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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 46f8a3fab1..1b1c45df5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -143,3 +143,55 @@ For C programs: - When we pass <string, length> pair to functions, we should try to pass them in that order. + +Writing Documentation: + + Every user-visible change should be reflected in the documentation. + The same general rule as for code applies -- imitate the existing + conventions. A few commented examples follow to provide reference + when writing or modifying command usage strings and synopsis sections + in the manual pages: + + Placeholders are enclosed in angle brackets: + <file> + --sort=<key> + --abbrev[=<n>] + + Possibility of multiple occurences is indicated by three dots: + <file>... + (One or more of <file>.) + + Optional parts are enclosed in square brackets: + [<extra>] + (Zero or one <extra>.) + + --exec-path[=<path>] + (Option with an optional argument. Note that the "=" is inside the + brackets.) + + [<patch>...] + (Zero or more of <patch>. Note that the dots are inside, not + outside the brackets.) + + Multiple alternatives are indicated with vertical bar: + [-q | --quiet] + [--utf8 | --no-utf8] + + Parentheses are used for grouping: + [(<rev>|<range>)...] + (Any number of either <rev> or <range>. Parens are needed to make + it clear that "..." pertains to both <rev> and <range>.) + + [(-p <parent>)...] + (Any number of option -p, each with one <parent> argument.) + + git remote set-head <name> (-a | -d | <branch>) + (One and only one of "-a", "-d" or "<branch>" _must_ (no square + brackets) be provided.) + + And a somewhat more contrived example: + --diff-filter=[(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)...[*]] + Here "=" is outside the brackets, because "--diff-filter=" is a + valid usage. "*" has its own pair of brackets, because it can + (optionally) be specified only when one or more of the letters is + also provided. diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index e117bc4315..36989b7f65 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -63,35 +63,28 @@ endif # # For asciidoc ... -# -7.1.2, no extra settings are needed. -# 8.0-, set ASCIIDOC8. +# -7.1.2, set ASCIIDOC7 +# 8.0-, no extra settings are needed # # # For docbook-xsl ... -# -1.68.1, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF? (based on changelog from 1.73.0) -# 1.69.0, no extra settings are needed? +# -1.68.1, no extra settings are needed? +# 1.69.0, set ASCIIDOC_ROFF? # 1.69.1-1.71.0, set DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP? -# 1.71.1, no extra settings are needed? +# 1.71.1, set ASCIIDOC_ROFF? # 1.72.0, set DOCBOOK_XSL_172. -# 1.73.0-, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF +# 1.73.0-, no extra settings are needed # -# -# If you had been using DOCBOOK_XSL_172 in an attempt to get rid -# of 'the ".ft C" problem' in your generated manpages, and you -# instead ended up with weird characters around callouts, try -# using ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF instead (it works fine with ASCIIDOC8). -# - -ifdef ASCIIDOC8 +ifndef ASCIIDOC7 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a asciidoc7compatible -a no-inline-literal endif ifdef DOCBOOK_XSL_172 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-1.72.xsl else - ifdef ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF + ifndef ASCIIDOC_ROFF # docbook-xsl after 1.72 needs the regular XSL, but will not # pass-thru raw roff codes from asciidoc.conf, so turn them off. ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c1ed23a0c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +Git v1.7.4 Release Notes (draft) +================================ + +Updates since v1.7.3 +-------------------- + + * The documentation Makefile now assumes by default asciidoc 8 and + docbook-xsl >= 1.73. If you have older versions, you can set + ASCIIDOC7 and ASCIIDOC_ROFF, respectively. + + * The option parsers of various commands that create new branch (or + rename existing ones to a new name) were too loose and users were + allowed to call a branch with a name that begins with a dash by + creative abuse of their command line options, which only lead to + burn themselves. The name of a branch cannot begin with a dash + now. + + * System-wide fallback default attributes can be stored in + /etc/gitattributes; core.attributesfile configuration variable can + be used to customize the path to this file. + + * The thread structure generated by "git send-email" has changed + slightly. Setting the cover letter of the latest series as a reply + to the cover letter of the previous series with --in-reply-to used + to make the new cover letter and all the patches replies to the + cover letter of the previous series; this has been changed to make + the patches in the new series replies to the new cover letter. + + * Bash completion script in contrib/ has been adjusted to be also + usable by zsh. + + * "git blame" learned --show-email option to display the e-mail + addresses instead of the names of authors. + + * "git daemon" can be built in MinGW environment. + + * "git daemon" can take more than one --listen option to listen to + multiple addresses. + + * "git diff" and "git grep" learned how functions and subroutines + in Fortran look like. + + * "git mergetool" tells vim/gvim to show three-way diff by default + (use vimdiff2/gvimdiff2 as the tool name for old behaviour). + + * "git log -G<pattern>" limits the output to commits whose change has + added or deleted lines that match the given pattern. + + * "git read-tree" with no argument as a way to empty the index is + deprecated; we might want to remove it in the future. Users can + use the new --empty option to be more explicit instead. + + * "git repack -f" does not spend cycles to recompress objects in the + non-delta representation anymore (use -F if you really mean it when + e.g. you changed the compression level). + + * "git merge --log" used to limit the resulting merge log to 20 + entries; this is now customizable by giving e.g. "--log=47". + + * "git merge" may work better when all files were moved out of a + directory in one branch while a new file is created in place of that + directory in the other branch. + + * "git rebase --autosquash" can use SHA-1 object names to name which + commit to fix up (e.g. "fixup! e83c5163"). + + * The default "recursive" merge strategy learned --rename-threshold + option to influence the rename detection, similar to the -M option + of "git diff". E.g. "git merge -Xrename-threshold=50% ..." to use + this. + + * The "recursive" strategy also learned to ignore various whitespace + changes; the most notable is -Xignore-space-at-eol. + + * "git send-email" learned "--to-cmd", similar to "--cc-cmd", to read + recipient list from a command output. + + * "git send-email" learned to read and use "To:" from its input files. + + * you can extend "git shell", which is often used on boxes that allow + git-only login over ssh as login shell, with custom set of + commands. + + * "git submodule sync" updates metainformation for all submodules, + not just the ones that have been checked out. + + * gitweb can use custom 'highlight' command with its configuration file. + + +Also contains various documentation updates. + + +Fixes since v1.7.3 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + + * "git log --author=me --author=her" did not find commits written by + me or by her; instead it looked for commits written by me and by + her, which is impossible. + + * "git merge" into an unborn branch removed an untracked file "foo" + from the working tree when merged branch had "foo" (2caf20c..172b642). + + * "git push --progress" shows progress indicators now. + + * "git repack" places its temporary packs under $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/pack + instead of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/ to avoid cross directory renames. + + * "git submodule update --recursive --other-flags" passes flags down + to its subinvocations. + +--- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.7.3.2-450-g5b9c331 +echo O=$(git describe master) +git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 3fd4b626fa..3f01bd929f 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -374,6 +374,15 @@ core.warnAmbiguousRefs:: If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default. +core.abbrevguard:: + Even though git makes sure that it uses enough hexdigits to show + an abbreviated object name unambiguously, as more objects are + added to the repository over time, a short name that used to be + unique will stop being unique. Git uses this many extra hexdigits + that are more than necessary to make the object name currently + unique, in the hope that its output will stay unique a bit longer. + Defaults to 0. + core.compression:: An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, @@ -459,6 +468,12 @@ core.askpass:: prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT. +core.attributesfile:: + In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and + '.git/info/attributes', git looks into this file for attributes + (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same + way as for `core.excludesfile`. + core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit messages by launching an editor uses the value of this @@ -507,6 +522,9 @@ core.whitespace:: part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space` does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return is not a whitespace (not enabled by default). +* `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this + is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when git fixes `tab-in-indent` + errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63. core.fsyncobjectfiles:: This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files. @@ -599,8 +617,9 @@ branch.autosetupmerge:: this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the - starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is - done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote + starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` -- + automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a + local branch or remote-tracking branch. This option defaults to true. branch.autosetuprebase:: @@ -611,7 +630,7 @@ branch.autosetuprebase:: When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of other local branches. When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of - remote branches. + remote-tracking branches. When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking branches. See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a @@ -678,7 +697,7 @@ color.branch:: color.branch.<slot>:: Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch), - `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other + `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other refs). + The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most @@ -706,7 +725,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>:: color.decorate.<slot>:: Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local - branches, remote tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively. + branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively. color.grep:: When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or @@ -1100,7 +1119,7 @@ gui.newbranchtemplate:: linkgit:git-gui[1]. gui.pruneduringfetch:: - "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when + "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when performing a fetch. The default value is "false". gui.trustmtime:: @@ -1529,11 +1548,13 @@ pack.packSizeLimit:: supported. pager.<cmd>:: - Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a - particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If - `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line, - it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for - all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`. + If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the + output of a particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. + Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the + pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `\--paginate` + or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes + precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all + commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`. pretty.<name>:: Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in @@ -1735,6 +1756,7 @@ sendemail.to:: sendemail.smtpdomain:: sendemail.smtpserver:: sendemail.smtpserverport:: +sendemail.smtpserveroption:: sendemail.smtpuser:: sendemail.thread:: sendemail.validate:: diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 5495344e61..f3e95389aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`. -B[<n>][/<m>]:: +--break-rewrites[=[<n>][/<m>]]:: Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create. This serves two purposes: + @@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ eligible for being picked up as a possible source of a rename to another file. -M[<n>]:: +--detect-renames[=<n>]:: ifndef::git-log[] Detect renames. endif::git-log[] @@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ endif::git-log[] hasn't changed. -C[<n>]:: +--detect-copies[=<n>]:: Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`. If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`. @@ -282,8 +285,12 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] appearing in diff output; see the 'pickaxe' entry in linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details. +-G<regex>:: + Look for differences whose added or removed line matches + the given <regex>. + --pickaxe-all:: - When `-S` finds a change, show all the changes in that + When `-S` or `-G` finds a change, show all the changes in that changeset, not just the files that contain the change in <string>. diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt index e0ba8cc075..ae413e52a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/everyday.txt +++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt @@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ directory; clone from it to start a repository on the satellite machine. <2> clone sets these configuration variables by default. It arranges `git pull` to fetch and store the branches of mothership -machine to local `remotes/origin/*` tracking branches. +machine to local `remotes/origin/*` remote-tracking branches. <3> arrange `git push` to push local `master` branch to `remotes/satellite/master` branch of the mothership machine. <4> push will stash our work away on `remotes/satellite/master` -tracking branch on the mothership machine. You could use this as -a back-up method. +remote-tracking branch on the mothership machine. You could use this +as a back-up method. <5> on mothership machine, merge the work done on the satellite machine into the master branch. diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 5ce1e72745..678675ccdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] -p:: --prune:: - After fetching, remove any remote tracking branches which + After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which no longer exist on the remote. endif::git-pull[] diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index 4f358c8d6c..2411ce5bfe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ OPTIONS Author ------ -Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>. +Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>. Documentation -------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index a27f43950f..c71671b4f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-blame - Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-p] [-w] [--incremental] [-L n,m] +'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-p] [-w] [--incremental] [-L n,m] [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>] [--] <file> @@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ include::blame-options.txt[] -s:: Suppress the author name and timestamp from the output. +-e:: +--show-email:: + Show the author email instead of author name (Default: off). + -w:: Ignore whitespace when comparing the parent's version and the child's to find where the lines came from. diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 1940256930..9106d38e40 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the new branch. -When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the +When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from -the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global +the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be -overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. +overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and +changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`. With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>. If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match @@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ OPTIONS Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists. --color[=<when>]:: - Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches. + Color branches to highlight current, local, and + remote-tracking branches. The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: @@ -125,11 +127,11 @@ OPTIONS it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the upstream when the new branch is checked out. + -This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch. +This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the -start-point is either a local or remote branch. +start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. --no-track:: Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 22d36114df..880763d391 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. "--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be -derived from the remote branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" +derived from the remote-tracking branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed. This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index ab7293351d..42e7021215 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] - [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>] + [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> + [<directory>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`. Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the source to local branches of the target, it maps all refs (including - remote branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such + remote-tracking branches, notes etc.) and sets up a refspec configuration such that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the target repository. @@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. as patches. --recursive:: +--recurse-submodules:: After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within, using their default settings. This is equivalent to running `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index ec7b577b85..b586c0f442 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run] - [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] - [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] - [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] - [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...] + [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] + [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] + [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] + [--status | --no-status] [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ OPTIONS Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that the user can further edit the commit message. +--fixup=<commit>:: + Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`. + The commit message will be the subject line from the specified + commit with a prefix of "fixup! ". See linkgit:git-rebase[1] + for details. + +--squash=<commit>:: + Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`. + The commit message subject line is taken from the specified + commit with a prefix of "squash! ". Can be used with additional + commit message options (`-m`/`-c`/`-C`/`-F`). See + linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details. + --reset-author:: When used with -C/-c/--amend options, declare that the authorship of the resulting commit now belongs of the committer. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index b2696efae9..d25661eb21 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ $ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit Author ------ -Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others. +Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> and others. Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others. +Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> and others. GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index f4472c61db..70cbb2cae7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -399,13 +399,13 @@ This program is copyright The Open University UK - 2006. Authors: - Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz> -- Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> +- Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> with ideas and patches from participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>, Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>, and Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>. +Documentation by Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>, Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>, and Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>. GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index 2f0ddf6fe8..d15cb6a845 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ OPTIONS --inetd:: Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog. - Incompatible with --port, --listen, --user and --group options. + Incompatible with --detach, --port, --listen, --user and --group + options. --listen=<host_or_ipaddr>:: Listen on a specific IP address or hostname. IP addresses can be either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address if supported. If IPv6 is not supported, then --listen=hostname is also not supported and --listen must be given an IPv4 address. + Can be given more than once. Incompatible with '--inetd' option. --port=<n>:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 7ef9d51577..02e015ad9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS --all:: Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref found in `.git/refs/`. This option enables matching - any known branch, remote branch, or lightweight tag. + any known branch, remote-tracking branch, or lightweight tag. --tags:: Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index dd1fb32786..f6ac847507 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc SYNOPSIS -------- -'git diff' [<common diff options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] +[verse] +'git diff' [options] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [options] [--no-index] [--] <path> <path> DESCRIPTION ----------- -Show changes between two trees, a tree and the working tree, a -tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree. +Show changes between the working tree and the index or a tree, changes +between the index and a tree, changes between two trees, or changes +between two files on disk. 'git diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 8250bad2ce..6fffbc7bf8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools SYNOPSIS -------- -'git difftool' [<options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] +'git difftool' [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- 'git difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files between revisions using common diff tools. 'git difftool' is a frontend -to 'git diff' and accepts the same options and arguments. +to 'git diff' and accepts the same options and arguments. See +linkgit:git-diff[1]. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 2c6ad5b2f3..5d0c245e38 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ start with double quote (`"`). If an `LF` or double quote must be encoded into `<path>` shell-style quoting should be used, e.g. `"path/with\n and \" in it"`. +Additionally, in `040000` mode, `<path>` may also be an empty string +(`""`) to specify the root of the tree. + The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not: * contain an empty directory component (e.g. `foo//bar` is invalid), diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index d159e88292..c76e313923 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge operation done by 'git merge'. -When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches, +When <refspec> stores the fetched result in remote-tracking branches, the tags that point at these branches are automatically followed. This is done by first fetching from the remote using the given <refspec>s, and if the repository has objects that are diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt index 302f56b889..40dba8c0a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD -'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log | --no-log] -F <file> +'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD +'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] -F <file> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ automatically invoking 'git merge'. OPTIONS ------- ---log:: +--log[=<n>]:: In addition to branch names, populate the log message with one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being - merged. + merged. At most <n> commits from each merge parent will be + used (20 if <n> is omitted). This overrides the `merge.log` + configuration variable. --no-log:: Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being @@ -52,8 +54,10 @@ CONFIGURATION ------------- merge.log:: - Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly - merge commit messages. False by default. + In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at + most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the + actual commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and + true is a synoym for 20. merge.summary:: Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index a00b783fe5..9dcafc6d44 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS include::diff-options.txt[] -<n>:: - Limits the number of patches to prepare. + Prepare patches from the topmost <n> commits. -o <dir>:: --output-directory <dir>:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 315f07ef1c..801aede609 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ are not part of the current project most users will want to expire them sooner. This option defaults to '30 days'. The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern. For -example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote tracking +example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking branches: ------------ @@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Notes 'git gc' tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set -of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote -tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in +of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, +remote-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches that were later amended or rewound). diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 6d40f0011b..ff41784c60 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c:: 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 + any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that origin doesn't). git log master --not --remotes=*/master:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index d43416d299..c1efaaa5c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <commit>... 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>... +'git merge' --abort DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -47,6 +48,14 @@ The second syntax (<msg> `HEAD` <commit>...) is supported for historical reasons. Do not use it from the command line or in new scripts. It is the same as `git merge -m <msg> <commit>...`. +The third syntax ("`git merge --abort`") can only be run after the +merge has resulted in conflicts. 'git merge --abort' will abort the +merge process and try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. However, +if there were uncommitted changes when the merge started (and +especially if those changes were further modified after the merge +was started), 'git merge --abort' will in some cases be unable to +reconstruct the original (pre-merge) changes. Therefore: + *Warning*: Running 'git merge' with uncommitted changes is discouraged: while possible, it leaves you in a state that is hard to back out of in the case of a conflict. @@ -72,6 +81,18 @@ invocations. Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the result of auto-conflict resolution if possible. +--abort:: + Abort the current conflict resolution process, and + try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. ++ +If there were uncommitted worktree changes present when the merge +started, 'git merge --abort' will in some cases be unable to +reconstruct these changes. It is therefore recommended to always +commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'. ++ +'git merge --abort' is equivalent to 'git reset --merge' when +`MERGE_HEAD` is present. + <commit>...:: Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch. You need at least one <commit>. Specifying more than one @@ -142,7 +163,7 @@ happens: i.e. matching `HEAD`. If you tried a merge which resulted in complex conflicts and -want to start over, you can recover with `git reset --merge`. +want to start over, you can recover with `git merge --abort`. HOW CONFLICTS ARE PRESENTED --------------------------- @@ -213,8 +234,8 @@ After seeing a conflict, you can do two things: * Decide not to merge. The only clean-ups you need are to reset the index file to the `HEAD` commit to reverse 2. and to clean - up working tree changes made by 2. and 3.; `git-reset --hard` can - be used for this. + up working tree changes made by 2. and 3.; `git merge --abort` + can be used for this. * Resolve the conflicts. Git will mark the conflicts in the working tree. Edit the files into shape and diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index 2981d8c5ef..296f314eae 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git notes' append [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>] 'git notes' edit [<object>] 'git notes' show [<object>] +'git notes' merge [-v | -q] [-s <strategy> ] <notes_ref> +'git notes' merge --commit [-v | -q] +'git notes' merge --abort [-v | -q] 'git notes' remove [<object>] 'git notes' prune [-n | -v] +'git notes' get-ref DESCRIPTION @@ -83,6 +87,21 @@ edit:: show:: Show the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). +merge:: + Merge the given notes ref into the current notes ref. + This will try to merge the changes made by the given + notes ref (called "remote") since the merge-base (if + any) into the current notes ref (called "local"). ++ +If conflicts arise and a strategy for automatically resolving +conflicting notes (see the -s/--strategy option) is not given, +the "manual" resolver is used. This resolver checks out the +conflicting notes in a special worktree (`.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE`), +and instructs the user to manually resolve the conflicts there. +When done, the user can either finalize the merge with +'git notes merge --commit', or abort the merge with +'git notes merge --abort'. + remove:: Remove the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). This is equivalent to specifying an empty note message to @@ -91,6 +110,10 @@ remove:: prune:: Remove all notes for non-existing/unreachable objects. +get-ref:: + Print the current notes ref. This provides an easy way to + retrieve the current notes ref (e.g. from scripts). + OPTIONS ------- -f:: @@ -133,9 +156,37 @@ OPTIONS Do not remove anything; just report the object names whose notes would be removed. +-s <strategy>:: +--strategy=<strategy>:: + When merging notes, resolve notes conflicts using the given + strategy. The following strategies are recognized: "manual" + (default), "ours", "theirs", "union" and "cat_sort_uniq". + See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section below for more + information on each notes merge strategy. + +--commit:: + Finalize an in-progress 'git notes merge'. Use this option + when you have resolved the conflicts that 'git notes merge' + stored in .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE. This amends the partial + merge commit created by 'git notes merge' (stored in + .git/NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL) by adding the notes in + .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE. The notes ref stored in the + .git/NOTES_MERGE_REF symref is updated to the resulting commit. + +--abort:: + Abort/reset a in-progress 'git notes merge', i.e. a notes merge + with conflicts. This simply removes all files related to the + notes merge. + +-q:: +--quiet:: + When merging notes, operate quietly. + -v:: --verbose:: - Report all object names whose notes are removed. + When merging notes, be more verbose. + When pruning notes, report all object names whose notes are + removed. DISCUSSION @@ -163,6 +214,38 @@ object, in which case the history of the notes can be read with `git log -p -g <refname>`. +NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES +---------------------- + +The default notes merge strategy is "manual", which checks out +conflicting notes in a special work tree for resolving notes conflicts +(`.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE`), and instructs the user to resolve the +conflicts in that work tree. +When done, the user can either finalize the merge with +'git notes merge --commit', or abort the merge with +'git notes merge --abort'. + +"ours" automatically resolves conflicting notes in favor of the local +version (i.e. the current notes ref). + +"theirs" automatically resolves notes conflicts in favor of the remote +version (i.e. the given notes ref being merged into the current notes +ref). + +"union" automatically resolves notes conflicts by concatenating the +local and remote versions. + +"cat_sort_uniq" is similar to "union", but in addition to concatenating +the local and remote versions, this strategy also sorts the resulting +lines, and removes duplicate lines from the result. This is equivalent +to applying the "cat | sort | uniq" shell pipeline to the local and +remote versions. This strategy is useful if the notes follow a line-based +format where one wants to avoid duplicated lines in the merge result. +Note that if either the local or remote version contain duplicate lines +prior to the merge, these will also be removed by this notes merge +strategy. + + EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 64009dee31..30466917da 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. <repository> should be the name of a remote repository as passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1]. <refspec> can name an arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even -a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches +a collection of refs with corresponding remote-tracking branches (e.g., refs/heads/{asterisk}:refs/remotes/origin/{asterisk}), but usually it is the name of a branch in the remote repository. @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used. In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and -optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is +optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` @@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* ------------ A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store -what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS +what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS must end with `/*`. The above specifies that all remote -branches are tracked using tracking branches in +branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name. The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 2e78da448f..e88e9c2d55 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] - <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]] + (--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) DESCRIPTION @@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ OPTIONS Disable sparse checkout support even if `core.sparseCheckout` is true. +--empty:: + Instead of reading tree object(s) into the index, just empty + it. + <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 30e5c0eb14..96680c8456 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ which makes little sense. --no-verify:: This option bypasses the pre-rebase hook. See also linkgit:githooks[5]. +--verify:: + Allows the pre-rebase hook to run, which is the default. This option can + be used to override --no-verify. See also linkgit:githooks[5]. + -C<n>:: Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before and after each change. When fewer lines of surrounding diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f4fbf67209 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +git-remote-ext(1) +================= + +NAME +---- +git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +git remote add nick "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]" + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +This remote helper uses the specified 'program' to connect +to a remote git server. + +Data written to stdin of this specified 'program' is assumed +to be sent to git:// server, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack +or git-upload-archive (depending on situation), and data read +from stdout of this program is assumed to be received from +the same service. + +Command and arguments are separated by unescaped space. + +The following sequences have a special meaning: + +'% ':: + Literal space in command or argument. + +'%%':: + Literal percent sign. + +'%s':: + Replaced with name (receive-pack, upload-pack, or + upload-archive) of the service git wants to invoke. + +'%S':: + Replaced with long name (git-receive-pack, + git-upload-pack, or git-upload-archive) of the service + git wants to invoke. + +'%G' (must be first characters in argument):: + This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead, it + will cause helper to start by sending git:// service request to + remote side with service field set to approiate value and + repository field set to rest of the argument. Default is not to send + such request. ++ +This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed over +some tunnel. + +'%V' (must be first characters in argument):: + This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead it sets + the vhost field in git:// service request (to rest of the argument). + Default is not to send vhost in such request (if sent). + +ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES: +---------------------- + +GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUG:: + If set, prints debugging information about various reads/writes. + +ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES PASSED TO COMMAND: +---------------------------------------- + +GIT_EXT_SERVICE:: + Set to long name (git-upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs + to invoke. + +GIT_EXT_SERVICE_NOPREFIX:: + Set to long name (upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs + to invoke. + + +EXAMPLES: +--------- +This remote helper is transparently used by git when +you use commands such as "git fetch <URL>", "git clone <URL>", +, "git push <URL>" or "git remote add nick <URL>", where <URL> +begins with `ext::`. Examples: + +"ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey user@host.example %S 'foo/repo'":: + Like host.example:foo/repo, but use /home/foo/.ssh/somekey as + keypair and user as user on remote side. This avoids needing to + edit .ssh/config. + +"ext::socat -t3600 - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:/git-server %G/somerepo":: + Represents repository with path /somerepo accessable over + git protocol at abstract namespace address /git-server. + +"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo":: + Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the + helper program "git-server-alias foo". The path to the + repository and type of request are not passed on the command + line but as part of the protocol stream, as usual with git:// + protocol. + +"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo %Vfoo":: + Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the + helper program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for the + remote server passed in the protocol stream will be "foo" + (this allows multiple virtual git servers to share a + link-level address). + +"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo% with% spaces %Vfoo":: + Represents a repository with path '/repo with spaces' accessed + using the helper program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for + the remote server passed in the protocol stream will be "foo" + (this allows multiple virtual git servers to share a + link-level address). + +"ext::git-ssl foo.example /bar":: + Represents a repository accessed using the helper program + "git-ssl foo.example /bar". The type of request can be + determined by the helper using environment variables (see + above). + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Ilari Liusvaara, Jonathan Nieder and the git list +<git@vger.kernel.org> + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..abc49441be --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-fd.txt @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +git-remote-fd(1) +================ + +NAME +---- +git-remote-fd - Reflect smart transport stream back to caller + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +"fd::<infd>[,<outfd>][/<anything>]" (as URL) + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +This helper uses specified file descriptors to connect to remote git server. +This is not meant for end users but for programs and scripts calling git +fetch, push or archive. + +If only <infd> is given, it is assumed to be bidirectional socket connected +to remote git server (git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack or +git-upload-achive). If both <infd> and <outfd> are given, they are assumed +to be pipes connected to remote git server (<infd> being the inbound pipe +and <outfd> being the outbound pipe. + +It is assumed that any handshaking procedures have already been completed +(such as sending service request for git://) before this helper is started. + +<anything> can be any string. It is ignored. It is meant for provoding +information to user in the URL in case that URL is displayed in some +context. + +ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +--------------------- +GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUG:: + If set, prints debugging information about various reads/writes. + +EXAMPLES +-------- +git fetch fd::17 master:: + Fetch master, using file descriptor #17 to communicate with + git-upload-pack. + +git fetch fd::17/foo master:: + Same as above. + +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:: + Same as above. + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Ilari Liusvaara and the git list <git@vger.kernel.org> + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 0d28febe1b..c258ea48db 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ was passed. 'rename':: -Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and +Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking branches and configuration settings for the remote are updated. + In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ the configuration file format. 'rm':: -Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and +Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and configuration settings for the remote are removed. 'set-head':: @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with 'prune':: -Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>. +Deletes all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>. These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in "remotes/<name>". diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index adbca12b1e..7ec9dabe68 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -82,11 +82,26 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'. set, as returned by "git var -l". --in-reply-to=<identifier>:: - Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header. - Subsequent emails will refer to the previous email - instead of this if --chain-reply-to is set. - Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose - is not set, this will be prompted for. + Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a + reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to + provide a new patch series. + The second and subsequent emails will be sent as replies according to + the `--[no]-chain-reply-to` setting. ++ +So for example when `--thread` and `--no-chain-reply-to` are specified, the +second and subsequent patches will be replies to the first one like in the +illustration below where `[PATCH v2 0/3]` is in reply to `[PATCH 0/2]`: ++ + [PATCH 0/2] Here is what I did... + [PATCH 1/2] Clean up and tests + [PATCH 2/2] Implementation + [PATCH v2 0/3] Here is a reroll + [PATCH v2 1/3] Clean up + [PATCH v2 2/3] New tests + [PATCH v2 3/3] Implementation ++ +Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose +is not set, this will be prompted for. --subject=<string>:: Specify the initial subject of the email thread. @@ -97,7 +112,7 @@ See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiedit'. Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified, - this will be prompted for. + and --to-cmd is not specified, this will be prompted for. + The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. @@ -165,6 +180,15 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. are also accepted. The port can also be set with the 'sendemail.smtpserverport' configuration variable. +--smtp-server-option=<option>:: + If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server option to use. + Default value can be specified by the 'sendemail.smtpserveroption' + configuration option. ++ +The --smtp-server-option option must be repeated for each option you want +to pass to the server. Likewise, different lines in the configuration files +must be used for each option. + --smtp-ssl:: Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption ssl'. @@ -177,6 +201,12 @@ user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. Automating ~~~~~~~~~~ +--to-cmd=<command>:: + Specify a command to execute once per patch file which + should generate patch file specific "To:" entries. + Output of this command must be single email address per line. + Default is the value of 'sendemail.tocmd' configuration value. + --cc-cmd=<command>:: Specify a command to execute once per patch file which should generate patch file specific "Cc:" entries. diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index 0f3ad811cf..6403126a02 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -3,24 +3,30 @@ git-shell(1) NAME ---- -git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT-only SSH access +git-shell - Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access SYNOPSIS -------- -'$(git --exec-path)/git-shell' -c <command> <argument> +'git shell' [-c <command> <argument>] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This is meant to be used as a login shell for SSH accounts you want -to restrict to GIT pull/push access only. It permits execution only -of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality. -The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not -interactive. - -Currently, only four commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack' -'git-upload-pack' and 'git-upload-archive' with a single required argument, or -'cvs server' (to invoke 'git-cvsserver'). + +A login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git access. When +'-c' is given, the program executes <command> non-interactively; +<command> can be one of 'git receive-pack', 'git upload-pack', 'git +upload-archive', 'cvs server', or a command in COMMAND_DIR. The shell +is started in interactive mode when no arguments are given; in this +case, COMMAND_DIR must exist, and any of the executables in it can be +invoked. + +'cvs server' is a special command which executes git-cvsserver. + +COMMAND_DIR is the path "$HOME/git-shell-commands". The user must have +read and execute permissions to the directory in order to execute the +programs in it. The programs are executed with a cwd of $HOME, and +<argument> is parsed as a command-line string. Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 31c78a81e0..8b169e364a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ On Automatic following ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are following somebody else's tree, you are most likely -using tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional +using remote-tracking branches (`refs/heads/origin` in traditional layout, or `refs/remotes/origin/master` in the separate-remote layout). You usually want the tags from the other end. @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ this case. It may well be that among networking people, they may want to exchange the tags internal to their group, but in that workflow they are most likely tracking with each other's progress by -having tracking branches. Again, the heuristic to automatically +having remote-tracking branches. Again, the heuristic to automatically follow such tags is a good thing. diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt index dada21242c..711219749c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt @@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Validates the gpg signature created by 'git tag'. OPTIONS ------- +-v:: +--verbose:: + Print the contents of the tag object before validating it. + <tag>...:: SHA1 identifiers of git tag objects. diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index 51e8e0af1e..c0416e5e1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -20,8 +20,14 @@ The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported: * firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE) * iceweasel +* seamonkey +* iceape +* chromium (also supported as chromium-browser) +* google-chrome (also supported as chrome) * konqueror (this is the default under KDE, see 'Note about konqueror' below) +* opera * w3m (this is the default outside graphical environments) +* elinks * links * lynx * dillo diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 0c897df6a7..8216083081 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -44,31 +44,35 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.3.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.2] +* link:v1.7.3.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.3] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.3.3.txt[1.7.3.3], link:RelNotes/1.7.3.2.txt[1.7.3.2], link:RelNotes/1.7.3.1.txt[1.7.3.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.3.txt[1.7.3]. -* link:v1.7.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.3] +* link:v1.7.2.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.4] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.2.4.txt[1.7.2.4], link:RelNotes/1.7.2.3.txt[1.7.2.3], link:RelNotes/1.7.2.2.txt[1.7.2.2], link:RelNotes/1.7.2.1.txt[1.7.2.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.2.txt[1.7.2]. -* link:v1.7.1.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.1.2] +* link:v1.7.1.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.1.3] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.1.3.txt[1.7.1.3], link:RelNotes/1.7.1.2.txt[1.7.1.2], link:RelNotes/1.7.1.1.txt[1.7.1.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.1.txt[1.7.1]. -* link:v1.7.0.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.7] +* link:v1.7.0.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.8] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.8.txt[1.7.0.8], link:RelNotes/1.7.0.7.txt[1.7.0.7], link:RelNotes/1.7.0.6.txt[1.7.0.6], link:RelNotes/1.7.0.5.txt[1.7.0.5], diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index fbf507a7ee..5a7f936429 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -62,14 +62,21 @@ consults `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file (which has the highest precedence), `.gitattributes` file in the same directory as the path in question, and its parent directories up to the toplevel of the work tree (the further the directory that contains `.gitattributes` -is from the path in question, the lower its precedence). +is from the path in question, the lower its precedence). Finally +global and system-wide files are considered (they have the lowest +precedence). If you wish to affect only a single repository (i.e., to assign -attributes to files that are particular to one user's workflow), then +attributes to files that are particular to +one user's workflow for that repository), then attributes should be placed in the `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file. Attributes which should be version-controlled and distributed to other repositories (i.e., attributes of interest to all users) should go into -`.gitattributes` files. +`.gitattributes` files. Attributes that should affect all repositories +for a single user should be placed in a file specified by the +`core.attributesfile` configuration option (see linkgit:git-config[1]). +Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the +`$(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 @@ -716,6 +723,8 @@ control per path. Set:: Notice all types of potential whitespace errors known to git. + The tab width is taken from the value of the `core.whitespace` + configuration variable. Unset:: @@ -723,13 +732,13 @@ Unset:: Unspecified:: - Use the value of `core.whitespace` configuration variable to + Use the value of the `core.whitespace` configuration variable to decide what to notice as error. String:: Specify a comma separate list of common whitespace problems to - notice in the same format as `core.whitespace` configuration + notice in the same format as the `core.whitespace` configuration variable. diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt index 5d91a7e5b3..6af29a4603 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt @@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ changes that touch a specified string, and is controlled by the commands. When diffcore-pickaxe is in use, it checks if there are -filepairs whose "result" side has the specified string and -whose "origin" side does not. Such a filepair represents "the -string appeared in this changeset". It also checks for the +filepairs whose "result" side and whose "origin" side have +different number of specified string. Such a filepair represents +"the string appeared in this changeset". It also checks for the opposite case that loses the specified string. When `\--pickaxe-all` is not in effect, diffcore-pickaxe leaves diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt index ecab0c09d0..7fe5848d1f 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ $ git status # # new file: closing.txt # -# Changed but not updated: +# Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # # modified: file.txt diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 1c1606696e..0982f74ef6 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ alice$ git fetch bob Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a remote repository shorthand set up with 'git remote', what was -fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case +fetched is stored in a remote-tracking branch, in this case `bob/master`. So after this: ------------------------------------- @@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ could merge the changes into her master branch: alice$ git merge bob/master ------------------------------------- -This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote -tracking branch', like this: +This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote-tracking +branch', like this: ------------------------------------- alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 1f029f8aa0..f04b48ef0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to point at the new commit. you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>> <<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his revision. This will happen frequently on a - <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branch>> of a remote + <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branch>> of a remote <<def_repository,repository>>. [[def_fetch]]fetch:: @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a The default upstream <<def_repository,repository>>. Most projects have at least one upstream project which they track. By default 'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates - will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named + will be fetched into remote <<def_remote_tracking_branch,remote-tracking branches>> named origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using `git branch -r`. @@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a master branch head as to-upstream branch at $URL". See also linkgit:git-push[1]. +[[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch:: + A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from + another <<def_repository,repository>>. A remote-tracking + branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits + made to it. A remote-tracking branch can usually be + identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull: + <<def_refspec,refspec>>. + [[def_repository]]repository:: A collection of <<def_ref,refs>> together with an <<def_object_database,object database>> containing all objects @@ -418,14 +426,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet related changes. -[[def_tracking_branch]]tracking branch:: - A regular git <<def_branch,branch>> that is used to follow changes from - another <<def_repository,repository>>. A tracking - branch should not contain direct modifications or have local commits - made to it. A tracking branch can usually be - identified as the right-hand-side <<def_ref,ref>> in a Pull: - <<def_refspec,refspec>>. - [[def_tree]]tree:: Either a <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, or a <<def_tree_object,tree object>> together with the dependent <<def_blob_object,blob>> and tree objects diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt index b72f533970..92772e7c4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt @@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ merge.conflictstyle:: marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. merge.log:: - Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created - merge commit messages. False by default. + In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at + most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the + actual commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and + true is a synoym for 20. merge.renameLimit:: The number of files to consider when performing rename detection diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 722d704ff2..e33e0f8e11 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing. With --no-ff Generate a merge commit even if the merge resolved as a fast-forward. ---log:: +--log[=<n>]:: --no-log:: In addition to branch names, populate the log message with - one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being - merged. + one-line descriptions from at most <n> actual commits that are being + merged. See also linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1]. + With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being merged. diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt index 8676e26ca2..595a3cf1a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt @@ -40,6 +40,28 @@ the other tree did, declaring 'our' history contains all that happened in it. theirs;; This is opposite of 'ours'. +patience;; + With this option, 'merge-recursive' spends a little extra time + to avoid mismerges that sometimes occur due to unimportant + matching lines (e.g., braces from distinct functions). Use + this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly. + See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--patience`. + +ignore-space-change;; +ignore-all-space;; +ignore-space-at-eol;; + Treats lines with the indicated type of whitespace change as + unchanged for the sake of a three-way merge. Whitespace + changes mixed with other changes to a line are not ignored. + See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `-b`, `-w`, and + `--ignore-space-at-eol`. ++ +* If 'their' version only introduces whitespace changes to a line, + 'our' version is used; +* If 'our' version introduces whitespace changes but 'their' + version includes a substantial change, 'their' version is used; +* Otherwise, the merge proceeds in the usual way. + renormalize;; This runs a virtual check-out and check-in of all three stages of a file when resolving a three-way merge. This option is @@ -52,6 +74,10 @@ no-renormalize;; Disables the `renormalize` option. This overrides the `merge.renormalize` configuration variable. +rename-threshold=<n>;; + Controls the similarity threshold used for rename detection. + See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `-M`. + subtree[=<path>];; This option is a more advanced form of 'subtree' strategy, where the strategy makes a guess on how two trees must be shifted to diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 42ca059908..44a2ef1de1 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] Pretend as if all the refs in `refs/remotes` are listed on the command line as '<commit>'. If '<pattern>' is given, limit - remote tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob. + remote-tracking branches to ones matching given shell glob. If pattern lacks '?', '*', or '[', '/*' at the end is implied. --glob=<glob-pattern>:: diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt index a7e050bb7a..9dc1bed768 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt @@ -17,6 +17,40 @@ responsible for a few things. path-specific merge drivers (specified in `.gitattributes`) into account. +Data structures +--------------- + +* `mmbuffer_t`, `mmfile_t` + +These store data usable for use by the xdiff backend, for writing and +for reading, respectively. See `xdiff/xdiff.h` for the definitions +and `diff.c` for examples. + +* `struct ll_merge_options` + +This describes the set of options the calling program wants to affect +the operation of a low-level (single file) merge. Some options: + +`virtual_ancestor`:: + Behave as though this were part of a merge between common + ancestors in a recursive merge. + If a helper program is specified by the + `[merge "<driver>"] recursive` configuration, it will + be used (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). + +`variant`:: + Resolve local conflicts automatically in favor + of one side or the other (as in 'git merge-file' + `--ours`/`--theirs`/`--union`). Can be `0`, + `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_OURS`, `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_THEIRS`, or + `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_UNION`. + +`renormalize`:: + Resmudge and clean the "base", "theirs" and "ours" files + before merging. Use this when the merge is likely to have + overlapped with a change in smudge/clean or end-of-line + normalization rules. + Low-level (single file) merge ----------------------------- @@ -28,15 +62,24 @@ Low-level (single file) merge `.git/info/attributes` into account. Returns 0 for a clean merge. -The caller: +Calling sequence: -1. allocates an mmbuffer_t variable for the result; -2. allocates and fills variables with the file's original content - and two modified versions (using `read_mmfile`, for example); -3. calls ll_merge(); -4. reads the output from result_buf.ptr and result_buf.size; -5. releases buffers when finished (free(ancestor.ptr); free(ours.ptr); - free(theirs.ptr); free(result_buf.ptr);). +* Prepare a `struct ll_merge_options` to record options. + If you have no special requests, skip this and pass `NULL` + as the `opts` parameter to use the default options. + +* Allocate an mmbuffer_t variable for the result. + +* Allocate and fill variables with the file's original content + and two modified versions (using `read_mmfile`, for example). + +* Call `ll_merge()`. + +* Read the merged content from `result_buf.ptr` and `result_buf.size`. + +* Release buffers when finished. A simple + `free(ancestor.ptr); free(ours.ptr); free(theirs.ptr); + free(result_buf.ptr);` will do. If the modifications do not merge cleanly, `ll_merge` will return a nonzero value and `result_buf` will generally include a description of @@ -47,18 +90,6 @@ The `ancestor_label`, `our_label`, and `their_label` parameters are used to label the different sides of a conflict if the merge driver supports this. -The `flag` parameter is a bitfield: - - - The `LL_OPT_VIRTUAL_ANCESTOR` bit indicates whether this is an - internal merge to consolidate ancestors for a recursive merge. - - - The `LL_OPT_FAVOR_MASK` bits allow local conflicts to be automatically - resolved in favor of one side or the other (as in 'git merge-file' - `--ours`/`--theirs`/`--union`). - They can be populated by `create_ll_flag`, whose argument can be - `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_OURS`, `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_THEIRS`, or - `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_UNION`. - Everything else --------------- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index c5d141cd63..f6a4a361bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -118,13 +118,16 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: `OPT__COLOR(&int_var, description)`:: Add `\--color[=<when>]` and `--no-color`. -`OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var)`:: +`OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var, description)`:: Add `-n, \--dry-run`. -`OPT__QUIET(&int_var)`:: +`OPT__FORCE(&int_var, description)`:: + Add `-f, \--force`. + +`OPT__QUIET(&int_var, description)`:: Add `-q, \--quiet`. -`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var)`:: +`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var, description)`:: Add `-v, \--verbose`. `OPT_GROUP(description)`:: diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index fc56da677c..f13a846131 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ Examining branches from a remote repository The "master" branch that was created at the time you cloned is a copy of the HEAD in the repository that you cloned from. That repository may also have had other branches, though, and your local repository -keeps branches which track each of those remote branches, which you +keeps branches which track each of those remote branches, called +remote-tracking branches, which you can view using the "-r" option to linkgit:git-branch[1]: ------------------------------------------------ @@ -359,13 +360,23 @@ $ git branch -r origin/todo ------------------------------------------------ -You cannot check out these remote-tracking branches, but you can -examine them on a branch of your own, just as you would a tag: +In this example, "origin" is called a remote repository, or "remote" +for short. The branches of this repository are called "remote +branches" from our point of view. The remote-tracking branches listed +above were created based on the remote branches at clone time and will +be updated by "git fetch" (hence "git pull") and "git push". See +<<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch>> for details. + +You might want to build on one of these remote-tracking branches +on a branch of your own, just as you would for a tag: ------------------------------------------------ $ git checkout -b my-todo-copy origin/todo ------------------------------------------------ +You can also check out "origin/todo" directly to examine it or +write a one-off patch. See <<detached-head,detached head>>. + Note that the name "origin" is just the name that git uses by default to refer to the repository that you cloned from. @@ -435,7 +446,7 @@ linux-nfs/master origin/master ------------------------------------------------- -If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the tracking branches for the +If you run "git fetch <remote>" later, the remote-tracking branches for the named <remote> will be updated. If you examine the file .git/config, you will see that git has added @@ -1700,7 +1711,7 @@ may wish to check the original repository for updates and merge them into your own work. We have already seen <<Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch,how to -keep remote tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1], +keep remote-tracking branches up to date>> with linkgit:git-fetch[1], and how to merge two branches. So you can merge in changes from the original repository's master branch with: @@ -1716,15 +1727,21 @@ one step: $ git pull origin master ------------------------------------------------- -In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then by default "git pull" -merges from the HEAD branch of the origin repository. So often you can +In fact, if you have "master" checked out, then this branch has been +configured by "git clone" to get changes from the HEAD branch of the +origin repository. So often you can accomplish the above with just a simple ------------------------------------------------- $ git pull ------------------------------------------------- -More generally, a branch that is created from a remote branch will pull +This command will fetch changes from the remote branches to your +remote-tracking branches `origin/*`, and merge the default branch into +the current branch. + +More generally, a branch that is created from a remote-tracking branch +will pull by default from that branch. See the descriptions of the branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge options in linkgit:git-config[1], and the discussion of the `--track` option in @@ -2106,7 +2123,7 @@ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git $ cd work ------------------------------------------------- -Linus's tree will be stored in the remote branch named origin/master, +Linus's tree will be stored in the remote-tracking branch named origin/master, and can be updated using linkgit:git-fetch[1]; you can track other public trees using linkgit:git-remote[1] to set up a "remote" and linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up-to-date; see @@ -2800,8 +2817,8 @@ Be aware that commits that the old version of example/master pointed at may be lost, as we saw in the previous section. [[remote-branch-configuration]] -Configuring remote branches ---------------------------- +Configuring remote-tracking branches +------------------------------------ We saw above that "origin" is just a shortcut to refer to the repository that you originally cloned from. This information is |