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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.1.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt37
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt58
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-count-objects.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-hash-object.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-imap-send.txt78
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-base.txt77
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-revert.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt157
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.txt2
24 files changed, 564 insertions, 106 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49d7a1cafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+GIT v1.6.0.1 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.0
+------------------
+
+* "git diff --cc" did not honor content mangling specified by
+ gitattributes and core.autocrlf when reading from the work tree.
+
+* "git diff --check" incorrectly detected new trailing blank lines when
+ whitespace check was in effect.
+
+* "git for-each-ref" tried to dereference NULL when asked for '%(body)" on
+ a tag with a single incomplete line as its payload.
+
+* "git format-patch" peeked before the beginning of a string when
+ "format.headers" variable is empty (a misconfiguration).
+
+* "git help help" did not work correctly.
+
+* "git mailinfo" (hence "git am") was unhappy when MIME multipart message
+ contained garbage after the finishing boundary.
+
+* "git mailinfo" also was unhappy when the "From: " line only had a bare
+ e-mail address.
+
+* "git merge" did not refresh the index correctly when a merge resulted in
+ a fast-forward.
+
+* "git merge" did not resolve a truly trivial merges that can be done
+ without content level merges.
+
+* "git svn dcommit" to a repository with URL that has embedded usernames
+ did not work correctly.
+
+Contains other various documentation fixes.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt
index 8afb5b2531..de7ef166b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ introduced in v1.5.2 and v1.4.4.5. If you want to keep your repositories
backwards compatible past these versions, set repack.useDeltaBaseOffset
to false or pack.indexVersion to 1, respectively.
+We used to prevent sample hook scripts shipped in templates/ from
+triggering by default by relying on the fact that we install them as
+unexecutable, but on some filesystems, this approach does not work.
+They are now shipped with ".sample" suffix. If you want to activate
+any of these samples as-is, rename them to drop the ".sample" suffix,
+instead of running "chmod +x" on them. For example, you can rename
+hooks/post-update.sample to hooks/post-update to enable the sample
+hook that runs update-server-info, in order to make repositories
+friendly to dumb protocols (i.e. HTTP).
+
GIT_CONFIG, which was only documented as affecting "git config", but
actually affected all git commands, now only affects "git config".
GIT_LOCAL_CONFIG, also only documented as affecting "git config" and
@@ -56,11 +66,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.6
gangs.
* Sample hook scripts shipped in templates/ are now suffixed with
- *.sample. We used to prevent them from triggering by default by
- relying on the fact that we install them as unexecutable, but on
- some filesystems this approach does not work. Instead of running
- "chmod +x" on them, the users who want to activate these samples
- as-is can now rename them dropping *.sample suffix.
+ *.sample.
* perl's in-place edit (-i) does not work well without backup files on Windows;
some tests are rewritten to cope with this.
@@ -172,7 +178,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.6
* git-diff --check now checks leftover merge conflict markers.
* "git-diff -p" learned to grab a better hunk header lines in
- Pascal/Delphi and Ruby source files, and also pays attention to
+ BibTex, Pascal/Delphi, and Ruby files and also pays attention to
chapter and part boundary in TeX documents.
* When remote side used to have branch 'foo' and git-fetch finds that now
@@ -239,15 +245,14 @@ Fixes since v1.5.6
All of the fixes in v1.5.6 maintenance series are included in
this release, unless otherwise noted.
-* git-clone ignored its -u option; the fix needs to be backported to
- 'maint';
+ * git-clone ignored its -u option; the fix needs to be backported to
+ 'maint';
+
+ * git-mv used to lose the distinction between changes that are staged
+ and that are only in the working tree, by staging both in the index
+ after moving such a path.
-* git-mv used to lose the distinction between changes that are staged
- and that are only in the working tree, by staging both in the index
- after moving such a path.
+ * "git-rebase -i -p" rewrote the parents to wrong ones when amending
+ (either edit or squash) was involved, and did not work correctly
+ when fast forwarding.
----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.6.0-rc2-21-g0bb3a0b
-echo O=$(git describe refs/heads/master)
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d37da039f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+GIT v1.6.1 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Updates since v1.6.0
+--------------------
+
+When some commands (e.g. "git log", "git diff") spawn pager internally, we
+used to make the pager the parent process of the git command that produces
+output. This meant that the exit status of the whole thing comes from the
+pager, not the underlying git command. We swapped the order of the
+processes around and you will see the exit code from the command from now
+on.
+
+(subsystems)
+
+* ...
+
+(portability)
+
+* ...
+
+(documentation)
+
+* ...
+
+(performance)
+
+* The underlying diff machinery to produce textual output has been
+ optimized, which would result in faster "git blame" processing.
+
+(usability, bells and whistles)
+
+* "git checkout --track origin/hack" used to be a syntax error. It now
+ DWIMs to create a corresponding local branch "hack", i.e. acts as if you
+ said "git checkout --track -b hack origin/hack".
+
+* "git diff" learned to mimick --suppress-blank-empty from GNU diff via a
+ configuration option.
+
+* "git imap-send" can optionally talk SSL.
+
+(internal)
+
+* "git hash-object" learned to lie about the path being hashed, so that
+ correct gitattributes processing can be done while hashing contents
+ stored in a temporary file.
+
+Fixes since v1.6.0
+------------------
+
+All of the fixes in v1.6.0.X maintenance series are included in this
+release, unless otherwise noted.
+
+--
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+O=v1.6.0-48-ge28a867
+echo O=$(git describe master)
+git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 841bead9db..a1e9100f9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ run git diff --check on your changes before you commit.
(1a) Try to be nice to older C compilers
-We try to support wide range of C compilers to compile
+We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile
git with. That means that you should not use C99 initializers, even
if a lot of compilers grok it.
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index b8ec01c923..af57d94304 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -358,8 +358,13 @@ core.editor::
`EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
core.pager::
- The command that git will use to paginate output. Can be overridden
- with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable.
+ The command that git will use to paginate output. Can
+ be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment
+ variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment
+ variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the
+ pager. One can change these settings by setting the
+ `LESS` variable to some other value or by giving the
+ `core.pager` option a value such as "`less -+FRSX`".
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
@@ -567,6 +572,10 @@ diff.autorefreshindex::
affects only 'git-diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
'diff' commands, such as 'git-diff-files'.
+diff.suppress-blank-empty::
+ A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
+ before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
+
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
@@ -978,6 +987,13 @@ pack.packSizeLimit::
can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
linkgit:git-repack[1].
+pager.<cmd>::
+ Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a
+ particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If
+ `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,
+ it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
+ all commands, set `core.pager` or 'GIT_PAGER' to "`cat`".
+
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
at once.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index cba90fd27c..1759386404 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--exit-code.
--full-index::
- Instead of the first handful characters, show full
- object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
- line when generating a patch format output.
+ Instead of the first handful of characters, show the full
+ pre- and post-image blob object names on the "index"
+ line when generating patch format output.
--binary::
In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index c45c53ec24..b9c6fac748 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
- [--3way] [--interactive] [--binary]
+ [--3way] [--interactive]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>]
[<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort)
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ default. You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
it is supposed to apply to, and we have those blobs
available locally.
--b::
---binary::
- Pass `--allow-binary-replacement` flag to 'git-apply'
- (see linkgit:git-apply[1]).
-
--whitespace=<option>::
This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
program that applies
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 5aa69c0e12..be54a0299f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [--track | --no-track] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ specified, <new_branch>. Using -b will cause <new_branch> to
be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track
options, which will be passed to `git branch`.
+As a convenience, --track will default to create a branch whose
+name is constructed from the specified branch name by stripping
+the first namespace level.
+
When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from
the index file (i.e. it runs `git checkout-index -f -u`), or
@@ -59,6 +63,17 @@ OPTIONS
'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
start-point is either a local or remote branch.
++
+If no '-b' option was given, the name of the new branch will be
+derived from the remote branch, by attempting to guess the name
+of the branch on remote system. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
+are prefixed, it is stripped away, and then the part up to the
+next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed.
+This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching
+off of "origin/hack" (or "remotes/origin/hack", or even
+"refs/remotes/origin/hack"). If the given name has no slash, or the above
+guessing results in an empty name, the guessing is aborted. You can
+exlicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case.
--no-track::
Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
index 75a8da1ca9..6bc1c21e62 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ OPTIONS
--verbose::
In addition to the number of loose objects and disk
space consumed, it reports the number of in-pack
- objects, number of packs, and number of objects that can be
- removed by running `git prune-packed`.
+ objects, number of packs, disk space consumed by those packs,
+ and number of objects that can be removed by running
+ `git prune-packed`.
Author
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index c2d3c90d27..785779e221 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
SSH:
[verse]
-export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
+export CVS_SERVER="git cvsserver"
'cvs' -d :ext:user@server/path/repo.git co <HEAD_name>
pserver (/etc/inetd.conf):
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Note: Newer CVS versions (>= 1.12.11) also support specifying
CVS_SERVER directly in CVSROOT like
------
-cvs -d ":ext;CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver:user@server/path/repo.git" co <HEAD_name>
+cvs -d ":ext;CVS_SERVER=git cvsserver:user@server/path/repo.git" co <HEAD_name>
------
This has the advantage that it will be saved in your 'CVS/Root' files and
you don't need to worry about always setting the correct environment
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ allowing access over SSH.
--
------
export CVSROOT=:ext:user@server:/var/git/project.git
- export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
+ export CVS_SERVER="git cvsserver"
------
--
4. For SSH clients that will make commits, make sure their server-side
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ To get a checkout with the Eclipse CVS client:
Protocol notes: If you are using anonymous access via pserver, just select that.
Those using SSH access should choose the 'ext' protocol, and configure 'ext'
access on the Preferences->Team->CVS->ExtConnection pane. Set CVS_SERVER to
-'git-cvsserver'. Note that password support is not good when using 'ext',
+"'git cvsserver'". Note that password support is not good when using 'ext',
you will definitely want to have SSH keys setup.
Alternatively, you can just use the non-standard extssh protocol that Eclipse
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index 1fdf20dcc9..5d48664e62 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -49,13 +49,22 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
--stdin::
When '--stdin' is specified, the command does not take
<tree-ish> arguments from the command line. Instead, it
- reads either one <commit> or a list of <commit>
- separated with a single space from its standard input.
+ reads lines containing either two <tree>, one <commit>, or a
+ list of <commit> from its standard input. (Use a single space
+ as separator.)
+
-When a single commit is given on one line of such input, it compares
-the commit with its parents. The following flags further affects its
-behavior. The remaining commits, when given, are used as if they are
+When two trees are given, it compares the first tree with the second.
+When a single commit is given, it compares the commit with its
+parents. The remaining commits, when given, are used as if they are
parents of the first commit.
++
+When comparing two trees, the ID of both trees (separated by a space
+and terminated by a newline) is printed before the difference. When
+comparing commits, the ID of the first (or only) commit, followed by a
+newline, is printed.
++
+The following flags further affects the behavior when comparing
+commits (but not trees).
-m::
By default, 'git-diff-tree --stdin' does not show
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 010d9e4322..adb4ea7b1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
--cover-letter::
- Generate a cover letter template. You still have to fill in
- a description, but the shortlog and the diffstat will be
- generated for you.
+ In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file
+ containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
+ fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
--suffix=.<sfx>::
Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
index ac928e198e..0af40cfb85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--stdin | --stdin-paths] [--] <file>...
+[verse]
+'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin] [--] <file>...
+'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths < <list-of-paths>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -35,6 +37,22 @@ OPTIONS
--stdin-paths::
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
+--path::
+ Hash object as it were located at the given path. The location of
+ file does not directly influence on the hash value, but path is
+ used to determine what git filters should be applied to the object
+ before it can be placed to the object database, and, as result of
+ applying filters, the actual blob put into the object database may
+ differ from the given file. This option is mainly useful for hashing
+ temporary files located outside of the working directory or files
+ read from stdin.
+
+--no-filters::
+ Hash the contents as is, ignoring any input filter that would
+ have been chosen by the attributes mechanism, including crlf
+ conversion. If the file is read from standard input then this
+ is always implied, unless the --path option is given.
+
Author
------
Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index b3d8da33ee..bd49a0aee8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-imap-send(1)
NAME
----
-git-imap-send - Dump a mailbox from stdin into an imap folder
+git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-This command uploads a mailbox generated with git-format-patch
-into an imap drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as
-other email is sent with mail clients that cannot read mailbox
+This command uploads a mailbox generated with 'git-format-patch'
+into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as
+other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox
files directly.
Typical usage is something like:
@@ -26,21 +26,75 @@ git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
CONFIGURATION
-------------
-'git-imap-send' requires the following values in the repository
-configuration file (shown with examples):
+To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set
+to appropriate values.
+
+Variables
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+imap.folder::
+ The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
+ folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
+ "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use imap-send.
+
+imap.tunnel::
+ Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
+ commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
+ to the server. Required when imap.host is not set to use imap-send.
+
+imap.host::
+ A URL identifying the server. Use a `imap://` prefix for non-secure
+ connections and a `imaps://` prefix for secure connections.
+ Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send
+ otherwise.
+
+imap.user::
+ The username to use when logging in to the server.
+
+imap.password::
+ The password to use when logging in to the server.
+
+imap.port::
+ An integer port number to connect to on the server.
+ Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts.
+ Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
+
+imap.sslverify::
+ A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
+ used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is `true`. Ignored when
+ imap.tunnel is set.
+
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Using tunnel mode:
..........................
[imap]
- Folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
+..........................
+Using direct mode:
+
+.........................
[imap]
- Tunnel = "ssh -q user@server.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ host = imap://imap.example.com
+ user = bob
+ pass = p4ssw0rd
+..........................
+
+Using direct mode with SSL:
+.........................
[imap]
- Host = imap.server.com
- User = bob
- Pass = pwd
- Port = 143
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ host = imaps://imap.example.com
+ user = bob
+ pass = p4ssw0rd
+ port = 123
+ sslverify = false
..........................
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
index 1a7ecbf8f3..2f0c5259e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
@@ -8,26 +8,81 @@ git-merge-base - Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit>
+'git merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-'git-merge-base' finds as good a common ancestor as possible between
-the two commits. That is, given two commits A and B, `git merge-base A
-B` will output a commit which is reachable from both A and B through
-the parent relationship.
+'git-merge-base' finds best common ancestor(s) between two commits to use
+in a three-way merge. One common ancestor is 'better' than another common
+ancestor if the latter is an ancestor of the former. A common ancestor
+that does not have any better common ancestor than it is a 'best common
+ancestor', i.e. a 'merge base'. Note that there can be more than one
+merge bases between two commits.
-Given a selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be
-relied on to decide in any particular way.
-
-The 'git-merge-base' algorithm is still in flux - use the source...
+Among the two commits to compute their merge bases, one is specified by
+the first commit argument on the command line; the other commit is a
+(possibly hypothetical) commit that is a merge across all the remaining
+commits on the command line. As the most common special case, giving only
+two commits from the command line means computing the merge base between
+the given two commits.
OPTIONS
-------
--all::
- Output all common ancestors for the two commits instead of
- just one.
+ Output all merge bases for the commits, instead of just one.
+
+DISCUSSION
+----------
+
+Given two commits 'A' and 'B', `git merge-base A B` will output a commit
+which is reachable from both 'A' and 'B' through the parent relationship.
+
+For example, with this topology:
+
+ o---o---o---B
+ /
+ ---o---1---o---o---o---A
+
+the merge base between 'A' and 'B' is '1'.
+
+Given three commits 'A', 'B' and 'C', `git merge-base A B C` will compute the
+merge base between 'A' and an hypothetical commit 'M', which is a merge
+between 'B' and 'C'. For example, with this topology:
+
+ o---o---o---o---C
+ /
+ / o---o---o---B
+ / /
+ ---2---1---o---o---o---A
+
+the result of `git merge-base A B C` is '1'. This is because the
+equivalent topology with a merge commit 'M' between 'B' and 'C' is:
+
+
+ o---o---o---o---o
+ / \
+ / o---o---o---o---M
+ / /
+ ---2---1---o---o---o---A
+
+and the result of `git merge-base A M` is '1'. Commit '2' is also a
+common ancestor between 'A' and 'M', but '1' is a better common ancestor,
+because '2' is an ancestor of '1'. Hence, '2' is not a merge base.
+
+When the history involves criss-cross merges, there can be more than one
+'best' common ancestors between two commits. For example, with this
+topology:
+
+ ---1---o---A
+ \ /
+ X
+ / \
+ ---2---o---o---B
+
+both '1' and '2' are merge-base of A and B. Neither one is better than
+the other (both are 'best' merge base). When `--all` option is not given,
+it is unspecified which best one is output.
Author
------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 17a15acb07..685e1fed58 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -126,13 +126,25 @@ After seeing a conflict, you can do two things:
up working tree changes made by 2. and 3.; 'git-reset --hard' can
be used for this.
- * Resolve the conflicts. `git diff` would report only the
- conflicting paths because of the above 2. and 3.
- Edit the working tree files into a desirable shape
- ('git mergetool' can ease this task), 'git-add' or 'git-rm'
- them, to make the index file contain what the merge result
- should be, and run 'git-commit' to commit the result.
+ * Resolve the conflicts. Git will mark the conflicts in
+ the working tree. Edit the files into shape and
+ 'git-add' to the index. 'git-commit' to seal the deal.
+You can work through the conflict with a number of tools:
+
+ * Use a mergetool. 'git mergetool' to launch a graphical
+ mergetool which will work you through the merge.
+
+ * Look at the diffs. 'git diff' will show a three-way diff,
+ highlighting changes from both the HEAD and remote versions.
+
+ * Look at the diffs on their own. 'git log --merge -p <path>'
+ will show diffs first for the HEAD version and then the
+ remote version.
+
+ * Look at the originals. 'git show :1:filename' shows the
+ common ancestor, 'git show :2:filename' shows the HEAD
+ version and 'git show :3:filename' shows the remote version.
SEE ALSO
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index 98cfa3c0d0..caa07298a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and record a
new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to be clean (no
modifications from the HEAD commit).
+Note: 'git revert' is used to record a new commit to reverse the
+effect of an earlier commit (often a faulty one). If you want to
+throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
+should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If
+you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you
+should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the 'git checkout
+<commit> -- <filename>' syntax. Take care with these alternatives as
+both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory.
+
OPTIONS
-------
<commit>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 7d50d74cc9..49e2296a24 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git stash' list
-'git stash' (show | apply | drop | pop ) [<stash>]
+'git stash' list [<options>]
+'git stash' (show | drop | pop ) [<stash>]
+'git stash' apply [--index] [<stash>]
'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>]
-'git stash' [save [<message>]]
+'git stash' [save [--keep-index] [<message>]]
'git stash' clear
+'git stash' create
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -116,6 +118,11 @@ pop [<stash>]::
of the current working tree state. When no `<stash>` is given,
`stash@\{0}` is assumed. See also `apply`.
+create::
+
+ Create a stash (which is a regular commit object) and return its
+ object name, without storing it anywhere in the ref namespace.
+
DISCUSSION
----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index bf33b0cba0..babaa9bc46 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
+'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -123,6 +125,30 @@ summary::
in the submodule between the given super project commit and the
index or working tree (switched by --cached) are shown.
+foreach::
+ Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule.
+ The command has access to the variables $path and $sha1:
+ $path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the
+ superproject, and $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject.
+ Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are
+ ignored by this command. Unless given --quiet, foreach prints the name
+ of each submodule before evaluating the command.
+ A non-zero return from the command in any submodule causes
+ the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
+ to the end of the command.
++
+As an example, "git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' will
+show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule.
+
+sync::
+ Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
+ to the value specified in .gitmodules. This is useful when
+ submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local
+ repositories accordingly.
++
+"git submodule sync" synchronizes all submodules while
+"git submodule sync -- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-q::
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index b1cb972369..e178fb5813 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
+* link:v1.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.1]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes-1.6.1.txt[1.6.1],
+ link:RelNotes-1.6.0.txt[1.6.0].
+
* link:v1.5.6.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6.5]
* release notes for
@@ -492,7 +498,8 @@ other
'GIT_PAGER'::
This environment variable overrides `$PAGER`. If it is set
to an empty string or to the value "cat", git will not launch
- a pager.
+ a pager. See also the `core.pager` option in
+ linkgit:git-config[1].
'GIT_SSH'::
If this environment variable is set then 'git-fetch'
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index d7b41142d2..5495d695c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -307,9 +307,22 @@ backslash, and zero or more occurrences of `sub` followed by
There are a few built-in patterns to make this easier, and `tex`
is one of them, so you do not have to write the above in your
configuration file (you still need to enable this with the
-attribute mechanism, via `.gitattributes`). Another built-in
-pattern is defined for `java` that defines a pattern suitable
-for program text in Java language.
+attribute mechanism, via `.gitattributes`). The following built in
+patterns are available:
+
+- `bibtex` suitable for files with BibTeX coded references.
+
+- `java` suitable for source code in the Java lanugage.
+
+- `pascal` suitable for source code in the Pascal/Delphi language.
+
+- `python` suitable for source code in the Python language.
+
+- `ruby` suitable for source code in the Ruby language.
+
+- `tex` suitable for source code for LaTeX documents.
+
+- `html` suitable for HTML/XHTML documents.
Performing a three-way merge
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index 49179b0a00..a417e592ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -1366,8 +1366,9 @@ your login shell is 'bash', only `.bashrc` is read and not
[NOTE]
If you plan to publish this repository to be accessed over http,
-you should do `chmod +x my-git.git/hooks/post-update` at this
-point. This makes sure that every time you push into this
+you should do `mv my-git.git/hooks/post-update.sample
+my-git.git/hooks/post-update` at this point.
+This makes sure that every time you push into this
repository, `git update-server-info` is run.
Your "public repository" is now ready to accept your changes.
@@ -1486,11 +1487,11 @@ A recommended workflow for a "project lead" goes like this:
If other people are pulling from your repository over dumb
transport protocols (HTTP), you need to keep this repository
'dumb transport friendly'. After `git init`,
-`$GIT_DIR/hooks/post-update` copied from the standard templates
-would contain a call to 'git-update-server-info' but the
-`post-update` hook itself is disabled by default -- enable it
-with `chmod +x post-update`. This makes sure 'git-update-server-info'
-keeps the necessary files up-to-date.
+`$GIT_DIR/hooks/post-update.sample` copied from the standard templates
+would contain a call to 'git-update-server-info'
+but you need to manually enable the hook with
+`mv post-update.sample post-update`. This makes sure
+'git-update-server-info' keeps the necessary files up-to-date.
3. Push into the public repository from your primary
repository.
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index be84721781..735cf07b20 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
--parents::
- Print the parents of the commit.
+ Print the parents of the commit. Also enables parent
+ rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
--children::
- Print the children of the commit.
+ Print the children of the commit. Also enables parent
+ rewriting, see 'History Simplification' below.
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
--timestamp::
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ For example, if you have this topology:
o---x---a---a branch A
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
-you would get an output line this:
+you would get an output like this:
+
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ git rev-list --left-right --boundary --pretty=oneline A...B
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ you would get an output line this:
This implies the '--topo-order' option by default, but the
'--date-order' option may also be specified.
+ifndef::git-rev-list[]
Diff Formatting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options.
-t::
Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies '-r'.
+endif::git-rev-list[]
Commit Limiting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -191,14 +195,6 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
---full-history::
-
- Show also parts of history irrelevant to current state of a given
- path. This turns off history simplification, which removed merges
- which didn't change anything at all at some child. It will still actually
- simplify away merges that didn't change anything at all into either
- child.
-
--no-merges::
Do not print commits with more than one parent.
@@ -280,18 +276,144 @@ See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
Output uninteresting commits at the boundary, which are usually
not shown.
+--
+
+History Simplification
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When optional paths are given, 'git-rev-list' simplifies commits with
+various strategies, according to the options you have selected.
+
+Suppose you specified `foo` as the <paths>. We shall call commits
+that modify `foo` !TREESAME, and the rest TREESAME. (In a diff
+filtered for `foo`, they look different and equal, respectively.)
+
+In the following, we will always refer to the same example history to
+illustrate the differences between simplification settings. We assume
+that you are filtering for a file `foo` in this commit graph:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ .-A---M---N---O---P
+ / / / / /
+ I B C D E
+ \ / / / /
+ `-------------'
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+The horizontal line of history A--P is taken to be the first parent of
+each merge. The commits are:
+
+* `I` is the initial commit, in which `foo` exists with contents
+ "asdf", and a file `quux` exists with contents "quux". Initial
+ commits are compared to an empty tree, so `I` is !TREESAME.
+
+* In `A`, `foo` contains just "foo".
+
+* `B` contains the same change as `A`. Its merge `M` is trivial and
+ hence TREESAME to all parents.
+
+* `C` does not change `foo`, but its merge `N` changes it to "foobar",
+ so it is not TREESAME to any parent.
+
+* `D` sets `foo` to "baz". Its merge `O` combines the strings from
+ `N` and `D` to "foobarbaz"; i.e., it is not TREESAME to any parent.
+
+* `E` changes `quux` to "xyzzy", and its merge `P` combines the
+ strings to "quux xyzzy". Despite appearing interesting, `P` is
+ TREESAME to all parents.
+
+'rev-list' walks backwards through history, including or excluding
+commits based on whether '\--full-history' and/or parent rewriting
+(via '\--parents' or '\--children') are used. The following settings
+are available.
+
+Default mode::
+
+ Commits are included if they are not TREESAME to any parent
+ (though this can be changed, see '\--sparse' below). If the
+ commit was a merge, and it was TREESAME to one parent, follow
+ only that parent. (Even if there are several TREESAME
+ parents, follow only one of them.) Otherwise, follow all
+ parents.
++
+This results in:
++
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ .-A---N---O
+ / /
+ I---------D
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+Note how the rule to only follow the TREESAME parent, if one is
+available, removed `B` from consideration entirely. `C` was
+considered via `N`, but is TREESAME. Root commits are compared to an
+empty tree, so `I` is !TREESAME.
++
+Parent/child relations are only visible with --parents, but that does
+not affect the commits selected in default mode, so we have shown the
+parent lines.
+
+--full-history without parent rewriting::
+
+ This mode differs from the default in one point: always follow
+ all parents of a merge, even if it is TREESAME to one of them.
+ Even if more than one side of the merge has commits that are
+ included, this does not imply that the merge itself is! In
+ the example, we get
++
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ I A B N D O
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+`P` and `M` were excluded because they are TREESAME to a parent. `E`,
+`C` and `B` were all walked, but only `B` was !TREESAME, so the others
+do not appear.
++
+Note that without parent rewriting, it is not really possible to talk
+about the parent/child relationships between the commits, so we show
+them disconnected.
+
+--full-history with parent rewriting::
+
+ Ordinary commits are only included if they are !TREESAME
+ (though this can be changed, see '\--sparse' below).
++
+Merges are always included. However, their parent list is rewritten:
+Along each parent, prune away commits that are not included
+themselves. This results in
++
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ .-A---M---N---O---P
+ / / / / /
+ I B / D /
+ \ / / / /
+ `-------------'
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
++
+Compare to '\--full-history' without rewriting above. Note that `E`
+was pruned away because it is TREESAME, but the parent list of P was
+rewritten to contain `E`'s parent `I`. The same happened for `C` and
+`N`. Note also that `P` was included despite being TREESAME.
+
+In addition to the above settings, you can change whether TREESAME
+affects inclusion:
+
--dense::
+
+ Commits that are walked are included if they are not TREESAME
+ to any parent.
+
--sparse::
-When optional paths are given, the default behaviour ('--dense') is to
-only output commits that changes at least one of them, and also ignore
-merges that do not touch the given paths.
+ All commits that are walked are included.
++
+Note that without '\--full-history', this still simplifies merges: if
+one of the parents is TREESAME, we follow only that one, so the other
+sides of the merge are never walked.
-Use the '--sparse' flag to makes the command output all eligible commits
-(still subject to count and age limitation), but apply merge
-simplification nevertheless.
ifdef::git-rev-list[]
+Bisection Helpers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
--bisect::
Limit output to the one commit object which is roughly halfway between
@@ -341,7 +463,6 @@ after all the sorted commit objects, there will be the same text as if
`--bisect-vars` had been used alone.
endif::git-rev-list[]
---
Commit Ordering
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index e99921108e..08d1310bf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ adjustments to give web clients some extra information they need:
$ mv proj.git /home/you/public_html/proj.git
$ cd proj.git
$ git --bare update-server-info
-$ chmod a+x hooks/post-update
+$ mv hooks/post-update.sample hooks/post-update
-------------------------------------------------
(For an explanation of the last two lines, see