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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.3.txt | 62 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.0.txt | 82 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rm.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 95 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 221 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 11 |
13 files changed, 425 insertions, 84 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index b5be2e2d3f..2415e0d657 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ MAN7_TXT += giteveryday.txt MAN7_TXT += gitglossary.txt MAN7_TXT += gitnamespaces.txt MAN7_TXT += gitrevisions.txt +MAN7_TXT += gitsubmodules.txt MAN7_TXT += gittutorial-2.txt MAN7_TXT += gittutorial.txt MAN7_TXT += gitworkflows.txt diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt index be68524cff..71a86cb7c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Fixes since v1.7.10 * The 'push to upstream' implementation was broken in some corner cases. "git push $there" without refspec, when the current branch is set to push to a remote different from $there, used to push to - $there using the upstream information to a remote unreleated to + $there using the upstream information to a remote unrelated to $there. * Giving "--continue" to a conflicted "rebase -i" session skipped a diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt index 29154805b4..ef8b97da9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ notes for details). needed it so far. * Git 2.11 had a minor regression in "merge --ff-only" that competed - with another process that simultanously attempted to update the + with another process that simultaneously attempted to update the index. We used to explain what went wrong with an error message, but the new code silently failed. The error message has been resurrected. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5d76ad5310 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +Git v2.13.3 Release Notes +========================= + +Fixes since v2.13.2 +------------------- + + * The "collision detecting" SHA-1 implementation shipped with 2.13.2 + was still broken on some platforms. Update to the upstream code + again to take their fix. + + * The 'diff-highlight' program (in contrib/) has been restructured + for easier reuse by an external project 'diff-so-fancy'. + + * "git mergetool" learned to work around a wrapper MacOS X adds + around underlying meld. + + * An example in documentation that does not work in multi worktree + configuration has been corrected. + + * The pretty-format specifiers like '%h', '%t', etc. had an + optimization that no longer works correctly. In preparation/hope + of getting it correctly implemented, first discard the optimization + that is broken. + + * The code to pick up and execute command alias definition from the + configuration used to switch to the top of the working tree and + then come back when the expanded alias was executed, which was + unnecessarilyl complex. Attempt to simplify the logic by using the + early-config mechanism that does not chdir around. + + * "git add -p" were updated in 2.12 timeframe to cope with custom + core.commentchar but the implementation was buggy and a + metacharacter like $ and * did not work. + + * Fix a recent regression to "git rebase -i" and add tests that would + have caught it and others. + + * An unaligned 32-bit access in pack-bitmap code ahs been corrected. + + * Tighten error checks for invalid "git apply" input. + + * The split index code did not honor core.sharedrepository setting + correctly. + + * The Makefile rule in contrib/subtree for building documentation + learned to honour USE_ASCIIDOCTOR just like the main documentation + set does. + + * A few tests that tried to verify the contents of push certificates + did not use 'git rev-parse' to formulate the line to look for in + the certificate correctly. + + * After "git branch --move" of the currently checked out branch, the + code to walk the reflog of HEAD via "log -g" and friends + incorrectly stopped at the reflog entry that records the renaming + of the branch. + + * The rewrite of "git branch --list" using for-each-ref's internals + that happened in v2.13 regressed its handling of color.branch.local; + this has been fixed. + +Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.0.txt index 8b80058a85..93f0654109 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.0.txt @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features even when the other side hasn't enabled allowTipSHA1InWant. * The recently introduced "[includeIf "gitdir:$dir"] path=..." - mechansim has further been taught to take symlinks into account. + mechanism has further been taught to take symlinks into account. The directory "$dir" specified in "gitdir:$dir" may be a symlink to a real location, not something that $(getcwd) may return. In such a case, a realpath of "$dir" is compared with the real path of the @@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git status" learned to optionally give how many stash entries the user has in its output. + * "git status" has long shown essentially the same message as "git + commit"; the message it gives while preparing for the root commit, + i.e. "Initial commit", was hard to understand for some new users. + Now it says "No commits yet" to stress more on the current status + (rather than the commit the user is preparing for, which is more in + line with the focus of "git commit"). + + * "git send-email" learned to overcome some SMTP server limitation + that does not allow many pieces of e-mails to be sent over a single + session. + + * An old message shown in the commit log template was removed, as it + has outlived its usefulness. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -184,12 +198,25 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The 'diff-highlight' program (in contrib/) has been restructured for easier reuse by an external project 'diff-so-fancy'. - (merge 0c977dbc81 jk/diff-highlight-module later to maint). * A common pattern to free a piece of memory and assign NULL to the pointer that used to point at it has been replaced with a new FREE_AND_NULL() macro. + * Traditionally, the default die() routine had a code to prevent it + from getting called multiple times, which interacted badly when a + threaded program used it (one downside is that the real error may + be hidden and instead the only error message given to the user may + end up being "die recursion detected", which is not very useful). + + * Introduce a "repository" object to eventually make it easier to + work in multiple repositories (the primary focus is to work with + the superproject and its submodules) in a single process. + + * Optimize "what are the object names already taken in an alternate + object database?" query that is used to derive the length of prefix + an object name is uniquely abbreviated to. + Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -364,24 +391,20 @@ notes for details). * "git mergetool" learned to work around a wrapper MacOS X adds around underlying meld. - (merge 0af85f84bd da/mergetools-meld-output-opt-on-macos later to maint). * An example in documentation that does not work in multi worktree configuration has been corrected. - (merge 773a88914f ah/doc-gitattributes-empty-index later to maint). * The pretty-format specifiers like '%h', '%t', etc. had an optimization that no longer works correctly. In preparation/hope of getting it correctly implemented, first discard the optimization that is broken. - (merge fe9e2aefd4 rs/pretty-add-again later to maint). * The code to pick up and execute command alias definition from the configuration used to switch to the top of the working tree and then come back when the expanded alias was executed, which was unnecessarilyl complex. Attempt to simplify the logic by using the early-config mechanism that does not chdir around. - (merge a9bcf6586d js/alias-early-config later to maint). * Fix configuration codepath to pay proper attention to commondir that is used in multi-worktree situation, and isolate config API @@ -391,9 +414,48 @@ notes for details). * "git add -p" were updated in 2.12 timeframe to cope with custom core.commentchar but the implementation was buggy and a metacharacter like $ and * did not work. - (merge d85d7ecb80 jk/add-p-commentchar-fix later to maint). + + * A recent regression in "git rebase -i" has been fixed and tests + that would have caught it and others have been added. + + * An unaligned 32-bit access in pack-bitmap code ahs been corrected. + + * Tighten error checks for invalid "git apply" input. + + * The split index code did not honor core.sharedrepository setting + correctly. + + * The Makefile rule in contrib/subtree for building documentation + learned to honour USE_ASCIIDOCTOR just like the main documentation + set does. + + * Update the sha1dc again to fix portability glitches. + + * Code clean-up to fix possible buffer over-reading. + (merge 8bc172e5f2 rs/apply-avoid-over-reading later to maint). + + * A few tests that tried to verify the contents of push certificates + did not use 'git rev-parse' to formulate the line to look for in + the certificate correctly. + + * Update the character width tables. + (merge 7560aacd7c bb/unicode-10.0 later to maint). + + * After "git branch --move" of the currently checked out branch, the + code to walk the reflog of HEAD via "log -g" and friends + incorrectly stopped at the reflog entry that records the renaming + of the branch. + (merge e30d463d45 jk/reflog-walk-maint later to maint). + + * The rewrite of "git branch --list" using for-each-ref's internals + that happened in v2.13 regressed its handling of color.branch.local; + this has been fixed. + (merge 5b5c9c3e19 kn/ref-filter-branch-list later to maint). * Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups. - (merge 68241cb9dd sb/t4005-modernize later to maint). - (merge 4fced24712 ks/t7508-indent-fix later to maint). - (merge 968b1fe263 mb/reword-autocomplete-message later to maint). + (merge 3f9c637ec7 pw/unquote-path-in-git-pm later to maint). + (merge 669638fe7a ks/typofix-commit-c-comment later to maint). + (merge 5053313562 rs/urlmatch-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 42c78a216e rs/use-div-round-up later to maint). + (merge 5e8d2729ae rs/wt-status-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 01826066b0 ks/fix-rebase-doc-picture later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 06898a7498..d5c9c4cab6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -2946,6 +2946,16 @@ sendemail.xmailer:: 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:: The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. See linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index a5afd602d8..4f6bed61a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ on this 'subsystem'. You might end up with a history like the following: ------------ - o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o master + o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o master \ o---o---o---o---o subsystem \ diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 70f3753e1e..1d697d9962 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ $ git reset --keep start <3> Split a commit apart into a sequence of commits:: + -Suppose that you have created lots of logically separate changes and commited +Suppose that you have created lots of logically separate changes and committed them together. Then, later you decide that it might be better to have each logical chunk associated with its own commit. You can use git reset to rewind history without changing the contents of your local files, and then successively diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index 8c87e8cdd7..683e591330 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ Ignored files are deemed expendable and won't stop a submodule's work tree from being removed. If you only want to remove the local checkout of a submodule from your -work tree without committing the removal, -use linkgit:git-submodule[1] `deinit` instead. +work tree without committing the removal, use linkgit:git-submodule[1] `deinit` +instead. Also see linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details on submodule removal. EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index bb23b02caf..bac9014ac7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -248,6 +248,21 @@ must be used for each option. commands and replies will be printed. Useful to debug TLS connection and authentication problems. +--batch-size=<num>:: + Some email servers (e.g. smtp.163.com) limit the number emails to be + sent per session (connection) and this will lead to a faliure when + sending many messages. With this option, send-email will disconnect after + sending $<num> messages and wait for a few seconds (see --relogin-delay) + and reconnect, to work around such a limit. You may want to + use some form of credential helper to avoid having to retype + your password every time this happens. Defaults to the + `sendemail.smtpBatchSize` configuration variable. + +--relogin-delay=<int>:: + Waiting $<int> seconds before reconnecting to SMTP server. Used together + with --batch-size option. Defaults to the `sendemail.smtpReloginDelay` + configuration variable. + Automating ~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 74bc6200d5..ff612001d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -24,37 +24,7 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- Inspects, updates and manages submodules. -A submodule allows you to keep another Git repository in a subdirectory -of your repository. The other repository has its own history, which does not -interfere with the history of the current repository. This can be used to -have external dependencies such as third party libraries for example. - -When cloning or pulling a repository containing submodules however, -these will not be checked out by default; the 'init' and 'update' -subcommands will maintain submodules checked out and at -appropriate revision in your working tree. - -Submodules are composed from a so-called `gitlink` tree entry -in the main repository that refers to a particular commit object -within the inner repository that is completely separate. -A record in the `.gitmodules` (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) file at the -root of the source tree assigns a logical name to the submodule and -describes the default URL the submodule shall be cloned from. -The logical name can be used for overriding this URL within your -local repository configuration (see 'submodule init'). - -Submodules are not to be confused with remotes, which are other -repositories of the same project; submodules are meant for -different projects you would like to make part of your source tree, -while the history of the two projects still stays completely -independent and you cannot modify the contents of the submodule -from within the main project. -If you want to merge the project histories and want to treat the -aggregated whole as a single project from then on, you may want to -add a remote for the other project and use the 'subtree' merge strategy, -instead of treating the other project as a submodule. Directories -that come from both projects can be cloned and checked out as a whole -if you choose to go that route. +For more information about submodules, see linkgit:gitsubmodules[7]. COMMANDS -------- @@ -63,14 +33,6 @@ add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--dep to the changeset to be committed next to the current project: the current project is termed the "superproject". + -This requires at least one argument: <repository>. The optional -argument <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule -to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the -"humanish" part of the source repository is used ("repo" for -"/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git"). -The <path> is also used as the submodule's logical name in its -configuration entries unless `--name` is used to specify a logical name. -+ <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ or ../), the location relative to the superproject's default remote @@ -87,21 +49,22 @@ If the superproject doesn't have a default remote configured the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current working directory is used instead. + -<path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to -exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the -submodule is created by cloning from the named URL. If <path> does -exist and is already a valid Git repository, then this is added -to the changeset without cloning. This second form is provided -to ease creating a new submodule from scratch, and presumes -the user will later push the submodule to the given URL. +The optional argument <path> is the relative location for the cloned +submodule to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the +canonical part of the source repository is used ("repo" for +"/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git"). If <path> +exists and is already a valid Git repository, then it is staged +for commit without cloning. The <path> is also used as the submodule's +logical name in its configuration entries unless `--name` is used +to specify a logical name. + -In either case, the given URL is recorded into .gitmodules for -use by subsequent users cloning the superproject. If the URL is -given relative to the superproject's repository, the presumption -is the superproject and submodule repositories will be kept -together in the same relative location, and only the -superproject's URL needs to be provided: git-submodule will correctly -locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules. +The given URL is recorded into `.gitmodules` for use by subsequent users +cloning the superproject. If the URL is given relative to the +superproject's repository, the presumption is the superproject and +submodule repositories will be kept together in the same relative +location, and only the superproject's URL needs to be provided. +git-submodule will correctly locate the submodule using the relative +URL in `.gitmodules`. status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]:: Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the @@ -123,7 +86,7 @@ too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree). init [--] [<path>...]:: Initialize the submodules recorded in the index (which were added and committed elsewhere) by setting `submodule.$name.url` - in .git/config. It uses the same setting from .gitmodules as + in .git/config. It uses the same setting from `.gitmodules` as a template. If the URL is relative, it will be resolved using the default remote. If there is no default remote, the current repository will be assumed to be upstream. @@ -141,7 +104,7 @@ you can also just use `git submodule update --init` without the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize any submodule locations. + -See the add subcommand for the defintion of default remote. +See the add subcommand for the definition of default remote. deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...):: Unregister the given submodules, i.e. remove the whole @@ -149,15 +112,17 @@ deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...):: tree. Further calls to `git submodule update`, `git submodule foreach` and `git submodule sync` will skip any unregistered submodules until they are initialized again, so use this command if you don't want to - have a local checkout of the submodule in your working tree anymore. If - you really want to remove a submodule from the repository and commit - that use linkgit:git-rm[1] instead. + have a local checkout of the submodule in your working tree anymore. + When the command is run without pathspec, it errors out, instead of deinit-ing everything, to prevent mistakes. + If `--force` is specified, the submodule's working tree will be removed even if it contains local modifications. ++ +If you really want to remove a submodule from the repository and commit +that use linkgit:git-rm[1] instead. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for removal +options. update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...]:: + @@ -197,7 +162,7 @@ configuration variable: none;; the submodule is not updated. If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the -setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the +setting as stored in `.gitmodules`, you can automatically initialize the submodule with the `--init` option. If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the @@ -220,7 +185,7 @@ foreach [--recursive] <command>:: Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule. The command has access to the variables $name, $path, $sha1 and $toplevel: - $name is the name of the relevant submodule section in .gitmodules, + $name is the name of the relevant submodule section in `.gitmodules`, $path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the superproject, $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject, and $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level of the superproject. @@ -242,7 +207,7 @@ git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]:: Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting - to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those + to the value specified in `.gitmodules`. It will only affect those submodules which already have a URL entry in .git/config (that is the case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local @@ -413,7 +378,7 @@ for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s `--reference` and `--shared` options carefully. --[no-]recommend-shallow:: This option is only valid for the update command. The initial clone of a submodule will use the recommended - `submodule.<name>.shallow` as provided by the .gitmodules file + `submodule.<name>.shallow` as provided by the `.gitmodules` file by default. To ignore the suggestions use `--no-recommend-shallow`. -j <n>:: @@ -429,12 +394,16 @@ for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s `--reference` and `--shared` options carefully. FILES ----- -When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory +When initializing submodules, a `.gitmodules` file in the top-level directory of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule. This file should be formatted in the same way as `$GIT_DIR/config`. The key to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url". See linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:gitsubmodules[7], linkgit:gitmodules[5]. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..46cf120f66 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@ +gitsubmodules(7) +================ + +NAME +---- +gitsubmodules - mounting one repository inside another + +SYNOPSIS +-------- + .gitmodules, $GIT_DIR/config +------------------ +git submodule +git <command> --recurse-submodules +------------------ + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +A submodule is a repository embedded inside another repository. +The submodule has its own history; the repository it is embedded +in is called a superproject. + +On the filesystem, a submodule usually (but not always - see FORMS below) +consists of (i) a Git directory located under the `$GIT_DIR/modules/` +directory of its superproject, (ii) a working directory inside the +superproject's working directory, and a `.git` file at the root of +the submodule’s working directory pointing to (i). + +Assuming the submodule has a Git directory at `$GIT_DIR/modules/foo/` +and a working directory at `path/to/bar/`, the superproject tracks the +submodule via a `gitlink` entry in the tree at `path/to/bar` and an entry +in its `.gitmodules` file (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) of the form +`submodule.foo.path = path/to/bar`. + +The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the +superproject expects the submodule’s working directory to be at. + +The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional +hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via +the `submodule.foo.url` setting. + +Submodules can be used for at least two different use cases: + +1. Using another project while maintaining independent history. + Submodules allow you to contain the working tree of another project + within your own working tree while keeping the history of both + projects separate. Also, since submodules are fixed to an arbitrary + version, the other project can be independently developed without + affecting the superproject, allowing the superproject project to + fix itself to new versions only when desired. + +2. Splitting a (logically single) project into multiple + repositories and tying them back together. This can be used to + overcome current limitations of Gits implementation to have + finer grained access: + + * Size of the git repository: + In its current form Git scales up poorly for large repositories containing + content that is not compressed by delta computation between trees. + However you can also use submodules to e.g. hold large binary assets + and these repositories are then shallowly cloned such that you do not + have a large history locally. + * Transfer size: + In its current form Git requires the whole working tree present. It + does not allow partial trees to be transferred in fetch or clone. + * Access control: + By restricting user access to submodules, this can be used to implement + read/write policies for different users. + +The configuration of submodules +------------------------------- + +Submodule operations can be configured using the following mechanisms +(from highest to lowest precedence): + + * The command line for those commands that support taking submodule specs. + Most commands have a boolean flag '--recurse-submodules' whether to + recurse into submodules. Examples are `ls-files` or `checkout`. + Some commands take enums, such as `fetch` and `push`, where you can + specify how submodules are affected. + + * The configuration inside the submodule. This includes `$GIT_DIR/config` + in the submodule, but also settings in the tree such as a `.gitattributes` + or `.gitignore` files that specify behavior of commands inside the + submodule. ++ +For example an effect from the submodule's `.gitignore` file +would be observed when you run `git status --ignore-submodules=none` in +the superproject. This collects information from the submodule's working +directory by running `status` in the submodule, which does pay attention +to its `.gitignore` file. ++ +The submodule's `$GIT_DIR/config` file would come into play when running +`git push --recurse-submodules=check` in the superproject, as this would +check if the submodule has any changes not published to any remote. The +remotes are configured in the submodule as usual in the `$GIT_DIR/config` +file. + + * The configuration file `$GIT_DIR/config` in the superproject. + Typical configuration at this place is controlling if a submodule + is recursed into at all via the `active` flag for example. ++ +If the submodule is not yet initialized, then the configuration +inside the submodule does not exist yet, so configuration where to +obtain the submodule from is configured here for example. + + * the `.gitmodules` file inside the superproject. Additionally to the + required mapping between submodule's name and path, a project usually + uses this file to suggest defaults for the upstream collection + of repositories. ++ +This file mainly serves as the mapping between name and path in +the superproject, such that the submodule's git directory can be +located. ++ +If the submodule has never been initialized, this is the only place +where submodule configuration is found. It serves as the last fallback +to specify where to obtain the submodule from. + +FORMS +----- + +Submodules can take the following forms: + + * The basic form described in DESCRIPTION with a Git directory, +a working directory, a `gitlink`, and a `.gitmodules` entry. + + * "Old-form" submodule: A working directory with an embedded +`.git` directory, and the tracking `gitlink` and `.gitmodules` entry in +the superproject. This is typically found in repositories generated +using older versions of Git. ++ +It is possible to construct these old form repositories manually. ++ +When deinitialized or deleted (see below), the submodule’s Git +directory is automatically moved to `$GIT_DIR/modules/<name>/` +of the superproject. + + * Deinitialized submodule: A `gitlink`, and a `.gitmodules` entry, +but no submodule working directory. The submodule’s git directory +may be there as after deinitializing the git directory is kept around. +The directory which is supposed to be the working directory is empty instead. ++ +A submodule can be deinitialized by running `git submodule deinit`. +Besides emptying the working directory, this command only modifies +the superproject’s `$GIT_DIR/config` file, so the superproject’s history +is not affected. This can be undone using `git submodule init`. + + * Deleted submodule: A submodule can be deleted by running +`git rm <submodule path> && git commit`. This can be undone +using `git revert`. ++ +The deletion removes the superproject’s tracking data, which are +both the `gitlink` entry and the section in the `.gitmodules` file. +The submodule’s working directory is removed from the file +system, but the Git directory is kept around as it to make it +possible to checkout past commits without requiring fetching +from another repository. ++ +To completely remove a submodule, manually delete +`$GIT_DIR/modules/<name>/`. + +Workflow for a third party library +---------------------------------- + + # add a submodule + git submodule add <url> <path> + + # occasionally update the submodule to a new version: + git -C <path> checkout <new version> + git add <path> + git commit -m "update submodule to new version" + + # See the list of submodules in a superproject + git submodule status + + # See FORMS on removing submodules + + +Workflow for an artificially split repo +-------------------------------------- + + # Enable recursion for relevant commands, such that + # regular commands recurse into submodules by default + git config --global submodule.recurse true + + # Unlike the other commands below clone still needs + # its own recurse flag: + git clone --recurse <URL> <directory> + cd <directory> + + # Get to know the code: + git grep foo + git ls-files + + # Get new code + git fetch + git pull --rebase + + # change worktree + git checkout + git reset + +Implementation details +---------------------- + +When cloning or pulling a repository containing submodules the submodules +will not be checked out by default; You can instruct 'clone' to recurse +into submodules. The 'init' and 'update' subcommands of 'git submodule' +will maintain submodules checked out and at an appropriate revision in +your working tree. Alternatively you can set 'submodule.recurse' to have +'checkout' recursing into submodules. + + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-submodule[1], linkgit:gitmodules[5]. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index a48d267e26..4d6dac5770 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -174,11 +174,12 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] - '%Creset': reset color - '%C(...)': color specification, as described under Values in the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1]; - adding `auto,` at the beginning will emit color only when colors are - enabled for log output (by `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and - respecting the `auto` settings of the former if we are going to a - terminal). `auto` alone (i.e. `%C(auto)`) will turn on auto coloring - on the next placeholders until the color is switched again. + adding `auto,` at the beginning (e.g. `%C(auto,red)`) will emit + color only when colors are enabled for log output (by `color.diff`, + `color.ui`, or `--color`, and respecting the `auto` settings of the + former if we are going to a terminal). `auto` alone (i.e. + `%C(auto)`) will turn on auto coloring on the next placeholders + until the color is switched again. - '%m': left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark - '%n': newline - '%%': a raw '%' |