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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-bugreport.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-credential.txt | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitcredentials.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt | 8 |
7 files changed, 98 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index a89e8dcfbc..227f46ae40 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -232,6 +232,18 @@ For C programs: while( condition ) func (bar+1); + - Do not explicitly compare an integral value with constant 0 or '\0', + or a pointer value with constant NULL. For instance, to validate that + counted array <ptr, cnt> is initialized but has no elements, write: + + if (!ptr || cnt) + BUG("empty array expected"); + + and not: + + if (ptr == NULL || cnt != 0); + BUG("empty array expected"); + - We avoid using braces unnecessarily. I.e. if (bla) { diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt index 2a8c6e8f28..b398961c8a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt @@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The "bugreport" tool has been added. + * The object walk with object filter "--filter=tree:0" can now take + advantage of the pack bitmap when available. + + * Instead of always building all branches at GitHub via Actions, + users can specify which branches to build. + Fixes since v2.26 ----------------- @@ -420,6 +426,24 @@ Fixes since v2.26 been corrected. (merge 0555e4af58 cb/t0000-use-the-configured-shell later to maint). + * Minor in-code comments and documentation updates around credential + API. + (merge 1aed817f99 cb/credential-doc-fixes later to maint). + + * Teach "am", "commit", "merge" and "rebase", when they are run with + the "--quiet" option, to pass "--quiet" down to "gc --auto". + (merge 7c3e9e8cfb jc/auto-gc-quiet later to maint). + + * The code to skip unmerged paths in the index when sparse checkout + is in use would have made out-of-bound access of the in-core index + when the last path was unmerged, which has been corrected. + + * Serving a "git fetch" client over "git://" and "ssh://" protocols + using the on-wire protocol version 2 was buggy on the server end + when the client needs to make a follow-up request to + e.g. auto-follow tags. + (merge 08450ef791 cc/upload-pack-v2-fetch-fix later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 564956f358 jc/maintain-doc later to maint). (merge 7422b2a0a1 sg/commit-slab-clarify-peek later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt b/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt index 643d1b2884..7fe9aef34e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ The following information is captured automatically: - 'git version --build-options' - uname sysname, release, version, and machine strings - Compiler-specific info string + - A list of enabled hooks This tool is invoked via the typical Git setup process, which means that in some cases, it might not be able to launch - for example, if a relevant config file diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt index 6f0c7ca80f..8d990e92fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt @@ -103,17 +103,20 @@ INPUT/OUTPUT FORMAT `git credential` reads and/or writes (depending on the action used) credential information in its standard input/output. This information can correspond either to keys for which `git credential` will obtain -the login/password information (e.g. host, protocol, path), or to the -actual credential data to be obtained (login/password). +the login information (e.g. host, protocol, path), or to the actual +credential data to be obtained (username/password). The credential is split into a set of named attributes, with one -attribute per line. Each attribute is -specified by a key-value pair, separated by an `=` (equals) sign, -followed by a newline. The key may contain any bytes except `=`, -newline, or NUL. The value may contain any bytes except newline or NUL. +attribute per line. Each attribute is specified by a key-value pair, +separated by an `=` (equals) sign, followed by a newline. + +The key may contain any bytes except `=`, newline, or NUL. The value may +contain any bytes except newline or NUL. + In both cases, all bytes are treated as-is (i.e., there is no quoting, and one cannot transmit a value with newline or NUL in it). The list of attributes is terminated by a blank line or end-of-file. + Git understands the following attributes: `protocol`:: @@ -123,7 +126,8 @@ Git understands the following attributes: `host`:: - The remote hostname for a network credential. + The remote hostname for a network credential. This includes + the port number if one was specified (e.g., "example.com:8088"). `path`:: @@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ Git understands the following attributes: `username`:: The credential's username, if we already have one (e.g., from a - URL, from the user, or from a previously run helper). + URL, the configuration, the user, or from a previously run helper). `password`:: @@ -146,8 +150,12 @@ Git understands the following attributes: value is parsed as a URL and treated as if its constituent parts were read (e.g., `url=https://example.com` would behave as if `protocol=https` and `host=example.com` had been provided). This - can help callers avoid parsing URLs themselves. Note that any - components which are missing from the URL (e.g., there is no - username in the example above) will be set to empty; if you want - to provide a URL and override some attributes, provide the URL - attribute first, followed by any overrides. + can help callers avoid parsing URLs themselves. + + Note that specifying a protocol is mandatory and if the URL + doesn't specify a hostname (e.g., "cert:///path/to/file") the + credential will contain a hostname attribute whose value is an + empty string. + + Components which are missing from the URL (e.g., there is no + username in the example above) will be left unset. diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 0d0f7149bd..9e481aec85 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -268,16 +268,26 @@ For a `get` operation, the helper should produce a list of attributes on stdout in the same format (see linkgit:git-credential[1] for common attributes). A helper is free to produce a subset, or even no values at all if it has nothing useful to provide. Any provided attributes will -overwrite those already known about by Git. If a helper outputs a -`quit` attribute with a value of `true` or `1`, no further helpers will -be consulted, nor will the user be prompted (if no credential has been -provided, the operation will then fail). +overwrite those already known about by Git's credential subsystem. + +While it is possible to override all attributes, well behaving helpers +should refrain from doing so for any attribute other than username and +password. + +If a helper outputs a `quit` attribute with a value of `true` or `1`, +no further helpers will be consulted, nor will the user be prompted +(if no credential has been provided, the operation will then fail). + +Similarly, no more helpers will be consulted once both username and +password had been provided. For a `store` or `erase` operation, the helper's output is ignored. -If it fails to perform the requested operation, it may complain to -stderr to inform the user. If it does not support the requested -operation (e.g., a read-only store), it should silently ignore the -request. + +If a helper fails to perform the requested operation or needs to notify +the user of a potential issue, it may write to stderr. + +If it does not support the requested operation (e.g., a read-only store), +it should silently ignore the request. If a helper receives any other operation, it should silently ignore the request. This leaves room for future operations to be added (older diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt index 1cf83df118..370d62dae4 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt @@ -223,6 +223,24 @@ a file checked into the repository which is a template or set of defaults which can then be copied alongside and modified as appropriate. This second, modified file is usually ignored to prevent accidentally committing it. +[[files-in-.gitignore-are-tracked]] +I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked:: + A `gitignore` file ensures that certain file(s) which are not + tracked by Git remain untracked. However, sometimes particular + file(s) may have been tracked before adding them into the + `.gitignore`, hence they still remain tracked. To untrack and + ignore files/patterns, use `git rm --cached <file/pattern>` + and add a pattern to `.gitignore` that matches the <file>. + See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. + +[[fetching-and-pulling]] +How do I know if I want to do a fetch or a pull?:: + A fetch stores a copy of the latest changes from the remote + repository, without modifying the working tree or current branch. + You can then at your leisure inspect, merge, rebase on top of, or + ignore the upstream changes. A pull consists of a fetch followed + immediately by either a merge or rebase. See linkgit:git-pull[1]. + Hooks ----- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt index de56f9f1ef..1beef17182 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt @@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ CHUNK DATA: bit on. The other bits correspond to the position of the last parent. Bloom Filter Index (ID: {'B', 'I', 'D', 'X'}) (N * 4 bytes) [Optional] - * The ith entry, BIDX[i], stores the number of 8-byte word blocks in all - Bloom filters from commit 0 to commit i (inclusive) in lexicographic - order. The Bloom filter for the i-th commit spans from BIDX[i-1] to - BIDX[i] (plus header length), where BIDX[-1] is 0. + * The ith entry, BIDX[i], stores the number of bytes in all Bloom filters + from commit 0 to commit i (inclusive) in lexicographic order. The Bloom + filter for the i-th commit spans from BIDX[i-1] to BIDX[i] (plus header + length), where BIDX[-1] is 0. * The BIDX chunk is ignored if the BDAT chunk is not present. Bloom Filter Data (ID: {'B', 'D', 'A', 'T'}) [Optional] |