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-rw-r--r--Documentation/CodingGuidelines8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.6.txt62
-rw-r--r--Documentation/asciidoc.conf4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-describe.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fsck.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-lost-found.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pull.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-replace.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcli.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.conf2
16 files changed, 143 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 45577117c2..57da6aadeb 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -76,11 +76,19 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
- We do not use Process Substitution <(list) or >(list).
+ - Do not write control structures on a single line with semicolon.
+ "then" should be on the next line for if statements, and "do"
+ should be on the next line for "while" and "for".
+
- We prefer "test" over "[ ... ]".
- We do not write the noiseword "function" in front of shell
functions.
+ - We prefer a space between the function name and the parentheses. The
+ opening "{" should also be on the same line.
+ E.g.: my_function () {
+
- As to use of grep, stick to a subset of BRE (namely, no \{m,n\},
[::], [==], nor [..]) for portability.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt
index 86df992c6b..0a2ed855c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Fixes since v1.7.11.4
* The Makefile rule to create assembly output (primarily for
debugging purposes) did not create it next to the source.
+ * The code to avoid mistaken attempt to add the object directory
+ itself as its own alternate could read beyond end of a string while
+ comparison.
+
* On some architectures, "block-sha1" did not compile correctly
when compilers inferred alignment guarantees from our source we
did not intend to make.
@@ -25,4 +29,8 @@ Fixes since v1.7.11.4
* "git mergetool" did not support --tool-help option to give the list
of supported backends, like "git difftool" does.
+ * "git grep" stopped spawning an external "grep" long time ago, but a
+ duplicated test to check internal and external "grep" was left
+ behind.
+
Also contains minor typofixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84ba827b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.11.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+Git v1.7.11.6 Release Notes
+===========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.11.5
+---------------------
+
+This consists primarily of documentation updates and low-impact code
+clarification and bugfixes.
+
+ - "ciabot" script (in contrib/) has been updated with extensive
+ documentation.
+
+ - The "--rebase" option to "git pull" can be abbreviated to "-r",
+ but we didn't document it.
+
+ - It was generally understood that "--long-option"s to many of our
+ subcommands can be abbreviated to the unique prefix, but it was not
+ easy to find it described for new readers of the documentation set.
+
+ - The "--topo-order", "--date-order" (and the lack of either means
+ the default order) options to "rev-list" and "log" family of
+ commands were poorly described in the documentation.
+
+ - Older parts of the documentation described as if having a regular
+ file in .git/refs/ hierarchy were the only way to have branches and
+ tags, which is not true for quite some time.
+
+ - A utility shell function test_seq has been added as a replacement
+ for the 'seq' utility found on some platforms.
+
+ - Fallback 'getpass' implementation made unportable use of stdio API.
+
+ - "git commit --amend" let the user edit the log message and then
+ died when the human-readable committer name was given
+ insufficiently by getpwent(3).
+
+ - The reflog entries left by "git rebase" and "git rebase -i" were
+ inconsistent (the interactive one gave an abbreviated object name).
+
+ - When the user exports a non-default IFS without HT, scripts that
+ rely on being able to parse "ls-files -s | while read a b c..."
+ started to fail. Protect them from such a misconfiguration.
+
+ - When "git push" triggered the automatic gc on the receiving end, a
+ message from "git prune" that said it was removing cruft leaked to
+ the standard output, breaking the communication protocol.
+
+ - "git diff" had a confusion between taking data from a path in the
+ working tree and taking data from an object that happens to have
+ name 0{40} recorded in a tree.
+
+ - "git send-email" did not unquote encoded words that appear on the
+ header correctly, and lost "_" from strings.
+
+ - When the user gives an argument that can be taken as both a
+ revision name and a pathname without disambiguating with "--", we
+ used to give a help message "Use '--' to separate". The message
+ has been clarified to show where that '--' goes on the command
+ line.
+
+ - "gitweb" when used with PATH_INFO failed to notice directories with
+ SP (and other characters that need URL-style quoting) in them.
diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
index a26d245ab4..1273a85c8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifndef::git-asciidoc-no-roff[]
# v1.72 breaks with this because it replaces dots not in roff requests.
[listingblock]
<example><title>{title}</title>
-<literallayout>
+<literallayout class="monospaced">
ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
&#10;.ft C&#10;
endif::doctype-manpage[]
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
# The following two small workarounds insert a simple paragraph after screen
[listingblock]
<example><title>{title}</title>
-<literallayout>
+<literallayout class="monospaced">
|
</literallayout><simpara></simpara>
{title#}</example>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 039cce2e98..72d6bb612b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ OPTIONS
--all::
Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
- found in `.git/refs/`. This option enables matching
+ found in `refs/` namespace. This option enables matching
any known branch, remote-tracking branch, or lightweight tag.
--tags::
Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
- found in `.git/refs/tags`. This option enables matching
+ found in `refs/tags` namespace. This option enables matching
a lightweight (non-annotated) tag.
--contains::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index 81f58234a7..15e7ac80c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ changes, which would normally have no effect. Nevertheless, this may be
useful in the future for compensating for some git bugs or such,
therefore such a usage is permitted.
-*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts` and `.git/refs/replace/`.
+*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts` file and refs in
+the `refs/replace/` namespace.
If you have any grafts or replacement refs defined, running this command
will make them permanent.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
index bbb25da2dd..da348fc942 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ OPTIONS
An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace.
+
If no objects are given, 'git fsck' defaults to using the
-index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless
---no-reflogs is given) as heads.
+index file, all SHA1 references in `refs` namespace, and all reflogs
+(unless --no-reflogs is given) as heads.
--unreachable::
Print out objects that exist but that aren't reachable from any
diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
index c406a11001..d54932889f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ $ gitk $(cd .git/lost-found/commit && echo ??*)
------------
After making sure you know which the object is the tag you are looking
-for, you can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy.
+for, you can reconnect it to your regular `refs` hierarchy by using
+the `update-ref` command.
------------
$ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt
index 10afd4edfe..f131677478 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
-----------
Traditionally, tips of branches and tags (collectively known as
-'refs') were stored one file per ref under `$GIT_DIR/refs`
+'refs') were stored one file per ref in a (sub)directory
+under `$GIT_DIR/refs`
directory. While many branch tips tend to be updated often,
most tags and some branch tips are never updated. When a
repository has hundreds or thousands of tags, this
@@ -22,13 +23,14 @@ one-file-per-ref format both wastes storage and hurts
performance.
This command is used to solve the storage and performance
-problem by stashing the refs in a single file,
+problem by storing the refs in a single file,
`$GIT_DIR/packed-refs`. When a ref is missing from the
-traditional `$GIT_DIR/refs` hierarchy, it is looked up in this
+traditional `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory hierarchy, it is looked
+up in this
file and used if found.
Subsequent updates to branches always create new files under
-`$GIT_DIR/refs` hierarchy.
+`$GIT_DIR/refs` directory hierarchy.
A recommended practice to deal with a repository with too many
refs is to pack its refs with `--all --prune` once, and
@@ -57,6 +59,15 @@ a repository with many branches of historical interests.
The command usually removes loose refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs`
hierarchy after packing them. This option tells it not to.
+
+BUGS
+----
+
+Older documentation written before the packed-refs mechanism was
+introduced may still say things like ".git/refs/heads/<branch> file
+exists" when it means "branch <branch> exists".
+
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index defb544ed0..67fa5ee195 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
:git-pull: 1
+-r::
--rebase::
Rebase the current branch on top of the upstream branch after
fetching. If there is a remote-tracking branch corresponding to
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index 17df525275..51131d0858 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Adds a 'replace' reference in `.git/refs/replace/`
+Adds a 'replace' reference in `refs/replace/` namespace.
The name of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the object that is
replaced. The content of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the
replacement object.
-Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist in
-`.git/refs/replace/` directory.
+Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist.
Replacement references will be used by default by all git commands
except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index e36a7c3d1e..247534e908 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Add a tag reference in `.git/refs/tags/`, unless `-d/-l/-v` is given
+Add a tag reference in `refs/tags/`, unless `-d/-l/-v` is given
to delete, list or verify tags.
-Unless `-f` is given, the tag to be created must not yet exist in the
-`.git/refs/tags/` directory.
+Unless `-f` is given, the named tag must not yet exist.
If one of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>` is passed, the command
creates a 'tag' object, and requires a tag message. Unless
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 7af8aaa047..677eb95995 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.7.11.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.11.4]
+* link:v1.7.11.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.11.5]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt[1.7.11.5],
link:RelNotes/1.7.11.4.txt[1.7.11.4],
link:RelNotes/1.7.11.3.txt[1.7.11.3],
link:RelNotes/1.7.11.2.txt[1.7.11.2],
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index ea17f7a53b..3e72a5d68e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ scripting git:
`git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work
if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree.
+ * many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated
+ only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option
+ whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to
+ invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out
+ when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a
+ new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize",
+ to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique.
+
ENHANCED OPTION PARSER
----------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index d9b2b5b2e0..def1340ac7 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -578,16 +578,33 @@ Commit Ordering
By default, the commits are shown in reverse chronological order.
---topo-order::
+--date-order::
+ Show no parents before all of its children are shown, but
+ otherwise show commits in the commit timestamp order.
- This option makes them appear in topological order (i.e.
- descendant commits are shown before their parents).
+--topo-order::
+ Show no parents before all of its children are shown, and
+ avoid showing commits on multiple lines of history
+ intermixed.
++
+For example, in a commit history like this:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
---date-order::
+ ---1----2----4----7
+ \ \
+ 3----5----6----8---
- This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no
- parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise things
- are still ordered in the commit timestamp order.
+----------------------------------------------------------------
++
+where the numbers denote the order of commit timestamps, `git
+rev-list` and friends with `--date-order` show the commits in the
+timestamp order: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
++
+With `--topo-order`, they would show 8 6 5 3 7 4 2 1 (or 8 7 4 2 6 5
+3 1); some older commits are shown before newer ones in order to
+avoid showing the commits from two parallel development track mixed
+together.
--reverse::
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.conf b/Documentation/user-manual.conf
index 339b30919e..d87294de2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.conf
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ifdef::backend-docbook[]
# "unbreak" docbook-xsl v1.68 for manpages. v1.69 works with or without this.
[listingblock]
<example><title>{title}</title>
-<literallayout>
+<literallayout class="monospaced">
|
</literallayout>
{title#}</example>