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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.1.txt46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt85
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-add.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archive.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-clean.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-clone.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-gc.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init-db.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-instaweb.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-files.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-base.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mv.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt86
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-read-tree.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-replace.txt71
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reset.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-list.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-branch.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-write-tree.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/githooks.txt62
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt147
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.txt2
51 files changed, 893 insertions, 114 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e439e45b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+GIT v1.6.4.1 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.4
+------------------
+
+ * An unquoted value in the configuration file, when it contains more than
+ one whitespaces in a row, got them replaced with a single space.
+
+ * "git am" used to accept a single piece of e-mail per file (not a mbox)
+ as its input, but multiple input format support in v1.6.4 broke it.
+ Apparently many people have been depending on this feature.
+
+ * The short help text for "git filter-branch" command was a single long
+ line, wrapped by terminals, and was hard to read.
+
+ * The "recursive" strategy of "git merge" segfaulted when a merge has
+ more than one merge-bases, and merging of these merge-bases involves
+ a rename/rename or a rename/add conflict.
+
+ * "git pull --rebase" did not use the right fork point when the
+ repository has already fetched from the upstream that rewinds the
+ branch it is based on in an earlier fetch.
+
+ * Explain the concept of fast-forward more fully in "git push"
+ documentation, and hint to refer to it from an error message when the
+ command refuses an update to protect the user.
+
+ * The default value for pack.deltacachesize, used by "git repack", is now
+ 256M, instead of unbounded. Otherwise a repack of a moderately sized
+ repository would needlessly eat into swap.
+
+ * Document how "git repack" (hence "git gc") interacts with a repository
+ that borrows its objects from other repositories (e.g. ones created by
+ "git clone -s").
+
+ * "git show" on an annotated tag lacked a delimiting blank line between
+ the tag itself and the contents of the object it tags.
+
+ * "git verify-pack -v" erroneously reported number of objects with too
+ deep delta depths as "chain length 0" objects.
+
+ * Long names of authors and committers outside US-ASCII were sometimes
+ incorrectly shown in "gitweb".
+
+Other minor documentation updates are included.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c11ec0115c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+GIT v1.6.4.2 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.4.1
+--------------------
+
+* --date=relative output between 1 and 5 years ago rounded the number of
+ years when saying X years Y months ago, instead of rounding it down.
+
+* "git add -p" did not handle changes in executable bits correctly
+ (a regression around 1.6.3).
+
+* "git apply" did not honor GNU diff's convention to mark the creation/deletion
+ event with UNIX epoch timestamp on missing side.
+
+* "git checkout" incorrectly removed files in a directory pointed by a
+ symbolic link during a branch switch that replaces a directory with
+ a symbolic link.
+
+* "git clean -d -f" happily descended into a subdirectory that is managed by a
+ separate git repository. It now requires two -f options for safety.
+
+* "git fetch/push" over http transports had two rather grave bugs.
+
+* "git format-patch --cover-letter" did not prepare the cover letter file
+ for use with non-ASCII strings when there are the series contributors with
+ non-ASCII names.
+
+* "git pull origin branch" and "git fetch origin && git merge origin/branch"
+ left different merge messages in the resulting commit.
+
+Other minor documentation updates are included.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f29babdeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+GIT v1.6.4.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.4.2
+--------------------
+
+* "git clone" from an empty repository gave unnecessary error message,
+ even though it did everything else correctly.
+
+* "git cvsserver" invoked git commands via "git-foo" style, which has long
+ been deprecated.
+
+* "git fetch" and "git clone" had an extra sanity check to verify the
+ presense of the corresponding *.pack file before downloading *.idx
+ file by issuing a HEAD request. Github server however sometimes
+ gave 500 (Internal server error) response to HEAD even if a GET
+ request for *.pack file to the same URL would have succeeded, and broke
+ clone over HTTP from some of their repositories. As a workaround, this
+ verification has been removed (as it is not absolutely necessary).
+
+* "git grep" did not like relative pathname to refer outside the current
+ directory when run from a subdirectory.
+
+* an error message from "git push" was formatted in a very ugly way.
+
+* "git svn" did not quote the subversion user name correctly when
+ running its author-prog helper program.
+
+Other minor documentation updates are included.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt
index 856047d16f..e560af14a9 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
GIT v1.6.5 Release Notes
========================
-In git 1.7.0, which is planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git push"
-into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by default.
+In git 1.7.0, which was planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git
+push" into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by
+default.
You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the
configuration variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving
@@ -31,14 +32,88 @@ Updates since v1.6.4
(subsystems)
+ * various updates to git-svn and gitweb.
+
(portability)
+ * more improvements on mingw port.
+
(performance)
+ * On major platforms, the system can be compiled to use with Linus's
+ block-sha1 implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm, which
+ outperforms the default fallback implementation we borrowed from
+ Mozzilla.
+
+ * Unnecessary inefficiency in deepening of a shallow repository has
+ been removed.
+
(usability, bells and whistles)
+ * Human writable date format to various options, e.g. --since=yesterday,
+ master@{2000.09.17}, are taught to infer some omitted input properly.
+
+ * refs/replace/ hierarchy is designed to be usable as a replacement
+ of the "grafts" mechanism, with the added advantage that it can be
+ transferred across repositories.
+
+ * "git am" learned to optionally ignore whitespace differences.
+
+ * "git am" handles input e-mail files that has CRLF line endings sensibly.
+
+ * "git am" learned "--scissors" option to allow you to discard early part
+ of an incoming e-mail.
+
+ * "git checkout", "git reset" and "git stash" learned to pick and
+ choose to use selected changes you made, similar to "git add -p".
+
+ * "git clone" learned a "-b" option to pick a HEAD to check out
+ different from the remote's default branch.
+
+ * "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would
+ happen if I try to commit with these arguments."
+
+ * "git commit --dry-run" and "git status" shows conflicted paths in a
+ separate section to make them easier to spot during a merge.
+
+ * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access even
+ when the password is not taken from ~/.cvspass file.
+
+ * "git fast-export" learned --no-data option that can be useful when
+ reordering commits and trees without touching the contents of
+ blobs.
+
+ * "git init" learned to mkdir/chdir into a directory when given an
+ extra argument (i.e. "git init this").
+
+ * "git instaweb" optionally can use mongoose as the web server.
+
+ * "git log --decorate" can optionally be told with --decorate=full to
+ give the reference name in full.
+
+ * "git push" can be told to be --quiet.
+
+ * informational output from "git reset" that lists the locally modified
+ paths is made consistent with that of "git checkout $another_branch".
+
+ * "git submodule" learned to give submodule name to scripts run with
+ "foreach" subcommand.
+
+ * various subcommands to "git submodule" learned --recursive option.
+
+ * "git submodule summary" learned --files option to compare the work
+ tree vs the commit bound at submodule path, instead of comparing
+ the index.
+
+ * "git upload-pack", which is the server side support for "git clone" and
+ "git fetch", can call a new post-upload-pack hook for statistics purposes.
+
(developers)
+ * With GIT_TEST_OPTS="--root=/p/a/t/h", tests can be run outside the
+ source directory; using tmpfs may give faster turnaround.
+
+
Fixes since v1.6.4
------------------
@@ -48,4 +123,8 @@ Fixes since v1.6.4
# Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to
# v1.6.4.X series.
-
+--
+exec >/var/tmp/1
+O=v1.6.4.2-298-gdf01e7c
+echo O=$(git describe master)
+git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index c6f09f801a..5256c7fb81 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -461,6 +461,14 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
not necessarily be the current directory.
+apply.ignorewhitespace::
+ When set to 'change', tells 'git-apply' to ignore changes in
+ whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
+ option.
+ When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git-apply' to
+ respect all whitespace differences.
+ See linkgit:git-apply[1].
+
apply.whitespace::
Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
@@ -605,7 +613,7 @@ color.interactive.<slot>::
Use customized color for 'git-add --interactive'
output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
four distinct types of normal output from interactive
- programs. The values of these variables may be specified as
+ commands. The values of these variables may be specified as
in color.branch.<slot>.
color.pager::
@@ -1113,7 +1121,7 @@ instaweb.port::
linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
interactive.singlekey::
- In interactive programs, allow the user to provide one-letter
+ In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of
linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently
@@ -1218,12 +1226,20 @@ pack.compression::
pack.deltaCacheSize::
The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
- A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
+ linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
+ This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
+ having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
+ for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
+ which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
+ especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
+ A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
+ used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
pack.deltaCacheLimit::
The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
+ linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
+ writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
+ result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
pack.threads::
Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index d313795fdb..5eb2b0ee07 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+ifndef::git-pull[]
-q::
--quiet::
Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally
- used programs.
+ used git commands.
-v::
--verbose::
Be verbose.
+endif::git-pull[]
-a::
--append::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index ab1943c712..e67b7e875e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
[--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
- [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
+ [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] [<filepattern>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 32e689b2bf..67ad5da9cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
[--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
- [--ignore-date]
+ [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
- [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
+ [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors | --no-scissors]
[<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort)
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ OPTIONS
--keep::
Pass `-k` flag to 'git-mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+-c::
+--scissors::
+ Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see
+ linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+
+---no-scissors::
+ Ignore scissors lines (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+
-q::
--quiet::
Be quiet. Only print error messages.
@@ -65,6 +73,9 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
it is supposed to apply to and we have those blobs
available locally.
+--ignore-date::
+--ignore-space-change::
+--ignore-whitespace::
--whitespace=<option>::
-C<n>::
-p<n>::
@@ -125,10 +136,8 @@ the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH <anything>]".
The "Subject: " line is supposed to concisely describe what the
commit is about in one line of text.
-"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body (the rest of the
-message after the blank line terminating the RFC2822 headers)
-override the respective commit author name and title values taken
-from the headers.
+"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body override the respective
+commit author name and title values taken from the headers.
The commit message is formed by the title taken from the
"Subject: ", a blank line and the body of the message up to
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 735374d7df..5ee8c91f2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse]
[--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
[-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
+ [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace ]
[--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
[--exclude=PATH] [--include=PATH] [--directory=<root>]
[--verbose] [<patch>...]
@@ -149,6 +150,14 @@ patch to each path is used. A patch to a path that does not match any
include/exclude pattern is used by default if there is no include pattern
on the command line, and ignored if there is any include pattern.
+--ignore-space-change::
+--ignore-whitespace::
+ When applying a patch, ignore changes in whitespace in context
+ lines if necessary.
+ Context lines will preserve their whitespace, and they will not
+ undergo whitespace fixing regardless of the value of the
+ `--whitespace` option. New lines will still be fixed, though.
+
--whitespace=<action>::
When applying a patch, detect a new or modified line that has
whitespace errors. What are considered whitespace errors is
@@ -205,6 +214,10 @@ running `git apply --directory=modules/git-gui`.
Configuration
-------------
+apply.ignorewhitespace::
+ Set to 'change' if you want changes in whitespace to be ignored by default.
+ Set to one of: no, none, never, false if you want changes in
+ whitespace to be significant.
apply.whitespace::
When no `--whitespace` flag is given from the command
line, this configuration item is used as the default.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index bc132c87e1..92444ddf10 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
+'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
[--output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
[--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
[path...]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index ae201deb7a..aad71dc59a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ OPTIONS
based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
-f::
+--force::
Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists
already. Without `-f` 'git-branch' refuses to change an existing branch.
@@ -209,6 +210,12 @@ but different purposes:
- `--no-merged` is used to find branches which are candidates for merging
into HEAD, since those branches are not fully contained by HEAD.
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1],
+linkgit:git-fetch[1],
+linkgit:git-remote[1].
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index ad4b31e892..37c1810e3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>]
'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
+'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ 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> are given, this command does *not* switch
+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
@@ -45,9 +46,11 @@ file can be discarded to recreate the original conflicted merge result.
OPTIONS
-------
-q::
+--quiet::
Quiet, suppress feedback messages.
-f::
+--force::
When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the
working tree differs from HEAD. This is used to throw away
local changes.
@@ -113,6 +116,16 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths.
"merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by
"merge" style, shows the original contents).
+-p::
+--patch::
+ Interactively select hunks in the difference between the
+ <tree-ish> (or the index, if unspecified) and the working
+ tree. The chosen hunks are then applied in reverse to the
+ working tree (and if a <tree-ish> was specified, the index).
++
+This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard
+edits from your current working tree.
+
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index be894af39f..9d291bdd26 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ OPTIONS
-------
-d::
Remove untracked directories in addition to untracked files.
+ If an untracked directory is managed by a different git
+ repository, it is not removed by default. Use -f option twice
+ if you really want to remove such a directory.
-f::
+--force::
If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true,
'git-clean' will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index b14de6c407..f23100e509 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
[-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
[-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
- [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
+ [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -72,11 +72,19 @@ These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as 'git-commit')
which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].)
If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository,
then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
-
-
++
+Note that running `git repack` without the `-l` option in a repository
+cloned with `-s` will copy objects from the source repository into a pack
+in the cloned repository, removing the disk space savings of `clone -s`.
+It is safe, however, to run `git gc`, which uses the `-l` option by
+default.
++
+If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `-s` on
+its source repository, you can simply run `git repack -a` to copy all
+objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
--reference <repository>::
- If the reference repository is on the local machine
+ If the reference repository is on the local machine,
automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
obtain objects from the reference repository. Using
an already existing repository as an alternate will
@@ -119,6 +127,13 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track
of the upstream repository, use <name>.
+--branch <name>::
+-b <name>::
+ Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed
+ to by the cloned repositoroy's HEAD, point to <name> branch
+ instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
+ be checked out.
+
--upload-pack <upload-pack>::
-u <upload-pack>::
When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed
@@ -139,6 +154,14 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
as patches.
+--recursive::
+ After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,
+ using their default settings. This is equivalent to running
+ 'git submodule update --init --recursive' immediately after
+ the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned
+ repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of
+ `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given)
+
<repository>::
The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the
<<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index b5d81be7ec..64f94cfe12 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
- [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
+'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
+ [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--dry-run]
[--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
[--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the
operation. Currently, this is done by invoking 'git-add --interactive'.
-The 'git-status' command can be used to obtain a
+The `--dry-run` option can be used to obtain a
summary of what is included by any of the above for the next
-commit by giving the same set of parameters you would give to
-this command.
+commit by giving the same set of parameters (options and paths).
If you make a commit and then find a mistake immediately after
that, you can recover from it with 'git-reset'.
@@ -70,6 +69,12 @@ OPTIONS
Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that
the user can further edit the commit message.
+--dry-run::
+ Do not actually make a commit, but show the list of paths
+ with updates in the index, paths with changes in the work tree,
+ and paths that are untracked, similar to the one that is given
+ in the commit log editor.
+
-F <file>::
--file=<file>::
Take the commit message from the given file. Use '-' to
@@ -198,6 +203,11 @@ specified.
--quiet::
Suppress commit summary message.
+--dry-run::
+ Do not create a commit, but show a list of paths that are
+ to be committed, paths with local changes that will be left
+ uncommitted and paths that are untracked.
+
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index ab527b5b31..32ea8564a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -305,6 +305,16 @@ range in addition to the new branch name. The new branch name will
point to the top-most revision that a 'git-rev-list' of this range
will print.
+If you need to add 'Acked-by' lines to, say, the last 10 commits (none
+of which is a merge), use this command:
+
+--------------------------------------------------------
+git filter-branch --msg-filter '
+ cat &&
+ echo "Acked-by: Bugs Bunny <bunny@bugzilla.org>"
+' HEAD~10..HEAD
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
*NOTE* the changes introduced by the commits, and which are not reverted
by subsequent commits, will still be in the rewritten branch. If you want
to throw out _changes_ together with the commits, you should use the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index b292e9843a..dcac8c8e29 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ automatic consolidation of packs.
--prune=<date>::
Prune loose objects older than date (default is 2 weeks ago,
- overrideable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This
+ overridable by the config variable `gc.pruneExpire`). This
option is on by default.
--no-prune::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index b753c9d76f..8c700200f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
[-z | --null]
[-c | --count] [--all-match]
+ [--max-depth <depth>]
[--color | --no-color]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
[-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ OPTIONS
-I::
Don't match the pattern in binary files.
+--max-depth <depth>::
+ For each pathspec given on command line, descend at most <depth>
+ levels of directories. A negative value means no limit.
+
-w::
--word-regexp::
Match the pattern only at word boundary (either begin at the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
index 1fd0ff2610..eba3cb4998 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 7151d12f34..f081b24d9d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]]
+'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]
OPTIONS
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastForwards is enabled
in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push
into it.
+If you name a (possibly non-existent) directory at the end of the command
+line, the command is run inside the directory (possibly after creating it).
+
--
diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
index 22da21a54f..0771f25443 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OPTIONS
The HTTP daemon command-line that will be executed.
Command-line options may be specified here, and the
configuration file will be added at the end of the command-line.
- Currently lighttpd, apache2 and webrick are supported.
+ Currently apache2, lighttpd, mongoose and webrick are supported.
(Default: lighttpd)
-m::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 34cf4e5811..3d79de11ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
---decorate::
- Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
+--decorate[=short|full]::
+ Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
+ specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
+ 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
+ full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
+ is 'short'.
--source::
Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 057a021eb5..021066e95d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS
-o::
--others::
- Show other files in the output
+ Show other (i.e. untracked) files in the output
-i::
--ignored::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
index 8d95aaa304..996c3fcc6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-mailinfo - Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git mailinfo' [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] <msg> <patch>
+'git mailinfo' [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--scissors] <msg> <patch>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ conversion, even with this flag.
-n::
Disable all charset re-coding of the metadata.
+--scissors::
+ Remove everything in body before a scissors line. A line that
+ mainly consists of scissors (either ">8" or "8<") and perforation
+ (dash "-") marks is called a scissors line, and is used to request
+ the reader to cut the message at that line. If such a line
+ appears in the body of the message before the patch, everything
+ before it (including the scissors line itself) is ignored when
+ this option is used.
++
+This is useful if you want to begin your message in a discussion thread
+with comments and suggestions on the message you are responding to, and to
+conclude it with a patch submission, separating the discussion and the
+beginning of the proposed commit log message with a scissors line.
++
+This can enabled by default with the configuration option mailinfo.scissors.
+
+--no-scissors::
+ Ignore scissors lines. Useful for overriding mailinfo.scissors settings.
+
<msg>::
The commit log message extracted from e-mail, usually
except the title line which comes from e-mail Subject.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
index 767486c770..ce5b369985 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ git-merge-base - Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit>...
+'git merge-base' [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-'git-merge-base' finds best common ancestor(s) between two commits to use
+'git merge-base' finds best common ancestor(s) between two commits to use
in a three-way merge. One common ancestor is 'better' than another common
ancestor if the latter is an ancestor of the former. A common ancestor
that does not have any better common ancestor is a 'best common
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@ commits on the command line. As the most common special case, specifying only
two commits on the command line means computing the merge base between
the given two commits.
+As a consequence, the 'merge base' is not necessarily contained in each of the
+commit arguments if more than two commits are specified. This is different
+from linkgit:git-show-branch[1] when used with the `--merge-base` option.
+
OPTIONS
-------
+-a::
--all::
Output all merge bases for the commits, instead of just one.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index c04ae739ed..af68d694a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
- [-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>...
+ [-m <msg>] <remote>...
'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>...
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
index 9c5660275b..bdcb58526e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ committed.
OPTIONS
-------
-f::
+--force::
Force renaming or moving of a file even if the target exists
-k::
Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
index b5f26cee13..abfc6b6ead 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git prune-packed' [-n] [-q]
+'git prune-packed' [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ disk storage, etc.
OPTIONS
-------
-n::
+--dry-run::
Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been
removed.
-q::
+--quiet::
Squelch the progress indicator.
Author
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 2653388fd8..58d2bd5d4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -195,6 +195,92 @@ reason::
refs, no explanation is needed. For a failed ref, the reason for
failure is described.
+Note about fast-forwards
+------------------------
+
+When an update changes a branch (or more in general, a ref) that used to
+point at commit A to point at another commit B, it is called a
+fast-forward update if and only if B is a descendant of A.
+
+In a fast-forward update from A to B, the set of commits that the original
+commit A built on top of is a subset of the commits the new commit B
+builds on top of. Hence, it does not lose any history.
+
+In contrast, a non-fast-forward update will lose history. For example,
+suppose you and somebody else started at the same commit X, and you built
+a history leading to commit B while the other person built a history
+leading to commit A. The history looks like this:
+
+----------------
+
+ B
+ /
+ ---X---A
+
+----------------
+
+Further suppose that the other person already pushed changes leading to A
+back to the original repository you two obtained the original commit X.
+
+The push done by the other person updated the branch that used to point at
+commit X to point at commit A. It is a fast-forward.
+
+But if you try to push, you will attempt to update the branch (that
+now points at A) with commit B. This does _not_ fast-forward. If you did
+so, the changes introduced by commit A will be lost, because everybody
+will now start building on top of B.
+
+The command by default does not allow an update that is not a fast-forward
+to prevent such loss of history.
+
+If you do not want to lose your work (history from X to B) nor the work by
+the other person (history from X to A), you would need to first fetch the
+history from the repository, create a history that contains changes done
+by both parties, and push the result back.
+
+You can perform "git pull", resolve potential conflicts, and "git push"
+the result. A "git pull" will create a merge commit C between commits A
+and B.
+
+----------------
+
+ B---C
+ / /
+ ---X---A
+
+----------------
+
+Updating A with the resulting merge commit will fast-forward and your
+push will be accepted.
+
+Alternatively, you can rebase your change between X and B on top of A,
+with "git pull --rebase", and push the result back. The rebase will
+create a new commit D that builds the change between X and B on top of
+A.
+
+----------------
+
+ B D
+ / /
+ ---X---A
+
+----------------
+
+Again, updating A with this commit will fast-forward and your push will be
+accepted.
+
+There is another common situation where you may encounter non-fast-forward
+rejection when you try to push, and it is possible even when you are
+pushing into a repository nobody else pushes into. After you push commit
+A yourself (in the first picture in this section), replace it with "git
+commit --amend" to produce commit B, and you try to push it out, because
+forgot that you have pushed A out already. In such a case, and only if
+you are certain that nobody in the meantime fetched your earlier commit A
+(and started building on top of it), you can run "git push --force" to
+overwrite it. In other words, "git push --force" is a method reserved for
+a case where you do mean to lose history.
+
+
Examples
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 7160fa1536..4a932b08c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] [--index-output=<file>] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]])
+'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>]
+ [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]]
+ [--index-output=<file>]
+ <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index db1b71d248..0aefc34d0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@ OPTIONS
exit with the message "Current branch is up to date" in such a
situation.
+--ignore-whitespace::
--whitespace=<option>::
- This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' program
+ These flag are passed to the 'git-apply' program
(see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch.
Incompatible with the --interactive option.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 9e2b4eaa38..82a3d29673 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
"remotes/<name>".
+
-With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do no
+With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do not
actually prune them.
'update'::
Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
remotes.<group>. If a named group is not specified on the command line,
-the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if
+the configuration parameter remotes.default will be used; if
remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
be updated. (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..915cb77b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+git-replace(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+git-replace - Create, list, delete refs to replace objects
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git replace' [-f] <object> <replacement>
+'git replace' -d <object>...
+'git replace' -l [<pattern>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Adds a 'replace' reference in `.git/refs/replace/`
+
+The name of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the object that is
+replaced. The content of the replace reference is the SHA1 of the
+replacement object.
+
+Unless `-f` is given, the replace reference must not yet exist in
+`.git/refs/replace/` directory.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-f::
+ If an existing replace ref for the same object exists, it will
+ be overwritten (instead of failing).
+
+-d::
+ Delete existing replace refs for the given objects.
+
+-l <pattern>::
+ List replace refs for objects that match the given pattern (or
+ all if no pattern is given).
+ Typing "git replace" without arguments, also lists all replace
+ refs.
+
+BUGS
+----
+Comparing blobs or trees that have been replaced with those that
+replace them will not work properly. And using 'git reset --hard' to
+go back to a replaced commit will move the branch to the replacement
+commit instead of the replaced commit.
+
+There may be other problems when using 'git rev-list' related to
+pending objects. And of course things may break if an object of one
+type is replaced by an object of another type (for example a blob
+replaced by a commit).
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-tag[1]
+linkgit:git-branch[1]
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and Junio C
+Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, based on 'git tag' by Kristian Hogsberg
+<krh@redhat.com> and Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com>.
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the
+git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>, based on 'git tag' documentation.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index abb25d1c00..469cf6dbac 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>]
'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
+'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ the undo in the history.
If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
linkgit:git-revert[1] is your friend.
-The second form with 'paths' is used to revert selected paths in
-the index from a given commit, without moving HEAD.
+The second and third forms with 'paths' and/or --patch are used to
+revert selected paths in the index from a given commit, without moving
+HEAD.
OPTIONS
@@ -50,6 +52,15 @@ OPTIONS
and updates the files that are different between the named commit
and the current commit in the working tree.
+-p::
+--patch::
+ Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index
+ and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied
+ in reverse to the index.
++
+This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see
+linkgit:git-add[1]).
+
-q::
Be quiet, only report errors.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index a765cfa4d2..3341d1b62f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -51,20 +51,26 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order starting at the
-given commit(s), taking ancestry relationship into account. This is
-useful to produce human-readable log output.
+List commits that are reachable by following the `parent` links from the
+given commit(s), but exclude commits that are reachable from the one(s)
+given with a '{caret}' in front of them. The output is given in reverse
+chronological order by default.
-Commits which are stated with a preceding '{caret}' cause listing to
-stop at that point. Their parents are implied. Thus the following
-command:
+You can think of this as a set operation. Commits given on the command
+line form a set of commits that are reachable from any of them, and then
+commits reachable from any of the ones given with '{caret}' in front are
+subtracted from that set. The remaining commits are what comes out in the
+command's output. Various other options and paths parameters can be used
+to further limit the result.
+
+Thus, the following command:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ git rev-list foo bar ^baz
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-means "list all the commits which are included in 'foo' and 'bar', but
-not in 'baz'".
+means "list all the commits which are reachable from 'foo' or 'bar', but
+not from 'baz'".
A special notation "'<commit1>'..'<commit2>'" can be used as a
short-hand for "{caret}'<commit1>' '<commit2>'". For example, either of
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ between the two operands. The following two commands are equivalent:
$ git rev-list A...B
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-'git-rev-list' is a very essential git program, since it
+'rev-list' is a very essential git command, since it
provides the ability to build and traverse commit ancestry graphs. For
this reason, it has a lot of different options that enables it to be
used by commands as different as 'git-bisect' and
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 89ec5364ec..734336119c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
- [--current] [--color | --no-color]
+'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
+ [--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse]
[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
[<rev> | <glob>]...
+
'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -81,9 +82,11 @@ OPTIONS
Synonym to `--more=-1`
--merge-base::
- Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
- 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
- more than two heads.
+ Instead of showing the commit list, determine possible
+ merge bases for the specified commits. All merge bases
+ will be contained in all specified commits. This is
+ different from how linkgit:git-merge-base[1] handles
+ the case of three or more commits.
--independent::
Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 1c64a02fe5..3f14b727b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>]
-'git stash' [save [--keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]]
+'git stash' [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]]
'git stash' clear
'git stash' create
@@ -42,15 +42,27 @@ is also possible).
OPTIONS
-------
-save [--keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
+save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset
- --hard` to revert them. This is the default action when no
- subcommand is given. The <message> part is optional and gives
- the description along with the stashed state.
+ --hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives
+ the description along with the stashed state. For quickly making
+ a snapshot, you can omit _both_ "save" and <message>, but giving
+ only <message> does not trigger this action to prevent a misspelled
+ subcommand from making an unwanted stash.
+
If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the
index are left intact.
++
+With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from in the diff
+between HEAD and the working tree to be stashed. The stash entry is
+constructed such that its index state is the same as the index state
+of your repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you
+selected interactively. The selected changes are then rolled back
+from your worktree.
++
+The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use
+`--no-keep-index` to override this.
list [<options>]::
@@ -114,7 +126,8 @@ no conflicts.
clear::
Remove all the stashed states. Note that those states will then
- be subject to pruning, and may be difficult or impossible to recover.
+ be subject to pruning, and may be impossible to recover (see
+ 'Examples' below for a possible strategy).
drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]::
@@ -217,6 +230,20 @@ $ edit/build/test remaining parts
$ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts'
----------------------------------------------------------------
+Recovering stashes that were cleared/dropped erroneously::
+
+If you mistakenly drop or clear stashes, they cannot be recovered
+through the normal safety mechanisms. However, you can try the
+following incantation to get a list of stashes that are still in your
+repository, but not reachable any more:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+git fsck --unreachable |
+grep commit | cut -d\ -f3 |
+xargs git log --merges --no-walk --grep=WIP
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-checkout[1],
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 683ba1a1eb..5ccdd18c89 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch]
[--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
-'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
- [--reference <repository>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
+ [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ status::
initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
repository. This command is the default command for 'git-submodule'.
++
+If '--recursive' is specified, this command will recurse into nested
+submodules, and show their status as well.
init::
Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name
@@ -122,21 +125,31 @@ update::
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.
summary::
Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits
in the submodule between the given super project commit and the
- index or working tree (switched by --cached) are shown.
+ index or working tree (switched by --cached) are shown. If the option
+ --files is given, show the series of commits in the submodule between
+ the index of the super project and the working tree of the submodule
+ (this option doesn't allow to use the --cached option or to provide an
+ explicit commit).
foreach::
Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule.
- The command has access to the variables $path and $sha1:
+ The command has access to the variables $name, $path and $sha1:
+ $name is the name of the relevant submodule section in .gitmodules,
$path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the
superproject, and $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject.
Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are
ignored by this command. Unless given --quiet, foreach prints the name
of each submodule before evaluating the command.
+ If --recursive is given, submodules are traversed recursively (i.e.
+ the given shell command is evaluated in nested submodules as well).
A non-zero return from the command in any submodule causes
the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
to the end of the command.
@@ -169,6 +182,11 @@ OPTIONS
commands typically use the commit found in the submodule HEAD, but
with this option, the commit stored in the index is used instead.
+--files::
+ This option is only valid for the summary command. This command
+ compares the commit in the index with that in the submodule HEAD
+ when this option is used.
+
-n::
--summary-limit::
This option is only valid for the summary command.
@@ -209,6 +227,12 @@ OPTIONS
*NOTE*: Do *not* use this option unless you have read the note
for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s --reference and --shared options carefully.
+--recursive::
+ This option is only valid for foreach, update and status commands.
+ Traverse submodules recursively. The operation is performed not
+ only in the submodules of the current repo, but also
+ in any nested submodules inside those submodules (and so on).
+
<path>...::
Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 22a0389f1e..1812890a7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ COMMANDS
Store Git commit times in the local timezone instead of UTC. This
makes 'git log' (even without --date=local) show the same times
that `svn log` would in the local timezone.
-
---parent;;
- Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
+
This doesn't interfere with interoperating with the Subversion
repository you cloned from, but if you wish for your local Git
@@ -112,6 +109,9 @@ repository to be able to interoperate with someone else's local Git
repository, either don't use this option or you should both use it in
the same local timezone.
+--parent;;
+ Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
+
--ignore-paths=<regex>;;
This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will
cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
index 210fde03a1..6392538807 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
Given one argument, reads which branch head the given symbolic
ref refers to and outputs its path, relative to the `.git/`
directory. Typically you would give `HEAD` as the <name>
-argument to see on which branch your working tree is on.
+argument to see which branch your working tree is on.
-Give two arguments, create or update a symbolic ref <name> to
+Given two arguments, creates or updates a symbolic ref <name> to
point at the given branch <ref>.
A symbolic ref is a regular file that stores a string that
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index fa733214ab..299b04f726 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]
- <name> [<commit> | <object>]
-'git tag' -d <name>...
+ <tagname> [<commit> | <object>]
+'git tag' -d <tagname>...
'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [<pattern>]
-'git tag' -v <name>...
+'git tag' -v <tagname>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/`
+
+Adds a tag reference in `.git/refs/tags/`.
Unless `-f` is given, the tag must not yet exist in
`.git/refs/tags/` directory.
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS
Make a GPG-signed tag, using the given key
-f::
+--force::
Replace an existing tag with the given name (instead of failing)
-d::
@@ -85,6 +87,12 @@ OPTIONS
Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>`
is given.
+<tagname>::
+ The name of the tag to create, delete, or describe.
+ The new tag name must pass all checks defined by
+ linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
+ may restrict the characters allowed in a tag name.
+
CONFIGURATION
-------------
By default, 'git-tag' in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your
@@ -249,6 +257,10 @@ $ GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-10-02 10:31" git tag -s v1.0.1
------------
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
index b8e49dce4a..63f3b5c742 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ The UI for the protocol is on the 'git-fetch-pack' side, and the
program pair is meant to be used to pull updates from a remote
repository. For push operations, see 'git-send-pack'.
+After finishing the operation successfully, `post-upload-pack`
+hook is called (see linkgit:githooks[5]).
OPTIONS
-------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt
index c8611632d1..97f7f9165e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-verify-pack - Validate packed git archive files
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git verify-pack' [-v] [--] <pack>.idx ...
+'git verify-pack' [-v|--verbose] [--] <pack>.idx ...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -23,8 +23,15 @@ OPTIONS
The idx files to verify.
-v::
+--verbose::
After verifying the pack, show list of objects contained
- in the pack.
+ in the pack and a histogram of delta chain length.
+
+-s::
+--stat-only::
+ Do not verify the pack contents; only show the histogram of delta
+ chain length. With `--verbose`, list of objects is also shown.
+
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
index 26d3850e73..c8899d528a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Creates a tree object using the current index.
+Creates a tree object using the current index. The name of the new
+tree object is printed to standard output.
The index must be in a fully merged state.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 5fd5953e29..f91cabb4ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.6.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4]
+* link:v1.6.4.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4.3]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt[1.6.4.3],
+ link:RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt[1.6.4.2],
+ link:RelNotes-1.6.4.1.txt[1.6.4.1],
link:RelNotes-1.6.4.txt[1.6.4].
* link:v1.6.3.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.3.4]
@@ -327,7 +330,7 @@ Synching repositories
include::cmds-synchingrepositories.txt[]
-The following are helper programs used by the above; end users
+The following are helper commands used by the above; end users
typically do not use them directly.
include::cmds-synchelpers.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index aaa073efc8..1195e83b6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Performing a three-way merge
The attribute `merge` affects how three versions of a file is
merged when a file-level merge is necessary during `git merge`,
-and other programs such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`.
+and other commands such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`.
Set::
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index 7ba5e589d7..b3640c4e64 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ git *
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-This tutorial explains how to use the "core" git programs to set up and
+This tutorial explains how to use the "core" git commands to set up and
work with a git repository.
If you just need to use git as a revision control system you may prefer
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ into it later. Obviously, this repository creation needs to be
done only once.
[NOTE]
-'git-push' uses a pair of programs,
+'git-push' uses a pair of commands,
'git-send-pack' on your local machine, and 'git-receive-pack'
on the remote machine. The communication between the two over
the network internally uses an SSH connection.
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index 1c736738cc..79f633e837 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ executable by default.
This document describes the currently defined hooks.
+HOOKS
+-----
+
applypatch-msg
---------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-am' script. It takes a single
parameter, the name of the file that holds the proposed commit
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ The default 'applypatch-msg' hook, when enabled, runs the
'commit-msg' hook, if the latter is enabled.
pre-applypatch
---------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-am'. It takes no parameter, and is
invoked after the patch is applied, but before a commit is made.
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ The default 'pre-applypatch' hook, when enabled, runs the
'pre-commit' hook, if the latter is enabled.
post-applypatch
----------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-am'. It takes no parameter,
and is invoked after the patch is applied and a commit is made.
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect
the outcome of 'git-am'.
pre-commit
-----------
+~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-commit', and can be bypassed
with `\--no-verify` option. It takes no parameter, and is
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ variable `GIT_EDITOR=:` if the command will not bring up an editor
to modify the commit message.
prepare-commit-msg
-------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-commit' right after preparing the
default log message, and before the editor is started.
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ The sample `prepare-commit-msg` hook that comes with git comments
out the `Conflicts:` part of a merge's commit message.
commit-msg
-----------
+~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-commit', and can be bypassed
with `\--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, the
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ The default 'commit-msg' hook, when enabled, detects duplicate
"Signed-off-by" lines, and aborts the commit if one is found.
post-commit
------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-commit'. It takes no
parameter, and is invoked after a commit is made.
@@ -135,14 +138,14 @@ This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect
the outcome of 'git-commit'.
pre-rebase
-----------
+~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is called by 'git-rebase' and can be used to prevent a branch
from getting rebased.
post-checkout
------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked when a 'git-checkout' is run after having updated the
worktree. The hook is given three parameters: the ref of the previous HEAD,
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ differences from the previous HEAD if different, or set working dir metadata
properties.
post-merge
------------
+~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-merge', which happens when a 'git-pull'
is done on a local repository. The hook takes a single parameter, a status
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ for an example of how to do this.
[[pre-receive]]
pre-receive
------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' on the remote repository,
which happens when a 'git-push' is done on a local repository.
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ for the user.
[[update]]
update
-------
+~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' on the remote repository,
which happens when a 'git-push' is done on a local repository.
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ unannotated tags to be pushed.
[[post-receive]]
post-receive
-------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' on the remote repository,
which happens when a 'git-push' is done on a local repository.
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ emails.
[[post-update]]
post-update
------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' on the remote repository,
which happens when a 'git-push' is done on a local repository.
@@ -307,8 +310,37 @@ Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to
'git-send-pack' on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages
for the user.
+post-upload-pack
+----------------
+
+After upload-pack successfully finishes its operation, this hook is called
+for logging purposes.
+
+The hook is passed various pieces of information, one per line, from its
+standard input. Currently the following items can be fed to the hook, but
+more types of information may be added in the future:
+
+want SHA-1::
+ 40-byte hexadecimal object name the client asked to include in the
+ resulting pack. Can occur one or more times in the input.
+
+have SHA-1::
+ 40-byte hexadecimal object name the client asked to exclude from
+ the resulting pack, claiming to have them already. Can occur zero
+ or more times in the input.
+
+time float::
+ Number of seconds spent for creating the packfile.
+
+size decimal::
+ Size of the resulting packfile in bytes.
+
+kind string:
+ Either "clone" (when the client did not give us any "have", and asked
+ for all our refs with "want"), or "fetch" (otherwise).
+
pre-auto-gc
------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by 'git-gc --auto'. It takes no parameter, and
exiting with non-zero status from this script causes the 'git-gc --auto'
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
index 2efe7a40be..b26c28133c 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
@@ -35,12 +35,32 @@ Functions
Convenience functions that encapsulate a sequence of
start_command() followed by finish_command(). The argument argv
specifies the program and its arguments. The argument opt is zero
- or more of the flags `RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN`, `RUN_GIT_CMD`, or
- `RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR` that correspond to the members
- .no_stdin, .git_cmd, .stdout_to_stderr of `struct child_process`.
+ or more of the flags `RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN`, `RUN_GIT_CMD`,
+ `RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR`, or `RUN_SILENT_EXEC_FAILURE`
+ that correspond to the members .no_stdin, .git_cmd,
+ .stdout_to_stderr, .silent_exec_failure of `struct child_process`.
The argument dir corresponds the member .dir. The argument env
corresponds to the member .env.
+The functions above do the following:
+
+. If a system call failed, errno is set and -1 is returned. A diagnostic
+ is printed.
+
+. If the program was not found, then -1 is returned and errno is set to
+ ENOENT; a diagnostic is printed only if .silent_exec_failure is 0.
+
+. Otherwise, the program is run. If it terminates regularly, its exit
+ code is returned. No diagnistic is printed, even if the exit code is
+ non-zero.
+
+. If the program terminated due to a signal, then the return value is the
+ signal number - 128, ie. it is negative and so indicates an unusual
+ condition; a diagnostic is printed. This return value can be passed to
+ exit(2), which will report the same code to the parent process that a
+ POSIX shell's $? would report for a program that died from the signal.
+
+
`start_async`::
Run a function asynchronously. Takes a pointer to a `struct
@@ -143,6 +163,11 @@ string pointers (NULL terminated) in .env:
To specify a new initial working directory for the sub-process,
specify it in the .dir member.
+If the program cannot be found, the functions return -1 and set
+errno to ENOENT. Normally, an error message is printed, but if
+.silent_exec_failure is set to 1, no message is printed for this
+special error condition.
+
* `struct async`
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt
index e3ddf91284..55b728632c 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-tree-walking.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,145 @@
tree walking API
================
-Talk about <tree-walk.h>, things like
+The tree walking API is used to traverse and inspect trees.
-* struct tree_desc
-* init_tree_desc
-* tree_entry_extract
-* update_tree_entry
-* get_tree_entry
+Data Structures
+---------------
-(JC, Linus)
+`struct name_entry`::
+
+ An entry in a tree. Each entry has a sha1 identifier, pathname, and
+ mode.
+
+`struct tree_desc`::
+
+ A semi-opaque data structure used to maintain the current state of the
+ walk.
++
+* `buffer` is a pointer into the memory representation of the tree. It always
+points at the current entry being visited.
+
+* `size` counts the number of bytes left in the `buffer`.
+
+* `entry` points to the current entry being visited.
+
+`struct traverse_info`::
+
+ A structure used to maintain the state of a traversal.
++
+* `prev` points to the traverse_info which was used to descend into the
+current tree. If this is the top-level tree `prev` will point to
+a dummy traverse_info.
+
+* `name` is the entry for the current tree (if the tree is a subtree).
+
+* `pathlen` is the length of the full path for the current tree.
+
+* `conflicts` can be used by callbacks to maintain directory-file conflicts.
+
+* `fn` is a callback called for each entry in the tree. See Traversing for more
+information.
+
+* `data` can be anything the `fn` callback would want to use.
+
+Initializing
+------------
+
+`init_tree_desc`::
+
+ Initialize a `tree_desc` and decode its first entry. The buffer and
+ size parameters are assumed to be the same as the buffer and size
+ members of `struct tree`.
+
+`fill_tree_descriptor`::
+
+ Initialize a `tree_desc` and decode its first entry given the sha1 of
+ a tree. Returns the `buffer` member if the sha1 is a valid tree
+ identifier and NULL otherwise.
+
+`setup_traverse_info`::
+
+ Initialize a `traverse_info` given the pathname of the tree to start
+ traversing from. The `base` argument is assumed to be the `path`
+ member of the `name_entry` being recursed into unless the tree is a
+ top-level tree in which case the empty string ("") is used.
+
+Walking
+-------
+
+`tree_entry`::
+
+ Visit the next entry in a tree. Returns 1 when there are more entries
+ left to visit and 0 when all entries have been visited. This is
+ commonly used in the test of a while loop.
+
+`tree_entry_len`::
+
+ Calculate the length of a tree entry's pathname. This utilizes the
+ memory structure of a tree entry to avoid the overhead of using a
+ generic strlen().
+
+`update_tree_entry`::
+
+ Walk to the next entry in a tree. This is commonly used in conjunction
+ with `tree_entry_extract` to inspect the current entry.
+
+`tree_entry_extract`::
+
+ Decode the entry currently being visited (the one pointed to by
+ `tree_desc's` `entry` member) and return the sha1 of the entry. The
+ `pathp` and `modep` arguments are set to the entry's pathname and mode
+ respectively.
+
+`get_tree_entry`::
+
+ Find an entry in a tree given a pathname and the sha1 of a tree to
+ search. Returns 0 if the entry is found and -1 otherwise. The third
+ and fourth parameters are set to the entry's sha1 and mode
+ respectively.
+
+Traversing
+----------
+
+`traverse_trees`::
+
+ Traverse `n` number of trees in parallel. The `fn` callback member of
+ `traverse_info` is called once for each tree entry.
+
+`traverse_callback_t`::
+ The arguments passed to the traverse callback are as follows:
++
+* `n` counts the number of trees being traversed.
+
+* `mask` has its nth bit set if something exists in the nth entry.
+
+* `dirmask` has its nth bit set if the nth tree's entry is a directory.
+
+* `entry` is an array of size `n` where the nth entry is from the nth tree.
+
+* `info` maintains the state of the traversal.
+
++
+Returning a negative value will terminate the traversal. Otherwise the
+return value is treated as an update mask. If the nth bit is set the nth tree
+will be updated and if the bit is not set the nth tree entry will be the
+same in the next callback invocation.
+
+`make_traverse_path`::
+
+ Generate the full pathname of a tree entry based from the root of the
+ traversal. For example, if the traversal has recursed into another
+ tree named "bar" the pathname of an entry "baz" in the "bar"
+ tree would be "bar/baz".
+
+`traverse_path_len`::
+
+ Calculate the length of a pathname returned by `make_traverse_path`.
+ This utilizes the memory structure of a tree entry to avoid the
+ overhead of using a generic strlen().
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Linus Torvalds
+<torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 0b88a51d0b..67ebffa568 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -4131,7 +4131,7 @@ What does this mean?
`git rev-list` is the original version of the revision walker, which
_always_ printed a list of revisions to stdout. It is still functional,
-and needs to, since most new Git programs start out as scripts using
+and needs to, since most new Git commands start out as scripts using
`git rev-list`.
`git rev-parse` is not as important any more; it was only used to filter out