options>] [<stash>]::
Show the changes recorded in the stash entry as a diff between the
stashed contents and the commit back when the stash entry was first
- created. When no `<stash>` is given, it shows the latest one.
+ created.
By default, the command shows the diffstat, but it will accept any
format known to 'git diff' (e.g., `git stash show -p stash@{1}`
to view the second most recent entry in patch form).
@@ -128,14 +104,6 @@ pop [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]::
Applying the state can fail with conflicts; in this case, it is not
removed from the stash list. You need to resolve the conflicts by hand
and call `git stash drop` manually afterwards.
-+
-If the `--index` option is used, then tries to reinstate not only the working
-tree's changes, but also the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you
-have conflicts (which are stored in the index, where you therefore can no
-longer apply the changes as they were originally).
-+
-When no `<stash>` is given, `stash@{0}` is assumed, otherwise `<stash>` must
-be a reference of the form `stash@{<revision>}`.
apply [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]::
@@ -149,8 +117,7 @@ branch <branchname> [<stash>]::
the commit at which the `<stash>` was originally created, applies the
changes recorded in `<stash>` to the new working tree and index.
If that succeeds, and `<stash>` is a reference of the form
- `stash@{<revision>}`, it then drops the `<stash>`. When no `<stash>`
- is given, applies the latest one.
+ `stash@{<revision>}`, it then drops the `<stash>`.
+
This is useful if the branch on which you ran `git stash push` has
changed enough that `git stash apply` fails due to conflicts. Since
@@ -166,9 +133,6 @@ clear::
drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]::
Remove a single stash entry from the list of stash entries.
- When no `<stash>` is given, it removes the latest one.
- i.e. `stash@{0}`, otherwise `<stash>` must be a valid stash
- log reference of the form `stash@{<revision>}`.
create::
@@ -185,6 +149,98 @@ store::
reflog. This is intended to be useful for scripts. It is
probably not the command you want to use; see "push" above.
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-a::
+--all::
+ This option is only valid for `push` and `save` commands.
++
+All ignored and untracked files are also stashed and then cleaned
+up with `git clean`.
+
+-u::
+--include-untracked::
+ This option is only valid for `push` and `save` commands.
++
+All untracked files are also stashed and then cleaned up with
+`git clean`.
+
+--index::
+ This option is only valid for `pop` and `apply` commands.
++
+Tries to reinstate not only the working tree's changes, but also
+the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you have conflicts
+(which are stored in the index, where you therefore can no longer
+apply the changes as they were originally).
+
+-k::
+--keep-index::
+--no-keep-index::
+ This option is only valid for `push` and `save` commands.
++
+All changes already added to the index are left intact.
+
+-p::
+--patch::
+ This option is only valid for `push` and `save` commands.
++
+Interactively select hunks from the diff between HEAD and the
+working tree to be stashed. The stash entry is constructed such
+that its index state is the same as the index state of your
+repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you selected
+interactively. The selected changes are then rolled back from your
+worktree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of linkgit:git-add[1]
+to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
++
+The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use
+`--no-keep-index` to override this.
+
+--pathspec-from-file=<file>::
+ This option is only valid for `push` command.
++
+Pathspec is passed in `<file>` instead of commandline args. If
+`<file>` is exactly `-` then standard input is used. Pathspec
+elements are separated by LF or CR/LF. Pathspec elements can be
+quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
+(see linkgit:git-config[1]). See also `--pathspec-file-nul` and
+global `--literal-pathspecs`.
+
+--pathspec-file-nul::
+ This option is only valid for `push` command.
++
+Only meaningful with `--pathspec-from-file`. Pathspec elements are
+separated with NUL character and all other characters are taken
+literally (including newlines and quotes).
+
+-q::
+--quiet::
+ This option is only valid for `apply`, `drop`, `pop`, `push`,
+ `save`, `store` commands.
++
+Quiet, suppress feedback messages.
+
+\--::
+ This option is only valid for `push` command.
++
+Separates pathspec from options for disambiguation purposes.
+
+<pathspec>...::
+ This option is only valid for `push` command.
++
+The new stash entry records the modified states only for the files
+that match the pathspec. The index entries and working tree files
+are then rolled back to the state in HEAD only for these files,
+too, leaving files that do not match the pathspec intact.
++
+For more details, see the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
+
+<stash>::
+ This option is only valid for `apply`, `branch`, `drop`, `pop`,
+ `show` commands.
++
+A reference of the form `stash@{<revision>}`. When no `<stash>` is
+given, the latest stash is assumed (that is, `stash@{0}`).
+
DISCUSSION
----------