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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Makefile | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt | 78 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.txt | 166 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-am.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-p4.txt | 73 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-var.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt | 5 |
22 files changed, 520 insertions, 56 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index d40e211f22..9fee0b9261 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL) # Shell quote; SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH)) +ifdef DEFAULT_PAGER +DEFAULT_PAGER_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DEFAULT_PAGER)) +ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a 'git-default-pager=$(DEFAULT_PAGER_SQ)' +endif + +ifdef DEFAULT_EDITOR +DEFAULT_EDITOR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DEFAULT_EDITOR)) +ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a 'git-default-editor=$(DEFAULT_EDITOR_SQ)' +endif + # # Please note that there is a minor bug in asciidoc. # The version after 6.0.3 _will_ include the patch found here: diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..806a965a1b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +Git v1.7.10.1 Release Notes +=========================== + +Additions since v1.7.10 +----------------------- + +Localization message files for Danish and German have been added. + + +Fixes since v1.7.10 +------------------- + + * "git add -p" is not designed to deal with unmerged paths but did + not exclude them and tried to apply funny patches only to fail. + + * "git blame" started missing quite a few changes from the origin + since we stopped using the diff minimalization by default in v1.7.2 + era. + + * When PATH contains an unreadable directory, alias expansion code + did not kick in, and failed with an error that said "git-subcmd" + was not found. + + * "git clean -d -f" (not "-d -f -f") is supposed to protect nested + working trees of independent git repositories that exist in the + current project working tree from getting removed, but the + protection applied only to such working trees that are at the + top-level of the current project by mistake. + + * "git commit --author=$name" did not tell the name that was being + recorded in the resulting commit to hooks, even though it does do + so when the end user overrode the authorship via the + "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" environment variable. + + * When "git commit --template F" errors out because the user did not + touch the message, it claimed that it aborts due to "empty + message", which was utterly wrong. + + * The regexp configured with diff.wordregex was incorrectly reused + across files. + + * An age-old corner case bug in combine diff (only triggered with -U0 + and the hunk at the beginning of the file needs to be shown) has + been fixed. + + * Rename detection logic used to match two empty files as renames + during merge-recursive, leading to unnatural mismerges. + + * The parser in "fast-import" did not diagnose ":9" style references + that is not followed by required SP/LF as an error. + + * When "git fetch" encounters repositories with too many references, + the command line of "fetch-pack" that is run by a helper + e.g. remote-curl, may fail to hold all of them. Now such an + internal invocation can feed the references through the standard + input of "fetch-pack". + + * "git fetch" that recurses into submodules on demand did not check + if it needs to go into submodules when non branches (most notably, + tags) are fetched. + + * "log -p --graph" used with "--stat" had a few formatting error. + + * Running "notes merge --commit" failed to perform correctly when run + from any directory inside $GIT_DIR/. When "notes merge" stops with + conflicts, $GIT_DIR/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE is the place a user edits + to resolve it. + + * The 'push to upstream' implementation was broken in some corner + cases. "git push $there" without refspec, when the current branch + is set to push to a remote different from $there, used to push to + $there using the upstream information to a remote unreleated to + $there. + + * Giving "--continue" to a conflicted "rebase -i" session skipped a + commit that only results in changes to submodules. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt index fed9c73f08..58100bf04e 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Compatibility Notes GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT=no export GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT - to disable this behaviour (if you want your users to explain their + to disable this behavior (if you want your users to explain their merge commits, you do not have to do anything). Alternatively, you can give the "--no-edit" option to individual invocations of the "git merge" command if you know everybody who uses your script has @@ -29,15 +29,16 @@ Compatibility Notes while and were deprecated in mid 2008 (v1.6.0). When you give these options to "git am", it will now warn and ask you not to use them. - * When you do not tell which branches and tags to push to the "git push" - command in any way, the command used "matching refs" rule to update - remote branches and tags with branches and tags with the same name you - locally have. In future versions of Git, this will change to push out - only your current branch according to either the "upstream" or the - "current" rule. Although "upstream" may be more powerful once the - user understands Git better, the semantics "current" gives is - simpler and easier to understand for beginners and may be a safer - and better default option, but we haven't decided yet. + * When you do not tell which branches and tags to push to the "git + push" command in any way, the command used "matching refs" rule to + update remote branches and tags with branches and tags with the + same name you locally have. In future versions of Git, this will + change to push out only your current branch according to either the + "upstream" or the "current" rule. Although "upstream" may be more + powerful once the user understands Git better, the semantics + "current" gives is simpler and easier to understand for beginners + and may be a safer and better default option. We haven't decided + yet which one to switch to. Updates since v1.7.9 @@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * Project search in "gitweb" shows the substring that matched in the project name and description highlighted. + * HTTP transport learned to authenticate with a proxy if needed. + * A new script "diffall" is added to contrib/; it drives an external tool to perform a directory diff of two Git revisions in one go, unlike "difftool" that compares one file at a time. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..429f304972 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.txt @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@ +Git v1.7.11 Release Notes +========================= + +Updates since v1.7.10 +--------------------- + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * A third-party tool "git subtree" is distributed in contrib/ + + * Error messages given when @{u} is used for a branch without its + upstream configured have been clatified. + + * Even with "-q"uiet option, "checkout" used to report setting up + tracking. Also "branch" learned the "-q"uiet option to squelch + informational message. + + * The smart-http backend used to always override GIT_COMMITTER_* + variables with REMOTE_USER and REMOTE_ADDR, but these variables are + now preserved when set. + + * "include.path" mechanism of the configuration files learned to + understand "~/path" and "~user/path". + + * "git am" learned the "--include" option, which is an opposite of + existing the "--exclude" option. + + * When "git am -3" needs to fall back to an application to a + synthesized preimage followed by a 3-way merge, the paths that + needed such treatment are now reported to the end user, so that the + result in them can be eyeballed with extra care. + + * The "fmt-merge-msg" command learns to list the primary contributors + involved in the side topic you are merging. + + * The cases "git push" fails due to non-ff can be broken into three + categories; each case is given a separate advise message. + + * "git push --recurse-submodules" learned to optionally look into the + histories of submodules bound to the superproject and push them + out. + + * A 'snapshot' request to "gitweb" honors If-Modified-Since: header, + based on the commit date. + + * "gitweb" learned to highlight the patch it outputs even more. + +Foreign Interface + + * "git svn" used to die with unwanted SIGPIPE when talking with HTTP + server that uses keep-alive. + + * "git svn" learned to use platform specific authentication + providers, e.g. gnome-keyring, kwallet, etc. + + * "git p4" has been moved out of contrib/ area. + +Performance + + * "git apply" had some memory leaks plugged. + + * "git repack" used to write out unreachable objects as loose objects + when repacking, even if such loose objects will immediately pruned + due to its age. + + * Setting up a revision traversal with many starting points was + inefficient as these were placed in a date-order priority queue + one-by-one. Now they are collected in the queue unordered first, + and sorted immediately before getting used. + +Internal Implementation (please report possible regressions) + + * "git rev-parse --show-prefix" used to emit nothing when run at the + top-level of the working tree, but now it gives a blank line. + + * Minor memory leak during unpack_trees (hence "merge" and "checkout" + to check out another branch) has been plugged. + + * More lower-level commands learned to use the streaming API to read + from the object store without keeping everything in core. + + * Because "sh" on the user's PATH may be utterly broken on some + systems, run-command API now uses SHELL_PATH, not /bin/sh, when + spawning an external command (not applicable to Windows port). + + * The API to iterate over refs/ hierarchy has been tweaked to allow + walking only a subset of it more efficiently. + +Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups. + + +Fixes since v1.7.10 +------------------- + +Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.7.10 in the maintenance +releases are contained in this release (see release notes to them for +details). + + * The test scaffolding for git-daemon was flaky. + (merge 46e3581 js/daemon-test-race-fix later to maint). + + * The test scaffolding for fast-import was flaky. + (merge 7fb8e16 pw/t5800-import-race-fix later to maint). + + * Octopus merge strategy did not reduce heads that are recorded in the + final commit correctly. + (merge 5802f81 jc/merge-reduce-parents-early later to maint). + + * In the older days, the header "Conflicts:" in "cherry-pick" and + "merge" was separated by a blank line from the list of paths that + follow for readability, but when "merge" was rewritten in C, we lost + it by mistake. Remove the newline from "cherry-pick" to make them + match again. + (merge 5112068 rt/cherry-revert-conflict-summary later to maint). + + * The filesystem boundary was not correctly reported when .git + directory discovery stopped at a mount point. + (merge 2565b43 cb/maint-report-mount-point-correctly-in-setup later to maint). + + * The command line parser choked "git cherry-pick $name" when $name + can be both revision name and a pathname, even though $name can + never be a path in the context of the command. + (merge 6d5b93f cb/cherry-pick-rev-path-confusion later to maint). + + * HTTP transport that requires authentication did not work correctly + when multiple connections are used simultaneously. + (merge 6f4c347 cb/http-multi-curl-auth later to maint). + + * The i18n of error message "git stash save" was not properly done. + (merge ed3c400 rl/maint-stash-i18n-save-error later to maint). + + * The report from "git fetch" said "new branch" even for a non branch + ref. + (merge 0997ada mb/fetch-call-a-non-branch-a-ref later to maint). + + * The "diff --no-index" codepath used limited-length buffers, risking + pathnames getting truncated. Update it to use the strbuf API. + (merge 875b91b jm/maint-strncpy-diff-no-index later to maint). + + * The parser in "fast-import" did not diagnose ":9" style references + that is not followed by required SP/LF as an error. + (merge 06454cb pw/fast-import-dataref-parsing later to maint). + + * When "git fetch" encounters repositories with too many references, + the command line of "fetch-pack" that is run by a helper + e.g. remote-curl, may fail to hold all of them. Now such an + internal invocation can feed the references through the standard + input of "fetch-pack". + (merge 7103d25 it/fetch-pack-many-refs later to maint). + + * "git fetch" that recurses into submodules on demand did not check + if it needs to go into submodules when non branches (most notably, + tags) are fetched. + (merge a6801ad jl/maint-submodule-recurse-fetch later to maint). + + * "git blame" started missing quite a few changes from the origin + since we stopped using the diff minimalization by default in v1.7.2 + era. + (merge 059a500 jc/maint-blame-minimal later to maint). + + * "log -p --graph" used with "--stat" had a few formatting error. + (merge e2c5966 lp/maint-diff-three-dash-with-graph later to maint). + + * Giving "--continue" to a conflicted "rebase -i" session skipped a + commit that only results in changes to submodules. + (merge a6754cd jk/rebase-i-submodule-conflict-only later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e79118d063 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Git v1.7.7.7 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.7.6 +-------------------- + + * An error message from 'git bundle' had an unmatched single quote pair in it. + + * 'git diff --histogram' option was not described. + + * 'git imap-send' carried an unused dead code. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d9bf2b741a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Git v1.7.8.6 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.8.5 +-------------------- + + * An error message from 'git bundle' had an unmatched single quote pair in it. + + * 'git diff --histogram' option was not described. + + * Documentation for 'git rev-list' had minor formatting errors. + + * 'git imap-send' carried an unused dead code. + + * The way 'git fetch' implemented its connectivity check over + received objects was overly pessimistic, and wasted a lot of + cycles. + + * Various minor backports of fixes from the 'master' and the 'maint' + branch. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..59667d0f2a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Git v1.7.9.7 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.9.6 +-------------------- + + * An error message from 'git bundle' had an unmatched single quote pair in it. + + * The way 'git fetch' implemented its connectivity check over + received objects was overly pessimistic, and wasted a lot of + cycles. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index c081657be7..83ad8ebce0 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was -found. See below for examples. +found. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `{tilde}/` +is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `{tilde}user/` to the specified +user's home directory. See below for examples. Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ Example [include] path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file + path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory Variables ~~~~~~~~~ @@ -138,8 +141,23 @@ advice.*:: + -- pushNonFastForward:: - Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses - non-fast-forward refs. + Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable + 'pushNonFFCurrent', 'pushNonFFDefault', and + 'pushNonFFMatching' simultaneously. + pushNonFFCurrent:: + Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a + non-fast-forward update to the current branch. + pushNonFFDefault:: + Advice to set 'push.default' to 'upstream' or 'current' + when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed 'matching + refs' by default (i.e. you did not provide an explicit + refspec, and no 'push.default' configuration was set) + and it resulted in a non-fast-forward error. + pushNonFFMatching:: + Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed + 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or + specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and + it resulted in a non-fast-forward error. statusHints:: Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index ee6cca2e13..19d57a80f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date] [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] - [--exclude=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet] + [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors | --no-scissors] [(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...] 'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort) @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this. -p<n>:: --directory=<dir>:: --exclude=<path>:: +--include=<path>:: --reject:: These flags are passed to the 'git apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1]) program that applies diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 6410c3d345..e71370d6b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ OPTIONS relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print the name of the upstream branch, as well. +-q:: +--quiet:: + Be more quiet when creating or deleting a branch, suppressing + non-error messages. + --abbrev=<length>:: Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing. The default value is 7 and can be overridden by the `core.abbrev` diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index fed5097e00..3d25a20b67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ effect to your index in a row. cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will be performed. +--allow-empty:: + By default, cherry-picking an empty commit will fail, + indicating that an explicit invocation of `git commit + --allow-empty` is required. This option overrides that + behavior, allowing empty commits to be preserved automatically + in a cherry-pick. Note that when "--ff" is in effect, empty + commits that meet the "fast-forward" requirement will be kept + even without this option. Note also, that use of this option only + keeps commits that were initially empty (i.e. the commit recorded the + same tree as its parent). Commits which are made empty due to a + previous commit are dropped. To force the inclusion of those commits + use `--keep-redundant-commits`. + +--keep-redundant-commits:: + If a commit being cherry picked duplicates a commit already in the + current history, it will become empty. By default these + redundant commits are ignored. This option overrides that behavior and + creates an empty commit object. Implies `--allow-empty`. + --strategy=<strategy>:: Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once. See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 5cc84a1391..68abfcacca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -132,11 +132,14 @@ OPTIONS -t <file>:: --template=<file>:: - Use the contents of the given file as the initial version - of the commit message. The editor is invoked and you can - make subsequent changes. If a message is specified using - the `-m` or `-F` options, this option has no effect. This - overrides the `commit.template` configuration variable. + When editing the commit message, start the editor with the + contents in the given file. The `commit.template` configuration + variable is often used to give this option implicitly to the + command. This mechanism can be used by projects that want to + guide participants with some hints on what to write in the message + in what order. If the user exits the editor without editing the + message, the commit is aborted. This has no effect when a message + is given by other means, e.g. with the `-m` or `-F` options. -s:: --signoff:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index ec6ef31197..b52dca5133 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ OPTIONS options. --cat-blob-fd=<fd>:: - Specify the file descriptor that will be written to - when the `cat-blob` command is encountered in the stream. - The default behaviour is to write to `stdout`. + Write responses to `cat-blob` and `ls` queries to the + file descriptor <fd> instead of `stdout`. Allows `progress` + output intended for the end-user to be separated from other + output. --done:: Require a `done` command at the end of the stream. @@ -942,6 +943,9 @@ This command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are accepted. In particular, the `cat-blob` command can be used in the middle of a commit but not in the middle of a `data` command. +See ``Responses To Commands'' below for details about how to read +this output safely. + `ls` ~~~~ Prints information about the object at a path to a file descriptor @@ -991,6 +995,9 @@ instead report missing SP <path> LF ==== +See ``Responses To Commands'' below for details about how to read +this output safely. + `feature` ~~~~~~~~~ Require that fast-import supports the specified feature, or abort if @@ -1079,6 +1086,35 @@ If the `--done` command line option or `feature done` command is in use, the `done` command is mandatory and marks the end of the stream. +Responses To Commands +--------------------- +New objects written by fast-import are not available immediately. +Most fast-import commands have no visible effect until the next +checkpoint (or completion). The frontend can send commands to +fill fast-import's input pipe without worrying about how quickly +they will take effect, which improves performance by simplifying +scheduling. + +For some frontends, though, it is useful to be able to read back +data from the current repository as it is being updated (for +example when the source material describes objects in terms of +patches to be applied to previously imported objects). This can +be accomplished by connecting the frontend and fast-import via +bidirectional pipes: + +==== + mkfifo fast-import-output + frontend <fast-import-output | + git fast-import >fast-import-output +==== + +A frontend set up this way can use `progress`, `ls`, and `cat-blob` +commands to read information from the import in progress. + +To avoid deadlock, such frontends must completely consume any +pending output from `progress`, `ls`, and `cat-blob` before +performing writes to fast-import that might block. + Crash Reports ------------- If fast-import is supplied invalid input it will terminate with a diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index ed1bdaacd1..474fa307a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ OPTIONS --all:: Fetch all remote refs. +--stdin:: + Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line. If there + are refs specified on the command line in addition to this + option, then the refs from stdin are processed after those + on the command line. ++ +If '--stateless-rpc' is specified together with this option then +the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must +be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet. + -q:: --quiet:: Pass '-q' flag to 'git unpack-objects'; this makes the diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt index b7c7929716..51955a5f7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt @@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ the updated p4 remote branch. EXAMPLE ------- -* Create an alias for 'git p4', using the full path to the 'git-p4' - script if needed: -+ ------------- -$ git config --global alias.p4 '!git-p4' ------------- - * Clone a repository: + ------------ @@ -165,11 +158,14 @@ OPTIONS General options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -All commands except clone accept this option. +All commands except clone accept these options. --git-dir <dir>:: Set the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable. See linkgit:git[1]. +--verbose:: + Provide more progress information. + Sync options ~~~~~~~~~~~~ These options can be used in the initial 'clone' as well as in @@ -200,12 +196,13 @@ git repository: --silent:: Do not print any progress information. ---verbose:: - Provide more progress information. - --detect-labels:: Query p4 for labels associated with the depot paths, and add - them as tags in git. + them as tags in git. Limited usefulness as only imports labels + associated with new changelists. Deprecated. + +--import-labels:: + Import labels from p4 into git. --import-local:: By default, p4 branches are stored in 'refs/remotes/p4/', @@ -252,9 +249,6 @@ Submit options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior. ---verbose:: - Provide more progress information. - --origin <commit>:: Upstream location from which commits are identified to submit to p4. By default, this is the most recent p4 commit reachable @@ -270,6 +264,16 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior. Re-author p4 changes before submitting to p4. This option requires p4 admin privileges. +--export-labels:: + Export tags from git as p4 labels. Tags found in git are applied + to the perforce working directory. + +Rebase options +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +These options can be used to modify 'git p4 rebase' behavior. + +--import-labels:: + Import p4 labels. DEPOT PATH SYNTAX ----------------- @@ -311,19 +315,19 @@ configuration file. This allows future 'git p4 submit' commands to work properly; the submit command looks only at the variable and does not have a command-line option. -The full syntax for a p4 view is documented in 'p4 help views'. Git-p4 +The full syntax for a p4 view is documented in 'p4 help views'. 'Git p4' knows only a subset of the view syntax. It understands multi-line mappings, overlays with '+', exclusions with '-' and double-quotes -around whitespace. Of the possible wildcards, git-p4 only handles -'...', and only when it is at the end of the path. Git-p4 will complain +around whitespace. Of the possible wildcards, 'git p4' only handles +'...', and only when it is at the end of the path. 'Git p4' will complain if it encounters an unhandled wildcard. Bugs in the implementation of overlap mappings exist. If multiple depot paths map through overlays to the same location in the repository, -git-p4 can choose the wrong one. This is hard to solve without -dedicating a client spec just for git-p4. +'git p4' can choose the wrong one. This is hard to solve without +dedicating a client spec just for 'git p4'. -The name of the client can be given to git-p4 in multiple ways. The +The name of the client can be given to 'git p4' in multiple ways. The variable 'git-p4.client' takes precedence if it exists. Otherwise, normal p4 mechanisms of determining the client are used: environment variable P4CLIENT, a file referenced by P4CONFIG, or the local host name. @@ -434,11 +438,23 @@ git-p4.branchList:: enabled. Each entry should be a pair of branch names separated by a colon (:). This example declares that both branchA and branchB were created from main: + ------------- git config git-p4.branchList main:branchA git config --add git-p4.branchList main:branchB ------------- +git-p4.ignoredP4Labels:: + List of p4 labels to ignore. This is built automatically as + unimportable labels are discovered. + +git-p4.importLabels:: + Import p4 labels into git, as per --import-labels. + +git-p4.labelImportRegexp:: + Only p4 labels matching this regular expression will be imported. The + default value is '[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]+$'. + git-p4.useClientSpec:: Specify that the p4 client spec should be used to identify p4 depot paths of interest. This is equivalent to specifying the @@ -488,10 +504,17 @@ git-p4.skipUserNameCheck:: submission regardless. git-p4.attemptRCSCleanup: - If enabled, 'git p4 submit' will attempt to cleanup RCS keywords - ($Header$, etc). These would otherwise cause merge conflicts and prevent - the submit going ahead. This option should be considered experimental at - present. + If enabled, 'git p4 submit' will attempt to cleanup RCS keywords + ($Header$, etc). These would otherwise cause merge conflicts and prevent + the submit going ahead. This option should be considered experimental at + present. + +git-p4.exportLabels:: + Export git tags to p4 labels, as per --export-labels. + +git-p4.labelExportRegexp:: + Only p4 labels matching this regular expression will be exported. The + default value is '[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]+$'. IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS ---------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 48760db337..a52b7b1a19 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -170,10 +170,16 @@ useful if you write an alias or script around 'git push'. is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. ---recurse-submodules=check:: - Check whether all submodule commits used by the revisions to be - pushed are available on a remote tracking branch. Otherwise the - push will be aborted and the command will exit with non-zero status. +--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand:: + Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be + pushed are available on a remote tracking branch. If 'check' is + used git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in + the revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote + of the submodule. If any commits are missing the push will be + aborted and exit with non-zero status. If 'on-demand' is used + all submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will + be pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary + revisions it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. include::urls-remotes.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 520aaa94fb..841ebd6a9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD. will be reset to where it was when the rebase operation was started. +--keep-empty:: + Keep the commits that do not change anything from its + parents in the result. + --skip:: Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 5317cc2474..988a3234f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -43,13 +43,21 @@ GIT_EDITOR:: `$SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE`, `"C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe" --nofork`. The order of preference is the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable, then `core.editor` configuration, then - `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then finally 'vi'. + `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then the default chosen at compile + time, which is usually 'vi'. +ifdef::git-default-editor[] + The build you are using chose '{git-default-editor}' as the default. +endif::git-default-editor[] GIT_PAGER:: Text viewer for use by git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager` - configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then finally 'less'. + configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at + compile time (usually 'less'). +ifdef::git-default-pager[] + The build you are using chose '{git-default-pager}' as the default. +endif::git-default-pager[] Diagnostics ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index ae34e8a7f6..8527775988 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -44,9 +44,16 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.9.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.9.6] +* link:v1.7.10.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.10.1] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt[1.7.10.1], + link:RelNotes/1.7.10.txt[1.7.10]. + +* link:v1.7.9.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.9.7] + +* release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt[1.7.9.7], link:RelNotes/1.7.9.6.txt[1.7.9.6], link:RelNotes/1.7.9.5.txt[1.7.9.5], link:RelNotes/1.7.9.4.txt[1.7.9.4], @@ -55,9 +62,10 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here: link:RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt[1.7.9.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.9.txt[1.7.9]. -* link:v1.7.8.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8.5] +* link:v1.7.8.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8.6] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt[1.7.8.6], link:RelNotes/1.7.8.5.txt[1.7.8.5], link:RelNotes/1.7.8.4.txt[1.7.8.4], link:RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt[1.7.8.3], @@ -65,9 +73,10 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here: link:RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt[1.7.8.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.8.txt[1.7.8]. -* link:v1.7.7.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.6] +* link:v1.7.7.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.7] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt[1.7.7.7], link:RelNotes/1.7.7.6.txt[1.7.7.6], link:RelNotes/1.7.7.5.txt[1.7.7.5], link:RelNotes/1.7.7.4.txt[1.7.7.4], diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt index 7aba497b74..4b8d1b1d4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt @@ -499,6 +499,13 @@ $maxload:: Set `$maxload` to undefined value (`undef`) to turn this feature off. The default value is 300. +$omit_age_column:: + If true, omit the column with date of the most current commit on the + projects list page. It can save a bit of I/O and a fork per repository. + +$omit_owner:: + If true prevents displaying information about repository owner. + $per_request_config:: If this is set to code reference, it will be run once for each request. You can set parts of configuration that change per session this way. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt index 49b3d52952..1b7d8f140c 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ Functions `argv_array_push`:: Push a copy of a string onto the end of the array. +`argv_array_pushl`:: + Push a list of strings onto the end of the array. The arguments + should be a list of `const char *` strings, terminated by a NULL + argument. + `argv_array_pushf`:: Format a string and push it onto the end of the array. This is a convenience wrapper combining `strbuf_addf` and `argv_array_push`. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt index 996da0503a..b7d0d9a8a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ function. returning a `struct commit *` each time you call it. The end of the revision list is indicated by returning a NULL pointer. +`reset_revision_walk`:: + + Reset the flags used by the revision walking api. You can use + this to do multiple sequencial revision walks. + Data structures --------------- |