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2011-03-11doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pagesLibravatar Jeff King1-10/+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 For (1), they are out of date and incomplete.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 For (2), the correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody useless.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.
2010-11-29git-rev-parse.txt: clarify --git-dirLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-1/+6
The current behavior is often to print an absolute path rather than a ../../etc string, but callers must be ready to accept a relative path, too. The most common output is ".git" (from the toplevel of an ordinary work tree). Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-10-08Use parentheses and `...' where appropriateLibravatar Štěpán Němec1-1/+1
Remove some stray usage of other bracket types and asterisks for the same purpose. Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-08-20Documentation: remove stray backslashes in rev-parse manualLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-4/+5
Use the {asterisk} entity instead of \* or * to avoid both stray backslashes in output and suppression of asterisks misinterpreted as a bold-text delimiter. Reported-by: Frédéric Brière <fbriere@fbriere.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-08-02Documentation/rev-parse: quoting is required with --parseoptLibravatar Thomas Rast1-2/+5
When calling rev-parse --parseopt, as in the (now fixed) documented example eval "$(echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)" the outermost quoting is required, as otherwise all runs of arbitrary whitespace inside the resulting 'set -- ...' call would be collapsed into a single space. This was exposed as a result of our new use of cat <<\EOF since 47e9cd2 (parseopt: wrap rev-parse --parseopt usage for eval consumption, 2010-06-12), but has always been a problem when handling arguments containing e.g. newlines. Point this out in the documentation, and in particular correct the example that did not have the quotes. Noticed-by: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-07-05Documentation: split off rev doc into include fileLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-199/+1
Currently, the documentation for revisions and ranges sits in the git-rev-parse man page, i.e. a plumbing man page, along with the documentation of all rev-parse modes. Split off the revisions and ranges section into an included file to prepare for restructuring. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-29git-rev-parse.txt: Add more examples for caret and colonLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-7/+8
Several items in the caret, colon and friends section contain examples already. Make sure they all come with examples, and that examples come early so that they serve as a visual guide, as well. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-27git-rev-parse.txt: Document ":path" specifierLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-1/+3
The empty treeish in ":path" means "index". This is actually a special case of the ":stage:path" syntax where it is documented, but mentioning it also together with "treeish:path" is helpful, so do it. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-03-07Merge branch 'gb/maint-submodule-env'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+6
* gb/maint-submodule-env: is_submodule_modified(): clear environment properly submodules: ensure clean environment when operating in a submodule shell setup: clear_local_git_env() function rev-parse: --local-env-vars option Refactor list of of repo-local env vars
2010-02-24rev-parse: --local-env-vars optionLibravatar Giuseppe Bilotta1-0/+6
This prints the list of repo-local environment variables. Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-02-17docs: don't talk about $GIT_DIR/refs/ everywhereLibravatar Jeff King1-10/+12
It is misleading to say that we pull refs from $GIT_DIR/refs/*, because we may also consult the packed refs mechanism. These days we tend to treat the "refs hierarchy" as more of an abstract namespace that happens to be represented as $GIT_DIR/refs. At best, this is a minor inaccuracy, but at worst it can confuse users who then look in $GIT_DIR/refs and find that it is missing some of the refs they expected to see. This patch drops most uses of "$GIT_DIR/refs/*", changing them into just "refs/*", under the assumption that users can handle the concept of an abstract refs namespace. There are a few things to note: - most cases just dropped the $GIT_DIR/ portion. But for cases where that left _just_ the word "refs", I changed it to "refs/" to help indicate that it was a hierarchy. I didn't do the same for longer paths (e.g., "refs/heads" remained, instead of becoming "refs/heads/"). - in some cases, no change was made, as the text was explicitly about unpacked refs (e.g., the discussion in git-pack-refs). - In some cases it made sense instead to note the existence of packed refs (e.g., in check-ref-format and rev-parse). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-02-10Documentation: quote braces in {upstream} notationLibravatar Thomas Rast1-1/+1
The lack of quoting made the entire line disappear. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-31Fix typos in technical documentation.Libravatar Ralf Wildenhues1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-22Merge branch 'il/rev-glob'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-8/+18
* il/rev-glob: Documentation: improve description of --glob=pattern and friends rev-parse --branches/--tags/--remotes=pattern rev-parse --glob
2010-01-22Merge branch 'js/refer-upstream'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
* js/refer-upstream: Teach @{upstream} syntax to strbuf_branchanme() t1506: more test for @{upstream} syntax Introduce <branch>@{upstream} notation
2010-01-21Documentation: improve description of --glob=pattern and friendsLibravatar Thomas Rast1-17/+15
Consolidate the descriptions of --branches, --tags and --remotes a bit, to make it less repetitive. Improve the grammar a bit, and spell out the meaning of the 'append /*' rule. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-20Merge remote branch 'remotes/trast-doc/for-next'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-17/+17
* remotes/trast-doc/for-next: Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout Documentation: format full commands in typewriter font Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull" Conflicts: Documentation/config.txt Documentation/git-config.txt Documentation/git-merge.txt
2010-01-20rev-parse --branches/--tags/--remotes=patternLibravatar Ilari Liusvaara1-6/+13
Since local branch, tags and remote tracking branch namespaces are most often used, add shortcut notations for globbing those in manner similar to --glob option. With this, one can express the "what I have but origin doesn't?" as: 'git log --branches --not --remotes=origin' Original-idea-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-20rev-parse --globLibravatar Ilari Liusvaara1-0/+5
Add --glob=<glob-pattern> option to rev-parse and everything that accepts its options. This option matches all refs that match given shell glob pattern (complete with some DWIM logic). Example: 'git log --branches --not --glob=remotes/origin' To show what you have that origin doesn't. Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-12Introduce <branch>@{upstream} notationLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+4
A new notation '<branch>@{upstream}' refers to the branch <branch> is set to build on top of. Missing <branch> (i.e. '@{upstream}') defaults to the current branch. This allows you to run, for example, for l in list of local branches do git log --oneline --left-right $l...$l@{upstream} done to inspect each of the local branches you are interested in for the divergence from its upstream. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-11Add 'git rev-parse --show-toplevel' option.Libravatar Steven Drake1-0/+3
Shows the absolute path of the top-level working directory. Signed-off-by: Steven Drake <sdrake@xnet.co.nz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-10Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughoutLibravatar Thomas Rast1-17/+17
The documentation was quite inconsistent when spelling 'git cmd' if it only refers to the program, not to some specific invocation syntax: both 'git-cmd' and 'git cmd' spellings exist. The current trend goes towards dashless forms, and there is precedent in 647ac70 (git-svn.txt: stop using dash-form of commands., 2009-07-07) to actively eliminate the dashed variants. Replace 'git-cmd' with 'git cmd' throughout, except where git-shell, git-cvsserver, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack, and git-upload-archive are concerned, because those really live in the $PATH.
2009-06-13parse-opt: make PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION available to git rev-parseLibravatar Uwe Kleine-König1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-05-10rev-parse: add --sq-quote to shell quote argumentsLibravatar Christian Couder1-1/+34
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-04-29parseopt: fix documentation for --keep-dashdashLibravatar Uwe Kleine-König1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-04-13rev-parse: --abbrev-ref option to shorten ref nameLibravatar Bert Wesarg1-0/+5
This applies the shorten_unambiguous_ref function to the object name. Default mode is controlled by core.warnAmbiguousRefs. Else it is given as optional argument to --abbrev-ref={strict|loose}. This should be faster than 'git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:short)" <ref>' for single refs. Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-03-17Documentation: remove extra quoting/emphasis around literal textsLibravatar Chris Johnsen1-4/+4
If literal text (asciidoc `...`) can be rendered in a differently from normal text for each output format (man, HTML), then we do not need extra quotes or other wrapping around inline literal text segments. config.txt Change '`...`' to `...`. In asciidoc, the single quotes provide emphasis, literal text should be distintive enough. Change "`...`" to `...`. These double quotes do not work if present in the described config value, so drop them. git-checkout.txt Change "`...`" to `...` or `"..."`. All instances are command line argument examples. One "`-`" becomes `-`. Two others are involve curly braces, so move the double quotes inside the literal region to indicate that they might need to be quoted on the command line of certain shells (tcsh). git-merge.txt Change "`...`" to `...`. All instances are used to describe merge conflict markers. The quotes should are not important. git-rev-parse.txt Change "`...`" to `...`. All instances are around command line arguments where no in-shell quoting should be necessary. gitcli.txt Change `"..."` to `...`. All instances are around command line examples or single command arguments. They do not semanticly belong inside the literal text, and they are not needed outside it. glossary-content.txt user-manual.txt Change "`...`" to `...`. All instances were around command lines. Signed-off-by: Chris Johnsen <chris_johnsen@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-01-17sha1_name: support @{-N} syntax in get_sha1()Libravatar Thomas Rast1-0/+3
Let get_sha1() parse the @{-N} syntax, with docs and tests. Note that while @{-1}^2, @{-2}~5 and such are supported, @{-1}@{1} is currently not allowed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-30Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt: update for new git-describe output formatLibravatar Cesar Eduardo Barros1-2/+3
Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-21Update my e-mail addressLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
The old cox.net address is still getting mails from gitters. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-08Documentation: update sections on naming revisions and revision rangesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+15
Various *_HEAD pseudo refs were not documented in any central place. Especially since we may be teaching rebase and am to record ORIG_HEAD, it would be a good time to do so. While at it, reword the explanation on r1..r2 notation to reduce confusion. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-07Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* maint: Fix grammar in git-rev-parse(1).
2008-07-06Fix grammar in git-rev-parse(1).Libravatar Mikael Magnusson1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-05manpages: italicize git command names (which were in teletype font)Libravatar Jonathan Nieder1-12/+12
The names of git commands are not meant to be entered at the commandline; they are just names. So we render them in italics, as is usual for command names in manpages. Using doit () { perl -e 'for (<>) { s/\`(git-[^\`.]*)\`/'\''\1'\''/g; print }' } for i in git*.txt config.txt diff*.txt blame*.txt fetch*.txt i18n.txt \ merge*.txt pretty*.txt pull*.txt rev*.txt urls*.txt do doit <"$i" >"$i+" && mv "$i+" "$i" done git diff . Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Documentation formatting and cleanupLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-6/+6
Following what appears to be the predominant style, format names of commands and commandlines both as `teletype text`. While we're at it, add articles ("a" and "the") in some places, italicize the name of the command in the manual page synopsis line, and add a comma or two where it seems appropriate. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Documentation: be consistent about "git-" versus "git "Libravatar Jonathan Nieder1-3/+3
Since the git-* commands are not installed in $(bindir), using "git-command <parameters>" in examples in the documentation is not a good idea. On the other hand, it is nice to be able to refer to each command using one hyphenated word. (There is no escaping it, anyway: man page names cannot have spaces in them.) This patch retains the dash in naming an operation, command, program, process, or action. Complete command lines that can be entered at a shell (i.e., without options omitted) are made to use the dashless form. The changes consist only of replacing some spaces with hyphens and vice versa. After a "s/ /-/g", the unpatched and patched versions are identical. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-29doc/rev-parse: clarify reflog vs --until for specifying revisionsLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+4
The rev-parse manpage introduces the branch@{date} syntax, and mentions the reflog specifically. However, new users may not be familiar with the distinction between the reflog and the commit date, so let's help them out with a "you may be interested in --until" pointer. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-08Docs: Use "-l::\n--long\n" format in OPTIONS sectionsLibravatar Stephan Beyer1-4/+8
The OPTIONS section of a documentation file contains a list of the options a git command accepts. Currently there are several variants to describe the case that different options (almost) do the same in the OPTIONS section. Some are: -f, --foo:: -f|--foo:: -f | --foo:: But AsciiDoc has the special form: -f:: --foo:: This patch applies this form to the documentation of the whole git suite, and removes useless em-dash prevention, so \--foo becomes --foo. Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-06documentation: move git(7) to git(1)Libravatar Christian Couder1-1/+1
As the "git" man page describes the "git" command at the end-user level, it seems better to move it to man section 1. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-26Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-10/+12
* maint: Documentation: fix graph in git-rev-parse.txt show-branch --current: do not barf on detached HEAD
2008-05-26Documentation: fix graph in git-rev-parse.txtLibravatar Michele Ballabio1-10/+12
Preformatted html and man pages show a mangled graph, caused by a backslash. Commit f1ec6b22a8c1ab1cca0f1875f85aea5d2434e5a6 fixed this same issue, but it seems that new versions of the Asciidoc toolchain changed their behaviour. Signed-off-by: Michele Ballabio <barra_cuda@katamail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-21Documentation: rev-parse: add a few "--verify" and "--default" examplesLibravatar Christian Couder1-0/+25
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-04Documentation: rename "hooks.txt" to "githooks.txt" and make it a man pageLibravatar Christian Couder1-1/+1
Also now "gitcli(5)" becomes "gitcli(7)". Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-26rev-parse: teach "--verify" to be quiet when using "-q" or "--quiet"Libravatar Christian Couder1-0/+5
Currently "git rev-parse --verify <something>" is often used with its error output redirected to /dev/null. This patch makes it easier to do that. The -q|--quiet option is designed to work the same way as it does for "git symbolic-ref". Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-02parse-opt: bring PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN and NONEG to git-rev-parse --parseoptLibravatar Pierre Habouzit1-5/+12
Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-01-31git rev-parse manpage: spelling fixLibravatar Miklos Vajna1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-01-29fix doc typosLibravatar Jim Meyering1-3/+3
Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-01-06Documentation: rename gitlink macro to linkgitLibravatar Dan McGee1-1/+1
Between AsciiDoc 8.2.2 and 8.2.3, the following change was made to the stock Asciidoc configuration: @@ -149,7 +153,10 @@ # Inline macros. # Backslash prefix required for escape processing. # (?s) re flag for line spanning. -(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>\w(\w|-)*?):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + +# Explicit so they can be nested. +(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>(http|https|ftp|file|mailto|callto|image|link)):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + # Anchor: [[[id]]]. Bibliographic anchor. (?su)[\\]?\[\[\[(?P<attrlist>[\w][\w-]*?)\]\]\]=anchor3 # Anchor: [[id,xreflabel]] This default regex now matches explicit values, and unfortunately in this case gitlink was being matched by just 'link', causing the wrong inline macro template to be applied. By renaming the macro, we can avoid being matched by the wrong regex. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-01-06git-rev-parse --symbolic-full-nameLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+7
The plumbing level can understand that the user meant "refs/heads/master" when the user says "master" or "heads/master", but there is no easy way for the scripts to figure it out without duplicating the dwim_ref() logic. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-11-05Add a parseopt mode to git-rev-parse to bring parse-options to shell scripts.Libravatar Pierre Habouzit1-2/+74
Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>