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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt77
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blame-options.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/format.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/maintenance.txt25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-blame.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-for-each-repo.txt59
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-files.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-maintenance.txt99
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/githooks.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/line-range-format.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/line-range-options.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-options.txt6
22 files changed, 350 insertions, 73 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt
index 76ae487fe9..4c5be2dd04 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt
@@ -63,8 +63,18 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* Exit codes from "git remote add" etc. were not usable by scripted
callers, but now they are.
+ * "git archive" now allows compression level higher than "-9"
+ when generating tar.gz output.
+
* Zsh autocompletion (in contrib/) update.
+ * The maximum length of output filenames "git format-patch" creates
+ has become configurable (used to be capped at 64).
+
+ * "git rev-parse" learned the "--end-of-options" to help scripts to
+ safely take a parameter that is supposed to be a revision, e.g.
+ "git rev-parse --verify -q --end-of-options $rev".
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -101,6 +111,11 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* Test scripts are being prepared to transition of the default branch
name to 'main'.
+ * "git fetch --depth=<n>" over the stateless RPC / smart HTTP
+ transport handled EOF from the client poorly at the server end.
+
+ * A specialization of hashmap that uses a string as key has been
+ introduced. Hopefully it will see wider use over time.
Fixes since v2.29
@@ -167,6 +182,61 @@ Fixes since v2.29
* A recent oid->hash conversion missed one spot, breaking "git svn".
(merge 03bb366de4 bc/svn-hash-oid-fix later to maint).
+ * The documentation on the "--abbrev=<n>" option did not say the
+ output may be longer than "<n>" hexdigits, which has been
+ clarified.
+ (merge cda34e0d0c jc/abbrev-doc later to maint).
+
+ * "git p4" now honors init.defaultBranch configuration.
+ (merge 1b09d1917f js/p4-default-branch later to maint).
+
+ * Recently the format of an internal state file "rebase -i" uses has
+ been tightened up for consistency, which would hurt those who start
+ "rebase -i" with old git and then continue with new git. Loosen
+ the reader side a bit (which we may want to tighten again in a year
+ or so).
+ (merge c779386182 jc/sequencer-stopped-sha-simplify later to maint).
+
+ * The code to see if "git stash drop" can safely remove refs/stash
+ has been made more carerful.
+ (merge 4f44c5659b rs/empty-reflog-check-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git log -L<range>:<path>" is documented to take no pathspec, but
+ this was not enforced by the command line option parser, which has
+ been corrected.
+ (merge 39664cb0ac jc/line-log-takes-no-pathspec later to maint).
+
+ * "git format-patch --output=there" did not work as expected and
+ instead crashed. The option is now supported.
+ (merge dc1672dd10 jk/format-patch-output later to maint).
+
+ * Define ARM64 compiled with MSVC to be little-endian.
+ (merge 0c038fc65a dg/bswap-msvc later to maint).
+
+ * "git rebase -i" did not store ORIG_HEAD correctly.
+ (merge 8843302307 pw/rebase-i-orig-head later to maint).
+
+ * "git blame -L :funcname -- path" did not work well for a path for
+ which a userdiff driver is defined.
+
+ * "make DEVELOPER=1 sparse" used to run sparse and let it emit
+ warnings; now such warnings will cause an error.
+ (merge 521dc56270 jc/sparse-error-for-developer-build later to maint).
+
+ * "git blame --ignore-revs-file=<file>" learned to ignore a
+ non-existent object name in the input, instead of complaining.
+ (merge c714d05875 jc/blame-ignore-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Running "git diff" while allowing external diff in a state with
+ unmerged paths used to segfault, which has been corrected.
+ (merge d66851806f jk/diff-release-filespec-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Build configuration cleanup.
+ (merge b990f02fd8 ab/config-mak-uname-simplify later to maint).
+
+ * Fix regression introduced when nvimdiff support in mergetool was added.
+ (merge 12026f46e7 pd/mergetool-nvimdiff later to maint).
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge 3e0a5dc9af cc/doc-filter-branch-typofix later to maint).
(merge 32c83afc2c cw/ci-ghwf-check-ws-errors later to maint).
@@ -177,3 +247,10 @@ Fixes since v2.29
(merge 9a82db1056 en/sequencer-rollback-lock-cleanup later to maint).
(merge 4e1bee9a99 js/t7006-cleanup later to maint).
(merge f5bcde6c58 es/tutorial-mention-asciidoc-early later to maint).
+ (merge 714d491af0 so/format-patch-doc-on-default-diff-format later to maint).
+ (merge 0795df4b9b rs/clear-commit-marks-in-repo later to maint).
+ (merge 9542d56379 sd/prompt-local-variable later to maint).
+ (merge 06d43fad18 rs/pack-write-hashwrite-simplify later to maint).
+ (merge b7e20b4373 mc/typofix later to maint).
+ (merge f6bcd9a8a4 js/test-whitespace-fixes later to maint).
+ (merge 53b67a801b js/test-file-size later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 88750af7ae..dc3bceb6d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
-L <start>,<end>::
-L :<funcname>::
- Annotate only the given line range. May be specified multiple times.
- Overlapping ranges are allowed.
+ Annotate only the line range given by '<start>,<end>',
+ or by the function name regex '<funcname>'.
+ May be specified multiple times. Overlapping ranges are allowed.
+
-<start> and <end> are optional. ``-L <start>'' or ``-L <start>,'' spans from
-<start> to end of file. ``-L ,<end>'' spans from start of file to <end>.
+'<start>' and '<end>' are optional. `-L <start>` or `-L <start>,` spans from
+'<start>' to end of file. `-L ,<end>` spans from start of file to '<end>'.
+
include::line-range-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 025ca4df11..f292c2689e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ color::
The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
`blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the
foreground; the second is the background. All the basic colors except
-`normal` have a bright variant that can be speficied by prefixing the
+`normal` have a bright variant that can be specified by prefixing the
color with `bright`, like `brightred`.
+
Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt
index 851bf410a3..fdbc06a4d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ format.outputDirectory::
Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
current working directory. All directory components will be created.
+format.filenameMaxLength::
+ The maximum length of the output filenames generated by the
+ `format-patch` command; defaults to 64. Can be overridden
+ by the `--filename-max-length=<n>` command line option.
+
format.useAutoBase::
A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
format-patch by default. Can also be set to "whenAble" to allow
diff --git a/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt b/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt
index a0706d8f09..a5ead09e4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/maintenance.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+maintenance.auto::
+ This boolean config option controls whether some commands run
+ `git maintenance run --auto` after doing their normal work. Defaults
+ to true.
+
+maintenance.strategy::
+ This string config option provides a way to specify one of a few
+ recommended schedules for background maintenance. This only affects
+ which tasks are run during `git maintenance run --schedule=X`
+ commands, provided no `--task=<task>` arguments are provided.
+ Further, if a `maintenance.<task>.schedule` config value is set,
+ then that value is used instead of the one provided by
+ `maintenance.strategy`. The possible strategy strings are:
++
+* `none`: This default setting implies no task are run at any schedule.
+* `incremental`: This setting optimizes for performing small maintenance
+ activities that do not delete any data. This does not schedule the `gc`
+ task, but runs the `prefetch` and `commit-graph` tasks hourly and the
+ `loose-objects` and `incremental-repack` tasks daily.
+
maintenance.<task>.enabled::
This boolean config option controls whether the maintenance task
with name `<task>` is run when no `--task` option is specified to
@@ -5,6 +25,11 @@ maintenance.<task>.enabled::
`--task` option exists. By default, only `maintenance.gc.enabled`
is true.
+maintenance.<task>.schedule::
+ This config option controls whether or not the given `<task>` runs
+ during a `git maintenance run --schedule=<frequency>` command. The
+ value must be one of "hourly", "daily", or "weekly".
+
maintenance.commit-graph.auto::
This integer config option controls how often the `commit-graph` task
should be run as part of `git maintenance run --auto`. If zero, then
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index ee52b65e46..746b144c76 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
-U<n>::
--unified=<n>::
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
- the usual three. Implies `--patch`.
+ the usual three.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
- Implies `-p`.
+ Implies `--patch`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--output=<file>::
@@ -441,12 +441,16 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--binary::
In addition to `--full-index`, output a binary diff that
- can be applied with `git-apply`. Implies `--patch`.
+ can be applied with `git-apply`.
+ifndef::git-format-patch[]
+ Implies `--patch`.
+endif::git-format-patch[]
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
- lines, show only a partial prefix.
+ lines, show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>'
+ hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object.
In diff-patch output format, `--full-index` takes higher
precedence, i.e. if `--full-index` is specified, full blob
names will be shown regardless of `--abbrev`.
@@ -700,7 +704,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
-W::
--function-context::
- Show whole surrounding functions of changes.
+ Show whole function as context lines for each change.
+ The function names are determined in the same way as
+ `git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a
+ custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-log[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index 7e81541996..34b496d485 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ include::blame-options.txt[]
--abbrev=<n>::
Instead of using the default 7+1 hexadecimal digits as the
- abbreviated object name, use <n>+1 digits. Note that 1 column
+ abbreviated object name, use <m>+1 digits, where <m> is at
+ least <n> but ensures the commit object names are unique.
+ Note that 1 column
is used for a caret to mark the boundary commit.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index ace4ad3da8..adaa1782a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--show-current]
- [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
+ [-v [--abbrev=<n> | --no-abbrev]]
[--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--sort=<key>]
[--merged [<commit>]] [--no-merged [<commit>]]
[--contains [<commit>]] [--no-contains [<commit>]]
@@ -194,8 +194,10 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
Be more quiet when creating or deleting a branch, suppressing
non-error messages.
---abbrev=<length>::
- Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing.
+--abbrev=<n>::
+ In the verbose listing that show the commit object name,
+ show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>' hexdigits
+ long that uniquely refers the object.
The default value is 7 and can be overridden by the `core.abbrev`
config option.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-repo.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-repo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94bd19da26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-repo.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+git-for-each-repo(1)
+====================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-for-each-repo - Run a Git command on a list of repositories
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git for-each-repo' --config=<config> [--] <arguments>
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Run a Git command on a list of repositories. The arguments after the
+known options or `--` indicator are used as the arguments for the Git
+subprocess.
+
+THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.
+
+For example, we could run maintenance on each of a list of repositories
+stored in a `maintenance.repo` config variable using
+
+-------------
+git for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run
+-------------
+
+This will run `git -C <repo> maintenance run` for each value `<repo>`
+in the multi-valued config variable `maintenance.repo`.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+--config=<config>::
+ Use the given config variable as a multi-valued list storing
+ absolute path names. Iterate on that list of paths to run
+ the given arguments.
++
+These config values are loaded from system, global, and local Git config,
+as available. If `git for-each-repo` is run in a directory that is not a
+Git repository, then only the system and global config is used.
+
+
+SUBPROCESS BEHAVIOR
+-------------------
+
+If any `git -C <repo> <arguments>` subprocess returns a non-zero exit code,
+then the `git for-each-repo` process returns that exit code without running
+more subprocesses.
+
+Each `git -C <repo> <arguments>` subprocess inherits the standard file
+descriptors `stdin`, `stdout`, and `stderr`.
+
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index bf1bb40f63..3e49bf2210 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--no-notes | --notes[=<ref>]]
[--interdiff=<previous>]
[--range-diff=<previous> [--creation-factor=<percent>]]
+ [--filename-max-length=<n>]
[--progress]
[<common diff options>]
[ <since> | <revision range> ]
@@ -200,6 +201,13 @@ populated with placeholder text.
allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
combined with the `--numbered` option.
+--filename-max-length=<n>::
+ Instead of the standard 64 bytes, chomp the generated output
+ filenames at around '<n>' bytes (too short a value will be
+ silently raised to a reasonable length). Defaults to the
+ value of the `format.filenameMaxLength` configuration
+ variable, or 64 if unconfigured.
+
--rfc::
Alias for `--subject-prefix="RFC PATCH"`. RFC means "Request For
Comments"; use this when sending an experimental patch for
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 6077ff01a4..4e0ba8234a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ providing this option will cause it to die.
--show-function::
Show the preceding line that contains the function name of
the match, unless the matching line is a function name itself.
- The name is determined in the same way as 'git diff' works out
+ The name is determined in the same way as `git diff` works out
patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in
linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ providing this option will cause it to die.
Show the surrounding text from the previous line containing a
function name up to the one before the next function name,
effectively showing the whole function in which the match was
- found.
+ found. The function names are determined in the same way as
+ `git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a
+ custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
--threads <num>::
Number of grep worker threads to use.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 2b8ac5ff88..dd189a353a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -77,20 +77,7 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc.
Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
--L <start>,<end>:<file>::
--L :<funcname>:<file>::
- Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
- (or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
- not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
- a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
- <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
- You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
- Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
- (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
- `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
-+
-include::line-range-format.txt[]
+include::line-range-options.txt[]
<revision range>::
Show only commits in the specified revision range. When no
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 3cb2ebb438..cbcf5263dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--exclude-standard]
[--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>]
[--full-name] [--recurse-submodules]
- [--abbrev] [--] [<file>...]
+ [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ a space) at the start of each line:
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
- lines, show only a partial prefix.
+ lines, show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>'
+ hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object.
Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
--debug::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index a7515714da..db02d6d79a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ OPTIONS
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
- lines, show only a partial prefix.
+ lines, show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>'
+ hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object.
Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
--full-name::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
index 3f5d8946b4..6fec1eb8dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,32 @@ Git repository.
SUBCOMMANDS
-----------
+register::
+ Initialize Git config values so any scheduled maintenance will
+ start running on this repository. This adds the repository to the
+ `maintenance.repo` config variable in the current user's global
+ config and enables some recommended configuration values for
+ `maintenance.<task>.schedule`. The tasks that are enabled are safe
+ for running in the background without disrupting foreground
+ processes.
++
+The `register` subcomand will also set the `maintenance.strategy` config
+value to `incremental`, if this value is not previously set. The
+`incremental` strategy uses the following schedule for each maintenance
+task:
++
+--
+* `gc`: disabled.
+* `commit-graph`: hourly.
+* `prefetch`: hourly.
+* `loose-objects`: daily.
+* `incremental-repack`: daily.
+--
++
+`git maintenance register` will also disable foreground maintenance by
+setting `maintenance.auto = false` in the current repository. This config
+setting will remain after a `git maintenance unregister` command.
+
run::
Run one or more maintenance tasks. If one or more `--task` options
are specified, then those tasks are run in that order. Otherwise,
@@ -36,6 +62,22 @@ run::
config options are true. By default, only `maintenance.gc.enabled`
is true.
+start::
+ Start running maintenance on the current repository. This performs
+ the same config updates as the `register` subcommand, then updates
+ the background scheduler to run `git maintenance run --scheduled`
+ on an hourly basis.
+
+stop::
+ Halt the background maintenance schedule. The current repository
+ is not removed from the list of maintained repositories, in case
+ the background maintenance is restarted later.
+
+unregister::
+ Remove the current repository from background maintenance. This
+ only removes the repository from the configured list. It does not
+ stop the background maintenance processes from running.
+
TASKS
-----
@@ -110,7 +152,18 @@ OPTIONS
only if certain thresholds are met. For example, the `gc` task
runs when the number of loose objects exceeds the number stored
in the `gc.auto` config setting, or when the number of pack-files
- exceeds the `gc.autoPackLimit` config setting.
+ exceeds the `gc.autoPackLimit` config setting. Not compatible with
+ the `--schedule` option.
+
+--schedule::
+ When combined with the `run` subcommand, run maintenance tasks
+ only if certain time conditions are met, as specified by the
+ `maintenance.<task>.schedule` config value for each `<task>`.
+ This config value specifies a number of seconds since the last
+ time that task ran, according to the `maintenance.<task>.lastRun`
+ config value. The tasks that are tested are those provided by
+ the `--task=<task>` option(s) or those with
+ `maintenance.<task>.enabled` set to true.
--quiet::
Do not report progress or other information over `stderr`.
@@ -122,6 +175,50 @@ OPTIONS
`maintenance.<task>.enabled` configured as `true` are considered.
See the 'TASKS' section for the list of accepted `<task>` values.
+
+TROUBLESHOOTING
+---------------
+The `git maintenance` command is designed to simplify the repository
+maintenance patterns while minimizing user wait time during Git commands.
+A variety of configuration options are available to allow customizing this
+process. The default maintenance options focus on operations that complete
+quickly, even on large repositories.
+
+Users may find some cases where scheduled maintenance tasks do not run as
+frequently as intended. Each `git maintenance run` command takes a lock on
+the repository's object database, and this prevents other concurrent
+`git maintenance run` commands from running on the same repository. Without
+this safeguard, competing processes could leave the repository in an
+unpredictable state.
+
+The background maintenance schedule runs `git maintenance run` processes
+on an hourly basis. Each run executes the "hourly" tasks. At midnight,
+that process also executes the "daily" tasks. At midnight on the first day
+of the week, that process also executes the "weekly" tasks. A single
+process iterates over each registered repository, performing the scheduled
+tasks for that frequency. Depending on the number of registered
+repositories and their sizes, this process may take longer than an hour.
+In this case, multiple `git maintenance run` commands may run on the same
+repository at the same time, colliding on the object database lock. This
+results in one of the two tasks not running.
+
+If you find that some maintenance windows are taking longer than one hour
+to complete, then consider reducing the complexity of your maintenance
+tasks. For example, the `gc` task is much slower than the
+`incremental-repack` task. However, this comes at a cost of a slightly
+larger object database. Consider moving more expensive tasks to be run
+less frequently.
+
+Expert users may consider scheduling their own maintenance tasks using a
+different schedule than is available through `git maintenance start` and
+Git configuration options. These users should be aware of the object
+database lock and how concurrent `git maintenance run` commands behave.
+Further, the `git gc` command should not be combined with
+`git maintenance run` commands. `git gc` modifies the object database
+but does not take the lock in the same way as `git maintenance run`. If
+possible, use `git maintenance run --task=gc` instead of `git gc`.
+
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index dab9609013..ec233ac0c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ p4-post-changelist
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `p4-post-changelist` hook is invoked after the submit has
-successfully occured in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
+successfully occurred in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
primarily for notification and cannot affect the outcome of the
git p4 submit action.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 19b12b6d43..5013daa6ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an
annotated tag that points at a commit). To make sure that `$VAR`
names an existing object of any type, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{object}"`
can be used.
++
+Note that if you are verifying a name from an untrusted source, it is
+wise to use `--end-of-options` so that the name argument is not mistaken
+for another option.
-q::
--quiet::
@@ -446,7 +450,7 @@ $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD
* Print the commit object name from the revision in the $REV shell variable:
+
------------
-$ git rev-parse --verify $REV^{commit}
+$ git rev-parse --verify --end-of-options $REV^{commit}
------------
+
This will error out if $REV is empty or not a valid revision.
@@ -454,7 +458,7 @@ This will error out if $REV is empty or not a valid revision.
* Similar to above:
+
------------
-$ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV
+$ git rev-parse --default master --verify --end-of-options $REV
------------
+
but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed.
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index 4e097dc4e9..ffccfc7760 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ p4-post-changelist
This hook is invoked by `git-p4 submit`.
The `p4-post-changelist` hook is invoked after the submit has
-successfully occured in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
+successfully occurred in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
primarily for notification and cannot affect the outcome of the
git p4 submit action.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index c653ebb6a8..d50e9ed10e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -98,25 +98,7 @@ linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list.
(See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more
detailed explanation.)
--L<start>,<end>:<file>::
--L:<funcname>:<file>::
-
- Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
- (or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
- not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
- a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
- <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
- You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
- Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
- (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
- `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
-+
-*Note:* gitk (unlike linkgit:git-log[1]) currently only understands
-this option if you specify it "glued together" with its argument. Do
-*not* put a space after `-L`.
-+
-include::line-range-format.txt[]
+include::line-range-options.txt[]
<revision range>::
diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
index 829676ff98..9b51e9fb66 100644
--- a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
-<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
+'<start>' and '<end>' can take one of these forms:
- number
+
-If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
+If '<start>' or '<end>' is a number, it specifies an
absolute line number (lines count from 1).
+
-- /regex/
+- `/regex/`
+
This form will use the first line matching the given
-POSIX regex. If <start> is a regex, it will search from the end of
+POSIX regex. If '<start>' is a regex, it will search from the end of
the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file.
-If <start> is ``^/regex/'', it will search from the start of file.
-If <end> is a regex, it will search
-starting at the line given by <start>.
+If '<start>' is `^/regex/`, it will search from the start of file.
+If '<end>' is a regex, it will search
+starting at the line given by '<start>'.
+
- +offset or -offset
+
-This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
-of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
+This is only valid for '<end>' and will specify a number
+of lines before or after the line given by '<start>'.
+
-If ``:<funcname>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it is a
+If `:<funcname>` is given in place of '<start>' and '<end>', it is a
regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line
-that matches <funcname>, up to the next funcname line. ``:<funcname>''
+that matches '<funcname>', up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>`
searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise
-from the start of file. ``^:<funcname>'' searches from the start of
-file.
+from the start of file. `^:<funcname>` searches from the start of
+file. The function names are determined in the same way as `git diff`
+works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header'
+in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-options.txt b/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e295a62b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-L<start>,<end>:<file>::
+-L:<funcname>:<file>::
+
+ Trace the evolution of the line range given by '<start>,<end>',
+ or by the function name regex '<funcname>', within the '<file>'. You may
+ not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
+ a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+ '<start>' and '<end>' (or '<funcname>') must exist in the starting revision.
+ You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
+ Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
+ (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
+ `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
++
+include::line-range-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 17c5aac4b7..27ddaf84a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
--abbrev-commit::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object
- name, show only a partial prefix. Non default number of
- digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies
- diff output, if it is displayed).
+ name, show a prefix that names the object uniquely.
+ "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies diff output, if it is displayed)
+ option can be used to specify the minimum length of the prefix.
+
This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for
people using 80-column terminals.