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2007-06-16Documentation: adjust to AsciiDoc 8Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
It turns out that the attribute definition we have had for a long time to hide "^" character from AsciiDoc 7 was not honored by AsciiDoc 8 even under "-a asciidoc7compatible" mode. There is a similar breakage with the "compatible" mode with + characters. The double colon at the end of definition list term needs to be attached to the term, without a whitespace. After this minimum fixups, AsciiDoc 8 (I used 8.2.1 on Debian) with compatibility mode seems to produce reasonably good results. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-06-10Documentation: user-manual todoLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+4
Some more user-manual todo's: how to share objects between repositories, how to recover. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-06-10user-manual: add a missing section IDLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+1
I forgot to give an ID for this section. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-06-10Fix typo in remote branch example in git user manualLibravatar Gerrit Pape1-1/+1
In Documentation/user-manual.txt the example $ git checkout --track -b origin/maint maint under "Getting updates with git pull", should read $ git checkout --track -b maint origin/maint This was noticed by Ron, and reported through http://bugs.debian.org/427502 Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-06-10user-manual: quick-start updatesLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-5/+5
Update text to reflect new position in appendix. Update the name to reflect the fact that this is closer to reference than tutorial documentation (as suggested by Jonas Fonseca). Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-06-02Create a new manpage for the gitignore format, and reference it elsewhereLibravatar Josh Triplett1-6/+6
Only git-ls-files(1) describes the gitignore format in detail, and it does so with reference to git-ls-files options. Most users don't use the plumbing command git-ls-files directly, and shouldn't have to look in its manpage for information on the gitignore format. Create a new manpage gitignore(5) (Documentation/gitignore.txt), and factor out the gitignore documentation into that file, changing it to refer to .gitignore and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude as used by porcelain commands. Reference gitignore(5) from other relevant manpages and documentation. Remove now-redundant information on exclude patterns from git-ls-files(1), leaving only information on how git-ls-files options specify exclude patterns and what precedence they have. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-28user-manual: fixed typo in exampleLibravatar Steffen Prohaska1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-20Merge branch 'maint' to synchronize with 1.5.1.6Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+106
* maint: GIT 1.5.1.6 git-svn: don't minimize-url when doing an init that tracks multiple paths git-svn: avoid crashing svnserve when creating new directories user-manual: Add section on ignoring files user-manual: finding commits referencing given file content user-manual: discourage shared repository tutorial: revise index introduction tutorials: add user-manual links Conflicts: GIT-VERSION-GEN RelNotes
2007-05-19user-manual: Add section on ignoring filesLibravatar Johan Herland1-2/+69
The todo list at the end of the user manual says that something must be said about .gitignore. Also, there seems to be a lack of documentation on how to choose between the various types of ignore files (.gitignore vs. .git/info/exclude, etc.). This patch adds a section on ignoring files which try to introduce how to tell git about ignored files, and how the different strategies complement eachother. The syntax of exclude patterns is explained in a simplified manner, with a reference to git-ls-files(1) which already contains a more thorough explanation. Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
2007-05-19user-manual: finding commits referencing given file contentLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+16
Another amusing git exploration example brought up in irc. (Credit to aeruder for the complete solution.) Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-19user-manual: discourage shared repositoryLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+21
I don't really want to look like we're encouraging the shared repository thing. Take down some of the argument for using purely single-developer-owned repositories and collaborating using patches and pulls instead. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-18Merge 1.5.1.5 inLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-280/+912
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-17user-manual: reorganize public git repo discussionLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-40/+50
Helping a couple people set up public repos recently, I wanted to point them at this piece of the user manual, but found it wasn't as helpful as it could be: - It starts with a big explanation of why you'd want a public repository, not necessary in their case since they already knew why they wanted that. So, separate that out. - It skimps on some of the git-daemon details, and puts the http export information first. Fix that. Also group all the public repo subsections into a single section, and do some miscellaneous related editing. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17user-manual: listing commits reachable from some refs not othersLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+48
This is just an amusing example raised by someone in irc. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17user-manual: introduce gitLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+3
Well, we should say at least something about what git is. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17user-manual: add a "counting commits" exampleLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+19
This is partly just an excuse to mention --pretty= and rev-list. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17user-manual: move howto/using-topic-branches into manualLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-1/+296
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 Fields1-0/+42
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>
2007-05-17user-manual: move quick-start to an appendixLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-239/+245
The quick start interrupts the flow of the manual a bit. Move it to "appendix A" but add a reference to it in the preface. Also rename the todo chapter to "appendix B", and revise the preface a little. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17user-manual: revise birdseye-view chapterLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-28/+18
Some revisions suggested by Junio along with some minor style fixes and one compile fix (asterisks need escaping). Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-16Add a birdview-on-the-source-code section to the user manualLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+219
In http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/42479, a birdview on the source code was requested. J. Bruce Fields suggested that my reply should be included in the user manual, and there was nothing of an outcry, so here it is, not 2 months later. It includes modifications as suggested by J. Bruce Fields, Karl Hasselström and Daniel Barkalow. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
2007-05-16Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* maint: format-patch: add MIME-Version header when we add content-type. Fixed link in user-manual import-tars: Use the "Link indicator" to identify directories git name-rev writes beyond the end of malloc() with large generations Documentation/branch: fix small typo in -D example
2007-05-16Fixed link in user-manualLibravatar Steffen Prohaska1-1/+1
link to git-mergetool was broken. Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-13Link to HTML version of external doc if availableLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
Currently $ git grep '\([^t]\|^\)'link: user-manual.txt gives four hits that refer to .txt version of the documentation set, but at least "hooks" and "cvs-migration" have HTML variants installed, so refer to them instead. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-07user-manual: fix clone and fetch typosLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-7/+6
More typo fixes from Santi Béjar, plus a couple other mistakes I noticed along the way. Cc: Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-07user-manual: miscellaneous editingLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-35/+47
I cherry-picked some additional miscellaneous fixes from those suggested by Santi Béjar, including fixes to: - correct discussion of repository/HEAD->repository shortcut - add mention of git-mergetool - add mention of --track - mention "-f" as well as "+" for fetch Cc: Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-07user-manual: fix .gitconfig editing examplesLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-4/+3
Santi Béjar points out that when telling people how to "introduce themselves" to git we're advising them to replace their entire .gitconfig file. Fix that. Cc: "Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-07user-manual: clean up fast-forward and dangling-objects sectionsLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-33/+40
The previous commit calls attention to the fact that we have two sections each devoted to fast-forwards and to dangling objects. Revise and attempt to differentiate them a bit. Some more reorganization may be required later.... Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields
2007-05-07user-manual: add section ID'sLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-2/+82
Any section lacking an id gets an annoying warning when you build the manual. More seriously, the table of contents then generates volatile id's which change with every build, with the effect that we get URL's that change all the time. The ID's are manually generated and sometimes inconsistent, but that's OK. XXX: what to do about the preface? Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-07user-manual: more discussion of detached heads, fix typosLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-5/+15
Nicolas Pitre pointed out a couple typos and some room for improvement in the discussion of detached heads. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
2007-05-04Mention version 1.5.1 in tutorial and user-manualLibravatar Carl Worth1-2/+2
Most other documentation will frequently be read from an installation of git so will naturally be associated with the installed version. But these two documents in particular are often read from web pages while users are still exploring git. It's important to mention version 1.5.1 since these documents provide example commands that won't work with previous versions of git. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-16user-manual: use detached head when rewriting historyLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-7/+8
This is slightly simpler if we use a detached head. And it's probably good to have another example that uses this feature. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-16user-manual: start revising "internals" chapterLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-18/+20
Minor revisions, cross-references. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-16user-manual: detached HEADLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-2/+42
Add a brief mention of detached HEADs and .git/HEAD. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-16user-manual: fix discussion of default cloneLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-3/+3
The name "master" isn't actually quite so special. Also, fix some bad grammar. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-06usermanual.txt: some capitalization nitsLibravatar Arjen Laarhoven1-4/+4
Signed-off-by: Arjen Laarhoven <arjen@yaph.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-04-03Documentation: A few minor fixes to Git User's ManualLibravatar Jakub Narebski1-10/+10
Mainly consistent usage of "git command" and not "git-command" syntax Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Acked-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-03-25Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-26/+22
* maint: user-manual: introduce "branch" and "branch head" differently glossary: clean up cross-references glossary: stop generating automatically user-manual: Use def_ instead of ref_ for glossary references. user-manual.txt: fix a tiny typo. user-manual: run xsltproc without --nonet option
2007-03-18user-manual: introduce "branch" and "branch head" differentlyLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-22/+21
I was using "branch" to mean "head", but that's perhaps a little sloppy; so instead start by using the terms "branch head" and "head", while still quickly falling back on "branch", since that's what people actually say more frequently. Also include glossary references on the first uses of "head" and "tag". Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-03-18glossary: stop generating automaticallyLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-3/+0
The sort_glossary.pl script sorts the glossary, checks for duplicates, and automatically adds cross-references. But it's not so hard to do all that by hand, and sometimes the automatic cross-references are a little wrong; so let's run the script one last time and check in its output. Note: to make the output fit better into the user manual I also deleted the acknowledgements at the end, which was maybe a little rude; feel free to object and I can find a different solution. Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-03-18user-manual.txt: fix a tiny typo.Libravatar Jim Meyering1-1/+1
"file patch" was doubtless intended to be "file path", but "directory name" is clearer. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-03-10Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-18/+27
* maint: git.el: Retrieve commit log information from .dotest directory. git.el: Avoid appending a signoff line that is already present. setup_git_directory_gently: fix off-by-one error user-manual: install user manual stylesheet with other web documents user-manual: fix rendering of history diagrams user-manual: fix missing colon in git-show example user-manual: fix inconsistent use of pull and merge user-manual: fix inconsistent example glossary: fix overoptimistic automatic linking of defined terms Documentation: s/seperator/separator/ Adjust reflog filemode in shared repository
2007-03-10user-manual: fix rendering of history diagramsLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-4/+21
Asciidoc appears to interpret a backslash at the end of a line as escaping the end-of-line character, which screws up the display of history diagrams like o--o--o \ o--... The obvious fix (replacing "\" by "\\") doesn't work. The only workaround I've found is to include all such diagrams in a LiteralBlock. Asciidoc claims that should be equivalent to a literal paragraph, so I don't understand why the difference--perhaps it's an asciidoc bug. Cc: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-03-10user-manual: fix missing colon in git-show exampleLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-1/+1
There should be a colon in this git-show example. Cc: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-03-10user-manual: fix inconsistent use of pull and mergeLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-11/+3
I used "git pull ." instead of "git merge" here without any explanation. Stick instead to "git merge" for now (the equivalent pull syntax is still covered in a later chapter). Cc: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-03-10user-manual: fix inconsistent exampleLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-2/+2
The configuration file fragment here is inconsistent with the text above. Thanks to Ramsay Jones for the correction. Cc: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-03-04Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-35/+139
* maint: GIT 1.5.0.3 glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objects user-manual: more detailed merge discussion user-manual: how to replace commits older than most recent user-manual: insert earlier of mention content-addressable architecture user-manual: ensure generated manual references stylesheet user-manual: reset to ORIG_HEAD not HEAD to undo merge Documentation: mention module option to git-cvsimport
2007-03-04user-manual: more detailed merge discussionLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-25/+77
Add more details on conflict, including brief discussion of file stages. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-03-04user-manual: how to replace commits older than most recentLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+46
"Modifying" an old commit by checking it out, --amend'ing it, then rebasing on top of it, is a slightly cumbersome technique, but I've found it useful frequently enough to make it seem worth documenting. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-03-04user-manual: insert earlier of mention content-addressable architectureLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-9/+15
The content-addressable design is too important not to be worth at least a brief mention a little earlier on. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>