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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.1.txt | 52 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.2.txt | 79 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.3.txt | 39 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.4.txt | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 163 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-format.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-am.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-apply.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clean.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-imap-send.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-remote.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 66 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitmodules.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 12 |
18 files changed, 452 insertions, 130 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 894546dd75..0f8cccf52d 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -413,6 +413,29 @@ Error Messages - Say what the error is first ("cannot open %s", not "%s: cannot open") +Externally Visible Names + + - For configuration variable names, follow the existing convention: + + . The section name indicates the affected subsystem. + + . The subsection name, if any, indicates which of an unbounded set + of things to set the value for. + + . The variable name describes the effect of tweaking this knob. + + The section and variable names that consist of multiple words are + formed by concatenating the words without punctuations (e.g. `-`), + and are broken using bumpyCaps in documentation as a hint to the + reader. + + When choosing the variable namespace, do not use variable name for + specifying possibly unbounded set of things, most notably anything + an end user can freely come up with (e.g. branch names). Instead, + use subsection names or variable values, like the existing variable + branch.<name>.description does. + + Writing Documentation: Most (if not all) of the documentation pages are written in the diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cf96186288 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +Git v2.3.1 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.3 +---------------- + + * The interactive "show a list and let the user choose from it" + interface "add -i" used showed and prompted to the user even when + the candidate list was empty, against which the only "choice" the + user could have made was to choose nothing. + + * "git apply --whitespace=fix" used to under-allocate the memory + when the fix resulted in a longer text than the original patch. + + * "git log --help" used to show rev-list options that are irrelevant + to the "log" command. + + * The error message from "git commit", when a non-existing author + name was given as value to the "--author=" parameter, has been + reworded to avoid misunderstanding. + + * A broken pack .idx file in the receiving repository prevented the + dumb http transport from fetching a good copy of it from the other + side. + + * The documentation incorrectly said that C(opy) and R(ename) are the + only ones that can be followed by the score number in the output in + the --raw format. + + * Fix a misspelled conditional that is always true. + + * Code to read branch name from various files in .git/ directory + would have misbehaved if the code to write them left an empty file. + + * The "git push" documentation made the "--repo=<there>" option + easily misunderstood. + + * After attempting and failing a password-less authentication + (e.g. kerberos), libcURL refuses to fall back to password based + Basic authentication without a bit of help/encouragement. + + * Setting diff.submodule to 'log' made "git format-patch" produce + broken patches. + + * "git rerere" (invoked internally from many mergy operations) did + not correctly signal errors when told to update the working tree + files and failed to do so for whatever reason. + + * "git blame HEAD -- missing" failed to correctly say "HEAD" when it + tried to say "No such path 'missing' in HEAD". + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..93462e45c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +Git v2.3.2 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.3.1 +------------------ + + * "update-index --refresh" used to leak when an entry cannot be + refreshed for whatever reason. + + * "git fast-import" used to crash when it could not close and + conclude the resulting packfile cleanly. + + * "git blame" died, trying to free an uninitialized piece of memory. + + * "git merge-file" did not work correctly in a subdirectory. + + * "git submodule add" failed to squash "path/to/././submodule" to + "path/to/submodule". + + * In v2.2.0, we broke "git prune" that runs in a repository that + borrows from an alternate object store. + + * Certain older vintages of cURL give irregular output from + "curl-config --vernum", which confused our build system. + + * An earlier workaround to squelch unhelpful deprecation warnings + from the compiler on Mac OSX unnecessarily set minimum required + version of the OS, which the user might want to raise (or lower) + for other reasons. + + * Longstanding configuration variable naming rules has been added to + the documentation. + + * The credential helper for Windows (in contrib/) used to mishandle + a user name with an at-sign in it. + + * Older GnuPG implementations may not correctly import the keyring + material we prepare for the tests to use. + + * Clarify in the documentation that "remote.<nick>.pushURL" and + "remote.<nick>.URL" are there to name the same repository accessed + via different transports, not two separate repositories. + + * The pack bitmap support did not build with older versions of GCC. + + * Reading configuration from a blob object, when it ends with a lone + CR, use to confuse the configuration parser. + + * We didn't format an integer that wouldn't fit in "int" but in + "uintmax_t" correctly. + + * "git push --signed" gave an incorrectly worded error message when + the other side did not support the capability. + + * "git fetch" over a remote-helper that cannot respond to "list" + command could not fetch from a symbolic reference e.g. HEAD. + + * The insn sheet "git rebase -i" creates did not fully honor + core.abbrev settings. + + * The tests that wanted to see that file becomes unreadable after + running "chmod a-r file", and the tests that wanted to make sure it + is not run as root, we used "can we write into the / directory?" as + a cheap substitute, but on some platforms that is not a good + heuristics. The tests and their prerequisites have been updated to + check what they really require. + + * The configuration variable 'mailinfo.scissors' was hard to + discover in the documentation. + + * Correct a breakage to git-svn around v2.2 era that triggers + premature closing of FileHandle. + + * Even though we officially haven't dropped Perl 5.8 support, the + Getopt::Long package that came with it does not support "--no-" + prefix to negate a boolean option; manually add support to help + people with older Getopt::Long package. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5ef12644c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Git v2.3.3 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.3.2 +------------------ + + * A corrupt input to "git diff -M" used cause us to segfault. + + * The borrowed code in kwset API did not follow our usual convention + to use "unsigned char" to store values that range from 0-255. + + * Description given by "grep -h" for its --exclude-standard option + was phrased poorly. + + * Documentaton for "git remote add" mentioned "--tags" and + "--no-tags" and it was not clear that fetch from the remote in + the future will use the default behaviour when neither is given + to override it. + + * "git diff --shortstat --dirstat=changes" showed a dirstat based on + lines that was never asked by the end user in addition to the + dirstat that the user asked for. + + * The interaction between "git submodule update" and the + submodule.*.update configuration was not clearly documented. + + * "git apply" was not very careful about reading from, removing, + updating and creating paths outside the working tree (under + --index/--cached) or the current directory (when used as a + replacement for GNU patch). + + * "git daemon" looked up the hostname even when "%CH" and "%IP" + interpolations are not requested, which was unnecessary. + + * The "interpolated-path" option of "git daemon" inserted any string + client declared on the "host=" capability request without checking. + Sanitize and limit %H and %CH to a saner and a valid DNS name. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..094c7b853b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Git v2.3.4 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.3.3 +------------------ + + * The 'color.status.unmerged' configuration was not described. + + * "git log --decorate" did not reset colors correctly around the + branch names. + + * "git -C '' subcmd" refused to work in the current directory, unlike + "cd ''" which silently behaves as a no-op. + + * "git imap-send" learned to optionally talk with an IMAP server via + libcURL; because there is no other option when Git is built with + NO_OPENSSL option, use that codepath by default under such + configuration. + + * A workaround for certain build of GPG that triggered false breakage + in a test has been added. + + * "git rebase -i" recently started to include the number of + commits in the insn sheet to be processed, but on a platform + that prepends leading whitespaces to "wc -l" output, the numbers + are shown with extra whitespaces that aren't necessary. + + * We did not parse username followed by literal IPv6 address in SSH + transport URLs, e.g. ssh://user@[2001:db8::1]:22/repo.git + correctly. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index ef0eeb40cd..98fc4cc1d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ that is fine, but please mark it as such. (4) Sending your patches. +Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible. These commands +are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways +your existing e-mail client that is optimized for "multipart/*" mime +type e-mails to corrupt and render your patches unusable. + People on the Git mailing list need to be able to read and comment on the changes you are submitting. It is important for a developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 04e2a71687..1a8ddb41c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some -variables may appear multiple times. +variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is +multivalued. Syntax ~~~~~~ @@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ blank lines are ignored. The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next -section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric +section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section header before the first setting of a variable. @@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ in the section header, like in the example below: -------- Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except -newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`, -respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple +newline (doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them +as `\"` and `\\`, respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't need to. @@ -53,38 +54,27 @@ restrictions as section names. All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form -'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line -is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". +'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that +the variable is the boolean "true"). The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters -and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. There can be more -than one value for a given variable; we say then that the variable is -multivalued. +and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. -Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. -Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim. +A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by +ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are +stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the +line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing +whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in +double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained +verbatim. -The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either -a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no, -1/0, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when -converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier; -'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false". - -String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes. -You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to -preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains -comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';'). -Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must -be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`. +Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters +must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`. The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized: `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal escape sequences) are invalid. -Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the -customary UNIX fashion. - -Some variables may require a special value format. Includes ~~~~~~~~ @@ -126,6 +116,61 @@ Example path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory + +Values +~~~~~~ + +Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there +are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules +as to how to spell them. + +boolean:: + + When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many + synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all + case-insensitive. + + true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`, + or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` + is taken as true. + + false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`, + `false`, or `0`. ++ +When converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type +specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or +"false" (spelled in lowercase). + +integer:: + The value for many variables that specify various sizes can + be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by + 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc. + +color:: + The value for a variables that takes a color is a list of + colors (at most two) and attributes (at most one), separated + by spaces. The colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, + `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and + `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink` and + `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the + second is the background. The position of the attribute, if + any, doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off + specifically by prefixing them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, + `noul`, etc). ++ +Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between +0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all +terminals may support this). If your terminal supports it, you may also +specify 24-bit RGB values as hex, like `#ff0ab3`. ++ +The attributes are meant to be reset at the beginning of each item +in the colored output, so setting color.decorate.branch to `black` +will paint that branch name in a plain `black`, even if the previous +thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the +list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be +painted with `bold` or some other attribute. + + Variables ~~~~~~~~~ @@ -683,14 +728,13 @@ core.abbrev:: for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long time. -add.ignore-errors:: add.ignoreErrors:: +add.ignore-errors (deprecated):: Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' - option of linkgit:git-add[1]. Older versions of Git accept only - `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming - convention for configuration variables. Newer versions of Git - honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well. + option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated, + as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration + variables. alias.*:: Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. @@ -847,20 +891,6 @@ color.branch.<slot>:: `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other refs). -+ -The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most -two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors -accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, -`magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, -`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the -second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any, -doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off specifically by prefixing -them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, `noul`, etc). -+ -Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between -0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all -terminals may support this). If your terminal supports it, you may also -specify 24-bit RGB values as hex, like `#ff0ab3`. color.diff:: Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches. @@ -880,8 +910,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>:: of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` - (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be - specified as in color.branch.<slot>. + (highlighting whitespace errors). color.decorate.<slot>:: Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one @@ -918,8 +947,6 @@ color.grep.<slot>:: separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`) and between hunks (`--`) -- -+ -The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. color.interactive:: When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts @@ -932,8 +959,7 @@ color.interactive.<slot>:: Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from - interactive commands. The values of these variables may be - specified as in color.branch.<slot>. + interactive commands. color.pager:: A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in @@ -957,10 +983,10 @@ color.status.<slot>:: `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed), `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index), `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git), - `branch` (the current branch), or + `branch` (the current branch), `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting - to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in - color.branch.<slot>. + to red), or + `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes). color.ui:: This variable determines the default value for variables such @@ -1740,6 +1766,13 @@ log.mailmap:: If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`. +mailinfo.scissors:: + If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore + linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option + was provided on the command-line. When active, this features + removes everything from the message body before a scissors + line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-"). + mailmap.file:: The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded @@ -1960,7 +1993,7 @@ pack.useBitmaps:: true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless you are debugging pack bitmaps. -pack.writebitmaps:: +pack.writebitmaps (deprecated):: This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`. pack.writeBitmapHashCache:: @@ -2297,7 +2330,7 @@ sendemail.smtpencryption:: See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism. -sendemail.smtpssl:: +sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated):: Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'. sendemail.smtpsslcertpath:: @@ -2337,7 +2370,7 @@ sendemail.validate:: sendemail.xmailer:: See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. -sendemail.signedoffcc:: +sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated):: Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'. showbranch.default:: @@ -2402,12 +2435,16 @@ status.submodulesummary:: submodule.<name>.path:: submodule.<name>.url:: + The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These + variables are initially populated by 'git submodule init'. See + linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for + details. + submodule.<name>.update:: - The path within this project, URL, and the updating strategy - for a submodule. These variables are initially populated - by 'git submodule init'; edit them to override the - URL and other values found in the `.gitmodules` file. See - linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. + The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable + is populated by `git submodule init` from the + linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update' + command in linkgit:git-submodule[1]. submodule.<name>.branch:: The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt index 15c7e794f4..85b08909ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt @@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ be committed) Status letters C and R are always followed by a score (denoting the percentage of similarity between the source and target of the move or -copy), and are the only ones to be so. +copy). Status letter M may be followed by a score (denoting the +percentage of dissimilarity) for file rewrites. <sha1> is shown as all 0's if a file is new on the filesystem and it is out of sync with the index. diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index f4eea28dc4..0d8ba48f79 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ OPTIONS -c:: --scissors:: Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see - linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). + linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). Can be activated by default using + the `mailinfo.scissors` configuration variable. --no-scissors:: Ignore scissors lines (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index f605327946..9489664cfa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace ] [--whitespace=(nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all)] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--directory=<root>] - [--verbose] [<patch>...] + [--verbose] [--unsafe-paths] [<patch>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -229,6 +229,16 @@ For example, a patch that talks about updating `a/git-gui.sh` to `b/git-gui.sh` can be applied to the file in the working tree `modules/git-gui/git-gui.sh` by running `git apply --directory=modules/git-gui`. +--unsafe-paths:: + By default, a patch that affects outside the working area + (either a Git controlled working tree, or the current working + directory when "git apply" is used as a replacement of GNU + patch) is rejected as a mistake (or a mischief). ++ +When `git apply` is used as a "better GNU patch", the user can pass +the `--unsafe-paths` option to override this safety check. This option +has no effect when `--index` or `--cached` is in use. + Configuration ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 94b6d19cf2..641681f61a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ OPTIONS -f:: --force:: If the Git configuration variable clean.requireForce is not set - to false, 'git clean' will refuse to run unless given -f, -n or - -i. + to false, 'git clean' will refuse to delete files or directories + unless given -f, -n or -i. Git will refuse to delete directories + with .git sub directory or file unless a second -f + is given. This affects also git submodules where the storage area + of the removed submodule under .git/modules/ is not removed until + -f is given twice. -i:: --interactive:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index 77aacf1309..5d1e4c80cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ OPTIONS --no-curl:: Talk to the IMAP server using git's own IMAP routines instead of - using libcurl. + using libcurl. Ignored if Git was built with the NO_OPENSSL option + set. CONFIGURATION diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index b17283ab7a..58cc59f20c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -214,22 +214,8 @@ origin +master` to force a push to the `master` branch). See the `<refspec>...` section above for details. --repo=<repository>:: - This option is only relevant if no <repository> argument is - passed in the invocation. In this case, 'git push' derives the - remote name from the current branch: If it tracks a remote - branch, then that remote repository is pushed to. Otherwise, - the name "origin" is used. For this latter case, this option - can be used to override the name "origin". In other words, - the difference between these two commands -+ --------------------------- -git push public #1 -git push --repo=public #2 --------------------------- -+ -is that #1 always pushes to "public" whereas #2 pushes to "public" -only if the current branch does not track a remote branch. This is -useful if you write an alias or script around 'git push'. + This option is equivalent to the <repository> argument. If both + are specified, the command-line argument takes precedence. -u:: --set-upstream:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index cb103c8b6f..4c6d6de7b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ remote repository. With `--no-tags` option, `git fetch <name>` does not import tags from the remote repository. + +By default, only tags on fetched branches are imported +(see linkgit:git-fetch[1]). ++ With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob refspec for the remote to track all branches under the `refs/remotes/<name>/` namespace, a refspec to track only `<branch>` @@ -130,17 +133,25 @@ branches, adds to that list. 'set-url':: -Changes URL remote points to. Sets first URL remote points to matching +Changes URLs for the remote. Sets first URL for remote <name> that matches regex <oldurl> (first URL if no <oldurl> is given) to <newurl>. If -<oldurl> doesn't match any URL, error occurs and nothing is changed. +<oldurl> doesn't match any URL, an error occurs and nothing is changed. + With '--push', push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs. + -With '--add', instead of changing some URL, new URL is added. +With '--add', instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added. ++ +With '--delete', instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching +regex <url> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all +non-push URLs is an error. + -With '--delete', instead of changing some URL, all URLs matching -regex <url> are deleted. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an -error. +Note that the push URL and the fetch URL, even though they can +be set differently, must still refer to the same place. What you +pushed to the push URL should be what you would see if you +immediately fetched from the fetch URL. If you are trying to +fetch from one place (e.g. your upstream) and push to another (e.g. +your publishing repository), use two separate remotes. + 'show':: diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 8e6af65da0..2c25916f8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -154,27 +154,51 @@ If `--force` is specified, the submodule's work tree will be removed even if it contains local modifications. update:: - Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and - checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository. - This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or - `--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to - `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. `none` can be overridden by specifying - `--checkout`. Setting the key `submodule.$name.update` to `!command` - will cause `command` to be run. `command` can be any arbitrary shell - command that takes a single argument, namely the sha1 to update to. + +-- +Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject +expects by cloning missing submodules and updating the working tree of +the submodules. The "updating" can be done in several ways depending +on command line options and the value of `submodule.<name>.update` +configuration variable. Supported update procedures are: + + checkout;; the commit recorded in the superproject will be + checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD. This is + done when `--checkout` option is given, or no option is + given, and `submodule.<name>.update` is unset, or if it is + set to 'checkout'. ++ +If `--force` is specified, the submodule will be checked out (using +`git checkout --force` if appropriate), even if the commit specified +in the index of the containing repository already matches the commit +checked out in the submodule. + + rebase;; the current branch of the submodule will be rebased + onto the commit recorded in the superproject. This is done + when `--rebase` option is given, or no option is given, and + `submodule.<name>.update` is set to 'rebase'. + + merge;; the commit recorded in the superproject will be merged + into the current branch in the submodule. This is done + when `--merge` option is given, or no option is given, and + `submodule.<name>.update` is set to 'merge'. + + custom command;; arbitrary shell command that takes a single + argument (the sha1 of the commit recorded in the + superproject) is executed. This is done when no option is + given, and `submodule.<name>.update` has the form of + '!command'. + +When no option is given and `submodule.<name>.update` is set to 'none', +the submodule is not updated. + If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the submodule with the `--init` option. -+ + If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within. -+ -If `--force` is specified, the submodule will be checked out (using -`git checkout --force` if appropriate), even if the commit specified in the -index of the containing repository already matches the commit checked out in -the submodule. - +-- summary:: Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits @@ -238,10 +262,12 @@ OPTIONS When running add, allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path. When running deinit the submodule work trees will be removed even if they contain local changes. - When running update, throw away local changes in submodules when - switching to a different commit; and always run a checkout operation - in the submodule, even if the commit listed in the index of the - containing repository matches the commit checked out in the submodule. + When running update (only effective with the checkout procedure), + throw away local changes in submodules when switching to a + different commit; and always run a checkout operation in the + submodule, even if the commit listed in the index of the + containing repository matches the commit checked out in the + submodule. --cached:: This option is only valid for status and summary commands. These @@ -302,7 +328,7 @@ the submodule itself. Checkout the commit recorded in the superproject on a detached HEAD in the submodule. This is the default behavior, the main use of this option is to override `submodule.$name.update` when set to - `merge`, `rebase` or `none`. + a value other than `checkout`. If the key `submodule.$name.update` is either not explicitly set or set to `checkout`, this option is implicit. diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index eadbd05356..bfa19cb50b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v2.3.0/git.html[documentation for release 2.3] +* link:v2.3.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.3.4] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/2.3.4.txt[2.3.4], + link:RelNotes/2.3.3.txt[2.3.3], + link:RelNotes/2.3.2.txt[2.3.2], + link:RelNotes/2.3.1.txt[2.3.1], link:RelNotes/2.3.0.txt[2.3]. * link:v2.2.2/git.html[documentation for release 2.2.2] @@ -765,7 +769,8 @@ Git so take care if using Cogito etc. 'GIT_INDEX_VERSION':: This environment variable allows the specification of an index version for new repositories. It won't affect existing index - files. By default index file version [23] is used. + files. By default index file version 2 or 3 is used. See + linkgit:git-update-index[1] for more information. 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY':: If the object storage directory is specified via this @@ -1023,6 +1028,17 @@ GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS:: variable when it is invoked as the top level command by the end user, to be recorded in the body of the reflog. +`GIT_REF_PARANOIA`:: + If set to `1`, include broken or badly named refs when iterating + over lists of refs. In a normal, non-corrupted repository, this + does nothing. However, enabling it may help git to detect and + abort some operations in the presence of broken refs. Git sets + this variable automatically when performing destructive + operations like linkgit:git-prune[1]. You should not need to set + it yourself unless you want to be paranoid about making sure + an operation has touched every ref (e.g., because you are + cloning a repository to make a backup). + Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index f6c0dfd029..ac70eca321 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -38,18 +38,15 @@ submodule.<name>.url:: In addition, there are a number of optional keys: submodule.<name>.update:: - Defines what to do when the submodule is updated by the superproject. - If 'checkout' (the default), the new commit specified in the - superproject will be checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD. - If 'rebase', the current branch of the submodule will be rebased onto - the commit specified in the superproject. If 'merge', the commit - specified in the superproject will be merged into the current branch - in the submodule. - If 'none', the submodule with name `$name` will not be updated - by default. - - This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given - the '--merge', '--rebase' or '--checkout' options. + Defines the default update procedure for the named submodule, + i.e. how the submodule is updated by "git submodule update" + command in the superproject. This is only used by `git + submodule init` to initialize the configuration variable of + the same name. Allowed values here are 'checkout', 'rebase', + 'merge' or 'none'. See description of 'update' command in + linkgit:git-submodule[1] for their meaning. Note that the + '!command' form is intentionally ignored here for security + reasons. submodule.<name>.branch:: A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule. diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 2984f407a9..97ef2e8e71 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -172,11 +172,6 @@ explicitly. Pretend as if all objects mentioned by reflogs are listed on the command line as `<commit>`. ---indexed-objects:: - Pretend as if all trees and blobs used by the index are listed - on the command line. Note that you probably want to use - `--objects`, too. - --ignore-missing:: Upon seeing an invalid object name in the input, pretend as if the bad input was not given. @@ -644,6 +639,7 @@ Object Traversal These options are mostly targeted for packing of Git repositories. +ifdef::git-rev-list[] --objects:: Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed commits. `--objects foo ^bar` thus means ``send me @@ -662,9 +658,15 @@ These options are mostly targeted for packing of Git repositories. commits at the cost of increased time. This is used instead of `--objects-edge` to build ``thin'' packs for shallow repositories. +--indexed-objects:: + Pretend as if all trees and blobs used by the index are listed + on the command line. Note that you probably want to use + `--objects`, too. + --unpacked:: Only useful with `--objects`; print the object IDs that are not in packs. +endif::git-rev-list[] --no-walk[=(sorted|unsorted)]:: Only show the given commits, but do not traverse their ancestors. |