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diff --git a/Documentation/.gitignore b/Documentation/.gitignore index 1c3a9fead5..d62aebd848 100644 --- a/Documentation/.gitignore +++ b/Documentation/.gitignore @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ *.[1-8] *.made *.texi +*.pdf git.info gitman.info howto-index.txt diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 36989b7f65..18c71d763f 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT) clean: $(RM) *.xml *.xml+ *.html *.html+ *.1 *.5 *.7 $(RM) *.texi *.texi+ *.texi++ git.info gitman.info + $(RM) *.pdf $(RM) howto-index.txt howto/*.html doc.dep $(RM) technical/api-*.html technical/api-index.txt $(RM) $(cmds_txt) *.made diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c6ebd76d19 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +Git v1.7.5.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.5 +------------------ + + * When an object "$tree:$path" does not exist, if $path does exist in the + subtree of $tree that corresponds to the subdirectory the user is in, + git now suggests using "$tree:./$path" in addition to the advice to use + the full path from the root of the working tree. + + * The "--date=relative" output format used to say "X years, 12 months" + when it should have said "X+1 years". + + * The smart-HTTP transfer was broken in 1.7.5 when the client needs + to issue a small POST (which uses content-length) and then a large + POST (which uses chunked) back to back. + + * "git clean" used to fail on an empty directory that is not readable, + even though rmdir(2) could remove such a directory. Now we attempt it + as the last resort. + + * The "--dirstat" option of "diff" family of commands used to totally + ignore a change that only rearranged lines within a file. Such a + change now counts as at least a minimum but non zero change. + + * The "--dirstat" option of "diff" family of commands used to use the + pathname in the original, instead of the pathname in the result, + when renames are involved. + + * "git pack-object" did not take core.bigfilethreashold into account + (unlike fast-import); now it does. + + * "git reflog" ignored options like "--format=.." on the command line. + + * "git stash apply" used to refuse to work if there was any change in + the working tree, even when the change did not overlap with the change + the stash recorded. + + * "git stash apply @{99999}" was not diagnosed as an error, even when you + did not have that many stash entries. + + * An error message from "git send-email" to diagnose a broken SMTP + connection configuration lacked a space between "hello=<smtp-domain>" + and "port=<smtp-server-port>". + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..951eb7cb08 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +Git v1.7.5.2 Release Notes +========================== + +The release notes to 1.7.5.1 forgot to mention: + + * "git stash -p --no-keep-index" and "git stash --no-keep-index -p" now + mean the same thing. + + * "git upload-pack" (hence "git push" over git native protocol) had a + subtle race condition that could lead to a deadlock. + +Fixes since v1.7.5.1 +-------------------- + + * "git add -p" did not work correctly when a hunk is split and then + one of them was given to the editor. + + * "git add -u" did not resolve a conflict where our history deleted and + their history modified the same file, and the working tree resolved to + keep a file. + + * "git cvsimport" did not know that CVSNT stores its password file in a + location different from the traditional CVS. + + * "git diff-files" did not show the mode information from the working + tree side of an unmerged path correctly. + + * "git diff -M --cached" used to use unmerged path as a possible rename + source candidate, which made no sense. + + * The option name parser in "git fast-import" used prefix matches for + some options where it shouldn't, and accepted non-existent options, + e.g. "--relative-marksmith" or "--forceps". + + * "git format-patch" did not quote RFC822 special characters in the + email address (e.g From: Junio C. Hamano <jch@example.com>, not + From: "Junio C. Hamano" <jch@example.com>). + + * "git format-patch" when run with "--quiet" option used to produce a + nonsense result that consists of alternating empty output. + + * In "git merge", per-branch branch.<name>.mergeoptions configuration + variables did not override the fallback default merge.<option> + configuration variables such as merge.ff, merge.log, etc. + + * "git merge-one-file" did not honor GIT_WORK_TREE settings when + handling a "both sides added, differently" conflict. + + * "git mergetool" did not handle conflicted submoudules gracefully. + + * "git-p4" (in contrib) used a wrong base image while merge a file that + was added on both branches differently. + + * "git rebase -i -p" failed to preserve the history when there is a + redundant merge created with the --no-ff option. + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9c03353af2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Git v1.7.5.3 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.5.2 +-------------------- + + * The bash completion scripts should correctly work using zsh's bash + completion emulation layer now. + + * Setting $(prefix) in config.mak did not affect where etc/gitconfig + file is read from, even though passing it from the command line of + $(MAKE) did. + + * The logic to handle "&" (expand to UNIX username) in GECOS field + miscounted the length of the name it formatted. + + * "git cherry-pick -s resolve" failed to cherry-pick a root commit. + + * "git diff --word-diff" misbehaved when diff.suppress-blank-empty was + in effect. + + * "git log --stdin path" with an input that has additional pathspec + used to corrupt memory. + + * "git send-pack" (hence "git push") over smalt-HTTP protocol could + deadlock when the client side pack-object died early. + + * Compressed tarball gitweb generates used to be made with the timestamp + of the tarball generation; this was bad because snapshot from the same + tree should result in a same tarball. + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cf3f455ced --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Git v1.7.5.4 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.5.3 +-------------------- + + * The single-key mode of "git add -p" was easily fooled into thinking + that it was told to add everthing ('a') when up-arrow was pressed by + mistake. + + * Setting a git command that uses custom configuration via "-c var=val" + as an alias caused a crash due to a realloc(3) failure. + + * "git diff -C -C" used to disable the rename detection entirely when + there are too many copy candidate paths in the tree; now it falls + back to "-C" when doing so would keep the copy candidate paths + under the rename detection limit. + + * "git rerere" did not diagnose a corrupt MERGE_RR file in some cases. + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..42e46ab17f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +Git v1.7.6.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6 +------------------ + + * Various codepaths that invoked zlib deflate/inflate assumed that these + functions can compress or uncompress more than 4GB data in one call on + platforms with 64-bit long, which has been corrected. + + * "git unexecutable" reported that "unexecutable" was not found, even + though the actual error was that "unexecutable" was found but did + not have a proper she-bang line to be executed. + + * Error exits from $PAGER were silently ignored. + + * "git checkout -b <branch>" was confused when attempting to create a + branch whose name ends with "-g" followed by hexadecimal digits, + and refused to work. + + * "git checkout -b <branch>" sometimes wrote a bogus reflog entry, + causing later "git checkout -" to fail. + + * "git diff --cc" learned to correctly ignore binary files. + + * "git diff -c/--cc" mishandled a deletion that resolves a conflict, and + looked in the working tree instead. + + * "git fast-export" forgot to quote pathnames with unsafe characters + in its output. + + * "git fetch" over smart-http transport used to abort when the + repository was updated between the initial connection and the + subsequent object transfer. + + * "git fetch" did not recurse into submodules in subdirectories. + + * "git ls-tree" did not error out when asked to show a corrupt tree. + + * "git pull" without any argument left an extra whitespace after the + command name in its reflog. + + * "git push --quiet" was not really quiet. + + * "git rebase -i -p" incorrectly dropped commits from side branches. + + * "git reset [<commit>] paths..." did not reset the index entry correctly + for unmerged paths. + + * "git submodule add" did not allow a relative repository path when + the superproject did not have any default remote url. + + * "git submodule foreach" failed to correctly give the standard input to + the user-supplied command it invoked. + + * submodules that the user has never showed interest in by running + "git submodule init" was incorrectly marked as interesting by "git + submodule sync". + + * "git submodule update --quiet" was not really quiet. + + * "git tag -l <glob>..." did not take multiple glob patterns from the + command line. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..67ae414965 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Git v1.7.6.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6.1 +-------------------- + + * v1.7.6.1 broke "git push --quiet"; it used to be a no-op against an old + version of Git running on the other end, but v1.7.6.1 made it abort. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..95971831b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Git v1.7.6.3 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6.2 +-------------------- + + * "git -c var=value subcmd" misparsed the custom configuration when + value contained an equal sign. + + * "git fetch" had a major performance regression, wasting many + needless cycles in a repository where there is no submodules + present. This was especially bad, when there were many refs. + + * "git reflog $refname" did not default to the "show" subcommand as + the documentation advertised the command to do. + + * "git reset" did not leave meaningful log message in the reflog. + + * "git status --ignored" did not show ignored items when there is no + untracked items. + + * "git tag --contains $commit" was unnecessarily inefficient. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e19acac2da --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Git v1.7.6.4 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6.3 +-------------------- + + * The error reporting logic of "git am" when the command is fed a file + whose mail-storage format is unknown was fixed. + + * "git branch --set-upstream @{-1} foo" did not expand @{-1} correctly. + + * "git check-ref-format --print" used to parrot a candidate string that + began with a slash (e.g. /refs/heads/master) without stripping it, to make + the result a suitably normalized string the caller can append to "$GIT_DIR/". + + * "git clone" failed to clone locally from a ".git" file that itself + is not a directory but is a pointer to one. + + * "git clone" from a local repository that borrows from another + object store using a relative path in its objects/info/alternates + file did not adjust the alternates in the resulting repository. + + * "git describe --dirty" did not refresh the index before checking the + state of the working tree files. + + * "git ls-files ../$path" that is run from a subdirectory reported errors + incorrectly when there is no such path that matches the given pathspec. + + * "git mergetool" could loop forever prompting when nothing can be read + from the standard input. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9ec498ea39 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +Git v1.7.6 Release Notes +======================== + +Updates since v1.7.5 +-------------------- + + * Various git-svn updates. + + * Updates the way content tags are handled in gitweb. Also adds + a UI to choose common timezone for displaying the dates. + + * Similar to branch names, tagnames that begin with "-" are now + disallowed. + + * Clean-up of the C part of i18n (but not l10n---please wait) + continues. + + * The scripting part of the codebase is getting prepared for i18n/l10n. + + * Pushing and pulling from a repository with large number of refs that + point to identical commits are optimized by not listing the same commit + during the common ancestor negotiation exchange with the other side. + + * Adding a file larger than core.bigfilethreshold (defaults to 1/2 Gig) + using "git add" will send the contents straight to a packfile without + having to hold it and its compressed representation both at the same + time in memory. + + * Processes spawned by "[alias] <name> = !process" in the configuration + can inspect GIT_PREFIX environment variable to learn where in the + working tree the original command was invoked. + + * A magic pathspec ":/" tells a command that limits its operation to + the current directory when ran from a subdirectory to work on the + entire working tree. In general, ":/path/to/file" would be relative + to the root of the working tree hierarchy. + + After "git reset --hard; edit Makefile; cd t/", "git add -u" would + be a no-op, but "git add -u :/" would add the updated contents of + the Makefile at the top level. If you want to name a path in the + current subdirectory whose unusual name begins with ":/", you can + name it by "./:/that/path" or by "\:/that/path". + + * "git blame" learned "--abbrev[=<n>]" option to control the minimum + number of hexdigits shown for commit object names. + + * "git blame" learned "--line-porcelain" that is less efficient but is + easier to parse. + + * Aborting "git commit --interactive" discards updates to the index + made during the interactive session. + + * "git commit" learned a "--patch" option to directly jump to the + per-hunk selection UI of the interactive mode. + + * "git diff" and its family of commands learned --dirstat=0 to show + directories that contribute less than 0.1% of changes. + + * "git diff" and its family of commands learned --dirstat=lines mode to + assess damage to the directory based on number of lines in the patch + output, not based on the similarity numbers. + + * "git format-patch" learned "--quiet" option to suppress the output of + the names of generated files. + + * "git format-patch" quotes people's names when it has RFC822 special + characters in it, e.g. "Junio C. Hamano" <jch@example.com>. Earlier + it was up to the user to do this when using its output. + + * "git format-patch" can take an empty --subject-prefix now. + + * "git grep" learned the "-P" option to take pcre regular expressions. + + * "git log" and friends learned a new "--notes" option to replace the + "--show-notes" option. Unlike "--show-notes", "--notes=<ref>" does + not imply showing the default notes. + + * They also learned a log.abbrevCommit configuration variable to augment + the --abbrev-commit command line option. + + * "git ls-remote" learned "--exit-code" option to consider it a + different kind of error when no remote ref to be shown. + + * "git merge" learned "-" as a short-hand for "the previous branch", just + like the way "git checkout -" works. + + * "git merge" uses "merge.ff" configuration variable to decide to always + create a merge commit (i.e. --no-ff, aka merge.ff=no), refuse to create + a merge commit (i.e. --ff-only, aka merge.ff=only). Setting merge.ff=yes + (or not setting it at all) restores the default behaviour of allowing + fast-forward to happen when possible. + + * p4-import (from contrib) learned a new option --preserve-user. + + * "git read-tree -m" learned "--dry-run" option that reports if a merge + would fail without touching the index nor the working tree. + + * "git rebase" that does not specify on top of which branch to rebase + the current branch now uses @{upstream} of the current branch. + + * "git rebase" finished either normally or with --abort did not + update the reflog for HEAD to record the event to come back to + where it started from. + + * "git remote add -t only-this-branch --mirror=fetch" is now allowed. Earlier + a fetch-mode mirror meant mirror everything, but now it only means refs are + not renamed. + + * "git rev-list --count" used with "--cherry-mark" counts the cherry-picked + commits separately, producing more a useful output. + + * "git submodule update" learned "--force" option to get rid of local + changes in submodules and replace them with the up-to-date version. + + * "git status" and friends ignore .gitmodules file while the file is + still in a conflicted state during a merge, to avoid using information + that is not final and possibly corrupt with conflict markers. + +Also contains various documentation updates and minor miscellaneous +changes. + + +Fixes since v1.7.5 +------------------ + +Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes in 1.7.5.X maintenance track are +included in this release. + + * "git config" used to choke with an insanely long line. + (merge ef/maint-strbuf-init later) + + * "git diff --quiet" did not work well with --diff-filter. + (merge jk/diff-not-so-quick later) + + * "git status -z" did not default to --porcelain output format. + (merge bc/maint-status-z-to-use-porcelain later) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c6a5032912..0dbf2c9843 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ Another thing: NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0. (2) Generate your patch using git tools out of your commits. -git based diff tools (git, Cogito, and StGIT included) generate -unidiff which is the preferred format. +git based diff tools generate unidiff which is the preferred format. You do not have to be afraid to use -M option to "git diff" or "git format-patch", if your patch involves file renames. The @@ -344,50 +343,20 @@ MUA specific hints Some of patches I receive or pick up from the list share common patterns of breakage. Please make sure your MUA is set up -properly not to corrupt whitespaces. Here are two common ones -I have seen: +properly not to corrupt whitespaces. -* Empty context lines that do not have _any_ whitespace. +See the DISCUSSION section of git-format-patch(1) for hints on +checking your patch by mailing it to yourself and applying with +git-am(1). -* Non empty context lines that have one extra whitespace at the - beginning. - -One test you could do yourself if your MUA is set up correctly is: - -* Send the patch to yourself, exactly the way you would, except - To: and Cc: lines, which would not contain the list and - maintainer address. - -* Save that patch to a file in UNIX mailbox format. Call it say - a.patch. - -* Try to apply to the tip of the "master" branch from the - git.git public repository: - - $ git fetch http://kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git master:test-apply - $ git checkout test-apply - $ git reset --hard - $ git am a.patch - -If it does not apply correctly, there can be various reasons. - -* Your patch itself does not apply cleanly. That is _bad_ but - does not have much to do with your MUA. Please rebase the - patch appropriately. - -* Your MUA corrupted your patch; "am" would complain that - the patch does not apply. Look at .git/rebase-apply/ subdirectory and - see what 'patch' file contains and check for the common - corruption patterns mentioned above. - -* While you are at it, check what are in 'info' and - 'final-commit' files as well. If what is in 'final-commit' is - not exactly what you would want to see in the commit log - message, it is very likely that your maintainer would end up - hand editing the log message when he applies your patch. - Things like "Hi, this is my first patch.\n", if you really - want to put in the patch e-mail, should come after the - three-dash line that signals the end of the commit message. +While you are at it, check the resulting commit log message from +a trial run of applying the patch. If what is in the resulting +commit is not exactly what you would want to see, it is very +likely that your maintainer would end up hand editing the log +message when he applies your patch. Things like "Hi, this is my +first patch.\n", if you really want to put in the patch e-mail, +should come after the three-dash line that signals the end of the +commit message. Pine @@ -443,89 +412,10 @@ that or Gentoo did it.) So you need to set the it. -Thunderbird ------------ - -(A Large Angry SCM) - -By default, Thunderbird will both wrap emails as well as flag them as -being 'format=flowed', both of which will make the resulting email unusable -by git. - -Here are some hints on how to successfully submit patches inline using -Thunderbird. - -There are two different approaches. One approach is to configure -Thunderbird to not mangle patches. The second approach is to use -an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches. - -Approach #1 (configuration): - -This recipe is current as of Thunderbird 2.0.0.19. Three steps: - 1. Configure your mail server composition as plain text - Edit...Account Settings...Composition & Addressing, - uncheck 'Compose Messages in HTML'. - 2. Configure your general composition window to not wrap - Edit..Preferences..Composition, wrap plain text messages at 0 - 3. Disable the use of format=flowed - Edit..Preferences..Advanced..Config Editor. Search for: - mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed - toggle it to make sure it is set to 'false'. - -After that is done, you should be able to compose email as you -otherwise would (cut + paste, git-format-patch | git-imap-send, etc), -and the patches should not be mangled. - -Approach #2 (external editor): - -This recipe appears to work with the current [*1*] Thunderbird from Suse. - -The following Thunderbird extensions are needed: - AboutConfig 0.5 - http://aboutconfig.mozdev.org/ - External Editor 0.7.2 - http://globs.org/articles.php?lng=en&pg=8 - -1) Prepare the patch as a text file using your method of choice. - -2) Before opening a compose window, use Edit->Account Settings to -uncheck the "Compose messages in HTML format" setting in the -"Composition & Addressing" panel of the account to be used to send the -patch. [*2*] - -3) In the main Thunderbird window, _before_ you open the compose window -for the patch, use Tools->about:config to set the following to the -indicated values: - mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed => false - mailnews.wraplength => 0 - -4) Open a compose window and click the external editor icon. - -5) In the external editor window, read in the patch file and exit the -editor normally. - -6) Back in the compose window: Add whatever other text you wish to the -message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send. - -7) Optionally, undo the about:config/account settings changes made in -steps 2 & 3. +Thunderbird, KMail, GMail +------------------------- - -[Footnotes] -*1* Version 1.0 (20041207) from the MozillaThunderbird-1.0-5 rpm of Suse -9.3 professional updates. - -*2* It may be possible to do this with about:config and the following -settings but I haven't tried, yet. - mail.html_compose => false - mail.identity.default.compose_html => false - mail.identity.id?.compose_html => false - -(Lukas Sandström) - -There is a script in contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline which can help -you include patches with Thunderbird in an easy way. To use it, do the -steps above and then use the script as the external editor. +See the MUA-SPECIFIC HINTS section of git-format-patch(1). Gnus ---- @@ -540,71 +430,3 @@ characters (most notably in people's names), and also whitespaces (fatal in patches). Running 'C-u g' to display the message in raw form before using '|' to run the pipe can work this problem around. - - -KMail ------ - -This should help you to submit patches inline using KMail. - -1) Prepare the patch as a text file. - -2) Click on New Mail. - -3) Go under "Options" in the Composer window and be sure that -"Word wrap" is not set. - -4) Use Message -> Insert file... and insert the patch. - -5) Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the -message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send. - - -Gmail ------ - -GMail does not appear to have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web -interface, so this will mangle any emails that you send. You can however -use "git send-email" and send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, or -use any IMAP email client to connect to the google IMAP server and forward -the emails through that. - -To use "git send-email" and send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, -edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: - -[sendemail] - smtpencryption = tls - smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com - smtpuser = user@gmail.com - smtppass = p4ssw0rd - smtpserverport = 587 - -Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the -following commands: - - $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M origin/master -o outgoing/ - $ edit outgoing/0000-* - $ git send-email outgoing/* - -To submit using the IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your -account settings: - -[imap] - folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts" - host = imaps://imap.gmail.com - user = user@gmail.com - pass = p4ssw0rd - port = 993 - sslverify = false - -You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error -that the "Folder doesn't exist". - -Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the -following commands: - - $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send - -Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail web -interface will line wrap no matter what, so you need to use a real -IMAP client). diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 16e3c68576..e76195ac97 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>. --porcelain:: Show in a format designed for machine consumption. +--line-porcelain:: + Show the porcelain format, but output commit information for + each line, not just the first time a commit is referenced. + Implies --porcelain. + --incremental:: Show the result incrementally in a format designed for machine consumption. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 750c86d4f5..87643882fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ core.logAllRefUpdates:: SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but only when the file exists. If this configuration variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" - file is automatically created for branch heads. + file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under + refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/), + note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD. + This information can be used to determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". @@ -442,8 +444,6 @@ for most projects as source code and other text files can still be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. + Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. -+ -Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting. core.excludesfile:: In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and @@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may not necessarily be the current directory. +'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix' +from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. am.keepcr:: If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format @@ -643,7 +645,7 @@ branch.<name>.remote:: branch.<name>.merge:: Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch - for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull' which + for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default). When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is @@ -676,7 +678,7 @@ branch.<name>.rebase:: browser.<tool>.cmd:: Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed - as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].) + as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].) browser.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool that may be used to @@ -708,9 +710,16 @@ second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any, doesn't matter. color.diff:: - When set to `always`, always use colors in patch. - When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use - colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false. + Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches. + If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1], + linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color + for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those + commands will only use color when output is to the terminal. + Defaults to false. ++ +This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the +'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the +command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option. color.diff.<slot>:: Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies @@ -796,11 +805,15 @@ color.status.<slot>:: color.branch.<slot>. color.ui:: - When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which - are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When - set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the - terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always - take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false. + This variable determines the default value for variables such + as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color + per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn + configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it + to `always` if you want all output not intended for machine + consumption to use color, to `true` or `auto` if you want such + output to use color when written to the terminal, or to `false` or + `never` if you prefer git commands not to use color unless enabled + explicitly with some other configuration or the `--color` option. commit.status:: A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the @@ -812,68 +825,7 @@ commit.template:: "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's home directory. -diff.autorefreshindex:: - When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree - files, do not consider stat-only change as changed. - Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to - update the cached stat information for paths whose - contents in the work tree match the contents in the - index. This option defaults to true. Note that this - affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level - 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'. - -diff.external:: - If this config variable is set, diff generation is not - performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the - given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' - environment variable. The command is called with parameters - as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if - you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of - your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. - -diff.mnemonicprefix:: - If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the - standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When - this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps - the order of the prefixes: -`git diff`;; - compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree; -`git diff HEAD`;; - compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree; -`git diff --cached`;; - compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex; -`git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;; - compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity; -`git diff --no-index a b`;; - compares two non-git things (1) and (2). - -diff.noprefix:: - If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix. - -diff.renameLimit:: - The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename - detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'. - -diff.renames:: - Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it - will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or - "copy", it will detect copies, as well. - -diff.ignoreSubmodules:: - Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this - affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff' - commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors - this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. - -diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: - A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space - before each empty output line. Defaults to false. - -diff.tool:: - Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides - `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has - the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge" - and plus "kompare". +include::diff-config.txt[] difftool.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case @@ -977,6 +929,16 @@ format.signoff:: the rights to submit this work under the same open source license. Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion. +filter.<driver>.clean:: + The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree + file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for + details. + +filter.<driver>.smudge:: + The command which is used to convert the content of a blob + object to a worktree file upon checkout. See + linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. + gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults @@ -1349,9 +1311,16 @@ instaweb.port:: interactive.singlekey:: In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter). - Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of - linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently - ignored if portable keystroke input is not available. + Currently this is used by the `\--patch` mode of + linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1], + linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this + setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input + is not available. + +log.abbrevCommit:: + If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and + linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `\--abbrev-commit`. You may + override this option with `\--no-abbrev-commit`. log.date:: Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command. @@ -1476,7 +1445,8 @@ notes.rewriteRef:: You may also specify this configuration several times. + Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to -enable note rewriting. +enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable +rewriting for the default commit notes. + This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF` environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1aed79e7dc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +diff.autorefreshindex:: + When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree + files, do not consider stat-only change as changed. + Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to + update the cached stat information for paths whose + contents in the work tree match the contents in the + index. This option defaults to true. Note that this + affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level + 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'. + +diff.dirstat:: + A comma separated list of `--dirstat` parameters specifying the + default behavior of the `--dirstat` option to linkgit:git-diff[1]` + and friends. The defaults can be overridden on the command line + (using `--dirstat=<param1,param2,...>`). The fallback defaults + (when not changed by `diff.dirstat`) are `changes,noncumulative,3`. + The following parameters are available: ++ +-- +`changes`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the lines that have been + removed from the source, or added to the destination. This ignores + the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words, + rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes. + This is the default behavior when no parameter is given. +`lines`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by doing the regular line-based diff + analysis, and summing the removed/added line counts. (For binary + files, count 64-byte chunks instead, since binary files have no + natural concept of lines). This is a more expensive `--dirstat` + behavior than the `changes` behavior, but it does count rearranged + lines within a file as much as other changes. The resulting output + is consistent with what you get from the other `--*stat` options. +`files`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the number of files changed. + Each changed file counts equally in the dirstat analysis. This is + the computationally cheapest `--dirstat` behavior, since it does + not have to look at the file contents at all. +`cumulative`;; + Count changes in a child directory for the parent directory as well. + Note that when using `cumulative`, the sum of the percentages + reported may exceed 100%. The default (non-cumulative) behavior can + be specified with the `noncumulative` parameter. +<limit>;; + An integer parameter specifies a cut-off percent (3% by default). + Directories contributing less than this percentage of the changes + are not shown in the output. +-- ++ +Example: The following will count changed files, while ignoring +directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files, +and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories: +`files,10,cumulative`. + +diff.external:: + If this config variable is set, diff generation is not + performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the + given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' + environment variable. The command is called with parameters + as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if + you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of + your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. + +diff.ignoreSubmodules:: + Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this + affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff' + commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors + this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. + +diff.mnemonicprefix:: + If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the + standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When + this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps + the order of the prefixes: +`git diff`;; + compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree; +`git diff HEAD`;; + compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree; +`git diff --cached`;; + compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex; +`git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;; + compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity; +`git diff --no-index a b`;; + compares two non-git things (1) and (2). + +diff.noprefix:: + If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix. + +diff.renameLimit:: + The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename + detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'. + +diff.renames:: + Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it + will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or + "copy", it will detect copies, as well. + +diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: + A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space + before each empty output line. Defaults to false. + +diff.<driver>.command:: + The custom diff driver command. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] + for details. + +diff.<driver>.xfuncname:: + The regular expression that the diff driver should use to + recognize the hunk header. A built-in pattern may also be used. + See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. + +diff.<driver>.binary:: + Set this option to true to make the diff driver treat files as + binary. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. + +diff.<driver>.textconv:: + The command that the diff driver should call to generate the + text-converted version of a file. The result of the + conversion is used to generate a human-readable diff. See + linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. + +diff.<driver>.wordregex:: + The regular expression that the diff driver should use to + split words in a line. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for + details. + +diff.<driver>.cachetextconv:: + Set this option to true to make the diff driver cache the text + conversion outputs. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. + +diff.tool:: + The diff tool to be used by linkgit:git-difftool[1]. This + option overrides `merge.tool`, and has the same valid built-in + values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge" and plus + "kompare". Any other value is treated as a custom diff tool, + and there must be a corresponding `difftool.<tool>.cmd` + option. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index c93124be79..659de6f123 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -66,15 +66,49 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted lines. ---dirstat[=<limit>]:: - Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or - removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below - a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent - can be set with `--dirstat=<limit>`. Changes in a child directory are not - counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used. - ---dirstat-by-file[=<limit>]:: - Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines. +--dirstat[=<param1,param2,...>]:: + Output the distribution of relative amount of changes for each + sub-directory. The behavior of `--dirstat` can be customized by + passing it a comma separated list of parameters. + The defaults are controlled by the `diff.dirstat` configuration + variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). + The following parameters are available: ++ +-- +`changes`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the lines that have been + removed from the source, or added to the destination. This ignores + the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words, + rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes. + This is the default behavior when no parameter is given. +`lines`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by doing the regular line-based diff + analysis, and summing the removed/added line counts. (For binary + files, count 64-byte chunks instead, since binary files have no + natural concept of lines). This is a more expensive `--dirstat` + behavior than the `changes` behavior, but it does count rearranged + lines within a file as much as other changes. The resulting output + is consistent with what you get from the other `--*stat` options. +`files`;; + Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the number of files changed. + Each changed file counts equally in the dirstat analysis. This is + the computationally cheapest `--dirstat` behavior, since it does + not have to look at the file contents at all. +`cumulative`;; + Count changes in a child directory for the parent directory as well. + Note that when using `cumulative`, the sum of the percentages + reported may exceed 100%. The default (non-cumulative) behavior can + be specified with the `noncumulative` parameter. +<limit>;; + An integer parameter specifies a cut-off percent (3% by default). + Directories contributing less than this percentage of the changes + are not shown in the output. +-- ++ +Example: The following will count changed files, while ignoring +directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files, +and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories: +`--dirstat=files,10,cumulative`. --summary:: Output a condensed summary of extended header information @@ -120,12 +154,19 @@ any of those replacements occurred. --color[=<when>]:: Show colored diff. - The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. + The value must be `always` (the default for `<when>`), `never`, or `auto`. + The default value is `never`. +ifdef::git-diff[] + It can be changed by the `color.ui` and `color.diff` + configuration settings. +endif::git-diff[] --no-color:: - Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file - gives the default to color output. - Same as `--color=never`. + Turn off colored diff. +ifdef::git-diff[] + This can be used to override configuration settings. +endif::git-diff[] + It is the same as `--color=never`. --word-diff[=<mode>]:: Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words. @@ -183,10 +224,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] ifndef::git-format-patch[] --check:: - Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace - or an indent that uses a space before a tab. Exits with - non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with - --exit-code. + Warn if changes introduce whitespace errors. What are + considered whitespace errors is controlled by `core.whitespace` + configuration. By default, trailing whitespaces (including + lines that solely consist of whitespaces) and a space character + that is immediately followed by a tab character inside the + initial indent of the line are considered whitespace errors. + Exits with non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible + with --exit-code. endif::git-format-patch[] --full-index:: @@ -239,7 +284,7 @@ ifdef::git-log[] For following files across renames while traversing history, see `--follow`. endif::git-log[] - If `n` is specified, it is a is a threshold on the similarity + If `n` is specified, it is a threshold on the similarity index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file @@ -259,6 +304,19 @@ endif::git-log[] projects, so use it with caution. Giving more than one `-C` option has the same effect. +-D:: +--irreversible-delete:: + Omit the preimage for deletes, i.e. print only the header but not + the diff between the preimage and `/dev/null`. The resulting patch + is not meant to be applied with `patch` nor `git apply`; this is + solely for people who want to just concentrate on reviewing the + text after the change. In addition, the output obviously lack + enough information to apply such a patch in reverse, even manually, + hence the name of the option. ++ +When used together with `-B`, omit also the preimage in the deletion part +of a delete/create pair. + -l<num>:: The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This @@ -358,6 +416,17 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --no-ext-diff:: Disallow external diff drivers. +--textconv:: +--no-textconv:: + Allow (or disallow) external text conversion filters to be run + when comparing binary files. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for + details. Because textconv filters are typically a one-way + conversion, the resulting diff is suitable for human + consumption, but cannot be applied. For this reason, textconv + filters are enabled by default only for linkgit:git-diff[1] and + linkgit:git-log[1], but not for linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or + diff plumbing commands. + --ignore-submodules[=<when>]:: Ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation. <when> can be either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 7eebbefe7b..9c1d395722 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ subdirectories. If some files could not be added because of errors indexing them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status. + The configuration variable `add.ignoreErrors` can be set to + true to make this the default behaviour. --ignore-missing:: This option can only be used together with --dry-run. By using @@ -272,7 +274,8 @@ patch:: This lets you choose one path out of a 'status' like selection. After choosing the path, it presents the diff between the index and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage - the change of each hunk. You can say: + the change of each hunk. You can select one of the following + options and type return: y - stage this hunk n - do not stage this hunk @@ -291,6 +294,9 @@ patch:: + After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks. ++ +You can omit having to type return here, by setting the configuration +variable `interactive.singlekey` to `true`. diff:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt index 9eb75c37da..05fd482b74 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit information SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git annotate' [options] file [revision] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 7b7bafba0c..ab60a18470 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-bisect - Find by binary search the change that introduced a bug SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git bisect' <subcommand> <options> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index c4d1ff86c9..9516914236 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] [-e] [-p] [-w] [--incremental] [-L n,m] - [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>] + [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>] [--abbrev=<n>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>] [--] <file> DESCRIPTION @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ include::blame-options.txt[] Ignore whitespace when comparing the parent's version and the child's to find where the lines came from. +--abbrev=<n>:: + Instead of using the default 7+1 hexadecimal digits as the + abbreviated object name, use <n>+1 digits. Note that 1 column + is used for a caret to mark the boundary commit. + THE PORCELAIN FORMAT -------------------- @@ -100,6 +105,19 @@ The contents of the actual line is output after the above header, prefixed by a TAB. This is to allow adding more header elements later. +The porcelain format generally suppresses commit information that has +already been seen. For example, two lines that are blamed to the same +commit will both be shown, but the details for that commit will be shown +only once. This is more efficient, but may require more state be kept by +the reader. The `--line-porcelain` option can be used to output full +commit information for each line, allowing simpler (but less efficient) +usage like: + + # count the number of lines attributed to each author + git blame --line-porcelain file | + sed -n 's/^author //p' | + sort | uniq -c | sort -rn + SPECIFYING RANGES ----------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 205d83dd0b..c9fdf84a08 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ Checks if a given 'refname' is acceptable, and exits with a non-zero status if it is not. A reference is used in git to specify branches and tags. A -branch head is stored under the `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` directory, and -a tag is stored under the `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` directory (or, if refs -are packed by `git gc`, as entries in the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file). +branch head is stored in the `refs/heads` hierarchy, while +a tag is stored in the `refs/tags` hierarchy of the ref namespace +(typically in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads` and `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` +directories or, as entries in file `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` +if refs are packed by `git gc`). + git imposes the following rules on how references are named: . They can include slash `/` for hierarchical (directory) diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 1063f69023..c0a96e6c1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] [<commit>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... -'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $ git checkout <branch> that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is successful. -'git checkout' [--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: +'git checkout' [-p|--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: When <paths> or `--patch` are given, 'git checkout' does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree @@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. working tree (and if a <tree-ish> was specified, the index). + This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard -edits from your current working tree. +edits from your current working tree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' +section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode. <branch>:: Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 01db83039f..6c9c2cb383 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>... DESCRIPTION @@ -51,9 +52,10 @@ OPTIONS message prior to committing. -x:: - When recording the commit, append to the original commit - message a note that indicates which commit this change - was cherry-picked from. Append the note only for cherry + When recording the commit, append a line that says + "(cherry picked from commit ...)" to the original commit + message in order to indicate which commit this change was + cherry-picked from. This is done only for cherry picks without conflicts. Do not use this option if you are cherry-picking from your private branch because the information is useless to the recipient. If on the diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index 79448c505b..f6c19c734d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git cherry' [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-citool.txt b/Documentation/git-citool.txt index 6e5c8126f5..c7a11c36c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-citool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-citool.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-citool - Graphical alternative to git-commit SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git citool' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 86eb4c9368..b093e45497 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--separate-git-dir|-L <git dir>] + [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> [<directory>] @@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given) --L=<git dir>:: --separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory, diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt index f524d76019..0fdb82ee86 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index d0534b8c05..5cc84a1391 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run] - [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] - [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] - [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] - [--status | --no-status] [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...] +'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] + [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] + [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] + [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] + [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] + [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -39,9 +40,10 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways: that have been removed from the working tree, and then perform the actual commit; -5. by using the --interactive switch with the 'commit' command to decide one - by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the - operation. Currently, this is done by invoking 'git add --interactive'. +5. by using the --interactive or --patch switches with the 'commit' command + to decide one by one which files or hunks should be part of the commit, + before finalizing the operation. See the ``Interactive Mode`` section of + linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate these modes. The `--dry-run` option can be used to obtain a summary of what is included by any of the above for the next @@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ OPTIONS been modified and deleted, but new files you have not told git about are not affected. +-p:: +--patch:: + Use the interactive patch selection interface to chose + which changes to commit. See linkgit:git-add[1] for + details. + -C <commit>:: --reuse-message=<commit>:: Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message @@ -276,7 +284,7 @@ When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area called the "index" with 'git add'. A file can be reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree, -to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD -- <file>`, +to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD \-- <file>`, which effectively reverts 'git add' and prevents the changes to this file from participating in the next commit. After building the state to be committed incrementally with these commands, diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 8804de327f..e7ecf5d803 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ The default is to assume the config file of the current repository, .git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG (see <<FILES>>). -This command will fail if: - -. The config file is invalid, -. Can not write to the config file, -. no section was provided, -. the section or key is invalid, -. you try to unset an option which does not exist, -. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or -. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set. - +This command will fail (with exit code ret) if: + +. The config file is invalid (ret=3), +. can not write to the config file (ret=4), +. no section or name was provided (ret=2), +. the section or key is invalid (ret=1), +. you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5), +. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5), +. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or +. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128). + +On success, the command returns the exit code 0. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt index a73933a931..23c80cea64 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git count-objects' [-v] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index ad93a3e84e..7f79cec3f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 88d814af0e..827bc988ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Configuring database backend 'git-cvsserver' uses the Perl DBI module. Please also read its documentation if changing these variables, especially -about `DBI->connect()`. +about `DBI\->connect()`. gitcvs.dbname:: Database name. The exact meaning depends on the diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt index 8d481948bd..906774f0f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt index 6d18486402..c0b7c581ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-diff-index - Compares content and mode of blobs between the index and reposi SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ show that. So let's say that you have edited `kernel/sched.c`, but have not actually done a 'git update-index' on it yet - there is no "object" associated with the new state, and you get: - torvalds@ppc970:~/v2.6/linux> git diff-index HEAD - *100644->100664 blob 7476bb......->000000...... kernel/sched.c + torvalds@ppc970:~/v2.6/linux> git diff-index --abbrev HEAD + :100644 100664 7476bb... 000000... kernel/sched.c i.e., it shows that the tree has changed, and that `kernel/sched.c` has is not up-to-date and may contain new stuff. The all-zero sha1 means that to diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 4e5f127efa..1439486e40 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ so it can be used to name subdirectories. An example of normal usage is: - torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git diff-tree 5319e4...... - *100664->100664 blob ac348b.......->a01513....... git-fsck-objects.c + torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git diff-tree --abbrev 5319e4 + :100664 100664 ac348b... a01513... git-fsck-objects.c which tells you that the last commit changed just one file (it's from this one: diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 590f410abf..a03515f1ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git difftool' [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt index 781bd6edc3..a29ac021d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fast-export - Git data exporter SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git fast-export [options]' | 'git fast-import' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 2c2ea12c5c..95e480ef79 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fast-import - Backend for fast Git data importers SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] frontend | 'git fast-import' [options] DESCRIPTION @@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ OPTIONS skips the file if it does not exist. --relative-marks:: - After specifying --relative-marks= the paths specified + 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 @@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ OPTIONS --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= + --(no-)-relative-marks with the --(import|export)-marks= options. --cat-blob-fd=<fd>:: @@ -648,9 +649,14 @@ paths for a commit are encouraged to do so. `notemodify` ^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Included in a `commit` command to add a new note (annotating a given -commit) or change the content of an existing note. This command has -two different means of specifying the content of the note. +Included in a `commit` `<notes_ref>` command to add a new note +annotating a `<committish>` or change this annotation contents. +Internally it is similar to filemodify 100644 on `<committish>` +path (maybe split into subdirectories). It's not advised to +use any other commands to write to the `<notes_ref>` tree except +`filedeleteall` to delete all existing notes in this tree. +This command has two different means of specifying the content +of the note. External data format:: The data content for the note was already supplied by a prior diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index 48d4bf6d68..ed1bdaacd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index 60ac8d26eb..b41d7c1de1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git fetch' [<options>] [<repository> [<refspec>...]] - 'git fetch' [<options>] <group> - 'git fetch' --multiple [<options>] [(<repository> | <group>)...] - 'git fetch' --all [<options>] diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 9dc1f2a947..0f2f117383 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ changes, which would normally have no effect. Nevertheless, this may be useful in the future for compensating for some git bugs or such, therefore such a usage is permitted. -*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts`. If you have any grafts -defined, running this command will make them permanent. +*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts` and `.git/refs/replace/`. +If you have any grafts or replacement refs defined, running this command +will make them permanent. *WARNING*! The rewritten history will have different object names for all the objects and will not converge with the original branch. You will not diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index a5525e9aa8..d13c9b23f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>] - [--cover-letter] + [--cover-letter] [--quiet] [<common diff options>] [ <since> | <revision range> ] @@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. Note that the leading character does not have to be a dot; for example, you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`. +--quiet:: + Do not print the names of the generated files to standard output. + --no-binary:: Do not output contents of changes in binary files, instead display a notice that those files changed. Patches generated @@ -229,6 +232,233 @@ attachments, and sign off patches with configuration variables. ------------ +DISCUSSION +---------- + +The patch produced by 'git format-patch' is in UNIX mailbox format, +with a fixed "magic" time stamp to indicate that the file is output +from format-patch rather than a real mailbox, like so: + +------------ +From 8f72bad1baf19a53459661343e21d6491c3908d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> +Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:42:54 -0700 +Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?[IA64]=20Put=20ia64=20config=20files=20on=20the=20?= + =?UTF-8?q?Uwe=20Kleine-K=C3=B6nig=20diet?= +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit + +arch/arm config files were slimmed down using a python script +(See commit c2330e286f68f1c408b4aa6515ba49d57f05beae comment) + +Do the same for ia64 so we can have sleek & trim looking +... +------------ + +Typically it will be placed in a MUA's drafts folder, edited to add +timely commentary that should not go in the changelog after the three +dashes, and then sent as a message whose body, in our example, starts +with "arch/arm config files were...". On the receiving end, readers +can save interesting patches in a UNIX mailbox and apply them with +linkgit:git-am[1]. + +When a patch is part of an ongoing discussion, the patch generated by +'git format-patch' can be tweaked to take advantage of the 'git am +--scissors' feature. After your response to the discussion comes a +line that consists solely of "`-- >8 --`" (scissors and perforation), +followed by the patch with unnecessary header fields removed: + +------------ +... +> So we should do such-and-such. + +Makes sense to me. How about this patch? + +-- >8 -- +Subject: [IA64] Put ia64 config files on the Uwe Kleine-König diet + +arch/arm config files were slimmed down using a python script +... +------------ + +When sending a patch this way, most often you are sending your own +patch, so in addition to the "`From $SHA1 $magic_timestamp`" marker you +should omit `From:` and `Date:` lines from the patch file. The patch +title is likely to be different from the subject of the discussion the +patch is in response to, so it is likely that you would want to keep +the Subject: line, like the example above. + +Checking for patch corruption +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Many mailers if not set up properly will corrupt whitespace. Here are +two common types of corruption: + +* Empty context lines that do not have _any_ whitespace. + +* Non-empty context lines that have one extra whitespace at the + beginning. + +One way to test if your MUA is set up correctly is: + +* Send the patch to yourself, exactly the way you would, except + with To: and Cc: lines that do not contain the list and + maintainer address. + +* Save that patch to a file in UNIX mailbox format. Call it a.patch, + say. + +* Apply it: + + $ git fetch <project> master:test-apply + $ git checkout test-apply + $ git reset --hard + $ git am a.patch + +If it does not apply correctly, there can be various reasons. + +* The patch itself does not apply cleanly. That is _bad_ but + does not have much to do with your MUA. You might want to rebase + the patch with linkgit:git-rebase[1] before regenerating it in + this case. + +* The MUA corrupted your patch; "am" would complain that + the patch does not apply. Look in the .git/rebase-apply/ subdirectory and + see what 'patch' file contains and check for the common + corruption patterns mentioned above. + +* While at it, check the 'info' and 'final-commit' files as well. + If what is in 'final-commit' is not exactly what you would want to + see in the commit log message, it is very likely that the + receiver would end up hand editing the log message when applying + your patch. Things like "Hi, this is my first patch.\n" in the + patch e-mail should come after the three-dash line that signals + the end of the commit message. + +MUA-SPECIFIC HINTS +------------------ +Here are some hints on how to successfully submit patches inline using +various mailers. + +GMail +~~~~~ +GMail does not have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web +interface, so it will mangle any emails that you send. You can however +use "git send-email" and send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, or +use any IMAP email client to connect to the google IMAP server and forward +the emails through that. + +For hints on using 'git send-email' to send your patches through the +GMail SMTP server, see the EXAMPLE section of linkgit:git-send-email[1]. + +For hints on submission using the IMAP interface, see the EXAMPLE +section of linkgit:git-imap-send[1]. + +Thunderbird +~~~~~~~~~~~ +By default, Thunderbird will both wrap emails as well as flag +them as being 'format=flowed', both of which will make the +resulting email unusable by git. + +There are three different approaches: use an add-on to turn off line wraps, +configure Thunderbird to not mangle patches, or use +an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches. + +Approach #1 (add-on) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from +https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/ +It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" in the composer's "Options" menu +that you can tick off. Now you can compose the message as you otherwise do +(cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to +insert line breaks manually in any text that you type. + +Approach #2 (configuration) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Three steps: + +1. Configure your mail server composition as plain text: + Edit...Account Settings...Composition & Addressing, + uncheck "Compose Messages in HTML". + +2. Configure your general composition window to not wrap. ++ +In Thunderbird 2: +Edit..Preferences..Composition, wrap plain text messages at 0 ++ +In Thunderbird 3: +Edit..Preferences..Advanced..Config Editor. Search for +"mail.wrap_long_lines". +Toggle it to make sure it is set to `false`. + +3. Disable the use of format=flowed: +Edit..Preferences..Advanced..Config Editor. Search for +"mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed". +Toggle it to make sure it is set to `false`. + +After that is done, you should be able to compose email as you +otherwise would (cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), +and the patches will not be mangled. + +Approach #3 (external editor) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The following Thunderbird extensions are needed: +AboutConfig from http://aboutconfig.mozdev.org/ and +External Editor from http://globs.org/articles.php?lng=en&pg=8 + +1. Prepare the patch as a text file using your method of choice. + +2. Before opening a compose window, use Edit->Account Settings to + uncheck the "Compose messages in HTML format" setting in the + "Composition & Addressing" panel of the account to be used to + send the patch. + +3. In the main Thunderbird window, 'before' you open the compose + window for the patch, use Tools->about:config to set the + following to the indicated values: ++ +---------- + mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed => false + mailnews.wraplength => 0 +---------- + +4. Open a compose window and click the external editor icon. + +5. In the external editor window, read in the patch file and exit + the editor normally. + +Side note: it may be possible to do step 2 with +about:config and the following settings but no one's tried yet. + +---------- + mail.html_compose => false + mail.identity.default.compose_html => false + mail.identity.id?.compose_html => false +---------- + +There is a script in contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline which can help +you include patches with Thunderbird in an easy way. To use it, do the +steps above and then use the script as the external editor. + +KMail +~~~~~ +This should help you to submit patches inline using KMail. + +1. Prepare the patch as a text file. + +2. Click on New Mail. + +3. Go under "Options" in the Composer window and be sure that + "Word wrap" is not set. + +4. Use Message -> Insert file... and insert the patch. + +5. Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the + message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send. + + EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt index 90ebb8a594..eec4bdb600 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fsck-objects - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git fsck-objects' ... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index c9ede794b0..a2a508dc28 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless --no-reflogs is given) as heads. --unreachable:: - Print out objects that exist but that aren't readable from any + Print out objects that exist but that aren't reachable from any of the reference nodes. --root:: @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the '--unreachable' flag it will also print out objects that exist but -that aren't readable from any of the specified head nodes. +that aren't reachable from any of the specified head nodes. So for example diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 4966cb5784..815afcb922 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=<date> | --no-prune] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt index 8035736c96..1e2a20dd26 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-get-tar-commit-id - Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-arch SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git get-tar-commit-id' < <tarfile> diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index d7523b3e45..e150c77cff 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git grep' [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp] [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name] [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] - [-F | --fixed-strings] [-n] + [-P | --perl-regexp] + [-F | --fixed-strings] [-n | --line-number] [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match] [(-O | --open-files-in-pager) [<pager>]] [-z | --null] @@ -97,6 +98,11 @@ OPTIONS Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns. Default is to use basic regexp. +-P:: +--perl-regexp:: + Use Perl-compatible regexp for patterns. Requires libpcre to be + compiled in. + -F:: --fixed-strings:: Use fixed strings for patterns (don't interpret pattern diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt index 32a833e0ae..18f713b67a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-gui - A portable graphical interface to Git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git gui' [<command>] [arguments] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 42aa2b0c01..9e0b3f6811 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-help - display help information about git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git help' [-a|--all|-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt index fefa752198..4d42073867 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-http-fetch - Download from a remote git repository via HTTP SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index 82ae34b9b8..2e67362bd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index d3013d6a29..875d2831a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git imap-send' @@ -111,6 +112,31 @@ Using direct mode with SSL: .......................... +EXAMPLE +------- +To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig +to specify your account settings: + +--------- +[imap] + folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts" + 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 +that the "Folder doesn't exist". + +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 +interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real +IMAP client). + CAUTION ------- It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message @@ -124,6 +150,10 @@ Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird users may wish to visit this web page for more information: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1], mbox(5) + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index 2c4c716f33..a21e346789 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] +[verse] +'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 58cd01145a..9ac2bbaa56 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] - [--separate-git-dir|-L <git dir>] + [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] @@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ current working directory. Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.) --L=<git dir>:: --separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: Instead of initializing the repository where it is supposed to be, diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 2c84028838..771a3565bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -68,10 +69,13 @@ produced by --stat etc. its size is not included. [\--] <path>...:: - Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To - prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need - to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or - refnames. + Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files + that match the specified paths came to be. See "History + Simplification" below for details and other simplification + modes. ++ +To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to +be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames. include::rev-list-options.txt[] @@ -178,9 +182,9 @@ May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored. + -This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option, +This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option, overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable, -and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option. +and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option. GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt index adf7e1c055..c406a11001 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-lost-found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git lost-found' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt index c3df8c0ebe..7a9b86a58a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>] - <repository> [<refs>...] + [--exit-code] <repository> [<refs>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ OPTIONS SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the user. +--exit-code:: + Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote + repository. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate + it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it + found any matching refs. + <repository>:: Location of the repository. The shorthand defined in $GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used. Use "." (dot) to list references in diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt index ed45662cc9..51dc325748 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-mailinfo - Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mailinfo' [-k|-b] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--scissors] <msg> <patch> diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt index 9b2049d674..4d1b871d96 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] [--keep-cr] -o<directory> [--] [(<mbox>|<Maildir>)...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt index ba36ec04f4..b295bf8330 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-merge-base - Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git merge-base' [-a|--all] [--octopus] <commit> <commit>... +'git merge-base' [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>... +'git merge-base' [-a|--all] --octopus <commit>... 'git merge-base' --independent <commit>... DESCRIPTION @@ -22,23 +23,21 @@ that does not have any better common ancestor is a 'best common ancestor', i.e. a 'merge base'. Note that there can be more than one merge base for a pair of commits. -Unless `--octopus` is given, among the two commits to compute the merge -base from, one is specified by the first commit argument on the command -line; the other commit is a (possibly hypothetical) commit that is a merge -across all the remaining commits on the command line. As the most common -special case, specifying only two commits on the command line means -computing the merge base between the given two commits. +OPERATION MODE +-------------- + +As the most common special case, specifying only two commits on the +command line means computing the merge base between the given two commits. + +More generally, among the two commits to compute the merge base from, +one is specified by the first commit argument on the command line; +the other commit is a (possibly hypothetical) commit that is a merge +across all the remaining commits on the command line. As a consequence, the 'merge base' is not necessarily contained in each of the commit arguments if more than two commits are specified. This is different from linkgit:git-show-branch[1] when used with the `--merge-base` option. -OPTIONS -------- --a:: ---all:: - Output all merge bases for the commits, instead of just one. - --octopus:: Compute the best common ancestors of all supplied commits, in preparation for an n-way merge. This mimics the behavior @@ -51,6 +50,12 @@ OPTIONS from any other. This mimics the behavior of 'git show-branch --independent'. +OPTIONS +------- +-a:: +--all:: + Output all merge bases for the commits, instead of just one. + DISCUSSION ---------- @@ -89,6 +94,9 @@ and the result of `git merge-base A M` is '1'. Commit '2' is also a common ancestor between 'A' and 'M', but '1' is a better common ancestor, because '2' is an ancestor of '1'. Hence, '2' is not a merge base. +The result of `git merge-base --octopus A B C` is '2', because '2' is +the best common ancestor of all commits. + When the history involves criss-cross merges, there can be more than one 'best' common ancestor for two commits. For example, with this topology: diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt index 6ce54673b0..e0df1b3340 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-merge-index - Run a merge for files needing merging SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <file>*) DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt index ee059def79..04e803d5d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-merge-one-file - The standard helper program to use with git-merge-index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git merge-one-file' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt index 3bfa7b4220..c5f84b6495 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-merge-tree - Show three-way merge without touching index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git merge-tree' <base-tree> <branch1> <branch2> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt index 63ededec1d..f98a41b87c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ git-mergetool--lib - Common git merge tool shell scriptlets SYNOPSIS -------- -'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"' +[verse] +'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool{litdd}lib"' DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 8c79ae8d2a..2a49de7cfe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -16,9 +17,10 @@ Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve merge conflicts. It is typically run after 'git merge'. If one or more <file> parameters are given, the merge tool program will -be run to resolve differences on each file. If no <file> names are -specified, 'git mergetool' will run the merge tool program on every file -with merge conflicts. +be run to resolve differences on each file (skipping those without +conflicts). Specifying a directory will include all unresolved files in +that path. If no <file> names are specified, 'git mergetool' will run +the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt index 037ab1045d..65e167a5c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-mktag - Creates a tag object SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mktag' < signature_file DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt index afe21be64d..5c6ebdfad9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-mktree - Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mktree' [-z] [--missing] [--batch] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt index db0e030d69..b8db373964 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mv' <options>... <args>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index 296f314eae..6a187f2e23 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git notes' merge [-v | -q] [-s <strategy> ] <notes_ref> 'git notes' merge --commit [-v | -q] 'git notes' merge --abort [-v | -q] -'git notes' remove [<object>] +'git notes' remove [--ignore-missing] [--stdin] [<object>...] 'git notes' prune [-n | -v] 'git notes' get-ref @@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ list:: add:: Add notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). Abort if the - object already has notes (use `-f` to overwrite an - existing note). + object already has notes (use `-f` to overwrite existing notes). + However, if you're using `add` interactively (using an editor + to supply the notes contents), then - instead of aborting - + the existing notes will be opened in the editor (like the `edit` + subcommand). copy:: Copy the notes for the first object onto the second object. @@ -103,8 +106,9 @@ When done, the user can either finalize the merge with 'git notes merge --abort'. remove:: - Remove the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). - This is equivalent to specifying an empty note message to + Remove the notes for given objects (defaults to HEAD). When + giving zero or one object from the command line, this is + equivalent to specifying an empty note message to the `edit` subcommand. prune:: @@ -151,6 +155,15 @@ OPTIONS 'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified. +--ignore-missing:: + Do not consider it an error to request removing notes from an + object that does not have notes attached to it. + +--stdin:: + Also read the object names to remove notes from from the standard + input (there is no reason you cannot combine this with object + names from the command line). + -n:: --dry-run:: Do not remove anything; just report the object names whose notes diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt index db9f0f7055..f2869da572 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... > DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt index 54b92534ce..a3c6677bfa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-pack-refs - Pack heads and tags for efficient repository access SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git pack-refs' [--all] [--no-prune] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt index 02217f6ba2..a45ea1ece8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-parse-remote - Routines to help parsing remote repository access parameters SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] '. "$(git --exec-path)/git-parse-remote"' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt index 50e26f43c1..90268f02e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-patch-id - Compute unique ID for a patch SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git patch-id' < <patch> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt index a34d62f0da..87ea3fb054 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-peek-remote - List the references in a remote repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git peek-remote' [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt index 9e6202cdff..80dc022ede 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git prune-packed' [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet] diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index f616a739ef..80d01b0571 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-prune - Prune all unreachable objects from the object database SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 14609cbd4d..e1da468766 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-pull - Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git pull' [options] [<repository> [<refspec>...]] diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 26fdadc642..5375549820 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] @@ -46,13 +47,18 @@ OPTIONS -i:: Usually a merge requires the index file as well as the - files in the working tree are up to date with the + files in the working tree to be up to date with the current head commit, in order not to lose local changes. This flag disables the check with the working tree and is meant to be used when creating a merge of trees that are not directly related to the current working tree status into a temporary index file. +-n:: +--dry-run:: + Check if the command would error out, without updating the index + nor the files in the working tree for real. + -v:: Show the progress of checking files out. @@ -65,21 +71,21 @@ OPTIONS --aggressive:: Usually a three-way merge by 'git read-tree' resolves the merge for really trivial cases and leaves other - cases unresolved in the index, so that Porcelains can + cases unresolved in the index, so that porcelains can implement different merge policies. This flag makes the - command to resolve a few more cases internally: + command resolve a few more cases internally: + * when one side removes a path and the other side leaves the path unmodified. The resolution is to remove that path. * when both sides remove a path. The resolution is to remove that path. -* when both sides adds a path identically. The resolution +* when both sides add a path identically. The resolution is to add that path. --prefix=<prefix>/:: Keep the current index contents, and read the contents - of named tree-ish under directory at `<prefix>`. The + of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`. The original index file cannot have anything at the path - `<prefix>` itself, and have nothing in `<prefix>/` + `<prefix>` itself, nor anything in the `<prefix>/` directory. Note that the `<prefix>/` value must end with a slash. @@ -373,45 +379,45 @@ 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. +"Sparse checkout" allows populating the working directory sparsely. +It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell +Git whether a file in the 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 +'git read-tree' and other merge-based commands ('git merge', 'git +checkout'...) can help maintaining the skip-worktree bitmap and working directory update. `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is used to -define the skip-worktree reference bitmap. When "git read-tree" needs -to update working directory, it will reset skip-worktree bit in index +define the skip-worktree reference bitmap. When 'git read-tree' needs +to update the working directory, it resets the skip-worktree bit in the index based on this file, which uses the same syntax as .gitignore files. -If an entry matches a pattern in this file, skip-worktree will be -set on that entry. Otherwise, skip-worktree will be unset. +If an entry matches a pattern in this file, skip-worktree will not be +set on that entry. Otherwise, skip-worktree will be set. Then it compares the new skip-worktree value with the previous one. If -skip-worktree turns from unset to set, it will add the corresponding -file back. If it turns from set to unset, that file will be removed. +skip-worktree turns from set to unset, it will add the corresponding +file back. If it turns from unset to set, that file will be removed. While `$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": +files are in, you can also specify what files are _not_ in, using +negate patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`: ---------------- -* +/* !unwanted ---------------- -Another tricky thing is fully repopulating working directory when you +Another tricky thing is fully repopulating the 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 +checkout" because skip-worktree bits are still in the index and your working +directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate the 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 +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. diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 620d50e71f..504945c691 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--onto <newbase>] - <upstream> [<branch>] + [<upstream>] [<branch>] 'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] --onto <newbase> --root [<branch>] - 'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort DESCRIPTION @@ -21,6 +20,12 @@ If <branch> is specified, 'git rebase' will perform an automatic `git checkout <branch>` before doing anything else. Otherwise it remains on the current branch. +If <upstream> is not specified, the upstream configured in +branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge options will be used; see +linkgit:git-config[1] for details. If you are currently not on any +branch or if the current branch does not have a configured upstream, +the rebase will abort. + All changes made by commits in the current branch but that are not in <upstream> are saved to a temporary area. This is the same set of commits that would be shown by `git log <upstream>..HEAD` (or @@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ with a different commit message or timestamp will be skipped). It is possible that a merge failure will prevent this process from being completely automatic. You will have to resolve any such merge failure and run `git rebase --continue`. Another option is to bypass the commit -that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To restore the +that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To check out the original <branch> and remove the .git/rebase-apply working files, use the command `git rebase --abort` instead. @@ -217,7 +222,8 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD. <upstream>:: Upstream branch to compare against. May be any valid commit, - not just an existing branch name. + not just an existing branch name. Defaults to the configured + upstream for the current branch. <branch>:: Working branch; defaults to HEAD. @@ -226,7 +232,11 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD. Restart the rebasing process after having resolved a merge conflict. --abort:: - Restore the original branch and abort the rebase operation. + Abort the rebase operation and reset HEAD to the original + branch. If <branch> was provided when the rebase operation was + started, then HEAD will be reset to <branch>. Otherwise HEAD + will be reset to where it was when the rebase operation was + started. --skip:: Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index f34e0ae1bd..459c08598f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git-receive-pack' <directory> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index 09057bf90c..976dc14937 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-reflog - Manage reflog information SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git reflog' <subcommand> <options> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-relink.txt b/Documentation/git-relink.txt index 9893376487..3b33c99510 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-relink.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-relink.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-relink - Hardlink common objects in local repositories SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git relink' [--safe] <dir>... <master_dir> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt index 68263a6a53..8a8e1d775d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command. SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]" DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt index 87cd11f2c4..930b4034ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-remote-helpers - Helper programs to interact with remote repositories SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git remote-<transport>' <repository> [<URL>] DESCRIPTION @@ -181,11 +182,11 @@ CAPABILITIES When using the import command, expect the source ref to have been written to the destination ref. The earliest applicable refspec takes precedence. For example - "refs/heads/*:refs/svn/origin/branches/*" means that, after an - "import refs/heads/name", the script has written to + "refs/heads/{asterisk}:refs/svn/origin/branches/{asterisk}" means + that, after an "import refs/heads/name", the script has written to refs/svn/origin/branches/name. If this capability is used at all, it must cover all refs reported by the list command; if - it is not used, it is effectively "*:*" + it is not used, it is effectively "{asterisk}:{asterisk}" REF LIST ATTRIBUTES ------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 528f34a131..5a8c5061f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ the remote repository. + With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob refspec for the remote to track all branches under -`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>` +the `refs/remotes/<name>/` namespace, a refspec to track only `<branch>` is created. You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track multiple branches without grabbing all branches. + -With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set +With `-m <master>` option, a symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command. + When a fetch mirror is created with `\--mirror=fetch`, the refs will not @@ -92,24 +92,25 @@ configuration settings for the remote are removed. 'set-head':: -Sets or deletes the default branch (`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for +Sets or deletes the default branch (i.e. the target of the +symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required, but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to `master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally specify `origin/master`. + -With `-d`, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted. +With `-d`, the symbolic ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted. + -With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then -`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote +With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then the +symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote `HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set -`$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will +the symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be fetched first. + -Use `<branch>` to set `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git -remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to +Use `<branch>` to set the symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git +remote set-head origin master" will set the symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/master`. This will only work if `refs/remotes/origin/master` already exists; if not it must be fetched first. + diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 0decee240b..40af321153 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt index a0d1fa6594..9ec115b9e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-repo-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git repo-config' ... diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt index 3521d8e3c8..b99681ce85 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <url> [<end>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt index 52db1d80cf..a6253ba617 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-rerere - Reuse recorded resolution of conflicted merges SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git rerere' ['clear'|'forget' <pathspec>|'diff'|'status'|'gc'] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 8481f9db74..b2832fc7eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... -'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git reset' [--patch|-p] [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] 'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] DESCRIPTION @@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ working tree in one go. and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied in reverse to the index. + -This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see -linkgit:git-add[1]). +This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e. +you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode'' +section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode. 'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]:: This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt index 415f4f0b30..38fafcaa6b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [ \--tags[=<pattern>] ] [ \--remotes[=<pattern>] ] [ \--glob=<glob-pattern> ] + [ \--ignore-missing ] [ \--stdin ] [ \--quiet ] [ \--topo-order ] diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 02c44c999f..42c9676eaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index ac10cfbb14..3d0a7d1dac 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-revert - Revert some existing commits SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>... DESCRIPTION @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout -<commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as +<commit> \-- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory. OPTIONS diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index 8c0554f971..da0215d20c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ 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>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index ee14f74fd3..327233c85b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>... @@ -348,10 +349,12 @@ sendemail.confirm:: one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See '--confirm' in the previous section for the meaning of these values. +EXAMPLE +------- Use gmail as the smtp server ----------------------------- - -Add the following section to the config file: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +To use 'git send-email' to send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, +edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: [sendemail] smtpencryption = tls @@ -359,9 +362,20 @@ Add the following section to the config file: smtpuser = yourname@gmail.com smtpserverport = 587 +Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the +following commands: + + $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M origin/master -o outgoing/ + $ edit outgoing/0000-* + $ git send-email outgoing/* + Note: the following perl modules are required Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-imap-send[1], mbox(5) + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt index 17f8f55526..bd3eaa69bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-send-pack - Push objects over git protocol to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5c3ec327bb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +git-sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst(1) +============================= + +NAME +---- +git-sh-i18n--envsubst - Git's own envsubst(1) for i18n fallbacks + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +eval_gettext () { + printf "%s" "$1" | ( + export PATH $('git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' --variables "$1"); + 'git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' "$1" + ) +} + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. +This documentation is meant for people who are studying the +plumbing scripts and/or are writing new ones. + +'git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' is Git's stripped-down copy of the GNU +`envsubst(1)` program that comes with the GNU gettext package. It's +used internally by linkgit:git-sh-i18n[1] to interpolate the variables +passed to the the `eval_gettext` function. + +No promises are made about the interface, or that this +program won't disappear without warning in the next version +of Git. Don't use it. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..60cf49cb2a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +git-sh-i18n(1) +============== + +NAME +---- +git-sh-i18n - Git's i18n setup code for shell scripts + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-i18n"' + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. +This documentation is meant for people who are studying the +Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones. + +The 'git sh-i18n scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using +`.`) by Git's porcelain programs implemented in shell +script. It provides wrappers for the GNU `gettext` and +`eval_gettext` functions accessible through the `gettext.sh` +script, and provides pass-through fallbacks on systems +without GNU gettext. + +FUNCTIONS +--------- + +gettext:: + Currently a dummy fall-through function implemented as a wrapper + around `printf(1)`. Will be replaced by a real gettext + implementation in a later version. + +eval_gettext:: + Currently a dummy fall-through function implemented as a wrapper + around `printf(1)` with variables expanded by the + linkgit:git-sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst[1] helper. Will be replaced by a + real gettext implementation in a later version. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt index 053df505bc..a2f346ca71 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-sh-setup - Common git shell script setup code SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] '. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"' DESCRIPTION @@ -58,9 +59,14 @@ cd_to_toplevel:: runs chdir to the toplevel of the working tree. require_work_tree:: - checks if the repository is a bare repository, and dies - if so. Used by scripts that require working tree - (e.g. `checkout`). + checks if the current directory is within the working tree + of the repository, and otherwise dies. + +require_work_tree_exists:: + checks if the working tree associated with the repository + exists, and otherwise dies. Often done before calling + cd_to_toplevel, which is impossible to do if there is no + working tree. get_author_ident_from_commit:: outputs code for use with eval to set the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index d7d4b92894..9b9250600f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-shell - Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git shell' [-c <command> <argument>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index ee4559b6f2..a8e77b5350 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SYNOPSIS [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [(<rev> | <glob>)...] - 'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt index c4d99f1028..2dcbbb2454 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-show-index - Show packed archive index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git show-index' < idx-file diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt index 7f075e84f5..1f0e30b912 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-show - Show various types of objects SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git show' [options] <object>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 79abc38e50..15f051fa44 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] -'git stash' [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]] +'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]] 'git stash' clear 'git stash' create @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ is also possible). OPTIONS ------- -save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset --hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives @@ -54,12 +54,13 @@ save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the index are left intact. + -With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from in the diff +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. +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. diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 00b699fef7..3d51717bbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-status - Show the working tree status SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -32,9 +33,10 @@ OPTIONS Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format. --porcelain:: - Give the output in a stable, easy-to-parse format for scripts. - Currently this is identical to --short output, but is guaranteed - not to change in the future, making it safe for scripts. + Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts. + This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable + across git versions and regardless of user configuration. See + below for details. -u[<mode>]:: --untracked-files[=<mode>]:: @@ -68,6 +70,9 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option `status.submodulesummary` is set). +--ignored:: + Show ignored files as well. + -z:: Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given. @@ -78,23 +83,27 @@ OUTPUT The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'. The default, long format, is designed to be human readable, -verbose and descriptive. They are subject to change in any time. +verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change +at any time. The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are made relative to the current directory if you are working in a subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See the status.relativePaths config option below. -In short-format, the status of each path is shown as +Short Format +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as XY PATH1 -> PATH2 -where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and ` -> PATH2` part is +where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` \-> PATH2` part is shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter status code. -The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a +The fields (including the `\->`) are separated from each other by a single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with @@ -114,7 +123,8 @@ codes can be interpreted as follows: * 'C' = copied * 'U' = updated but unmerged -Ignored files are not listed. +Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect, +in which case `XY` are `!!`. X Y Meaning ------------------------------------------------- @@ -137,16 +147,32 @@ Ignored files are not listed. U U unmerged, both modified ------------------------------------------------- ? ? untracked + ! ! ignored ------------------------------------------------- If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line ## branchname tracking info -There is an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In +Porcelain Format +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed +not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between git versions or +based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts. +The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain +format, with a few exceptions: + +1. The user's color.status configuration is not respected; color will + always be off. + +2. The user's status.relativePaths configuration is not respected; paths + shown will always be relative to the repository root. + +There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In that format, the status field is the same, but some other things -change. First, the '->' is omitted from rename entries and the field -order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL +change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field +order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special diff --git a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt index 10509cc450..b78f031cd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-stripspace - Filter out empty lines SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git stripspace' [-s | --strip-comments] < <stream> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 1a16ff6044..0ec85742dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ or ../), the location relative to the superproject's origin -repository. +repository. If the superproject doesn't have an origin configured +the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current +working directory is used instead. + <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the @@ -167,12 +169,14 @@ commit for each submodule. sync:: Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting - to the value specified in .gitmodules. This is useful when + to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those + submodules which already have an url entry in .git/config (that is the + case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local repositories accordingly. + "git submodule sync" synchronizes all submodules while -"git submodule sync -- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only. +"git submodule sync \-- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only. OPTIONS ------- @@ -186,8 +190,10 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: - This option is only valid for the add command. - Allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path. + This option is only valid for add and update commands. + When running add, allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path. + When running update, throw away local changes in submodules when + switching to a different commit. --cached:: This option is only valid for status and summary commands. These diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 30a67486d2..ed5eca1fce 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git svn' <command> [options] [arguments] DESCRIPTION @@ -145,17 +146,6 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ---use-log-author;; - When retrieving svn commits into git (as part of fetch, rebase, or - dcommit operations), look for the first From: or Signed-off-by: line - in the log message and use that as the author string. ---add-author-from;; - When committing to svn from git (as part of commit or dcommit - operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a - From: or Signed-off-by: line, append a From: line based on the - git commit's author string. If you use this, then --use-log-author - will retrieve a valid author string for all commits. - 'clone':: Runs 'init' and 'fetch'. It will automatically create a directory based on the basename of the URL passed to it; @@ -350,6 +340,8 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git log' Empty directories are automatically recreated when using "git svn clone" and "git svn rebase", so "mkdirs" is intended for use after commands like "git checkout" or "git reset". + (See the svn-remote.<name>.automkdirs config file option for + more information.) 'commit-diff':: Commits the diff of two tree-ish arguments from the @@ -572,6 +564,17 @@ repository that will be fetched from. For 'branch' and 'tag', display the urls that will be used for copying when creating the branch or tag. +--use-log-author:: + When retrieving svn commits into git (as part of 'fetch', 'rebase', or + 'dcommit' operations), look for the first `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line + in the log message and use that as the author string. +--add-author-from:: + When committing to svn from git (as part of 'commit-diff', 'set-tree' or 'dcommit' + operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a + `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line, append a `From:` line based on the + git commit's author string. If you use this, then `--use-log-author` + will retrieve a valid author string for all commits. + ADVANCED OPTIONS ---------------- @@ -680,6 +683,14 @@ svn.pathnameencoding:: locales to avoid corrupted file names with non-ASCII characters. Valid encodings are the ones supported by Perl's Encode module. +svn-remote.<name>.automkdirs:: + Normally, the "git svn clone" and "git svn rebase" commands + attempt to recreate empty directories that are in the + Subversion repository. If this option is set to "false", then + empty directories will only be created if the "git svn mkdirs" + command is run explicitly. If unset, 'git svn' assumes this + option to be "true". + Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, rewriteUUID, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps options all affect the metadata generated and used by 'git svn'; they *must* be set in the configuration file before any history is imported @@ -774,10 +785,9 @@ use `git svn rebase` to update your work branch instead of `git pull` or when committing into SVN, which can lead to merge commits reversing previous commits in SVN. -DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ------------------ -Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development -with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result. While 'git svn' can track +MERGE TRACKING +-------------- +While 'git svn' can track copy history (including branches and tags) for repositories adopting a standard layout, it cannot yet represent merge history that happened inside git back upstream to SVN users. Therefore it is advised that @@ -787,16 +797,15 @@ compatibility with SVN (see the CAVEATS section below). CAVEATS ------- -For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with a less-capable system -(SVN), it is recommended that all 'git svn' users clone, fetch and dcommit +For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with Subversion, +it is recommended that all 'git svn' users clone, fetch and dcommit directly from the SVN server, and avoid all 'git clone'/'pull'/'merge'/'push' operations between git repositories and branches. The recommended method of exchanging code between git branches and users is 'git format-patch' and 'git am', or just 'dcommit'ing to the SVN repository. Running 'git merge' or 'git pull' is NOT recommended on a branch you -plan to 'dcommit' from. Subversion does not represent merges in any -reasonable or useful fashion; so users using Subversion cannot see any +plan to 'dcommit' from because Subversion users cannot see any merges you've made. Furthermore, if you merge or pull from a git branch that is a mirror of an SVN branch, 'dcommit' may commit to the wrong branch. @@ -846,7 +855,7 @@ Renamed and copied directories are not detected by git and hence not tracked when committing to SVN. I do not plan on adding support for this as it's quite difficult and time-consuming to get working for all the possible corner cases (git doesn't do it, either). Committing -renamed and copied files are fully supported if they're similar enough +renamed and copied files is fully supported if they're similar enough for git to detect them. CONFIGURATION diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt index d7795ed657..75b1ae5061 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-symbolic-ref - Read and modify symbolic refs SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index d82f62120a..fb1c0ac694 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <tagname> [<commit> | <object>] 'git tag' -d <tagname>... -'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [<pattern>] +'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [<pattern>...] 'git tag' -v <tagname>... DESCRIPTION @@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ OPTIONS If the tag is not annotated, the commit message is displayed instead. -l <pattern>:: - List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no pattern is given). - Typing "git tag" without arguments, also lists all tags. + List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no + pattern is given). Running "git tag" without arguments also + lists all tags. The pattern is a shell wildcard (i.e., matched + using fnmatch(3)). Multiple patterns may be given; if any of + them matches, the tag is shown. --contains <commit>:: Only list tags which contain the specified commit. diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt index 5f15754257..95b135d8ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-tar-tree - Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt index c49d727f74..e9f148a00d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ git-unpack-file - Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git unpack-file' <blob> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt index dd7799095b..ff23494e70 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] <pack-file diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index d3931294d1..a3081f4e23 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ tree files, you have to explicitly tell git about it by dropping "assume unchanged" bit, either before or after you modify them. In order to set "assume unchanged" bit, use `--assume-unchanged` -option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. +option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. To see which files +have the "assume unchanged" bit set, use `git ls-files -v` +(see linkgit:git-ls-files[1]). The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. When this is true, paths updated with `git update-index paths...` and @@ -363,7 +365,8 @@ ctime for marking files processed) (see linkgit:git-config[1]). SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-config[1], -linkgit:git-add[1] +linkgit:git-add[1], +linkgit:git-ls-files[1] GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index e25a65a80f..d377a35243 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref safely SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> [<oldvalue>] | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>]) DESCRIPTION @@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ still contains <oldvalue>. Logging Updates --------------- -If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true or the file -"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append +If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true and the ref is one under +"refs/heads/", "refs/remotes/", "refs/notes/", or the symbolic ref HEAD; or +the file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append a line to the log file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" (dereferencing all symbolic refs before creating the log name) describing the change in ref value. Log lines are formatted as: diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt index 775024da3e..bd0e36492f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git update-server-info' [--force] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt index acbf634f85..4d52d3833a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-upload-archive - Send archive back to git-archive SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git upload-archive' <directory> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt index 4c0ca9ded2..a58e90ca8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-upload-pack - Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git-upload-pack' [--strict] [--timeout=<n>] <directory> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 6498f7cb69..5317cc2474 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git var' ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt index 7c2428d569..cd230769fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-verify-pack - Validate packed git archive files SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git verify-pack' [-v|--verbose] [-s|--stat-only] [--] <pack>.idx ... diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt index 8c9a71865b..5ff76e892a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-verify-tag - Check the GPG signature of tags SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git verify-tag' <tag>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index 69d92fa00e..c2bc87bc61 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-web--browse - git helper script to launch a web browser SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git web{litdd}browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ... DESCRIPTION @@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ browser.<tool>.path You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example, you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting -'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git web--browse' assumes the tool +'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git web{litdd}browse' assumes the tool is available in PATH. browser.<tool>.cmd diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt index 31f3663ae7..99388bd374 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git whatchanged' <option>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index e8c94c1352..f22041a9dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 9d5949229a..d1481354a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git - the stupid content tracker SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] +'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [-c <name>=<value>] @@ -44,9 +44,22 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.5] +* link:v1.7.6.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.6.4] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt[1.7.6.4], + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt[1.7.6.3], + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt[1.7.6.2], + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt[1.7.6.1], + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.txt[1.7.6]. + +* link:v1.7.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.5.4] + +* release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.5.4.txt[1.7.5.4], + link:RelNotes/1.7.5.3.txt[1.7.5.3], + link:RelNotes/1.7.5.2.txt[1.7.5.2], + link:RelNotes/1.7.5.1.txt[1.7.5.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.5.txt[1.7.5]. * link:v1.7.4.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.4.5] @@ -287,8 +300,16 @@ help ...`. the current setting and then exit. --html-path:: - Print the path to wherever your git HTML documentation is installed - and exit. + Print the path, without trailing slash, where git's HTML + documentation is installed and exit. + +--man-path:: + Print the manpath (see `man(1)`) for the man pages for + this version of git and exit. + +--info-path:: + Print the path where the Info files documenting this + version of git are installed and exit. -p:: --paginate:: @@ -506,16 +527,15 @@ Any git command accepting any <object> can also use the following symbolic notation: HEAD:: - indicates the head of the current branch (i.e. the - contents of `$GIT_DIR/HEAD`). + indicates the head of the current branch. <tag>:: a valid tag 'name' - (i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/<tag>`). + (i.e. a `refs/tags/<tag>` reference). <head>:: a valid head 'name' - (i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<head>`). + (i.e. a `refs/heads/<head>` reference). For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 15aebc6062..2bbe76b5d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the `$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file. Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute -for a path to `unspecified` state. This can be done by listing +for a path to `Unspecified` state. This can be done by listing the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`. @@ -593,6 +593,37 @@ and now produces better output), you can remove the cache manually with `git update-ref -d refs/notes/textconv/jpg` (where "jpg" is the name of the diff driver, as in the example above). +Choosing textconv versus external diff +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you want to show differences between binary or specially-formatted +blobs in your repository, you can choose to use either an external diff +command, or to use textconv to convert them to a diff-able text format. +Which method you choose depends on your exact situation. + +The advantage of using an external diff command is flexibility. You are +not bound to find line-oriented changes, nor is it necessary for the +output to resemble unified diff. You are free to locate and report +changes in the most appropriate way for your data format. + +A textconv, by comparison, is much more limiting. You provide a +transformation of the data into a line-oriented text format, and git +uses its regular diff tools to generate the output. There are several +advantages to choosing this method: + +1. Ease of use. It is often much simpler to write a binary to text + transformation than it is to perform your own diff. In many cases, + existing programs can be used as textconv filters (e.g., exif, + odt2txt). + +2. Git diff features. By performing only the transformation step + yourself, you can still utilize many of git's diff features, + including colorization, word-diff, and combined diffs for merges. + +3. Caching. Textconv caching can speed up repeated diffs, such as those + you might trigger by running `git log -p`. + + Marking files as binary ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -837,7 +868,7 @@ If this attribute is not set or has an invalid value, the value of the (See linkgit:git-config[1]). -USING ATTRIBUTE MACROS +USING MACRO ATTRIBUTES ---------------------- You do not want any end-of-line conversions applied to, nor textual diffs @@ -848,24 +879,27 @@ produced for, any binary file you track. You would need to specify e.g. ------------ but that may become cumbersome, when you have many attributes. Using -attribute macros, you can specify groups of attributes set or unset at -the same time. The system knows a built-in attribute macro, `binary`: +macro attributes, you can define an attribute that, when set, also +sets or unsets a number of other attributes at the same time. The +system knows a built-in macro attribute, `binary`: ------------ *.jpg binary ------------ -which is equivalent to the above. Note that the attribute macros can only -be "Set" (see the above example that sets "binary" macro as if it were an -ordinary attribute --- setting it in turn unsets "text" and "diff"). +Setting the "binary" attribute also unsets the "text" and "diff" +attributes as above. Note that macro attributes can only be "Set", +though setting one might have the effect of setting or unsetting other +attributes or even returning other attributes to the "Unspecified" +state. -DEFINING ATTRIBUTE MACROS +DEFINING MACRO ATTRIBUTES ------------------------- -Custom attribute macros can be defined only in the `.gitattributes` file -at the toplevel (i.e. not in any subdirectory). The built-in attribute -macro "binary" is equivalent to: +Custom macro attributes can be defined only in the `.gitattributes` +file at the toplevel (i.e. not in any subdirectory). The built-in +macro attribute "binary" is equivalent to: ------------ [attr]binary -diff -text diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt index d861ec452f..aeb0cdc973 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ gitcvs-migration - git for CVS users SYNOPSIS -------- -git cvsimport * +[verse] +'git cvsimport' * DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt index 6af29a4603..370624c171 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gitdiffcore - Tweaking diff output SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git diff' * DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index e10ac58cae..a17a354936 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gitk - The git repository browser SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'gitk' [<option>...] [<revs>] [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt index 7fe5848d1f..f1e4422acc 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gittutorial-2 - A tutorial introduction to git: part two SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] git * DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 0982f74ef6..dee050567e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gittutorial - A tutorial introduction to git (for version 1.5.1 or newer) SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] git * DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt index 1ef55fffcf..5e4f362ff8 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gitworkflows - An overview of recommended workflows with git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] git * diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 33716a31d0..3595b586bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ to point at the new commit. [[def_head]]head:: A <<def_ref,named reference>> to the <<def_commit,commit>> at the tip of a - <<def_branch,branch>>. Heads are stored in - `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`, except when using packed refs. (See + <<def_branch,branch>>. Heads are stored in a file in + `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/` directory, except when using packed refs. (See linkgit:git-pack-refs[1].) [[def_HEAD]]HEAD:: @@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ to point at the new commit. working tree>> is normally derived from the state of the tree referred to by HEAD. HEAD is a reference to one of the <<def_head,heads>> in your repository, except when using a - <<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it may - reference an arbitrary commit. + <<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it directly + references an arbitrary commit. [[def_head_ref]]head ref:: A synonym for <<def_head,head>>. @@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a Pattern used to specify paths. + Pathspecs are used on the command line of "git ls-files", "git -ls-tree", "git grep", "git checkout", and many other commands to +ls-tree", "git add", "git grep", "git diff", "git checkout", +and many other commands to limit the scope of operations to some subset of the tree or worktree. See the documentation of each command for whether paths are relative to the current directory or toplevel. The @@ -296,6 +297,37 @@ For example, Documentation/*.jpg will match all .jpg files in the Documentation subtree, including Documentation/chapter_1/figure_1.jpg. ++ +A pathspec that begins with a colon `:` has special meaning. In the +short form, the leading colon `:` is followed by zero or more "magic +signature" letters (which optionally is terminated by another colon `:`), +and the remainder is the pattern to match against the path. The optional +colon that terminates the "magic signature" can be omitted if the pattern +begins with a character that cannot be a "magic signature" and is not a +colon. ++ +In the long form, the leading colon `:` is followed by a open +parenthesis `(`, a comma-separated list of zero or more "magic words", +and a close parentheses `)`, and the remainder is the pattern to match +against the path. ++ +The "magic signature" consists of an ASCII symbol that is not +alphanumeric. ++ +-- +top `/`;; + The magic word `top` (mnemonic: `/`) makes the pattern match + from the root of the working tree, even when you are running + the command from inside a subdirectory. +-- ++ +Currently only the slash `/` is recognized as the "magic signature", +but it is envisioned that we will support more types of magic in later +versions of git. ++ +A pathspec with only a colon means "there is no pathspec". This form +should not be combined with other pathspec. + [[def_parent]]parent:: A <<def_commit_object,commit object>> contains a (possibly empty) list of the logical predecessor(s) in the line of development, i.e. its @@ -350,8 +382,9 @@ including Documentation/chapter_1/figure_1.jpg. [[def_ref]]ref:: A 40-byte hex representation of a <<def_SHA1,SHA1>> or a name that - denotes a particular <<def_object,object>>. These may be stored in - `$GIT_DIR/refs/`. + denotes a particular <<def_object,object>>. They may be stored in + a file under `$GIT_DIR/refs/` directory, or + in the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file. [[def_reflog]]reflog:: A reflog shows the local "history" of a ref. In other words, @@ -427,14 +460,14 @@ including Documentation/chapter_1/figure_1.jpg. command. [[def_tag]]tag:: - A <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to a <<def_tag_object,tag>> or - <<def_commit_object,commit object>>. In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>, - a tag is not changed by a <<def_commit,commit>>. Tags (not - <<def_tag_object,tag objects>>) are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/`. A - git tag has nothing to do with a Lisp tag (which would be - called an <<def_object_type,object type>> in git's context). A - tag is most typically used to mark a particular point in the - commit ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>. + A <<def_ref,ref>> under `refs/tags/` namespace that points to an + object of an arbitrary type (typically a tag points to either a + <<def_tag_object,tag>> or a <<def_commit_object,commit object>>). + In contrast to a <<def_head,head>>, a tag is not updated by + the `commit` command. A git tag has nothing to do with a Lisp + tag (which would be called an <<def_object_type,object type>> + in git's context). A tag is most typically used to mark a particular + point in the commit ancestry <<def_chain,chain>>. [[def_tag_object]]tag object:: An <<def_object,object>> containing a <<def_ref,ref>> pointing to diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt index 8920258baa..861bd6f553 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt @@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ merge.defaultToUpstream:: to their corresponding remote tracking branches, and the tips of these tracking branches are merged. +merge.ff:: + By default, git does not create an extra merge commit when merging + a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the + tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`, + this variable tells git to create an extra merge commit in such + a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command + line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are + allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the + command line). + merge.log:: In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index 50923e2ce9..2a3dc8664f 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]). This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for 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. + --oneline:: This is a shorthand for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit" used together. @@ -30,19 +35,34 @@ people using 80-column terminals. preferred by the user. For non plumbing commands this defaults to UTF-8. ---no-notes:: ---show-notes[=<ref>]:: +--notes[=<ref>]:: Show the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) that annotate the commit, when showing the commit log message. This is the default for `git log`, `git show` and `git whatchanged` commands when - there is no `--pretty`, `--format` nor `--oneline` option is - given on the command line. + there is no `--pretty`, `--format` nor `--oneline` option given + on the command line. ++ +By default, the notes shown are from the notes refs listed in the +'core.notesRef' and 'notes.displayRef' variables (or corresponding +environment overrides). See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details. + -With an optional argument, add this ref to the list of notes. The ref -is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified. +With an optional '<ref>' argument, show this notes ref instead of the +default notes ref(s). The ref is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it +is not qualified. ++ +Multiple --notes options can be combined to control which notes are +being displayed. Examples: "--notes=foo" will show only notes from +"refs/notes/foo"; "--notes=foo --notes" will show both notes from +"refs/notes/foo" and from the default notes ref(s). + +--no-notes:: + Do not show notes. This negates the above `--notes` option, by + resetting the list of notes refs from which notes are shown. + Options are parsed in the order given on the command line, so e.g. + "--notes --notes=foo --no-notes --notes=bar" will only show notes + from "refs/notes/bar". +--show-notes[=<ref>]:: --[no-]standard-notes:: - Enable or disable populating the notes ref list from the - 'core.notesRef' and 'notes.displayRef' variables (or - corresponding environment overrides). Enabled by default. - See linkgit:git-config[1]. + These options are deprecated. Use the above --notes/--no-notes + options instead. diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 73111bb051..39e6207269 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit). is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied. +--ignore-missing:: + + Upon seeing an invalid object name in the input, pretend as if + the bad input was not given. ifndef::git-rev-list[] --bisect:: @@ -268,7 +272,7 @@ Default mode:: --full-history:: - As the default mode but does not prune some history. + Same as the default mode, but does not prune some history. --dense:: @@ -309,7 +313,7 @@ that you are filtering for a file `foo` in this commit graph: \ / / / / `-------------' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -The horizontal line of history A--P is taken to be the first parent of +The horizontal line of history A---P is taken to be the first parent of each merge. The commits are: * `I` is the initial commit, in which `foo` exists with contents @@ -730,7 +734,10 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] Print a number stating how many commits would have been listed, and suppress all other output. When used together with '--left-right', instead print the counts for left and - right commits, separated by a tab. + right commits, separated by a tab. When used together with + '--cherry-mark', omit patch equivalent commits from these + counts and print the count for equivalent commits separated + by a tab. endif::git-rev-list[] diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt index 5cb2b0590a..b0cafe87be 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Additionally, if `foo` is a new command, there are 3 more things to do: . Add an entry for `git-foo` to `command-list.txt`. +. Add an entry for `/git-foo` to `.gitignore`. + How a built-in is called ------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt index 20b0241d30..2d2ebc04b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Calling sequence * As you find different pairs of files, call `diff_change()` to feed modified files, `diff_addremove()` to feed created or deleted files, - or `diff_unmerged()` to feed a file whose state is 'unmerged' to the + or `diff_unmerge()` to feed a file whose state is 'unmerged' to the API. These are thin wrappers to a lower-level `diff_queue()` function that is flexible enough to record any of these kinds of changes. @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Data structures This is the internal representation for a single file (blob). It records the blob object name (if known -- for a work tree file it typically is a NUL SHA-1), filemode and pathname. This is what the -`diff_addremove()`, `diff_change()` and `diff_unmerged()` synthesize and +`diff_addremove()`, `diff_change()` and `diff_unmerge()` synthesize and feed `diff_queue()` function with. * `struct diff_filepair` diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dbbea95db7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +ref iteration API +================= + + +Iteration of refs is done by using an iterate function which will call a +callback function for every ref. The callback function has this +signature: + + int handle_one_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, + int flags, void *cb_data); + +There are different kinds of iterate functions which all take a +callback of this type. The callback is then called for each found ref +until the callback returns nonzero. The returned value is then also +returned by the iterate function. + +Iteration functions +------------------- + +* `head_ref()` just iterates the head ref. + +* `for_each_ref()` iterates all refs. + +* `for_each_ref_in()` iterates all refs which have a defined prefix and + strips that prefix from the passed variable refname. + +* `for_each_tag_ref()`, `for_each_branch_ref()`, `for_each_remote_ref()`, + `for_each_replace_ref()` iterate refs from the respective area. + +* `for_each_glob_ref()` iterates all refs that match the specified glob + pattern. + +* `for_each_glob_ref_in()` the previous and `for_each_ref_in()` combined. + +* `head_ref_submodule()`, `for_each_ref_submodule()`, + `for_each_ref_in_submodule()`, `for_each_tag_ref_submodule()`, + `for_each_branch_ref_submodule()`, `for_each_remote_ref_submodule()` + do the same as the functions descibed above but for a specified + submodule. + +* `for_each_rawref()` can be used to learn about broken ref and symref. + +* `for_each_reflog()` iterates each reflog file. + +Submodules +---------- + +If you want to iterate the refs of a submodule you first need to add the +submodules object database. You can do this by a code-snippet like +this: + + const char *path = "path/to/submodule" + if (!add_submodule_odb(path)) + die("Error submodule '%s' not populated.", path); + +`add_submodule_odb()` will return an non-zero value on success. If you +do not do this you will get an error for each ref that it does not point +to a valid object. + +Note: As a side-effect of this you can not safely assume that all +objects you lookup are available in superproject. All submodule objects +will be available the same way as the superprojects objects. + +Example: +-------- + +---- +static int handle_remote_ref(const char *refname, + const unsigned char *sha1, int flags, void *cb_data) +{ + struct strbuf *output = cb_data; + strbuf_addf(output, "%s\n", refname); + return 0; +} + +... + + struct strbuf output = STRBUF_INIT; + for_each_remote_ref(handle_remote_ref, &output); + printf("%s", output.buf); +---- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt index 7b233ca196..8930b3fabc 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt @@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ GIT index format - 160-bit 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 -1 - in the entry_count field. + An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having + -1 in the entry_count field. In this case, there is no object name + and the next entry starts immediately after the newline. The entries are written out in the top-down, depth-first order. The first entry represents the root level of the repository, followed by the diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt index 369f91d3b9..a7004c63e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt @@ -179,34 +179,36 @@ and descriptions. Packfile Negotiation -------------------- -After reference and capabilities discovery, the client can decide -to terminate the connection by sending a flush-pkt, telling the -server it can now gracefully terminate (as happens with the ls-remote -command) or it can enter the negotiation phase, where the client and -server determine what the minimal packfile necessary for transport is. - -Once the client has the initial list of references that the server -has, as well as the list of capabilities, it will begin telling the -server what objects it wants and what objects it has, so the server -can make a packfile that only contains the objects that the client needs. -The client will also send a list of the capabilities it wants to be in -effect, out of what the server said it could do with the first 'want' line. +After reference and capabilities discovery, the client can decide to +terminate the connection by sending a flush-pkt, telling the server it can +now gracefully terminate, and disconnect, when it does not need any pack +data. This can happen with the ls-remote command, and also can happen when +the client already is up-to-date. + +Otherwise, it enters the negotiation phase, where the client and +server determine what the minimal packfile necessary for transport is, +by telling the server what objects it wants, its shallow objects +(if any), and the maximum commit depth it wants (if any). The client +will also send a list of the capabilities it wants to be in effect, +out of what the server said it could do with the first 'want' line. ---- upload-request = want-list - have-list - compute-end + *shallow-line + *1depth-request + flush-pkt want-list = first-want *additional-want - flush-pkt + + shallow-line = PKT_LINE("shallow" SP obj-id) + + depth-request = PKT_LINE("deepen" SP depth) first-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id SP capability-list LF) additional-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id LF) - have-list = *have-line - have-line = PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id LF) - compute-end = flush-pkt / PKT-LINE("done") + depth = 1*DIGIT ---- Clients MUST send all the obj-ids it wants from the reference @@ -215,21 +217,64 @@ discovery phase as 'want' lines. Clients MUST send at least one obj-id in a 'want' command which did not appear in the response obtained through ref discovery. -If client is requesting a shallow clone, it will now send a 'deepen' -line with the depth it is requesting. +The client MUST write all obj-ids which it only has shallow copies +of (meaning that it does not have the parents of a commit) as +'shallow' lines so that the server is aware of the limitations of +the client's history. Clients MUST NOT mention an obj-id which +it does not know exists on the server. + +The client now sends the maximum commit history depth it wants for +this transaction, which is the number of commits it wants from the +tip of the history, if any, as a 'deepen' line. A depth of 0 is the +same as not making a depth request. The client does not want to receive +any commits beyond this depth, nor objects needed only to complete +those commits. Commits whose parents are not received as a result are +defined as shallow and marked as such in the server. This information +is sent back to the client in the next step. + +Once all the 'want's and 'shallow's (and optional 'deepen') are +transferred, clients MUST send a flush-pkt, to tell the server side +that it is done sending the list. + +Otherwise, if the client sent a positive depth request, the server +will determine which commits will and will not be shallow and +send this information to the client. If the client did not request +a positive depth, this step is skipped. -Once all the "want"s (and optional 'deepen') are transferred, -clients MUST send a flush-pkt. If the client has all the references -on the server, client flushes and disconnects. +---- + shallow-update = *shallow-line + *unshallow-line + flush-pkt -TODO: shallow/unshallow response and document the deepen command in the ABNF. + shallow-line = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id) + + unshallow-line = PKT-LINE("unshallow" SP obj-id) +---- + +If the client has requested a positive depth, the server will compute +the set of commits which are no deeper than the desired depth, starting +at the client's wants. The server writes 'shallow' lines for each +commit whose parents will not be sent as a result. The server writes +an 'unshallow' line for each commit which the client has indicated is +shallow, but is no longer shallow at the currently requested depth +(that is, its parents will now be sent). The server MUST NOT mark +as unshallow anything which the client has not indicated was shallow. Now the client will send a list of the obj-ids it has using 'have' -lines. In multi_ack mode, the canonical implementation will send up -to 32 of these at a time, then will send a flush-pkt. The canonical -implementation will skip ahead and send the next 32 immediately, -so that there is always a block of 32 "in-flight on the wire" at a -time. +lines, so the server can make a packfile that only contains the objects +that the client needs. In multi_ack mode, the canonical implementation +will send up to 32 of these at a time, then will send a flush-pkt. The +canonical implementation will skip ahead and send the next 32 immediately, +so that there is always a block of 32 "in-flight on the wire" at a time. + +---- + upload-haves = have-list + compute-end + + have-list = *have-line + have-line = PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id LF) + compute-end = flush-pkt / PKT-LINE("done") +---- If the server reads 'have' lines, it then will respond by ACKing any of the obj-ids the client said it had that the server also has. The |