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-rw-r--r--Documentation/CodingGuidelines23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt315
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt781
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-config.txt65
-rw-r--r--Documentation/format-config.txt87
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archimport.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-column.txt35
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-describe.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-help.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcredentials.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcvs-config.txt67
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gui-config.txt57
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pull-config.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/push-config.txt113
-rw-r--r--Documentation/receive-config.txt123
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sendemail-config.txt63
-rw-r--r--Documentation/submodule-config.txt82
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/index-format.txt41
28 files changed, 1257 insertions, 759 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 48aa4edfbd..8579530710 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -118,6 +118,24 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
do this
fi
+ - If a command sequence joined with && or || or | spans multiple
+ lines, put each command on a separate line and put && and || and |
+ operators at the end of each line, rather than the start. This
+ means you don't need to use \ to join lines, since the above
+ operators imply the sequence isn't finished.
+
+ (incorrect)
+ grep blob verify_pack_result \
+ | awk -f print_1.awk \
+ | sort >actual &&
+ ...
+
+ (correct)
+ grep blob verify_pack_result |
+ awk -f print_1.awk |
+ sort >actual &&
+ ...
+
- We prefer "test" over "[ ... ]".
- We do not write the noiseword "function" in front of shell
@@ -358,7 +376,10 @@ For C programs:
string_list for sorted string lists, a hash map (mapping struct
objects) named "struct decorate", amongst other things.
- - When you come up with an API, document it.
+ - When you come up with an API, document its functions and structures
+ in the header file that exposes the API to its callers. Use what is
+ in "strbuf.h" as a model for the appropriate tone and level of
+ detail.
- The first #include in C files, except in platform specific compat/
implementations, must be either "git-compat-util.h", "cache.h" or
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab631660f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+Git Release Notes
+=================
+
+Backward Compatibility Notes
+----------------------------
+
+ * "git branch -l <foo>" used to be a way to ask a reflog to be
+ created while creating a new branch, but that is no longer the
+ case. It is a short-hand for "git branch --list <foo>" now.
+
+ * "git push" into refs/tags/* hierarchy is rejected without getting
+ forced, but "git fetch" (misguidedly) used the "fast forwarding"
+ rule used for the refs/heads/* hierarchy; this has been corrected,
+ which means some fetches of tags that did not fail with older
+ version of Git will fail without "--force" with this version.
+
+ * "git help -a" now gives verbose output (same as "git help -av").
+ Those who want the old output may say "git help --no-verbose -a"..
+
+
+Updates since v2.19
+-------------------
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * Running "git clone" against a project that contain two files with
+ pathnames that differ only in cases on a case insensitive
+ filesystem would result in one of the files lost because the
+ underlying filesystem is incapable of holding both at the same
+ time. An attempt is made to detect such a case and warn.
+
+ * "git checkout -b newbranch [HEAD]" should not have to do as much as
+ checking out a commit different from HEAD. An attempt is made to
+ optimize this special case.
+
+ * "git rev-list --stdin </dev/null" used to be an error; it now shows
+ no output without an error. "git rev-list --stdin --default HEAD"
+ still falls back to the given default when nothing is given on the
+ standard input.
+
+ * Lift code from GitHub to restrict delta computation so that an
+ object that exists in one fork is not made into a delta against
+ another object that does not appear in the same forked repository.
+
+ * "git format-patch" learned new "--interdiff" and "--range-diff"
+ options to explain the difference between this version and the
+ previous attempt in the cover letter (or after the tree-dashes as
+ a comment).
+
+ * "git mailinfo" used in "git am" learned to make a best-effort
+ recovery of a patch corrupted by MUA that sends text/plain with
+ format=flawed option.
+ (merge 3aa4d81f88 rs/mailinfo-format-flowed later to maint).
+
+ * The rules used by "git push" and "git fetch" to determine if a ref
+ can or cannot be updated were inconsistent; specifically, fetching
+ to update existing tags were allowed even though tags are supposed
+ to be unmoving anchoring points. "git fetch" was taught to forbid
+ updates to existing tags without the "--force" option.
+
+ * "git multi-pack-index" learned to detect corruption in the .midx
+ file it uses, and this feature has been integrated into "git fsck".
+
+ * Generation of (experimental) commit-graph files have so far been
+ fairly silent, even though it takes noticeable amount of time in a
+ meaningfully large repository. The users will now see progress
+ output.
+
+ * The minimum version of Windows supported by Windows port fo Git is
+ now set to Vista.
+
+ * The completion script (in contrib/) learned to complete a handful of
+ options "git stash list" command takes.
+
+ * The completion script (in contrib/) learned that "git fetch
+ --multiple" only takes remote names as arguments and no refspecs.
+
+ * "git status" learns to show progress bar when refreshing the index
+ takes a long time.
+ (merge ae9af12287 nd/status-refresh-progress later to maint).
+
+ * "git help -a" and "git help -av" give different pieces of
+ information, and generally the "verbose" version is more friendly
+ to the new users. "git help -a" by default now uses the more
+ verbose output (with "--no-verbose", you can go back to the
+ original). Also "git help -av" now lists aliases and external
+ commands, which it did not used to.
+
+ * Unlike "grep", "git grep" by default recurses to the whole tree.
+ The command learned "git grep --recursive" option, so that "git
+ grep --no-recursive" can serve as a synonym to setting the
+ max-depth to 0.
+
+ * When pushing into a repository that borrows its objects from an
+ alternate object store, "git receive-pack" that responds to the
+ push request on the other side lists the tips of refs in the
+ alternate to reduce the amount of objects transferred. This
+ sometimes is detrimental when the number of refs in the alternate
+ is absurdly large, in which case the bandwidth saved in potentially
+ fewer objects transferred is wasted in excessively large ref
+ advertisement. The alternate refs that are advertised are now
+ configurable with a pair of configuration variables.
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
+
+ * When there are too many packfiles in a repository (which is not
+ recommended), looking up an object in these would require
+ consulting many pack .idx files; a new mechanism to have a single
+ file that consolidates all of these .idx files is introduced.
+
+ * "git submodule update" is getting rewritten piece-by-piece into C.
+
+ * The code for computing history reachability has been shuffled,
+ obtained a bunch of new tests to cover them, and then being
+ improved.
+
+ * The unpack_trees() API used in checking out a branch and merging
+ walks one or more trees along with the index. When the cache-tree
+ in the index tells us that we are walking a tree whose flattened
+ contents is known (i.e. matches a span in the index), as linearly
+ scanning a span in the index is much more efficient than having to
+ open tree objects recursively and listing their entries, the walk
+ can be optimized, which has been done.
+
+ * When creating a thin pack, which allows objects to be made into a
+ delta against another object that is not in the resulting pack but
+ is known to be present on the receiving end, the code learned to
+ take advantage of the reachability bitmap; this allows the server
+ to send a delta against a base beyond the "boundary" commit.
+
+ * spatch transformation to replace boolean uses of !hashcmp() to
+ newly introduced oideq() is added, and applied, to regain
+ performance lost due to support of multiple hash algorithms.
+
+ * Fix a bug in which the same path could be registered under multiple
+ worktree entries if the path was missing (for instance, was removed
+ manually). Also, as a convenience, expand the number of cases in
+ which --force is applicable.
+
+ * Split Documentation/config.txt for easier maintenance.
+ (merge 6014363f0b nd/config-split later to maint).
+
+ * Test helper binaries clean-up.
+ (merge c9a1f4161f nd/test-tool later to maint).
+
+ * Various tests have been updated to make it easier to swap the
+ hash function used for object identification.
+ (merge ae0c89d41b bc/hash-independent-tests later to maint).
+
+ * Update fsck.skipList implementation and documentation.
+ (merge 371a655074 ab/fsck-skiplist later to maint).
+
+ * An alias that expands to another alias has so far been forbidden,
+ but now it is allowed to create such an alias.
+
+ * Various test scripts have been updated for style and also correct
+ handling of exit status of various commands.
+
+ * "gc --auto" ended up calling exit(-1) upon error, which has been
+ corrected to use exit(1). Also the error reporting behaviour when
+ daemonized has been updated to exit with zero status when stopping
+ due to a previously discovered error (which implies there is no
+ point running gc to improve the situation); we used to exit with
+ failure in such a case.
+
+ * Various codepaths in the core-ish part learned to work on an
+ arbitrary in-core index structure, not necessarily the default
+ instance "the_index".
+ (merge b3c7eef9b0 nd/the-index later to maint).
+
+ * Code clean-up in the internal machinery used by "git status" and
+ "git commit --dry-run".
+ (merge 73ba5d78b4 ss/wt-status-committable later to maint).
+
+ * Some environment variables that control the runtime options of Git
+ used during tests are getting renamed for consistency.
+ (merge 4231d1ba99 bp/rename-test-env-var later to maint).
+
+ * A new extension to the index file has been introduced, which allows
+ the index file to be read in parallel for performance.
+
+ * The oidset API was built on top of the oidmap API which in turn is
+ on the hashmap API. Replace the implementation to build on top of
+ the khash API and gain performance.
+
+ * Over some transports, fetching objects with an exact commit object
+ name can be done without first seeing the ref advertisements. The
+ code has been optimized to exploit this.
+
+ * In a partial clone that will lazily be hydrated from the
+ originating repository, we generally want to avoid "does this
+ object exist (locally)?" on objects that we deliberately omitted
+ when we created the clone. The cache-tree codepath (which is used
+ to write a tree object out of the index) however insisted that the
+ object exists, even for paths that are outside of the partial
+ checkout area. The code has been updated to avoid such a check.
+
+
+Fixes since v2.19
+-----------------
+
+ * "git interpret-trailers" and its underlying machinery had a buggy
+ code that attempted to ignore patch text after commit log message,
+ which triggered in various codepaths that will always get the log
+ message alone and never get such an input.
+ (merge 66e83d9b41 jk/trailer-fixes later to maint).
+
+ * Malformed or crafted data in packstream can make our code attempt
+ to read or write past the allocated buffer and abort, instead of
+ reporting an error, which has been fixed.
+
+ * "git rebase -i" did not clear the state files correctly when a run
+ of "squash/fixup" is aborted and then the user manually amended the
+ commit instead, which has been corrected.
+ (merge 10d2f35436 js/rebase-i-autosquash-fix later to maint).
+
+ * When fsmonitor is in use, after operation on submodules updates
+ .gitmodules, we lost track of the fact that we did so and relied on
+ stale fsmonitor data.
+ (merge 43f1180814 bp/mv-submodules-with-fsmonitor later to maint).
+
+ * Fix for a long-standing bug that leaves the index file corrupt when
+ it shrinks during a partial commit.
+ (merge 6c003d6ffb jk/reopen-tempfile-truncate later to maint).
+
+ * Further fix for O_APPEND emulation on Windows
+ (merge eeaf7ddac7 js/mingw-o-append later to maint).
+
+ * A corner case bugfix in "git rerere" code.
+ (merge ad2bf0d9b4 en/rerere-multi-stage-1-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git add ':(attr:foo)'" is not supported and is supposed to be
+ rejected while the command line arguments are parsed, but we fail
+ to reject such a command line upfront.
+ (merge 84d938b732 nd/attr-pathspec-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Recent update broke the reachability algorithm when refs (e.g.
+ tags) that point at objects that are not commit were involved,
+ which has been fixed.
+
+ * "git rebase" etc. in Git 2.19 fails to abort when given an empty
+ commit log message as result of editing, which has been corrected.
+ (merge a3ec9eaf38 en/sequencer-empty-edit-result-aborts later to maint).
+
+ * The code to backfill objects in lazily cloned repository did not
+ work correctly, which has been corrected.
+ (merge e68302011c jt/lazy-object-fetch-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Update error messages given by "git remote" and make them consistent.
+ (merge 5025425dff ms/remote-error-message-update later to maint).
+
+ * "git update-ref" learned to make both "--no-deref" and "--stdin"
+ work at the same time.
+ (merge d345e9fbe7 en/update-ref-no-deref-stdin later to maint).
+
+ * Recently added "range-diff" had a corner-case bug to cause it
+ segfault, which has been corrected.
+ (merge e467a90c7a tg/range-diff-corner-case-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The recently introduced commit-graph auxiliary data is incompatible
+ with mechanisms such as replace & grafts that "breaks" immutable
+ nature of the object reference relationship. Disable optimizations
+ based on its use (and updating existing commit-graph) when these
+ incompatible features are in use in the repository.
+ (merge 829a321569 ds/commit-graph-with-grafts later to maint).
+
+ * The mailmap file update.
+ (merge 255eb03edf jn/mailmap-update later to maint).
+
+ * The code in "git status" sometimes hit an assertion failure. This
+ was caused by a structure that was reused without cleaning the data
+ used for the first run, which has been corrected.
+ (merge 3e73cc62c0 en/status-multiple-renames-to-the-same-target-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git fetch $repo $object" in a partial clone did not correctly
+ fetch the asked-for object that is referenced by an object in
+ promisor packfile, which has been fixed.
+
+ * A corner-case bugfix.
+ (merge c5cbb27cb5 sm/show-superproject-while-conflicted later to maint).
+
+ * Various fixes to "diff --color-moved-ws".
+
+ * A partial clone that is configured to lazily fetch missing objects
+ will on-demand issue a "git fetch" request to the originating
+ repository to fill not-yet-obtained objects. The request has been
+ optimized for requesting a tree object (and not the leaf blob
+ objects contained in it) by telling the originating repository that
+ no blobs are needed.
+ (merge 4c7f9567ea jt/non-blob-lazy-fetch later to maint).
+
+ * Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
+ (merge 96a7501aad ts/doc-build-manpage-xsl-quietly later to maint).
+ (merge b9b07efdb2 tg/conflict-marker-size later to maint).
+ (merge fa0aeea770 sg/doc-trace-appends later to maint).
+ (merge d64324cb60 tb/void-check-attr later to maint).
+ (merge c3b9bc94b9 en/double-semicolon-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 79336116f5 sg/t3701-tighten-trace later to maint).
+ (merge 801fa63a90 jk/dev-build-format-security later to maint).
+ (merge 0597dd62ba sb/string-list-remove-unused later to maint).
+ (merge db2d36fad8 bw/protocol-v2 later to maint).
+ (merge 456d7cd3a9 sg/split-index-test later to maint).
+ (merge 7b6057c852 tq/refs-internal-comment-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 29e8dc50ad tg/t5551-with-curl-7.61.1 later to maint).
+ (merge 55f6bce2c9 fe/doc-updates later to maint).
+ (merge 7987d2232d jk/check-everything-connected-is-long-gone later to maint).
+ (merge 4ba3c9be47 dz/credential-doc-url-matching-rules later to maint).
+ (merge 4c399442f7 ma/commit-graph-docs later to maint).
+ (merge fc0503b04e ma/t1400-undebug-test later to maint).
+ (merge e56b53553a nd/packobjectshook-doc-fix later to maint).
+ (merge c56170a0c4 ma/mailing-list-address-in-git-help later to maint).
+ (merge 6e8fc70fce rs/sequencer-oidset-insert-avoids-dups later to maint).
+ (merge ad0b8f9575 mw/doc-typofixes later to maint).
+ (merge d9f079ad1a jc/how-to-document-api later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ad0f4510c3..552827935a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ boolean::
false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
`0` and the empty string.
+
-When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
+When converting a value to its canonical form using the `--type=bool` type
specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
"false" (spelled in lowercase).
@@ -616,6 +616,24 @@ core.preferSymlinkRefs::
This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
+core.alternateRefsCommand::
+ When advertising tips of available history from an alternate, use the shell to
+ execute the specified command instead of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. The
+ first argument is the absolute path of the alternate. Output must contain one
+ hex object id per line (i.e., the same as produce by `git for-each-ref
+ --format='%(objectname)'`).
++
+Note that you cannot generally put `git for-each-ref` directly into the config
+value, as it does not take a repository path as an argument (but you can wrap
+the command above in a shell script).
+
+core.alternateRefsPrefixes::
+ When listing references from an alternate, list only references that begin
+ with the given prefix. Prefixes match as if they were given as arguments to
+ linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. To list multiple prefixes, separate them with
+ whitespace. If `core.alternateRefsCommand` is set, setting
+ `core.alternateRefsPrefixes` has no effect.
+
core.bare::
If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
@@ -832,12 +850,6 @@ core.packedRefsTimeout::
all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
retry for 1 second).
-sequence.editor::
- Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
- The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
- It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
- When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
-
core.pager::
Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
@@ -1520,159 +1532,9 @@ fastimport.unpackLimit::
operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If
not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
-fetch.recurseSubmodules::
- This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
- Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
- unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
- recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
- value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
- when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
- reference.
-
-fetch.fsckObjects::
- If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
- objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's
- checked. Defaults to false. If not set, the value of
- `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead.
-
-fetch.fsck.<msg-id>::
- Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by
- linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See
- the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for details.
-
-fetch.fsck.skipList::
- Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by
- linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See
- the `fsck.skipList` documentation for details.
-
-fetch.unpackLimit::
- If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
- transfer is below this
- limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
- files. However if the number of received objects equals or
- exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
- a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
- pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
- especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
- `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
-
-fetch.prune::
- If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
- option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`
- and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
-
-fetch.pruneTags::
- If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the
- `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*` refspec was provided when pruning,
- if not set already. This allows for setting both this option
- and `fetch.prune` to maintain a 1=1 mapping to upstream
- refs. See also `remote.<name>.pruneTags` and the PRUNING
- section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
-
-fetch.output::
- Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
- `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
- OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
-
-fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
- Control how information about the commits in the local repository is
- sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the
- server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an
- effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary
- packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
- that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one
- of its descendants).
- Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out.
-+
-See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1].
-
-format.attach::
- Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
- 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
- which will enable attachments as the default and set the
- value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
- linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
-
-format.from::
- Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
- Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
- format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
- the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
- `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
- mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
- different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
- value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
-
-format.numbered::
- A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
- subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
- is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
- messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
- option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
-
-format.headers::
- Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
- by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
-
-format.to::
-format.cc::
- Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
- by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
- linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
-
-format.subjectPrefix::
- The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
- subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
-
-format.signature::
- The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
- the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
- Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
- signature generation.
-
-format.signatureFile::
- Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
- file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
-
-format.suffix::
- The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
- `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
- include the dot if you want it).
-
-format.pretty::
- The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
- See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
- linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
-
-format.thread::
- The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
- a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
- makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
- where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
- `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
- `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
- A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
- value disables threading.
-
-format.signOff::
- A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
- format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
- patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
- the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
- Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
-
-format.coverLetter::
- A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
- format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
- generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
-
-format.outputDirectory::
- Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
- current working directory.
-
-format.useAutoBase::
- A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
- format-patch by default.
+include::fetch-config.txt[]
+
+include::format-config.txt[]
filter.<driver>.clean::
The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
@@ -1723,12 +1585,16 @@ doing the same for `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>`
will only cause git to warn.
fsck.skipList::
- The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
+ The path to a list of object names (i.e. one unabbreviated SHA-1 per
line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
- be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
- should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
- can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
- Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
+ be ignored. On versions of Git 2.20 and later comments ('#'), empty
+ lines, and any leading and trailing whitespace is ignored. Everything
+ but a SHA-1 per line will error out on older versions.
++
+This feature is useful when an established project should be accepted
+despite early commits containing errors that can be safely ignored
+such as invalid committer email addresses. Note: corrupt objects
+cannot be skipped with this setting.
+
Like `fsck.<msg-id>` this variable has corresponding
`receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variants.
@@ -1738,6 +1604,15 @@ Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the
fall back on the `fsck.skipList` configuration if they aren't set. To
uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances
all three of them they must all set to the same values.
++
+Older versions of Git (before 2.20) documented that the object names
+list should be sorted. This was never a requirement, the object names
+could appear in any order, but when reading the list we tracked whether
+the list was sorted for the purposes of an internal binary search
+implementation, which could save itself some work with an already sorted
+list. Unless you had a humongous list there was no reason to go out of
+your way to pre-sort the list. After Git version 2.20 a hash implementation
+is used instead, so there's now no reason to pre-sort the list.
gc.aggressiveDepth::
The depth parameter used in the delta compression
@@ -1786,7 +1661,8 @@ gc.writeCommitGraph::
for details.
gc.logExpiry::
- If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
+ If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` will print
+ its content and exit with status zero instead of running
unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is
"1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its
value.
@@ -1847,73 +1723,7 @@ gc.rerereUnresolved::
You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
-gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
- Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
- to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
-
-gitcvs.enabled::
- Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
- See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
-
-gitcvs.logFile::
- Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
- various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
-
-gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
- If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
- attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
- the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
- the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
- treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
- will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
- the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
- the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is
- used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
-
-gitcvs.allBinary::
- This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve
- the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
- unresolved files are sent to the client in
- mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
- as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
- otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
- then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
- it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.
-
-gitcvs.dbName::
- Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
- derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
- used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
- is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
- linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
- Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
-
-gitcvs.dbDriver::
- Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
- for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
- with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
- reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
- May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
- See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
-
-gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
- Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,
- since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
- 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
- linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
-
-gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
- Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
- database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
- for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
- linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
- characters will be replaced with underscores.
-
-All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and
-`gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as
-'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
-is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
-access method.
+include::gitcvs-config.txt[]
gitweb.category::
gitweb.description::
@@ -1978,63 +1788,7 @@ gpg.<format>.program::
be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default
value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm".
-gui.commitMsgWidth::
- Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
- linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
-
-gui.diffContext::
- Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
- made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
-
-gui.displayUntracked::
- Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
- in the file list. The default is "true".
-
-gui.encoding::
- Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
- file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
- It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
- for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
- If this option is not set, the tools default to the
- locale encoding.
-
-gui.matchTrackingBranch::
- Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
- default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
- not. Default: "false".
-
-gui.newBranchTemplate::
- Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
- linkgit:git-gui[1].
-
-gui.pruneDuringFetch::
- "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
- performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
-
-gui.trustmtime::
- Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
- timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
-
-gui.spellingDictionary::
- Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
- the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
- off.
-
-gui.fastCopyBlame::
- If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
- location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
- repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
-
-gui.copyBlameThreshold::
- Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
- detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
- linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
-
-gui.blamehistoryctx::
- Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
- linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
- Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
- variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
+include::gui-config.txt[]
guitool.<name>.cmd::
Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
@@ -2413,6 +2167,13 @@ imap::
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
+index.threads::
+ Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index.
+ This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines.
+ Specifying 0 or 'true' will cause Git to auto-detect the number of
+ CPU's and set the number of threads accordingly. Specifying 1 or
+ 'false' will disable multithreading. Defaults to 'true'.
+
index.version::
Specify the version with which new index files should be
initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
@@ -2860,282 +2621,13 @@ protocol.version::
--
-pull.ff::
- By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
- a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
- tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
- this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
- a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
- line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
- allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
- command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
-
-pull.rebase::
- When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
- of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
- pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
- per-branch basis.
-+
-When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
-so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
-linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
-+
-When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
-so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
-by running 'git pull'.
-+
-When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
-+
-*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
-it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
-for details).
-
-pull.octopus::
- The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
- at once.
-
-pull.twohead::
- The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
-
-push.default::
- Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
- explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
- specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
- (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
- `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
-+
---
-
-* `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
- explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
- avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
-
-* `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
- name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
- workflows.
-
-* `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
- changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
- called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
- pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
- (i.e. central workflow).
-
-* `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
-
-* `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
- added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
- different from the local one.
-+
-When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
-pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
-for beginners.
-+
-This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
+include::pull-config.txt[]
-* `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
- This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
- branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
- and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
- to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
- 'master' will be pushed there).
-+
-To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
-branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
-running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
-to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
-on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
-unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
-suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
-people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
-branches outside your control.
-+
-This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
-new default).
-
---
-
-push.followTags::
- If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
- may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
- `--no-follow-tags`.
-
-push.gpgSign::
- May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
- value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
- passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
- pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
- `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
- override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
- command-line flag always overrides this config option.
-
-push.pushOption::
- When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the
- command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of
- this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.
-+
-This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a
-higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
-repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
-configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
-+
---
-
-Example:
-
-/etc/gitconfig
- push.pushoption = a
- push.pushoption = b
-
-~/.gitconfig
- push.pushoption = c
-
-repo/.git/config
- push.pushoption =
- push.pushoption = b
-
-This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
-
---
-
-push.recurseSubmodules::
- Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
- are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
- then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
- revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
- submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
- exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
- submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
- pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
- it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
- is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
- is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
- specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
+include::push-config.txt[]
include::rebase-config.txt[]
-receive.advertiseAtomic::
- By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
- capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
- capability, set this variable to false.
-
-receive.advertisePushOptions::
- When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
- capability to its clients. False by default.
-
-receive.autogc::
- By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
- receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
- it by setting this variable to false.
-
-receive.certNonceSeed::
- By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
- will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
- a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
- key.
-
-receive.certNonceSlop::
- When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
- "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
- repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
- found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
- hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
- side to include). This may allow writing checks in
- `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
- checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
- that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
- decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
- can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
-
-receive.fsckObjects::
- If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
- objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's checked.
- Defaults to false. If not set, the value of
- `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead.
-
-receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
- Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by
- linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of
- linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for
- details.
-
-receive.fsck.skipList::
- Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by
- linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of
- linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.skipList` documentation for
- details.
-
-receive.keepAlive::
- After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
- produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
- the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
- With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
- any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
- send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
- to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
-
-receive.unpackLimit::
- If the number of objects received in a push is below this
- limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
- files. However if the number of received objects equals or
- exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
- a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
- pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
- especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
- `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
-
-receive.maxInputSize::
- If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
- limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
- accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
- is unlimited.
-
-receive.denyDeletes::
- If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
- the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
-
-receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
- If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
- deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
-
-receive.denyCurrentBranch::
- If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
- to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
- Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
- out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
- print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
- proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
- message. Defaults to "refuse".
-+
-Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
-tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
-intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
-accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
-that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
-developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
-+
-By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
-the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
-hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
-
-receive.denyNonFastForwards::
- If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
- not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
- even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
- set when initializing a shared repository.
-
-receive.hideRefs::
- This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
- only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
- An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
- rejected.
-
-receive.updateServerInfo::
- If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
- after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
-
-receive.shallowUpdate::
- If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
- require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
+include::receive-config.txt[]
remote.pushDefault::
The remote to push to by default. Overrides
@@ -3261,71 +2753,15 @@ rerere.enabled::
`$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
repository.
-sendemail.identity::
- A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
- 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
- values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
- the value of `sendemail.identity`.
-
-sendemail.smtpEncryption::
- See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
- setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
-
-sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
- Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
-
-sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
- Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
- Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
-
-sendemail.<identity>.*::
- Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
- found below, taking precedence over those when this
- identity is selected, through either the command-line or
- `sendemail.identity`.
-
-sendemail.aliasesFile::
-sendemail.aliasFileType::
-sendemail.annotate::
-sendemail.bcc::
-sendemail.cc::
-sendemail.ccCmd::
-sendemail.chainReplyTo::
-sendemail.confirm::
-sendemail.envelopeSender::
-sendemail.from::
-sendemail.multiEdit::
-sendemail.signedoffbycc::
-sendemail.smtpPass::
-sendemail.suppresscc::
-sendemail.suppressFrom::
-sendemail.to::
-sendemail.tocmd::
-sendemail.smtpDomain::
-sendemail.smtpServer::
-sendemail.smtpServerPort::
-sendemail.smtpServerOption::
-sendemail.smtpUser::
-sendemail.thread::
-sendemail.transferEncoding::
-sendemail.validate::
-sendemail.xmailer::
- See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
-
-sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
- Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
-
-sendemail.smtpBatchSize::
- Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin
- will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in
- one connection.
- See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
-
-sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::
- Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server.
- See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
-
-showbranch.default::
+include::sendemail-config.txt[]
+
+sequence.editor::
+ Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
+ The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
+ It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
+ When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
+
+showBranch.default::
The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
@@ -3437,88 +2873,7 @@ stash.showStat::
option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true.
See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
-submodule.<name>.url::
- The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
- file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
- the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
- update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are
- set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate
- whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
- See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
-
-submodule.<name>.update::
- The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
- which is the only affected command, others such as
- 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
- historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
- interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
- and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
- `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
- See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
-
-submodule.<name>.branch::
- The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
- update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
- the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
- linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
-
-submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
- This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
- submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
- command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
- This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
- file.
-
-submodule.<name>.ignore::
- Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
- a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
- modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
- commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
- to the submodules work tree and
- takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
- recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
- let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
- Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
- submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
- This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
- both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
- "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
- affected by this setting.
-
-submodule.<name>.active::
- Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
- commands. This config option takes precedence over the
- submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for
- details.
-
-submodule.active::
- A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
- submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
- commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details.
-
-submodule.recurse::
- Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
- applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option,
- except `clone`.
- Defaults to false.
-
-submodule.fetchJobs::
- Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
- A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
- in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
- If unset, it defaults to 1.
-
-submodule.alternateLocation::
- Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
- cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
- By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
- value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
- its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
-
-submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
- Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
- as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
- `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
+include::submodule-config.txt[]
tag.forceSignAnnotated::
A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
@@ -3666,15 +3021,15 @@ uploadpack.packObjectsHook::
was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for
`pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on
stdout.
-
-uploadpack.allowFilter::
- If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial
- clone and partial fetch object filtering.
+
Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the
repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from
untrusted repositories).
+uploadpack.allowFilter::
+ If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial
+ clone and partial fetch object filtering.
+
uploadpack.allowRefInWant::
If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want`
feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-config.txt b/Documentation/fetch-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbfad6cdbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+fetch.recurseSubmodules::
+ This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
+ Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
+ unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
+ recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
+ value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
+ when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
+ reference.
+
+fetch.fsckObjects::
+ If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
+ objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's
+ checked. Defaults to false. If not set, the value of
+ `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead.
+
+fetch.fsck.<msg-id>::
+ Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by
+ linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See
+ the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for details.
+
+fetch.fsck.skipList::
+ Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by
+ linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1] instead of linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See
+ the `fsck.skipList` documentation for details.
+
+fetch.unpackLimit::
+ If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
+ transfer is below this
+ limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
+ files. However if the number of received objects equals or
+ exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
+ a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
+ pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
+ especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
+ `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
+
+fetch.prune::
+ If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
+ option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`
+ and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+
+fetch.pruneTags::
+ If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the
+ `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*` refspec was provided when pruning,
+ if not set already. This allows for setting both this option
+ and `fetch.prune` to maintain a 1=1 mapping to upstream
+ refs. See also `remote.<name>.pruneTags` and the PRUNING
+ section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+
+fetch.output::
+ Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
+ `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
+ OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
+
+fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::
+ Control how information about the commits in the local repository is
+ sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the
+ server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an
+ effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary
+ packfile; The default is "default" which instructs Git to use the default algorithm
+ that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one
+ of its descendants).
+ Unknown values will cause 'git fetch' to error out.
++
+See also the `--negotiation-tip` option for linkgit:git-fetch[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/format-config.txt b/Documentation/format-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc77941c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/format-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+format.attach::
+ Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
+ 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
+ which will enable attachments as the default and set the
+ value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.from::
+ Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
+ Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
+ format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
+ the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
+ `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
+ mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
+ different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
+ value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
+
+format.numbered::
+ A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
+ subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
+ is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
+ messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
+ option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.headers::
+ Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
+ by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.to::
+format.cc::
+ Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
+ by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.subjectPrefix::
+ The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
+ subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
+
+format.signature::
+ The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
+ the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
+ Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
+ signature generation.
+
+format.signatureFile::
+ Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
+ file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
+
+format.suffix::
+ The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
+ `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
+ include the dot if you want it).
+
+format.pretty::
+ The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
+ See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
+
+format.thread::
+ The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
+ a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
+ makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
+ where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
+ `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
+ `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
+ A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
+ value disables threading.
+
+format.signOff::
+ A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
+ format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
+ patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
+ the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
+ Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
+
+format.coverLetter::
+ A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
+ format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
+ generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
+
+format.outputDirectory::
+ Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
+ current working directory.
+
+format.useAutoBase::
+ A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
+ format-patch by default.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
index ea70653369..a595a0ffee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-archimport(1)
NAME
----
-git-archimport - Import an Arch repository into Git
+git-archimport - Import a GNU Arch repository into Git
SYNOPSIS
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Imports a project from one or more Arch repositories. It will follow branches
+Imports a project from one or more GNU Arch repositories.
+It will follow branches
and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive/branch>
parameters supplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from
it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it
diff --git a/Documentation/git-column.txt b/Documentation/git-column.txt
index 03d18465d4..763afabb6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-column.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-column.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-This command formats its input into multiple columns.
+This command formats the lines of its standard input into a table with
+multiple columns. Each input line occupies one cell of the table. It
+is used internally by other git commands to format output into
+columns.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ OPTIONS
--mode=<mode>::
Specify layout mode. See configuration variable column.ui for option
- syntax.
+ syntax in linkgit:git-config[1].
--raw-mode=<n>::
Same as --mode but take mode encoded as a number. This is mainly used
@@ -43,6 +46,34 @@ OPTIONS
--padding=<N>::
The number of spaces between columns. One space by default.
+EXAMPLES
+------
+
+Format data by columns:
+------------
+$ seq 1 24 | git column --mode=column --padding=5
+1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22
+2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23
+3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
+------------
+
+Format data by rows:
+------------
+$ seq 1 21 | git column --mode=row --padding=5
+1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+8 9 10 11 12 13 14
+15 16 17 18 19 20 21
+------------
+
+List some tags in a table with unequal column widths:
+------------
+$ git tag --list 'v2.4.*' --column=row,dense
+v2.4.0 v2.4.0-rc0 v2.4.0-rc1 v2.4.0-rc2 v2.4.0-rc3
+v2.4.1 v2.4.10 v2.4.11 v2.4.12 v2.4.2
+v2.4.3 v2.4.4 v2.4.5 v2.4.6 v2.4.7
+v2.4.8 v2.4.9
+------------
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
index dececb79d7..624470e198 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-commit-graph(1)
NAME
----
-git-commit-graph - Write and verify Git commit graph files
+git-commit-graph - Write and verify Git commit-graph files
SYNOPSIS
@@ -17,24 +17,24 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Manage the serialized commit graph file.
+Manage the serialized commit-graph file.
OPTIONS
-------
--object-dir::
- Use given directory for the location of packfiles and commit graph
+ Use given directory for the location of packfiles and commit-graph
file. This parameter exists to specify the location of an alternate
- that only has the objects directory, not a full .git directory. The
- commit graph file is expected to be at <dir>/info/commit-graph and
- the packfiles are expected to be in <dir>/pack.
+ that only has the objects directory, not a full `.git` directory. The
+ commit-graph file is expected to be at `<dir>/info/commit-graph` and
+ the packfiles are expected to be in `<dir>/pack`.
COMMANDS
--------
'write'::
-Write a commit graph file based on the commits found in packfiles.
+Write a commit-graph file based on the commits found in packfiles.
+
With the `--stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
walking objects only in the specified pack-indexes. (Cannot be combined
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ existing commit-graph file.
'read'::
-Read a graph file given by the commit-graph file and output basic
-details about the graph file. Used for debugging purposes.
+Read the commit-graph file and output basic details about it.
+Used for debugging purposes.
'verify'::
@@ -66,27 +66,28 @@ database. Used to check for corrupted data.
EXAMPLES
--------
-* Write a commit graph file for the packed commits in your local .git folder.
+* Write a commit-graph file for the packed commits in your local `.git`
+ directory.
+
------------------------------------------------
$ git commit-graph write
------------------------------------------------
-* Write a graph file, extending the current graph file using commits
-* in <pack-index>.
+* Write a commit-graph file, extending the current commit-graph file
+ using commits in `<pack-index>`.
+
------------------------------------------------
$ echo <pack-index> | git commit-graph write --stdin-packs
------------------------------------------------
-* Write a graph file containing all reachable commits.
+* Write a commit-graph file containing all reachable commits.
+
------------------------------------------------
$ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits
------------------------------------------------
-* Write a graph file containing all commits in the current
-* commit-graph file along with those reachable from HEAD.
+* Write a commit-graph file containing all commits in the current
+ commit-graph file along with those reachable from `HEAD`.
+
------------------------------------------------
$ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --append
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 8e240435be..5e87d82933 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include:
--bool-or-int::
--path::
--expiry-date::
- Historical options for selecting a type specifier. Prefer instead `--type`,
- (see: above).
+ Historical options for selecting a type specifier. Prefer instead `--type`
+ (see above).
--no-type::
Un-sets the previously set type specifier (if one was previously set). This
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ For URLs in `https://weak.example.com`, `http.sslVerify` is set to
false, while it is set to `true` for all others:
------------
-% git config --bool --get-urlmatch http.sslverify https://good.example.com
+% git config --type=bool --get-urlmatch http.sslverify https://good.example.com
true
-% git config --bool --get-urlmatch http.sslverify https://weak.example.com
+% git config --type=bool --get-urlmatch http.sslverify https://weak.example.com
false
% git config --get-urlmatch http https://weak.example.com
http.cookieFile /tmp/cookie.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index e027fb8c4b..ccdc5f83d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a
commit. If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is
shown. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of
additional commits on top of the tagged object and the
-abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.
+abbreviated object name of the most recent commit. The result
+is a "human-readable" object name which can also be used to
+identify the commit to other git commands.
By default (without --all or --tags) `git describe` only shows
annotated tags. For more information about creating annotated tags
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index a3049af1a3..84fe236a8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[(-O | --open-files-in-pager) [<pager>]]
[-z | --null]
[ -o | --only-matching ] [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet]
- [--max-depth <depth>]
+ [--max-depth <depth>] [--[no-]recursive]
[--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
[--break] [--heading] [-p | --show-function]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
@@ -119,11 +119,18 @@ OPTIONS
--max-depth <depth>::
For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth>
- levels of directories. A negative value means no limit.
+ levels of directories. A value of -1 means no limit.
This option is ignored if <pathspec> contains active wildcards.
In other words if "a*" matches a directory named "a*",
"*" is matched literally so --max-depth is still effective.
+-r::
+--recursive::
+ Same as `--max-depth=-1`; this is the default.
+
+--no-recursive::
+ Same as `--max-depth=0`.
+
-w::
--word-regexp::
Match the pattern only at word boundary (either begin at the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 83d25d825a..206e3aef64 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-help - Display help information about Git
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git help' [-a|--all [--verbose]] [-g|--guide]
+'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]] [-g|--guide]
[-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND|GUIDE]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ OPTIONS
--all::
Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
option overrides any given command or guide name.
- When used with `--verbose` print description for all recognized
- commands.
+
+--verbose::
+ When used with `--all` print description for all recognized
+ commands. This is the default.
-c::
--config::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
index 1f97e79912..f7778a2c85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ write::
When given as the verb, write a new MIDX file to
`<dir>/packs/multi-pack-index`.
+verify::
+ When given as the verb, verify the contents of the MIDX file
+ at `<dir>/packs/multi-pack-index`.
+
EXAMPLES
--------
@@ -43,6 +47,12 @@ $ git multi-pack-index write
$ git multi-pack-index --object-dir <alt> write
-----------------------------------------------
+* Verify the MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder.
++
+-----------------------------------------------
+$ git multi-pack-index verify
+-----------------------------------------------
+
SEE ALSO
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 1fbc6ebcde..432baabe33 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ command fails, it is rescheduled immediately, with a helpful message how
to proceed.
The `reset` command resets the HEAD, index and worktree to the specified
-revision. It is isimilar to an `exec git reset --hard <label>`, but
+revision. It is similar to an `exec git reset --hard <label>`, but
refuses to overwrite untracked files. If the `reset` command fails, it is
rescheduled immediately, with a helpful message how to edit the todo list
(this typically happens when a `reset` command was inserted into the todo
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 74a9d7edb4..2ac9b1c7fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Note that omitting the `=` in `git -c foo.bar ...` is allowed and sets
`foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a
config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c
foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
---bool` will convert to `false`.
+--type=bool` will convert to `false`.
--exec-path[=<path>]::
Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed.
@@ -858,7 +858,9 @@ Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org> where the
development and maintenance is primarily done. You do not have to be
-subscribed to the list to send a message there.
+subscribed to the list to send a message there. See the list archive
+at https://public-inbox.org/git for previous bug reports and other
+discussions.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to
the Git Security mailing list <git-security@googlegroups.com>.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index f970196bc1..adc759612d 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of
the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not
match: Git compares the protocols exactly.
+If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match
+exactly: the context `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` will match a config
+entry for `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` (in addition to matching the config
+entry for `https://example.com`) but will not match a config entry for
+`https://example.com/bar`.
+
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
---------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-config.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02da427fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
+ Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
+ to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
+
+gitcvs.enabled::
+ Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
+ See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
+
+gitcvs.logFile::
+ Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
+ various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
+
+gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
+ If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
+ attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
+ the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
+ the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
+ treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
+ will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
+ the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
+ the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is
+ used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
+
+gitcvs.allBinary::
+ This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve
+ the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
+ unresolved files are sent to the client in
+ mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
+ as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
+ otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
+ then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
+ it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.
+
+gitcvs.dbName::
+ Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
+ derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
+ used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
+ is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
+ linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
+ Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
+
+gitcvs.dbDriver::
+ Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
+ for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
+ with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
+ reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
+ May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
+ See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
+
+gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
+ Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,
+ since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
+ 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
+ linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
+
+gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
+ Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
+ database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
+ for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
+ linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
+ characters will be replaced with underscores.
+
+All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and
+`gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as
+'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
+is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
+access method.
diff --git a/Documentation/gui-config.txt b/Documentation/gui-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d30831a130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gui-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+gui.commitMsgWidth::
+ Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
+ linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
+
+gui.diffContext::
+ Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
+ made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
+
+gui.displayUntracked::
+ Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
+ in the file list. The default is "true".
+
+gui.encoding::
+ Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
+ file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
+ It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
+ for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
+ If this option is not set, the tools default to the
+ locale encoding.
+
+gui.matchTrackingBranch::
+ Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
+ default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
+ not. Default: "false".
+
+gui.newBranchTemplate::
+ Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
+ linkgit:git-gui[1].
+
+gui.pruneDuringFetch::
+ "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
+ performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
+
+gui.trustmtime::
+ Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
+ timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
+
+gui.spellingDictionary::
+ Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
+ the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
+ off.
+
+gui.fastCopyBlame::
+ If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
+ location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
+ repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
+
+gui.copyBlameThreshold::
+ Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
+ detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
+ linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
+
+gui.blamehistoryctx::
+ Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
+ linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
+ Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
+ variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
diff --git a/Documentation/pull-config.txt b/Documentation/pull-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb23a9947d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/pull-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+pull.ff::
+ By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
+ a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
+ tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
+ this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
+ a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
+ line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
+ allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
+ command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
+
+pull.rebase::
+ When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
+ of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
+ pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
+ per-branch basis.
++
+When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
+so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
+linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
++
+When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
+so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
+by running 'git pull'.
++
+When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
++
+*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
+it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
+for details).
+
+pull.octopus::
+ The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
+ at once.
+
+pull.twohead::
+ The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
diff --git a/Documentation/push-config.txt b/Documentation/push-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a0e000569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/push-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+push.default::
+ Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
+ explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
+ specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
+ (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
+ `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
++
+--
+
+* `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
+ explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
+ avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
+
+* `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
+ name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
+ workflows.
+
+* `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
+ changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
+ called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
+ pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
+ (i.e. central workflow).
+
+* `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
+
+* `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
+ added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
+ different from the local one.
++
+When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
+pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
+for beginners.
++
+This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
+
+* `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
+ This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
+ branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
+ and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
+ to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
+ 'master' will be pushed there).
++
+To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
+branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
+running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
+to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
+on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
+unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
+suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
+people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
+branches outside your control.
++
+This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
+new default).
+
+--
+
+push.followTags::
+ If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
+ may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
+ `--no-follow-tags`.
+
+push.gpgSign::
+ May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
+ value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
+ passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
+ pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
+ `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
+ override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
+ command-line flag always overrides this config option.
+
+push.pushOption::
+ When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the
+ command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of
+ this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.
++
+This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a
+higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
+repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
+configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
++
+--
+
+Example:
+
+/etc/gitconfig
+ push.pushoption = a
+ push.pushoption = b
+
+~/.gitconfig
+ push.pushoption = c
+
+repo/.git/config
+ push.pushoption =
+ push.pushoption = b
+
+This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
+
+--
+
+push.recurseSubmodules::
+ Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
+ are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
+ then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
+ revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
+ submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
+ exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
+ submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
+ pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
+ it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
+ is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
+ is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
+ specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
diff --git a/Documentation/receive-config.txt b/Documentation/receive-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65f78aac37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/receive-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+receive.advertiseAtomic::
+ By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
+ capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
+ capability, set this variable to false.
+
+receive.advertisePushOptions::
+ When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
+ capability to its clients. False by default.
+
+receive.autogc::
+ By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
+ receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
+ it by setting this variable to false.
+
+receive.certNonceSeed::
+ By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
+ will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
+ a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
+ key.
+
+receive.certNonceSlop::
+ When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
+ "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
+ repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
+ found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
+ hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
+ side to include). This may allow writing checks in
+ `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
+ checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
+ that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
+ decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
+ can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
+
+receive.fsckObjects::
+ If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
+ objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's checked.
+ Defaults to false. If not set, the value of
+ `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead.
+
+receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
+ Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by
+ linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of
+ linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for
+ details.
+
+receive.fsck.skipList::
+ Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by
+ linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of
+ linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.skipList` documentation for
+ details.
+
+receive.keepAlive::
+ After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
+ produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
+ the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
+ With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
+ any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
+ send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
+ to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
+
+receive.unpackLimit::
+ If the number of objects received in a push is below this
+ limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
+ files. However if the number of received objects equals or
+ exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
+ a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
+ pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
+ especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
+ `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
+
+receive.maxInputSize::
+ If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
+ limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
+ accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
+ is unlimited.
+
+receive.denyDeletes::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
+ the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
+
+receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
+ deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
+
+receive.denyCurrentBranch::
+ If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
+ to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
+ Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
+ out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
+ print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
+ proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
+ message. Defaults to "refuse".
++
+Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
+tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
+intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
+accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
+that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
+developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
++
+By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
+the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
+hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
+
+receive.denyNonFastForwards::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
+ not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
+ even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
+ set when initializing a shared repository.
+
+receive.hideRefs::
+ This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
+ only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
+ An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
+ rejected.
+
+receive.updateServerInfo::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
+ after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
+
+receive.shallowUpdate::
+ If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
+ require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
diff --git a/Documentation/sendemail-config.txt b/Documentation/sendemail-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0006faf800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/sendemail-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+sendemail.identity::
+ A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
+ 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
+ values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
+ the value of `sendemail.identity`.
+
+sendemail.smtpEncryption::
+ See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
+ setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
+
+sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
+ Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
+
+sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
+ Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
+ Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
+
+sendemail.<identity>.*::
+ Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
+ found below, taking precedence over those when this
+ identity is selected, through either the command-line or
+ `sendemail.identity`.
+
+sendemail.aliasesFile::
+sendemail.aliasFileType::
+sendemail.annotate::
+sendemail.bcc::
+sendemail.cc::
+sendemail.ccCmd::
+sendemail.chainReplyTo::
+sendemail.confirm::
+sendemail.envelopeSender::
+sendemail.from::
+sendemail.multiEdit::
+sendemail.signedoffbycc::
+sendemail.smtpPass::
+sendemail.suppresscc::
+sendemail.suppressFrom::
+sendemail.to::
+sendemail.tocmd::
+sendemail.smtpDomain::
+sendemail.smtpServer::
+sendemail.smtpServerPort::
+sendemail.smtpServerOption::
+sendemail.smtpUser::
+sendemail.thread::
+sendemail.transferEncoding::
+sendemail.validate::
+sendemail.xmailer::
+ See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
+
+sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
+ Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
+
+sendemail.smtpBatchSize::
+ Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin
+ will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in
+ one connection.
+ See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
+
+sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::
+ Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server.
+ See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/submodule-config.txt b/Documentation/submodule-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a1293b051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/submodule-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+submodule.<name>.url::
+ The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
+ file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
+ the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
+ update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are
+ set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate
+ whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
+ See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
+
+submodule.<name>.update::
+ The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
+ which is the only affected command, others such as
+ 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
+ historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
+ interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
+ and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
+ `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
+ See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
+
+submodule.<name>.branch::
+ The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
+ update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
+ the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
+ linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
+
+submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
+ This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
+ submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
+ command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
+ This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
+ file.
+
+submodule.<name>.ignore::
+ Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
+ a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
+ modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
+ commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
+ to the submodules work tree and
+ takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
+ recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
+ let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
+ Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
+ submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
+ This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
+ both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
+ "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
+ affected by this setting.
+
+submodule.<name>.active::
+ Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
+ commands. This config option takes precedence over the
+ submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for
+ details.
+
+submodule.active::
+ A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
+ submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
+ commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details.
+
+submodule.recurse::
+ Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
+ applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option,
+ except `clone`.
+ Defaults to false.
+
+submodule.fetchJobs::
+ Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
+ A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
+ in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
+ If unset, it defaults to 1.
+
+submodule.alternateLocation::
+ Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
+ cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
+ By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
+ value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
+ its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
+
+submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
+ Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
+ as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
+ `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt
index 8b001de0db..30fc0e9c93 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Calling sequence
----------------
* Prepare `struct diff_options` to record the set of diff options, and
- then call `diff_setup()` to initialize this structure. This sets up
- the vanilla default.
+ then call `repo_diff_setup()` to initialize this structure. This
+ sets up the vanilla default.
* Fill in the options structure to specify desired output format, rename
detection, etc. `diff_opt_parse()` can be used to parse options given
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
index 18142b6d29..d0d1707c8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Calling sequence
it is invoked.
* For each commit, call `graph_next_line()` repeatedly, until
- `graph_is_commit_finished()` returns non-zero. Each call go
+ `graph_is_commit_finished()` returns non-zero. Each call to
`graph_next_line()` will output a single line of the graph. The resulting
lines will not contain any newlines. `graph_next_line()` returns 1 if the
resulting line contains the current commit, or 0 if this is merely a line
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ struct commit *commit;
struct git_graph *graph = graph_init(opts);
while ((commit = get_revision(opts)) != NULL) {
- graph_update(graph, commit);
while (!graph_is_commit_finished(graph))
{
struct strbuf sb;
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt
index 55b878ade8..03f9ea6ac4 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-revision-walking.txt
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ revision list.
Functions
---------
-`init_revisions`::
+`repo_init_revisions`::
- Initialize a rev_info structure with default values. The second
+ Initialize a rev_info structure with default values. The third
parameter may be NULL or can be prefix path, and then the `.prefix`
variable will be set to it. This is typically the first function you
want to call when you want to deal with a revision list. After calling
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
index c664acbd76..7805b0968c 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ There are two main costs here:
1. Decompressing and parsing commits.
2. Walking the entire graph to satisfy topological order constraints.
-The commit graph file is a supplemental data structure that accelerates
+The commit-graph file is a supplemental data structure that accelerates
commit graph walks. If a user downgrades or disables the 'core.commitGraph'
config setting, then the existing ODB is sufficient. The file is stored
as "commit-graph" either in the .git/objects/info directory or in the info
directory of an alternate.
-The commit graph file stores the commit graph structure along with some
+The commit-graph file stores the commit graph structure along with some
extra metadata to speed up graph walks. By listing commit OIDs in lexi-
cographic order, we can identify an integer position for each commit and
refer to the parents of a commit using those integer positions. We use
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ that of a parent.
Design Details
--------------
-- The commit graph file is stored in a file named 'commit-graph' in the
+- The commit-graph file is stored in a file named 'commit-graph' in the
.git/objects/info directory. This could be stored in the info directory
of an alternate.
@@ -112,12 +112,24 @@ Design Details
- The file format includes parameters for the object ID hash function,
so a future change of hash algorithm does not require a change in format.
+- Commit grafts and replace objects can change the shape of the commit
+ history. The latter can also be enabled/disabled on the fly using
+ `--no-replace-objects`. This leads to difficultly storing both possible
+ interpretations of a commit id, especially when computing generation
+ numbers. The commit-graph will not be read or written when
+ replace-objects or grafts are present.
+
+- Shallow clones create grafts of commits by dropping their parents. This
+ leads the commit-graph to think those commits have generation number 1.
+ If and when those commits are made unshallow, those generation numbers
+ become invalid. Since shallow clones are intended to restrict the commit
+ history to a very small set of commits, the commit-graph feature is less
+ helpful for these clones, anyway. The commit-graph will not be read or
+ written when shallow commits are present.
+
Future Work
-----------
-- The commit graph feature currently does not honor commit grafts. This can
- be remedied by duplicating or refactoring the current graft logic.
-
- After computing and storing generation numbers, we must make graph
walks aware of generation numbers to gain the performance benefits they
enable. This will mostly be accomplished by swapping a commit-date-ordered
@@ -127,7 +139,7 @@ Future Work
- 'log --topo-order'
- 'tag --merged'
-- A server could provide a commit graph file as part of the network protocol
+- A server could provide a commit-graph file as part of the network protocol
to avoid extra calculations by clients. This feature is only of benefit if
the user is willing to trust the file, because verifying the file is correct
is as hard as computing it from scratch.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
index db3572626b..7c4d67aa6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
@@ -314,3 +314,44 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type:
- An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether the n-th index entry
is not CE_FSMONITOR_VALID.
+
+== End of Index Entry
+
+ The End of Index Entry (EOIE) is used to locate the end of the variable
+ length index entries and the begining of the extensions. Code can take
+ advantage of this to quickly locate the index extensions without having
+ to parse through all of the index entries.
+
+ Because it must be able to be loaded before the variable length cache
+ entries and other index extensions, this extension must be written last.
+ The signature for this extension is { 'E', 'O', 'I', 'E' }.
+
+ The extension consists of:
+
+ - 32-bit offset to the end of the index entries
+
+ - 160-bit SHA-1 over the extension types and their sizes (but not
+ their contents). E.g. if we have "TREE" extension that is N-bytes
+ long, "REUC" extension that is M-bytes long, followed by "EOIE",
+ then the hash would be:
+
+ SHA-1("TREE" + <binary representation of N> +
+ "REUC" + <binary representation of M>)
+
+== Index Entry Offset Table
+
+ The Index Entry Offset Table (IEOT) is used to help address the CPU
+ cost of loading the index by enabling multi-threading the process of
+ converting cache entries from the on-disk format to the in-memory format.
+ The signature for this extension is { 'I', 'E', 'O', 'T' }.
+
+ The extension consists of:
+
+ - 32-bit version (currently 1)
+
+ - A number of index offset entries each consisting of:
+
+ - 32-bit offset from the begining of the file to the first cache entry
+ in this block of entries.
+
+ - 32-bit count of cache entries in this block