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diff --git a/Documentation/.gitignore b/Documentation/.gitignore index 1c3a9fead5..d62aebd848 100644 --- a/Documentation/.gitignore +++ b/Documentation/.gitignore @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ *.[1-8] *.made *.texi +*.pdf git.info gitman.info howto-index.txt diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 36989b7f65..6346a75dda 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MAN5_TXT=gitattributes.txt gitignore.txt gitmodules.txt githooks.txt \ gitrepository-layout.txt MAN7_TXT=gitcli.txt gittutorial.txt gittutorial-2.txt \ gitcvs-migration.txt gitcore-tutorial.txt gitglossary.txt \ - gitdiffcore.txt gitrevisions.txt gitworkflows.txt + gitdiffcore.txt gitnamespaces.txt gitrevisions.txt gitworkflows.txt MAN_TXT = $(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT) MAN_XML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.xml,$(MAN_TXT)) @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT) clean: $(RM) *.xml *.xml+ *.html *.html+ *.1 *.5 *.7 $(RM) *.texi *.texi+ *.texi++ git.info gitman.info + $(RM) *.pdf $(RM) howto-index.txt howto/*.html doc.dep $(RM) technical/api-*.html technical/api-index.txt $(RM) $(cmds_txt) *.made diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..95905e48f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +Git v1.7.6.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6 +------------------ + + * Various codepaths that invoked zlib deflate/inflate assumed that these + functions can compress or uncompress more than 4GB data in one call on + platforms with 64-bit long, which has been corrected. + + * "git unexecutable" reported that "unexecutable" was not found, even + though the actual error was that "unexecutable" was found but did + not have a proper she-bang line to be executed. + + * "git checkout -b <branch>" was confused when attempting to create a + branch whose name ends with "-g" followed by hexadecimal digits, + and refused to work. + + * "git checkout -b <branch>" sometimes wrote a bogus reflog entry, + causing later "git checkout -" to fail. + + * "git diff --cc" learned to correctly ignore binary files. + + * "git fast-export" forgot to quote pathnames with unsafe characters + in its output. + + * "git fetch" did not recurse into submodules in subdirectories. + + * "git ls-tree" did not error out when asked to show a corrupt tree. + + * "git pull" without any argument left an extra whitespace after the + command name in its reflog. + + * "git rebase -i -p" incorrectly dropped commits from side branches. + + * "git reset [<commit>] paths..." did not reset the index entry correctly + for unmerged paths. + + * "git submodule add" did not allow a relative repository path when + the superproject did not have any default remote url. + + * "git submodule foreach" failed to correctly give the standard input to + the user-supplied command it invoked. + + * submodules that the user has never showed interest in by running + "git submodule init" was incorrectly marked as interesting by "git + submodule sync". + + * "git submodule update --quiet" was not really quiet. + + * "git tag -l <glob>..." did not take multiple glob patterns from the + command line. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8de880f83a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +Git v1.7.7 Release Notes +======================== + +Updates since v1.7.6 +-------------------- + + * The scripting part of the codebase is getting prepared for i18n/l10n. + + * Interix, Cygwin and Minix ports got updated. + + * A handful of patches to update git-p4 (in contrib/). + + * Gitweb learned to read from /etc/gitweb-common.conf when it exists, + before reading from gitweb_config.perl or from /etc/gitweb.conf + (this last one is read only when per-repository gitweb_config.perl + does not exist). + + * Various codepaths that invoked zlib deflate/inflate assumed that these + functions can compress or uncompress more than 4GB data in one call on + platforms with 64-bit long, which has been corrected. + + * "git archive" can be told to pass the output to gzip compression and + produce "archive.tar.gz". + + * "git bisect" can be used in a bare repository (provided if the test + you perform per each iteration does not need a working tree, of + course). + + * "git check-attr" can take relative paths from the command line. + + * "git check-attr" learned "--all" option to list the attributes for a + given path. + + * "git checkout" (both the code to update the files upon checking out a + different branch, the code to checkout specific set of files) learned + to stream the data from object store when possible, without having to + read the entire contents of a file in memory first. An earlier round + of this code that is not in any released version had a large leak but + now it has been plugged. + + * "git clone" can now take "--config key=value" option to set the + repository configuration options that affect the initial checkout. + + * "git commit <paths>..." now lets you feed relative pathspecs that + refer outside your current subdirectory. + + * "git diff --stat" learned --stat-count option to limit the output of + diffstat report. + + * "git diff" learned "--histogram" option, to use a different diff + generation machinery stolen from jgit, which might give better + performance. + + * "git fetch", "git push" and friends no longer show connection + errors for addresses that couldn't be connected when at least one + address succeeds (this is arguably a regression but a deliberate + one). + + * "git grep" learned --break and --heading options, to let users mimic + output format of "ack". + + * "git grep" learned "-W" option that shows wider context using the same + logic used by "git diff" to determine the hunk header. + + * "git rebase master topci" no longer spews usage hints after giving + "fatal: no such branch: topci" error message. + + * "git stash" learned --include-untracked option. + + * "git submodule update" used to stop at the first error updating a + submodule; it now goes on to update other submodules that can be + updated, and reports the ones with errors at the end. + + * "git upload-pack" and "git receive-pack" learned to pretend only a + subset of the refs exist in a repository. This may help a site to + put many tiny repositories into one repository (this would not be + useful for larger repositories as repacking would be problematic). + + * "git verify-pack" has been rewritten to use the "index-pack" machinery + that is more efficient in reading objects in packfiles. + + * test scripts for gitweb tried to run even when CGI-related perl modules + are not installed; it now exits early when they are unavailable. + +Also contains various documentation updates and minor miscellaneous +changes. + + +Fixes since v1.7.6 +------------------ + +Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes in 1.7.6.X maintenance track are +included in this release. + + * Error exits from $PAGER were silently ignored. + (merge fc1b56f cb/maint-exec-error-report later). + + * "git diff -c/--cc" mishandled a deletion that resolves a conflict, and + looked in the working tree instead. + (merge 9969454 jc/maint-combined-diff-work-tree later). + + * "git fetch" over smart-http transport used to abort when the + repository was updated between the initial connection and the + subsequent object transfer. + (merge 051e400 jc/maint-smart-http-race-upload-pack later). + + * "git push --quiet" was not really quiet. + (merge 0d086b8 cb/maint-quiet-push later). + +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +echo O=$(git describe master) +O=v1.7.6-548-g324b6b1 +git log --first-parent --oneline $O..master +echo +git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 6b93777199..0658ffb889 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ core.logAllRefUpdates:: SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but only when the file exists. If this configuration variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" - file is automatically created for branch heads. + file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under + refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/), + note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD. + This information can be used to determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". @@ -676,7 +678,7 @@ branch.<name>.rebase:: browser.<tool>.cmd:: Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed - as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].) + as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].) browser.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool that may be used to @@ -1196,6 +1198,14 @@ http.proxy:: environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy +http.cookiefile:: + File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used + in the git http session, if they match the server. The file format + of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or + the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]). + NOTE that the file specified with http.cookiefile is only used as + input. No cookies will be stored in the file. + http.sslVerify:: Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 659de6f123..b620b3afec 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -48,11 +48,17 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --patience:: Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm. ---stat[=<width>[,<name-width>]]:: +--stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]:: Generate a diffstat. You can override the default output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=<width>`. The width of the filename part can be controlled by giving another width to it separated by a comma. + By giving a third parameter `<count>`, you can limit the + output to the first `<count>` lines, followed by + `...` if there are more. ++ +These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`, +`--stat-name-width=<name-width>` and `--stat-count=<count>`. --numstat:: Similar to `\--stat`, but shows number of added and diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt index 9eb75c37da..05fd482b74 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit information SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git annotate' [options] file [revision] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 9c750e2444..ac7006e640 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -101,6 +101,25 @@ tar.umask:: details. If `--remote` is used then only the configuration of the remote repository takes effect. +tar.<format>.command:: + This variable specifies a shell command through which the tar + output generated by `git archive` should be piped. The command + is executed using the shell with the generated tar file on its + standard input, and should produce the final output on its + standard output. Any compression-level options will be passed + to the command (e.g., "-9"). An output file with the same + extension as `<format>` will be use this format if no other + format is given. ++ +The "tar.gz" and "tgz" formats are defined automatically and default to +`gzip -cn`. You may override them with custom commands. + +tar.<format>.remote:: + If true, enable `<format>` for use by remote clients via + linkgit:git-upload-archive[1]. Defaults to false for + user-defined formats, but true for the "tar.gz" and "tgz" + formats. + ATTRIBUTES ---------- @@ -123,32 +142,46 @@ while archiving any tree in your `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file. EXAMPLES -------- -git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -):: +`git archive --format=tar --prefix=junk/ HEAD | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)`:: Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the latest commit on the current branch, and extract it in the `/var/tmp/junk` directory. -git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz:: +`git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`:: Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release. -git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz:: +`git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`:: + + Same as above, but using the builtin tar.gz handling. + +`git archive --prefix=git-1.4.0/ -o git-1.4.0.tar.gz v1.4.0`:: + + Same as above, but the format is inferred from the output file. + +`git archive --format=tar --prefix=git-1.4.0/ v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`:: Create a compressed tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a global extended pax header. -git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip:: +`git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs.zip`:: Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory into 'git-1.4.0-docs.zip', with the prefix 'git-docs/'. -git archive -o latest.zip HEAD:: +`git archive -o latest.zip HEAD`:: Create a Zip archive that contains the contents of the latest commit on the current branch. Note that the output format is inferred by the extension of the output file. +`git config tar.tar.xz.command "xz -c"`:: + + Configure a "tar.xz" format for making LZMA-compressed tarfiles. + You can use it specifying `--format=tar.xz`, or by creating an + output file like `-o foo.tar.xz`. + SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 7b7bafba0c..e4f46bc18d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-bisect - Find by binary search the change that introduced a bug SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git bisect' <subcommand> <options> DESCRIPTION @@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: git bisect help - git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] + git bisect start [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] git bisect bad [<rev>] git bisect good [<rev>...] git bisect skip [(<rev>|<range>)...] @@ -262,6 +263,19 @@ rewind the tree to the pristine state. Finally the script should exit with the status of the real test to let the "git bisect run" command loop determine the eventual outcome of the bisect session. +OPTIONS +------- +--no-checkout:: ++ +Do not checkout the new working tree at each iteration of the bisection +process. Instead just update a special reference named 'BISECT_HEAD' to make +it point to the commit that should be tested. ++ +This option may be useful when the test you would perform in each step +does not require a checked out tree. ++ +If the repository is bare, `--no-checkout` is assumed. + EXAMPLES -------- @@ -342,6 +356,25 @@ $ git bisect run sh -c "make || exit 125; ~/check_test_case.sh" This shows that you can do without a run script if you write the test on a single line. +* Locate a good region of the object graph in a damaged repository ++ +------------ +$ git bisect start HEAD <known-good-commit> [ <boundary-commit> ... ] --no-checkout +$ git bisect run sh -c ' + GOOD=$(git for-each-ref "--format=%(objectname)" refs/bisect/good-*) && + git rev-list --objects BISECT_HEAD --not $GOOD >tmp.$$ && + git pack-objects --stdout >/dev/null <tmp.$$ + rc=$? + rm -f tmp.$$ + test $rc = 0' + +------------ ++ +In this case, when 'git bisect run' finishes, bisect/bad will refer to a commit that +has at least one parent whose reachable graph is fully traversable in the sense +required by 'git pack objects'. + + SEE ALSO -------- link:git-bisect-lk2009.html[Fighting regressions with git bisect], diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt index 30eca6cee6..1f7312a189 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git check-attr' attr... [--] pathname... -'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths> +'git check-attr' [-a | --all | attr...] [--] pathname... +'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | attr...] < <list-of-paths> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is 'unspecified', OPTIONS ------- +-a, --all:: + List all attributes that are associated with the specified + paths. If this option is used, then 'unspecified' attributes + will not be included in the output. + --stdin:: Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line. @@ -28,8 +33,11 @@ OPTIONS \--:: Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following - arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will - be treated as an attribute. + arguments as path names. + +If none of `--stdin`, `--all`, or `--` is used, the first argument +will be treated as an attribute and the rest of the arguments as +pathnames. OUTPUT ------ @@ -69,6 +77,13 @@ org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set --------------- +* Listing all attributes for a file: +--------------- +$ git check-attr --all -- org/example/MyClass.java +org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java +org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set +--------------- + * Listing an attribute for multiple files: --------------- $ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 9d8fe0d261..7cfa3d92ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>... DESCRIPTION @@ -111,31 +112,31 @@ effect to your index in a row. EXAMPLES -------- -git cherry-pick master:: +`git cherry-pick master`:: Apply the change introduced by the commit at the tip of the master branch and create a new commit with this change. -git cherry-pick ..master:: -git cherry-pick ^HEAD master:: +`git cherry-pick ..master`:: +`git cherry-pick ^HEAD master`:: Apply the changes introduced by all commits that are ancestors of master but not of HEAD to produce new commits. -git cherry-pick master{tilde}4 master{tilde}2:: +`git cherry-pick master{tilde}4 master{tilde}2`:: Apply the changes introduced by the fifth and third last commits pointed to by master and create 2 new commits with these changes. -git cherry-pick -n master~1 next:: +`git cherry-pick -n master~1 next`:: Apply to the working tree and the index the changes introduced by the second last commit pointed to by master and by the last commit pointed to by next, but do not create any commit with these changes. -git cherry-pick --ff ..next:: +`git cherry-pick --ff ..next`:: If history is linear and HEAD is an ancestor of next, update the working tree and advance the HEAD pointer to match next. @@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ git cherry-pick --ff ..next:: are in next but not HEAD to the current branch, creating a new commit for each new change. -git rev-list --reverse master \-- README | git cherry-pick -n --stdin:: +`git rev-list --reverse master \-- README | git cherry-pick -n --stdin`:: Apply the changes introduced by all commits on the master branch that touched README to the working tree and index, diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index 79448c505b..f6c19c734d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git cherry' [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-citool.txt b/Documentation/git-citool.txt index 6e5c8126f5..c7a11c36c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-citool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-citool.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-citool - Graphical alternative to git-commit SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git citool' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index b093e45497..4b8b26b75e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. Specify the directory from which templates will be used; (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) +--config <key>=<value>:: +-c <key>=<value>:: + Set a configuration variable in the newly-created repository; + this takes effect immediately after the repository is + initialized, but before the remote history is fetched or any + files checked out. The key is in the same format as expected by + linkgit:git-config[1] (e.g., `core.eol=true`). If multiple + values are given for the same key, each value will be written to + the config file. This makes it safe, for example, to add + additional fetch refspecs to the origin remote. + --depth <depth>:: Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt index f524d76019..0fdb82ee86 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 7951cb7b00..5cc84a1391 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area called the "index" with 'git add'. A file can be reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree, -to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD -- <file>`, +to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD \-- <file>`, which effectively reverts 'git add' and prevents the changes to this file from participating in the next commit. After building the state to be committed incrementally with these commands, diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt index a73933a931..23c80cea64 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git count-objects' [-v] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index ad93a3e84e..7f79cec3f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt index 8d481948bd..906774f0f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt index 2ea22abca2..c0b7c581ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-diff-index - Compares content and mode of blobs between the index and reposi SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 590f410abf..a03515f1ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git difftool' [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt index 781bd6edc3..f37eada63a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fast-export - Git data exporter SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git fast-export [options]' | 'git fast-import' DESCRIPTION @@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ marks the same across runs. allow that. So fake a tagger to be able to fast-import the output. +--use-done-feature:: + Start the stream with a 'feature done' stanza, and terminate + it with a 'done' command. + --no-data:: Skip output of blob objects and instead refer to blobs via their original SHA-1 hash. This is useful when rewriting the diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 3f5b9126b1..2969388880 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fast-import - Backend for fast Git data importers SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] frontend | 'git fast-import' [options] DESCRIPTION @@ -101,6 +102,12 @@ OPTIONS when the `cat-blob` command is encountered in the stream. The default behaviour is to write to `stdout`. +--done:: + Require a `done` command at the end of the stream. + This option might be useful for detecting errors that + cause the frontend to terminate before it has started to + write a stream. + --export-pack-edges=<file>:: After creating a packfile, print a line of data to <file> listing the filename of the packfile and the last @@ -330,6 +337,11 @@ and control the current import process. More detailed discussion standard output. This command is optional and is not needed to perform an import. +`done`:: + Marks the end of the stream. This command is optional + unless the `done` feature was requested using the + `--done` command line option or `feature done` command. + `cat-blob`:: Causes fast-import to print a blob in 'cat-file --batch' format to the file descriptor set with `--cat-blob-fd` or @@ -1020,6 +1032,11 @@ notes:: Versions of fast-import not supporting notes will exit with a message indicating so. +done:: + Error out if the stream ends without a 'done' command. + Without this feature, errors causing the frontend to end + abruptly at a convenient point in the stream can go + undetected. `option` ~~~~~~~~ @@ -1049,6 +1066,15 @@ not be passed as option: * cat-blob-fd * force +`done` +~~~~~~ +If the `done` feature is not in use, treated as if EOF was read. +This can be used to tell fast-import to finish early. + +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. + 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 48d4bf6d68..ed1bdaacd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index 60ac8d26eb..b41d7c1de1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git fetch' [<options>] [<repository> [<refspec>...]] - 'git fetch' [<options>] <group> - 'git fetch' --multiple [<options>] [(<repository> | <group>)...] - 'git fetch' --all [<options>] diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt index 90ebb8a594..eec4bdb600 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fsck-objects - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git fsck-objects' ... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 4966cb5784..815afcb922 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] [--prune=<date> | --no-prune] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt index 8035736c96..1e2a20dd26 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-get-tar-commit-id - Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-arch SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git get-tar-commit-id' < <tarfile> diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index e150c77cff..e44a4988b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -148,14 +148,12 @@ OPTIONS gives the default to color output. Same as `--color=never`. --[ABC] <context>:: - Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B` - -- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a - line containing `--` between contiguous groups of - matches. +--break:: + Print an empty line between matches from different files. --<num>:: - A shortcut for specifying `-C<num>`. +--heading:: + Show the filename above the matches in that file instead of + at the start of each shown line. -p:: --show-function:: @@ -165,6 +163,29 @@ OPTIONS patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]). +-<num>:: +-C <num>:: +--context <num>:: + Show <num> leading and trailing lines, and place a line + containing `--` between contiguous groups of matches. + +-A <num>:: +--after-context <num>:: + Show <num> trailing lines, and place a line containing + `--` between contiguous groups of matches. + +-B <num>:: +--before-context <num>:: + Show <num> leading lines, and place a line containing + `--` between contiguous groups of matches. + +-W:: +--function-context:: + Show the surrounding text from the previous line containing a + function name up to the one before the next function name, + effectively showing the whole function in which the match was + found. + -f <file>:: Read patterns from <file>, one per line. @@ -208,15 +229,15 @@ OPTIONS Examples -------- -git grep {apostrophe}time_t{apostrophe} \-- {apostrophe}*.[ch]{apostrophe}:: +`git grep {apostrophe}time_t{apostrophe} \-- {apostrophe}*.[ch]{apostrophe}`:: Looks for `time_t` in all tracked .c and .h files in the working directory and its subdirectories. -git grep -e {apostrophe}#define{apostrophe} --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \):: +`git grep -e {apostrophe}#define{apostrophe} --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \)`:: Looks for a line that has `#define` and either `MAX_PATH` or `PATH_MAX`. -git grep --all-match -e NODE -e Unexpected:: +`git grep --all-match -e NODE -e Unexpected`:: Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in files that have lines that match both. diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt index 32a833e0ae..0041994443 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-gui - A portable graphical interface to Git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git gui' [<command>] [arguments] DESCRIPTION @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ version:: Examples -------- -git gui blame Makefile:: +`git gui blame Makefile`:: Show the contents of the file 'Makefile' in the current working directory, and provide annotations for both the @@ -58,41 +59,41 @@ git gui blame Makefile:: uncommitted changes (if any) are explicitly attributed to 'Not Yet Committed'. -git gui blame v0.99.8 Makefile:: +`git gui blame v0.99.8 Makefile`:: Show the contents of 'Makefile' in revision 'v0.99.8' and provide annotations for each line. Unlike the above example the file is read from the object database and not the working directory. -git gui blame --line=100 Makefile:: +`git gui blame --line=100 Makefile`:: Loads annotations as described above and automatically scrolls the view to center on line '100'. -git gui citool:: +`git gui citool`:: Make one commit and return to the shell when it is complete. This command returns a non-zero exit code if the window was closed in any way other than by making a commit. -git gui citool --amend:: +`git gui citool --amend`:: Automatically enter the 'Amend Last Commit' mode of the interface. -git gui citool --nocommit:: +`git gui citool --nocommit`:: Behave as normal citool, but instead of making a commit simply terminate with a zero exit code. It still checks that the index does not contain any unmerged entries, so you can use it as a GUI version of linkgit:git-mergetool[1] -git citool:: +`git citool`:: Same as `git gui citool` (above). -git gui browser maint:: +`git gui browser maint`:: Show a browser for the tree of the 'maint' branch. Files selected in the browser can be viewed with the internal diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 42aa2b0c01..9e0b3f6811 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-help - display help information about git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git help' [-a|--all|-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index 277d9e141b..f4e0741c11 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ ScriptAliasMatch \ ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +To serve multiple repositories from different linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] in a +single repository: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +SetEnvIf Request_URI "^/git/([^/]*)" GIT_NAMESPACE=$1 +ScriptAliasMatch ^/git/[^/]*(.*) /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/storage.git$1 +---------------------------------------------------------------- Accelerated static Apache 2.x:: Similar to the above, but Apache can be used to return static diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt index fefa752198..4d42073867 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-http-fetch - Download from a remote git repository via HTTP SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index 82ae34b9b8..2e67362bd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index 4e09708cc9..875d2831a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git imap-send' diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index 9f97f5a915..a21e346789 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index f2777a7786..9ac2bbaa56 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt index 08f85ba046..ea95c90460 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ OPTIONS start:: --start:: - Start the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate - any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance. + Start the httpd instance and exit. Regenerate configuration files + as necessary for spawning a new instance. stop:: --stop:: @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ stop:: restart:: --restart:: - Restart the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate - any of the configuration files for spawning a new instance. + Restart the httpd instance and exit. Regenerate configuration files + as necessary for spawning a new instance. CONFIGURATION ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index de5c0d37a5..6c934660d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -87,45 +88,45 @@ include::diff-generate-patch.txt[] Examples -------- -git log --no-merges:: +`git log --no-merges`:: Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges -git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: +`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`:: Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories -git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: +`git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk`:: Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 'gitk' -git log --name-status release..test:: +`git log --name-status release..test`:: Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths each commit modifies. -git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: +`git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c`:: Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including those commits that occurred before the file was given its present name. -git log --branches --not --remotes=origin:: +`git log --branches --not --remotes=origin`:: Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that origin doesn't). -git log master --not --remotes=*/master:: +`git log master --not --remotes=*/master`:: Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote repository master branches. -git log -p -m --first-parent:: +`git log -p -m --first-parent`:: Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt index adf7e1c055..c406a11001 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-lost-found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git lost-found' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt index ed45662cc9..51dc325748 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-mailinfo - Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mailinfo' [-k|-b] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--scissors] <msg> <patch> diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt index 9b2049d674..4d1b871d96 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] [--keep-cr] -o<directory> [--] [(<mbox>|<Maildir>)...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index 635c66956e..d7db2a3737 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ OPTIONS EXAMPLES -------- -git merge-file README.my README README.upstream:: +`git merge-file README.my README README.upstream`:: combines the changes of README.my and README.upstream since README, tries to merge them and writes the result into README.my. -git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345:: +`git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345`:: merges tmp/a123 and tmp/c345 with the base tmp/b234, but uses labels `a` and `c` instead of `tmp/a123` and `tmp/c345`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt index 6ce54673b0..e0df1b3340 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-merge-index - Run a merge for files needing merging SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <file>*) DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt index ee059def79..04e803d5d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-merge-one-file - The standard helper program to use with git-merge-index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git merge-one-file' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt index 3bfa7b4220..c5f84b6495 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-merge-tree - Show three-way merge without touching index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git merge-tree' <base-tree> <branch1> <branch2> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt index 63ededec1d..f98a41b87c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ git-mergetool--lib - Common git merge tool shell scriptlets SYNOPSIS -------- -'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"' +[verse] +'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool{litdd}lib"' DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 8c79ae8d2a..3470910109 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt index 037ab1045d..65e167a5c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-mktag - Creates a tag object SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mktag' < signature_file DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt index afe21be64d..5c6ebdfad9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-mktree - Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mktree' [-z] [--missing] [--batch] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt index db0e030d69..b8db373964 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git mv' <options>... <args>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt index db9f0f7055..f2869da572 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... > DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt index 54b92534ce..a3c6677bfa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-pack-refs - Pack heads and tags for efficient repository access SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git pack-refs' [--all] [--no-prune] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt index 02217f6ba2..a45ea1ece8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-parse-remote - Routines to help parsing remote repository access parameters SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] '. "$(git --exec-path)/git-parse-remote"' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt index 50e26f43c1..90268f02e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-patch-id - Compute unique ID for a patch SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git patch-id' < <patch> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt index a34d62f0da..87ea3fb054 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-peek-remote - List the references in a remote repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git peek-remote' [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt index 9e6202cdff..80dc022ede 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git prune-packed' [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet] diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index f616a739ef..80d01b0571 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-prune - Prune all unreachable objects from the object database SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] [--] [<head>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 14609cbd4d..e1da468766 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-pull - Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git pull' [options] [<repository> [<refspec>...]] diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 88acfcd4cc..49c6e9fa51 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -327,12 +327,12 @@ a case where you do mean to lose history. Examples -------- -git push:: +`git push`:: Works like `git push <remote>`, where <remote> is the current branch's remote (or `origin`, if no remote is configured for the current branch). -git push origin:: +`git push origin`:: Without additional configuration, works like `git push origin :`. + @@ -344,45 +344,45 @@ use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`. Any valid <refspec> (like the ones in the examples below) can be configured as the default for `git push origin`. -git push origin ::: +`git push origin :`:: Push "matching" branches to `origin`. See <refspec> in the <<OPTIONS,OPTIONS>> section above for a description of "matching" branches. -git push origin master:: +`git push origin master`:: Find a ref that matches `master` in the source repository (most likely, it would find `refs/heads/master`), and update the same ref (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) in `origin` repository with it. If `master` did not exist remotely, it would be created. -git push origin HEAD:: +`git push origin HEAD`:: A handy way to push the current branch to the same name on the remote. -git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev:: +`git push origin master:satellite/master dev:satellite/dev`:: Use the source ref that matches `master` (e.g. `refs/heads/master`) to update the ref that matches `satellite/master` (most probably `refs/remotes/satellite/master`) in the `origin` repository, then do the same for `dev` and `satellite/dev`. -git push origin HEAD:master:: +`git push origin HEAD:master`:: Push the current branch to the remote ref matching `master` in the `origin` repository. This form is convenient to push the current branch without thinking about its local name. -git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental:: +`git push origin master:refs/heads/experimental`:: Create the branch `experimental` in the `origin` repository by copying the current `master` branch. This form is only needed to create a new branch or tag in the remote repository when the local name and the remote name are different; otherwise, the ref name on its own will work. -git push origin :experimental:: +`git push origin :experimental`:: Find a ref that matches `experimental` in the `origin` repository (e.g. `refs/heads/experimental`), and delete it. -git push origin {plus}dev:master:: +`git push origin {plus}dev:master`:: Update the origin repository's master branch with the dev branch, allowing non-fast-forward updates. *This can leave unreferenced commits dangling in the origin repository.* Consider the diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 46a96f2313..c45d53c6e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 9a075bc4d2..504945c691 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ SYNOPSIS [<upstream>] [<branch>] 'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] --onto <newbase> --root [<branch>] - 'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort DESCRIPTION @@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ with a different commit message or timestamp will be skipped). It is possible that a merge failure will prevent this process from being completely automatic. You will have to resolve any such merge failure and run `git rebase --continue`. Another option is to bypass the commit -that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To restore the +that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To check out the original <branch> and remove the .git/rebase-apply working files, use the command `git rebase --abort` instead. @@ -233,7 +232,11 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD. Restart the rebasing process after having resolved a merge conflict. --abort:: - Restore the original branch and abort the rebase operation. + Abort the rebase operation and reset HEAD to the original + branch. If <branch> was provided when the rebase operation was + started, then HEAD will be reset to <branch>. Otherwise HEAD + will be reset to where it was when the rebase operation was + started. --skip:: Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index f34e0ae1bd..a3a1d8eea3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-receive-pack' <directory> +[verse] +'git-receive-pack' [--quiet] <directory> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ are not fast-forwards. OPTIONS ------- +--quiet:: + Print only error messages. + <directory>:: The repository to sync into. @@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ if the repository is packed and is served via a dumb transport. SEE ALSO -------- -linkgit:git-send-pack[1] +linkgit:git-send-pack[1], linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index 09057bf90c..976dc14937 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-reflog - Manage reflog information SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git reflog' <subcommand> <options> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-relink.txt b/Documentation/git-relink.txt index 9893376487..3b33c99510 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-relink.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-relink.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-relink - Hardlink common objects in local repositories SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git relink' [--safe] <dir>... <master_dir> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt index 68263a6a53..8a8e1d775d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command. SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]" DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt index 4aecd4d187..f095d57d09 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt @@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUG:: EXAMPLES -------- -git fetch fd::17 master:: +`git fetch fd::17 master`:: Fetch master, using file descriptor #17 to communicate with git-upload-pack. -git fetch fd::17/foo master:: +`git fetch fd::17/foo master`:: Same as above. -git push fd::7,8 master (as URL):: +`git push fd::7,8 master (as URL)`:: Push master, using file descriptor #7 to read data from git-receive-pack and file descriptor #8 to write data to same service. -git push fd::7,8/bar master:: +`git push fd::7,8/bar master`:: Same as above. Documentation diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt index 58f6ad4994..4f83dea5a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-remote-helpers - Helper programs to interact with remote repositories SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git remote-<transport>' <repository> [<URL>] DESCRIPTION @@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ arguments. The first argument specifies a remote repository as in git; it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second argument specifies a URL; it is usually of the form '<transport>://<address>', but any arbitrary string is possible. +The 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set up for the remote helper +and can be used to determine where to store additional data or from +which directory to invoke auxiliary git commands. When git encounters a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>', where '<transport>' is a protocol that it cannot handle natively, it diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 0decee240b..40af321153 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt index a0d1fa6594..9ec115b9e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-repo-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git repo-config' ... diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt index 3521d8e3c8..b99681ce85 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <url> [<end>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt index 52db1d80cf..a6253ba617 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-rerere - Reuse recorded resolution of conflicted merges SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git rerere' ['clear'|'forget' <pathspec>|'diff'|'status'|'gc'] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 02c44c999f..42c9676eaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index ac10cfbb14..b311d59c7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-revert - Revert some existing commits SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>... DESCRIPTION @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout -<commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as +<commit> \-- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory. OPTIONS @@ -92,12 +93,12 @@ effect to your index in a row. EXAMPLES -------- -git revert HEAD~3:: +`git revert HEAD~3`:: Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD and create a new commit with the reverted changes. -git revert -n master{tilde}5..master{tilde}2:: +`git revert -n master{tilde}5..master{tilde}2`:: Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit in master (included) to the third last commit in master diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index 8c0554f971..665ad4ddab 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git rm' [-f | --force] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>... DESCRIPTION @@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ git diff --name-only --diff-filter=D -z | xargs -0 git rm --cached EXAMPLES -------- -git rm Documentation/\*.txt:: +`git rm Documentation/\*.txt`:: Removes all `*.txt` files from the index that are under the `Documentation` directory and any of its subdirectories. + @@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ Note that the asterisk `*` is quoted from the shell in this example; this lets git, and not the shell, expand the pathnames of files and subdirectories under the `Documentation/` directory. -git rm -f git-*.sh:: +`git rm -f git-*.sh`:: Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 5a168cfab2..327233c85b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>... diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt index 17f8f55526..bed9e1f097 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-send-pack - Push objects over git protocol to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...] +[verse] +'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--quiet] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ OPTIONS the remote repository can lose commits; use it with care. +--quiet:: + Print only error messages. + --verbose:: Run verbosely. diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt index 61e4c08dac..5c3ec327bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -git-sh-i18n--envsubst(1) -======================== +git-sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst(1) +============================= NAME ---- @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] eval_gettext () { printf "%s" "$1" | ( - export PATH $('git sh-i18n--envsubst' --variables "$1"); - 'git sh-i18n--envsubst' "$1" + export PATH $('git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' --variables "$1"); + 'git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' "$1" ) } @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. This documentation is meant for people who are studying the plumbing scripts and/or are writing new ones. -git-sh-i18n--envsubst is Git's stripped-down copy of the GNU +'git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' is Git's stripped-down copy of the GNU `envsubst(1)` program that comes with the GNU gettext package. It's used internally by linkgit:git-sh-i18n[1] to interpolate the variables passed to the the `eval_gettext` function. diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt index 3b1f7ac7b5..60cf49cb2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-sh-i18n - Git's i18n setup code for shell scripts SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] '. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-i18n"' DESCRIPTION @@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ gettext:: eval_gettext:: Currently a dummy fall-through function implemented as a wrapper around `printf(1)` with variables expanded by the - linkgit:git-sh-i18n--envsubst[1] helper. Will be replaced by a + linkgit:git-sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst[1] helper. Will be replaced by a real gettext implementation in a later version. GIT diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt index 27fd8ba854..a2f346ca71 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-sh-setup - Common git shell script setup code SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] '. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"' DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index d7d4b92894..9b9250600f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-shell - Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git shell' [-c <command> <argument>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index ee4559b6f2..a8e77b5350 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SYNOPSIS [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [(<rev> | <glob>)...] - 'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt index c4d99f1028..2dcbbb2454 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-show-index - Show packed archive index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git show-index' < idx-file diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt index 7f075e84f5..1e38819e67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-show - Show various types of objects SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git show' [options] <object>... DESCRIPTION @@ -47,23 +48,23 @@ include::pretty-formats.txt[] EXAMPLES -------- -git show v1.0.0:: +`git show v1.0.0`:: Shows the tag `v1.0.0`, along with the object the tags points at. -git show v1.0.0^\{tree\}:: +`git show v1.0.0^\{tree\}`:: Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`. -git show -s --format=%s v1.0.0^\{commit\}:: +`git show -s --format=%s v1.0.0^\{commit\}`:: Shows the subject of the commit pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`. -git show next~10:Documentation/README:: +`git show next~10:Documentation/README`:: Shows the contents of the file `Documentation/README` as they were current in the 10th last commit of the branch `next`. -git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile:: +`git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile`:: Concatenates the contents of said Makefiles in the head of the branch `master`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 15f051fa44..43af38aa4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] -'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]] +'git stash' [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] + [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]] 'git stash' clear 'git stash' create @@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ is also possible). OPTIONS ------- -save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset --hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives @@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the index are left intact. + +If the `--include-untracked` option is used, all untracked files are also +stashed and then cleaned up with `git clean`, leaving the working directory +in a very clean state. If the `--all` option is used instead then the +ignored files are stashed and cleaned in addition to the untracked files. ++ With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from the diff between HEAD and the working tree to be stashed. The stash entry is constructed such that its index state is the same as the index state diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 38cb741f18..3d51717bbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-status - Show the working tree status SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option `status.submodulesummary` is set). +--ignored:: + Show ignored files as well. + -z:: Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given. @@ -119,7 +123,8 @@ codes can be interpreted as follows: * 'C' = copied * 'U' = updated but unmerged -Ignored files are not listed. +Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect, +in which case `XY` are `!!`. X Y Meaning ------------------------------------------------- @@ -142,6 +147,7 @@ Ignored files are not listed. U U unmerged, both modified ------------------------------------------------- ? ? untracked + ! ! ignored ------------------------------------------------- If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line diff --git a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt index 10509cc450..b78f031cd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-stripspace - Filter out empty lines SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git stripspace' [-s | --strip-comments] < <stream> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 5e7a4130ee..67cf5f0f8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] -'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] + [commit] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command> 'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...] @@ -78,7 +79,9 @@ to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ or ../), the location relative to the superproject's origin -repository. +repository. If the superproject doesn't have an origin configured +the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current +working directory is used instead. + <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the @@ -106,8 +109,13 @@ status:: repository and `U` if the submodule has merge conflicts. This command is the default command for 'git submodule'. + -If '--recursive' is specified, this command will recurse into nested +If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into nested submodules, and show their status as well. ++ +If you are only interested in changes of the currently initialized +submodules with respect to the commit recorded in the index or the HEAD, +linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-diff[1] will provide that information +too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree). init:: Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name @@ -123,26 +131,29 @@ init:: update:: Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository. - This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' or - '--merge' is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to + This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or + `--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase` or `merge`. + If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the -submodule with the --init option. +submodule with the `--init` option. + -If '--recursive' is specified, this command will recurse into the +If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within. summary:: Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits in the submodule between the given super project commit and the - index or working tree (switched by --cached) are shown. If the option - --files is given, show the series of commits in the submodule between + index or working tree (switched by `--cached`) are shown. If the option + `--files` is given, show the series of commits in the submodule between the index of the super project and the working tree of the submodule - (this option doesn't allow to use the --cached option or to provide an + (this option doesn't allow to use the `--cached` option or to provide an explicit commit). ++ +Using the `--submodule=log` option with linkgit:git-diff[1] will provide that +information too. foreach:: Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule. @@ -153,9 +164,9 @@ foreach:: superproject, $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject, and $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level of the superproject. Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are - ignored by this command. Unless given --quiet, foreach prints the name + ignored by this command. Unless given `--quiet`, foreach prints the name of each submodule before evaluating the command. - If --recursive is given, submodules are traversed recursively (i.e. + If `--recursive` is given, submodules are traversed recursively (i.e. the given shell command is evaluated in nested submodules as well). A non-zero return from the command in any submodule causes the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :' @@ -167,12 +178,14 @@ commit for each submodule. sync:: Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting - to the value specified in .gitmodules. This is useful when + to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those + submodules which already have an url entry in .git/config (that is the + case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local repositories accordingly. + "git submodule sync" synchronizes all submodules while -"git submodule sync -- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only. +"git submodule sync \-- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only. OPTIONS ------- @@ -233,13 +246,18 @@ OPTIONS If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is implicit. +--init:: + This option is only valid for the update command. + Initialize all submodules for which "git submodule init" has not been + called so far before updating. + --reference <repository>:: This option is only valid for add and update commands. These commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case, this option will be passed to the linkgit:git-clone[1] command. + *NOTE*: Do *not* use this option unless you have read the note -for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s --reference and --shared options carefully. +for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s `--reference` and `--shared` options carefully. --recursive:: This option is only valid for foreach, update and status commands. diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 713e523034..ed5eca1fce 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git svn' <command> [options] [arguments] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt index d7795ed657..75b1ae5061 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-symbolic-ref - Read and modify symbolic refs SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index d82f62120a..fb1c0ac694 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <tagname> [<commit> | <object>] 'git tag' -d <tagname>... -'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [<pattern>] +'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [<pattern>...] 'git tag' -v <tagname>... DESCRIPTION @@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ OPTIONS If the tag is not annotated, the commit message is displayed instead. -l <pattern>:: - List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no pattern is given). - Typing "git tag" without arguments, also lists all tags. + List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no + pattern is given). Running "git tag" without arguments also + lists all tags. The pattern is a shell wildcard (i.e., matched + using fnmatch(3)). Multiple patterns may be given; if any of + them matches, the tag is shown. --contains <commit>:: Only list tags which contain the specified commit. diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt index 5f15754257..346e7a2079 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-tar-tree - Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ] DESCRIPTION @@ -52,26 +53,26 @@ tar.umask:: EXAMPLES -------- -git tar-tree HEAD junk | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -):: +`git tar-tree HEAD junk | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)`:: Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the latest commit on the current branch, and extracts it in `/var/tmp/junk` directory. -git tar-tree v1.4.0 git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz:: +`git tar-tree v1.4.0 git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`:: Create a tarball for v1.4.0 release. -git tar-tree v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz:: +`git tar-tree v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz`:: Create a tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a global extended pax header. -git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar:: +`git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar`:: Get a tarball v1.4.0 from example.com. -git tar-tree HEAD:Documentation/ git-docs > git-1.4.0-docs.tar:: +`git tar-tree HEAD:Documentation/ git-docs > git-1.4.0-docs.tar`:: Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory into 'git-1.4.0-docs.tar', with the prefix 'git-docs/'. diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt index c49d727f74..e9f148a00d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ git-unpack-file - Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git unpack-file' <blob> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt index dd7799095b..ff23494e70 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] <pack-file diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index e25a65a80f..d377a35243 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref safely SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> [<oldvalue>] | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>]) DESCRIPTION @@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ still contains <oldvalue>. Logging Updates --------------- -If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true or the file -"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append +If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true and the ref is one under +"refs/heads/", "refs/remotes/", "refs/notes/", or the symbolic ref HEAD; or +the file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append a line to the log file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" (dereferencing all symbolic refs before creating the log name) describing the change in ref value. Log lines are formatted as: diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt index 775024da3e..bd0e36492f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git update-server-info' [--force] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt index acbf634f85..4d52d3833a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-upload-archive - Send archive back to git-archive SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git upload-archive' <directory> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt index 4c0ca9ded2..71f16083d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-upload-pack - Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git-upload-pack' [--strict] [--timeout=<n>] <directory> DESCRIPTION @@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ OPTIONS <directory>:: The repository to sync from. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 6498f7cb69..5317cc2474 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git var' ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt index 7c2428d569..cd230769fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-verify-pack - Validate packed git archive files SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git verify-pack' [-v|--verbose] [-s|--stat-only] [--] <pack>.idx ... diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt index 8c9a71865b..5ff76e892a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-verify-tag - Check the GPG signature of tags SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git verify-tag' <tag>... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index 69d92fa00e..c2bc87bc61 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-web--browse - git helper script to launch a web browser SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git web{litdd}browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ... DESCRIPTION @@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ browser.<tool>.path You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example, you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting -'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git web--browse' assumes the tool +'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git web{litdd}browse' assumes the tool is available in PATH. browser.<tool>.cmd diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt index 31f3663ae7..76c7f7eec5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git whatchanged' <option>... DESCRIPTION @@ -52,12 +53,12 @@ include::pretty-formats.txt[] Examples -------- -git whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: +`git whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`:: Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories -git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: +`git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk`:: Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index e8c94c1352..f22041a9dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 0172cd7014..710d750cfd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] - [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] - [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] + [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] + [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>] [-c <name>=<value>] [--help] <command> [<args>] @@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ help ...`. variable (see core.worktree in linkgit:git-config[1] for a more detailed discussion). +--namespace=<path>:: + Set the git namespace. See linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for more + details. Equivalent to setting the `GIT_NAMESPACE` environment + variable. + --bare:: Treat the repository as a bare repository. If GIT_DIR environment is not set, it is set to the current working @@ -593,6 +598,10 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc. This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command line option and the core.worktree configuration variable. +'GIT_NAMESPACE':: + Set the git namespace; see linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for details. + The '--namespace' command-line option also sets this value. + 'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES':: This should be a colon-separated list of absolute paths. If set, it is a list of directories that git should not chdir diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 412c55b549..25e46aeb7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the `$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file. Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute -for a path to `unspecified` state. This can be done by listing +for a path to `Unspecified` state. This can be done by listing the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point `!`. @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ If this attribute is not set or has an invalid value, the value of the (See linkgit:git-config[1]). -USING ATTRIBUTE MACROS +USING MACRO ATTRIBUTES ---------------------- You do not want any end-of-line conversions applied to, nor textual diffs @@ -879,24 +879,27 @@ produced for, any binary file you track. You would need to specify e.g. ------------ but that may become cumbersome, when you have many attributes. Using -attribute macros, you can specify groups of attributes set or unset at -the same time. The system knows a built-in attribute macro, `binary`: +macro attributes, you can define an attribute that, when set, also +sets or unsets a number of other attributes at the same time. The +system knows a built-in macro attribute, `binary`: ------------ *.jpg binary ------------ -which is equivalent to the above. Note that the attribute macros can only -be "Set" (see the above example that sets "binary" macro as if it were an -ordinary attribute --- setting it in turn unsets "text" and "diff"). +Setting the "binary" attribute also unsets the "text" and "diff" +attributes as above. Note that macro attributes can only be "Set", +though setting one might have the effect of setting or unsetting other +attributes or even returning other attributes to the "Unspecified" +state. -DEFINING ATTRIBUTE MACROS +DEFINING MACRO ATTRIBUTES ------------------------- -Custom attribute macros can be defined only in the `.gitattributes` file -at the toplevel (i.e. not in any subdirectory). The built-in attribute -macro "binary" is equivalent to: +Custom macro attributes can be defined only in the `.gitattributes` +file at the toplevel (i.e. not in any subdirectory). The built-in +macro attribute "binary" is equivalent to: ------------ [attr]binary -diff -text @@ -952,6 +955,9 @@ frotz unspecified ---------------------------------------------------------------- +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-check-attr[1]. GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt index d861ec452f..aeb0cdc973 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ gitcvs-migration - git for CVS users SYNOPSIS -------- -git cvsimport * +[verse] +'git cvsimport' * DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt index 6af29a4603..370624c171 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gitdiffcore - Tweaking diff output SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git diff' * DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index e10ac58cae..a17a354936 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gitk - The git repository browser SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'gitk' [<option>...] [<revs>] [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt b/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ed8924e856 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +gitnamespaces(7) +================ + +NAME +---- +gitnamespaces - Git namespaces + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Git supports dividing the refs of a single repository into multiple +namespaces, each of which has its own branches, tags, and HEAD. Git can +expose each namespace as an independent repository to pull from and push +to, while sharing the object store, and exposing all the refs to +operations such as linkgit:git-gc[1]. + +Storing multiple repositories as namespaces of a single repository +avoids storing duplicate copies of the same objects, such as when +storing multiple branches of the same source. The alternates mechanism +provides similar support for avoiding duplicates, but alternates do not +prevent duplication between new objects added to the repositories +without ongoing maintenance, while namespaces do. + +To specify a namespace, set the `GIT_NAMESPACE` environment variable to +the namespace. For each ref namespace, git stores the corresponding +refs in a directory under `refs/namespaces/`. For example, +`GIT_NAMESPACE=foo` will store refs under `refs/namespaces/foo/`. You +can also specify namespaces via the `--namespace` option to +linkgit:git[1]. + +Note that namespaces which include a `/` will expand to a hierarchy of +namespaces; for example, `GIT_NAMESPACE=foo/bar` will store refs under +`refs/namespaces/foo/refs/namespaces/bar/`. This makes paths in +`GIT_NAMESPACE` behave hierarchically, so that cloning with +`GIT_NAMESPACE=foo/bar` produces the same result as cloning with +`GIT_NAMESPACE=foo` and cloning from that repo with `GIT_NAMESPACE=bar`. It +also avoids ambiguity with strange namespace paths such as `foo/refs/heads/`, +which could otherwise generate directory/file conflicts within the `refs` +directory. + +linkgit:git-upload-pack[1] and linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] rewrite the +names of refs as specified by `GIT_NAMESPACE`. git-upload-pack and +git-receive-pack will ignore all references outside the specified +namespace. + +The smart HTTP server, linkgit:git-http-backend[1], will pass +GIT_NAMESPACE through to the backend programs; see +linkgit:git-http-backend[1] for sample configuration to expose +repository namespaces as repositories. + +For a simple local test, you can use linkgit:git-remote-ext[1]: + +---------- +git clone ext::'git --namespace=foo %s /tmp/prefixed.git' +---------- + +SECURITY +-------- + +Anyone with access to any namespace within a repository can potentially +access objects from any other namespace stored in the same repository. +You can't directly say "give me object ABCD" if you don't have a ref to +it, but you can do some other sneaky things like: + +. Claiming to push ABCD, at which point the server will optimize out the + need for you to actually send it. Now you have a ref to ABCD and can + fetch it (claiming not to have it, of course). + +. Requesting other refs, claiming that you have ABCD, at which point the + server may generate deltas against ABCD. + +None of this causes a problem if you only host public repositories, or +if everyone who may read one namespace may also read everything in every +other namespace (for instance, if everyone in an organization has read +permission to every repository). diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt index 7fe5848d1f..f1e4422acc 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gittutorial-2 - A tutorial introduction to git: part two SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] git * DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 0982f74ef6..dee050567e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gittutorial - A tutorial introduction to git (for version 1.5.1 or newer) SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] git * DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt index 1ef55fffcf..5e4f362ff8 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gitworkflows - An overview of recommended workflows with git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] git * diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 62340a5e4c..39e6207269 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ that you are filtering for a file `foo` in this commit graph: \ / / / / `-------------' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -The horizontal line of history A--P is taken to be the first parent of +The horizontal line of history A---P is taken to be the first parent of each merge. The commits are: * `I` is the initial commit, in which `foo` exists with contents diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt index 5cb2b0590a..b0cafe87be 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Additionally, if `foo` is a new command, there are 3 more things to do: . Add an entry for `git-foo` to `command-list.txt`. +. Add an entry for `/git-foo` to `.gitignore`. + How a built-in is called ------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt index 9d97eaa9de..ce363b6305 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt @@ -11,27 +11,15 @@ Data Structure `struct git_attr`:: An attribute is an opaque object that is identified by its name. - Pass the name and its length to `git_attr()` function to obtain - the object of this type. The internal representation of this - structure is of no interest to the calling programs. + Pass the name to `git_attr()` function to obtain the object of + this type. The internal representation of this structure is + of no interest to the calling programs. The name of the + attribute can be retrieved by calling `git_attr_name()`. `struct git_attr_check`:: This structure represents a set of attributes to check in a call - to `git_checkattr()` function, and receives the results. - - -Calling Sequence ----------------- - -* Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` to define the list of - attributes you would want to check. To populate this array, you would - need to define necessary attributes by calling `git_attr()` function. - -* Call git_checkattr() to check the attributes for the path. - -* Inspect `git_attr_check` structure to see how each of the attribute in - the array is defined for the path. + to `git_check_attr()` function, and receives the results. Attribute Values @@ -57,6 +45,19 @@ If none of the above returns true, `.value` member points at a string value of the attribute for the path. +Querying Specific Attributes +---------------------------- + +* Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` to define the list of + attributes you would want to check. To populate this array, you would + need to define necessary attributes by calling `git_attr()` function. + +* Call `git_check_attr()` to check the attributes for the path. + +* Inspect `git_attr_check` structure to see how each of the attribute in + the array is defined for the path. + + Example ------- @@ -72,18 +73,18 @@ static void setup_check(void) { if (check[0].attr) return; /* already done */ - check[0].attr = git_attr("crlf", 4); - check[1].attr = git_attr("ident", 5); + check[0].attr = git_attr("crlf"); + check[1].attr = git_attr("ident"); } ------------ -. Call `git_checkattr()` with the prepared array of `struct git_attr_check`: +. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared array of `struct git_attr_check`: ------------ const char *path; setup_check(); - git_checkattr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check); + git_check_attr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check); ------------ . Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check[]`: @@ -108,4 +109,20 @@ static void setup_check(void) } ------------ -(JC) + +Querying All Attributes +----------------------- + +To get the values of all attributes associated with a file: + +* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which returns an array of `git_attr_check` + structures. + +* Iterate over the `git_attr_check` array to examine the attribute + names and values. The name of the attribute described by a + `git_attr_check` object can be retrieved via + `git_attr_name(check[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items will be + returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return false + for all returned `git_array_check` objects.) + +* Free the `git_array_check` array. |