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2018-03-27doc hash-function-transition: clarify what SHAttered meansLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-5/+24
Attempt to clarify what the SHAttered attack means in practice for Git. The previous version of the text made no mention whatsoever of Git already having a mitigation for this specific attack, which the SHAttered researchers claim will detect cryptanalytic collision attacks. I may have gotten some of the nuances wrong, but as far as I know this new text accurately summarizes the current situation with SHA-1 in git. I.e. git doesn't really use SHA-1 anymore, it uses Hardened-SHA-1 (they just so happen to produce the same outputs 99.99999999999...% of the time). Thus the previous text was incorrect in asserting that: [...]As a result [of SHAttered], SHA-1 cannot be considered cryptographically secure any more[...] That's not the case. We have a mitigation against SHAttered, *however* we consider it prudent to move to work towards a NewHash should future vulnerabilities in either SHA-1 or Hardened-SHA-1 emerge. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-03-27doc hash-function-transition: clarify how older gits die on NewHashLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-3/+8
Change the "Repository format extension" to accurately describe what happens with different versions of Git when they encounter NewHash repositories, instead of only saying what happens with versions v2.7.0 and later. See ab9cb76f66 ("Repository format version check.", 2005-11-25) and 00a09d57eb ("introduce "extensions" form of core.repositoryformatversion", 2015-06-23) for the relevant changes to the setup code where these variables are checked. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-03-14Merge branch 'jk/smart-http-protocol-doc-fix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
A doc update. * jk/smart-http-protocol-doc-fix: smart-http: document flush after "# service" line
2018-03-05smart-http: document flush after "# service" lineLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+3
The http-protocol.txt spec fails to mention that a flush packet comes in the smart server response after sending the "service" header. Technically the client code is actually ready to receive an arbitrary number of headers here, but since we haven't introduced any other headers in the past decade (and the client would just throw them away), let's not mention it in the spec. This fixes both BNF and the example. While we're fixing the latter, let's also add the missing flush after the ref list. Reported-by: Dorian Taylor <dorian.taylor.lists@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-02-27Merge branch 'rd/typofix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Typofix. * rd/typofix: Correct mispellings of ".gitmodule" to ".gitmodules" t/: correct obvious typo "detahced"
2018-02-15Merge branch 'po/object-id'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Conversion from uchar[20] to struct object_id continues. * po/object-id: sha1_file: rename hash_sha1_file_literally sha1_file: convert write_loose_object to object_id sha1_file: convert force_object_loose to object_id sha1_file: convert write_sha1_file to object_id notes: convert write_notes_tree to object_id notes: convert combine_notes_* to object_id commit: convert commit_tree* to object_id match-trees: convert splice_tree to object_id cache: clear whole hash buffer with oidclr sha1_file: convert hash_sha1_file to object_id dir: convert struct sha1_stat to use object_id sha1_file: convert pretend_sha1_file to object_id
2018-02-14Correct mispellings of ".gitmodule" to ".gitmodules"Libravatar Robert P. J. Day1-1/+1
There are a small number of misspellings, ".gitmodule", scattered throughout the code base, correct them ... no apparent functional changes. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-02-13Merge branch 'jt/long-running-process-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+50
Doc updates. * jt/long-running-process-doc: Docs: split out long-running subprocess handshake
2018-02-13Merge branch 'jh/partial-clone'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+16
The machinery to clone & fetch, which in turn involves packing and unpacking objects, have been told how to omit certain objects using the filtering mechanism introduced by the jh/object-filtering topic, and also mark the resulting pack as a promisor pack to tolerate missing objects, taking advantage of the mechanism introduced by the jh/fsck-promisors topic. * jh/partial-clone: t5616: test bulk prefetch after partial fetch fetch: inherit filter-spec from partial clone t5616: end-to-end tests for partial clone fetch-pack: restore save_commit_buffer after use unpack-trees: batch fetching of missing blobs clone: partial clone partial-clone: define partial clone settings in config fetch: support filters fetch: refactor calculation of remote list fetch-pack: test support excluding large blobs fetch-pack: add --no-filter fetch-pack, index-pack, transport: partial clone upload-pack: add object filtering for partial clone
2018-02-13Merge branch 'jh/fsck-promisors'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+12
In preparation for implementing narrow/partial clone, the machinery for checking object connectivity used by gc and fsck has been taught that a missing object is OK when it is referenced by a packfile specially marked as coming from trusted repository that promises to make them available on-demand and lazily. * jh/fsck-promisors: gc: do not repack promisor packfiles rev-list: support termination at promisor objects sha1_file: support lazily fetching missing objects introduce fetch-object: fetch one promisor object index-pack: refactor writing of .keep files fsck: support promisor objects as CLI argument fsck: support referenced promisor objects fsck: support refs pointing to promisor objects fsck: introduce partialclone extension extension.partialclone: introduce partial clone extension
2018-01-30sha1_file: convert pretend_sha1_file to object_idLibravatar Patryk Obara1-1/+1
Convert the declaration and definition of pretend_sha1_file to use struct object_id and adjust all usages of this function. Rename it to pretend_object_file. Signed-off-by: Patryk Obara <patryk.obara@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-01-25Docs: split out long-running subprocess handshakeLibravatar Jonathan Tan1-0/+50
Separating out the implementation of the handshake when starting a long-running subprocess (for example, as is done for a clean/smudge filter) was done in commit fa64a2fdbeed ("sub-process: refactor handshake to common function", 2017-07-26), but its documentation still resides in gitattributes. Split out the documentation as well. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-12-28Merge branch 'jh/partial-clone-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+324
* jh/partial-clone-doc: partial-clone: design doc
2017-12-14partial-clone: design docLibravatar Jeff Hostetler1-0/+324
Design document for partial clone feature. Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-12-08upload-pack: add object filtering for partial cloneLibravatar Jeff Hostetler2-0/+16
Teach upload-pack to negotiate object filtering over the protocol and to send filter parameters to pack-objects. This is intended for partial clone and fetch. The idea to make upload-pack configurable using uploadpack.allowFilter comes from Jonathan Tan's work in [1]. [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/f211093280b422c32cc1b7034130072f35c5ed51.1506714999.git.jonathantanmy@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-12-08decorate: clean up and document APILibravatar Jonathan Tan1-6/+0
Improve the names of the identifiers in decorate.h, document them, and add an example of how to use these functions. The example is compiled and run as part of the test suite. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-12-06Merge branch 'bw/protocol-v1'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-7/+44
A new mechanism to upgrade the wire protocol in place is proposed and demonstrated that it works with the older versions of Git without harming them. * bw/protocol-v1: Documentation: document Extra Parameters ssh: introduce a 'simple' ssh variant i5700: add interop test for protocol transition http: tell server that the client understands v1 connect: tell server that the client understands v1 connect: teach client to recognize v1 server response upload-pack, receive-pack: introduce protocol version 1 daemon: recognize hidden request arguments protocol: introduce protocol extension mechanisms pkt-line: add packet_write function connect: in ref advertisement, shallows are last
2017-12-05extension.partialclone: introduce partial clone extensionLibravatar Jonathan Tan1-0/+12
Introduce new repository extension option: `extensions.partialclone` See the update to Documentation/technical/repository-version.txt in this patch for more information. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-11-21Merge branch 'bp/fsmonitor'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+19
We learned to talk to watchman to speed up "git status" and other operations that need to see which paths have been modified. * bp/fsmonitor: fsmonitor: preserve utf8 filenames in fsmonitor-watchman log fsmonitor: read entirety of watchman output fsmonitor: MINGW support for watchman integration fsmonitor: add a performance test fsmonitor: add a sample integration script for Watchman fsmonitor: add test cases for fsmonitor extension split-index: disable the fsmonitor extension when running the split index test fsmonitor: add a test tool to dump the index extension update-index: add fsmonitor support to update-index ls-files: Add support in ls-files to display the fsmonitor valid bit fsmonitor: add documentation for the fsmonitor extension. fsmonitor: teach git to optionally utilize a file system monitor to speed up detecting new or changed files. update-index: add a new --force-write-index option preload-index: add override to enable testing preload-index bswap: add 64 bit endianness helper get_be64
2017-10-31status: document options to show matching ignored filesLibravatar Jameson Miller1-4/+23
Signed-off-by: Jameson Miller <jamill@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-10-17Documentation: document Extra ParametersLibravatar Jonathan Tan2-7/+44
Document the server support for Extra Parameters, additional information that the client can send in its first message to the server during a Git client-server interaction. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-10-11Merge branch 'hn/string-list-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Docfix. * hn/string-list-doc: api-argv-array.txt: remove broken link to string-list API
2017-10-11Merge branch 'jr/hash-migration-plan-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+797
Lay out plans for weaning us off of SHA-1. * jr/hash-migration-plan-doc: technical doc: add a design doc for hash function transition
2017-10-06api-argv-array.txt: remove broken link to string-list APILibravatar Todd Zullinger1-1/+1
In 4f665f2cf3 (string-list.h: move documentation from Documentation/api/ into header, 2017-09-26) the string-list API documentation was moved to string-list.h. The argv-array API documentation may follow a similar course in the future. Until then, prevent the broken link from making it to the end-user documentation. Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-10-01fsmonitor: add documentation for the fsmonitor extension.Libravatar Ben Peart1-0/+19
This includes the core.fsmonitor setting, the fsmonitor integration hook, and the fsmonitor index extension. Also add documentation for the new fsmonitor options to ls-files and update-index. Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-28technical doc: add a design doc for hash function transitionLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-0/+797
This document describes what a transition to a new hash function for Git would look like. Add it to Documentation/technical/ as the plan of record so that future changes can be recorded as patches. Also-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> Also-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Also-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-27string-list.h: move documentation from Documentation/api/ into headerLibravatar Han-Wen Nienhuys1-209/+0
This mirrors commit 'bdfdaa497 ("strbuf.h: integrate api-strbuf.txt documentation, 2015-01-16") which did the same for strbuf.h: * API documentation uses /** */ to set it apart from other comments. * Function names were stripped from the comments. * Ordering of the header was adjusted to follow the one from the text file. * Edited some existing comments from string-list.h for consistency. Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-09-19Merge branch 'ma/remove-config-maybe-bool'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+0
Finishing touches to a recent topic. * ma/remove-config-maybe-bool: config: remove git_config_maybe_bool
2017-09-19Merge branch 'nd/prune-in-worktree'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+2
"git gc" and friends when multiple worktrees are used off of a single repository did not consider the index and per-worktree refs of other worktrees as the root for reachability traversal, making objects that are in use only in other worktrees to be subject to garbage collection. * nd/prune-in-worktree: refs.c: reindent get_submodule_ref_store() refs.c: remove fallback-to-main-store code get_submodule_ref_store() rev-list: expose and document --single-worktree revision.c: --reflog add HEAD reflog from all worktrees files-backend: make reflog iterator go through per-worktree reflog revision.c: --all adds HEAD from all worktrees refs: remove dead for_each_*_submodule() refs.c: move for_each_remote_ref_submodule() to submodule.c revision.c: use refs_for_each*() instead of for_each_*_submodule() refs: add refs_head_ref() refs: move submodule slash stripping code to get_submodule_ref_store refs.c: refactor get_submodule_ref_store(), share common free block revision.c: --indexed-objects add objects from all worktrees revision.c: refactor add_index_objects_to_pending() refs.c: use is_dir_sep() in resolve_gitlink_ref() revision.h: new flag in struct rev_info wrt. worktree-related refs
2017-09-10Merge branch 'ma/up-to-date'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-3/+3
Message and doc updates. * ma/up-to-date: treewide: correct several "up-to-date" to "up to date" Documentation/user-manual: update outdated example output
2017-09-07config: remove git_config_maybe_boolLibravatar Martin Ågren1-4/+0
The function was deprecated in commit 89576613 ("treewide: deprecate git_config_maybe_bool, use git_parse_maybe_bool", 2017-08-07) and has no users. Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-08-24refs: remove dead for_each_*_submodule()Libravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-5/+2
These are used in revision.c. After the last patch they are replaced with the refs_ version. Delete them. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-08-24Merge branch 'rs/object-id'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
Conversion from uchar[20] to struct object_id continues. * rs/object-id: tree-walk: convert fill_tree_descriptor() to object_id
2017-08-23treewide: correct several "up-to-date" to "up to date"Libravatar Martin Ågren2-3/+3
Follow the Oxford style, which says to use "up-to-date" before the noun, but "up to date" after it. Don't change plumbing (specifically send-pack.c, but transport.c (git push) also has the same string). This was produced by grepping for "up-to-date" and "up to date". It turned out we only had to edit in one direction, removing the hyphens. Fix a typo in Documentation/git-diff-index.txt while we're there. Reported-by: Jeffrey Manian <jeffrey.manian@gmail.com> Reported-by: STEVEN WHITE <stevencharleswhitevoices@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-08-22Merge branch 'ma/parse-maybe-bool'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
Code clean-up. * ma/parse-maybe-bool: parse_decoration_style: drop unused argument `var` treewide: deprecate git_config_maybe_bool, use git_parse_maybe_bool config: make git_{config,parse}_maybe_bool equivalent config: introduce git_parse_maybe_bool_text t5334: document that git push --signed=1 does not work Doc/git-{push,send-pack}: correct --sign= to --signed=
2017-08-14tree-walk: convert fill_tree_descriptor() to object_idLibravatar René Scharfe1-3/+3
All callers of fill_tree_descriptor() have been converted to object_id already, so convert that function as well. As a nice side-effect we get rid of NULL checks in tree-diff.c, as fill_tree_descriptor() already does them for us. Helped-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Reviewed-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-08-11Merge branch 'ma/pager-per-subcommand-action'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-73/+0
The "tag.pager" configuration variable was useless for those who actually create tag objects, as it interfered with the use of an editor. A new mechanism has been introduced for commands to enable pager depending on what operation is being carried out to fix this, and then "git tag -l" is made to run pager by default. * ma/pager-per-subcommand-action: git.c: ignore pager.* when launching builtin as dashed external tag: change default of `pager.tag` to "on" tag: respect `pager.tag` in list-mode only t7006: add tests for how git tag paginates git.c: provide setup_auto_pager() git.c: let builtins opt for handling `pager.foo` themselves builtin.h: take over documentation from api-builtin.txt
2017-08-07treewide: deprecate git_config_maybe_bool, use git_parse_maybe_boolLibravatar Martin Ågren1-0/+4
The only difference between these is that the former takes an argument `name` which it ignores completely. Still, the callers are quite careful to provide reasonable values for it. Once in-flight topics have landed, we should be able to remove git_config_maybe_bool. In the meantime, document it as deprecated in the technical documentation. While at it, document git_parse_maybe_bool. Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-08-03builtin.h: take over documentation from api-builtin.txtLibravatar Martin Ågren1-73/+0
Delete Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt and move its content into builtin.h. Format it as a comment. Remove a '+' which was needed when the information was formatted for AsciiDoc. Similarly, change "::" to ":". Document SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX, thereby bringing the documentation up to date with the available flags. While at it, correct '3 more things to do' to '4 more things to do'. Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-07-26Documentation: migrate sub-process docs to headerLibravatar Jonathan Tan1-59/+0
Move the documentation for the sub-process API from a separate txt file to its header file. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-30hashmap: migrate documentation from Documentation/technical into headerLibravatar Stefan Beller1-309/+0
While at it, clarify the use of `key`, `keydata`, `entry_or_key` as well as documenting the new data pointer for the compare function. Rework the example. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-02Merge branch 'sl/clean-d-ignored-fix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+6
"git clean -d" used to clean directories that has ignored files, even though the command should not lose ignored ones without "-x". "git status --ignored" did not list ignored and untracked files without "-uall". These have been corrected. * sl/clean-d-ignored-fix: clean: teach clean -d to preserve ignored paths dir: expose cmp_name() and check_contains() dir: hide untracked contents of untracked dirs dir: recurse into untracked dirs for ignored files t7061: status --ignored should search untracked dirs t7300: clean -d should skip dirs with ignored files
2017-05-30Merge branch 'bp/sub-process-convert-filter'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+59
Code from "conversion using external process" codepath has been extracted to a separate sub-process.[ch] module. * bp/sub-process-convert-filter: convert: update subprocess_read_status() to not die on EOF sub-process: move sub-process functions into separate files convert: rename reusable sub-process functions convert: update generic functions to only use generic data structures convert: separate generic structures and variables from the filter specific ones convert: split start_multi_file_filter() into two separate functions pkt-line: annotate packet_writel with LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL convert: move packet_write_line() into pkt-line as packet_writel() pkt-line: add packet_read_line_gently() pkt-line: fix packet_read_line() to handle len < 0 errors convert: remove erroneous tests for errno == EPIPE
2017-05-23Merge branch 'jt/push-options-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+26
The receive-pack program now makes sure that the push certificate records the same set of push options used for pushing. * jt/push-options-doc: receive-pack: verify push options in cert docs: correct receive.advertisePushOptions default
2017-05-22dir: hide untracked contents of untracked dirsLibravatar Samuel Lijin1-0/+6
When we taught read_directory_recursive() to recurse into untracked directories in search of ignored files given DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO, that had the side effect of teaching it to collect the untracked contents of untracked directories. It doesn't always make sense to return these, though (we do need them for `clean -d`), so we introduce a flag (DIR_KEEP_UNTRACKED_CONTENTS) to control whether or not read_directory() strips dir->entries of the untracked contents of untracked dirs. We also introduce check_contains() to check if one dir_entry corresponds to a path which contains the path corresponding to another dir_entry. This also fixes known breakages in t7061, since status --ignored now searches untracked directories for ignored files. Signed-off-by: Samuel Lijin <sxlijin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-05-16Merge branch 'js/larger-timestamps'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+4
Some platforms have ulong that is smaller than time_t, and our historical use of ulong for timestamp would mean they cannot represent some timestamp that the platform allows. Invent a separate and dedicated timestamp_t (so that we can distingiuish timestamps and a vanilla ulongs, which along is already a good move), and then declare uintmax_t is the type to be used as the timestamp_t. * js/larger-timestamps: archive-tar: fix a sparse 'constant too large' warning use uintmax_t for timestamps date.c: abort if the system time cannot handle one of our timestamps timestamp_t: a new data type for timestamps PRItime: introduce a new "printf format" for timestamps parse_timestamp(): specify explicitly where we parse timestamps t0006 & t5000: skip "far in the future" test when time_t is too limited t0006 & t5000: prepare for 64-bit timestamps ref-filter: avoid using `unsigned long` for catch-all data type
2017-05-15sub-process: move sub-process functions into separate filesLibravatar Ben Peart1-0/+59
Move the sub-proces functions into sub-process.h/c. Add documentation for the new module in Documentation/technical/api-sub-process.txt Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-05-10receive-pack: verify push options in certLibravatar Jonathan Tan1-6/+26
In commit f6a4e61 ("push: accept push options", 2016-07-14), send-pack was taught to include push options both within the signed cert (if the push is a signed push) and outside the signed cert; however, receive-pack ignores push options within the cert, only handling push options outside the cert. Teach receive-pack, in the case that push options are provided for a signed push, to verify that the push options both within the cert and outside the cert are consistent. This sets in stone the requirement that send-pack redundantly send its push options in 2 places, but I think that this is better than the alternatives. Sending push options only within the cert is backwards-incompatible with existing Git servers (which read push options only from outside the cert), and sending push options only outside the cert means that the push options are not signed for. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-04-27timestamp_t: a new data type for timestampsLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-4/+4
Git's source code assumes that unsigned long is at least as precise as time_t. Which is incorrect, and causes a lot of problems, in particular where unsigned long is only 32-bit (notably on Windows, even in 64-bit versions). So let's just use a more appropriate data type instead. In preparation for this, we introduce the new `timestamp_t` data type. By necessity, this is a very, very large patch, as it has to replace all timestamps' data type in one go. As we will use a data type that is not necessarily identical to `time_t`, we need to be very careful to use `time_t` whenever we interact with the system functions, and `timestamp_t` everywhere else. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-04-23Merge branch 'jt/fetch-pack-error-reporting'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+6
"git fetch-pack" was not prepared to accept ERR packet that the upload-pack can send with a human-readable error message. It showed the packet contents with ERR prefix, so there was no data loss, but it was redundant to say "ERR" in an error message. * jt/fetch-pack-error-reporting: fetch-pack: show clearer error message upon ERR