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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-apply.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 100 |
4 files changed, 94 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt index 217334c934..aa311cb96e 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt @@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git name-rev" has been tweaked to give output that is shorter and easier to understand. + * "git apply" has been taught to ignore a message without a patch + with the "--allow-empty" option. It also learned to honor the + "--quiet" option given from the command line. + + * The "init" and "set" subcommands in "git sparse-checkout" have been + unified for a better user experience and performance. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -122,6 +129,18 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * diff and blame commands have been taught to work better with sparse index. + * The chainlint test script linter in the test suite has been updated. + + * The DEVELOPER=yes build uses -std=gnu99 now. + + * "git format-patch" uses a single rev_info instance and then exits. + Mark the structure with UNLEAK() macro to squelch leak sanitizer. + + * New interface into the tmp-objdir API to help in-core use of the + quarantine feature. + + * Broken &&-chains in the test scripts have been corrected. + Fixes since v2.34 ----------------- @@ -241,6 +260,11 @@ Fixes since v2.34 to read and honor the settings given by the "--decorate-refs" option. + * "git fetch --set-upstream" did not check if there is a current + branch, leading to a segfault when it is run on a detached HEAD, + which has been corrected. + (merge 17baeaf82d ab/fetch-set-upstream-while-detached later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 74db416c9c cw/protocol-v2-doc-fix later to maint). (merge f9b2b6684d ja/doc-cleanup later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index aa1ae56a25..b6d77f4206 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=(nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all)] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--directory=<root>] - [--verbose] [--unsafe-paths] [<patch>...] + [--verbose | --quiet] [--unsafe-paths] [--allow-empty] [<patch>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ behavior: current patch being applied will be printed. This option will cause additional information to be reported. +-q:: +--quiet:: + Suppress stderr output. Messages about patch status and progress + will not be printed. + --recount:: Do not trust the line counts in the hunk headers, but infer them by inspecting the patch (e.g. after editing the patch without @@ -251,6 +256,10 @@ When `git apply` is used as a "better GNU patch", the user can pass the `--unsafe-paths` option to override this safety check. This option has no effect when `--index` or `--cached` is in use. +--allow-empty:: + Don't return error for patches containing no diff. This includes + empty patches and patches with commit text only. + CONFIGURATION ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 9685ea0691..984d194934 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. configuration variables are created. --sparse:: - Initialize the sparse-checkout file so the working - directory starts with only the files in the root - of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be - modified to grow the working directory as needed. + Employ a sparse-checkout, with only files in the toplevel + directory initially being present. The + linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] command can be used to grow the + working directory as needed. --filter=<filter-spec>:: Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt index 9a78dd721e..b81dbe0654 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt @@ -30,28 +30,36 @@ COMMANDS 'list':: Describe the patterns in the sparse-checkout file. -'init':: - Enable the `core.sparseCheckout` setting. If the - sparse-checkout file does not exist, then populate it with - patterns that match every file in the root directory and - no other directories, then will remove all directories tracked - by Git. Add patterns to the sparse-checkout file to - repopulate the working directory. +'set':: + Enable the necessary config settings + (extensions.worktreeConfig, core.sparseCheckout, + core.sparseCheckoutCone) if they are not already enabled, and + write a set of patterns to the sparse-checkout file from the + list of arguments following the 'set' subcommand. Update the + working directory to match the new patterns. + -To avoid interfering with other worktrees, it first enables the -`extensions.worktreeConfig` setting and makes sure to set the -`core.sparseCheckout` setting in the worktree-specific config file. +When the `--stdin` option is provided, the patterns are read from +standard in as a newline-delimited list instead of from the arguments. + -When `--cone` is provided, the `core.sparseCheckoutCone` setting is -also set, allowing for better performance with a limited set of -patterns (see 'CONE PATTERN SET' below). +When `--cone` is passed or `core.sparseCheckoutCone` is enabled, the +input list is considered a list of directories instead of +sparse-checkout patterns. This allows for better performance with a +limited set of patterns (see 'CONE PATTERN SET' below). Note that the +set command will write patterns to the sparse-checkout file to include +all files contained in those directories (recursively) as well as +files that are siblings of ancestor directories. The input format +matches the output of `git ls-tree --name-only`. This includes +interpreting pathnames that begin with a double quote (") as C-style +quoted strings. This may become the default in the future; --no-cone +can be passed to request non-cone mode. + -Use the `--[no-]sparse-index` option to toggle the use of the sparse -index format. This reduces the size of the index to be more closely -aligned with your sparse-checkout definition. This can have significant -performance advantages for commands such as `git status` or `git add`. -This feature is still experimental. Some commands might be slower with -a sparse index until they are properly integrated with the feature. +Use the `--[no-]sparse-index` option to use a sparse index (the +default is to not use it). A sparse index reduces the size of the +index to be more closely aligned with your sparse-checkout +definition. This can have significant performance advantages for +commands such as `git status` or `git add`. This feature is still +experimental. Some commands might be slower with a sparse index until +they are properly integrated with the feature. + **WARNING:** Using a sparse index requires modifying the index in a way that is not completely understood by external tools. If you have trouble @@ -60,23 +68,6 @@ to rewrite your index to not be sparse. Older versions of Git will not understand the sparse directory entries index extension and may fail to interact with your repository until it is disabled. -'set':: - Write a set of patterns to the sparse-checkout file, as given as - a list of arguments following the 'set' subcommand. Update the - working directory to match the new patterns. Enable the - core.sparseCheckout config setting if it is not already enabled. -+ -When the `--stdin` option is provided, the patterns are read from -standard in as a newline-delimited list instead of from the arguments. -+ -When `core.sparseCheckoutCone` is enabled, the input list is considered a -list of directories instead of sparse-checkout patterns. The command writes -patterns to the sparse-checkout file to include all files contained in those -directories (recursively) as well as files that are siblings of ancestor -directories. The input format matches the output of `git ls-tree --name-only`. -This includes interpreting pathnames that begin with a double quote (") as -C-style quoted strings. - 'add':: Update the sparse-checkout file to include additional patterns. By default, these patterns are read from the command-line arguments, @@ -93,12 +84,35 @@ C-style quoted strings. cases, it can make sense to run `git sparse-checkout reapply` later after cleaning up affected paths (e.g. resolving conflicts, undoing or committing changes, etc.). ++ +The `reapply` command can also take `--[no-]cone` and `--[no-]sparse-index` +flags, with the same meaning as the flags from the `set` command, in order +to change which sparsity mode you are using without needing to also respecify +all sparsity paths. 'disable':: Disable the `core.sparseCheckout` config setting, and restore the - working directory to include all files. Leaves the sparse-checkout - file intact so a later 'git sparse-checkout init' command may - return the working directory to the same state. + working directory to include all files. + +'init':: + Deprecated command that behaves like `set` with no specified paths. + May be removed in the future. ++ +Historically, `set` did not handle all the necessary config settings, +which meant that both `init` and `set` had to be called. Invoking +both meant the `init` step would first remove nearly all tracked files +(and in cone mode, ignored files too), then the `set` step would add +many of the tracked files (but not ignored files) back. In addition +to the lost files, the performance and UI of this combination was +poor. ++ +Also, historically, `init` would not actually initialize the +sparse-checkout file if it already existed. This meant it was +possible to return to a sparse-checkout without remembering which +paths to pass to a subsequent 'set' or 'add' command. However, +`--cone` and `--sparse-index` options would not be remembered across +the disable command, so the easy restore of calling a plain `init` +decreased in utility. SPARSE CHECKOUT --------------- @@ -107,7 +121,7 @@ SPARSE CHECKOUT It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. If the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working -directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which +directory. Git will avoid populating the contents of those files, which makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many files, but only a few are important to the current user. @@ -117,10 +131,8 @@ directory, it updates the skip-worktree bits in the index based on this file. The files matching the patterns in the file will appear in the working directory, and the rest will not. -To enable the sparse-checkout feature, run `git sparse-checkout init` to -initialize a simple sparse-checkout file and enable the `core.sparseCheckout` -config setting. Then, run `git sparse-checkout set` to modify the patterns in -the sparse-checkout file. +To enable the sparse-checkout feature, run `git sparse-checkout set` to +set the patterns you want to use. To repopulate the working directory with all files, use the `git sparse-checkout disable` command. |