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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt index 5517afcf59..bcfe78f59d 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt @@ -32,4 +32,63 @@ Fixes since v2.14.1 daemon is torn down were flaky. This was fixed by reacting to ECONNRESET and behaving as if we got an EOF. + * Some versions of GnuPG fail to kill gpg-agent it auto-spawned + and such a left-over agent can interfere with a test. Work it + around by attempting to kill one before starting a new test. + + * "git log --tag=no-such-tag" showed log starting from HEAD, which + has been fixed---it now shows nothing. + + * The "tag.pager" configuration variable was useless for those who + actually create tag objects, as it interfered with the use of an + editor. A new mechanism has been introduced for commands to enable + pager depending on what operation is being carried out to fix this, + and then "git tag -l" is made to run pager by default. + + * "git push --recurse-submodules $there HEAD:$target" was not + propagated down to the submodules, but now it is. + + * Commands like "git rebase" accepted the --rerere-autoupdate option + from the command line, but did not always use it. This has been + fixed. + + * "git clone --recurse-submodules --quiet" did not pass the quiet + option down to submodules. + + * "git am -s" has been taught that some input may end with a trailer + block that is not Signed-off-by: and it should refrain from adding + an extra blank line before adding a new sign-off in such a case. + + * "git svn" used with "--localtime" option did not compute the tz + offset for the timestamp in question and instead always used the + current time, which has been corrected. + + * Memory leaks in a few error codepaths have been plugged. + + * bash 4.4 or newer gave a warning on NUL byte in command + substitution done in "git stash"; this has been squelched. + + * "git grep -L" and "git grep --quiet -L" reported different exit + codes; this has been corrected. + + * When handshake with a subprocess filter notices that the process + asked for an unknown capability, Git did not report what program + the offending subprocess was running. This has been corrected. + + * "git apply" that is used as a better "patch -p1" failed to apply a + taken from a file with CRLF line endings to a file with CRLF line + endings. The root cause was because it misused convert_to_git() + that tried to do "safe-crlf" processing by looking at the index + entry at the same path, which is a nonsense---in that mode, "apply" + is not working on the data in (or derived from) the index at all. + This has been fixed. + + * Killing "git merge --edit" before the editor returns control left + the repository in a state with MERGE_MSG but without MERGE_HEAD, + which incorrectly tells the subsequent "git commit" that there was + a squash merge in progress. This has been fixed. + + * "git archive" did not work well with pathspecs and the + export-ignore attribute. + Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.0.txt index cb630724c7..31f7b0ed03 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.0.txt @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Backward compatibility notes and other notable changes. might still be cases that need to be addressed--bug reports are greatly appreciated. + * "branch --set-upstream" that has been deprecated in Git 1.8 has + finally been retired. + Updates since v2.14 ------------------- @@ -71,6 +74,12 @@ UI, Workflows & Features which can make it succeed if the lock holder was holding it during a read-only operation. + * "branch --set-upstream" that has been deprecated in Git 1.8 has + finally been retired. + + * The codepath to call external process filter for smudge/clean + operation learned to show the progress meter. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -155,7 +164,6 @@ Fixes since v2.14 * Some versions of GnuPG fails to kill gpg-agent it auto-spawned and such a left-over agent can interfere with a test. Work it around by attempting to kill one before starting a new test. - (merge 29ff1f8f74 st/lib-gpg-kill-stray-agent later to maint). * A recently added test for the "credential-cache" helper revealed that EOF detection done around the time the connection to the cache @@ -164,49 +172,36 @@ Fixes since v2.14 * "git log --tag=no-such-tag" showed log starting from HEAD, which has been fixed---it now shows nothing. - (merge 5d34d1ac06 jk/rev-list-empty-input later to maint). * The "tag.pager" configuration variable was useless for those who actually create tag objects, as it interfered with the use of an editor. A new mechanism has been introduced for commands to enable pager depending on what operation is being carried out to fix this, and then "git tag -l" is made to run pager by default. - (merge 595d59e2b5 ma/pager-per-subcommand-action later to maint). * "git push --recurse-submodules $there HEAD:$target" was not propagated down to the submodules, but now it is. - (merge c7be7201a7 bw/push-options-recursively-to-submodules later to maint). * Commands like "git rebase" accepted the --rerere-autoupdate option from the command line, but did not always use it. This has been fixed. - (merge f826fb799e pw/sequence-rerere-autoupdate later to maint). * "git clone --recurse-submodules --quiet" did not pass the quiet option down to submodules. - (merge 03c004c581 bw/clone-recursive-quiet later to maint). * Test portability fix for OBSD. - (merge bed67874e2 rs/obsd-getcwd-workaround later to maint). - (merge 4c7fda8fc1 rs/t4062-obsd later to maint). * Portability fix for OBSD. - (merge 29c2eda80b rs/in-obsd-basename-dirname-take-const later to maint). * "git am -s" has been taught that some input may end with a trailer block that is not Signed-off-by: and it should refrain from adding an extra blank line before adding a new sign-off in such a case. - (merge 735285b403 pw/am-signoff later to maint). * "git svn" used with "--localtime" option did not compute the tz offset for the timestamp in question and instead always used the current time, which has been corrected. - (merge 1adc4b9a58 ur/svn-local-zone later to maint). * Memory leak in an error codepath has been plugged. - (merge 83cd6f9017 rs/fsck-obj-leakfix later to maint). - (merge 896dca3ab7 rs/unpack-entry-leakfix later to maint). - (merge 149d8cbb2e rs/win32-syslog-leakfix later to maint). * "git stash -u" used the contents of the committed version of the ".gitignore" file to decide which paths are ignored, even when the @@ -215,16 +210,13 @@ Fixes since v2.14 * bash 4.4 or newer gave a warning on NUL byte in command substitution done in "git stash"; this has been squelched. - (merge 5fc92f8828 kd/stash-with-bash-4.4 later to maint). * "git grep -L" and "git grep --quiet -L" reported different exit codes; this has been corrected. - (merge e1f68c66d5 as/grep-quiet-no-match-exit-code-fix later to maint). * When handshake with a subprocess filter notices that the process asked for an unknown capability, Git did not report what program the offending subprocess was running. This has been corrected. - (merge d3ba566342 cc/subprocess-handshake-missing-capabilities later to maint). * "git apply" that is used as a better "patch -p1" failed to apply a taken from a file with CRLF line endings to a file with CRLF line @@ -233,34 +225,29 @@ Fixes since v2.14 entry at the same path, which is a nonsense---in that mode, "apply" is not working on the data in (or derived from) the index at all. This has been fixed. - (merge c24f3abace tb/apply-with-crlf later to maint). * Killing "git merge --edit" before the editor returns control left the repository in a state with MERGE_MSG but without MERGE_HEAD, which incorrectly tells the subsequent "git commit" that there was a squash merge in progress. This has been fixed. - (merge 9d89b35526 mg/killed-merge later to maint). + + * "git archive" did not work well with pathspecs and the + export-ignore attribute. + + * In addition to "cc: <a@dd.re.ss> # cruft", "cc: a@dd.re.ss # cruft" + was taught to "git send-email" as a valid way to tell it that it + needs to also send a carbon copy to <a@dd.re.ss> in the trailer + section. + (merge cc90750677 mm/send-email-cc-cruft later to maint). + + * "git branch -M a b" while on a branch that is completely unrelated + to either branch a or branch b misbehaved when multiple worktree + was in use. This has been fixed. + (merge 31824d180d nd/worktree-kill-parse-ref later to maint). * Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups. - (merge dff2813391 ab/ref-filter-no-contains later to maint). (merge f094b89a4d ma/parse-maybe-bool later to maint). - (merge 974ce8078c mf/no-dashed-subcommands later to maint). - (merge f81935cc4d jc/perl-git-comment-typofix later to maint). - (merge 57ea241ef0 rs/t3700-clean-leftover later to maint). (merge 39b00fa4d4 jk/drop-sha1-entry-pos later to maint). - (merge 0b006014c8 jk/hashcmp-memcmp later to maint). - (merge 1e22a9917b rj/add-chmod-error-message later to maint). - (merge 881529c846 rs/apply-lose-prefix-length later to maint). - (merge 6355a76802 rs/find-pack-entry-bisection later to maint). - (merge de3ce210ed rs/merge-microcleanup later to maint). - (merge 7f0a02be2f ah/doc-empty-string-is-false later to maint). - (merge 70ec6bd63b rs/t1002-do-not-use-sum later to maint). - (merge 2456990dfd sb/sha1-file-cleanup later to maint). - (merge 2aac933c62 hv/t5526-andand-chain-fix later to maint). - (merge c8d0c4fe9b sb/submodule-parallel-update later to maint). - (merge 794b7e1674 mg/format-ref-doc-fix later to maint). - (merge 24da8a26a9 rs/commit-h-single-parent-cleanup later to maint). - (merge 4e36907fa3 jk/doc-the-this later to maint). - (merge 15d1d0951e bc/vcs-svn-cleanup later to maint). - (merge b8f43b120b jn/vcs-svn-cleanup later to maint). - (merge 4a4becfb23 jt/doc-pack-objects-fix later to maint). + (merge 6cdf8a7929 ma/ts-cleanups later to maint). + (merge 7560f547e6 ma/up-to-date later to maint). + (merge 0db3dc75f3 rs/apply-epoch later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 631cbd840a..4ebc3d3271 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ OPTIONS disables it is in effect), make sure the patch is applicable to what the current index file records. If the file to be patched in the working tree is not - up-to-date, it is flagged as an error. This flag also + up to date, it is flagged as an error. This flag also causes the index file to be updated. --cached:: @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ treats these changes as follows. If `--index` is specified (explicitly or implicitly), then the submodule commits must match the index exactly for the patch to apply. If any of the submodules are checked-out, then these check-outs are completely -ignored, i.e., they are not required to be up-to-date or clean and they +ignored, i.e., they are not required to be up to date or clean and they are not updated. If `--index` is not specified, then the submodule commits in the patch diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index d0b3358771..e292737b9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -195,10 +195,8 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is true. --set-upstream:: - If specified branch does not exist yet or if `--force` has been - given, acts exactly like `--track`. Otherwise sets up configuration - like `--track` would when creating the branch, except that where - branch points to is not changed. + As this option had confusing syntax, it is no longer supported. + Please use `--track` or `--set-upstream-to` instead. -u <upstream>:: --set-upstream-to=<upstream>:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index a336ae5f6f..ba90066f10 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ access method and requested operation. That means that even if you offer only read access (e.g. by using the pserver method), 'git-cvsserver' should have write access to the database to work reliably (otherwise you need to make sure -that the database is up-to-date any time 'git-cvsserver' is executed). +that the database is up to date any time 'git-cvsserver' is executed). By default it uses SQLite databases in the Git directory, named `gitcvs.<module_name>.sqlite`. Note that the SQLite backend creates diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt index a171506952..b380677718 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ a 'git write-tree' + 'git diff-tree'. Thus that's the default mode. The non-cached version asks the question: show me the differences between HEAD and the currently checked out - tree - index contents _and_ files that aren't up-to-date + tree - index contents _and_ files that aren't up to date which is obviously a very useful question too, since that tells you what you *could* commit. Again, the output matches the 'git diff-tree -r' @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ have not actually done a 'git update-index' on it yet - there is no torvalds@ppc970:~/v2.6/linux> git diff-index --abbrev HEAD :100644 100664 7476bb... 000000... kernel/sched.c -i.e., it shows that the tree has changed, and that `kernel/sched.c` has is -not up-to-date and may contain new stuff. The all-zero sha1 means that to +i.e., it shows that the tree has changed, and that `kernel/sched.c` is +not up to date and may contain new stuff. The all-zero sha1 means that to get the real diff, you need to look at the object in the working directory directly rather than do an object-to-object diff. diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index 615e6bacde..4df6431c34 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ exception is when the changed index entries are in the state that would result from the merge already.) If all named commits are already ancestors of `HEAD`, 'git merge' -will exit early with the message "Already up-to-date." +will exit early with the message "Already up to date." FAST-FORWARD MERGE ------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 4f6bed61a9..6805a74aec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ which makes little sense. -f:: --force-rebase:: - Force a rebase even if the current branch is up-to-date and + Force a rebase even if the current branch is up to date and the command without `--force` would return without doing anything. + You may find this (or --no-ff with an interactive rebase) helpful after diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt index 9ee083c415..031f31fa47 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ development on the topic branch: ------------ you could run `git rebase master topic`, to bring yourself -up-to-date before your topic is ready to be sent upstream. +up to date before your topic is ready to be sent upstream. This would result in falling back to a three-way merge, and it would conflict the same way as the test merge you resolved earlier. 'git rerere' will be run by 'git rebase' to help you resolve this diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index 683e591330..b5c46223c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ the submodule's history. If it exists the submodule.<name> section in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file will also be removed and that file will be staged (unless --cached or -n are used). -A submodule is considered up-to-date when the HEAD is the same as +A submodule is considered up to date when the HEAD is the same as recorded in the index, no tracked files are modified and no untracked files that aren't ignored are present in the submodules work tree. Ignored files are deemed expendable and won't stop a submodule's work diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index aa2aeabb60..636e09048e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git log' 'set-tree':: You should consider using 'dcommit' instead of this command. Commit specified commit or tree objects to SVN. This relies on - your imported fetch data being up-to-date. This makes + your imported fetch data being up to date. This makes absolutely no attempts to do patching when committing to SVN, it simply overwrites files with those specified in the tree or commit. All merging is assumed to have taken place diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 1579abf3c3..e19eba62cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ will remove the intended effect of the option. Using --refresh --------------- `--refresh` does not calculate a new sha1 file or bring the index -up-to-date for mode/content changes. But what it *does* do is to +up to date for mode/content changes. But what it *does* do is to "re-match" the stat information of a file with the index, so that you can refresh the index for a file that hasn't been changed but where the stat entry is out of date. diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index c4f2be2542..4c68bc19d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ unspecified. This attribute sets a specific line-ending style to be used in the working directory. It enables end-of-line conversion without any -content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. +content checks, effectively setting the `text` attribute. Note that +setting this attribute on paths which are in the index with CRLF line +endings may make the paths to be considered dirty. Adding the path to +the index again will normalize the line endings in the index. Set to string value "crlf":: diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index 7577f27ec2..e29a9effcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ So after you do a `cp -a` to create a new copy, you'll want to do $ git update-index --refresh ---------------- + -in the new repository to make sure that the index file is up-to-date. +in the new repository to make sure that the index file is up to date. Note that the second point is true even across machines. You can duplicate a remote Git repository with *any* regular copy mechanism, be it @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ $ git checkout-index -u -a ---------------- where the `-u` flag means that you want the checkout to keep the index -up-to-date (so that you don't have to refresh it afterward), and the +up to date (so that you don't have to refresh it afterward), and the `-a` flag means "check out all files" (if you have a stale copy or an older version of a checked out tree you may also need to add the `-f` flag first, to tell 'git checkout-index' to *force* overwriting of any old @@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ run a single command, 'git-receive-pack'. First, you need to create an empty repository on the remote machine that will house your public repository. This empty -repository will be populated and be kept up-to-date by pushing +repository will be populated and be kept up to date by pushing into it later. Obviously, this repository creation needs to be done only once. @@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ transport protocols (HTTP), you need to keep this repository would contain a call to 'git update-server-info' but you need to manually enable the hook with `mv post-update.sample post-update`. This makes sure -'git update-server-info' keeps the necessary files up-to-date. +'git update-server-info' keeps the necessary files up to date. 3. Push into the public repository from your primary repository. diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 623ed1a138..1bb4f92d4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ them. When enabled, the default 'post-update' hook runs 'git update-server-info' to keep the information used by dumb -transports (e.g., HTTP) up-to-date. If you are publishing +transports (e.g., HTTP) up to date. If you are publishing a Git repository that is accessible via HTTP, you should probably enable this hook. diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index f51ed4e37c..adf9554ad2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ objects/info/packs:: This file is to help dumb transports discover what packs are available in this object store. Whenever a pack is added or removed, `git update-server-info` should be run - to keep this file up-to-date if the repository is + to keep this file up to date if the repository is published for dumb transports. 'git repack' does this by default. diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 794b83393e..242de31cb6 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ summary of the situation with 'git status': $ git status On branch master Changes to be committed: -Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'. +Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) modified: file1 diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 5b4a62e936..4e32304301 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ set to `no` at the beginning of them. --ff-only:: Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the - current `HEAD` is already up-to-date or the merge can be + current `HEAD` is already up to date or the merge can be resolved as a fast-forward. --log[=<n>]:: diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index a6cf9eb380..7d860bfca1 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ explicitly. Pretend as if all objects mentioned by reflogs are listed on the command line as `<commit>`. +--single-worktree:: + By default, all working trees will be examined by the + following options when there are more than one (see + linkgit:git-worktree[1]): `--all`, `--reflog` and + `--indexed-objects`. + This option forces them to examine the current working tree + only. + --ignore-missing:: Upon seeing an invalid object name in the input, pretend as if the bad input was not given. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt index 7a83a3a6e2..9a778b0cad 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt @@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ parsing is successful, the return value is the result. Same as `git_config_bool`, except that integers are returned as-is, and an `is_bool` flag is unset. -`git_config_maybe_bool`:: -Deprecated. Use `git_parse_maybe_bool` instead. They are exactly the -same, except this function takes an unused argument `name`. - `git_parse_maybe_bool`:: Same as `git_config_bool`, except that it returns -1 on error rather than dying. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt index 37379d8337..46c3d5c355 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt @@ -32,11 +32,8 @@ Iteration functions * `for_each_glob_ref_in()` the previous and `for_each_ref_in()` combined. -* `head_ref_submodule()`, `for_each_ref_submodule()`, - `for_each_ref_in_submodule()`, `for_each_tag_ref_submodule()`, - `for_each_branch_ref_submodule()`, `for_each_remote_ref_submodule()` - do the same as the functions described above but for a specified - submodule. +* Use `refs_` API for accessing submodules. The submodule ref store could + be obtained with `get_submodule_ref_store()`. * `for_each_rawref()` can be used to learn about broken ref and symref. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt index a34917153f..ed1eae8b83 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ After reference and capabilities discovery, the client can decide to terminate the connection by sending a flush-pkt, telling the server it can now gracefully terminate, and disconnect, when it does not need any pack data. This can happen with the ls-remote command, and also can happen when -the client already is up-to-date. +the client already is up to date. Otherwise, it enters the negotiation phase, where the client and server determine what the minimal packfile necessary for transport is, diff --git a/Documentation/technical/trivial-merge.txt b/Documentation/technical/trivial-merge.txt index c79d4a7c47..1f1c33d0da 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/trivial-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/trivial-merge.txt @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ or the result. If multiple cases apply, the one used is listed first. A result which changes the index is an error if the index is not empty -and not up-to-date. +and not up to date. Entries marked '+' have stat information. Spaces marked '*' don't affect the result. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ empty, no entry is left for that stage). Otherwise, the given entry is left in stage 0, and there are no other entries. A result of "no merge" is an error if the index is not empty and not -up-to-date. +up to date. *empty* means that the tree must not have a directory-file conflict with the entry. diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index bc29298678..b4d88af133 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -2044,10 +2044,12 @@ If a push would not result in a <<fast-forwards,fast-forward>> of the remote branch, then it will fail with an error like: ------------------------------------------------- -error: remote 'refs/heads/master' is not an ancestor of - local 'refs/heads/master'. - Maybe you are not up-to-date and need to pull first? -error: failed to push to 'ssh://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git' + ! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast-forward) +error: failed to push some refs to '...' +hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind +hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g. +hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again. +hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details. ------------------------------------------------- This can happen, for example, if you: @@ -2193,7 +2195,7 @@ $ cd work Linus's tree will be stored in the remote-tracking branch named origin/master, and can be updated using linkgit:git-fetch[1]; you can track other public trees using linkgit:git-remote[1] to set up a "remote" and -linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up-to-date; see +linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up to date; see <<repositories-and-branches>>. Now create the branches in which you are going to work; these start out |