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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..750d40f34a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Git v1.7.1 Release Notes (draft) +================================ + +Updates since v1.7.0 +-------------------- + + * Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively ask + password can be told to use an external program given via GIT_ASKPASS. + + * Color values given to "color.<cmd>.<slot>" configuration can now have + more than one attributes (e.g. "bold ul"). + + * "git apply --whitespace=fix" didn't work well when an early patch in + a patch series adds trailing blank lines and a later one depended on + such a block of blank lines at the end. + + * "git am" learned "--keep-cr" option to handle inputs that are + mixture of changes to files with and without CRLF line endings. + + * "git cvsimport" learned -R option to leave revision mapping between + CVS revisions and resulting git commits. + + * "git for-each-ref" learned %(symref), %(symref:short) and %(flag) + tokens. + + * "git hash-object --stdin-paths" can take "--no-filters" option now. + + * "git init" can be told to look at init.templatedir configuration + variable (obviously that has to come from either /etc/gitconfig or + $HOME/.gitconfig). + + * "git grep" learned "--no-index" option, to search inside contents that + are not managed by git. + + * "git grep" learned --color=auto/always/never. + + * "git grep" learned to paint filename and line-number in colors. + + * "git merge-file" learned to use custom conflict marker size and also use + the "union merge" behaviour. + + * "git notes" command has been rewritten in C and learned quite a + many commands. + + * "git request-pull" identifies the commit the request is relative to in + a more readable way. + + * "git reset" learned "--keep" option that lets you discard commits + near the tip while preserving your local changes in a way similar + to how "git checkout branch" does. + + * "git svn" should work better when interacting with repositories + with CRLF line endings. + + * "git imap-send" learned to support CRAM-MD5 authentication. + +Fixes since v1.7.0 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.7.0.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + + * "git add frotz/nitfol" did not complain when the entire frotz/ directory + was ignored. + +--- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +echo O=$(git describe) +O=v1.7.0.2-323-g0d0925c +git shortlog --no-merges ^maint $O.. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 437b4ac5ee..06b2f827b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -519,10 +519,12 @@ check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. core.notesRef:: When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named - after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate. + after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate. The ref + must be fully qualified. + If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and -appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the +appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):" +line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits"). If the given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no notes should be printed. + @@ -555,6 +557,13 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may not necessarily be the current directory. +am.keepcr:: + If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format + with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will + not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overrriden + by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line. + See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. + apply.ignorewhitespace:: When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change' @@ -683,9 +692,29 @@ color.grep:: `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. -color.grep.match:: - Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable - may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. +color.grep.<slot>:: + Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which + part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of ++ +-- +`context`;; + non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`) +`filename`;; + filename prefix (when not using `-h`) +`function`;; + function name lines (when using `-p`) +`linenumber`;; + line number prefix (when using `-n`) +`match`;; + matching text +`selected`;; + non-matching text in selected lines +`separator`;; + separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`) + and between hunks (`--`) +-- ++ +The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. color.interactive:: When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts @@ -1203,6 +1232,10 @@ imap:: The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described in linkgit:git-imap-send[1]. +init.templatedir:: + Specify the directory from which templates will be copied. + (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) + instaweb.browser:: Specify the program that will be used to browse your working repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. @@ -1303,6 +1336,53 @@ mergetool.keepTemporaries:: mergetool.prompt:: Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. +notes.displayRef:: + The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when + showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set + to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be + shown. You may also specify this configuration variable + several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not + exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently + ignored. ++ +This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF` +environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or +globs. ++ +The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by +GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be +displayed. + +notes.rewrite.<command>:: + When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or + `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, git + automatically copies your notes from the original to the + rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see + "notes.rewriteRef" below. ++ +This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF` +environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or +globs. + +notes.rewriteMode:: + When copying notes during a rewrite (see the + "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if + the target commit already has a note. Must be one of + `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to + `concatenate`. ++ +This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE` +environment variable. + +notes.rewriteRef:: + When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully + qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a + glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied. + You may also specify this configuration several times. ++ +Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to +enable note rewriting. + pack.window:: The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt index 0f25ba7e38..8f9a2412fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ combined diff format "git-diff-tree", "git-diff-files" and "git-diff" can take '-c' or '--cc' option to produce 'combined diff'. For showing a merge commit -with "git log -p", this is the default format. +with "git log -p", this is the default format; you can force showing +full diff with the '-m' option. A 'combined diff' format looks like this: ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 8707d0e740..60e922e6ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -117,12 +117,14 @@ any of those replacements occurred. option and lists the commits in that commit range like the 'summary' option of linkgit:git-submodule[1] does. ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Show colored diff. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. --color-words[=<regex>]:: Show colored word diff, i.e., color words which have changed. diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index fe716b2e42..044ec882cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -78,9 +78,16 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] -q:: --quiet:: Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally - used git commands. + used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error + stream. -v:: --verbose:: Be verbose. endif::git-pull[] + +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 23864df8da..9e62f8778f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-am - Apply a series of patches from a mailbox SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8] +'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--keep-cr | --no-keep-cr] [--utf8 | --no-utf8] [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date] [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] @@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ OPTIONS --keep:: Pass `-k` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). +--keep-cr:: +--no-keep-cr:: + With `--keep-cr`, call 'git mailsplit' (see linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]) + with the same option, to prevent it from stripping CR at the end of + lines. `am.keepcr` configuration variable can be used to specify the + default behaviour. `--no-keep-cr` is useful to override `am.keepcr`. + -c:: --scissors:: Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 6b6c3da2d9..903a690f10 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] +'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] @@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ OPTIONS -M:: Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists. ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off branch colors, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. -r:: List or delete (if used with -d) the remote-tracking branches. diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index d15cb17d78..dc7d3d17b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --verbose:: -v:: - Run verbosely. + Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status + to the standard error stream. --progress:: Progress status is reported on the standard error stream @@ -149,8 +150,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --template=<template_directory>:: Specify the directory from which templates will be used; - if unset the templates are taken from the installation - defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. + (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) --depth <depth>:: Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index ddfcb3d143..8bcd875a67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>] [-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>] [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>] - [-r <remote>] [<CVS_module>] + [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>] DESCRIPTION @@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to export changes back to CVS again later with 'git cvsexportcommit'. +-R:: + Generate a `$GIT_DIR/cvs-revisions` file containing a mapping from CVS + revision numbers to newly-created Git commit IDs. The generated file + will contain one line for each (filename, revision) pair imported; + each line will look like ++ +--------- +src/widget.c 1.1 1d862f173cdc7325b6fa6d2ae1cfd61fd1b512b7 +--------- ++ +The revision data is appended to the file if it already exists, for use when +doing incremental imports. ++ +This option may be useful if you have CVS revision numbers stored in commit +messages, bug-tracking systems, email archives, and the like. + -h:: Print a short usage message and exit. diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 9674f9de67..835fb7135b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>] [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] - [--cc=<email>] + [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>] [--cover-letter] [<common diff options>] [ <since> | <revision range> ] @@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be combined with the `--numbered` option. +--to=<email>:: + Add a `To:` header to the email headers. This is in addition + to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times. + --cc=<email>:: Add a `Cc:` header to the email headers. This is in addition to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times. @@ -202,8 +206,8 @@ CONFIGURATION ------------- You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message, defaults for the subject prefix and file suffix, number patches when -outputting more than one patch, add "Cc:" headers, configure attachments, -and sign off patches with configuration variables. +outputting more than one patch, add "To" or "Cc:" headers, configure +attachments, and sign off patches with configuration variables. ------------ [format] @@ -211,6 +215,7 @@ and sign off patches with configuration variables. subjectprefix = CHANGE suffix = .txt numbered = auto + to = <email> cc = <email> attach [ = mime-boundary-string ] signoff = true diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index ee506e67f0..4b32322a67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-z | --null] [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet] [--max-depth <depth>] - [--color | --no-color] + [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] @@ -114,12 +114,14 @@ OPTIONS Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of lines that match. ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Show colored matches. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off match highlighting, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. -[ABC] <context>:: Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B` diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt index 479fce4693..6904739a48 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file>|--no-filters] [--stdin] [--] <file>... -'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths < <list-of-paths> +'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] --stdin-paths [--no-filters] < <list-of-paths> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index 57db955bd4..6cafbe2ec1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ imap.preformattedHTML:: option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text, format=fixed email. Default is `false`. +imap.authMethod:: + Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server. + Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only. + Examples ~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 7ee102da48..246b07ebf9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -28,14 +28,8 @@ current working directory. --template=<template_directory>:: -Provide the directory from which templates will be used. The default template -directory is `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. - -When specified, `<template_directory>` is used as the source of the template -files rather than the default. The template files include some directory -structure, some suggested "exclude patterns", and copies of non-executing -"hook" files. The suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and -extensible. +Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE +DIRECTORY" section below.) --shared[={false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx}]:: @@ -106,6 +100,25 @@ of the repository, such as installing the default hooks and setting the configuration variables. The old name is retained for backward compatibility reasons. +TEMPLATE DIRECTORY +------------------ + +The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to +the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created. + +The template directory used will (in order): + + - The argument given with the `--template` option. + + - The contents of the `$GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR` environment variable. + + - The `init.templatedir` configuration variable. + + - The default template directory: `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. + +The default template directory includes some directory structure, some +suggested "exclude patterns", and copies of sample "hook" files. +The suggested patterns and hook files are all modifiable and extensible. EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 0e39bb61ee..fb184ba186 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ git log master --not --remotes=*/master:: Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote repository master branches. +git log -p -m --first-parent:: + + Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the + "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged + branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges. + This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all + topic branches when staying on a single integration branch. + + Discussion ---------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt index 5cc94ec53d..a634485281 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program SYNOPSIS -------- -'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...] +'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] [--keep-cr] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ OPTIONS Skip the first <nn> numbers, for example if -f3 is specified, start the numbering with 0004. +--keep-cr:: + Do not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index 234269ae59..f334d694e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] - [--ours|--theirs] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] + [--ours|--theirs|--union] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] [--marker-size=<n>] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> @@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing >>>>>>> B If there are conflicts, the user should edit the result and delete one of -the alternatives. When `--ours` or `--theirs` option is in effect, however, -these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current-file>` or -lines from `<other-file>` respectively. +the alternatives. When `--ours`, `--theirs`, or `--union` option is in effect, +however, these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current-file>`, +lines from `<other-file>`, or lines from both respectively. The length of the +conflict markers can be given with the `--marker-size` option. The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0. @@ -67,8 +68,9 @@ OPTIONS --ours:: --theirs:: +--union:: Instead of leaving conflicts in the file, resolve conflicts - favouring our (or their) side of the lines. + favouring our (or their or both) side of the lines. EXAMPLES diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index d4487cab52..4e5113b837 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -3,57 +3,146 @@ git-notes(1) NAME ---- -git-notes - Add/inspect commit notes +git-notes - Add/inspect object notes SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git notes' (edit [-F <file> | -m <msg>] | show) [commit] +'git notes' [list [<object>]] +'git notes' add [-f] [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>] +'git notes' copy [-f] ( --stdin | <from-object> <to-object> ) +'git notes' append [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>] +'git notes' edit [<object>] +'git notes' show [<object>] +'git notes' remove [<object>] +'git notes' prune + DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command allows you to add notes to commit messages, without -changing the commit. To discern these notes from the message stored -in the commit object, the notes are indented like the message, after -an unindented line saying "Notes:". +This command allows you to add/remove notes to/from objects, without +changing the objects themselves. + +A typical use of notes is to extend a commit message without having +to change the commit itself. Such commit notes can be shown by `git log` +along with the original commit message. To discern these notes from the +message stored in the commit object, the notes are indented like the +message, after an unindented line saying "Notes (<refname>):" (or +"Notes:" for the default setting). -To disable commit notes, you have to set the config variable -core.notesRef to the empty string. Alternatively, you can set it -to a different ref, something like "refs/notes/bugzilla". This setting -can be overridden by the environment variable "GIT_NOTES_REF". +This command always manipulates the notes specified in "core.notesRef" +(see linkgit:git-config[1]), which can be overridden by GIT_NOTES_REF. +To change which notes are shown by 'git-log', see the +"notes.displayRef" configuration. + +See the description of "notes.rewrite.<command>" in +linkgit:git-config[1] for a way of carrying your notes across commands +that rewrite commits. SUBCOMMANDS ----------- +list:: + List the notes object for a given object. If no object is + given, show a list of all note objects and the objects they + annotate (in the format "<note object> <annotated object>"). + This is the default subcommand if no subcommand is given. + +add:: + Add notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). Abort if the + object already has notes (use `-f` to overwrite an + existing note). + +copy:: + Copy the notes for the first object onto the second object. + Abort if the second object already has notes, or if the first + object has none (use -f to overwrite existing notes to the + second object). This subcommand is equivalent to: + `git notes add [-f] -C $(git notes list <from-object>) <to-object>` ++ +In `\--stdin` mode, take lines in the format ++ +---------- +<from-object> SP <to-object> [ SP <rest> ] LF +---------- ++ +on standard input, and copy the notes from each <from-object> to its +corresponding <to-object>. (The optional `<rest>` is ignored so that +the command can read the input given to the `post-rewrite` hook.) + +append:: + Append to the notes of an existing object (defaults to HEAD). + Creates a new notes object if needed. + edit:: - Edit the notes for a given commit (defaults to HEAD). + Edit the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). show:: - Show the notes for a given commit (defaults to HEAD). + Show the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). + +remove:: + Remove the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). + This is equivalent to specifying an empty note message to + the `edit` subcommand. +prune:: + Remove all notes for non-existing/unreachable objects. OPTIONS ------- +-f:: +--force:: + When adding notes to an object that already has notes, + overwrite the existing notes (instead of aborting). + -m <msg>:: +--message=<msg>:: Use the given note message (instead of prompting). - If multiple `-m` (or `-F`) options are given, their - values are concatenated as separate paragraphs. + If multiple `-m` options are given, their values + are concatenated as separate paragraphs. -F <file>:: +--file=<file>:: Take the note message from the given file. Use '-' to read the note message from the standard input. - If multiple `-F` (or `-m`) options are given, their - values are concatenated as separate paragraphs. + +-C <object>:: +--reuse-message=<object>:: + Reuse the note message from the given note object. + +-c <object>:: +--reedit-message=<object>:: + Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that + the user can further edit the note message. + +--ref <ref>:: + Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>. This overrides both + GIT_NOTES_REF and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref + is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified. + + +NOTES +----- + +Every notes change creates a new commit at the specified notes ref. +You can therefore inspect the history of the notes by invoking, e.g., +`git log -p notes/commits`. + +Currently the commit message only records which operation triggered +the update, and the commit authorship is determined according to the +usual rules (see linkgit:git-commit[1]). These details may change in +the future. Author ------ -Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> +Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> and +Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Documentation ------------- -Documentation by Johannes Schindelin +Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and Johan Herland GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 31f42ea21a..ab4de10358 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ in a state that is hard to back out of in the case of a conflict. OPTIONS ------- +-q:: +--quiet:: + This is passed to both underlying git-fetch to squelch reporting of + during transfer, and underlying git-merge to squelch output during + merging. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Pass --verbose to git-fetch and git-merge. + Options related to merging ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 49b6bd9d92..59dc8b197e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -146,14 +146,21 @@ useful if you write an alias or script around 'git push'. receiver share many of the same objects in common. The default is \--thin. +-q:: +--quiet:: + Suppress all output, including the listing of updated refs, + unless an error occurs. Progress is not reported to the standard + error stream. + -v:: --verbose:: Run verbosely. --q:: ---quiet:: - Suppress all output, including the listing of updated refs, - unless an error occurs. +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. include::urls-remotes.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 168db08627..645f0c1748 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... 'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ OPTIONS and updates the files that are different between the named commit and the current commit in the working tree. +--keep:: + Reset the index to the given commit, keeping local changes in + the working tree since the current commit, while updating + working tree files without local changes to what appears in + the given commit. If a file that is different between the + current commit and the given commit has local changes, reset + is aborted. + -p:: --patch:: Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index @@ -93,6 +101,7 @@ in the index and in state D in HEAD. --mixed A D D --hard D D D --merge (disallowed) + --keep (disallowed) working index HEAD target working index HEAD ---------------------------------------------------- @@ -100,6 +109,7 @@ in the index and in state D in HEAD. --mixed A C C --hard C C C --merge (disallowed) + --keep A C C working index HEAD target working index HEAD ---------------------------------------------------- @@ -107,6 +117,7 @@ in the index and in state D in HEAD. --mixed B D D --hard D D D --merge D D D + --keep (disallowed) working index HEAD target working index HEAD ---------------------------------------------------- @@ -114,6 +125,7 @@ in the index and in state D in HEAD. --mixed B C C --hard C C C --merge C C C + --keep B C C working index HEAD target working index HEAD ---------------------------------------------------- @@ -121,6 +133,7 @@ in the index and in state D in HEAD. --mixed B D D --hard D D D --merge (disallowed) + --keep (disallowed) working index HEAD target working index HEAD ---------------------------------------------------- @@ -128,6 +141,7 @@ in the index and in state D in HEAD. --mixed B C C --hard C C C --merge B C C + --keep B C C "reset --merge" is meant to be used when resetting out of a conflicted merge. Any mergy operation guarantees that the work tree file that is @@ -138,6 +152,15 @@ between the index and the work tree, then it means that we are not resetting out from a state that a mergy operation left after failing with a conflict. That is why we disallow --merge option in this case. +"reset --keep" is meant to be used when removing some of the last +commits in the current branch while keeping changes in the working +tree. If there could be conflicts between the changes in the commit we +want to remove and the changes in the working tree we want to keep, +the reset is disallowed. That's why it is disallowed if there are both +changes between the working tree and HEAD, and between HEAD and the +target. To be safe, it is also disallowed when there are unmerged +entries. + The following tables show what happens when there are unmerged entries: @@ -147,6 +170,7 @@ entries: --mixed X B B --hard B B B --merge B B B + --keep (disallowed) working index HEAD target working index HEAD ---------------------------------------------------- @@ -154,6 +178,7 @@ entries: --mixed X A A --hard A A A --merge A A A + --keep (disallowed) X means any state and U means an unmerged index. @@ -325,6 +350,32 @@ $ git add frotz.c <3> <2> This commits all other changes in the index. <3> Adds the file to the index again. +Keep changes in working tree while discarding some previous commits:: ++ +Suppose you are working on something and you commit it, and then you +continue working a bit more, but now you think that what you have in +your working tree should be in another branch that has nothing to do +with what you commited previously. You can start a new branch and +reset it while keeping the changes in your work tree. ++ +------------ +$ git tag start +$ git checkout -b branch1 +$ edit +$ git commit ... <1> +$ edit +$ git checkout -b branch2 <2> +$ git reset --keep start <3> +------------ ++ +<1> This commits your first edits in branch1. +<2> In the ideal world, you could have realized that the earlier + commit did not belong to the new topic when you created and switched + to branch2 (i.e. "git checkout -b branch2 start"), but nobody is + perfect. +<3> But you can use "reset --keep" to remove the unwanted commit after + you switched to "branch2". + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index b9c4154e73..f1499bba88 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order] - [--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse] + [--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse] [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]... @@ -117,13 +117,15 @@ OPTIONS When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached). ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit corresponding to the branch it's in. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options are mutually exclusive. diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 87e2c035a7..7183aa9abb 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -317,6 +317,44 @@ This hook is invoked by 'git gc --auto'. It takes no parameter, and exiting with non-zero status from this script causes the 'git gc --auto' to abort. +post-rewrite +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This hook is invoked by commands that rewrite commits (`git commit +--amend`, 'git-rebase'; currently 'git-filter-branch' does 'not' call +it!). Its first argument denotes the command it was invoked by: +currently one of `amend` or `rebase`. Further command-dependent +arguments may be passed in the future. + +The hook receives a list of the rewritten commits on stdin, in the +format + + <old-sha1> SP <new-sha1> [ SP <extra-info> ] LF + +The 'extra-info' is again command-dependent. If it is empty, the +preceding SP is also omitted. Currently, no commands pass any +'extra-info'. + +The hook always runs after the automatic note copying (see +"notes.rewrite.<command>" in linkgit:git-config.txt) has happened, and +thus has access to these notes. + +The following command-specific comments apply: + +rebase:: + For the 'squash' and 'fixup' operation, all commits that were + squashed are listed as being rewritten to the squashed commit. + This means that there will be several lines sharing the same + 'new-sha1'. ++ +The commits are guaranteed to be listed in the order that they were +processed by rebase. + +There is no default 'post-rewrite' hook, but see the +`post-receive-copy-notes` script in `contrib/hooks` for an example +that copies your git-notes to the rewritten commits. + + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 3b83dba1a0..37ce9a17fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ option can be used to override --squash. Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be removed in the future. +ifndef::git-pull[] -q:: --quiet:: Operate quietly. @@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ option can be used to override --squash. -v:: --verbose:: Be verbose. +endif::git-pull[] -X <option>:: --strategy-option=<option>:: diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index aa96caeab2..af6d2b995a 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -30,9 +30,18 @@ people using 80-column terminals. defaults to UTF-8. --no-notes:: ---show-notes:: +--show-notes[=<ref>]:: Show the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) that annotate the commit, when showing the commit log message. This is the default for `git log`, `git show` and `git whatchanged` commands when there is no `--pretty`, `--format` nor `--oneline` option is given on the command line. ++ +With an optional argument, add this ref to the list of notes. The ref +is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified. + +--[no-]standard-notes:: + Enable or disable populating the notes ref list from the + 'core.notesRef' and 'notes.displayRef' variables (or + corresponding environment overrides). Enabled by default. + See linkgit:git-config[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 81c0e6f184..b9fb7a86bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options. -c:: - This flag changes the way a merge commit is displayed. It shows - the differences from each of the parents to the merge result + With this option, diff output for a merge commit + shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files which were modified from all parents. @@ -121,6 +121,15 @@ options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options. the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks one of them without modification. +-m:: + + This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like + regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry + and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against + the first parent is shown when '--first-parent' option is given; + in that case, the output represents the changes the merge + brought _into_ the then-current branch. + -r:: Show recursive diffs. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 50f9e9ac17..312e3b2e2b 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: `OPT__ABBREV(&int_var)`:: Add `\--abbrev[=<n>]`. +`OPT__COLOR(&int_var, description)`:: + Add `\--color[=<when>]` and `--no-color`. + `OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var)`:: Add `-n, \--dry-run`. @@ -183,6 +186,15 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: arguments. Short options that happen to be digits take precedence over it. +`OPT_COLOR_FLAG(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: + Introduce an option that takes an optional argument that can + have one of three values: "always", "never", or "auto". If the + argument is not given, it defaults to "always". The `--no-` form + works like `--long=never`; it cannot take an argument. If + "always", set `int_var` to 1; if "never", set `int_var` to 0; if + "auto", set `int_var` to 1 if stdout is a tty or a pager, + 0 otherwise. + The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`. |