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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.1.txt | 67 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 49 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blame-options.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-add.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 54 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-log.txt | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-notes.txt | 177 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-shortlog.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 14 |
15 files changed, 393 insertions, 89 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e0386a43f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Git v1.7.1.1 Release Notes (draft) +================================== + +Fixes since v1.7.1 +------------------ + + * Authentication over http transport can now be made lazily, in that the + request can first go to a URL without username, get a 401 response and + then the client will ask for the username to use. + + * We used to mistakenly think "../work" is a subdirectory of the current + directory when we are in "../work-xyz". + + * The attribute mechanism now allows an entry that uses an attribute + macro that set/unset one attribute, immediately followed by an + overriding setting; this makes attribute macros much easier to use. + + * We didn't recognize timezone "Z" as a synonym for "UTC" (75b37e70). + + * "git am -3" did not show diagnosis when the patch in the message was corrupt. + + * After "git apply --whitespace=fix" removed trailing blank lines in an + patch in a patch series, it failed to apply later patches that depend + on the presense of such blank lines. + + * "git bundle --stdin" segfaulted. + + * "git checkout" and "git rebase" overwrote paths that are marked "assume + unchanged". + + * "git describe" did not tie-break tags that point at the same commit + correctly; newer ones are preferred by paying attention to the + tagger date now. + + * "git diff" used to tell underlying xdiff machinery to work very hard to + minimize the output, but this often was spending too many extra cycles + for very little gain. + + * "git diff --color" did not paint extended diff headers per line + (i.e. the coloring escape sequence didn't end at the end of line), + which confused "less -R". + + * "git fetch" over HTTP verifies the downloaded packfiles more robustly. + + * The memory usage by "git index-pack" (run during "git fetch" and "git + push") got leaner. + + * "GIT_DIR=foo.git git init --bare bar.git" created foo.git instead of bar.git. + + * "git log --abbrev=$num --format='%h' ignored --abbrev=$num. + + * "git pull" accepted "--dry-run", gave it to underlying "git fetch" but + ignored the option itself, resulting in a bogus attempt to merge + unrelated commit. + + * "git send-email" lacked a way to specify the domainname used in the + EHLO/HELO exchange, causing rejected connection from picky servers. + It learned --smtp-domain option to solve this issue. + + * "git stash" incorrectly lost paths in the working tree that were + previously removed from the index. + + * "git status" stopped refreshing the index by mistake in 1.7.1. + + * "git status" showed excess "hints" even when advice.statusHints is set to false. + +And other minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 84248daa58..eb53e0636e 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -54,6 +54,34 @@ But the patch submission requirements are a lot more relaxed here on the technical/contents front, because the core GIT is thousand times smaller ;-). So here is only the relevant bits. +(0) Decide what to base your work on. + +In general, always base your work on the oldest branch that your +change is relevant to. + + - A bugfix should be based on 'maint' in general. If the bug is not + present in 'maint', base it on 'master'. For a bug that's not yet + in 'master', find the topic that introduces the regression, and + base your work on the tip of the topic. + + - A new feature should be based on 'master' in general. If the new + feature depends on a topic that is in 'pu', but not in 'master', + base your work on the tip of that topic. + + - Corrections and enhancements to a topic not yet in 'master' should + be based on the tip of that topic. If the topic has not been merged + to 'next', it's alright to add a note to squash minor corrections + into the series. + + - In the exceptional case that a new feature depends on several topics + not in 'master', start working on 'next' or 'pu' privately and send + out patches for discussion. Before the final merge, you may have to + wait until some of the dependent topics graduate to 'master', and + rebase your work. + +To find the tip of a topic branch, run "git log --first-parent +master..pu" and look for the merge commit. The second parent of this +commit is the tip of the topic branch. (1) Make separate commits for logically separate changes. @@ -171,17 +199,16 @@ patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message that starts with '-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----'. That is not a text/plain, it's something else. -Note that your maintainer does not necessarily read everything -on the git mailing list. If your patch is for discussion first, -send it "To:" the mailing list, and optionally "cc:" him. If it -is trivially correct or after the list reached a consensus, send -it "To:" the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list for -inclusion. - -Also note that your maintainer does not actively involve himself in -maintaining what are in contrib/ hierarchy. When you send fixes and -enhancements to them, do not forget to "cc: " the person who primarily -worked on that hierarchy in contrib/. +Unless your patch is a very trivial and an obviously correct one, +first send it with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing +people who are involved in the area you are touching (the output from +"git blame $path" and "git shortlog --no-merges $path" would help to +identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. After the list +reached a consensus that it is a good idea to apply the patch, re-send +it with "To:" set to the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list for +inclusion. Do not forget to add trailers such as "Acked-by:", +"Reviewed-by:" and "Tested-by:" after your "Signed-off-by:" line as +necessary. (4) Sign your work diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index d8205691c6..16e3c68576 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>. running extra passes of inspection. + <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of -alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving +alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving/copying within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent -commit. +commit. The default value is 20. -C|<num>|:: In addition to `-M`, detect lines moved or copied from other @@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ commit. looks for copies from other files in any commit. + <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of -alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving +alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving/copying between files for it to associate those lines with the parent -commit. +commit. And the default value is 40. If there are more than one +`-C` options given, the <num> argument of the last `-C` will +take effect. -h:: --help:: diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index bcf3705759..ae174c99db 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -518,18 +518,12 @@ check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. core.notesRef:: When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in - the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named - after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate. The ref - must be fully qualified. + the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given + ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no + notes should be printed. + -If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and -appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):" -line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits"). If the -given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no -notes should be printed. -+ -This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by -the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. +This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by +the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1]. core.sparseCheckout:: Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in @@ -1642,6 +1636,7 @@ sendemail.smtppass:: sendemail.suppresscc:: sendemail.suppressfrom:: sendemail.to:: +sendemail.smtpdomain:: sendemail.smtpserver:: sendemail.smtpserverport:: sendemail.smtpuser:: diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index c9c6c2b1cb..3070dddfe2 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -177,7 +177,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create. -M:: +ifndef::git-log[] Detect renames. +endif::git-log[] +ifdef::git-log[] + If generating diffs, detect and report renames for each commit. + For following files across renames while traversing history, see + `--follow`. +endif::git-log[] -C:: Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 51cbeb7032..74741a42f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ patch:: y - stage this hunk n - do not stage this hunk - q - quit, do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones - a - stage this and all the remaining hunks in the file - d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining hunks in the file + q - quit; do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones + a - stage this hunk and all later hunks in the file + d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the later hunks in the file g - select a hunk to go to / - search for a hunk matching the given regex j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index a3a87fa7fd..7146288ad6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -15,33 +15,41 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- - -When <paths> are not given, this command switches branches by -updating the index, working tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified +Updates files in the working tree to match the version in the index +or the specified tree. If no paths are given, 'git checkout' will +also update `HEAD` to set the specified branch as the current branch. -If `-b` is given, a new branch is created and checked out, as if -linkgit:git-branch[1] were called; in this case you can -use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to `git -branch`. As a convenience, --track without `-b` implies branch -creation; see the description of --track below. - -When <paths> or --patch are given, this command does *not* switch -branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from -the index file, or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In -this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving -either of them results in an error. The <tree-ish> argument can be -used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree) -to update the index for the given paths before updating the -working tree. - -The index may contain unmerged entries after a failed merge. By -default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the +'git checkout' [<branch>]:: +'git checkout' -b <new branch> [<start point>]:: + + This form switches branches by updating the index, working + tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch. ++ +If `-b` is given, a new branch is created as if linkgit:git-branch[1] +were called and then checked out; in this case you can +use the `--track` or `--no-track` options, which will be passed to +'git branch'. As a convenience, `--track` without `-b` implies branch +creation; see the description of `--track` below. + +'git checkout' [--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: + + When <paths> or `--patch` are given, 'git checkout' *not* switch + branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from + the index file or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In + this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving + either of them results in an error. The <tree-ish> argument can be + used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree) + to update the index for the given paths before updating the + working tree. ++ +The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge. +By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out. -Using -f will ignore these unmerged entries. The contents from a +Using `-f` will ignore these unmerged entries. The contents from a specific side of the merge can be checked out of the index by -using --ours or --theirs. With -m, changes made to the working tree -file can be discarded to recreate the original conflicted merge result. +using `--ours` or `--theirs`. With `-m`, changes made to the working tree +file can be discarded to re-create the original conflicted merge result. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index fb184ba186..d7f6a9cc3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -132,6 +132,48 @@ Discussion include::i18n.txt[] +Configuration +------------- + +See linkgit:git-config[1] for core variables and linkgit:git-diff[1] +for settings related to diff generation. + +format.pretty:: + Default for the `--format` option. (See "PRETTY FORMATS" above.) + Defaults to "medium". + +i18n.logOutputEncoding:: + Encoding to use when displaying logs. (See "Discussion", above.) + Defaults to the value of `i18n.commitEncoding` if set, UTF-8 + otherwise. + +log.date:: + Default format for human-readable dates. (Compare the + `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write + dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. + +log.showroot:: + If `false`, 'git log' and related commands will not treat the + initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in + `git log -p` output would be shown without a diff attached. + The default is `true`. + +mailmap.file:: + See linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. + +notes.displayRef:: + Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` + or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit + messages with the 'log' family of commands. See + linkgit:git-notes[1]. ++ +May be an unabbreviated ref name or a glob and may be specified +multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, +but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored. ++ +This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option, +overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable, +and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option. Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt index e3d58cbac3..3ea5aad56c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt @@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ OPTIONS -u:: The commit log message, author name and author email are taken from the e-mail, and after minimally decoding MIME - transfer encoding, re-coded in UTF-8 by transliterating + transfer encoding, re-coded in the charset specified by + i18n.commitencoding (defaulting to UTF-8) by transliterating them. This used to be optional but now it is the default. + Note that the patch is always used as-is without charset conversion, even with this flag. --encoding=<encoding>:: - Similar to -u but if the local convention is different - from what is specified by i18n.commitencoding, this flag - can be used to override it. + Similar to -u. But when re-coding, the charset specified here is + used instead of the one specified by i18n.commitencoding or UTF-8. -n:: Disable all charset re-coding of the metadata. diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index c2325ef90e..84043cc5b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] -m <msg>:: Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in - case one is created). The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be + case one is created). + + If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged + will be appended to the specified message. + + The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be used to give a good default for automated 'git merge' invocations. diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index 4e5113b837..de63ef0745 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-notes(1) NAME ---- -git-notes - Add/inspect object notes +git-notes - Add or inspect object notes SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -20,24 +20,26 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command allows you to add/remove notes to/from objects, without -changing the objects themselves. +Adds, removes, or reads notes attached to objects, without touching +the objects themselves. -A typical use of notes is to extend a commit message without having -to change the commit itself. Such commit notes can be shown by `git log` -along with the original commit message. To discern these notes from the +By default, notes are saved to and read from `refs/notes/commits`, but +this default can be overridden. See the OPTIONS, CONFIGURATION, and +ENVIRONMENT sections below. If this ref does not exist, it will be +quietly created when it is first needed to store a note. + +A typical use of notes is to supplement a commit message without +changing the commit itself. Notes can be shown by 'git log' along with +the original commit message. To distinguish these notes from the message stored in the commit object, the notes are indented like the message, after an unindented line saying "Notes (<refname>):" (or -"Notes:" for the default setting). +"Notes:" for `refs/notes/commits`). -This command always manipulates the notes specified in "core.notesRef" -(see linkgit:git-config[1]), which can be overridden by GIT_NOTES_REF. -To change which notes are shown by 'git-log', see the -"notes.displayRef" configuration. +To change which notes are shown by 'git log', see the +"notes.displayRef" configuration in linkgit:git-log[1]. -See the description of "notes.rewrite.<command>" in -linkgit:git-config[1] for a way of carrying your notes across commands -that rewrite commits. +See the "notes.rewrite.<command>" configuration for a way to carry +notes across commands that rewrite commits. SUBCOMMANDS @@ -101,15 +103,20 @@ OPTIONS Use the given note message (instead of prompting). If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are concatenated as separate paragraphs. + Lines starting with `#` and empty lines other than a + single line between paragraphs will be stripped out. -F <file>:: --file=<file>:: Take the note message from the given file. Use '-' to read the note message from the standard input. + Lines starting with `#` and empty lines other than a + single line between paragraphs will be stripped out. -C <object>:: --reuse-message=<object>:: - Reuse the note message from the given note object. + Take the note message from the given blob object (for + example, another note). -c <object>:: --reedit-message=<object>:: @@ -117,22 +124,144 @@ OPTIONS the user can further edit the note message. --ref <ref>:: - Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>. This overrides both - GIT_NOTES_REF and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref + Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>. This overrides + 'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified. -NOTES ------ +DISCUSSION +---------- + +Commit notes are blobs containing extra information about an object +(usually information to supplement a commit's message). These blobs +are taken from notes refs. A notes ref is usually a branch which +contains "files" whose paths are the object names for the objects +they describe, with some directory separators included for performance +reasons footnote:[Permitted pathnames have the form +'ab'`/`'cd'`/`'ef'`/`'...'`/`'abcdef...': a sequence of directory +names of two hexadecimal digits each followed by a filename with the +rest of the object ID.]. Every notes change creates a new commit at the specified notes ref. You can therefore inspect the history of the notes by invoking, e.g., -`git log -p notes/commits`. +`git log -p notes/commits`. Currently the commit message only records +which operation triggered the update, and the commit authorship is +determined according to the usual rules (see linkgit:git-commit[1]). +These details may change in the future. + +It is also permitted for a notes ref to point directly to a tree +object, in which case the history of the notes can be read with +`git log -p -g <refname>`. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +You can use notes to add annotations with information that was not +available at the time a commit was written. + +------------ +$ git notes add -m 'Tested-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>' 72a144e2 +$ git show -s 72a144e +[...] + Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> + +Notes: + Tested-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> +------------ + +In principle, a note is a regular Git blob, and any kind of +(non-)format is accepted. You can binary-safely create notes from +arbitrary files using 'git hash-object': + +------------ +$ cc *.c +$ blob=$(git hash-object -w a.out) +$ git notes --ref=built add -C "$blob" HEAD +------------ + +Of course, it doesn't make much sense to display non-text-format notes +with 'git log', so if you use such notes, you'll probably need to write +some special-purpose tools to do something useful with them. + + +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +core.notesRef:: + Notes ref to read and manipulate instead of + `refs/notes/commits`. Must be an unabbreviated ref name. + This setting can be overridden through the environment and + command line. -Currently the commit message only records which operation triggered -the update, and the commit authorship is determined according to the -usual rules (see linkgit:git-commit[1]). These details may change in -the future. +notes.displayRef:: + Which ref (or refs, if a glob or specified more than once), in + addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` or + 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit + messages with the 'git log' family of commands. + This setting can be overridden on the command line or by the + 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable. + See linkgit:git-log[1]. + +notes.rewrite.<command>:: + When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or + `rebase`), if this variable is `false`, git will not copy + notes from the original to the rewritten commit. Defaults to + `true`. See also "`notes.rewriteRef`" below. ++ +This setting can be overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF' +environment variable. + +notes.rewriteMode:: + When copying notes during a rewrite, what to do if the target + commit already has a note. Must be one of `overwrite`, + `concatenate`, and `ignore`. Defaults to `concatenate`. ++ +This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE` +environment variable. + +notes.rewriteRef:: + When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully + qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. May be a glob, + in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied. You + may also specify this configuration several times. ++ +Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to +enable note rewriting. ++ +Can be overridden with the 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF' environment variable. + + +ENVIRONMENT +----------- + +'GIT_NOTES_REF':: + Which ref to manipulate notes from, instead of `refs/notes/commits`. + This overrides the `core.notesRef` setting. + +'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF':: + Colon-delimited list of refs or globs indicating which refs, + in addition to the default from `core.notesRef` or + 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit + messages. + This overrides the `notes.displayRef` setting. ++ +A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, but a glob that +does not match any refs is silently ignored. + +'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE':: + When copying notes during a rewrite, what to do if the target + commit already has a note. + Must be one of `overwrite`, `concatenate`, and `ignore`. + This overrides the `core.rewriteMode` setting. + +'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF':: + When rewriting commits, which notes to copy from the original + to the rewritten commit. Must be a colon-delimited list of + refs or globs. ++ +If not set in the environment, the list of notes to copy depends +on the `notes.rewrite.<command>` and `notes.rewriteRef` settings. Author diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 3dfdc7cca6..12622fc49a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ Sending value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpencryption'. +--smtp-domain=<FQDN>:: + Specifies the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) used in the + HELO/EHLO command to the SMTP server. Some servers require the + FQDN to match your IP address. If not set, git send-email attempts + to determine your FQDN automatically. Default is the value of + 'sendemail.smtpdomain'. + --smtp-pass[=<password>]:: Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no argument is specified, then the empty string is used as diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index dfd4d0c223..bc1ac77495 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w] -'git shortlog' [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] [<committish>...] +'git shortlog' [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] <commit>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ the first line of the commit message will be shown. Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description. +If no revisions are passed on the command line and either standard input +is not a terminal or there is no current branch, 'git shortlog' will +output a summary of the log read from standard input, without +reference to the current repository. + OPTIONS ------- @@ -39,6 +44,14 @@ OPTIONS --email:: Show the email address of each author. +--format[='<format>']:: + Instead of the commit subject, use some other information to + describe each commit. '<format>' can be any string accepted + by the `--format` option of 'git log', such as '{asterisk} [%h] %s'. + (See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of linkgit:git-log[1].) + + Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown. + -w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]:: Linewrap the output by wrapping each line at `width`. The first line of each entry is indented by `indent1` spaces, and the second diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 68dc1879fe..765d4b312e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ OPTIONS This option can be also used as a coarse file-level mechanism to ignore uncommitted changes in tracked files (akin to what `.gitignore` does for untracked files). -You should remember that an explicit 'git add' operation will -still cause the file to be refreshed from the working tree. Git will fail (gracefully) in case it needs to modify this file in the index e.g. when merging in a commit; thus, in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream, diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 98c459dc82..e10fa88b8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -83,16 +83,20 @@ Patterns have the following format: - If the pattern does not contain a slash '/', git treats it as a shell glob pattern and checks for a match against the - pathname without leading directories. + pathname relative to the location of the `.gitignore` file + (relative to the toplevel of the work tree if not from a + `.gitignore` file). - Otherwise, git treats the pattern as a shell glob suitable for consumption by fnmatch(3) with the FNM_PATHNAME flag: wildcards in the pattern will not match a / in the pathname. For example, "Documentation/\*.html" matches - "Documentation/git.html" but not - "Documentation/ppc/ppc.html". A leading slash matches the - beginning of the pathname; for example, "/*.c" matches - "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c". + "Documentation/git.html" but not "Documentation/ppc/ppc.html" + or "tools/perf/Documentation/perf.html". + + - A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. + For example, "/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not + "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c". An example: |