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2012-01-31request-pull: explicitly ask tags/$name to be pulledLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
When asking for a tag to be pulled, disambiguate by leaving tags/ prefix in front of the name of the tag. E.g. ... in the git repository at: git://example.com/git/git.git/ tags/v1.2.3 for you to fetch changes up to 123456... This way, older versions of "git pull" can be used to respond to such a request more easily, as "git pull $URL v1.2.3" did not DWIM to fetch v1.2.3 tag in older versions. Also this makes it clearer for humans that the pull request is made for a tag and he should anticipate a signed one. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-18pulling signed tag: add howto documentLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+217
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-07Minor update to how-to maintain gitLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+6
A few more parts of this document is stale that needs updating to reflect the reality, but I do not regularly rebase topics that are only in "pu" anymore, which may be noteworthy for a commit. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-09Documentation/merge subtree How-To: fix typoLibravatar 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>
2010-08-31Merge branch 'jn/cherry-revert-message-clean-up'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+0
* jn/cherry-revert-message-clean-up: tests: fix syntax error in "Use advise() for hints" test cherry-pick/revert: Use advise() for hints cherry-pick/revert: Use error() for failure message Introduce advise() to print hints Eliminate “Finished cherry-pick/revert” message t3508: add check_head_differs_from() helper function and use it revert: improve success message by adding abbreviated commit sha1 revert: don't print "Finished one cherry-pick." if commit failed revert: refactor commit code into a new run_git_commit() function revert: report success when using option --strategy
2010-08-22Typos in code comments, an error message, documentationLibravatar Ralf Wildenhues1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-08-15Eliminate “Finished cherry-pick/revert” messageLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-6/+0
When cherry-pick was written (v0.99.6~63, 2005-08-27), “git commit” was quiet, and the output from cherry-pick provided useful information about the progress of a rebase. Now next to the output from “git commit”, the cherry-pick notification is so much noise (except for the name of the picked commit). $ git cherry-pick ..topic Finished cherry-pick of 499088b. [detached HEAD 17e1ff2] Move glob module to libdpkg Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> 8 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) rename {src => lib/dpkg}/glob.c (98%) rename {src => lib/dpkg}/glob.h (93%) Finished cherry-pick of ae947e1. [detached HEAD 058caa3] libdpkg: Add missing symbols to Versions script Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) $ The noise is especially troublesome when sifting through the output of a rebase or multiple cherry-pick that eventually failed. With the commit subject, it is already not hard to figure out where the commit came from. So drop the “Finished” message. Cc: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Cc: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-03-24Teach rebase the --no-ff option.Libravatar Marc Branchaud1-0/+90
For git-rebase.sh, --no-ff is a synonym for --force-rebase. For git-rebase--interactive.sh, --no-ff cherry-picks all the commits in the rebased branch, instead of fast-forwarding over any unchanged commits. --no-ff offers an alternative way to deal with reverted merges. Instead of "reverting the revert" you can use "rebase --no-ff" to recreate the branch with entirely new commits (they're new because at the very least the committer time is different). This obviates the need to revert the reversion, as you can re-merge the new topic branch directly. Added an addendum to revert-a-faulty-merge.txt describing the situation and how to use --no-ff to handle it. Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-24Use 'fast-forward' all over the placeLibravatar Felipe Contreras3-4/+4
It's a compound word. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-03-03Documentation: Typo / spelling / formatting fixesLibravatar Mike Ralphson2-3/+3
Signed-off-by: Mike Ralphson <mike@abacus.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-01-13Fix Documentation typos surrounding the word 'handful'.Libravatar Jon Loeliger1-1/+1
Some instances replaced by "handful of", others use the word "few", a couple get a slight rewording. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-12-21Add a documentat on how to revert a faulty mergeLibravatar Nanako Shiraishi1-0/+179
Linus and Junio explained issues that are involved in reverting a merge and how to continue working with a branch that was updated since such a revert on the mailing list. This is to help new people who did not see these messages. Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-12Documentation: remove stale howto/rebase-and-edit.txtLibravatar Thomas Rast1-79/+0
The "rebase and edit" howto predates the much easier solution 'git rebase -i' by two years. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-07-21Update my e-mail addressLibravatar Junio C Hamano5-5/+5
The old cox.net address is still getting mails from gitters. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-25update-hook-example: optionally allow non-fast-forwardLibravatar Dmitry Potapov1-33/+53
Sometimes it is desirable to have non-fast-forward branches in a shared repository. A typical example of that is the 'pu' branch. This patch extends the format of allowed-users and allow-groups files by using the '+' sign at the beginning as the mark that non-fast-forward pushes are permitted to the branch. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-25fix update-hook-example to work with packed tag referencesLibravatar Dmitry Potapov1-1/+1
The update-hook-example used 'test -f' to check the tag present, which does not work if the checked reference is packed. This check has been changed to use 'git rev-parse $tag' instead. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-15Consistency: Use "libcurl" instead of "cURL library" and "curl"Libravatar Johan Herland1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-18Document that WebDAV doesn't need git on the server, and works over SSLLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-12/+33
I managed to set up a Git repository on a preconfigured WebDAV server, and using HTTPS, without installing Git on it or changing the server configuration. This works through a proxy too. This patch reflects this (it previously stated that Git was _necessary_ on the server, which isn't true). Also give a few hints to troubleshoting. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-01-14Add using merge subtree How-ToLibravatar Miklos Vajna1-0/+75
Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-11-22Addendum to "MaintNotes"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+277
Add "how to maintain git" document. Foreward by Jeff King. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-11-09add a howto document about corrupted blob recoveryLibravatar Nicolas Pitre1-0/+134
Extracted from a post by Linus on the mailing list. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-09-18Fixed update-hook example allow-users format.Libravatar Väinö Järvelä1-4/+4
The example provided with the update-hook-example does not work on either bash 2.05b.0(1)-release nor 3.1.17(1)-release. The matcher did not match the lines that it advertised to match, such as: refs/heads/bw/ linus refs/heads/tmp/* * In POSIX 1003.2 regular expressions, the star (*), is not an wildcard meaning "match everything", it matches 0 or more matches of the atom preceding it. So to match "refs/heads/bw/topic-branch", the matcher should be written as "refs/heads/bw/.*" to match "refs/heads/bw/" and everything after it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-06-07War on whitespaceLibravatar Junio C Hamano6-28/+21
This uses "git-apply --whitespace=strip" to fix whitespace errors that have crept in to our source files over time. There are a few files that need to have trailing whitespaces (most notably, test vectors). The results still passes the test, and build result in Documentation/ area is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-05-17user-manual: move howto/using-topic-branches into manualLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-296/+0
Move howto/using-topic-branches into the user manual as an example for the "sharing development" chapter. While we're at it, remove some discussion that's covered in earlier chapters, modernize somewhat (use separate-heads setup, remotes, replace "whatchanged" by "log", etc.), and replace syntax we'd need to explain by syntax we've already covered (e.g. old..new instead of new ^old). The result may not really describe what Tony Luck does any more.... Hope that's not annoying. Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17user-manual: move howto/make-dist.txt into user manualLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-52/+0
There seems to be a perception that the howto's are bit-rotting a little. The manual might be a more visible location for some of them, and make-dist.txt seems like a good candidate to include as an example in the manual. For now, incorporate much of it verbatim. Later we may want to update the example a bit. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17Documentation: remove howto's now incorporated into manualLibravatar J. Bruce Fields2-174/+0
These two howto's have both been copied into the manual. I'd rather not maintain both versions if possible, and I think the user-manual will be more visible than the howto directory. (Though I wouldn't mind some duplication if people really like having them here.) Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-03-19Add a HOWTO for setting up a standalone git daemonLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+52
Setting up a git-daemon came up the other day on IRC, and it is slightly non trivial for the uninitiated. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-02-12Remove git-resolve.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-8/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-01-28[PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config.Libravatar Tom Prince1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Tom Prince <tom.prince@ualberta.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-01-25Add dangling objects tips.Libravatar Linus Torvalds1-0/+109
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-01-17git-format-patch: the default suffix is now .patch, not .txtLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Editors often give easier handling of patch files if the filename ends with .patch, so use it instead of .txt. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-01-12use 'init' instead of 'init-db' for shipped docs and toolsLibravatar Nicolas Pitre1-1/+1
While 'init-db' still is and probably will always remain a valid git command for obvious backward compatibility reasons, it would be a good idea to move shipped tools and docs to using 'init' instead. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-08-10Add Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txtLibravatar Rutger Nijlunsing1-0/+256
A small howto on how to setup GIT over HTTP transport protocol by setting up WebDAV access on apache2. [jc: minimum ispell fixes applied] Signed-off-by: Rutger Nijlunsing <git@tux.tmfweb.nl> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-07-09Assorted typo fixesLibravatar Pavel Roskin2-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-02-12Add howto about separating topics.Libravatar kent@lysator.liu.se1-0/+91
This howto consists of a footnote from an email by JC to the git mailing list (<7vfyms0x4p.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>). Signed-off-by: Kent Engstrom <kent@lysator.liu.se> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-01-20update using-topic-branchesLibravatar Luck, Tony1-1/+9
Update documentation to warn users not to create noise in then Linux history by creating pointless "Auto-update from upstream" merge commits. Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-01-15show-branch: make the current branch and merge commits stand out.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-12/+12
This changes the character used to mark the commits that is on the branch from '+' to '*' for the current branch, to make it stand out. Also we show '-' for merge commits. When you have a handful branches with relatively long diversion, it is easier to see which one is the current branch this way. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-29Documentation: spell.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-19Documentation: stdout of update-hook is connected to /dev/nullLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+6
Mention that update-hook does not emit its stdout to the sender. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-19howto/using-topic-branches: Recommend public URL git://git.kernel.org/Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+2
Recommending this means subsystem maintainers do not have to log-in just to resync with upstream. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-14Documentation: topic branchesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+4
Recommend git over ssh direct to master.kernel.org, instead of going over rsync to public machines, since this is meant to be a procedure for kernel subsystem maintainers. Also fix an obvious typo. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-05Documentation: shared repository management in tutorial.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-69/+136
The branch policy script I outlined was improved and polished by Carl and posted on the list twice since then. It is a shame not to pick it up, so replace the original outline in howto/update-hook-example.txt with the latest from Carl. Also talk about setting up git-shell to allow git-push/git-fetch only SSH access to a shared repository host in the tutorial. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-11-19Documentation: add hooks/update example.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+105
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-11-19Documentation: rebase-from-internal minor updates.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+2
git-commit -v flag has been the default for quite some time, so do not mention it. Also a typofix. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-11-08Update howto using-topic-branchesLibravatar Luck, Tony1-7/+7
"git resolve" is being deprecated in favour of "git merge". Update the documentation to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-11-07Add bug isolation howto, scraped from Linus.Libravatar Jon Loeliger1-0/+65
Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-11-07Documentation update: use git branch -d foo where applicableLibravatar Kai Ruemmler3-3/+4
This updates documentation to use git branch -d foo in favour of rm .git/refs/heads/foo Signed-off-by: Kai Ruemmler <kai.ruemmler@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-09-22Retire rev-tree.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
Some old scripts might still use git-rev-tree, but it really is clearly inferior in every way to git-rev-list that such scripts should be fixed anyway. Fixing them should be pretty easy. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-09-07Big tool rename.Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-4/+4
As promised, this is the "big tool rename" patch. The primary differences since 0.99.6 are: (1) git-*-script are no more. The commands installed do not have any such suffix so users do not have to remember if something is implemented as a shell script or not. (2) Many command names with 'cache' in them are renamed with 'index' if that is what they mean. There are backward compatibility symblic links so that you and Porcelains can keep using the old names, but the backward compatibility support is expected to be removed in the near future. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-29Add [HOWTO] revert/branch/rebase.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+199
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>