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diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt index b20bc8e914..63a2ef5449 100644 --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt @@ -905,19 +905,34 @@ Sending emails with Git is a two-part process; before you can prepare the emails themselves, you'll need to prepare the patches. Luckily, this is pretty simple: ---- -$ git format-patch --cover-letter -o psuh/ master..psuh ----- - -The `--cover-letter` parameter tells `format-patch` to create a cover letter -template for you. You will need to fill in the template before you're ready -to send - but for now, the template will be next to your other patches. - -The `-o psuh/` parameter tells `format-patch` to place the patch files into a -directory. This is useful because `git send-email` can take a directory and -send out all the patches from there. - -`master..psuh` tells `format-patch` to generate patches for the difference -between `master` and `psuh`. It will make one patch file per commit. After you +$ git format-patch --cover-letter -o psuh/ --base=auto psuh@{u}..psuh +---- + + . The `--cover-letter` option tells `format-patch` to create a + cover letter template for you. You will need to fill in the + template before you're ready to send - but for now, the template + will be next to your other patches. + + . The `-o psuh/` option tells `format-patch` to place the patch + files into a directory. This is useful because `git send-email` + can take a directory and send out all the patches from there. + + . The `--base=auto` option tells the command to record the "base + commit", on which the recipient is expected to apply the patch + series. The `auto` value will cause `format-patch` to compute + the base commit automatically, which is the merge base of tip + commit of the remote-tracking branch and the specified revision + range. + + . The `psuh@{u}..psuh` option tells `format-patch` to generate + patches for the commits you created on the `psuh` branch since it + forked from its upstream (which is `origin/master` if you + followed the example in the "Set up your workspace" section). If + you are already on the `psuh` branch, you can just say `@{u}`, + which means "commits on the current branch since it forked from + its upstream", which is the same thing. + +The command will make one patch file per commit. After you run, you can go have a look at each of the patches with your favorite text editor and make sure everything looks alright; however, it's not recommended to make code fixups via the patch file. It's a better idea to make the change the diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt index 45eb84d8b4..ca267941f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt @@ -58,14 +58,19 @@ running, enable trace output by setting the environment variable `GIT_TRACE`. Add usage text and `-h` handling, like all subcommands should consistently do (our test suite will notice and complain if you fail to do so). +We'll need to include the `parse-options.h` header. ---- +#include "parse-options.h" + +... + int cmd_walken(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) { const char * const walken_usage[] = { N_("git walken"), NULL, - } + }; struct option options[] = { OPT_END() }; @@ -195,9 +200,14 @@ Similarly to the default values, we don't have anything to do here yet ourselves; however, we should call `git_default_config()` if we aren't calling any other existing config callbacks. -Add a new function to `builtin/walken.c`: +Add a new function to `builtin/walken.c`. +We'll also need to include the `config.h` header: ---- +#include "config.h" + +... + static int git_walken_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb) { /* @@ -229,8 +239,14 @@ typically done by calling `repo_init_revisions()` with the repository you intend to target, as well as the `prefix` argument of `cmd_walken` and your `rev_info` struct. -Add the `struct rev_info` and the `repo_init_revisions()` call: +Add the `struct rev_info` and the `repo_init_revisions()` call. +We'll also need to include the `revision.h` header: + ---- +#include "revision.h" + +... + int cmd_walken(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) { /* This can go wherever you like in your declarations.*/ @@ -624,9 +640,14 @@ static void walken_object_walk(struct rev_info *rev) ---- Let's start by calling just the unfiltered walk and reporting our counts. -Complete your implementation of `walken_object_walk()`: +Complete your implementation of `walken_object_walk()`. +We'll also need to include the `list-objects.h` header. ---- +#include "list-objects.h" + +... + traverse_commit_list(rev, walken_show_commit, walken_show_object, NULL); printf("commits %d\nblobs %d\ntags %d\ntrees %d\n", commit_count, @@ -697,7 +718,7 @@ First, we'll need to `#include "list-objects-filter-options.h"` and set up the ---- static void walken_object_walk(struct rev_info *rev) { - struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options = {}; + struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options = { 0 }; ... ---- diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ad404e9aa0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Git v2.34.1 Release Notes +========================= + +This release is primarily to fix a handful of regressions in Git 2.34. + +Fixes since v2.34 +----------------- + + * "git grep" looking in a blob that has non-UTF8 payload was + completely broken when linked with certain versions of PCREv2 + library in the latest release. + + * "git pull" with any strategy when the other side is behind us + should succeed as it is a no-op, but doesn't. + + * An earlier change in 2.34.0 caused JGit application (that abused + GIT_EDITOR mechanism when invoking "git config") to get stuck with + a SIGTTOU signal; it has been reverted. + + * An earlier change that broke .gitignore matching has been reverted. + + * SubmittingPatches document gained a syntactically incorrect mark-up, + which has been corrected. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..120fac5b21 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +Git 2.35 Release Notes +====================== + +Updates since Git 2.34 +---------------------- + +Backward compatibility warts + + * "_" is now treated as any other URL-valid characters in an URL when + matching the per-URL configuration variable names. + + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * "git status --porcelain=v2" now show the number of stash entries + with --show-stash like the normal output does. + + * "git stash" learned the "--staged" option to stash away what has + been added to the index (and nothing else). + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * The use of errno as a means to carry the nature of error in the ref + API implementation has been reworked and reduced. + + * Teach and encourage first-time contributors to this project to + state the base commit when they submit their topic. + + * The command line complation for "git send-email" options have been + tweaked to make it easier to keep it in sync with the command itself. + + +Fixes since v2.34 +----------------- + + * "git grep" looking in a blob that has non-UTF8 payload was + completely broken when linked with certain versions of PCREv2 + library in the latest release. + + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. + + * "git pull" with any strategy when the other side is behind us + should succeed as it is a no-op, but doesn't. + + * An earlier change in 2.34.0 caused JGit application (that abused + GIT_EDITOR mechanism when invoking "git config") to get stuck with + a SIGTTOU signal; it has been reverted. + + * An earlier change that broke .gitignore matching has been reverted. + + * Things like "git -c branch.sort=bogus branch new HEAD", i.e. the + operation modes of the "git branch" command that do not need the + sort key information, no longer errors out by seeing a bogus sort + key. + (merge 98e7ab6d42 jc/fix-ref-sorting-parse later to maint). + + * The compatibility implementation for unsetenv(3) were written to + mimic ancient, non-POSIX, variant seen in an old glibc; it has been + changed to return an integer to match the more modern era. + (merge a38989bd5b jc/unsetenv-returns-an-int later to maint). + + * The clean/smudge conversion code path has been prepared to better + work on platforms where ulong is narrower than size_t. + (merge 596b5e77c9 mc/clean-smudge-with-llp64 later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index e409022d93..11e03056f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ their trees themselves. entitled "What's cooking in git.git" and "What's in git.git" giving the status of various proposed changes. -== GitHub CI[[GHCI]]] +== GitHub CI[[GHCI]] With an account at GitHub, you can use GitHub CI to test your changes on Linux, Mac and Windows. See @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ Follow these steps for the initial setup: After the initial setup, CI will run whenever you push new changes to your fork of Git on GitHub. You can monitor the test state of all your -branches here: https://github.com/<Your GitHub handle>/git/actions/workflows/main.yml +branches here: `https://github.com/<Your GitHub handle>/git/actions/workflows/main.yml` If a branch did not pass all test cases then it is marked with a red cross. In that case you can click on the failing job and navigate to diff --git a/Documentation/date-formats.txt b/Documentation/date-formats.txt index 99c455f51c..67645cae64 100644 --- a/Documentation/date-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/date-formats.txt @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ The `GIT_AUTHOR_DATE` and `GIT_COMMITTER_DATE` environment variables support the following date formats: Git internal format:: - It is `<unix timestamp> <time zone offset>`, where `<unix - timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. - `<time zone offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC. + It is `<unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>`, where + `<unix-timestamp>` is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. + `<time-zone-offset>` is a positive or negative offset from UTC. For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is `+0100`. RFC 2822:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index a595a0ffee..847777fd17 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ git-archimport - Import a GNU Arch repository into Git SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D depth] [-t tempdir] - <archive/branch>[:<git-branch>] ... +'git archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D <depth>] [-t <tempdir>] + <archive>/<branch>[:<git-branch>]... DESCRIPTION ----------- Imports a project from one or more GNU Arch repositories. It will follow branches -and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive/branch> +and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive>/<branch> parameters supplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it as a merge whenever possible (see discussion below). @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import new branches within the provided roots. It expects to be dealing with one project only. If it sees branches that have different roots, it will refuse to run. In that case, -edit your <archive/branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the +edit your <archive>/<branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the import. 'git archimport' uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ incremental imports. While 'git archimport' will try to create sensible branch names for the archives that it imports, it is also possible to specify Git branch names -manually. To do so, write a Git branch name after each <archive/branch> +manually. To do so, write a Git branch name after each <archive>/<branch> parameter, separated by a colon. This way, you can shorten the Arch branch names and convert Arch jargon to Git jargon, for example mapping a "PROJECT{litdd}devo{litdd}VERSION" branch to "master". @@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ OPTIONS Override the default tempdir. -<archive/branch>:: - Archive/branch identifier in a format that `tla log` understands. +<archive>/<branch>:: + <archive>/<branch> identifier in a format that `tla log` understands. GIT diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index d473c9bf38..a52dc49a3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] --detach [<branch>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] <commit> -'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new-branch>] [<start-point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>... 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] --pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul] 'git checkout' (-p|--patch) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<pathspec>...] @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ You could omit `<branch>`, in which case the command degenerates to rather expensive side-effects to show only the tracking information, if exists, for the current branch. -'git checkout' -b|-B <new_branch> [<start point>]:: +'git checkout' -b|-B <new-branch> [<start-point>]:: Specifying `-b` causes a new branch to be created as if linkgit:git-branch[1] were called and then checked out. In @@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ if exists, for the current branch. `--track` without `-b` implies branch creation; see the description of `--track` below. + -If `-B` is given, `<new_branch>` is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it +If `-B` is given, `<new-branch>` is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it is reset. This is the transactional equivalent of + ------------ -$ git branch -f <branch> [<start point>] +$ git branch -f <branch> [<start-point>] $ git checkout <branch> ------------ + @@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ as `ours` (i.e. "our shared canonical history"), while what you did on your side branch as `theirs` (i.e. "one contributor's work on top of it"). --b <new_branch>:: - Create a new branch named `<new_branch>` and start it at - `<start_point>`; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. +-b <new-branch>:: + Create a new branch named `<new-branch>` and start it at + `<start-point>`; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. --B <new_branch>:: - Creates the branch `<new_branch>` and start it at `<start_point>`; - if it already exists, then reset it to `<start_point>`. This is +-B <new-branch>:: + Creates the branch `<new-branch>` and start it at `<start-point>`; + if it already exists, then reset it to `<start-point>`. This is equivalent to running "git branch" with "-f"; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. @@ -210,16 +210,16 @@ variable. `<commit>` is not a branch name. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section below for details. ---orphan <new_branch>:: - Create a new 'orphan' branch, named `<new_branch>`, started from - `<start_point>` and switch to it. The first commit made on this +--orphan <new-branch>:: + Create a new 'orphan' branch, named `<new-branch>`, started from + `<start-point>` and switch to it. The first commit made on this new branch will have no parents and it will be the root of a new history totally disconnected from all the other branches and commits. + The index and the working tree are adjusted as if you had previously run -`git checkout <start_point>`. This allows you to start a new history -that records a set of paths similar to `<start_point>` by easily running +`git checkout <start-point>`. This allows you to start a new history +that records a set of paths similar to `<start-point>` by easily running `git commit -a` to make the root commit. + This can be useful when you want to publish the tree from a commit @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ whose full history contains proprietary or otherwise encumbered bits of code. + If you want to start a disconnected history that records a set of paths -that is totally different from the one of `<start_point>`, then you should +that is totally different from the one of `<start-point>`, then you should clear the index and the working tree right after creating the orphan branch by running `git rm -rf .` from the top level of the working tree. Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the @@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ As a special case, you may use `A...B` as a shortcut for the merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`. -<new_branch>:: +<new-branch>:: Name for the new branch. -<start_point>:: +<start-point>:: The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to `HEAD`. + diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 5d750314b2..78dcc9171f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] +'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m <parent-number>] [-s] [-x] [--ff] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>... 'git cherry-pick' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit) @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ OPTIONS described above, and `-r` was to disable it. Now the default is not to do `-x` so this option is a no-op. --m parent-number:: ---mainline parent-number:: +-m <parent-number>:: +--mainline <parent-number>:: Usually you cannot cherry-pick a merge because you do not know which side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 3fe3810f1c..9685ea0691 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] +'git clone' [--template=<template-directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] + [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags] [--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse] [--[no-]reject-shallow] @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. via ssh, this specifies a non-default path for the command run on the other end. ---template=<template_directory>:: +--template=<template-directory>:: Specify the directory from which templates will be used; (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ or `--mirror` is given) superproject's recorded SHA-1. Equivalent to passing `--remote` to `git submodule update`. ---separate-git-dir=<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, then make a filesystem-agnostic Git symbolic link to there. diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 992225f612..2285effb36 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] name [value [value-pattern]] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add name value -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] --replace-all name value [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get name [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get-all name [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] [--name-only] --get-regexp name_regex [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch name URL -'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset name [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset-all name [value-pattern] -'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name -'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] <name> [<value> [<value-pattern>]] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add <name> <value> +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] --replace-all <name> <value> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get <name> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get-all <name> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] [--name-only] --get-regexp <name-regex> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch <name> <URL> +'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset <name> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset-all <name> [<value-pattern>] +'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section <old-name> <new-name> +'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section <name> 'git config' [<file-option>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--name-only] -l | --list -'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] -'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] +'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color <name> [<default>] +'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool <name> [<stdout-is-tty>] 'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit DESCRIPTION @@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ OPTIONS in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection names are not. ---get-urlmatch name URL:: +--get-urlmatch <name> <URL>:: When given a two-part name section.key, the value for - section.<url>.key whose <url> part matches the best to the + section.<URL>.key whose <URL> part matches the best to the given URL is returned (if no such key exists, the value for section.key is used as a fallback). When given just the section as name, do so for all the keys in the section and @@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>. read from or written to if `extensions.worktreeConfig` is present. If not it's the same as `--local`. --f config-file:: ---file config-file:: +-f <config-file>:: +--file <config-file>:: For writing options: write to the specified file rather than the repository `.git/config`. + @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ available files. + See also <<FILES>>. ---blob blob:: +--blob <blob>:: Similar to `--file` but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g. you can use 'master:.gitmodules' to read values from the file '.gitmodules' in the master branch. See "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" @@ -246,18 +246,18 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include: all queried config options with the scope of that value (local, global, system, command). ---get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]:: +--get-colorbool <name> [<stdout-is-tty>]:: - Find the color setting for `name` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output - "true" or "false". `stdout-is-tty` should be either "true" or + Find the color setting for `<name>` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output + "true" or "false". `<stdout-is-tty>` should be either "true" or "false", and is taken into account when configuration says - "auto". If `stdout-is-tty` is missing, then checks the standard + "auto". If `<stdout-is-tty>` is missing, then checks the standard output of the command itself, and exits with status 0 if color is to be used, or exits with status 1 otherwise. When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses `color.ui` as fallback. ---get-color name [default]:: +--get-color <name> [<default>]:: Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt index 206e3c5f40..f18673017f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-credential - Retrieve and store user credentials SYNOPSIS -------- ------------------ -git credential <fill|approve|reject> +'git credential' (fill|approve|reject) ------------------ DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index 00154b6c85..41c8a8a05c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ 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 +'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d <cvsroot>] + [-w <cvs-workdir>] [-W] [-f] [-m <msgprefix>] [<parent-commit>] <commit-id> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index de1ebed67d..b3f27671a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] [-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>] - [-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>] - [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>] - [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>] + [-C <git-repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>] + [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commit-limit>] + [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS-module>] DESCRIPTION @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ OPTIONS from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the `CVSROOT` environment variable. -<CVS_module>:: +<CVS-module>:: The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>. If not given, 'git cvsimport' tries to read it from `CVS/Repository`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt index 906774f0f7..bf1febb9ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ 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>...] +'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 27acb31cbf..679cae27d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-index - Compare a tree to the working tree or index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] +'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] [<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 2fc24c542f..274d5eaba9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty] [-t] [-r] [-c | --cc] [--combined-all-paths] [--root] [--merge-base] - [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...] + [<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index bd596619c0..5088783dcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs] [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [--[no-]dangling] [--[no-]progress] [--connectivity-only] - [--[no-]name-objects] [<object>*] + [--[no-]name-objects] [<object>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt index c9d7e96214..e8f3ccb433 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gui - A portable graphical interface to Git SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git gui' [<command>] [arguments] +'git gui' [<command>] [<arguments>] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 96d5f598b4..44ea63cc6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]] - [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [COMMAND|GUIDE] + [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<guide>] 'git help' [-g|--guides] 'git help' [-c|--config] DESCRIPTION ----------- -With no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the 'git' +With no options and no '<command>' or '<guide>' given, the synopsis of the 'git' command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed on the standard output. @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ variables. If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased command, use -`git COMMAND --help`. +`git <command> --help`. Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the former is internally converted into the latter. diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt index 9fa17b60e4..319062c021 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ 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 | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <url> +'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w <filename>] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <URL> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index ea03a4eeb0..7c6a6dd7f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...] +'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <URL> <ref> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -63,16 +63,15 @@ of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'. -Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon) -and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be -pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source -side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the -destination side. +Each pattern pair '<src>:<dst>' consists of the source side (before +the colon) and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be +pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side, +and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side. - - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the + - It is an error if '<src>' does not match exactly one of the local refs. - - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either + - If '<dst>' does not match any remote ref, either * it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the destination literally in this case. diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index 648a6cd78a..18bf1a3c8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty Git repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] +'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 b611d80697..ad921fe782 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ 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 <git dir>] [--object-format=<format>] +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] + [--separate-git-dir <git-dir>] [--object-format=<format>] [-b <branch-name> | --initial-branch=<branch-name>] - [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] + [--shared[=<permissions>]] [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ values are 'sha1' and (if enabled) 'sha256'. 'sha1' is the default. + include::object-format-disclaimer.txt[] ---template=<template_directory>:: +--template=<template-directory>:: Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.) ---separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: +--separate-git-dir=<git-dir>:: Instead of initializing the repository as a directory to either `$GIT_DIR` or `./.git/`, create a text file there containing the path to the actual @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ repository. If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently `master`, but this is subject to change in the future; the name can be customized via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable). ---shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]:: +--shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|<perm>)]:: Specify that the Git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This allows users belonging to the same group to push into that @@ -110,13 +110,16 @@ the repository permissions. Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. -'0xxx':: +'<perm>':: -'0xxx' is an octal number and each file will have mode '0xxx'. '0xxx' will -override users' umask(2) value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and -'all' does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but not -group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo that is -readable and writable to the current user and group, but inaccessible to others. +'<perm>' is a 3-digit octal number prefixed with `0` and each file +will have mode '<perm>'. '<perm>' will override users' umask(2) +value (and not only loosen permissions as 'group' and 'all' +does). '0640' will create a repository which is group-readable, but +not group-writable or accessible to others. '0660' will create a repo +that is readable and writable to the current user and group, but +inaccessible to others (directories and executable files get their +`x` bit from the `r` bit for corresponding classes of users). -- By default, the configuration flag `receive.denyNonFastForwards` is enabled diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 0498e7bacb..20e87cecf4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git log' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...] +'git log' [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc. include::line-range-options.txt[] -<revision range>:: +<revision-range>:: Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no - <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the + <revision-range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD` specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of - ways to spell <revision range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges' + ways to spell <revision-range>, see the 'Specifying Ranges' section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. [--] <path>...:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 6d11ab506b..2e3d695fa2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v] [-f] - (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])* - (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])* - [--eol] + [-c|--cached] [-d|--deleted] [-o|--others] [-i|--|ignored] + [-s|--stage] [-u|--unmerged] [-k|--|killed] [-m|--modified] + [--directory [--no-empty-directory]] [--eol] [--deduplicate] [-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>] [-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>] diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt index 2ab84a91e5..eea56b3154 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-merge-index - Run a merge for files needing merging SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <file>*) +'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | ( [--] <file>...) ) DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt index 38e5257b2a..e21fcd8f71 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-p4 - Import from and submit to Perforce repositories SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git p4 clone' [<sync options>] [<clone options>] <p4 depot path>... -'git p4 sync' [<sync options>] [<p4 depot path>...] +'git p4 clone' [<sync-options>] [<clone-options>] <p4-depot-path>... +'git p4 sync' [<sync-options>] [<p4-depot-path>...] 'git p4 rebase' -'git p4 submit' [<submit options>] [<master branch name>] +'git p4 submit' [<submit-options>] [<master-branch-name>] DESCRIPTION @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior. p4/master. See the "Sync options" section above for more information. ---commit <sha1>|<sha1..sha1>:: +--commit (<sha1>|<sha1>..<sha1>):: Submit only the specified commit or range of commits, instead of the full list of changes that are in the current Git branch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index dbfd1f9017..f8344e1e5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>] - [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | base-name] - [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < object-list + [--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | <base-name>] + [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < <object-list> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt index f2869da572..ee7034b5e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... > +'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] ( --all | <pack-filename>... ) DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index ff487ff77d..5ced7ad4f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: [verse] -'git reflog' ['show'] [log-options] [<ref>] +'git reflog' ['show'] [<log-options>] [<ref>] 'git reflog expire' [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--rewrite] [--updateref] [--stale-fix] [--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] [--all [--single-worktree] | <refs>...] 'git reflog delete' [--rewrite] [--updateref] - [--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] ref@\{specifier\}... + [--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] <ref>@\{<specifier>\}... 'git reflog exists' <ref> Reference logs, or "reflogs", record when the tips of branches and diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 31c29c9b31..2bebc32566 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] -'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <url> +'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <URL> 'git remote rename' <old> <new> 'git remote remove' <name> 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>) @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS '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> +'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <URL> 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>... 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>... 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...] @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes. 'add':: Add a remote named <name> for the repository at -<url>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and +<URL>. The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>. + With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ With `--push`, push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs. With `--add`, instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added. + With `--delete`, instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching -regex <url> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all +regex <URL> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an error. + Note that the push URL and the fetch URL, even though they can diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt index 4d4392d0f8..fa5a426709 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <url> [<end>] +'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <URL> [<end>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled. The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by `<start>` and the output asks it to integrate the changes you made since that commit, up to the commit named by `<end>`, by visiting -the repository named by `<url>`. +the repository named by `<URL>`. OPTIONS @@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ OPTIONS Commit to start at. This names a commit that is already in the upstream history. -<url>:: +<URL>:: The repository URL to be pulled from. <end>:: Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD). This names the commit at the tip of the history you are asking to be pulled. + -When the repository named by `<url>` has the commit at a tip of a +When the repository named by `<URL>` has the commit at a tip of a ref that is different from the ref you have locally, you can use the `<local>:<remote>` syntax, to have its local name, a colon `:`, and its remote name. diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 3db4eab4ba..41cd8cb424 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory|rev-list options>... +'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory>... +'git send-email' [<options>] <format-patch options> 'git send-email' --dump-aliases @@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out. Patches can be specified as files, directories (which will send all files in the directory), or directly as a revision list. In the last case, any format accepted by linkgit:git-format-patch[1] can -be passed to git send-email. +be passed to git send-email, as well as options understood by +linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. The header of the email is configurable via command-line options. If not specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index c9c7f3065c..f64e77047b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...] +'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...] git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [<options>] DESCRIPTION @@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ counts both authors and co-authors. If width is `0` (zero) then indent the lines of the output without wrapping them. -<revision range>:: +<revision-range>:: Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no - <revision range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the + <revision-range> is specified, it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the whole history leading to the current commit). `origin..HEAD` specifies all the commits reachable from the current commit (i.e. `HEAD`), but not from `origin`. For a complete list of - ways to spell <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges" + ways to spell <revision-range>, see the "Specifying Ranges" section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. [--] <path>...:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt index 42056ee9ff..9a78dd721e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ given by a list of patterns. SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [options]' +'git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [<options>]' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-stage.txt b/Documentation/git-stage.txt index 25bcda936d..2f6aaa75b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stage.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stage.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-stage - Add file contents to the staging area SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git stage' args... +'git stage' <arg>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index be6084ccef..6e15f47525 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' [push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] +'git stash' [push [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-m|--message <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>...]] @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stash index (e.g. the integer `n` is equivalent to `stash@{n}`). COMMANDS -------- -push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>...]:: +push [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>...]:: Save your local modifications to a new 'stash entry' and roll them back to HEAD (in the working tree and in the index). @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ subcommand from making an unwanted stash entry. The two exceptions to this are `stash -p` which acts as alias for `stash push -p` and pathspec elements, which are allowed after a double hyphen `--` for disambiguation. -save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +save [-p|--patch] [-S|--staged] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: This option is deprecated in favour of 'git stash push'. It differs from "stash push" in that it cannot take pathspec. @@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use `--no-keep-index` to override this. +-S:: +--staged:: + This option is only valid for `push` and `save` commands. ++ +Stash only the changes that are currently staged. This is similar to +basic `git commit` except the state is committed to the stash instead +of current branch. ++ +The `--patch` option has priority over this one. + --pathspec-from-file=<file>:: This option is only valid for `push` command. + @@ -341,6 +351,24 @@ $ edit/build/test remaining parts $ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts' ---------------------------------------------------------------- +Saving unrelated changes for future use:: + +When you are in the middle of massive changes and you find some +unrelated issue that you don't want to forget to fix, you can do the +change(s), stage them, and use `git stash push --staged` to stash them +out for future use. This is similar to committing the staged changes, +only the commit ends-up being in the stash and not on the current branch. ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +# ... hack hack hack ... +$ git add --patch foo # add unrelated changes to the index +$ git stash push --staged # save these changes to the stash +# ... hack hack hack, finish curent changes ... +$ git commit -m 'Massive' # commit fully tested changes +$ git switch fixup-branch # switch to another branch +$ git stash pop # to finish work on the saved changes +---------------------------------------------------------------- + Recovering stash entries that were cleared/dropped erroneously:: If you mistakenly drop or clear stash entries, they cannot be recovered diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 4a2c3e0408..54a4b29b47 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -314,6 +314,14 @@ Line Notes ------------------------------------------------------------ .... +Stash Information +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If `--show-stash` is given, one line is printed showing the number of stash +entries if non-zero: + + # stash <N> + Changed Tracked Entries ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 222b556d7a..4e92308e85 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ OPTIONS ------- --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody)]:: ---template=<template_directory>:: +--template=<template-directory>:: Only used with the 'init' command. These are passed directly to 'git init'. diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 6072f936ab..387cc1b914 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ ifdef::git-default-pager[] The build you are using chose '{git-default-pager}' as the default. endif::git-default-pager[] +GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH:: + The name of the first branch created in newly initialized repositories. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index 8d162b56c5..f2f996cbe1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-web--browse - Git helper script to launch a web browser SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git web{litdd}browse' [<options>] <url|file>... +'git web{litdd}browse' [<options>] (<URL>|<file>)... DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 281c5f8cae..13f83a2a3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -832,8 +832,9 @@ for full details. `GIT_TRACE_REDACT`:: By default, when tracing is activated, Git redacts the values of - cookies, the "Authorization:" header, and the "Proxy-Authorization:" - header. Set this variable to `0` to prevent this redaction. + cookies, the "Authorization:" header, the "Proxy-Authorization:" + header and packfile URIs. Set this variable to `0` to prevent this + redaction. `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS`:: Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt index 758bf39ba3..80517b4eb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ because the hostnames differ. Nor would it match `foo.example.com`; Git compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not match: Git compares the protocols exactly. However, you may use wildcards in -the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<url>.*` +the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<URL>.*` options. If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Options for a credential context can be configured either in `credential.*` (which applies to all credentials), or -`credential.<url>.*`, where <url> matches the context as described +`credential.<URL>.*`, where <URL> matches the context as described above. The following options are available in either location: diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt index 891c8da4fd..941858a6ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Workflow for a third party library ---------------------------------- # Add a submodule - git submodule add <url> <path> + git submodule add <URL> <path> # Occasionally update the submodule to a new version: git -C <path> checkout <new version> diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt index 47cf97f9be..59305265c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ request to do so by mail. Such a request looks like ------------------------------------- Please pull from - <url> <branch> + <URL> <branch> ------------------------------------- In that case, 'git pull' can do the fetch and merge in one go, as @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ follows. .Push/pull: Merging remote topics [caption="Recipe: "] ===================================== -`git pull <url> <branch>` +`git pull <URL> <branch>` ===================================== Occasionally, the maintainer may get merge conflicts when they try to @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ merge because you cannot format-patch merges): .format-patch/am: Keeping topics up to date [caption="Recipe: "] ===================================== -`git pull --rebase <url> <branch>` +`git pull --rebase <URL> <branch>` ===================================== You can then fix the conflicts during the rebase. Presumably you have diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index ef6bd420ae..23f6335887 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ built-in formats: * 'oneline' - <hash> <title line> + <hash> <title-line> + This is designed to be as compact as possible. @@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible. commit <hash> Author: <author> - <title line> + <title-line> * 'medium' commit <hash> Author: <author> - Date: <author date> + Date: <author-date> - <title line> + <title-line> - <full commit message> + <full-commit-message> * 'full' @@ -47,25 +47,25 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible. Author: <author> Commit: <committer> - <title line> + <title-line> - <full commit message> + <full-commit-message> * 'fuller' commit <hash> Author: <author> - AuthorDate: <author date> + AuthorDate: <author-date> Commit: <committer> - CommitDate: <committer date> + CommitDate: <committer-date> - <title line> + <title-line> - <full commit message> + <full-commit-message> * 'reference' - <abbrev hash> (<title line>, <short author date>) + <abbrev-hash> (<title-line>, <short-author-date>) + This format is used to refer to another commit in a commit message and is the same as `--pretty='format:%C(auto)%h (%s, %ad)'`. By default, @@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like From <hash> <date> From: <author> - Date: <author date> - Subject: [PATCH] <title line> + Date: <author-date> + Subject: [PATCH] <title-line> - <full commit message> + <full-commit-message> * 'mboxrd' + @@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ commits are displayed, but not the way the diff is shown e.g. with `git log --raw`. To get full object names in a raw diff format, use `--no-abbrev`. -* 'format:<string>' +* 'format:<format-string>' + -The 'format:<string>' format allows you to specify which information +The 'format:<format-string>' format allows you to specify which information you want to show. It works a little bit like printf format, with the notable exception that you get a newline with '%n' instead of '\n'. @@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] If any option is provided multiple times the last occurrence wins. + -The boolean options accept an optional value `[=<BOOL>]`. The values +The boolean options accept an optional value `[=<value>]`. The values `true`, `false`, `on`, `off` etc. are all accepted. See the "boolean" sub-section in "EXAMPLES" in linkgit:git-config[1]. If a boolean option is given with no value, it's enabled. + -** 'key=<K>': only show trailers with specified key. Matching is done +** 'key=<key>': only show trailers with specified <key>. Matching is done case-insensitively and trailing colon is optional. If option is given multiple times trailer lines matching any of the keys are shown. This option automatically enables the `only` option so that @@ -286,25 +286,25 @@ option is given with no value, it's enabled. desired it can be disabled with `only=false`. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Reviewed-by)` shows trailer lines with key `Reviewed-by`. -** 'only[=<BOOL>]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer +** 'only[=<bool>]': select whether non-trailer lines from the trailer block should be included. -** 'separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between trailer +** 'separator=<sep>': specify a separator inserted between trailer lines. When this option is not given each trailer line is - terminated with a line feed character. The string SEP may contain + terminated with a line feed character. The string <sep> may contain the literal formatting codes described above. To use comma as separator one must use `%x2C` as it would otherwise be parsed as next option. E.g., `%(trailers:key=Ticket,separator=%x2C )` shows all trailer lines whose key is "Ticket" separated by a comma and a space. -** 'unfold[=<BOOL>]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold` +** 'unfold[=<bool>]': make it behave as if interpret-trailer's `--unfold` option was given. E.g., `%(trailers:only,unfold=true)` unfolds and shows all trailer lines. -** 'keyonly[=<BOOL>]': only show the key part of the trailer. -** 'valueonly[=<BOOL>]': only show the value part of the trailer. -** 'key_value_separator=<SEP>': specify a separator inserted between +** 'keyonly[=<bool>]': only show the key part of the trailer. +** 'valueonly[=<bool>]': only show the value part of the trailer. +** 'key_value_separator=<sep>': specify a separator inserted between trailer lines. When this option is not given each trailer key-value pair is separated by ": ". Otherwise it shares the same semantics - as 'separator=<SEP>' above. + as 'separator=<sep>' above. NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 24569b06d1..43a86fa562 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ omitted. has no effect. `--date=format:...` feeds the format `...` to your system `strftime`, -except for %z and %Z, which are handled internally. +except for %s, %z, and %Z, which are handled internally. 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. When using `-local`, the correct syntax is diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt index 21e8258ccf..8a877d27e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt @@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ command can be requested at a time. empty-request = flush-pkt command-request = command capability-list - [command-args] + delim-pkt + command-args flush-pkt command = PKT-LINE("command=" key LF) - command-args = delim-pkt - *command-specific-arg + command-args = *command-specific-arg command-specific-args are packet line framed arguments defined by each individual command. diff --git a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt index bd184cd653..86d0008f94 100644 --- a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt +++ b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ config file would appear like this: ------------ [remote "<name>"] - url = <url> + url = <URL> pushurl = <pushurl> push = <refspec> fetch = <refspec> ------------ The `<pushurl>` is used for pushes only. It is optional and defaults -to `<url>`. +to `<URL>`. Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ This file should have the following format: ------------ - <url>#<head> + <URL>#<head> ------------ -`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional. +`<URL>` is required; `#<head>` is optional. Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line. |