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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt | 54 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blame-options.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-blame.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 79 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 52 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 89 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt | 3 |
19 files changed, 447 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 4797b2dc35..8a8a3954dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ install-pdf: pdf install-html: html '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) -../GIT-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE +../GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE $(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) GIT-VERSION-FILE -include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE @@ -337,4 +337,4 @@ quick-install-man: quick-install-html: '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) -.PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE +.PHONY: FORCE diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8b24bebb96 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Git v1.6.5.8 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.5.7 +-------------------- + +* "git count-objects" did not handle packfiles that are bigger than 4G on + platforms with 32-bit off_t. + +* "git rebase -i" did not abort cleanly if it failed to launch the editor. + +* "git blame" did not work well when commit lacked the author name. + +* "git fast-import" choked when handling a tag that points at an object + that is not a commit. + +* "git reset --hard" did not work correctly when GIT_WORK_TREE environment + variable is used to point at the root of the true work tree. + +* "git grep" fed a buffer that is not NUL-terminated to underlying + regexec(). + +* "git checkout -m other" while on a branch that does not have any commit + segfaulted, instead of failing. + +* "git branch -a other" should have diagnosed the command as an error. + +Other minor documentation updates are also included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt index 4c88bebb90..f1d0a4ae2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt @@ -4,12 +4,34 @@ Git v1.6.6.1 Release Notes Fixes since v1.6.6 ------------------ + * "git blame" did not work well when commit lacked the author name. + + * "git branch -a name" wasn't diagnosed as an error. + + * "git count-objects" did not handle packfiles that are bigger than 4G on + platforms with 32-bit off_t. + + * "git checkout -m other" while on a branch that does not have any commit + segfaulted, instead of failing. + + * "git fast-import" choked when fed a tag that do not point at a + commit. + + * "git grep" finding from work tree files could have fed garbage to + the underlying regexec(3). + + * "git grep -L" didn't show empty files (they should never match, and + they should always appear in -L output as unmatching). + + * "git rebase -i" did not abort cleanly if it failed to launch the editor. + + * "git reset --hard" did not work correctly when GIT_WORK_TREE environment + variable is used to point at the root of the true work tree. + * http-backend was not listed in the command list in the documentation. -Other minor documentation updates are included. + * Building on FreeBSD (both 7 and 8) needs OLD_ICONV set in the Makefile + + * "git checkout -m some-branch" while on an unborn branch crashed. --- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.6-4-gd828fdb -echo O=$(git describe maint) -git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt index d66a9732c3..7a49b475da 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt @@ -44,18 +44,70 @@ Updates since v1.6.6 (subsystems) + * "git fast-import" updates; adds "option" and "feature" to detect the + mismatch between fast-import and the frontends that produce the input + stream. + (portability) + * Some more MSVC portability patches for msysgit port. + + * Minimum Pthreads emulation for msysgit port. + (performance) + * More performance improvement patches for msysgit port. + (usability, bells and whistles) + * More commands learned "--quiet" and "--[no-]progress" options. + + * Various commands given by the end user (e.g. diff.type.textconv, + and GIT_EDITOR) can be specified with command line arguments. E.g. it + is now possible to say "[diff "utf8doc"] textconv = nkf -w". + + * "sparse checkout" feature allows only part of the work tree to be + checked out. + + * HTTP transfer can use authentication scheme other than basic + (i.e./e.g. digest). + + * Switching from a version of superproject that used to have a submodule + to another version of superproject that no longer has it did not remove + the submodule directory when it should (namely, when you are not + interested in the submodule at all and didn't clone/checkout). + + * "git checkout A...B" is a way to detach HEAD at the merge base between + A and B. + * "git commit --date='<date>'" can be used to override the author date just like "git commit --author='<name> <email>'" can be used to override the author identity. + * "git commit --no-status" can be used to omit the listing of the index + and the work tree status in the editor used to prepare the log message. + + * "git fetch --all" can now be used in place of "git remote update". + + * "git push" learned "git push origin --delete branch", a syntactic sugar + for "git push origin :branch". + + * "git rebase --onto A...B" means the history is replayed on top of the + merge base between A and B. + + * Use of "git reset --merge" has become easier when resetting away a + conflicted mess left in the work tree. + + * "git rerere" had rerere.autoupdate configuration but there was no way + to countermand it from the command line; --no-rerere-autoupdate option + given to "merge", "revert", etc. fixes this. + * "git status" learned "-s(hort)" output format. +(developers) + + * The infrastructure to build foreign SCM interface has been updated. + Fixes since v1.6.6 ------------------ @@ -65,6 +117,6 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.6-101-gf012d27 +O=v1.6.6-263-ge33fd3c echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 1625ffce6a..4833cac4b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ commit. files that were modified in the same commit. This is useful when you reorganize your program and move code around across files. When this option is given twice, - the command additionally looks for copies from all other - files in the parent for the commit that creates the file. + the command additionally looks for copies from other + files in the commit that creates the file. When this + option is given three times, the command additionally + looks for copies from other files in any commit. + <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 9f40955f8e..2d6775c135 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ notes should be printed. This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. +core.sparseCheckout:: + Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in + linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information. + add.ignore-errors:: Tells 'git-add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' @@ -712,6 +716,11 @@ color.ui:: terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false. +commit.status + A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the + commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit + message. Defaults to true. + commit.template:: Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages. "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index 8c7b7b0838..b786471dd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-p] [-w] [--incremental] [-L n,m] - [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>] + [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>] [--] <file> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 7ccd742a87..f43c8b2c08 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -96,13 +96,19 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --quiet:: -q:: - Operate quietly. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' + Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard + error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' command when given. --verbose:: -v:: - Display the progress bar, even in case the standard output is not - a terminal. + Run verbosely. + +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. --no-checkout:: -n:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 5fb43f9320..d3a2dec21e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run] [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] - [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...] + [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] [--] + [[-i | -o ]<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -224,6 +225,17 @@ specified. to be committed, paths with local changes that will be left uncommitted and paths that are untracked. +--status:: + Include the output of linkgit:git-status[1] in the commit + message template when using an editor to prepare the commit + message. Defaults to on, but can be used to override + configuration variable commit.status. + +--no-status:: + Do not include the output of linkgit:git-status[1] in the + commit message template when using an editor to prepare the + default commit message. + \--:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index e6d364f53c..ae87f09227 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ OPTIONS set of marks. If a mark is defined to different values, the last file wins. +--relative-marks:: + After specifying --relative-marks= the paths specified + with --import-marks= and --export-marks= are relative + to an internal directory in the current repository. + In git-fast-import this means that the paths are relative + to the .git/info/fast-import directory. However, other + importers may use a different location. + +--no-relative-marks:: + Negates a previous --relative-marks. Allows for combining + relative and non-relative marks by interweaving + --(no-)-relative-marks= with the --(import|export)-marks= + options. + --export-pack-edges=<file>:: After creating a packfile, print a line of data to <file> listing the filename of the packfile and the last @@ -303,6 +317,15 @@ and control the current import process. More detailed discussion standard output. This command is optional and is not needed to perform an import. +`feature`:: + Require that fast-import supports the specified feature, or + abort if it does not. + +`option`:: + Specify any of the options listed under OPTIONS that do not + change stream semantic to suit the frontend's needs. This + command is optional and is not needed to perform an import. + `commit` ~~~~~~~~ Create or update a branch with a new commit, recording one logical @@ -846,6 +869,62 @@ Placing a `progress` command immediately after a `checkpoint` will inform the reader when the `checkpoint` has been completed and it can safely access the refs that fast-import updated. +`feature` +~~~~~~~~~ +Require that fast-import supports the specified feature, or abort if +it does not. + +.... + 'feature' SP <feature> LF +.... + +The <feature> part of the command may be any string matching +^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z-]*$ and should be understood by fast-import. + +Feature work identical as their option counterparts with the +exception of the import-marks feature, see below. + +The following features are currently supported: + +* date-format +* import-marks +* export-marks +* relative-marks +* no-relative-marks +* force + +The import-marks behaves differently from when it is specified as +commandline option in that only one "feature import-marks" is allowed +per stream. Also, any --import-marks= specified on the commandline +will override those from the stream (if any). + +`option` +~~~~~~~~ +Processes the specified option so that git fast-import behaves in a +way that suits the frontend's needs. +Note that options specified by the frontend are overridden by any +options the user may specify to git fast-import itself. + +.... + 'option' SP <option> LF +.... + +The `<option>` part of the command may contain any of the options +listed in the OPTIONS section that do not change import semantics, +without the leading '--' and is treated in the same way. + +Option commands must be the first commands on the input (not counting +feature commands), to give an option command after any non-option +command is an error. + +The following commandline options change import semantics and may therefore +not be passed as option: + +* date-format +* import-marks +* export-marks +* force + Crash Reports ------------- If fast-import is supplied invalid input it will terminate with a diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index 67aec067c8..c8fe08a0c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protcol and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients pushing using the smart HTTP protocol. +It verifies that the directory has the magic file +"git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any git directory +that hasn't explicitly been marked for export this way (unless the +GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable is set). + By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-fetch-pack' and 'git-ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from 'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'. If the client is authenticated, @@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ Apache 2.x:: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git +SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- + @@ -157,6 +163,10 @@ by the invoking web server, including: * QUERY_STRING * REQUEST_METHOD +The GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable may be passed to +'git-http-backend' to bypass the check for the "git-daemon-export-ok" +file in each repository before allowing export of that repository. + The backend process sets GIT_COMMITTER_NAME to '$REMOTE_USER' and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to '$\{REMOTE_USER}@http.$\{REMOTE_ADDR\}', ensuring that any reflogs created by 'git-receive-pack' contain some diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 625723e41f..98f3b9e758 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ OPTIONS Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by a space) at the start of each line: H:: cached + S:: skip-worktree M:: unmerged R:: removed/deleted C:: modified/changed diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index e886c2ef54..67470311e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]... - [-m <msg>] <remote>... + [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <remote>... 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>... DESCRIPTION @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] used to give a good default for automated 'git merge' invocations. +--rerere-autoupdate:: +--no-rerere-autoupdate:: + Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the + result of auto-conflict resolution if possible. + <remote>...:: Other branch heads to merge into our branch. You need at least one <remote>. Specifying more than one <remote> diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index a10ce4ba40..d6faa14149 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- 'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] - [--index-output=<file>] + [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]] @@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ OPTIONS directories the index file and index output file are located in. +--no-sparse-checkout:: + Disable sparse checkout support even if `core.sparseCheckout` + is true. + <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. @@ -360,6 +364,52 @@ middle of doing, and when your working tree is ready (i.e. you have finished your work-in-progress), attempt the merge again. +Sparse checkout +--------------- + +"Sparse checkout" allows to sparsely populate working directory. +It uses skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell +Git whether a file on working directory is worth looking at. + +"git read-tree" and other merge-based commands ("git merge", "git +checkout"...) can help maintaining skip-worktree bitmap and working +directory update. `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is used to +define the skip-worktree reference bitmap. When "git read-tree" needs +to update working directory, it will reset skip-worktree bit in index +based on this file, which uses the same syntax as .gitignore files. +If an entry matches a pattern in this file, skip-worktree will be +set on that entry. Otherwise, skip-worktree will be unset. + +Then it compares the new skip-worktree value with the previous one. If +skip-worktree turns from unset to set, it will add the corresponding +file back. If it turns from set to unset, that file will be removed. + +While `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is usually used to specify what +files are in. You can also specify what files are _not_ in, using +negate patterns. For example, to remove file "unwanted": + +---------------- +* +!unwanted +---------------- + +Another tricky thing is fully repopulating working directory when you +no longer want sparse checkout. You cannot just disable "sparse +checkout" because skip-worktree are still in the index and you working +directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate working +directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as +follows: + +---------------- +* +---------------- + +Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in "git +read-tree" and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to +turn `core.sparseCheckout` on in order to have sparse checkout +support. + + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-write-tree[1]; linkgit:git-ls-files[1]; diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt index 5cfdc0cfc5..4685a898f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ Commands are given by the caller on the helper's standard input, one per line. 'capabilities':: Lists the capabilities of the helper, one per line, ending - with a blank line. + with a blank line. Each capability may be preceeded with '*'. + This marks them mandatory for git version using the remote + helper to understand (unknown mandatory capability is fatal + error). 'list':: Lists the refs, one per line, in the format "<value> <name> @@ -90,6 +93,20 @@ Supported if the helper has the "push" capability. + Supported if the helper has the "import" capability. +'connect' <service>:: + Connects to given service. Standard input and standard output + of helper are connected to specified service (git prefix is + included in service name so e.g. fetching uses 'git-upload-pack' + as service) on remote side. Valid replies to this command are + empty line (connection established), 'fallback' (no smart + transport support, fall back to dumb transports) and just + exiting with error message printed (can't connect, don't + bother trying to fall back). After line feed terminating the + positive (empty) response, the output of service starts. After + the connection ends, the remote helper exits. ++ +Supported if the helper has the "connect" capability. + If a fatal error occurs, the program writes the error message to stderr and exits. The caller should expect that a suitable error message has been printed if the child closes the connection without @@ -123,6 +140,9 @@ CAPABILITIES all, it must cover all refs reported by the list command; if it is not used, it is effectively "*:*" +'connect':: + This helper supports the 'connect' command. + REF LIST ATTRIBUTES ------------------- @@ -165,9 +185,15 @@ OPTIONS but don't actually change any repository data. For most helpers this only applies to the 'push', if supported. +'option servpath <c-style-quoted-path>':: + Set service path (--upload-pack, --receive-pack etc.) for + next connect. Remote helper MAY support this option. Remote + helper MUST NOT rely on this option being set before + connect request occurs. + Documentation ------------- -Documentation by Daniel Barkalow. +Documentation by Daniel Barkalow and Ilari Liusvaara GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 9df6de2e7d..c7aa444317 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -68,6 +68,95 @@ linkgit:git-add[1]). <commit>:: Commit to make the current HEAD. If not given defaults to HEAD. +DISCUSSION +---------- + +The tables below show what happens when running: + +---------- +git reset --option target +---------- + +to reset the HEAD to another commit (`target`) with the different +reset options depending on the state of the files. + +In these tables, A, B, C and D are some different states of a +file. For example, the first line of the first table means that if a +file is in state A in the working tree, in state B in the index, in +state C in HEAD and in state D in the target, then "git reset --soft +target" will put the file in state A in the working tree, in state B +in the index and in state D in HEAD. + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + A B C D --soft A B D + --mixed A D D + --hard D D D + --merge (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + A B C C --soft A B C + --mixed A C C + --hard C C C + --merge (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B B C D --soft B B D + --mixed B D D + --hard D D D + --merge D D D + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B B C C --soft B B C + --mixed B C C + --hard C C C + --merge C C C + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B C C D --soft B C D + --mixed B D D + --hard D D D + --merge (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B C C C --soft B C C + --mixed B C C + --hard C C C + --merge B C C + +"reset --merge" is meant to be used when resetting out of a conflicted +merge. Any mergy operation guarantees that the work tree file that is +involved in the merge does not have local change wrt the index before +it starts, and that it writes the result out to the work tree. So if +we see some difference between the index and the target and also +between the index and the work tree, then it means that we are not +resetting out from a state that a mergy operation left after failing +with a conflict. That is why we disallow --merge option in this case. + +The following tables show what happens when there are unmerged +entries: + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + X U A B --soft (disallowed) + --mixed X B B + --hard B B B + --merge B B B + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + X U A A --soft (disallowed) + --mixed X A A + --hard A A A + --merge A A A + +X means any state and U means an unmerged index. + Examples -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 6052484ab9..8d88018eed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\* [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged] + [--skip-worktree | --no-skip-worktree] [--ignore-submodules] [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--info-only] [--index-info] @@ -103,6 +104,13 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually. Like '--refresh', but checks stat information unconditionally, without regard to the "assume unchanged" setting. +--skip-worktree:: +--no-skip-worktree:: + When one of these flags is specified, the object name recorded + for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options + set and unset the "skip-worktree" bit for the paths. See + section "Skip-worktree bit" below for more information. + -g:: --again:: Runs 'git-update-index' itself on the paths whose index @@ -308,6 +316,27 @@ M foo.c <9> now it checks with lstat(2) and finds it has been changed. +Skip-worktree bit +----------------- + +Skip-worktree bit can be defined in one (long) sentence: When reading +an entry, if it is marked as skip-worktree, then Git pretends its +working directory version is up to date and read the index version +instead. + +To elaborate, "reading" means checking for file existence, reading +file attributes or file content. The working directory version may be +present or absent. If present, its content may match against the index +version or not. Writing is not affected by this bit, content safety +is still first priority. Note that Git _can_ update working directory +file, that is marked skip-worktree, if it is safe to do so (i.e. +working directory version matches index version) + +Although this bit looks similar to assume-unchanged bit, its goal is +different from assume-unchanged bit's. Skip-worktree also takes +precedence over assume-unchanged bit when both are set. + + Configuration ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 352c23019f..b6df39ba36 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.6.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6] +* link:v1.6.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.1] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt[1.6.6.1], link:RelNotes-1.6.6.txt[1.6.6]. -* link:v1.6.5.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.7] +* link:v1.6.5.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.8] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt[1.6.5.8], link:RelNotes-1.6.5.7.txt[1.6.5.7], link:RelNotes-1.6.5.6.txt[1.6.5.6], link:RelNotes-1.6.5.5.txt[1.6.5.5], diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt index 5bbd18f020..add6f435b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ The result of the enumeration is left in these fields:: Calling sequence ---------------- +Note: index may be looked at for .gitignore files that are CE_SKIP_WORKTREE +marked. If you to exclude files, make sure you have loaded index first. + * Prepare `struct dir_struct dir` and clear it with `memset(&dir, 0, sizeof(dir))`. |