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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.32.0.txt | 99 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/stash.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cat-file.txt | 67 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-repack.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-stash.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/githooks.txt | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 13 |
14 files changed, 232 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.32.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.32.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6de5c3dac8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.32.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +Git 2.32 Release Notes +====================== + +Backward compatibility notes +---------------------------- + + * ".gitattributes", ".gitignore", and ".mailmap" files that are + symbolic links are ignored. + + +Updates since v2.32 +------------------- + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * It does not make sense to make ".gitattributes", ".gitignore" and + ".mailmap" symlinks, as they are supposed to be usable from the + object store (think: bare repositories where HEAD:.mailmap etc. are + used). When these files are symbolic links, we used to read the + contents of the files pointed by them by mistake, which has been + corrected. + + * "git stash show" learned to optionally show untracked part of the + stash. + + * "git log --format='...'" learned "%(describe)" placeholder. + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * Rename detection rework continues. + + +Fixes since v2.31 +----------------- + + * The fsmonitor interface read from its input without making sure + there is something to read from. This bug is new in 2.31 + timeframe. + (merge 097ea2c848 jh/fsmonitor-prework later to maint). + + * The data structure used by fsmonitor interface was not properly + duplicated during an in-core merge, leading to use-after-free etc. + (merge 4abc57848d js/fsmonitor-unpack-fix later to maint). + + * "git bisect" reimplemented more in C during 2.30 timeframe did not + take an annotated tag as a good/bad endpoint well. This regression + has been corrected. + (merge 7730f85594 jk/bisect-peel-tag-fix later to maint). + + * Fix macros that can silently inject unintended null-statements. + (merge 116affac3f rs/avoid-null-statement-after-macro-call later to maint). + + * CALLOC_ARRAY() macro replaces many uses of xcalloc(). + (merge 1c57cc70ec rs/calloc-array later to maint). + + * Update insn in Makefile comments to run fuzz-all target. + (merge 68b5c3aa48 ah/make-fuzz-all-doc-update later to maint). + + * Fix a corner case bug in "git mv" on case insensitive systems, + which was introduced in 2.29 timeframe. + (merge 93c3d297b5 tb/git-mv-icase-fix later to maint). + + * We had a code to diagnose and die cleanly when a required + clean/smudge filter is missing, but an assert before that + unnecessarily fired, hiding the end-user facing die() message. + (merge 6fab35f748 mt/cleanly-die-upon-missing-required-filter later to maint). + + * Update C code that sets a few configuration variables when a remote + is configured so that it spells configuration variable names in the + canonical camelCase. + (merge 0f1da600e6 ab/remote-write-config-in-camel-case later to maint). + + * A new configuration variable has been introduced to allow choosing + which version of the generation number gets used in the + commit-graph file. + (merge 702110aac6 ds/commit-graph-generation-config later to maint). + + * Perf test update to work better in secondary worktrees. + (merge 36e834abc1 jk/perf-in-worktrees later to maint). + + * Updates to memory allocation code around the use of pcre2 library. + (merge c1760352e0 ab/grep-pcre2-allocfix later to maint). + + * "git -c core.bare=false clone --bare ..." would have segfaulted, + which has been corrected. + (merge 75555676ad bc/clone-bare-with-conflicting-config later to maint). + + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. + (merge 486f4bd183 jc/calloc-fix later to maint). + (merge 5f70859c15 jt/clone-unborn-head later to maint). + (merge cfd409ed09 km/config-doc-typofix later to maint). + (merge 8588aa8657 jk/slimmed-down later to maint). + (merge 241b5d3ebe rs/xcalloc-takes-nelem-first later to maint). + (merge f451960708 dl/cat-file-doc-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 12604a8d0c sv/t9801-test-path-is-file-cleanup later to maint). + (merge ea7e63921c jr/doc-ignore-typofix later to maint). + (merge 23c781f173 ps/update-ref-trans-hook-doc later to maint). + (merge 42efa1231a jk/filter-branch-sha256 later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d08e83a148..bf82766a6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except newline and the null byte. Doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them as `\"` and `\\`, respectively. Backslashes preceding other characters are dropped when reading; for example, `\t` is read as -`t` and `\0` is read as `0` Section headers cannot span multiple lines. +`t` and `\0` is read as `0`. Section headers cannot span multiple lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't need to. diff --git a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt index 4582c39fc4..30604e4a4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/commitgraph.txt @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +commitGraph.generationVersion:: + Specifies the type of generation number version to use when writing + or reading the commit-graph file. If version 1 is specified, then + the corrected commit dates will not be written or read. Defaults to + 2. + commitGraph.maxNewFilters:: Specifies the default value for the `--max-new-filters` option of `git commit-graph write` (c.f., linkgit:git-commit-graph[1]). diff --git a/Documentation/config/stash.txt b/Documentation/config/stash.txt index 00eb35434e..413f907cba 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/stash.txt @@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ stash.useBuiltin:: is always used. Setting this will emit a warning, to alert any remaining users that setting this now does nothing. +stash.showIncludeUntracked:: + If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an + option will show the untracked files of a stash entry. Defaults to + false. See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. + stash.showPatch:: If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an option will show the stash entry in patch form. Defaults to false. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index 8e192d87db..4eb0421b3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -35,42 +35,42 @@ OPTIONS -t:: Instead of the content, show the object type identified by - <object>. + `<object>`. -s:: Instead of the content, show the object size identified by - <object>. + `<object>`. -e:: - Exit with zero status if <object> exists and is a valid - object. If <object> is of an invalid format exit with non-zero and + Exit with zero status if `<object>` exists and is a valid + object. If `<object>` is of an invalid format exit with non-zero and emits an error on stderr. -p:: - Pretty-print the contents of <object> based on its type. + Pretty-print the contents of `<object>` based on its type. <type>:: - Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking + Typically this matches the real type of `<object>` but asking for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given - <object> is also permitted. An example is to ask for a - "tree" with <object> being a commit object that contains it, - or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that + `<object>` is also permitted. An example is to ask for a + "tree" with `<object>` being a commit object that contains it, + or to ask for a "blob" with `<object>` being a tag object that points at it. --textconv:: Show the content as transformed by a textconv filter. In this case, - <object> has to be of the form <tree-ish>:<path>, or :<path> in + `<object>` has to be of the form `<tree-ish>:<path>`, or `:<path>` in order to apply the filter to the content recorded in the index at - <path>. + `<path>`. --filters:: Show the content as converted by the filters configured in - the current working tree for the given <path> (i.e. smudge filters, - end-of-line conversion, etc). In this case, <object> has to be of - the form <tree-ish>:<path>, or :<path>. + the current working tree for the given `<path>` (i.e. smudge filters, + end-of-line conversion, etc). In this case, `<object>` has to be of + the form `<tree-ish>:<path>`, or `:<path>`. --path=<path>:: - For use with --textconv or --filters, to allow specifying an object + For use with `--textconv` or `--filters`, to allow specifying an object name and a path separately, e.g. when it is difficult to figure out the revision from which the blob came. @@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ OPTIONS repository. --allow-unknown-type:: - Allow -s or -t to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type. + Allow `-s` or `-t` to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type. --follow-symlinks:: - With --batch or --batch-check, follow symlinks inside the + With `--batch` or `--batch-check`, follow symlinks inside the repository when requesting objects with extended SHA-1 expressions of the form tree-ish:path-in-tree. Instead of providing output about the link itself, provide output about the linked-to object. If a symlink points outside the - tree-ish (e.g. a link to /foo or a root-level link to ../foo), + tree-ish (e.g. a link to `/foo` or a root-level link to `../foo`), the portion of the link which is outside the tree will be printed. + @@ -175,15 +175,15 @@ respectively print: OUTPUT ------ -If `-t` is specified, one of the <type>. +If `-t` is specified, one of the `<type>`. -If `-s` is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes. +If `-s` is specified, the size of the `<object>` in bytes. -If `-e` is specified, no output, unless the <object> is malformed. +If `-e` is specified, no output, unless the `<object>` is malformed. -If `-p` is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed. +If `-p` is specified, the contents of `<object>` are pretty-printed. -If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> +If `<type>` is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the `<object>` will be returned. BATCH OUTPUT @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ object, with placeholders of the form `%(atom)` expanded, followed by a newline. The available atoms are: `objectname`:: - The 40-hex object name of the object. + The full hex representation of the object name. `objecttype`:: The type of the object (the same as `cat-file -t` reports). @@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ newline. The available atoms are: `deltabase`:: If the object is stored as a delta on-disk, this expands to the - 40-hex sha1 of the delta base object. Otherwise, expands to the - null sha1 (40 zeroes). See `CAVEATS` below. + full hex representation of the delta base object name. + Otherwise, expands to the null OID (all zeroes). See `CAVEATS` + below. `rest`:: If this atom is used in the output string, input lines are split @@ -235,14 +236,14 @@ newline. For example, `--batch` without a custom format would produce: ------------ -<sha1> SP <type> SP <size> LF +<oid> SP <type> SP <size> LF <contents> LF ------------ Whereas `--batch-check='%(objectname) %(objecttype)'` would produce: ------------ -<sha1> SP <type> LF +<oid> SP <type> LF ------------ If a name is specified on stdin that cannot be resolved to an object in @@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ If a name is specified that might refer to more than one object (an ambiguous sh <object> SP ambiguous LF ------------ -If --follow-symlinks is used, and a symlink in the repository points +If `--follow-symlinks` is used, and a symlink in the repository points outside the repository, then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format and print: @@ -267,11 +268,11 @@ symlink SP <size> LF <symlink> LF ------------ -The symlink will either be absolute (beginning with a /), or relative -to the tree root. For instance, if dir/link points to ../../foo, then -<symlink> will be ../foo. <size> is the size of the symlink in bytes. +The symlink will either be absolute (beginning with a `/`), or relative +to the tree root. For instance, if dir/link points to `../../foo`, then +`<symlink>` will be `../foo`. `<size>` is the size of the symlink in bytes. -If --follow-symlinks is used, the following error messages will be +If `--follow-symlinks` is used, the following error messages will be displayed: ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index f85cb7ea93..25d9fbe37a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ base-name:: reference was included in the resulting packfile. This can be useful to send new tags to native Git clients. +--stdin-packs:: + Read the basenames of packfiles (e.g., `pack-1234abcd.pack`) + from the standard input, instead of object names or revision + arguments. The resulting pack contains all objects listed in the + included packs (those not beginning with `^`), excluding any + objects listed in the excluded packs (beginning with `^`). ++ +Incompatible with `--revs`, or options that imply `--revs` (such as +`--all`), with the exception of `--unpacked`, which is compatible. + --window=<n>:: --depth=<n>:: These two options affect how the objects contained in diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index ab103c82cf..a953c7c387 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ EXAMPLES `git push origin`:: Without additional configuration, pushes the current branch to - the configured upstream (`remote.origin.merge` configuration + the configured upstream (`branch.<name>.merge` configuration variable) if it has the same name as the current branch, and errors out without pushing otherwise. + diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index fbd4b4ae06..317d63cf0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -165,6 +165,29 @@ depth is 4095. Pass the `--delta-islands` option to `git-pack-objects`, see linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. +-g=<factor>:: +--geometric=<factor>:: + Arrange resulting pack structure so that each successive pack + contains at least `<factor>` times the number of objects as the + next-largest pack. ++ +`git repack` ensures this by determining a "cut" of packfiles that need +to be repacked into one in order to ensure a geometric progression. It +picks the smallest set of packfiles such that as many of the larger +packfiles (by count of objects contained in that pack) may be left +intact. ++ +Unlike other repack modes, the set of objects to pack is determined +uniquely by the set of packs being "rolled-up"; in other words, the +packs determined to need to be combined in order to restore a geometric +progression. ++ +When `--unpacked` is specified, loose objects are implicitly included in +this "roll-up", without respect to their reachability. This is subject +to change in the future. This option (implying a drastically different +repack mode) is not guaranteed to work with all other combinations of +option to `git repack`). + CONFIGURATION ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index f1197d641b..a8c8c32f1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git stash' list [<log-options>] -'git stash' show [<diff-options>] [<stash>] +'git stash' show [-u|--include-untracked|--only-untracked] [<diff-options>] [<stash>] 'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash The command takes options applicable to the 'git log' command to control what is shown and how. See linkgit:git-log[1]. -show [<diff-options>] [<stash>]:: +show [-u|--include-untracked|--only-untracked] [<diff-options>] [<stash>]:: Show the changes recorded in the stash entry as a diff between the stashed contents and the commit back when the stash entry was first @@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ show [<diff-options>] [<stash>]:: By default, the command shows the diffstat, but it will accept any format known to 'git diff' (e.g., `git stash show -p stash@{1}` to view the second most recent entry in patch form). - You can use stash.showStat and/or stash.showPatch config variables - to change the default behavior. + You can use stash.showIncludeUntracked, stash.showStat, and + stash.showPatch config variables to change the default behavior. pop [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]:: @@ -160,10 +160,18 @@ up with `git clean`. -u:: --include-untracked:: - This option is only valid for `push` and `save` commands. +--no-include-untracked:: + When used with the `push` and `save` commands, + all untracked files are also stashed and then cleaned up with + `git clean`. ++ +When used with the `show` command, show the untracked files in the stash +entry as part of the diff. + +--only-untracked:: + This option is only valid for the `show` command. + -All untracked files are also stashed and then cleaned up with -`git clean`. +Show only the untracked files in the stash entry as part of the diff. --index:: This option is only valid for `pop` and `apply` commands. diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index e84e104f93..0a60472bb5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -1174,7 +1174,8 @@ tag then no replacement will be done. The placeholders are the same as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of linkgit:git-log[1], except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$` in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the -commit hash. +commit hash. However, only one `%(describe)` placeholder is expanded +per archive to avoid denial-of-service attacks. Packing objects diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt index 1c7269655f..0d57f86abc 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ mark a file pair as a rename and stop considering other candidates for better matches. At most, one comparison is done per file in this preliminary pass; so if there are several remaining ext.txt files throughout the directory hierarchy after exact rename detection, this -preliminary step will be skipped for those files. +preliminary step may be skipped for those files. Note. When the "-C" option is used with `--find-copies-harder` option, 'git diff-{asterisk}' commands feed unmodified filepairs to diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 1f3b57d04d..b51959ff94 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ given); `template` (if a `-t` option was given or the configuration option `commit.template` is set); `merge` (if the commit is a merge or a `.git/MERGE_MSG` file exists); `squash` (if a `.git/SQUASH_MSG` file exists); or `commit`, followed by -a commit SHA-1 (if a `-c`, `-C` or `--amend` option was given). +a commit object name (if a `-c`, `-C` or `--amend` option was given). If the exit status is non-zero, `git commit` will abort. @@ -231,19 +231,19 @@ named remote is not being used both values will be the same. Information about what is to be pushed is provided on the hook's standard input with lines of the form: - <local ref> SP <local sha1> SP <remote ref> SP <remote sha1> LF + <local ref> SP <local object name> SP <remote ref> SP <remote object name> LF For instance, if the command +git push origin master:foreign+ were run the hook would receive a line like the following: refs/heads/master 67890 refs/heads/foreign 12345 -although the full, 40-character SHA-1s would be supplied. If the foreign ref -does not yet exist the `<remote SHA-1>` will be 40 `0`. If a ref is to be -deleted, the `<local ref>` will be supplied as `(delete)` and the `<local -SHA-1>` will be 40 `0`. If the local commit was specified by something other -than a name which could be expanded (such as `HEAD~`, or a SHA-1) it will be -supplied as it was originally given. +although the full object name would be supplied. If the foreign ref does not +yet exist the `<remote object name>` will be the all-zeroes object name. If a +ref is to be deleted, the `<local ref>` will be supplied as `(delete)` and the +`<local object name>` will be the all-zeroes object name. If the local commit +was specified by something other than a name which could be expanded (such as +`HEAD~`, or an object name) it will be supplied as it was originally given. If this hook exits with a non-zero status, `git push` will abort without pushing anything. Information about why the push is rejected may be sent @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ input a line of the format: where `<old-value>` is the old object name stored in the ref, `<new-value>` is the new object name to be stored in the ref and `<ref-name>` is the full name of the ref. -When creating a new ref, `<old-value>` is 40 `0`. +When creating a new ref, `<old-value>` is the all-zeroes object name. If the hook exits with non-zero status, none of the refs will be updated. If the hook exits with zero, updating of individual refs can @@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ reference-transaction This hook is invoked by any Git command that performs reference updates. It executes whenever a reference transaction is prepared, -committed or aborted and may thus get called multiple times. +committed or aborted and may thus get called multiple times. The hook +does not cover symbolic references (but that may change in the future). The hook takes exactly one argument, which is the current state the given reference transaction is in: @@ -492,6 +493,14 @@ receives on standard input a line of the format: <old-value> SP <new-value> SP <ref-name> LF +where `<old-value>` is the old object name passed into the reference +transaction, `<new-value>` is the new object name to be stored in the +ref and `<ref-name>` is the full name of the ref. When force updating +the reference regardless of its current value or when the reference is +to be created anew, `<old-value>` is the all-zeroes object name. To +distinguish these cases, you can inspect the current value of +`<ref-name>` via `git rev-parse`. + The exit status of the hook is ignored for any state except for the "prepared" state. In the "prepared" state, a non-zero exit status will cause the transaction to be aborted. The hook will not be called with @@ -550,7 +559,7 @@ command-dependent arguments may be passed in the future. The hook receives a list of the rewritten commits on stdin, in the format - <old-sha1> SP <new-sha1> [ SP <extra-info> ] LF + <old-object-name> SP <new-object-name> [ SP <extra-info> ] LF The 'extra-info' is again command-dependent. If it is empty, the preceding SP is also omitted. Currently, no commands pass any @@ -566,7 +575,7 @@ rebase:: For the 'squash' and 'fixup' operation, all commits that were squashed are listed as being rewritten to the squashed commit. This means that there will be several lines sharing the same - 'new-sha1'. + 'new-object-name'. + The commits are guaranteed to be listed in the order that they were processed by rebase. diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index d47b1ae296..5751603b13 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ EXAMPLES -------- - The pattern `hello.*` matches any file or folder - whose name begins with `hello`. If one wants to restrict + whose name begins with `hello.`. If one wants to restrict this only to the directory and not in its subdirectories, one can prepend the pattern with a slash, i.e. `/hello.*`; the pattern now matches `hello.txt`, `hello.c` but not diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 6b59e28d44..45133066e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -208,6 +208,19 @@ The placeholders are: '%cs':: committer date, short format (`YYYY-MM-DD`) '%d':: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1] '%D':: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping. +'%(describe[:options])':: human-readable name, like + linkgit:git-describe[1]; empty string for + undescribable commits. The `describe` string + may be followed by a colon and zero or more + comma-separated options. Descriptions can be + inconsistent when tags are added or removed at + the same time. ++ +** 'match=<pattern>': Only consider tags matching the given + `glob(7)` pattern, excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix. +** 'exclude=<pattern>': Do not consider tags matching the given + `glob(7)` pattern, excluding the "refs/tags/" prefix. + '%S':: ref name given on the command line by which the commit was reached (like `git log --source`), only works with `git log` '%e':: encoding |