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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.7.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.2.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.2.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-apply.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-log.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-notes.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-prune.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pull.txt | 65 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-request-pull.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 347 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-show-ref.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pretty-options.txt | 2 |
21 files changed, 434 insertions, 212 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.7.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d0cb7ca7e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.7.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Git v1.7.0.7 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.0.6 +-------------------- + + * "make NO_CURL=NoThanks install" was broken. + + * An overlong line after ".gitdir: " in a git file caused out of bounds + access to an array on the stack. + + * "git config --path conf.var" to attempt to expand a variable conf.var + that uses "~/" short-hand segfaulted when $HOME environment variable + was not set. + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.2.txt index 46b6a960c7..61ba14e262 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.2.txt @@ -17,3 +17,12 @@ Fixes since v1.7.1.1 * "git rev-parse --parseopt --stop-at-non-option" did not stop at non option when --keep-dashdash was in effect. + + * An overlong line after ".gitdir: " in a git file caused out of bounds + access to an array on the stack. + + * "git config --path conf.var" to attempt to expand a variable conf.var + that uses "~/" short-hand segfaulted when $HOME environment variable + was not set. + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1103c47a4f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Git v1.7.2.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.2 +------------------ + + * "git instaweb" wasn't useful when your Apache was installed under a + name other than apache2 (e.g. "httpd"). + + * Similarly, "git web--browse" (invoked by "git help -w") learned that + chrome browser is sometimes called google-chrome. + + * An overlong line after ".gitdir: " in a git file caused out of bounds + access to an array on the stack. + + * "git config --path conf.var" to attempt to expand a variable conf.var + that uses "~/" short-hand segfaulted when $HOME environment variable + was not set. + + * Documentation on Cygwin failed to build. + + * The error message from "git pull blarg" when 'blarg' is an unknown + remote name has been improved. + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..71eb6a8b0a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Git v1.7.2.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.2.1 +-------------------- + + * Object transfer over smart http transport deadlocked the client when + the remote HTTP server returned a failure, instead of erroring it out. + + * git-gui honors custom textconv filters when showing diff and blame; + + * git diff --relative=subdir (without the necessary trailing /) did not + work well; + + * "git diff-files -p --submodule" was recently broken; + + * "git checkout -b n ':/token'" did not work; + + * "git index-pack" (hence "git fetch/clone/pull/push") enabled the object + replacement machinery by mistake (it never should have); + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt index f24b3876af..15cf01178c 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Git v1.7.2 Release Notes (draft) -================================ +Git v1.7.2 Release Notes +======================== Updates since v1.7.1 -------------------- @@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ Updates since v1.7.1 * The test harness has been updated to produce TAP-friendly output. + * Many documentation improvement patches are also included. + Fixes since v1.7.1 ------------------ @@ -147,9 +149,3 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. * "git read-tree -m A B" used to switch to branch B while retaining local changes added an incorrect cache-tree information (b1f47514). - --- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.7.2-rc2-17-gc9a9766 -echo O=$(git describe HEAD) -git shortlog --no-merges HEAD ^maint ^$O diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index e15c6123f4..7fffee7e3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1560,6 +1560,10 @@ receive.denyDeletes:: If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push. +receive.denyDeleteCurrent:: + If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that + deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository. + receive.denyCurrentBranch:: If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 2371262b10..eecedaab6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -206,10 +206,29 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] the diff-patch output format. Non default number of digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`. --B:: - Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create. - --M:: +-B[<n>][/<m>]:: + Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and + create. This serves two purposes: ++ +It affects the way a change that amounts to a total rewrite of a file +not as a series of deletion and insertion mixed together with a very +few lines that happen to match textually as the context, but as a +single deletion of everything old followed by a single insertion of +everything new, and the number `m` controls this aspect of the -B +option (defaults to 60%). `-B/70%` specifies that less than 30% of the +original should remain in the result for git to consider it a total +rewrite (i.e. otherwise the resulting patch will be a series of +deletion and insertion mixed together with context lines). ++ +When used with -M, a totally-rewritten file is also considered as the +source of a rename (usually -M only considers a file that disappeared +as the source of a rename), and the number `n` controls this aspect of +the -B option (defaults to 50%). `-B20%` specifies that a change with +addition and deletion compared to 20% or more of the file's size are +eligible for being picked up as a possible source of a rename to +another file. + +-M[<n>]:: ifndef::git-log[] Detect renames. endif::git-log[] @@ -218,9 +237,15 @@ ifdef::git-log[] For following files across renames while traversing history, see `--follow`. endif::git-log[] + If `n` is specified, it is a is a threshold on the similarity + index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the + file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a + delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file + hasn't changed. --C:: +-C[<n>]:: Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`. + If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`. ifndef::git-format-patch[] --diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 8463439ac5..4a74b23d40 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ with the `--cache` option the patch is only applied to the index. Without these options, the command applies the patch only to files, and does not require them to be in a git repository. +This command applies the patch but does not create a commit. Use +linkgit:git-am[1] to create commits from patches generated by +linkgit:git-format-patch[1] and/or received by email. + OPTIONS ------- <patch>...:: @@ -242,6 +246,12 @@ If `--index` is not specified, then the submodule commits in the patch are ignored and only the absence or presence of the corresponding subdirectory is checked and (if possible) updated. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-am[1]. + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index e970664fe1..c213bdbdc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ OPTIONS paths. With this, the full diff is shown for commits that touch the specified paths; this means that "<path>..." limits only commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. ++ +Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those +produced by --stat etc. --log-size:: Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 3521637b58..bd919f2dfd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -106,8 +106,16 @@ OPTIONS with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense. -t:: - Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by - a space) at the start of each line: + This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose, + linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and + linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always + superior alternatives, and users should look at + linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1] + `--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives. ++ +This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by +a space) at the start of each line: + H:: cached S:: skip-worktree M:: unmerged diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index 5540af5d16..2981d8c5ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -129,10 +129,12 @@ OPTIONS is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified. -n:: +--dry-run:: Do not remove anything; just report the object names whose notes would be removed. -v:: +--verbose:: Report all object names whose notes are removed. diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index 15cfb7a8dc..4d673a5686 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ OPTIONS ------- -n:: +--dry-run:: Do not remove anything; just report what it would remove. -v:: +--verbose:: Report all removed objects. \--:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index ab4de10358..c50f7dcb89 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -8,29 +8,72 @@ git-pull - Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch SYNOPSIS -------- -'git pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>... +'git pull' [options] [<repository> [<refspec>...]] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Runs 'git fetch' with the given parameters, and calls 'git merge' -to merge the retrieved head(s) into the current branch. -With `--rebase`, calls 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. -Note that you can use `.` (current directory) as the -<repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful -when merging local branches into the current branch. +Incorporates changes from a remote repository into the current +branch. In its default mode, `git pull` is shorthand for +`git fetch` followed by `git merge FETCH_HEAD`. -Also note that options meant for 'git pull' itself and underlying -'git merge' must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. +More precisely, 'git pull' runs 'git fetch' with the given +parameters and calls 'git merge' to merge the retrieved branch +heads into the current branch. +With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. -*Warning*: Running 'git pull' (actually, the underlying 'git merge') +<repository> should be the name of a remote repository as +passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1]. <refspec> can name an +arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even +a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches +(e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is +the name of a branch in the remote repository. + +Default values for <repository> and <branch> are read from the +"remote" and "merge" configuration for the current branch +as set by linkgit:git-branch[1] `--track`. + +Assume the following history exists and the current branch is +"`master`": + +------------ + A---B---C master on origin + / + D---E---F---G master +------------ + +Then "`git pull`" will fetch and replay the changes from the remote +`master` branch since it diverged from the local `master` (i.e., `E`) +until its current commit (`C`) on top of `master` and record the +result in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits +and a log message from the user describing the changes. + +------------ + A---B---C remotes/origin/master + / \ + D---E---F---G---H master +------------ + +See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details, including how conflicts +are presented and handled. + +In git 1.7.0 or later, to cancel a conflicting merge, use +`git reset --merge`. *Warning*: In older versions of git, running 'git pull' with uncommitted changes is discouraged: while possible, it leaves you -in a state that is hard to back out of in the case of a conflict. +in a state that may be hard to back out of in the case of a conflict. + +If any of the remote changes overlap with local uncommitted changes, +the merge will be automatically cancelled and the work tree untouched. +It is generally best to get any local changes in working order before +pulling or stash them away with linkgit:git-stash[1]. OPTIONS ------- +Options meant for 'git pull' itself and the underlying 'git merge' +must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. + -q:: --quiet:: This is passed to both underlying git-fetch to squelch reporting of diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index b68abff28a..658ff2ff67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -200,16 +200,29 @@ summary:: For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new values of the ref in a form suitable for using as an argument to `git log` (this is `<old>..<new>` in most cases, and - `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates). For a - failed update, more details are given for the failure. - The string `rejected` indicates that git did not try to send the - ref at all (typically because it is not a fast-forward). The - string `remote rejected` indicates that the remote end refused - the update; this rejection is typically caused by a hook on the - remote side. The string `remote failure` indicates that the - remote end did not report the successful update of the ref - (perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a - break in the network connection, or other transient error). + `<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates). ++ +For a failed update, more details are given: ++ +-- +rejected:: + Git did not try to send the ref at all, typically because it + is not a fast-forward and you did not force the update. + +remote rejected:: + The remote end refused the update. Usually caused by a hook + on the remote side, or because the remote repository has one + of the following safety options in effect: + `receive.denyCurrentBranch` (for pushes to the checked out + branch), `receive.denyNonFastForwards` (for forced + non-fast-forward updates), `receive.denyDeletes` or + `receive.denyDeleteCurrent`. See linkgit:git-config[1]. + +remote failure:: + The remote end did not report the successful update of the ref, + perhaps because of a temporary error on the remote side, a + break in the network connection, or other transient error. +-- from:: The name of the local ref being pushed, minus its diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index f6037c4f6a..2e78da448f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -412,6 +412,13 @@ turn `core.sparseCheckout` on in order to have sparse checkout support. +BUGS +---- +In order to match a directory with $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout, +trailing slash must be used. The form without trailing slash, while +works with .gitignore, does not work with sparse checkout. + + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-write-tree[1]; linkgit:git-ls-files[1]; diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt index 19335fddae..400f61f6e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes SYNOPSIS -------- -'git request-pull' <start> <url> [<end>] +'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <url> [<end>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ the given URL in the generated summary. OPTIONS ------- +-p:: + Show patch text + <start>:: Commit to start at. diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index a9d287f629..9cf31485fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -8,40 +8,50 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... 'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Sets the current head to the specified commit and optionally resets the -index and working tree to match. - -This command is useful if you notice some small error in a recent -commit (or set of commits) and want to redo that part without showing -the undo in the history. - -If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch, -linkgit:git-revert[1] is your friend. - -The second and third forms with 'paths' and/or --patch are used to -revert selected paths in the index from a given commit, without moving -HEAD. - +In the first and second form, copy entries from <commit> to the index. +In the third form, set the current branch to <commit>, optionally +modifying index and worktree to match. The <commit> defaults to HEAD +in all forms. + +'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...:: + This form resets the index entries for all <paths> to their + state at the <commit>. (It does not affect the worktree, nor + the current branch.) ++ +This means that `git reset <paths>` is the opposite of `git add +<paths>`. -OPTIONS -------- ---mixed:: - Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., the changed files - are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not - been updated. This is the default action. +'git reset' --patch|-p [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]:: + Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index + and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied + in reverse to the index. ++ +This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see +linkgit:git-add[1]). +'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]:: + This form points the current branch to <commit> and then + updates index and working tree according to <mode>, which must + be one of the following: ++ +-- --soft:: Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed files "Changes to be committed", as 'git status' would put it. +--mixed:: + Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., the changed files + are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not + been updated. This is the default action. + --hard:: Matches the working tree and index to that of the tree being switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree @@ -59,132 +69,46 @@ OPTIONS the given commit. If a file that is different between the current commit and the given commit has local changes, reset is aborted. +-- --p:: ---patch:: - Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index - and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied - in reverse to the index. -+ -This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see -linkgit:git-add[1]). +If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch, +linkgit:git-revert[1] is your friend. + + +OPTIONS +------- -q:: --quiet:: Be quiet, only report errors. -<commit>:: - Commit to make the current HEAD. If not given defaults to HEAD. - -DISCUSSION ----------- -The tables below show what happens when running: - ----------- -git reset --option target ----------- - -to reset the HEAD to another commit (`target`) with the different -reset options depending on the state of the files. - -In these tables, A, B, C and D are some different states of a -file. For example, the first line of the first table means that if a -file is in state A in the working tree, in state B in the index, in -state C in HEAD and in state D in the target, then "git reset --soft -target" will put the file in state A in the working tree, in state B -in the index and in state D in HEAD. - - working index HEAD target working index HEAD - ---------------------------------------------------- - A B C D --soft A B D - --mixed A D D - --hard D D D - --merge (disallowed) - --keep (disallowed) - - working index HEAD target working index HEAD - ---------------------------------------------------- - A B C C --soft A B C - --mixed A C C - --hard C C C - --merge (disallowed) - --keep A C C - - working index HEAD target working index HEAD - ---------------------------------------------------- - B B C D --soft B B D - --mixed B D D - --hard D D D - --merge D D D - --keep (disallowed) - - working index HEAD target working index HEAD - ---------------------------------------------------- - B B C C --soft B B C - --mixed B C C - --hard C C C - --merge C C C - --keep B C C - - working index HEAD target working index HEAD - ---------------------------------------------------- - B C C D --soft B C D - --mixed B D D - --hard D D D - --merge (disallowed) - --keep (disallowed) - - working index HEAD target working index HEAD - ---------------------------------------------------- - B C C C --soft B C C - --mixed B C C - --hard C C C - --merge B C C - --keep B C C - -"reset --merge" is meant to be used when resetting out of a conflicted -merge. Any mergy operation guarantees that the work tree file that is -involved in the merge does not have local change wrt the index before -it starts, and that it writes the result out to the work tree. So if -we see some difference between the index and the target and also -between the index and the work tree, then it means that we are not -resetting out from a state that a mergy operation left after failing -with a conflict. That is why we disallow --merge option in this case. - -"reset --keep" is meant to be used when removing some of the last -commits in the current branch while keeping changes in the working -tree. If there could be conflicts between the changes in the commit we -want to remove and the changes in the working tree we want to keep, -the reset is disallowed. That's why it is disallowed if there are both -changes between the working tree and HEAD, and between HEAD and the -target. To be safe, it is also disallowed when there are unmerged -entries. - -The following tables show what happens when there are unmerged -entries: - - working index HEAD target working index HEAD - ---------------------------------------------------- - X U A B --soft (disallowed) - --mixed X B B - --hard B B B - --merge B B B - --keep (disallowed) - - working index HEAD target working index HEAD - ---------------------------------------------------- - X U A A --soft (disallowed) - --mixed X A A - --hard A A A - --merge A A A - --keep (disallowed) - -X means any state and U means an unmerged index. - -Examples +EXAMPLES -------- +Undo add:: ++ +------------ +$ edit <1> +$ git add frotz.c filfre.c +$ mailx <2> +$ git reset <3> +$ git pull git://info.example.com/ nitfol <4> +------------ ++ +<1> You are happily working on something, and find the changes +in these files are in good order. You do not want to see them +when you run "git diff", because you plan to work on other files +and changes with these files are distracting. +<2> Somebody asks you to pull, and the changes sounds worthy of merging. +<3> However, you already dirtied the index (i.e. your index does +not match the HEAD commit). But you know the pull you are going +to make does not affect frotz.c nor filfre.c, so you revert the +index changes for these two files. Your changes in working tree +remain there. +<4> Then you can pull and merge, leaving frotz.c and filfre.c +changes still in the working tree. + Undo a commit and redo:: + ------------ @@ -204,19 +128,6 @@ edit the message further, you can give -C option instead. + See also the --amend option to linkgit:git-commit[1]. -Undo commits permanently:: -+ ------------- -$ git commit ... -$ git reset --hard HEAD~3 <1> ------------- -+ -<1> The last three commits (HEAD, HEAD^, and HEAD~2) were bad -and you do not want to ever see them again. Do *not* do this if -you have already given these commits to somebody else. (See the -"RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1] for -the implications of doing so.) - Undo a commit, making it a topic branch:: + ------------ @@ -232,28 +143,18 @@ current HEAD. <2> Rewind the master branch to get rid of those three commits. <3> Switch to "topic/wip" branch and keep working. -Undo add:: +Undo commits permanently:: + ------------ -$ edit <1> -$ git add frotz.c filfre.c -$ mailx <2> -$ git reset <3> -$ git pull git://info.example.com/ nitfol <4> +$ git commit ... +$ git reset --hard HEAD~3 <1> ------------ + -<1> You are happily working on something, and find the changes -in these files are in good order. You do not want to see them -when you run "git diff", because you plan to work on other files -and changes with these files are distracting. -<2> Somebody asks you to pull, and the changes sounds worthy of merging. -<3> However, you already dirtied the index (i.e. your index does -not match the HEAD commit). But you know the pull you are going -to make does not affect frotz.c nor filfre.c, so you revert the -index changes for these two files. Your changes in working tree -remain there. -<4> Then you can pull and merge, leaving frotz.c and filfre.c -changes still in the working tree. +<1> The last three commits (HEAD, HEAD^, and HEAD~2) were bad +and you do not want to ever see them again. Do *not* do this if +you have already given these commits to somebody else. (See the +"RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1] for +the implications of doing so.) Undo a merge or pull:: + @@ -376,6 +277,114 @@ $ git reset --keep start <3> <3> But you can use "reset --keep" to remove the unwanted commit after you switched to "branch2". + +DISCUSSION +---------- + +The tables below show what happens when running: + +---------- +git reset --option target +---------- + +to reset the HEAD to another commit (`target`) with the different +reset options depending on the state of the files. + +In these tables, A, B, C and D are some different states of a +file. For example, the first line of the first table means that if a +file is in state A in the working tree, in state B in the index, in +state C in HEAD and in state D in the target, then "git reset --soft +target" will put the file in state A in the working tree, in state B +in the index and in state D in HEAD. + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + A B C D --soft A B D + --mixed A D D + --hard D D D + --merge (disallowed) + --keep (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + A B C C --soft A B C + --mixed A C C + --hard C C C + --merge (disallowed) + --keep A C C + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B B C D --soft B B D + --mixed B D D + --hard D D D + --merge D D D + --keep (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B B C C --soft B B C + --mixed B C C + --hard C C C + --merge C C C + --keep B C C + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B C C D --soft B C D + --mixed B D D + --hard D D D + --merge (disallowed) + --keep (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B C C C --soft B C C + --mixed B C C + --hard C C C + --merge B C C + --keep B C C + +"reset --merge" is meant to be used when resetting out of a conflicted +merge. Any mergy operation guarantees that the work tree file that is +involved in the merge does not have local change wrt the index before +it starts, and that it writes the result out to the work tree. So if +we see some difference between the index and the target and also +between the index and the work tree, then it means that we are not +resetting out from a state that a mergy operation left after failing +with a conflict. That is why we disallow --merge option in this case. + +"reset --keep" is meant to be used when removing some of the last +commits in the current branch while keeping changes in the working +tree. If there could be conflicts between the changes in the commit we +want to remove and the changes in the working tree we want to keep, +the reset is disallowed. That's why it is disallowed if there are both +changes between the working tree and HEAD, and between HEAD and the +target. To be safe, it is also disallowed when there are unmerged +entries. + +The following tables show what happens when there are unmerged +entries: + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + X U A B --soft (disallowed) + --mixed X B B + --hard B B B + --merge B B B + --keep (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + X U A A --soft (disallowed) + --mixed X A A + --hard A A A + --merge A A A + --keep (disallowed) + +X means any state and U means an unmerged index. + + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 0727f431c6..be4c053360 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -184,10 +184,13 @@ scripts the same facilities C builtins have. It works as an option normalizer (e.g. splits single switches aggregate values), a bit like `getopt(1)` does. It takes on the standard input the specification of the options to parse and -understand, and echoes on the standard output a line suitable for `sh(1)` `eval` +understand, and echoes on the standard output a string suitable for `sh(1)` `eval` to replace the arguments with normalized ones. In case of error, it outputs usage on the standard error stream, and exits with code 129. +Note: Make sure you quote the result when passing it to `eval`. See +below for an example. + Input Format ~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ bar= some cool option --bar with an argument An option group Header C? option C with an optional argument" -eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?` +eval "$(echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)" ------------ SQ-QUOTE diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt index 3f9d9c6db3..75780d7d63 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt @@ -163,9 +163,15 @@ flag, so you can do to get a listing of all tags together with what they dereference. +FILES +----- +`.git/refs/*`, `.git/packed-refs` + SEE ALSO -------- -linkgit:git-ls-remote[1] +linkgit:git-ls-remote[1], +linkgit:git-update-ref[1], +linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] AUTHORS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 12066ab3fc..531789321c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -44,15 +44,24 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.1.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.1.1] +* link:v1.7.2.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.2] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.7.2.2.txt[1.7.2.2], + link:RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt[1.7.2.1], + link:RelNotes-1.7.2.txt[1.7.2]. + +* link:v1.7.1.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.1.2] + +* release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.7.1.2.txt[1.7.1.2], link:RelNotes-1.7.1.1.txt[1.7.1.1], link:RelNotes-1.7.1.txt[1.7.1]. -* link:v1.7.0.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.6] +* link:v1.7.0.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.7] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.7.0.7.txt[1.7.0.7], link:RelNotes-1.7.0.6.txt[1.7.0.6], link:RelNotes-1.7.0.5.txt[1.7.0.5], link:RelNotes-1.7.0.4.txt[1.7.0.4], @@ -719,6 +728,13 @@ The documentation for git suite was started by David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>, and later enhanced greatly by the contributors on the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +Reporting Bugs +-------------- + +Report bugs to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org> where the +development and maintenance is primarily done. You do not have to be +subscribed to the list to send a message there. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:gittutorial[7], linkgit:gittutorial-2[7], diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index d78e121c76..9b6f3899ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --pretty[='<format>']:: ---format[='<format>']:: +--format='<format>':: Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format, where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium', |