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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.3.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.10.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.9.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.10.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.9.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.2.txt63
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.3.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.1.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt133
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blame-options.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bisect.txt103
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-notes.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-request-pull.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-list.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-revert.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt45
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt49
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitignore.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/glossary-content.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-options.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.txt2
46 files changed, 739 insertions, 116 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bfffa4106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Git v2.2.3 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.2.2
+------------------
+
+ * A handful of codepaths that used to use fixed-sized arrays to hold
+ pathnames have been corrected to use strbuf and other mechanisms to
+ allow longer pathnames without fearing overflows.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.10.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d425d814d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Git v2.3.10 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.3.9
+------------------
+
+ * xdiff code we use to generate diffs is not prepared to handle
+ extremely large files. It uses "int" in many places, which can
+ overflow if we have a very large number of lines or even bytes in
+ our input files, for example. Cap the input size to soemwhere
+ around 1GB for now.
+
+ * Some protocols (like git-remote-ext) can execute arbitrary code
+ found in the URL. The URLs that submodules use may come from
+ arbitrary sources (e.g., .gitmodules files in a remote
+ repository), and can hurt those who blindly enable recursive
+ fetch. Restrict the allowed protocols to well known and safe
+ ones.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a2ad3235a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Git v2.3.9 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.3.8
+------------------
+
+ * A handful of codepaths that used to use fixed-sized arrays to hold
+ pathnames have been corrected to use strbuf and other mechanisms to
+ allow longer pathnames without fearing overflows.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.10.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8621199bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Git v2.4.10 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.4.9
+------------------
+
+ * xdiff code we use to generate diffs is not prepared to handle
+ extremely large files. It uses "int" in many places, which can
+ overflow if we have a very large number of lines or even bytes in
+ our input files, for example. Cap the input size to soemwhere
+ around 1GB for now.
+
+ * Some protocols (like git-remote-ext) can execute arbitrary code
+ found in the URL. The URLs that submodules use may come from
+ arbitrary sources (e.g., .gitmodules files in a remote
+ repository), and can hurt those who blindly enable recursive
+ fetch. Restrict the allowed protocols to well known and safe
+ ones.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09af9ddbc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Git v2.4.9 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.4.9
+------------------
+
+ * A handful of codepaths that used to use fixed-sized arrays to hold
+ pathnames have been corrected to use strbuf and other mechanisms to
+ allow longer pathnames without fearing overflows.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f749398bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Git v2.5.2 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.1
+------------------
+
+ * "git init empty && git -C empty log" said "bad default revision 'HEAD'",
+ which was found to be a bit confusing to new users.
+
+ * The "interpret-trailers" helper mistook a multi-paragraph title of
+ a commit log message with a colon in it as the end of the trailer
+ block.
+
+ * When re-priming the cache-tree opportunistically while committing
+ the in-core index as-is, we mistakenly invalidated the in-core
+ index too aggressively, causing the experimental split-index code
+ to unnecessarily rewrite the on-disk index file(s).
+
+ * "git archive" did not use zip64 extension when creating an archive
+ with more than 64k entries, which nobody should need, right ;-)?
+
+ * The code in "multiple-worktree" support that attempted to recover
+ from an inconsistent state updated an incorrect file.
+
+ * "git rev-list" does not take "--notes" option, but did not complain
+ when one is given.
+
+ * Because the configuration system does not allow "alias.0foo" and
+ "pager.0foo" as the configuration key, the user cannot use '0foo'
+ as a custom command name anyway, but "git 0foo" tried to look these
+ keys up and emitted useless warnings before saying '0foo is not a
+ git command'. These warning messages have been squelched.
+
+ * We recently rewrote one of the build scripts in Perl, which made it
+ necessary to have Perl to build Git. Reduced Perl dependency by
+ rewriting it again using sed.
+
+ * t1509 test that requires a dedicated VM environment had some
+ bitrot, which has been corrected.
+
+ * strbuf_read() used to have one extra iteration (and an unnecessary
+ strbuf_grow() of 8kB), which was eliminated.
+
+ * The codepath to produce error messages had a hard-coded limit to
+ the size of the message, primarily to avoid memory allocation while
+ calling die().
+
+ * When trying to see that an object does not exist, a state errno
+ leaked from our "first try to open a packfile with O_NOATIME and
+ then if it fails retry without it" logic on a system that refuses
+ O_NOATIME. This confused us and caused us to die, saying that the
+ packfile is unreadable, when we should have just reported that the
+ object does not exist in that packfile to the caller.
+
+ * An off-by-one error made "git remote" to mishandle a remote with a
+ single letter nickname.
+
+ * A handful of codepaths that used to use fixed-sized arrays to hold
+ pathnames have been corrected to use strbuf and other mechanisms to
+ allow longer pathnames without fearing overflows.
+
+Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code
+clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1436857cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Git v2.5.3 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.2
+------------------
+
+ * The experimental untracked-cache feature were buggy when paths with
+ a few levels of subdirectories are involved.
+
+ * Recent versions of scripted "git am" has a performance regression
+ in "git am --skip" codepath, which no longer exists in the
+ built-in version on the 'master' front. Fix the regression in
+ the last scripted version that appear in 2.5.x maintenance track
+ and older.
+
+Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code
+clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5e8477a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Git v2.5.4 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.4
+------------------
+
+ * xdiff code we use to generate diffs is not prepared to handle
+ extremely large files. It uses "int" in many places, which can
+ overflow if we have a very large number of lines or even bytes in
+ our input files, for example. Cap the input size to soemwhere
+ around 1GB for now.
+
+ * Some protocols (like git-remote-ext) can execute arbitrary code
+ found in the URL. The URLs that submodules use may come from
+ arbitrary sources (e.g., .gitmodules files in a remote
+ repository), and can hurt those who blindly enable recursive
+ fetch. Restrict the allowed protocols to well known and safe
+ ones.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt
index eb79a1815d..7288aaf716 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* A negative !ref entry in multi-value transfer.hideRefs
configuration can be used to say "don't hide this one".
- * After "git am" without "-3" stops, running "git am -" pays attention
+ * After "git am" without "-3" stops, running "git am -3" pays attention
to "-3" only for the patch that caused the original invocation
to stop.
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git config --list" output was hard to parse when values consist of
multiple lines. "--name-only" option is added to help this.
+ * A handful of usability & cosmetic fixes to gitk and l10n updates.
+
+ * A completely empty e-mail address <> is now allowed in the authors
+ file used by git-svn, to match the way it accepts the output from
+ authors-prog.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ notes for details).
* We rewrote one of the build scripts in Perl but this reimplements
in Bourne shell.
- (merge 82aec45 sg/help-group later to maint).
+ (merge 57cee8a sg/help-group later to maint).
* The experimental untracked-cache feature were buggy when paths with
a few levels of subdirectories are involved.
@@ -327,6 +333,16 @@ notes for details).
which was found to be a bit confusing to new users.
(merge ce11360 jk/log-missing-default-HEAD later to maint).
+ * Recent versions of scripted "git am" has a performance regression in
+ "git am --skip" codepath, which no longer exists in the built-in
+ version on the 'master' front. Fix the regression in the last
+ scripted version that appear in 2.5.x maintenance track and older.
+ (merge b9d6689 js/maint-am-skip-performance-regression later to maint).
+
+ * The branch descriptions that are set with "git branch --edit-description"
+ option were used in many places but they weren't clearly documented.
+ (merge 561d2b7 po/doc-branch-desc later to maint).
+
* Code cleanups and documentation updates.
(merge 1c601af es/doc-clean-outdated-tools later to maint).
(merge 3581304 kn/tag-doc-fix later to maint).
@@ -349,3 +365,6 @@ notes for details).
(merge b8c1d27 ah/pack-objects-usage-strings later to maint).
(merge 486e1e1 br/svn-doc-include-paths-config later to maint).
(merge 1733ed3 ee/clean-test-fixes later to maint).
+ (merge 5fcadc3 gb/apply-comment-typofix later to maint).
+ (merge b894d3e mp/t7060-diff-index-test later to maint).
+ (merge d238710 as/config-doc-markup-fix later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e51363e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Git v2.6.1 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.6
+----------------
+
+ * xdiff code we use to generate diffs is not prepared to handle
+ extremely large files. It uses "int" in many places, which can
+ overflow if we have a very large number of lines or even bytes in
+ our input files, for example. Cap the input size to soemwhere
+ around 1GB for now.
+
+ * Some protocols (like git-remote-ext) can execute arbitrary code
+ found in the URL. The URLs that submodules use may come from
+ arbitrary sources (e.g., .gitmodules files in a remote
+ repository), and can hurt those who blindly enable recursive
+ fetch. Restrict the allowed protocols to well known and safe
+ ones.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11b61222d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+Git 2.7 Release Notes
+=====================
+
+Updates since v2.6
+------------------
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * "git remote" learned "get-url" subcommand to show the URL for a
+ given remote name used for fetching and pushing.
+
+ * There was no way to defeat a configured rebase.autostash variable
+ from the command line, as "git rebase --no-autostash" was missing.
+
+ * "git log --date=local" used to only show the normal (default)
+ format in the local timezone. The command learned to take 'local'
+ as an instruction to use the local timezone with other formats,
+
+ * The refs used during a "git bisect" session is now per-worktree so
+ that independent bisect sessions can be done in different worktrees
+ created with "git worktree add".
+
+ * Users who are too busy to type three extra keystrokes to ask for
+ "git stash show -p" can now set stash.showPatch configuration
+ varible to true to always see the actual patch, not just the list
+ of paths affected with feel for the extent of damage via diffstat.
+
+ * "quiltimport" allows to specify the series file by honoring the
+ $QUILT_SERIES environment and also --series command line option.
+
+ * The use of 'good/bad' in "git bisect" made it confusing to use when
+ hunting for a state change that is not a regression (e.g. bugfix).
+ The command learned 'old/new' and then allows the end user to
+ say e.g. "bisect start --term-old=fast --term=new=slow" to find a
+ performance regression.
+
+ * "git interpret-trailers" can now run outside of a Git repository.
+
+ * "git p4" learned to reencode the pathname it uses to communicate
+ with the p4 depot with a new option.
+
+ * Give progress meter to "git filter-branch".
+
+ * Allow a later "!/abc/def" to override an earlier "/abc" that
+ appears in the same .gitignore file to make it easier to express
+ "everything in /abc directory is ignored, except for ...".
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
+
+ * The infrastructure to rewrite "git submodule" in C is being built
+ incrementally. Let's polish these early parts well enough and make
+ them graduate to 'next' and 'master', so that the more involved
+ follow-up can start cooking on a solid ground.
+
+ * Some features from "git tag -l" and "git branch -l" have been made
+ available to "git for-each-ref" so that eventually the unified
+ implementation can be shared across all three.
+
+ * Because "test_when_finished" in our test framework queues the
+ clean-up tasks to be done in a shell variable, it should not be
+ used inside a subshell. Add a mechanism to allow 'bash' to catch
+ such uses, and fix the ones that were found.
+ (merge 0968f12 jk/test-lint-forbid-when-finished-in-subshell later to maint).
+
+ * The debugging infrastructure for pkt-line based communication has
+ been improved to mark the side-band communication specifically.
+ (merge fd89433 jk/async-pkt-line later to maint).
+
+
+Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
+
+
+Fixes since v2.6
+----------------
+
+Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.6 in the maintenance
+track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases'
+notes for details).
+
+ * Very small number of options take a parameter that is optional
+ (which is not a great UI element as they can only appear at the end
+ of the command line). Add notice to documentation of each and
+ every one of them.
+ (merge 2b594bf mm/keyid-docs later to maint).
+
+ * "git blame --first-parent v1.0..v2.0" was not rejected but did not
+ limit the blame to commits on the first parent chain.
+ (merge 95a4fb0 jk/blame-first-parent later to maint).
+
+ * "git subtree" (in contrib/) now can take whitespaces in the
+ pathnames, not only in the in-tree pathname but the name of the
+ directory that the repository is in. (merge 5b6ab38
+ as/subtree-with-spaces later to maint).
+
+ * The ssh transport, just like any other transport over the network,
+ did not clear GIT_* environment variables, but it is possible to
+ use SendEnv and AcceptEnv to leak them to the remote invocation of
+ Git, which is not a good idea at all. Explicitly clear them just
+ like we do for the local transport.
+ (merge a48b409 jk/connect-clear-env later to maint).
+
+ * Correct "git p4 --detect-labels" so that it does not fail to create
+ a tag that points at a commit that is also being imported.
+ (merge b43702a ld/p4-import-labels later to maint).
+
+ * The Makefile always runs the library archiver with hardcoded "crs"
+ options, which was inconvenient for exotic platforms on which
+ people want to use programs with totally different set of command
+ line options.
+ (merge ac179b4 jw/make-arflags-customizable later to maint).
+
+ * Customization to change the behaviour with "make -w" and "make -s"
+ in our Makefile was broken when they were used together.
+ (merge ef49e05 jk/make-findstring-makeflags-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Allocation related functions and stdio are unsafe things to call
+ inside a signal handler, and indeed killing the pager can cause
+ glibc to deadlock waiting on allocation mutex as our signal handler
+ tries to free() some data structures in wait_for_pager(). Reduce
+ these unsafe calls.
+ (merge 507d780 ti/glibc-stdio-mutex-from-signal-handler later to maint).
+
+ * The way how --ref/--notes to specify the notes tree reference are
+ DWIMmed was not clearly documented.
+ (merge e14c92e jk/notes-dwim-doc later to maint).
+
+ * Code clean-up and minor fixes.
+ (merge 15ed07d jc/rerere later to maint).
+ (merge b744767 pt/pull-builtin later to maint).
+ (merge 29bc480 nd/ls-remote-does-not-have-u-option later to maint).
+ (merge be510e0 jk/asciidoctor-section-heading-markup-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 83e6bda tk/typofix-connect-unknown-proto-error later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index a09969ba08..760eab7428 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[]
`-` to make the command read from the standard input).
--date <format>::
- The value is one of the following alternatives:
- {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}. If --date is not
+ Specifies the format used to output dates. If --date is not
provided, the value of the blame.date config variable is
used. If the blame.date config variable is also not set, the
- iso format is used. For more information, See the discussion
+ iso format is used. For supported values, see the discussion
of the --date option at linkgit:git-log[1].
-M|<num>|::
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0c351b9bcf..391a0c3c85 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -866,9 +866,9 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
"git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
branch-specific manner.
+
- When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
- so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
- by running 'git pull'.
+When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
+so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
+by running 'git pull'.
+
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
@@ -1829,9 +1829,7 @@ log.abbrevCommit::
log.date::
Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
- `--date` option. Possible values are `relative`, `local`,
- `default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1]
- for details.
+ `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
log.decorate::
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
@@ -1840,6 +1838,12 @@ log.decorate::
specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
+log.follow::
+ If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
+ a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
+ i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
+ on non-linear history.
+
log.showRoot::
If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
@@ -2138,9 +2142,9 @@ pull.rebase::
pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
per-branch basis.
+
- When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
- so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
- by running 'git pull'.
+When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
+so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
+by running 'git pull'.
+
*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
@@ -2587,6 +2591,16 @@ status.submoduleSummary::
submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
not honor these settings.
+stash.showPatch::
+ If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
+ option will show the stash in patch form. Defaults to false.
+ See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+
+stash.showStat::
+ If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
+ option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true.
+ See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+
submodule.<name>.path::
submodule.<name>.url::
The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index dbea6e7ae9..452c1feb23 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
- GPG-sign commits.
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
--continue::
-r::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt
index 0f0c6ff082..c06efbd42a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect-lk2009.txt
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ So git bisect is unconditional goodness - and feel free to quote that
_____________
Acknowledgments
-----------------
+---------------
Many thanks to Junio Hamano for his help in reviewing this paper, for
reviewing the patches I sent to the Git mailing list, for discussing
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index e97f2de21b..2044fe6820 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ DESCRIPTION
The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
on the subcommand:
- git bisect start [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
- git bisect bad [<rev>]
- git bisect good [<rev>...]
+ git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>]
+ [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
+ git bisect (bad|new) [<rev>]
+ git bisect (good|old) [<rev>...]
+ git bisect terms [--term-good | --term-bad]
git bisect skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]
git bisect reset [<commit>]
git bisect visualize
@@ -36,6 +38,13 @@ whether the selected commit is "good" or "bad". It continues narrowing
down the range until it finds the exact commit that introduced the
change.
+In fact, `git bisect` can be used to find the commit that changed
+*any* property of your project; e.g., the commit that fixed a bug, or
+the commit that caused a benchmark's performance to improve. To
+support this more general usage, the terms "old" and "new" can be used
+in place of "good" and "bad", or you can choose your own terms. See
+section "Alternate terms" below for more information.
+
Basic bisect commands: start, bad, good
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -111,6 +120,79 @@ bad revision, while `git bisect reset HEAD` will leave you on the
current bisection commit and avoid switching commits at all.
+Alternate terms
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Sometimes you are not looking for the commit that introduced a
+breakage, but rather for a commit that caused a change between some
+other "old" state and "new" state. For example, you might be looking
+for the commit that introduced a particular fix. Or you might be
+looking for the first commit in which the source-code filenames were
+finally all converted to your company's naming standard. Or whatever.
+
+In such cases it can be very confusing to use the terms "good" and
+"bad" to refer to "the state before the change" and "the state after
+the change". So instead, you can use the terms "old" and "new",
+respectively, in place of "good" and "bad". (But note that you cannot
+mix "good" and "bad" with "old" and "new" in a single session.)
+
+In this more general usage, you provide `git bisect` with a "new"
+commit has some property and an "old" commit that doesn't have that
+property. Each time `git bisect` checks out a commit, you test if that
+commit has the property. If it does, mark the commit as "new";
+otherwise, mark it as "old". When the bisection is done, `git bisect`
+will report which commit introduced the property.
+
+To use "old" and "new" instead of "good" and bad, you must run `git
+bisect start` without commits as argument and then run the following
+commands to add the commits:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect old [<rev>]
+------------------------------------------------
+
+to indicate that a commit was before the sought change, or
+
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect new [<rev>...]
+------------------------------------------------
+
+to indicate that it was after.
+
+To get a reminder of the currently used terms, use
+
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect terms
+------------------------------------------------
+
+You can get just the old (respectively new) term with `git bisect term
+--term-old` or `git bisect term --term-good`.
+
+If you would like to use your own terms instead of "bad"/"good" or
+"new"/"old", you can choose any names you like (except existing bisect
+subcommands like `reset`, `start`, ...) by starting the
+bisection using
+
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect start --term-old <term-old> --term-new <term-new>
+------------------------------------------------
+
+For example, if you are looking for a commit that introduced a
+performance regression, you might use
+
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect start --term-old fast --term-new slow
+------------------------------------------------
+
+Or if you are looking for the commit that fixed a bug, you might use
+
+------------------------------------------------
+git bisect start --term-new fixed --term-old broken
+------------------------------------------------
+
+Then, use `git bisect <term-old>` and `git bisect <term-new>` instead
+of `git bisect good` and `git bisect bad` to mark commits.
+
Bisect visualize
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -387,6 +469,21 @@ In this case, when 'git bisect run' finishes, bisect/bad will refer to a commit
has at least one parent whose reachable graph is fully traversable in the sense
required by 'git pack objects'.
+* Look for a fix instead of a regression in the code
++
+------------
+$ git bisect start
+$ git bisect new HEAD # current commit is marked as new
+$ git bisect old HEAD~10 # the tenth commit from now is marked as old
+------------
++
+or:
+------------
+$ git bisect start --term-old broken --term-new fixed
+$ git bisect fixed
+$ git bisect broken HEAD~10
+------------
+
Getting help
~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index a67138a022..4a7037f1c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a]
[--list] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
[--column[=<options>] | --no-column]
- [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [<pattern>...]
+ [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [--sort=<key>]
+ [--points-at <object>] [<pattern>...]
'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>]
'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>]
@@ -197,7 +198,9 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
--edit-description::
Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is
- for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`).
+ for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `format-patch`,
+ `request-pull`, and `merge` (if enabled)). Multi-line explanations
+ may be used.
--contains [<commit>]::
Only list branches which contain the specified commit (HEAD
@@ -229,6 +232,19 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
The new name for an existing branch. The same restrictions as for
<branchname> apply.
+--sort=<key>::
+ Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in descending
+ order of the value. You may use the --sort=<key> option
+ multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
+ key. The keys supported are the same as those in `git
+ for-each-ref`. Sort order defaults to sorting based on the
+ full refname (including `refs/...` prefix). This lists
+ detached HEAD (if present) first, then local branches and
+ finally remote-tracking branches.
+
+
+--points-at <object>::
+ Only list branches of the given object.
Examples
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index 1147c71da6..77da29a474 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff]
- [-S[<key-id>]] <commit>...
+ [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>...
'git cherry-pick' --continue
'git cherry-pick' --quit
'git cherry-pick' --abort
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ effect to your index in a row.
--signoff::
Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
--S[<key-id>]::
---gpg-sign[=<key-id>]::
- GPG-sign commits.
+-S[<keyid>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
--ff::
If the current HEAD is the same as the parent of the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index f5f2a8d326..a0b5457304 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ OPTIONS
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
- GPG-sign commit.
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
--no-gpg-sign::
Countermand `commit.gpgSign` configuration variable that is
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 904dafa0f7..7f34a5b331 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
[--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
[--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status]
- [-i | -o] [-S[<key-id>]] [--] [<file>...]
+ [-i | -o] [-S[<keyid>]] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ changes to tracked files.
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
- GPG-sign commit.
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
--no-gpg-sign::
Countermand `commit.gpgSign` configuration variable that is
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 7f8d9a5b5f..c6f073cea4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
[(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
+ [--points-at <object>] [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]]
+ [--contains [<object>]]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -62,6 +64,20 @@ OPTIONS
the specified host language. This is meant to produce
a scriptlet that can directly be `eval`ed.
+--points-at <object>::
+ Only list refs which points at the given object.
+
+--merged [<object>]::
+ Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the
+ specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
+
+--no-merged [<object>]::
+ Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the
+ specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
+
+--contains [<object>]::
+ Only list tags which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
+ specified).
FIELD NAMES
-----------
@@ -111,6 +127,17 @@ color::
Change output color. Followed by `:<colorname>`, where names
are described in `color.branch.*`.
+align::
+ Left-, middle-, or right-align the content between
+ %(align:...) and %(end). The "align:" is followed by `<width>`
+ and `<position>` in any order separated by a comma, where the
+ `<position>` is either left, right or middle, default being
+ left and `<width>` is the total length of the content with
+ alignment. If the contents length is more than the width then
+ no alignment is performed. If used with '--quote' everything
+ in between %(align:...) and %(end) is quoted, but if nested
+ then only the topmost level performs quoting.
+
In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header
field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can
be used to specify the value in the header field.
@@ -123,20 +150,23 @@ The complete message in a commit and tag object is `contents`.
Its first line is `contents:subject`, where subject is the concatenation
of all lines of the commit message up to the first blank line. The next
line is 'contents:body', where body is all of the lines after the first
-blank line. Finally, the optional GPG signature is `contents:signature`.
+blank line. The optional GPG signature is `contents:signature`. The
+first `N` lines of the message is obtained using `contents:lines=N`.
For sorting purposes, fields with numeric values sort in numeric
order (`objectsize`, `authordate`, `committerdate`, `taggerdate`).
All other fields are used to sort in their byte-value order.
+There is also an option to sort by versions, this can be done by using
+the fieldname `version:refname` or its alias `v:refname`.
+
In any case, a field name that refers to a field inapplicable to
the object referred by the ref does not cause an error. It
returns an empty string instead.
As a special case for the date-type fields, you may specify a format for
-the date by adding one of `:default`, `:relative`, `:short`, `:local`,
-`:iso8601`, `:rfc2822` or `:raw` to the end of the fieldname; e.g.
-`%(taggerdate:relative)`.
+the date by adding `:` followed by date format name (see the
+values the `--date` option to linkgit::git-rev-list[1] takes).
EXAMPLES
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 0dac4e9b86..4035649117 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`.
--[no-]cover-letter::
In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file
- containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
+ containing the branch description, shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
--notes[=<ref>]::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 31811f16bd..4a44d6da13 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ OPTIONS
For better compatibility with 'git diff', `--name-only` is a
synonym for `--files-with-matches`.
--O [<pager>]::
---open-files-in-pager [<pager>]::
+-O[<pager>]::
+--open-files-in-pager[=<pager>]::
Open the matching files in the pager (not the output of 'grep').
If the pager happens to be "less" or "vi", and the user
specified only one pattern, the first file is positioned at
- the first match automatically.
+ the first match automatically. The `pager` argument is
+ optional; if specified, it must be stuck to the option
+ without a space. If `pager` is unspecified, the default pager
+ will be used (see `core.pager` in linkgit:git-config[1]).
-z::
--null::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
index d6d9231b50..0ecd497c4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ OPTIONS
--trim-empty::
If the <value> part of any trailer contains only whitespace,
the whole trailer will be removed from the resulting message.
- This apply to existing trailers as well as new trailers.
+ This applies to existing trailers as well as new trailers.
--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>]::
Specify a (<token>, <value>) pair that should be applied as a
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 97b9993ee8..03f958029a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ log.date::
dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
log.follow::
- If a single <path> is given to git log, it will act as
- if the `--follow` option was also used. This has the same
- limitations as `--follow`, i.e. it cannot be used to follow
- multiple files and does not work well on non-linear history.
+ If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
+ a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
+ i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
+ on non-linear history.
log.showRoot::
If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
index 2e22915eb8..d510c05e11 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-ls-remote - List references in a remote repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>]
+'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
[--exit-code] <repository> [<refs>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ OPTIONS
both, references stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are
displayed.
--u <exec>::
--upload-pack=<exec>::
Specify the full path of 'git-upload-pack' on the remote
host. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 273a1009be..07f7295ec8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit]
- [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<key-id>]]
+ [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]]
[--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...]
'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
'git merge' --abort
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
- GPG-sign the resulting merge commit.
+ GPG-sign the resulting merge commit. The `keyid` argument is
+ optional and defaults to the committer identity; if specified,
+ it must be stuck to the option without a space.
-m <msg>::
Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ will be appended to the specified message.
+
The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
-invocations.
+invocations. The automated message can include the branch description.
--[no-]rerere-autoupdate::
Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index a9a916f360..8de349968a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ OPTIONS
--ref <ref>::
Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>. This overrides
'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref
- is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified.
+ specifies the full refname when it begins with `refs/notes/`; when it
+ begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise `refs/notes/` is prefixed
+ to form a full name of the ref.
--ignore-missing::
Do not consider it an error to request removing notes from an
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index f34d16d71c..c3ff7d0d9b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -510,6 +510,13 @@ git-p4.useClientSpec::
option '--use-client-spec'. See the "CLIENT SPEC" section above.
This variable is a boolean, not the name of a p4 client.
+git-p4.pathEncoding::
+ Perforce keeps the encoding of a path as given by the originating OS.
+ Git expects paths encoded as UTF-8. Use this config to tell git-p4
+ what encoding Perforce had used for the paths. This encoding is used
+ to transcode the paths to UTF-8. As an example, Perforce on Windows
+ often uses “cp1252” to encode path names.
+
git-p4.largeFileSystem::
Specify the system that is used for large (binary) files. Please note
that large file systems do not support the 'git p4 submit' command.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
index d64388cb8e..ff633b0db7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git quiltimport' [--dry-run | -n] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>]
+ [--series <file>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -42,13 +43,19 @@ OPTIONS
information can be found in the patch description.
--patches <dir>::
- The directory to find the quilt patches and the
- quilt series file.
+ The directory to find the quilt patches.
+
The default for the patch directory is patches
or the value of the $QUILT_PATCHES environment
variable.
+--series <file>::
+ The quilt series file.
++
+The default for the series file is <patches>/series
+or the value of the $QUILT_SERIES environment
+variable.
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index ca039546a4..6cca8bb51d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ which makes little sense.
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
- GPG-sign commits.
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
-q::
--quiet::
@@ -432,7 +434,8 @@ If the '--autosquash' option is enabled by default using the
configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be
used to override and disable this setting.
---[no-]autostash::
+--autostash::
+--no-autostash::
Automatically create a temporary stash before the operation
begins, and apply it after the operation ends. This means
that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree. However, use
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 4c6d6de7b7..3c9bf45829 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git remote remove' <name>
'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)
'git remote set-branches' [--add] <name> <branch>...
+'git remote get-url' [--push] [--all] <name>
'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl>
'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url>
@@ -131,6 +132,15 @@ The named branches will be interpreted as if specified with the
With `--add`, instead of replacing the list of currently tracked
branches, adds to that list.
+'get-url'::
+
+Retrieves the URLs for a remote. Configurations for `insteadOf` and
+`pushInsteadOf` are expanded here. By default, only the first URL is listed.
++
+With '--push', push URLs are queried rather than fetch URLs.
++
+With '--all', all URLs for the remote will be listed.
+
'set-url'::
Changes URLs for the remote. Sets first URL for remote <name> that matches
diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
index 283577b0b6..c32cb0bea1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
-----------
Generate a request asking your upstream project to pull changes into
-their tree. The request, printed to the standard output, summarizes
+their tree. The request, printed to the standard output,
+begins with the branch description, summarizes
the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled.
The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 7b49c85347..ef22f1775b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[ --regexp-ignore-case | -i ]
[ --extended-regexp | -E ]
[ --fixed-strings | -F ]
- [ --date=(local|relative|default|iso|iso-strict|rfc|short) ]
+ [ --date=<format>]
[ [ --objects | --objects-edge | --objects-edge-aggressive ]
[ --unpacked ] ]
[ --pretty | --header ]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index cceb5f2f7f..b15139ffdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-revert - Revert some existing commits
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<key-id>]] <commit>...
+'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>...
'git revert' --continue
'git revert' --quit
'git revert' --abort
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ more details.
This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
effect to your index in a row.
--S[<key-id>]::
---gpg-sign[=<key-id>]::
- GPG-sign commits.
+-S[<keyid>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
-s::
--signoff::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 375213fe46..92df596e5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ show [<stash>]::
shows the latest one. By default, the command shows the diffstat, but
it will accept any format known to 'git diff' (e.g., `git stash show
-p stash@{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form).
+ You can use stash.showStat and/or stash.showPatch config variables
+ to change the default behavior.
pop [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 335f312335..e1e8f57cdd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ OPTIONS
--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
Show untracked files.
+
-The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
-specify the handling of untracked files.
+The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of untracked files.
+It is optional: it defaults to 'all', and if specified, it must be
+stuck to the option (e.g. `-uno`, but not `-u no`).
+
The possible options are:
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 84f6496bf2..7220e5eca1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ git-tag - Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]
+'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <keyid>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]
<tagname> [<commit> | <object>]
'git tag' -d <tagname>...
'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]
- [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--create-reflog] [<pattern>...]
+ [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>]
+ [--format=<format>] [--[no-]merged [<commit>]] [<pattern>...]
'git tag' -v <tagname>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -24,19 +25,19 @@ to delete, list or verify tags.
Unless `-f` is given, the named tag must not yet exist.
-If one of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>` is passed, the command
+If one of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <keyid>` is passed, the command
creates a 'tag' object, and requires a tag message. Unless
`-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given, an editor is started for the user to type
in the tag message.
-If `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given and `-a`, `-s`, and `-u <key-id>`
+If `-m <msg>` or `-F <file>` is given and `-a`, `-s`, and `-u <keyid>`
are absent, `-a` is implied.
Otherwise just a tag reference for the SHA-1 object name of the commit object is
created (i.e. a lightweight tag).
A GnuPG signed tag object will be created when `-s` or `-u
-<key-id>` is used. When `-u <key-id>` is not used, the
+<keyid>` is used. When `-u <keyid>` is not used, the
committer identity for the current user is used to find the
GnuPG key for signing. The configuration variable `gpg.program`
is used to specify custom GnuPG binary.
@@ -63,8 +64,8 @@ OPTIONS
--sign::
Make a GPG-signed tag, using the default e-mail address's key.
--u <key-id>::
---local-user=<key-id>::
+-u <keyid>::
+--local-user=<keyid>::
Make a GPG-signed tag, using the given key.
-f::
@@ -94,14 +95,16 @@ OPTIONS
using fnmatch(3)). Multiple patterns may be given; if any of
them matches, the tag is shown.
---sort=<type>::
- Sort in a specific order. Supported type is "refname"
- (lexicographic order), "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag
+--sort=<key>::
+ Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in
+ descending order of the value. You may use the --sort=<key> option
+ multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
+ key. Also supports "version:refname" or "v:refname" (tag
names are treated as versions). The "version:refname" sort
order can also be affected by the
- "versionsort.prereleaseSuffix" configuration variable. Prepend
- "-" to reverse sort order. When this option is not given, the
- sort order defaults to the value configured for the 'tag.sort'
+ "versionsort.prereleaseSuffix" configuration variable.
+ The keys supported are the same as those in `git for-each-ref`.
+ Sort order defaults to the value configured for the 'tag.sort'
variable if it exists, or lexicographic order otherwise. See
linkgit:git-config[1].
@@ -125,14 +128,14 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
Use the given tag message (instead of prompting).
If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are
concatenated as separate paragraphs.
- Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>`
+ Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <keyid>`
is given.
-F <file>::
--file=<file>::
Take the tag message from the given file. Use '-' to
read the message from the standard input.
- Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>`
+ Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <keyid>`
is given.
--cleanup=<mode>::
@@ -156,6 +159,16 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
The object that the new tag will refer to, usually a commit.
Defaults to HEAD.
+<format>::
+ A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the object
+ pointed at by a ref being shown. The format is the same as
+ that of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. When unspecified,
+ defaults to `%(refname:short)`.
+
+--[no-]merged [<commit>]::
+ Only list tags whose tips are reachable, or not reachable
+ if '--no-merged' is used, from the specified commit ('HEAD'
+ if not specified).
CONFIGURATION
-------------
@@ -166,7 +179,7 @@ it in the repository configuration as follows:
-------------------------------------
[user]
- signingKey = <gpg-key-id>
+ signingKey = <gpg-keyid>
-------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4e5d55be6a..1a42631117 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,15 +43,26 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v2.5.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.1]
+* link:v2.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.6.1]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.6.1.txt[2.6.1],
+ link:RelNotes/2.6.0.txt[2.6].
+
+* link:v2.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.4]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.5.4.txt[2.5.4],
+ link:RelNotes/2.5.3.txt[2.5.3],
+ link:RelNotes/2.5.2.txt[2.5.2],
link:RelNotes/2.5.1.txt[2.5.1],
link:RelNotes/2.5.0.txt[2.5].
-* link:v2.4.8/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.8]
+* link:v2.4.10/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.10]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.4.10.txt[2.4.10],
+ link:RelNotes/2.4.9.txt[2.4.9],
link:RelNotes/2.4.8.txt[2.4.8],
link:RelNotes/2.4.7.txt[2.4.7],
link:RelNotes/2.4.6.txt[2.4.6],
@@ -62,9 +73,11 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
link:RelNotes/2.4.1.txt[2.4.1],
link:RelNotes/2.4.0.txt[2.4].
-* link:v2.3.8/git.html[documentation for release 2.3.8]
+* link:v2.3.10/git.html[documentation for release 2.3.10]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.3.10.txt[2.3.10],
+ link:RelNotes/2.3.9.txt[2.3.9],
link:RelNotes/2.3.8.txt[2.3.8],
link:RelNotes/2.3.7.txt[2.3.7],
link:RelNotes/2.3.6.txt[2.3.6],
@@ -75,9 +88,10 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here:
link:RelNotes/2.3.1.txt[2.3.1],
link:RelNotes/2.3.0.txt[2.3].
-* link:v2.2.2/git.html[documentation for release 2.2.2]
+* link:v2.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 2.2.3]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.2.3.txt[2.2.3],
link:RelNotes/2.2.2.txt[2.2.2],
link:RelNotes/2.2.1.txt[2.2.1],
link:RelNotes/2.2.0.txt[2.2].
@@ -1082,6 +1096,33 @@ GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS::
an operation has touched every ref (e.g., because you are
cloning a repository to make a backup).
+`GIT_ALLOW_PROTOCOL`::
+ If set, provide a colon-separated list of protocols which are
+ allowed to be used with fetch/push/clone. This is useful to
+ restrict recursive submodule initialization from an untrusted
+ repository. Any protocol not mentioned will be disallowed (i.e.,
+ this is a whitelist, not a blacklist). If the variable is not
+ set at all, all protocols are enabled. The protocol names
+ currently used by git are:
+
+ - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
+ or local paths)
+
+ - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
+ connection (or proxy, if configured)
+
+ - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
+ `git+ssh://`, etc).
+
+ - `rsync`: git over rsync
+
+ - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
+ Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want both,
+ you should specify both as `http:https`.
+
+ - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
+ `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
+
Discussion[[Discussion]]
------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 473623d631..79a1948a0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ PATTERN FORMAT
- An optional prefix "`!`" which negates the pattern; any
matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become
- included again. It is not possible to re-include a file if a parent
- directory of that file is excluded. Git doesn't list excluded
- directories for performance reasons, so any patterns on contained
- files have no effect, no matter where they are defined.
+ included again.
Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first "`!`" for patterns
that begin with a literal "`!`", for example, "`\!important!.txt`".
+ It is possible to re-include a file if a parent directory of that
+ file is excluded if certain conditions are met. See section NOTES
+ for detail.
- If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the
purpose of the following description, but it would only find
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ not tracked by Git remain untracked.
To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use
'git rm --cached'.
+To re-include files or directories when their parent directory is
+excluded, the following conditions must be met:
+
+ - The rules to exclude a directory and re-include a subset back must
+ be in the same .gitignore file.
+
+ - The directory part in the re-include rules must be literal (i.e. no
+ wildcards)
+
+ - The rules to exclude the parent directory must not end with a
+ trailing slash.
+
+ - The rules to exclude the parent directory must have at least one
+ slash.
+
EXAMPLES
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 8c6478b2f2..e225974253 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -413,8 +413,9 @@ exclude;;
[[def_per_worktree_ref]]per-worktree ref::
Refs that are per-<<def_working_tree,worktree>>, rather than
- global. This is presently only <<def_HEAD,HEAD>>, but might
- later include other unusual refs.
+ global. This is presently only <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> and any refs
+ that start with `refs/bisect/`, but might later include other
+ unusual refs.
[[def_pseudoref]]pseudoref::
Pseudorefs are a class of files under `$GIT_DIR` which behave
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 8d6c5cec4c..4b659ac1a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ By default, the notes shown are from the notes refs listed in the
environment overrides). See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
+
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.
+default notes ref(s). The ref specifies the full refname when it begins
+with `refs/notes/`; when it begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise
+`refs/notes/` is prefixed to form a full name of the ref.
+
Multiple --notes options can be combined to control which notes are
being displayed. Examples: "--notes=foo" will show only notes from
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index f1c52208f0..4f009d4424 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -701,15 +701,19 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
--relative-date::
Synonym for `--date=relative`.
---date=(relative|local|default|iso|iso-strict|rfc|short|raw)::
+--date=<format>::
Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
as when using `--pretty`. `log.date` config variable sets a default
- value for the log command's `--date` option.
+ value for the log command's `--date` option. By default, dates
+ are shown in the original time zone (either committer's or
+ author's). If `-local` is appended to the format (e.g.,
+ `iso-local`), the user's local time zone is used instead.
+
`--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time,
-e.g. ``2 hours ago''.
+e.g. ``2 hours ago''. The `-local` option cannot be used with
+`--raw` or `--relative`.
+
-`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local time zone.
+`--date=local` is an alias for `--date=default-local`.
+
`--date=iso` (or `--date=iso8601`) shows timestamps in a ISO 8601-like format.
The differences to the strict ISO 8601 format are:
@@ -732,10 +736,15 @@ format, often found in email messages.
`--date=format:...` feeds the format `...` to your system `strftime`.
Use `--date=format:%c` to show the date in your system locale's
preferred format. See the `strftime` manual for a complete list of
-format placeholders.
+format placeholders. When using `-local`, the correct syntax is
+`--date=format-local:...`.
+
-`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original time zone
-(either committer's or author's).
+`--date=default` is the default format, and is similar to
+`--date=rfc2822`, with a few exceptions:
+
+ - there is no comma after the day-of-week
+
+ - the time zone is omitted when the local time zone is used
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
--header::
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
index 4064fc796f..c6977bbc5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ data. The protocol functions to have a server tell a client what is
currently on the server, then for the two to negotiate the smallest amount
of data to send in order to fully update one or the other.
+pkt-line Format
+---------------
+
+The descriptions below build on the pkt-line format described in
+protocol-common.txt. When the grammar indicate `PKT-LINE(...)`, unless
+otherwise noted the usual pkt-line LF rules apply: the sender SHOULD
+include a LF, but the receiver MUST NOT complain if it is not present.
+
Transports
----------
There are three transports over which the packfile protocol is
@@ -143,9 +151,6 @@ with the object name that each reference currently points to.
003fe92df48743b7bc7d26bcaabfddde0a1e20cae47c refs/tags/v1.0^{}
0000
-Server SHOULD terminate each non-flush line using LF ("\n") terminator;
-client MUST NOT complain if there is no terminator.
-
The returned response is a pkt-line stream describing each ref and
its current value. The stream MUST be sorted by name according to
the C locale ordering.
@@ -165,15 +170,15 @@ MUST peel the ref if it's an annotated tag.
flush-pkt
no-refs = PKT-LINE(zero-id SP "capabilities^{}"
- NUL capability-list LF)
+ NUL capability-list)
list-of-refs = first-ref *other-ref
first-ref = PKT-LINE(obj-id SP refname
- NUL capability-list LF)
+ NUL capability-list)
other-ref = PKT-LINE(other-tip / other-peeled)
- other-tip = obj-id SP refname LF
- other-peeled = obj-id SP refname "^{}" LF
+ other-tip = obj-id SP refname
+ other-peeled = obj-id SP refname "^{}"
shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
@@ -216,8 +221,8 @@ out of what the server said it could do with the first 'want' line.
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)
+ first-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id SP capability-list)
+ additional-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id)
depth = 1*DIGIT
----
@@ -284,7 +289,7 @@ so that there is always a block of 32 "in-flight on the wire" at a time.
compute-end
have-list = *have-line
- have-line = PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id LF)
+ have-line = PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id)
compute-end = flush-pkt / PKT-LINE("done")
----
@@ -348,10 +353,10 @@ Then the server will start sending its packfile data.
----
server-response = *ack_multi ack / nak
- ack_multi = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id ack_status LF)
+ ack_multi = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id ack_status)
ack_status = "continue" / "common" / "ready"
- ack = PKT-LINE("ACK SP obj-id LF)
- nak = PKT-LINE("NAK" LF)
+ ack = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id)
+ nak = PKT-LINE("NAK")
----
A simple clone may look like this (with no 'have' lines):
@@ -467,10 +472,10 @@ references.
----
update-request = *shallow ( command-list | push-cert ) [packfile]
- shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id LF)
+ shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
- command-list = PKT-LINE(command NUL capability-list LF)
- *PKT-LINE(command LF)
+ command-list = PKT-LINE(command NUL capability-list)
+ *PKT-LINE(command)
flush-pkt
command = create / delete / update
@@ -521,7 +526,8 @@ Push Certificate
A push certificate begins with a set of header lines. After the
header and an empty line, the protocol commands follow, one per
-line.
+line. Note that the the trailing LF in push-cert PKT-LINEs is _not_
+optional; it must be present.
Currently, the following header fields are defined:
@@ -560,12 +566,12 @@ update was successful, or 'ng [refname] [error]' if the update was not.
1*(command-status)
flush-pkt
- unpack-status = PKT-LINE("unpack" SP unpack-result LF)
+ unpack-status = PKT-LINE("unpack" SP unpack-result)
unpack-result = "ok" / error-msg
command-status = command-ok / command-fail
- command-ok = PKT-LINE("ok" SP refname LF)
- command-fail = PKT-LINE("ng" SP refname SP error-msg LF)
+ command-ok = PKT-LINE("ok" SP refname)
+ command-fail = PKT-LINE("ng" SP refname SP error-msg)
error-msg = 1*(OCTECT) ; where not "ok"
----
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
index 889985f707..bf30167ae3 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ A pkt-line MAY contain binary data, so implementors MUST ensure
pkt-line parsing/formatting routines are 8-bit clean.
A non-binary line SHOULD BE terminated by an LF, which if present
-MUST be included in the total length.
+MUST be included in the total length. Receivers MUST treat pkt-lines
+with non-binary data the same whether or not they contain the trailing
+LF (stripping the LF if present, and not complaining when it is
+missing).
The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65520 bytes.
Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65524
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 68978f5338..1b7987e737 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -3424,7 +3424,7 @@ just missing one particular blob version.
[[the-index]]
The index
------------
+---------
The index is a binary file (generally kept in `.git/index`) containing a
sorted list of path names, each with permissions and the SHA-1 of a blob