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2017-08-18Documentation: use proper wording for ref format stringsLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-2/+2
Various commands list refs and allow to use a format string for the output that interpolates from the ref as well as the object it points at (for-each-ref; branch and tag in list mode). Currently, the documentation talks about interpolating from the object. This is confusing because a ref points to an object but not vice versa, so the object cannot possible know %(refname), for example. Thus, this is wrong independent of refs being objects (one day, maybe) or not. Change the wording to make this clearer (and distinguish it from formats for the log family). Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-04-11Merge branch 'ab/ref-filter-no-contains'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-11/+22
"git tag/branch/for-each-ref" family of commands long allowed to filter the refs by "--contains X" (show only the refs that are descendants of X), "--merged X" (show only the refs that are ancestors of X), "--no-merged X" (show only the refs that are not ancestors of X). One curious omission, "--no-contains X" (show only the refs that are not descendants of X) has been added to them. * ab/ref-filter-no-contains: tag: add tests for --with and --without ref-filter: reflow recently changed branch/tag/for-each-ref docs ref-filter: add --no-contains option to tag/branch/for-each-ref tag: change --point-at to default to HEAD tag: implicitly supply --list given another list-like option tag: change misleading --list <pattern> documentation parse-options: add OPT_NONEG to the "contains" option tag: add more incompatibles mode tests for-each-ref: partly change <object> to <commit> in help tag tests: fix a typo in a test description tag: remove a TODO item from the test suite ref-filter: add test for --contains on a non-commit ref-filter: make combining --merged & --no-merged an error tag doc: reword --[no-]merged to talk about commits, not tips tag doc: split up the --[no-]merged documentation tag doc: move the description of --[no-]merged earlier
2017-03-28Merge branch 'ab/branch-list-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+7
Doc update. * ab/branch-list-doc: branch doc: update description for `--list` branch doc: change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>`
2017-03-24ref-filter: reflow recently changed branch/tag/for-each-ref docsLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-7/+8
Reflow the recently changed branch/tag-for-each-ref documentation. This change shows no changes under --word-diff, except the innocuous change of moving git-tag.txt's "[--sort=<key>]" around slightly. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-24ref-filter: add --no-contains option to tag/branch/for-each-refLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-4/+12
Change the tag, branch & for-each-ref commands to have a --no-contains option in addition to their longstanding --contains options. This allows for finding the last-good rollout tag given a known-bad <commit>. Given a hypothetically bad commit cf5c7253e0, the git version to revert to can be found with this hacky two-liner: (git tag -l 'v[0-9]*'; git tag -l --contains cf5c7253e0 'v[0-9]*') | sort | uniq -c | grep -E '^ *1 ' | awk '{print $2}' | tail -n 10 With this new --no-contains option the same can be achieved with: git tag -l --no-contains cf5c7253e0 'v[0-9]*' | sort | tail -n 10 As the filtering machinery is shared between the tag, branch & for-each-ref commands, implement this for those commands too. A practical use for this with "branch" is e.g. finding branches which were branched off between v2.8.0 and v2.10.0: git branch --contains v2.8.0 --no-contains v2.10.0 The "describe" command also has a --contains option, but its semantics are unrelated to what tag/branch/for-each-ref use --contains for. A --no-contains option for "describe" wouldn't make any sense, other than being exactly equivalent to not supplying --contains at all, which would be confusing at best. Add a --without option to "tag" as an alias for --no-contains, for consistency with --with and --contains. The --with option is undocumented, and possibly the only user of it is Junio (<xmqqefy71iej.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>). But it's trivial to support, so let's do that. The additions to the the test suite are inverse copies of the corresponding --contains tests. With this change --no-contains for tag, branch & for-each-ref is just as well tested as the existing --contains option. In addition to those tests, add a test for "tag" which asserts that --no-contains won't find tree/blob tags, which is slightly unintuitive, but consistent with how --contains works & is documented. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-24branch doc: update description for `--list`Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+7
The paragraph begins with a sample command line `git branch <name>` that has nothing to do with the option being described. Remove it, but use the space to instead show that multiple patterns can be given. Also mention the unfortunate `-l` that can be easily confused with it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-23branch doc: change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>`Libravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-1/+1
Change an example for `git branch <pattern>` to say `git branch <branchname>` to be consistent with the synopsis. This changes documentation added in d8d33736b5 ("branch: allow pattern arguments", 2011-08-28). Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-21ref-filter: make combining --merged & --no-merged an errorLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-2/+4
Change the behavior of specifying --merged & --no-merged to be an error, instead of silently picking the option that was provided last. Subsequent changes of mine add a --no-contains option in addition to the existing --contains. Providing both of those isn't an error, and has actual meaning. Making its cousins have different behavior in this regard would be confusing to the user, especially since we'd be silently disregarding some of their command-line input. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-27Merge branch 'kn/ref-filter-branch-list'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+6
The code to list branches in "git branch" has been consolidated with the more generic ref-filter API. * kn/ref-filter-branch-list: (21 commits) ref-filter: resurrect "strip" as a synonym to "lstrip" branch: implement '--format' option branch: use ref-filter printing APIs branch, tag: use porcelain output ref-filter: allow porcelain to translate messages in the output ref-filter: add an 'rstrip=<N>' option to atoms which deal with refnames ref-filter: modify the 'lstrip=<N>' option to work with negative '<N>' ref-filter: Do not abruptly die when using the 'lstrip=<N>' option ref-filter: rename the 'strip' option to 'lstrip' ref-filter: make remote_ref_atom_parser() use refname_atom_parser_internal() ref-filter: introduce refname_atom_parser() ref-filter: introduce refname_atom_parser_internal() ref-filter: make "%(symref)" atom work with the ':short' modifier ref-filter: add support for %(upstream:track,nobracket) ref-filter: make %(upstream:track) prints "[gone]" for invalid upstreams ref-filter: introduce format_ref_array_item() ref-filter: move get_head_description() from branch.c ref-filter: modify "%(objectname:short)" to take length ref-filter: implement %(if:equals=<string>) and %(if:notequals=<string>) ref-filter: include reference to 'used_atom' within 'atom_value' ...
2017-02-01doc: add note about ignoring '--no-create-reflog'Libravatar Cornelius Weig1-0/+3
The commands git-branch and git-tag accept the '--create-reflog' option, and create reflog even when core.logallrefupdates configuration is explicitly set not to. On the other hand, the negated form '--no-create-reflog' is accepted as a valid option but has no effect (other than overriding an earlier '--create-reflog' on the command line). This silent noop may puzzle users. To communicate that this is a known limitation, add a short note in the manuals for git-branch and git-tag. Signed-off-by: Cornelius Weig <cornelius.weig@tngtech.com> Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-01-31branch: implement '--format' optionLibravatar Karthik Nayak1-1/+6
Implement the '--format' option provided by 'ref-filter'. This lets the user list branches as per desired format similar to the implementation in 'git for-each-ref'. Add tests and documentation for the same. Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> Mentored-by: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-12-05tag, branch, for-each-ref: add --ignore-case for sorting and filteringLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-0/+4
This options makes sorting ignore case, which is great when you have branches named bug-12-do-something, Bug-12-do-some-more and BUG-12-do-what and want to group them together. Sorting externally may not be an option because we lose coloring and column layout from git-branch and git-tag. The same could be said for filtering, but it's probably less important because you can always go with the ugly pattern [bB][uU][gG]-* if you're desperate. You can't have case-sensitive filtering and case-insensitive sorting (or the other way around) with this though. For branch and tag, that should be no problem. for-each-ref, as a plumbing, might want finer control. But we can always add --{filter,sort}-ignore-case when there is a need for it. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-28doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literalLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-2/+2
This is an application of the newly added CodingGuidelines to HEAD and variants like FETCH_HEAD. It was obtained with: perl -pi -e "s/'([A-Z_]*HEAD)'/\`\$1\`/g" *.txt Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-28doc: typeset long command-line options as literalLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-1/+1
Similarly to the previous commit, use backquotes instead of forward-quotes, for long options. This was obtained with: perl -pi -e "s/'(--[a-z][a-z=<>-]*)'/\`\$1\`/g" *.txt and manual tweak to remove false positive in ascii-art (o'--o'--o' to describe rewritten history). Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-10-15Merge branch 'kn/for-each-branch'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+15
Update "git branch" that list existing branches, using the ref-filter API that is shared with "git tag" and "git for-each-ref". * kn/for-each-branch: branch: add '--points-at' option branch.c: use 'ref-filter' APIs branch.c: use 'ref-filter' data structures branch: drop non-commit error reporting branch: move 'current' check down to the presentation layer branch: roll show_detached HEAD into regular ref_list branch: bump get_head_description() to the top branch: refactor width computation
2015-09-25branch: add '--points-at' optionLibravatar Karthik Nayak1-1/+5
Add the '--points-at' option provided by 'ref-filter'. The option lets the user to list only branches which points at the given object. Add documentation and tests for the same. Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> Mentored-by: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-09-25branch.c: use 'ref-filter' APIsLibravatar Karthik Nayak1-1/+11
Make 'branch.c' use 'ref-filter' APIs for iterating through refs sorting. This removes most of the code used in 'branch.c' replacing it with calls to the 'ref-filter' library. Make 'branch.c' use the 'filter_refs()' function provided by 'ref-filter' to filter out tags based on the options set. We provide a sorting option provided for 'branch.c' by using the sorting options provided by 'ref-filter'. Also by default, we sort by 'refname'. Since 'HEAD' is alphabatically before 'refs/...' we end up with an array consisting of the 'HEAD' ref then the local branches and finally the remote-tracking branches. Also remove the 'ignore' variable from ref_array_item as it was previously used for the '--merged' option and now that is handled by ref-filter. Modify some of the tests in t1430 to check the stderr for a warning regarding the broken ref. This is done as ref-filter throws a warning for broken refs rather than directly printing them. Add tests and documentation for the same. Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> Mentored-by: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-09-17Merge branch 'po/doc-branch-desc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
The branch descriptions that are set with "git branch --edit-description" option were used in many places but they weren't clearly documented. * po/doc-branch-desc: doc: show usage of branch description
2015-09-14doc: show usage of branch descriptionLibravatar Philip Oakley1-1/+3
The branch description will be included in 'git format-patch --cover-letter' and in 'git pull-request' emails. It can also be used in the automatic merge message. Tell the reader. While here, clarify that the description may be a multi-line explanation of the purpose of the branch's patch series. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-07-10Merge branch 'mm/branch-doc-updates'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+6
* mm/branch-doc-updates: Documentation/branch: document -M and -D in terms of --force Documentation/branch: document -d --force and -m --force
2015-07-06Documentation/branch: document -M and -D in terms of --forceLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-2/+2
Now that we have proper documentation for --force's interaction with -d and -m, we can avoid duplication and consider -M and -D as convenience aliases for -m --force and -d --force. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-07-06Documentation/branch: document -d --force and -m --forceLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-0/+4
The --force option was modified in 356e91f (branch: allow -f with -m and -d, 2014-12-08), but the documentation was not updated. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-03-13*config.txt: stick to camelCase naming conventionLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-3/+3
This should improve readability. Compare "thislongname" and "thisLongName". The following keys are left in unchanged. We can decide what to do with them later. - am.keepcr - core.autocrlf .safecrlf .trustctime - diff.dirstat .noprefix - gitcvs.usecrlfattr - gui.blamehistoryctx .trustmtime - pull.twohead - receive.autogc - sendemail.signedoffbycc .smtpsslcertpath .suppresscc Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-09-09Refer to branch.<name>.remote/merge when documenting --trackLibravatar Johan Herland1-2/+4
Make it easier for readers to find the actual config variables that implement the "upstream" relationship. Suggested-by: Per Cederqvist <cederp@opera.com> Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-07Merge branch 'nd/branch-error-cases'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-10/+12
Fix various error messages and conditions in "git branch", e.g. we advertised "branch -d/-D" to remove one or more branches but actually implemented removal of zero or more branches---request to remove no branches was not rejected. * nd/branch-error-cases: branch: let branch filters imply --list docs: clarify git-branch --list behavior branch: mark more strings for translation branch: give a more helpful message on redundant arguments branch: reject -D/-d without branch name
2013-02-01Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git'Libravatar Thomas Ackermann1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-31branch: let branch filters imply --listLibravatar Jeff King1-3/+3
Currently, a branch filter like `--contains`, `--merged`, or `--no-merged` is ignored when we are not in listing mode. For example: git branch --contains=foo bar will create the branch "bar" from the current HEAD, ignoring the `--contains` argument entirely. This is not very helpful. There are two reasonable behaviors for git here: 1. Flag an error; the arguments do not make sense. 2. Implicitly go into `--list` mode This patch chooses the latter, as it is more convenient, and there should not be any ambiguity with attempting to create a branch; using `--contains` and not wanting to list is nonsensical. That leaves the case where an explicit modification option like `-d` is given. We already catch the case where `--list` is given alongside `-d` and flag an error. With this patch, we will also catch the use of `--contains` and other filter options alongside `-d`. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-31docs: clarify git-branch --list behaviorLibravatar Jeff King1-7/+9
It was not clear from the "description" section of git-branch(1) that using a <pattern> meant that you _had_ to use the --list option. Let's clarify that, and while we're at it, reword some clunky and ambiguous sentences. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-09-25Merge branch 'po/maint-docs'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
Various documentation fixups. * po/maint-docs: Doc branch: show -vv option and alternative Doc clean: add See Also link Doc add: link gitignore Doc: separate gitignore pattern sources Doc: shallow clone deepens _to_ new depth
2012-09-19Doc branch: show -vv option and alternativeLibravatar Philip Oakley1-1/+3
Indicate that the -v option can be given twice in the short options. Without it users pass over the option. Also indicate the alternate 'git remote show' method. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-08-30branch: add --unset-upstream optionLibravatar Carlos Martín Nieto1-0/+5
We have ways of setting the upstream information, but if we want to unset it, we need to resort to modifying the configuration manually. Teach branch an --unset-upstream option that unsets this information. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-08-23branch: introduce --set-upstream-toLibravatar Carlos Martín Nieto1-1/+8
The existing --set-uptream option can cause confusion, as it uses the usual branch convention of assuming a starting point of HEAD if none is specified, causing git branch --set-upstream origin/master to create a new local branch 'origin/master' that tracks the current branch. As --set-upstream already exists, we can't simply change its behaviour. To work around this, introduce --set-upstream-to which accepts a compulsory argument indicating what the new upstream branch should be and one optinal argument indicating which branch to change, defaulting to HEAD. The new options allows us to type git branch --set-upstream-to origin/master to set the current branch's upstream to be origin's master. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-03Merge branch 'nd/columns'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
A couple of commands learn --column option to produce columnar output. By Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy (9) and Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek (1) * nd/columns: tag: add --column column: support piping stdout to external git-column process status: add --column branch: add --column help: reuse print_columns() for help -a column: add dense layout support t9002: work around shells that are unable to set COLUMNS to 1 column: add columnar layout Stop starting pager recursively Add column layout skeleton and git-column
2012-04-27branch: add --columnLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-0/+9
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-04-16Merge branch 'jk/branch-quiet'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
Even with "-q"uiet option, "checkout" used to report setting up tracking. Also "branch" learns "-q"uiet option to squelch informational message. By Jeff King * jk/branch-quiet: teach "git branch" a --quiet option checkout: suppress tracking message with "-q"
2012-03-26teach "git branch" a --quiet optionLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+5
There's currently no way to suppress the informational "deleted branch..." or "set up tracking..." messages. This patch provides a "-q" option to do so. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-03-06Documentation/git-branch: add default for --containsLibravatar Vincent van Ravesteijn1-2/+3
Indicate that the commit parameter of --contains defaults to HEAD. Signed-off-by: Vincent van Ravesteijn <vfr@lyx.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-03-06Documentation/git-branch: fix a typoLibravatar Vincent van Ravesteijn1-1/+1
Fix a typo by replacing 'tag' with 'branch'. Signed-off-by: Vincent van Ravesteijn <vfr@lyx.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-03-06Documentation/git-branch: cleanupsLibravatar Vincent van Ravesteijn1-6/+6
Most of the exact option strings to be typed by end users are already set in typewriter font by using `--option`, but a few places used '--option' to call for italics or with no quoting. Uniformly use `--option`. Also add a full-stop after a sentence that missed one. Signed-off-by: Vincent van Ravesteijn <vfr@lyx.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-09Merge branch 'jc/request-pull-show-head-4'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
* jc/request-pull-show-head-4: request-pull: use the annotated tag contents fmt-merge-msg.c: Fix an "dubious one-bit signed bitfield" sparse error environment.c: Fix an sparse "symbol not declared" warning builtin/log.c: Fix an "Using plain integer as NULL pointer" warning fmt-merge-msg: use branch.$name.description request-pull: use the branch description request-pull: state what commit to expect request-pull: modernize style branch: teach --edit-description option format-patch: use branch description in cover letter branch: add read_branch_desc() helper function Conflicts: builtin/branch.c
2011-10-05branch: teach --edit-description optionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
Using branch.$name.description as the configuration key, give users a place to write about what the purpose of the branch is and things like that, so that various subsystems, e.g. "push -s", "request-pull", and "format-patch --cover-letter", can later be taught to use this information. The "-m" option similar to "commit/tag" is deliberately omitted, as the whole point of branch description is about giving descriptive information (the name of the branch itself is a better place for information that fits on a single-line). Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-08branch: -v does not automatically imply --listLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-3/+3
"branch -v" without other options or parameters still works in the list mode, but that is not because there is "-v" but because there is no parameter nor option. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-28branch: allow pattern argumentsLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-2/+6
Allow pattern arguments for the list mode just like for git tag -l. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-28branch: introduce --list optionLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-2/+7
Currently, there is no way to invoke the list mode explicitly, without giving -v to force verbose output. Introduce a --list option which invokes the list mode. This will be beneficial for invoking list mode with pattern matching, which otherwise would be interpreted as branch creation. Along with --list, test also combinations of existing options. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-28git-branch: introduce missing long forms for the optionsLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-0/+5
Long forms are better to memorize and more reliably uniform across commands. Names follow precedents, e.g. "git log --remotes". Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-07-01branch -v: honor core.abbrevLibravatar Namhyung Kim1-1/+2
Use the value from 'core.abbrev' configuration variable unless user specifies the length on command line when showing commit object name in "branch -v" output. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-11doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pagesLibravatar Jeff King1-8/+0
The point of these sections is generally to: 1. Give credit where it is due. 2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or file bug reports. But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody useless. So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section to give credit to the major contributors and point to shortlog and blame for more information. Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can follow that to the main git manpage.
2010-11-03git-branch.txt: mention --set-upstream as a way to change upstream configurationLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-11-03Change incorrect uses of "remote branch" meaning "remote-tracking"Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-5/+6
"remote branch" is a branch hosted in a remote repository, while "remote-tracking branch" is a copy of such branch, hosted locally. The distinction is subtle when the copy is up-to-date, but rather fundamental to understand what "git fetch" and "git push" do. This patch should fix all incorrect usages in Documentation/ directory. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-04-17Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
* maint: t1010-mktree: Adjust expected result to code and documentation combined diff: correctly handle truncated file Document new "already-merged" rule for branch -d