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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-imap-send.txt | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 26 |
4 files changed, 80 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt index a640fbc02f..4adb9ce124 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.29.0.txt @@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ UI, Workflows & Features object names of blobs involved in the patch, but its length was not affected by the --abbrev option. Now it is. + * "git worktree" gained a "repair" subcommand to help users recover + after moving the worktrees or repository manually without telling + Git. Also, "git init --separate-git-dir" no longer corrupts + administrative data related to linked worktrees. + + * The "--format=" option to the "for-each-ref" command and friends + learned a few more tricks, e.g. the ":short" suffix that applies to + "objectname" now also can be used for "parent", "tree", etc. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -128,6 +137,14 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. execute the git subcommands, especially built-ins, in "git-foo" form, which have been corrected. + * When a packfile is removed by "git repack", multi-pack-index gets + cleared; the code was taught to do so less aggressively by first + checking if the midx actually refers to a pack that no longer + exists. + + * Internal API clean-up to handle two options "diff-index" and "log" + have, which happen to share the same short form, more sensibly. + Fixes since v2.28 ----------------- @@ -286,6 +303,16 @@ Fixes since v2.28 been freed, which has been fixed. (merge 6479ea4a8a jk/xrealloc-avoid-use-after-free later to maint). + * "git status" has trouble showing where it came from by interpreting + reflog entries that recordcertain events, e.g. "checkout @{u}", and + gives a hard/fatal error. Even though it inherently is impossible + to give a correct answer because the reflog entries lose some + information (e.g. "@{u}" does not record what branch the user was + on hence which branch 'the upstream' needs to be computed, and even + if the record were available, the relationship between branches may + have changed), at least hide the error to allow "status" show its + output. + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 84544f2ea3 sk/typofixes later to maint). (merge b17f411ab5 ar/help-guides-doc later to maint). @@ -311,3 +338,4 @@ Fixes since v2.28 (merge ee22a29215 so/pretty-abbrev-doc later to maint). (merge 3100fd5588 jc/post-checkout-doc later to maint). (merge 17bae89476 pb/doc-external-diff-env later to maint). + (merge 27ed6ccc12 jk/worktree-check-clean-leakfix later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 2ea71c5f6c..616ce46087 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ worktreepath:: In addition to the above, for commit and tag objects, the header field names (`tree`, `parent`, `object`, `type`, and `tag`) can be used to specify the value in the header field. +Fields `tree` and `parent` can also be used with modifier `:short` and +`:short=<length>` just like `objectname`. For commit and tag objects, the special `creatordate` and `creator` fields will correspond to the appropriate date or name-email-date tuple @@ -230,7 +232,10 @@ These are intended for working on a mix of annotated and lightweight tags. Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`, `committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`, -and `date` to extract the named component. +and `date` to extract the named component. For email fields (`authoremail`, +`committeremail` and `taggeremail`), `:trim` can be appended to get the email +without angle brackets, and `:localpart` to get the part before the `@` symbol +out of the trimmed email. The message in a commit or a tag object is `contents`, from which `contents:<part>` can be used to extract various parts out of: @@ -242,6 +247,9 @@ contents:subject:: The first paragraph of the message, which typically is a single line, is taken as the "subject" of the commit or the tag message. + Instead of `contents:subject`, field `subject` can also be used to + obtain same results. `:sanitize` can be appended to `subject` for + subject line suitable for filename. contents:body:: The remainder of the commit or the tag message that follows diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index 65b53fcc47..63cf498ce9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -51,17 +51,13 @@ OPTIONS CONFIGURATION ------------- -To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set +To use the tool, `imap.folder` and either `imap.tunnel` or `imap.host` must be set to appropriate values. -Variables -~~~~~~~~~ - include::config/imap.txt[] -Examples -~~~~~~~~ - +EXAMPLES +-------- Using tunnel mode: .......................... @@ -89,14 +85,18 @@ Using direct mode with SSL: user = bob pass = p4ssw0rd port = 123 - sslverify = false + ; sslVerify = false ......................... -EXAMPLES --------- -To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig -to specify your account settings: +[NOTE] +You may want to use `sslVerify=false` +while troubleshooting, if you suspect that the reason you are +having trouble connecting is because the certificate you use at +the private server `example.com` you are trying to set up (or +have set up) may not be verified correctly. + +Using Gmail's IMAP interface: --------- [imap] @@ -104,17 +104,21 @@ to specify your account settings: host = imaps://imap.gmail.com user = user@gmail.com port = 993 - sslverify = false --------- -You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error +[NOTE] +You might need to instead use: `folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts"` if you get an error that the "Folder doesn't exist". +[NOTE] +If your Gmail account is set to another language than English, the name of the "Drafts" +folder will be localized. + Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command: $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send -Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail's web +Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (Gmail's web interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real IMAP client). diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 6ee6ec7982..f70cda4b36 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git worktree move' <worktree> <new-path> 'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] 'git worktree remove' [-f] <worktree> +'git worktree repair' [<path>...] 'git worktree unlock' <worktree> DESCRIPTION @@ -97,7 +98,10 @@ with `--reason`. move:: Move a working tree to a new location. Note that the main working tree -or linked working trees containing submodules cannot be moved. +or linked working trees containing submodules cannot be moved with this +command. (The `git worktree repair` command, however, can reestablish +the connection with linked working trees if you move the main working +tree manually.) prune:: @@ -110,6 +114,23 @@ and no modification in tracked files) can be removed. Unclean working trees or ones with submodules can be removed with `--force`. The main working tree cannot be removed. +repair [<path>...]:: + +Repair working tree administrative files, if possible, if they have +become corrupted or outdated due to external factors. ++ +For instance, if the main working tree (or bare repository) is moved, +linked working trees will be unable to locate it. Running `repair` in +the main working tree will reestablish the connection from linked +working trees back to the main working tree. ++ +Similarly, if a linked working tree is moved without using `git worktree +move`, the main working tree (or bare repository) will be unable to +locate it. Running `repair` within the recently-moved working tree will +reestablish the connection. If multiple linked working trees are moved, +running `repair` from any working tree with each tree's new `<path>` as +an argument, will reestablish the connection to all the specified paths. + unlock:: Unlock a working tree, allowing it to be pruned, moved or deleted. @@ -303,7 +324,8 @@ in the entry's directory. For example, if a linked working tree is moved to `/newpath/test-next` and its `.git` file points to `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next`, then update `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/gitdir` to reference `/newpath/test-next` -instead. +instead. Better yet, run `git worktree repair` to reestablish the connection +automatically. To prevent a `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` entry from being pruned (which can be useful in some situations, such as when the |