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2013-03-26Correct the docs about GIT_SSH.Libravatar Dan Bornstein1-3/+6
In particular, it can get called with four arguments if you happen to be referring to a repo using the ssh:// scheme with a non-default port number. Signed-off-by: Dan Bornstein <danfuzz@milk.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-03-07Merge branch 'mh/maint-ceil-absolute' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+13
* mh/maint-ceil-absolute: Provide a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution in ceiling paths
2013-03-01Git 1.8.1.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-25Merge branch 'mm/config-intro-in-git-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+5
* mm/config-intro-in-git-doc: git.txt: update description of the configuration mechanism
2013-02-22Provide a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution in ceiling pathsLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-6/+13
Commit 1b77d83cab 'setup_git_directory_gently_1(): resolve symlinks in ceiling paths' changed the setup code to resolve symlinks in the entries in GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES. Because those entries are compared textually to the symlink-resolved current directory, an entry in GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES that contained a symlink would have no effect. It was known that this could cause performance problems if the symlink resolution *itself* touched slow filesystems, but it was thought that such use cases would be unlikely. The intention of the earlier change was to deal with a case when the user has this: GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=/home/gitster but in reality, /home/gitster is a symbolic link to somewhere else, e.g. /net/machine/home4/gitster. A textual comparison between the specified value /home/gitster and the location getcwd(3) returns would not help us, but readlink("/home/gitster") would still be fast. After this change was released, Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu> reported: > [...] my computer has been acting so slow when I’m not connected to > the network. I put various network filesystem paths in > $GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES, such as > /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/n/andersk (to avoid hitting its parents > /afs/athena.mit.edu, /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a, and > /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/n which all live in different AFS > volumes). Now when I’m not connected to the network, every > invocation of Git, including the __git_ps1 in my shell prompt, waits > for AFS to timeout. To allow users to work around this problem, give them a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution in GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES entries. All the entries that follow an empty entry will not be checked for symbolic links and used literally in comparison. E.g. with these: GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=:/foo/bar:/xyzzy or GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=/foo/bar::/xyzzy we will not readlink("/xyzzy") because it comes after an empty entry. With the former (but not with the latter), "/foo/bar" comes after an empty entry, and we will not readlink it, either. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-19Git 1.8.1.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-15git.txt: update description of the configuration mechanismLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-6/+5
The old Git version where it appeared is now useful only to historians, not to normal users. Also, the text was mentioning only the per-repo config file, but this is a good place to teach that customization can also be made per-user. While at it, remove a now-defunct e-mail from an example. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-07Git 1.8.1.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-14Git 1.8.1.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-11Merge branch 'jn/warn-on-inaccessible-loosen' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+8
When attempting to read the XDG-style $HOME/.config/git/config and finding that $HOME/.config/git is a file, we gave a wrong error message, instead of treating the case as "a custom config file does not exist there" and moving on. * jn/warn-on-inaccessible-loosen: config: exit on error accessing any config file doc: advertise GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM config: treat user and xdg config permission problems as errors config, gitignore: failure to access with ENOTDIR is ok
2012-12-31Git 1.8.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-27Git 1.8.0.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-27git(1): show link to contributor summary pageLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+4
We earlier removed a link to list of contributors that pointed to a defunct page; let's use a working one from Ohloh.net to replace it instead. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-13git.txt: add missing info about --git-dir command-line optionLibravatar Manlio Perillo1-0/+1
Unlike other environment variables (e.g. GIT_WORK_TREE, GIT_NAMESPACE), the Documentation/git.txt file did not mention that the GIT_DIR environment variable can also be set using the --git-dir command line option. Signed-off-by: Manlio Perillo <manlio.perillo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-10Git 1.8.0.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-09git(1): remove a defunct link to "list of authors"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+1
The linked page has not been showing the promised "more complete list" for more than 6 months by now, and nobody has resurrected the list there nor elsewhere since then. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-11-25Git 1.8.0.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+3
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-21Git 1.8.0Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-17Git 1.7.12.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-14doc: advertise GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEMLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-0/+8
On a multiuser system where mortals do not have write access to /etc, the GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM variable is the best tool we have to keep getting work done when a syntax error or other problem renders /etc/gitconfig buggy, until the sysadmin sorts the problem out. Noticed while experimenting with teaching git to error out when /etc/gitconfig is unreadable. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-08Git 1.7.12.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-09-29Git 1.7.12.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-09-18Git 1.7.12.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-09-14Sync with 1.7.11.7Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
2012-09-14Git 1.7.11.7Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-09-11Sync with 1.7.11.6Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-09-11Git 1.7.11.6Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-09-11Merge branch 'jc/doc-git-updates' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-28/+32
* jc/doc-git-updates: Documentation: update the introductory section
2012-08-19Git 1.7.12Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-08-17Merge branch 'jc/doc-git-updates' (early part)Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* 'jc/doc-git-updates' (early part): Documentation: update URL for formatted pages
2012-08-17Documentation: update the introductory sectionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-28/+32
The second paragraph in the git(1) description section were meant to guide people who are not ready to dive into this page away from here. Referring migrating CVS users to another page before they get acquainted with Git was somewhat out of place. Move the reference to the "FURTHER DOCUMENTATION" section and push that section down. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-08-17Documentation: update URL for formatted pagesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
The one at kernel.org has not been updated for quite a while and can no longer be called "the latest". Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-08-15Git 1.7.11.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-07-30Git 1.7.11.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-07-22Git 1.7.11.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-07-11Git 1.7.11.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-06-21Git 1.7.11.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-06-19Documentation: spelling fixesLibravatar Miklos Vajna1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-06-17Git 1.7.11Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-06-17Git 1.7.10.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-06-03Git 1.7.10.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-06-01Start preparing for 1.7.10.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-11Git 1.7.10.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-01Git 1.7.10.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-04-26Sync with 1.7.9.7Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+6
2012-04-26Git 1.7.9.7Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-04-26Sync with 1.7.8.6Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+4
2012-04-26Git 1.7.8.6Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-04-26Sync with 1.7.7.7Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
2012-04-26Git 1.7.7.7Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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