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diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index c34c1cae20..144ec32f12 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ DOC_MAN7=$(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(MAN7_TXT)) prefix?=$(HOME) bindir?=$(prefix)/bin htmldir?=$(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc +pdfdir?=$(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc mandir?=$(prefix)/share/man man1dir=$(mandir)/man1 man5dir=$(mandir)/man5 @@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ infodir?=$(prefix)/share/info MAKEINFO=makeinfo INSTALL_INFO=install-info DOCBOOK2X_TEXI=docbook2x-texi +DBLATEX=dblatex ifndef PERL_PATH PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl endif @@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ man7: $(DOC_MAN7) info: git.info gitman.info +pdf: user-manual.pdf + install: install-man install-man: man @@ -107,6 +111,10 @@ install-info: info echo "No directory found in $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" >&2 ; \ fi +install-pdf: pdf + $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir) + $(INSTALL) -m 644 user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir) + install-html: html sh ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) @@ -187,17 +195,23 @@ git.info: user-manual.texi user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --to-stdout | $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl >$@+ + $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout | \ + $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl >$@+ + mv $@+ $@ + +user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml + $(RM) $@+ $@ + $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< mv $@+ $@ gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl $(RM) $@+ $@ - ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $(xml);)) | \ - $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ >$@+ + ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \ + --to-stdout $(xml);)) | $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ >$@+ mv $@+ $@ gitman.info: gitman.texi - $(MAKEINFO) --no-split $*.texi + $(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi $(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml $(RM) $@+ $@ diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt index 10b38e6ec1..88454c1973 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt @@ -4,20 +4,56 @@ GIT v1.6.1.1 Release Notes Fixes since v1.6.1 ------------------ +* "git add frotz/nitfol" when "frotz" is a submodule should have errored + out, but it didn't. + +* "git apply" took file modes from the patch text and updated the mode + bits of the target tree even when the patch was not about mode changes. + +* "git bisect view" on Cygwin did not launch gitk + +* "git checkout $tree" did not trigger an error. + +* "git commit" tried to remove COMMIT_EDITMSG from the work tree by mistake. + * "git describe --all" complained when a commit is described with a tag, which was nonsense. +* "git diff --no-index --" did not trigger no-index (aka "use git-diff as + a replacement of diff on untracked files") behaviour. + +* "git format-patch -1 HEAD" on a root commit failed to produce patch + text. + +* "git fsck branch" did not work as advertised; instead it behaved the same + way as "git fsck". + * "git log --pretty=format:%s" did not handle a multi-line subject the same way as built-in log listers (i.e. shortlog, --pretty=oneline, etc.) * "git daemon", and "git merge-file" are more careful when freopen fails and barf, instead of going on and writing to unopened filehandle. -Other documentation fixes. +* "git http-push" did not like some RFC 4918 compliant DAV server + responses. + +* "git merge -s recursive" mistakenly overwritten an untracked file in the + work tree upon delete/modify conflict. + +* "git merge -s recursive" didn't leave the index unmerged for entries with + rename/delete conflictd. + +* "git merge -s recursive" clobbered untracked files in the work tree. + +* "git mv -k" with more than one errorneous paths misbehaved. + +* "git read-tree -m -u" hence branch switching incorrectly lost a + subdirectory in rare cases. + +* "git rebase -i" issued an unnecessary error message upon a user error of + marking the first commit to be "squash"ed. ---- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.1-15-ga9e67c8 -echo O=$(git describe maint) -git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint +* "git shortlog" did not format a commit message with multi-line + subject correctly. +Many documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..296804301f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +GIT v1.6.2 Release Notes +======================== + +Updates since v1.6.1 +-------------------- + +(subsystems) + +(portability) + +(performance) + +* pack-objects autodetects the number of CPUs available and uses threaded + version. + +(usability, bells and whistles) + +* "git-add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk. + +* git-cherry defaults to HEAD when the <upstream> argument is not given. + +* git-cvsserver can be told not to add extra "via git-CVS emulator" to the + commit log message it serves via gitcvs.commitmsgannotation configuration. + +* git-diff learned a new option --inter-hunk-context to coalesce close + hunks together and show context between them. + +* git-filter-branch learned --prune-empty option that discards commits + that do not change the contents. + +* git-ls-tree learned --full-tree option that shows the path in full + regardless of where in the work tree hierarchy the command was started. + +* git-mergetool learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting. + +* "git-reset --merge" is a new mode that works similar to the way + "git checkout" switches branches, taking the local changes while + switching to another commit. + +(internal) + + +Fixes since v1.6.1 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.6.1.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + +* "git-add sub/file" when sub is a submodule incorrectly added the path to + the superproject. + +* git-bundle did not exclude annotated tags even when a range given from the + command line wanted to. + +* git-grep did not work correctly for index entries with assume-unchanged bit. + +* branch switching and merges had a silly bug that did not validate + the correct directory when making sure an existing subdirectory is + clean. + +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.6.1-134-ge98c6a1 +echo O=$(git describe master) +git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint diff --git a/Documentation/cat-texi.perl b/Documentation/cat-texi.perl index dbc133cd3c..828ec62554 100755 --- a/Documentation/cat-texi.perl +++ b/Documentation/cat-texi.perl @@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ close TMP; printf '\input texinfo @setfilename gitman.info -@documentencoding us-ascii -@node Top,,%s +@documentencoding UTF-8 +@dircategory Development +@direntry +* Git Man Pages: (gitman). Manual pages for Git revision control system +@end direntry +@node Top,,, (dir) @top Git Manual Pages @documentlanguage en @menu diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 52786c7df5..290cb48eb9 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ diff.renames:: will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or "copy", it will detect copies, as well. -diff.suppress-blank-empty:: +diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space before each empty output line. Defaults to false. @@ -702,7 +702,9 @@ gc.packrefs:: gc.pruneexpire:: When 'git-gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'. - Override the grace period with this config variable. + Override the grace period with this config variable. The value + "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune + unreachable objects immediately. gc.reflogexpire:: 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than @@ -723,6 +725,10 @@ gc.rerereunresolved:: kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run. The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. +gitcvs.commitmsgannotation:: + Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string + to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator". + gitcvs.enabled:: Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. @@ -1044,6 +1050,16 @@ mergetool.keepBackup:: is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to `true` (i.e. keep the backup files). +mergetool.keepTemporaries:: + When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary + files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this + variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be + preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has + exited. Defaults to `false`. + +mergetool.prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. + pack.window:: The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index b432d2518a..a8ed23e7f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --patch-with-raw:: Synonym for "-p --raw". +--patience:: + Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm. + --stat[=width[,name-width]]:: Generate a diffstat. You can override the default output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width". @@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --abbrev[=<n>]:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header - lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix. This is + lines, show only a partial prefix. This is independent of --full-index option above, which controls the diff-patch output format. Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>. @@ -205,6 +208,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] differences even if one line has whitespace where the other line has none. +--inter-hunk-context=<lines>:: + Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number + of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other. + --exit-code:: Make the program exit with codes similar to diff(1). That is, it exits with 1 if there were differences and diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index b9c6fac748..efd311b1ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8] [--3way] [--interactive] - [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] + [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] + [--reject] [<mbox> | <Maildir>...] 'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort) @@ -60,12 +61,10 @@ default. You could use `--no-utf8` to override this. available locally. --whitespace=<option>:: - This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1]) - program that applies - the patch. - -C<n>:: -p<n>:: +--directory=<dir>:: +--reject:: These flags are passed to the 'git-apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1]) program that applies the patch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index e726510ab1..9400f6a5d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] - [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor <file>] [-R | --reverse] + [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse] [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z] [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached] [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>] @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ OPTIONS cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index, without using the working tree. This implies '--index'. ---build-fake-ancestor <file>:: +--build-fake-ancestor=<file>:: Newer 'git-diff' output has embedded 'index information' for each blob to help identify the original version that the patch applies to. When this flag is given, and if diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index 74d14c4e7f..7deefdae8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream SYNOPSIS -------- -'git cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>] +'git cherry' [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS <upstream>:: Upstream branch to compare against. + Defaults to the first tracked remote branch, if available. <head>:: Working branch; defaults to HEAD. diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 3d79f05995..b231dbb947 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ OPTIONS Automatically implies --tags. --abbrev=<n>:: - Instead of using the default 8 hexadecimal digits as the + Instead of using the default 7 hexadecimal digits as the abbreviated object name, use <n> digits. --candidates=<n>:: @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ With something like git.git current tree, I get: v1.0.4-14-g2414721 i.e. the current head of my "parent" branch is based on v1.0.4, -but since it has a handful commits on top of that, +but since it has a few commits on top of that, describe has added the number of additional commits ("14") and an abbreviated object name for the commit itself ("2414721") at the end. diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt index 5c8c1d95a8..c526141564 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt @@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ OPTIONS ------- include::diff-options.txt[] --1 -2 -3 or --base --ours --theirs, and -0:: +-1 --base:: +-2 --ours:: +-3 --theirs:: +-0:: Diff against the "base" version, "our branch" or "their branch" respectively. With these options, diffs for merged entries are not shown. diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index fed6de6a7f..451950bab6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ You can use the 'map' convenience function in this filter, and other convenience functions, too. For example, calling 'skip_commit "$@"' will leave out the current commit (but not its changes! If you want that, use 'git-rebase' instead). ++ +You can also use the 'git_commit_non_empty_tree "$@"' instead of +'git commit-tree "$@"' if you don't wish to keep commits with a single parent +and that makes no change to the tree. --tag-name-filter <command>:: This is the filter for rewriting tag names. When passed, @@ -151,6 +155,16 @@ to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit. The result will contain that directory (and only that) as its project root. +--prune-empty:: + Some kind of filters will generate empty commits, that left the tree + untouched. This switch allow git-filter-branch to ignore such + commits. Though, this switch only applies for commits that have one + and only one parent, it will hence keep merges points. Also, this + option is not compatible with the use of '--commit-filter'. Though you + just need to use the function 'git_commit_non_empty_tree "$@"' instead + of the 'git commit-tree "$@"' idiom in your commit filter to make that + happen. + --original <namespace>:: Use this option to set the namespace where the original commits will be stored. The default value is 'refs/original'. diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 9f85d60b5f..057a021eb5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ OPTIONS --abbrev[=<n>]:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object - lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix. + lines, show only a partial prefix. Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>. \--:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index 4c7262f1cd..f68e5c5c1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z] - [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--abbrev=[<n>]] + [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev=[<n>]] <tree-ish> [paths...] DESCRIPTION @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ in the current working directory. Note that: 'sub/dir' in 'HEAD'). You don't want to give a tree that is not at the root level (e.g. 'git ls-tree -r HEAD:sub dir') in this case, as that would result in asking for 'sub/sub/dir' in the 'HEAD' commit. + However, the current working directory can be ignored by passing + --full-tree option. OPTIONS ------- @@ -59,13 +61,17 @@ OPTIONS --abbrev[=<n>]:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object - lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix. + lines, show only a partial prefix. Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>. --full-name:: Instead of showing the path names relative to the current working directory, show the full path names. +--full-tree:: + Do not limit the listing to the current working directory. + Implies --full-name. + paths:: When paths are given, show them (note that this isn't really raw pathnames, but rather a list of patterns to match). Otherwise diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 602e7c6d3b..5d3c632872 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts SYNOPSIS -------- -'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [<file>]... +'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>]... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ with merge conflicts. OPTIONS ------- --t or --tool=<tool>:: +-t <tool>:: +--tool=<tool>:: Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>. Valid merge tools are: kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, and opendiff @@ -60,6 +61,16 @@ variable `mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode` can be set to `true`. Otherwise, 'git-mergetool' will prompt the user to indicate the success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited. +-y:: +--no-prompt:: + Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution + program. + +--prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. + This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to + override any configuration settings. + Author ------ Written by Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 3321966c6b..7b27dc60bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ OPTIONS ------- <repository>:: The "remote" repository that is destination of a push - operation. See the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below. + operation. This parameter can be either a URL + (see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name + of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below). <refspec>...:: The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is @@ -42,22 +44,21 @@ tip of `master` branch); see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) that you want to push. The <dst> side represents the destination location. + The local ref that matches <src> is used -to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst> (or, if no <dst> was -specified, the same ref that <src> referred to locally). If +to fast forward the remote ref that matches <dst>. If the optional leading plus `+` is used, the remote ref is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward update. + `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`. + -A parameter <ref> without a colon pushes the <ref> from the source -repository to the destination repository under the same name. +A lonely <src> parameter (without a colon and a destination) pushes +the <src> to the same name in the destination repository. + Pushing an empty <src> allows you to delete the <dst> ref from the remote repository. + The special refspec `:` (or `+:` to allow non-fast forward updates) -directs git to push "matching" heads: for every head that exists on -the local side, the remote side is updated if a head of the same name +directs git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on +the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name already exists on the remote side. This is the default operation mode if no explicit refspec is found (that is neither on the command line nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below). diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index c8ad86a56f..3d6d429e5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [-m | --merge] - [-s <strategy> | --strategy=<strategy>] [--no-verify] - [-C<n>] [ --whitespace=<option>] [-p | --preserve-merges] - [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>] +'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--onto <newbase>] + <upstream> [<branch>] +'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] --onto <newbase> + --root [<branch>] + 'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort DESCRIPTION @@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ it remains on the current branch. All changes made by commits in the current branch but that are not in <upstream> are saved to a temporary area. This is the same set -of commits that would be shown by `git log <upstream>..HEAD`. +of commits that would be shown by `git log <upstream>..HEAD` (or +`git log HEAD`, if --root is specified). The current branch is reset to <upstream>, or <newbase> if the --onto option was supplied. This has the exact same effect as @@ -255,6 +257,15 @@ OPTIONS --preserve-merges:: Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. +--root:: + Rebase all commits reachable from <branch>, instead of + limiting them with an <upstream>. This allows you to rebase + the root commit(s) on a branch. Must be used with --onto, and + will skip changes already contained in <newbase> (instead of + <upstream>). When used together with --preserve-merges, 'all' + root commits will be rewritten to have <newbase> as parent + instead. + include::merge-strategies.txt[] NOTES diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 2049f3d97b..abb25d1c00 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ OPTIONS switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree since <commit> are lost. +--merge:: + Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit, + and updates the files that are different between the named commit + and the current commit in the working tree. + -q:: Be quiet, only report errors. @@ -152,6 +157,28 @@ tip of the current branch in ORIG_HEAD, so resetting hard to it brings your index file and the working tree back to that state, and resets the tip of the branch to that commit. +Undo a merge or pull inside a dirty work tree:: ++ +------------ +$ git pull <1> +Auto-merging nitfol +Merge made by recursive. + nitfol | 20 +++++---- + ... +$ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD <2> +------------ ++ +<1> Even if you may have local modifications in your +working tree, you can safely say "git pull" when you know +that the change in the other branch does not overlap with +them. +<2> After inspecting the result of the merge, you may find +that the change in the other branch is unsatisfactory. Running +"git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD" will let you go back to where you +were, but it will discard your local changes, which you do not +want. "git reset --merge" keeps your local changes. + + Interrupted workflow:: + Suppose you are interrupted by an urgent fix request while you diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index ff420f8f8c..3f8d973af1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality. The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not interactive. -Currently, only the 'git-receive-pack' and 'git-upload-pack' commands -are permitted to be called, with a single required argument. +Currently, only three commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack' +'git-upload-pack' with a single required argument or 'cvs server' (to invoke +'git-cvsserver'). Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 8d0c421b80..63d2f5e962 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ COMMANDS .git/config file may be specified as an optional command-line argument. +--localtime;; + 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. + +This doesn't interfere with interoperating with the Subversion +repository you cloned from, but if you wish for your local Git +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. + 'clone':: Runs 'init' and 'fetch'. It will automatically create a directory based on the basename of the URL passed to it; diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 17dc8b2019..cd527c6252 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.1] +* link:v1.6.1.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.1.1] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt[1.6.1.1], link:RelNotes-1.6.1.txt[1.6.1]. * link:v1.6.0.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.0.6] diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index e4dd5518c8..7ba5e589d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -1243,10 +1243,10 @@ $ git ls-files --stage ------------ In our example of only two files, we did not have unchanged -files so only 'example' resulted in collapsing, but in real-life -large projects, only small number of files change in one commit, -and this 'collapsing' tends to trivially merge most of the paths -fairly quickly, leaving only a handful the real changes in non-zero +files so only 'example' resulted in collapsing. But in real-life +large projects, when only a small number of files change in one commit, +this 'collapsing' tends to trivially merge most of the paths +fairly quickly, leaving only a handful of real changes in non-zero stages. To look at only non-zero stages, use `\--unmerged` flag: diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index cfdae1efa2..1fd512bca2 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks` directory to trigger action at certain points. When -'git-init' is run, a handful example hooks are copied in the +'git-init' is run, a handful of example hooks are copied into the `hooks` directory of the new repository, but by default they are all disabled. To enable a hook, rename it by removing its `.sample` suffix. @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit' right after preparing the default log message, and before the editor is started. It takes one to three parameters. The first is the name of the file -that the commit log message. The second is the source of the commit +that contains the commit log message. The second is the source of the commit message, and can be: `message` (if a `-m` or `-F` option was given); `template` (if a `-t` option was given or the configuration option `commit.template` is set); `merge` (if the diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt index a057b50b2b..dc8fc3a18a 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt @@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ $ echo 'hello world' > file.txt $ git add . $ git commit -a -m "initial commit" -[master (root-commit)] created 54196cc: "initial commit" +[master (root-commit) 54196cc] initial commit 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 file.txt $ echo 'hello world!' >file.txt $ git commit -a -m "add emphasis" -[master] created c4d59f3: "add emphasis" +[master c4d59f3] add emphasis 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) ------------------------------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt b/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt index d214d4bf9d..74a1c0c4ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ the kind of task StGIT is designed to do. I just have done a simpler one, this time using only the core GIT tools. -I had a handful commits that were ahead of master in pu, and I +I had a handful of commits that were ahead of master in pu, and I wanted to add some documentation bypassing my usual habit of placing new things in pu first. At the beginning, the commit ancestry graph looked like this: diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 0a8a948e6f..3d87d3edd5 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ The placeholders are: - '%Cgreen': switch color to green - '%Cblue': switch color to blue - '%Creset': reset color +- '%C(...)': color specification, as described in color.branch.* config option - '%m': left, right or boundary mark - '%n': newline - '%x00': print a byte from a hex code diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index 6d66c74cc1..5f21efe407 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]). --abbrev-commit:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object - name, show only handful hexdigits prefix. Non default number of + name, show only a partial prefix. Non default number of digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies diff output, if it is displayed). + diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt index 82e9e831b6..2efe7a40be 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt @@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ Functions Wait for the completion of an asynchronous function that was started with start_async(). +`run_hook`:: + + Run a hook. + The first argument is a pathname to an index file, or NULL + if the hook uses the default index file or no index is needed. + The second argument is the name of the hook. + The further arguments correspond to the hook arguments. + The last argument has to be NULL to terminate the arguments list. + If the hook does not exist or is not executable, the return + value will be zero. + If it is executable, the hook will be executed and the exit + status of the hook is returned. + On execution, .stdout_to_stderr and .no_stdin will be set. + (See below.) + Data structures --------------- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt index a8ee2fe6a1..9a4e3ea92c 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt @@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ Functions * Adding data to the buffer -NOTE: All of these functions in this section will grow the buffer as - necessary. +NOTE: All of the functions in this section will grow the buffer as necessary. +If they fail for some reason other than memory shortage and the buffer hadn't +been allocated before (i.e. the `struct strbuf` was set to `STRBUF_INIT`), +then they will free() it. `strbuf_addch`:: @@ -235,6 +237,11 @@ same behaviour as well. Read the contents of a file, specified by its path. The third argument can be used to give a hint about the file size, to avoid reallocs. +`strbuf_readlink`:: + + Read the target of a symbolic link, specified by its path. The third + argument can be used to give a hint about the size, to avoid reallocs. + `strbuf_getline`:: Read a line from a FILE* pointer. The second argument specifies the line |