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diff --git a/Documentation/.gitignore b/Documentation/.gitignore index bf2bf271b5..9022d48355 100644 --- a/Documentation/.gitignore +++ b/Documentation/.gitignore @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ manpage-base-url.xsl SubmittingPatches.txt tmp-doc-diff/ GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS +/GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 6d738f831e..dbf5a0f276 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ ARTICLES = SP_ARTICLES = OBSOLETE_HTML = +-include GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS + MAN1_TXT += $(filter-out \ + $(patsubst %,%.txt,$(EXCLUDED_PROGRAMS)) \ $(addsuffix .txt, $(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES)), \ $(wildcard git-*.txt)) MAN1_TXT += git.txt diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt index d7d230e539..776e15512b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt @@ -49,6 +49,52 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git mergetool" learned to offer Sublime Merge (smerge) as one of its backends. + * A new hook "post-index-change" is called when the on-disk index + file changes, which can help e.g. a virtualized working tree + implementation. + + * "git difftool" can now run outside a repository. + + * "git checkout -m <other>" was about carrying the differences + between HEAD and the working-tree files forward while checking out + another branch, and ignored the differences between HEAD and the + index. The command has been taught to abort when the index and the + HEAD are different. + + * A progress indicator has been added to the "index-pack" step, which + often makes users wait for completion during "git clone". + + * "git submodule" learns "set-branch" subcommand that allows the + submodule.*.branch settings to be modified. + + * "git merge-recursive" backend recently learned a new heuristics to + infer file movement based on how other files in the same directory + moved. As this is inherently less robust heuristics than the one + based on the content similarity of the file itself (rather than + based on what its neighbours are doing), it sometimes gives an + outcome unexpected by the end users. This has been toned down to + leave the renamed paths in higher/conflicted stages in the index so + that the user can examine and confirm the result. + + * "git tag" learned to give an advice suggesting it might be a + mistake when creating an annotated or signed tag that points at + another tag. + + * The "git pack-objects" command learned to report the number of + objects it packed via the trace2 mechanism. + + * The list of conflicted paths shown in the editor while concluding a + conflicted merge was shown above the scissors line when the + clean-up mode is set to "scissors", even though it was commented + out just like the list of updated paths and other information to + help the user explain the merge better. + + * The trace2 tracing facility learned to auto-generate a filename + when told to log to a directory. + + * "git clone" learned a new --server-option option when talking over + the protocol version 2. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -94,6 +140,24 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. command getting non-unique when a new option that share the same prefix is added. + * The scripted version of "git rebase -i" wrote and rewrote the todo + list many times during a single step of its operation, and the + recent C-rewrite made a faithful conversion of the logic to C. The + implementation has been updated to carry necessary information + around in-core to avoid rewriting the same file over and over + unnecessarily. + + * Test framework update to more robustly clean up leftover files and + processes after tests are done. + + * Conversion from unsigned char[20] to struct object_id continues. + + * While running "git diff" in a lazy clone, we can upfront know which + missing blobs we will need, instead of waiting for the on-demand + machinery to discover them one by one. The code learned to aim to + achieve better performance by batching the request for these + promised blobs. + Fixes since v2.21 ----------------- @@ -240,6 +304,138 @@ Fixes since v2.21 * The documentation for "git read-tree --reset -u" has been updated. (merge b5a0bd694c nd/read-tree-reset-doc later to maint). + * Code clean-up around a much-less-important-than-it-used-to-be + update_server_info() funtion. + (merge b3223761c8 jk/server-info-rabbit-hole later to maint). + + * The message given when "git commit -a <paths>" errors out has been + updated. + (merge 5a1dbd48bc nd/commit-a-with-paths-msg-update later to maint). + + * "git cherry-pick --options A..B", after giving control back to the + user to ask help resolving a conflicted step, did not honor the + options it originally received, which has been corrected. + + * Various glitches in "git gc" around reflog handling have been fixed. + + * The code to read from commit-graph file has been cleanup with more + careful error checking before using data read from it. + + * Performance fix around "git fetch" that grabs many refs. + (merge b764300912 jt/fetch-pack-wanted-refs-optim later to maint). + + * Protocol v2 support in "git fetch-pack" of shallow clones has been + corrected. + + * Performance fix around "git blame", especially in a linear history + (which is the norm we should optimize for). + (merge f892014943 dk/blame-keep-origin-blob later to maint). + + * Performance fix for "rev-list --parents -- pathspec". + (merge 8320b1dbe7 jk/revision-rewritten-parents-in-prio-queue later to maint). + + * Updating the display with progress message has been cleaned up to + deal better with overlong messages. + (merge 545dc345eb sg/overlong-progress-fix later to maint). + + * "git blame -- path" in a non-bare repository starts blaming from + the working tree, and the same command in a bare repository errors + out because there is no working tree by definition. The command + has been taught to instead start blaming from the commit at HEAD, + which is more useful. + (merge a544fb08f8 sg/blame-in-bare-start-at-head later to maint). + + * An underallocation in the code to read the untracked cache + extension has been corrected. + (merge 3a7b45a623 js/untracked-cache-allocfix later to maint). + + * The code is updated to check the result of memory allocation before + it is used in more places, by using xmalloc and/or xcalloc calls. + (merge 999b951b28 jk/xmalloc later to maint). + + * The GETTEXT_POISON test option has been quite broken ever since it + was made runtime-tunable, which has been fixed. + (merge f88b9cb603 jc/gettext-test-fix later to maint). + + * Test fix on APFS that is incapable of store paths in Latin-1. + (merge 3889149619 js/iso8895-test-on-apfs later to maint). + + * "git submodule foreach <command> --quiet" did not pass the option + down correctly, which has been corrected. + (merge a282f5a906 nd/submodule-foreach-quiet later to maint). + + * "git send-email" has been taught to use quoted-printable when the + payload contains carriage-return. The use of the mechanism is in + line with the design originally added the codepath that chooses QP + when the payload has overly long lines. + (merge 74d76a1701 bc/send-email-qp-cr later to maint). + + * The recently added feature to add addresses that are on + anything-by: trailers in 'git send-email' was found to be way too + eager and considered nonsense strings as if they can be legitimate + beginning of *-by: trailer. This has been tightened. + + * Builds with gettext broke on recent macOS w/ Homebrew, which + seems to have stopped including from /usr/local/include; this + has been corrected. + (merge 92a1377a2a js/macos-gettext-build later to maint). + + * Running "git add" on a repository created inside the current + repository is an explicit indication that the user wants to add it + as a submodule, but when the HEAD of the inner repository is on an + unborn branch, it cannot be added as a submodule. Worse, the files + in its working tree can be added as if they are a part of the outer + repository, which is not what the user wants. These problems are + being addressed. + (merge f937bc2f86 km/empty-repo-is-still-a-repo later to maint). + + * "git cherry-pick" run with the "-x" or the "--signoff" option used + to (and more importantly, ought to) clean up the commit log message + with the --cleanup=space option by default, but this has been + broken since late 2017. This has been fixed. + + * When given a tag that points at a commit-ish, "git replace --graft" + failed to peel the tag before writing a replace ref, which did not + make sense because the old graft mechanism the feature wants to + mimick only allowed to replace one commit object with another. + This has been fixed. + (merge ee521ec4cb cc/replace-graft-peel-tags later to maint). + + * Code tightening against a "wrong" object appearing where an object + of a different type is expected, instead of blindly assuming that + the connection between objects are correctly made. + (merge 97dd512af7 tb/unexpected later to maint). + + * An earlier update for MinGW and Cygwin accidentally broke MSVC build, + which has been fixed. + (merge 22c3634c0f ss/msvc-path-utils-fix later to maint). + + * %(push:track) token used in the --format option to "git + for-each-ref" and friends was not showing the right branch, which + has been fixed. + (merge c646d0934e dr/ref-filter-push-track-fix later to maint). + + * "make check-docs", "git help -a", etc. did not account for cases + where a particular build may deliberately omit some subcommands, + which has been corrected. + + * The logic to tell if a Git repository has a working tree protects + "git branch -D" from removing the branch that is currently checked + out by mistake. The implementation of this logic was broken for + repositories with unusual name, which unfortunately is the norm for + submodules these days. This has been fixed. + (merge f3534c98e4 jt/submodule-repo-is-with-worktree later to maint). + + * AIX shared the same build issues with other BSDs around fileno(fp), + which has been corrected. + (merge ee662bf5c6 cc/aix-has-fileno-as-a-macro later to maint). + + * The autoconf generated configure script failed to use the right + gettext() implementations from -libintl by ignoring useless stub + implementations shipped in some C library, which has been + corrected. + (merge b71e56a683 vk/autoconf-gettext later to maint). + * Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 11f470aee7 jc/test-yes-doc later to maint). (merge 90503a240b js/doc-symref-in-proto-v1 later to maint). @@ -267,3 +463,11 @@ Fixes since v2.21 (merge 0b918b75af sg/t5318-cleanup later to maint). (merge 68ed71b53c cb/doco-mono later to maint). (merge a34dca2451 nd/interpret-trailers-docfix later to maint). + (merge cf7b857a77 en/fast-import-parsing-fix later to maint). + (merge fe61ccbc35 po/rerere-doc-fmt later to maint). + (merge ffea0248bf po/describe-not-necessarily-7 later to maint). + (merge 7cb7283adb tg/ls-files-debug-format-fix later to maint). + (merge f64a21bd82 tz/doc-apostrophe-no-longer-needed later to maint). + (merge dbe7b41019 js/t3301-unbreak-notes-test later to maint). + (merge d8083e4180 km/t3000-retitle later to maint). + (merge 9e4cbccbd7 tz/git-svn-doc-markup-fix later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d87846faa6..7e2a6f61f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ include::config/submodule.txt[] include::config/tag.txt[] +include::config/trace2.txt[] + include::config/transfer.txt[] include::config/uploadarchive.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt index 88620429ea..ec4f6ae658 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt @@ -90,4 +90,6 @@ advice.*:: waitingForEditor:: Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for editor input from the user. + nestedTag:: + Advice shown if a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object. -- diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt index 73c08b0c00..02b92b18b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt @@ -1,25 +1,42 @@ gc.aggressiveDepth:: The depth parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults - to 50. + to 50, which is the default for the `--depth` option when + `--aggressive` isn't in use. ++ +See the documentation for the `--depth` option in +linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details. gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults - to 250. + to 250, which is a much more aggressive window size than + the default `--window` of 10. ++ +See the documentation for the `--window` option in +linkgit:git-repack[1] for more details. gc.auto:: When there are approximately more than this many loose objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them. Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The - default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it. + default value is 6700. ++ +Setting this to 0 disables not only automatic packing based on the +number of loose objects, but any other heuristic `git gc --auto` will +otherwise use to determine if there's work to do, such as +`gc.autoPackLimit`. gc.autoPackLimit:: When there are more than this many packs that are not marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it. + Setting `gc.auto` to 0 will also disable this. ++ +See the `gc.bigPackThreshold` configuration variable below. When in +use, it'll affect how the auto pack limit works. gc.autoDetach:: Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background @@ -36,11 +53,16 @@ Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit, this configuration variable is ignored, all packs except the base pack will be repacked. After this the number of packs should go below gc.autoPackLimit and gc.bigPackThreshold should be respected again. ++ +If the amount of memory estimated for `git repack` to run smoothly is +not available and `gc.bigPackThreshold` is not set, the largest pack +will also be excluded (this is the equivalent of running `git gc` with +`--keep-base-pack`). gc.writeCommitGraph:: If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when - linkgit:git-gc[1] is run. When using linkgit:git-gc[1] - '--auto' the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is + linkgit:git-gc[1] is run. When using `git gc --auto` + the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is required. Default is false. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for details. @@ -94,6 +116,12 @@ gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. ++ +These types of entries are generally created as a result of using `git +commit --amend` or `git rebase` and are the commits prior to the amend +or rebase occurring. Since these changes are not part of the current +project most users will want to expire them sooner, which is why the +default is more aggressive than `gc.reflogExpire`. gc.rerereResolved:: Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are diff --git a/Documentation/config/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt index d389c73929..6a313937f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/merge.txt @@ -39,9 +39,22 @@ merge.renameLimit:: is turned off. merge.renames:: - Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false", - rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename - detection is enabled. Defaults to the value of diff.renames. + Whether Git detects renames. If set to "false", rename detection + is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename detection is enabled. + Defaults to the value of diff.renames. + +merge.directoryRenames:: + Whether Git detects directory renames, affecting what happens at + merge time to new files added to a directory on one side of + history when that directory was renamed on the other side of + history. If merge.directoryRenames is set to "false", directory + rename detection is disabled, meaning that such new files will be + left behind in the old directory. If set to "true", directory + rename detection is enabled, meaning that such new files will be + moved into the new directory. If set to "conflict", a conflict + will be reported for such paths. If merge.renames is false, + merge.directoryRenames is ignored and treated as false. Defaults + to "conflict". merge.renormalize:: Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt index 425c73aa52..9cdcfa7324 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt @@ -124,6 +124,4 @@ pack.writeBitmapHashCache:: bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4 - bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap - implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if - Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false. + bytes per object of disk space. Defaults to true. diff --git a/Documentation/config/repack.txt b/Documentation/config/repack.txt index a5c37813fd..9c413e177e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/repack.txt @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ repack.writeBitmaps:: packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has no effect if multiple packfiles are created. - Defaults to false. + Defaults to true on bare repos, false otherwise. diff --git a/Documentation/config/trace2.txt b/Documentation/config/trace2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a5f409c1c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/trace2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +Trace2 config settings are only read from the system and global +config files; repository local and worktree config files and `-c` +command line arguments are not respected. + +trace2.normalTarget:: + This variable controls the normal target destination. + It may be overridden by the `GIT_TR2` environment variable. + The following table shows possible values. + +trace2.perfTarget:: + This variable controls the performance target destination. + It may be overridden by the `GIT_TR2_PERF` environment variable. + The following table shows possible values. + +trace2.eventTarget:: + This variable controls the event target destination. + It may be overridden by the `GIT_TR2_EVENT` environment variable. + The following table shows possible values. ++ +include::../trace2-target-values.txt[] + +trace2.normalBrief:: + Boolean. When true `time`, `filename`, and `line` fields are + omitted from normal output. May be overridden by the + `GIT_TR2_BRIEF` environment variable. Defaults to false. + +trace2.perfBrief:: + Boolean. When true `time`, `filename`, and `line` fields are + omitted from PERF output. May be overridden by the + `GIT_TR2_PERF_BRIEF` environment variable. Defaults to false. + +trace2.eventBrief:: + Boolean. When true `time`, `filename`, and `line` fields are + omitted from event output. May be overridden by the + `GIT_TR2_EVENT_BRIEF` environment variable. Defaults to false. + +trace2.eventNesting:: + Integer. Specifies desired depth of nested regions in the + event output. Regions deeper than this value will be + omitted. May be overridden by the `GIT_TR2_EVENT_NESTING` + environment variable. Defaults to 2. + +trace2.configParams:: + A comma-separated list of patterns of "important" config + settings that should be recorded in the trace2 output. + For example, `core.*,remote.*.url` would cause the trace2 + output to contain events listing each configured remote. + May be overridden by the `GIT_TR2_CONFIG_PARAMS` environment + variable. Unset by default. + +trace2.destinationDebug:: + Boolean. When true Git will print error messages when a + trace target destination cannot be opened for writing. + By default, these errors are suppressed and tracing is + silently disabled. May be overridden by the + `GIT_TR2_DST_DEBUG` environment variable. diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index fa0a3151b3..91c47752ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ endif::git-pull[] --server-option=<option>:: Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF - character. + character. The server's handling of server options, including + unknown ones, is server-specific. When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index d64e72462f..754b16ce0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ OPTIONS With this option, 'git cherry-pick' will let you edit the commit message prior to committing. +--cleanup=<mode>:: + This option determines how the commit message will be cleaned up before + being passed on to the commit machinery. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for more + details. In particular, if the '<mode>' is given a value of `scissors`, + scissors will be appended to `MERGE_MSG` before being passed on in the case + of a conflict. + -x:: When recording the commit, append a line that says "(cherry picked from commit ...)" to the original commit diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 2fd12524f9..a0f14b51f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. +--server-option=<option>:: + Transmit the given string to the server when communicating using + protocol version 2. The given string must not contain a NUL or LF + character. The server's handling of server options, including + unknown ones, is server-specific. + When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all + sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line. + --no-checkout:: -n:: No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete. diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index ccdc5f83d6..a88f6ae2c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ at the end. The number of additional commits is the number of commits which would be displayed by "git log v1.0.4..parent". -The hash suffix is "-g" + 7-char abbreviation for the tip commit +The hash suffix is "-g" + unambiguous abbreviation for the tip commit of parent (which was `2414721b194453f058079d897d13c4e377f92dc6`). The "g" prefix stands for "git" and is used to allow describing the version of a software depending on the SCM the software is managed with. This is useful diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 43ab3b1637..d65cdb3d08 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -422,7 +422,12 @@ However it is recommended that a `filedeleteall` command precede all `filemodify`, `filecopy`, `filerename` and `notemodify` commands in the same commit, as `filedeleteall` wipes the branch clean (see below). -The `LF` after the command is optional (it used to be required). +The `LF` after the command is optional (it used to be required). Note +that for reasons of backward compatibility, if the commit ends with a +`data` command (i.e. it has has no `from`, `merge`, `filemodify`, +`filedelete`, `filecopy`, `filerename`, `filedeleteall` or +`notemodify` commands) then two `LF` commands may appear at the end of +the command instead of just one. `author` ^^^^^^^^ @@ -966,10 +971,6 @@ might want to refer to in their commit messages. 'get-mark' SP ':' <idnum> LF .... -This command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are -accepted. In particular, the `get-mark` command can be used in the -middle of a commit but not in the middle of a `data` command. - See ``Responses To Commands'' below for details about how to read this output safely. @@ -996,9 +997,10 @@ Output uses the same format as `git cat-file --batch`: <contents> LF ==== -This command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are -accepted. In particular, the `cat-blob` command can be used in the -middle of a commit but not in the middle of a `data` command. +This command can be used where a `filemodify` directive can appear, +allowing it to be used in the middle of a commit. For a `filemodify` +using an inline directive, it can also appear right before the `data` +directive. See ``Responses To Commands'' below for details about how to read this output safely. @@ -1011,8 +1013,8 @@ printing a blob from the active commit (with `cat-blob`) or copying a blob or tree from a previous commit for use in the current one (with `filemodify`). -The `ls` command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are -accepted, including the middle of a commit. +The `ls` command can also be used where a `filemodify` directive can +appear, allowing it to be used in the middle of a commit. Reading from the active commit:: This form can only be used in the middle of a `commit`. @@ -1396,6 +1398,13 @@ deltas are suboptimal (see above) then also adding the `-f` option to force recomputation of all deltas can significantly reduce the final packfile size (30-50% smaller can be quite typical). +Instead of running `git repack` you can also run `git gc +--aggressive`, which will also optimize other things after an import +(e.g. pack loose refs). As noted in the "AGGRESSIVE" section in +linkgit:git-gc[1] the `--aggressive` option will find new deltas with +the `-f` option to linkgit:git-repack[1]. For the reasons elaborated +on above using `--aggressive` after a fast-import is one of the few +cases where it's known to be worthwhile. MEMORY UTILIZATION ------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index a7c1b0f60e..247f765604 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -20,17 +20,16 @@ created from prior invocations of 'git add', packing refs, pruning reflog, rerere metadata or stale working trees. May also update ancillary indexes such as the commit-graph. -Users are encouraged to run this task on a regular basis within -each repository to maintain good disk space utilization and good -operating performance. +When common porcelain operations that create objects are run, they +will check whether the repository has grown substantially since the +last maintenance, and if so run `git gc` automatically. See `gc.auto` +below for how to disable this behavior. -Some git commands may automatically run 'git gc'; see the `--auto` flag -below for details. If you know what you're doing and all you want is to -disable this behavior permanently without further considerations, just do: - ----------------------- -$ git config --global gc.auto 0 ----------------------- +Running `git gc` manually should only be needed when adding objects to +a repository without regularly running such porcelain commands, to do +a one-off repository optimization, or e.g. to clean up a suboptimal +mass-import. See the "PACKFILE OPTIMIZATION" section in +linkgit:git-fast-import[1] for more details on the import case. OPTIONS ------- @@ -40,35 +39,17 @@ OPTIONS space utilization and performance. This option will cause 'git gc' to more aggressively optimize the repository at the expense of taking much more time. The effects of this optimization are - persistent, so this option only needs to be used occasionally; every - few hundred changesets or so. + mostly persistent. See the "AGGRESSIVE" section below for details. --auto:: With this option, 'git gc' checks whether any housekeeping is required; if not, it exits without performing any work. - Some git commands run `git gc --auto` after performing - operations that could create many loose objects. Housekeeping - is required if there are too many loose objects or too many - packs in the repository. -+ -If the number of loose objects exceeds the value of the `gc.auto` -configuration variable, then all loose objects are combined into a -single pack using `git repack -d -l`. Setting the value of `gc.auto` -to 0 disables automatic packing of loose objects. + -If the number of packs exceeds the value of `gc.autoPackLimit`, -then existing packs (except those marked with a `.keep` file -or over `gc.bigPackThreshold` limit) -are consolidated into a single pack by using the `-A` option of -'git repack'. -If the amount of memory is estimated not enough for `git repack` to -run smoothly and `gc.bigPackThreshold` is not set, the largest -pack will also be excluded (this is the equivalent of running `git gc` -with `--keep-base-pack`). -Setting `gc.autoPackLimit` to 0 disables automatic consolidation of -packs. +See the `gc.auto` option in the "CONFIGURATION" section below for how +this heuristic works. + -If houskeeping is required due to many loose objects or packs, all +Once housekeeping is triggered by exceeding the limits of +configuration options such as `gc.auto` and `gc.autoPackLimit`, all other housekeeping tasks (e.g. rerere, working trees, reflog...) will be performed as well. @@ -96,69 +77,39 @@ be performed as well. `.keep` files are consolidated into a single pack. When this option is used, `gc.bigPackThreshold` is ignored. +AGGRESSIVE +---------- + +When the `--aggressive` option is supplied, linkgit:git-repack[1] will +be invoked with the `-f` flag, which in turn will pass +`--no-reuse-delta` to linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This will throw +away any existing deltas and re-compute them, at the expense of +spending much more time on the repacking. + +The effects of this are mostly persistent, e.g. when packs and loose +objects are coalesced into one another pack the existing deltas in +that pack might get re-used, but there are also various cases where we +might pick a sub-optimal delta from a newer pack instead. + +Furthermore, supplying `--aggressive` will tweak the `--depth` and +`--window` options passed to linkgit:git-repack[1]. See the +`gc.aggressiveDepth` and `gc.aggressiveWindow` settings below. By +using a larger window size we're more likely to find more optimal +deltas. + +It's probably not worth it to use this option on a given repository +without running tailored performance benchmarks on it. It takes a lot +more time, and the resulting space/delta optimization may or may not +be worth it. Not using this at all is the right trade-off for most +users and their repositories. + CONFIGURATION ------------- -The optional configuration variable `gc.reflogExpire` can be -set to indicate how long historical entries within each branch's -reflog should remain available in this repository. The setting is -expressed as a length of time, for example '90 days' or '3 months'. -It defaults to '90 days'. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable` -can be set to indicate how long historical reflog entries which -are not part of the current branch should remain available in -this repository. These types of entries are generally created as -a result of using `git commit --amend` or `git rebase` and are the -commits prior to the amend or rebase occurring. Since these changes -are not part of the current project most users will want to expire -them sooner. This option defaults to '30 days'. - -The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern. For -example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking -branches: - ------------- -[gc "refs/remotes/*"] - reflogExpire = never - reflogExpireUnreachable = 3 days ------------- - -The optional configuration variable `gc.rerereResolved` indicates -how long records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are -kept. This defaults to 60 days. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.rerereUnresolved` indicates -how long records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are -kept. This defaults to 15 days. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.packRefs` determines if -'git gc' runs 'git pack-refs'. This can be set to "notbare" to enable -it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a boolean value. -This defaults to true. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.writeCommitGraph` determines if -'git gc' should run 'git commit-graph write'. This can be set to a -boolean value. This defaults to false. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.aggressiveWindow` controls how -much time is spent optimizing the delta compression of the objects in -the repository when the --aggressive option is specified. The larger -the value, the more time is spent optimizing the delta compression. See -the documentation for the --window option in linkgit:git-repack[1] for -more details. This defaults to 250. - -Similarly, the optional configuration variable `gc.aggressiveDepth` -controls --depth option in linkgit:git-repack[1]. This defaults to 50. - -The optional configuration variable `gc.pruneExpire` controls how old -the unreferenced loose objects have to be before they are pruned. The -default is "2 weeks ago". - -Optional configuration variable `gc.worktreePruneExpire` controls how -old a stale working tree should be before `git worktree prune` deletes -it. Default is "3 months ago". +The below documentation is the same as what's found in +linkgit:git-config[1]: +include::config/gc.txt[] NOTES ----- @@ -168,8 +119,8 @@ anywhere in your repository. In particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in -refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches -that were later amended or rewound). +refs/original/, reflogs (which may reference commits in branches +that were later amended or rewound), and anything else in the refs/* namespace. If you are expecting some objects to be deleted and they aren't, check all of those locations and decide whether it makes sense in your case to remove those references. @@ -190,8 +141,7 @@ mitigate this problem: However, these features fall short of a complete solution, so users who run commands concurrently have to live with some risk of corruption (which -seems to be low in practice) unless they turn off automatic garbage -collection with 'git config gc.auto 0'. +seems to be low in practice). HOOKS ----- diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 5298f1bc30..8461c0e83e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ OPTIONS 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: @@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ a space) at the start of each line: C:: modified/changed K:: to be killed ?:: other +-- -v:: Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 7061d6634e..d271842608 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ OPTIONS Instead of reading tree object(s) into the index, just empty it. +-q:: +--quiet:: + Quiet, suppress feedback messages. + <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt index df310d2a58..95763d7581 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on the initial manual merge, and applying previously recorded hand resolutions to their corresponding automerge results. [NOTE] -You need to set the configuration variable rerere.enabled in order to +You need to set the configuration variable `rerere.enabled` in order to enable this command. diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index 6afccb2f1e..0c82ca5bc0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ more details. With this option, 'git revert' will not start the commit message editor. +--cleanup=<mode>:: + This option determines how the commit message will be cleaned up before + being passed on to the commit machinery. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for more + details. In particular, if the '<mode>' is given a value of `scissors`, + scissors will be appended to `MERGE_MSG` before being passed on in the case + of a conflict. + -n:: --no-commit:: Usually the command automatically creates some commits with diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index 4a01371227..5cc2fcefba 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ $ git show-branch master fixes mhf ------------------------------------------------ These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master], -whose commit message is "Add {apostrophe}git show-branch{apostrophe}". +whose commit message is "Add \'git show-branch'". The "fixes" branch adds one commit "Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"". The "mhf" branch adds many other commits. The current branch is "master". diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index ac8c6879dd..0ed5c24dc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...) 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [<options>] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] set-branch [<options>] [--] <path> 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [<options>] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command> 'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] @@ -172,6 +173,12 @@ submodule with the `--init` option. If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within. -- +set-branch ((-d|--default)|(-b|--branch <branch>)) [--] <path>:: + Sets the default remote tracking branch for the submodule. The + `--branch` option allows the remote branch to be specified. The + `--default` option removes the submodule.<name>.branch configuration + key, which causes the tracking branch to default to 'master'. + summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]:: Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits @@ -259,13 +266,14 @@ OPTIONS This option is only valid for the deinit command. Unregister all submodules in the working tree. --b:: ---branch:: +-b <branch>:: +--branch <branch>:: Branch of repository to add as submodule. The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<name>.branch` in `.gitmodules` for `update --remote`. A special value of `.` is used to indicate that the name of the branch in the submodule should be the - same name as the current branch in the current repository. + same name as the current branch in the current repository. If the + option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'. -f:: --force:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 223788fa3e..30711625fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -1100,10 +1100,10 @@ listed below are allowed: tags = tags/*/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/tags/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Keep in mind that the '\*' (asterisk) wildcard of the local ref -(right of the ':') *must* be the farthest right path component; +Keep in mind that the `*` (asterisk) wildcard of the local ref +(right of the `:`) *must* be the farthest right path component; however the remote wildcard may be anywhere as long as it's an -independent path component (surrounded by '/' or EOL). This +independent path component (surrounded by `/` or EOL). This type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and should be manually entered with a text-editor or using 'git config'. diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 5bf653c111..786e778ab8 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -496,6 +496,24 @@ This hook is invoked by `git-p4 submit`. It takes no parameters and nothing from standard input. Exiting with non-zero status from this script prevent `git-p4 submit` from launching. Run `git-p4 submit --help` for details. +post-index-change +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This hook is invoked when the index is written in read-cache.c +do_write_locked_index. + +The first parameter passed to the hook is the indicator for the +working directory being updated. "1" meaning working directory +was updated or "0" when the working directory was not updated. + +The second parameter passed to the hook is the indicator for whether +or not the index was updated and the skip-worktree bit could have +changed. "1" meaning skip-worktree bits could have been updated +and "0" meaning they were not. + +Only one parameter should be set to "1" when the hook runs. The hook +running passing "1", "1" should not be possible. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 92a7d936c1..61876dbc33 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ they run `git merge`. To make it easier to adjust such scripts to the updated behaviour, the environment variable `GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be set to `no` at the beginning of them. +--cleanup=<mode>:: + This option determines how the merge message will be cleaned up before + commiting. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for more details. In addition, if + the '<mode>' is given a value of `scissors`, scissors will be appended + to `MERGE_MSG` before being passed on to the commit machinery in the + case of a merge conflict. + --ff:: When the merge resolves as a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer, without creating a merge commit. This is the default diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 2b036d7838..2e2e7c10c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -198,8 +198,10 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: The filename will be prefixed by passing the filename along with the prefix argument of `parse_options()` to `prefix_filename()`. -`OPT_ARGUMENT(long, description)`:: +`OPT_ARGUMENT(long, &int_var, description)`:: Introduce a long-option argument that will be kept in `argv[]`. + If this option was seen, `int_var` will be set to one (except + if a `NULL` pointer was passed). `OPT_NUMBER_CALLBACK(&var, description, func_ptr)`:: Recognize numerical options like -123 and feed the integer as diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt index 2de565fa3d..9e585b8e79 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt @@ -22,21 +22,41 @@ Targets are defined using a VTable allowing easy extension to other formats in the future. This might be used to define a binary format, for example. +Trace2 is controlled using `trace2.*` config values in the system and +global config files and `GIT_TR2*` environment variables. Trace2 does +not read from repo local or worktree config files or respect `-c` +command line config settings. + == Trace2 Targets Trace2 defines the following set of Trace2 Targets. Format details are given in a later section. -`GIT_TR2` (NORMAL):: +=== The Normal Format Target + +The normal format target is a tradition printf format and similar +to GIT_TRACE format. This format is enabled with the `GIT_TR` +environment variable or the `trace2.normalTarget` system or global +config setting. + +For example - a simple printf format like GIT_TRACE. -+ ------------ $ export GIT_TR2=~/log.normal $ git version git version 2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb ------------ -+ + +or + +------------ +$ git config --global trace2.normalTarget ~/log.normal +$ git version +git version 2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb +------------ + +yields + ------------ $ cat ~/log.normal 12:28:42.620009 common-main.c:38 version 2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb @@ -46,76 +66,86 @@ $ cat ~/log.normal 12:28:42.621250 trace2/tr2_tgt_normal.c:124 atexit elapsed:0.001265 code:0 ------------ -`GIT_TR2_PERF` (PERF):: +=== The Performance Format Target + +The performance format target (PERF) is a column-based format to +replace GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE and is suitable for development and +testing, possibly to complement tools like gprof. This format is +enabled with the `GIT_TR2_PERF` environment variable or the +`trace2.perfTarget` system or global config setting. + +For example - a column-based format to replace GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE suitable for - development and testing, possibly to complement tools like gprof. -+ ------------ $ export GIT_TR2_PERF=~/log.perf $ git version git version 2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb ------------ -+ + +or + +------------ +$ git config --global trace2.perfTarget ~/log.perf +$ git version +git version 2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb +------------ + +yields + ------------ $ cat ~/log.perf 12:28:42.620675 common-main.c:38 | d0 | main | version | | | | | 2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb -12:28:42.621001 common-main.c:39 | d0 | main | start | | | | | git version +12:28:42.621001 common-main.c:39 | d0 | main | start | | 0.001173 | | | git version 12:28:42.621111 git.c:432 | d0 | main | cmd_name | | | | | version (version) 12:28:42.621225 git.c:662 | d0 | main | exit | | 0.001227 | | | code:0 12:28:42.621259 trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c:211 | d0 | main | atexit | | 0.001265 | | | code:0 ------------ -`GIT_TR2_EVENT` (EVENT):: +=== The Event Format Target + +The event format target is a JSON-based format of event data suitable +for telemetry analysis. This format is enabled with the `GIT_TR2_EVENT` +environment variable or the `trace2.eventTarget` system or global config +setting. + +For example - a JSON-based format of event data suitable for telemetry analysis. -+ ------------ $ export GIT_TR2_EVENT=~/log.event $ git version git version 2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb ------------ -+ ------------- -$ cat ~/log.event -{"event":"version","sid":"1547659722619736-11614","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16 17:28:42.620713","file":"common-main.c","line":38,"evt":"1","exe":"2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb"} -{"event":"start","sid":"1547659722619736-11614","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16 17:28:42.621027","file":"common-main.c","line":39,"argv":["git","version"]} -{"event":"cmd_name","sid":"1547659722619736-11614","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16 17:28:42.621122","file":"git.c","line":432,"name":"version","hierarchy":"version"} -{"event":"exit","sid":"1547659722619736-11614","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16 17:28:42.621236","file":"git.c","line":662,"t_abs":0.001227,"code":0} -{"event":"atexit","sid":"1547659722619736-11614","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16 17:28:42.621268","file":"trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c","line":163,"t_abs":0.001265,"code":0} ------------- -== Enabling a Target +or -A Trace2 Target is enabled when the corresponding environment variable -(`GIT_TR2`, `GIT_TR2_PERF`, or `GIT_TR2_EVENT`) is set. The following -values are recognized. - -`0`:: -`false`:: - - Disables the target. - -`1`:: -`true`:: - - Enables the target and writes stream to `STDERR`. +------------ +$ git config --global trace2.eventTarget ~/log.event +$ git version +git version 2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb +------------ -`[2-9]`:: +yields - Enables the target and writes to the already opened file descriptor. +------------ +$ cat ~/log.event +{"event":"version","sid":"sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.620713Z","file":"common-main.c","line":38,"evt":"1","exe":"2.20.1.155.g426c96fcdb"} +{"event":"start","sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.621027Z","file":"common-main.c","line":39,"t_abs":0.001173,"argv":["git","version"]} +{"event":"cmd_name","sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.621122Z","file":"git.c","line":432,"name":"version","hierarchy":"version"} +{"event":"exit","sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.621236Z","file":"git.c","line":662,"t_abs":0.001227,"code":0} +{"event":"atexit","sid":"20190408T191610.507018Z-H9b68c35f-P000059a8","thread":"main","time":"2019-01-16T17:28:42.621268Z","file":"trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c","line":163,"t_abs":0.001265,"code":0} +------------ -`<absolute-pathname>`:: +=== Enabling a Target - Enables the target, opens and writes to the file in append mode. +To enable a target, set the corresponding environment variable or +system or global config value to one of the following: -`af_unix:[<socket_type>:]<absolute-pathname>`:: +include::../trace2-target-values.txt[] - Enables the target, opens and writes to a Unix Domain Socket - (on platforms that support them). -+ -Socket type can be either `stream` or `dgram`. If the socket type is -omitted, Git will try both. +If the target already exists and is a directory, the traces will be +written to files (one per process) underneath the given directory. They +will be named according to the last component of the SID (optionally +followed by a counter to avoid filename collisions). == Trace2 API @@ -160,17 +190,23 @@ purposes. These are concerned with the lifetime of the overall git process. +`void trace2_initialize_clock()`:: + + Initialize the Trace2 start clock and nothing else. This should + be called at the very top of main() to capture the process start + time and reduce startup order dependencies. + `void trace2_initialize()`:: Determines if any Trace2 Targets should be enabled and - initializes the Trace2 facility. This includes starting the - elapsed time clocks and thread local storage (TLS). + initializes the Trace2 facility. This includes setting up the + Trace2 thread local storage (TLS). + This function emits a "version" message containing the version of git and the Trace2 protocol. + This function should be called from `main()` as early as possible in -the life of the process. +the life of the process after essential process initialization. `int trace2_is_enabled()`:: @@ -237,15 +273,16 @@ significantly affects program performance or behavior, such as Emits a "def_param" messages for "important" configuration settings. + -The environment variable `GIT_TR2_CONFIG_PARAMS` can be set to a +The environment variable `GIT_TR2_CONFIG_PARAMS` or the `trace2.configParams` +config value can be set to a list of patterns of important configuration settings, for example: `core.*,remote.*.url`. This function will iterate over all config settings and emit a "def_param" message for each match. `void trace2_cmd_set_config(const char *key, const char *value)`:: - Emits a "def_param" message for a specific configuration - setting IFF it matches the `GIT_TR2_CONFIG_PARAMS` pattern. + Emits a "def_param" message for a new or updated key/value + pair IF `key` is considered important. + This is used to hook into `git_config_set()` and catch any configuration changes and update a value previously reported by @@ -412,9 +449,6 @@ recursive tree walk. === NORMAL Format -NORMAL format is enabled when the `GIT_TR2` environment variable is -set. - Events are written as lines of the form: ------------ @@ -431,8 +465,8 @@ Events are written as lines of the form: Note that this may contain embedded LF or CRLF characters that are not escaped, so the event may spill across multiple lines. -If `GIT_TR2_BRIEF` is true, the `time`, `filename`, and `line` fields -are omitted. +If `GIT_TR2_BRIEF` or `trace2.normalBrief` is true, the `time`, `filename`, +and `line` fields are omitted. This target is intended to be more of a summary (like GIT_TRACE) and less detailed than the other targets. It ignores thread, region, and @@ -440,9 +474,6 @@ data messages, for example. === PERF Format -PERF format is enabled when the `GIT_TR2_PERF` environment variable -is set. - Events are written as lines of the form: ------------ @@ -502,8 +533,8 @@ This field is in anticipation of in-proc submodules in the future. 15:33:33.532712 wt-status.c:2331 | d0 | main | region_leave | r1 | 0.127568 | 0.001504 | status | label:print ------------ -If `GIT_TR2_PERF_BRIEF` is true, the `time`, `file`, and `line` -fields are omitted. +If `GIT_TR2_PERF_BRIEF` or `trace2.perfBrief` is true, the `time`, `file`, +and `line` fields are omitted. ------------ d0 | main | region_leave | r1 | 0.011717 | 0.009122 | index | label:preload @@ -514,9 +545,6 @@ during development and is quite noisy. === EVENT Format -EVENT format is enabled when the `GIT_TR2_EVENT` environment -variable is set. - Each event is a JSON-object containing multiple key/value pairs written as a single line and followed by a LF. @@ -534,11 +562,11 @@ The following key/value pairs are common to all events: ------------ { "event":"version", - "sid":"1547659722619736-11614", + "sid":"20190408T191827.272759Z-H9b68c35f-P00003510", "thread":"main", - "time":"2019-01-16 17:28:42.620713", + "time":"2019-04-08T19:18:27.282761Z", "file":"common-main.c", - "line":38, + "line":42, ... } ------------ @@ -570,9 +598,9 @@ The following key/value pairs are common to all events: `"repo":<repo-id>`:: when present, is the integer repo-id as described previously. -If `GIT_TR2_EVENT_BRIEF` is true, the `file` and `line` fields are omitted -from all events and the `time` field is only present on the "start" and -"atexit" events. +If `GIT_TR2_EVENT_BRIEF` or `trace2.eventBrief` is true, the `file` +and `line` fields are omitted from all events and the `time` field is +only present on the "start" and "atexit" events. ==== Event-Specific Key/Value Pairs @@ -595,6 +623,7 @@ from all events and the `time` field is only present on the "start" and { "event":"start", ... + "t_abs":0.001227, # elapsed time in seconds "argv":["git","version"] } ------------ @@ -882,7 +911,7 @@ visited. The `category` field may be used in a future enhancement to do category-based filtering. + -The `GIT_TR2_EVENT_NESTING` environment variable can be used to +`GIT_TR2_EVENT_NESTING` or `trace2.eventNesting` can be used to filter deeply nested regions and data events. It defaults to "2". `"region_leave"`:: @@ -1112,7 +1141,7 @@ $ git status $ cat ~/log.perf d0 | main | version | | | | | 2.20.1.160.g5676107ecd.dirty -d0 | main | start | | | | | git status +d0 | main | start | | 0.001173 | | | git status d0 | main | def_repo | r1 | | | | worktree:/Users/jeffhost/work/gfw d0 | main | cmd_name | | | | | status (status) ... @@ -1157,7 +1186,7 @@ $ git status ... $ cat ~/log.perf d0 | main | version | | | | | 2.20.1.162.gb4ccea44db.dirty -d0 | main | start | | | | | git status +d0 | main | start | | 0.001173 | | | git status d0 | main | def_repo | r1 | | | | worktree:/Users/jeffhost/work/gfw d0 | main | cmd_name | | | | | status (status) ... @@ -1213,7 +1242,7 @@ $ git status ... $ cat ~/log.perf d0 | main | version | | | | | 2.20.1.156.gf9916ae094.dirty -d0 | main | start | | | | | git status +d0 | main | start | | 0.001173 | | | git status d0 | main | def_repo | r1 | | | | worktree:/Users/jeffhost/work/gfw d0 | main | cmd_name | | | | | status (status) d0 | main | region_enter | r1 | 0.001791 | | index | label:do_read_index .git/index diff --git a/Documentation/trace2-target-values.txt b/Documentation/trace2-target-values.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..27d3c64e66 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/trace2-target-values.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +-- +* `0` or `false` - Disables the target. +* `1` or `true` - Writes to `STDERR`. +* `[2-9]` - Writes to the already opened file descriptor. +* `<absolute-pathname>` - Writes to the file in append mode. +* `af_unix:[<socket_type>:]<absolute-pathname>` - Write to a +Unix DomainSocket (on platforms that support them). Socket +type can be either `stream` or `dgram`; if omitted Git will +try both. +-- |