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2007-05-25Documentation: Add definition of "evil merge" to GIT GlossaryLibravatar Jakub Narebski1-0/+4
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-25Replace the last 'dircache's by 'index'Libravatar Jakub Narebski1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-25Documentation: Clean up links in GIT GlossaryLibravatar Jakub Narebski1-29/+29
Ensure that the same link is not repeated in single glossary entry, and that there is no self-link i.e. link to current entry. Add links to other definitions in git glossary. Remove inappropriate (nonsense) links, or change link to link to correct definition (to correct term). Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-23Documentation: fix git-config.xml generationLibravatar James Bowes1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-22Document branch.autosetupmerge.Libravatar Paolo Bonzini1-0/+7
This patch documents the branch.autosetupmerge config option, added by commit 0746d19a. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-21git-status: respect core.excludesFileLibravatar Johannes Schindelin2-0/+10
git-add reads this variable, and honours the contents of that file if that exists. Match this behaviour in git-status, too. Noticed by Evan Carroll on IRC. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-21SubmittingPatches: mention older C compiler compatibilityLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+13
We do not appreciate C99 initializers, declarations after statements, or "0" instead of "NULL". Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-20git-config: Correct asciidoc documentation for --int/--boolLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld1-8/+9
The asciidoc documentation seemed to indicate that type specifiers are honoured on writing operations which they aren't. Make this more clear. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-20GIT 1.5.1.6Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-7/+46
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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>
2007-05-19tutorial: revise index introductionLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-49/+45
The embarassing history of this tutorial is that I started it without really understanding the index well, so I avoided mentioning it. And we all got the idea that "index" was a word to avoid using around newbies, but it was reluctantly mentioned that *something* had to be said. The result is a little awkward: the discussion of the index never actually uses that word, and isn't well-integrated into the surrounding material. Let's just go ahead and use the word "index" from the very start, and try to demonstrate its use with a minimum of lecturing. Also, remove discussion of using git-commit with explicit filenames. We're already a bit slow here to get people to their first commit, and I'm not convinced this is really so important. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-19tutorials: add user-manual linksLibravatar J. Bruce Fields2-1/+8
Mention the user manual, especially as an alternative introduction for user's mainly interested in read-only operations. And fix a typo while we're there. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-18Documentation: Reformatted SYNOPSIS for several commandsLibravatar Matthias Kestenholz6-9/+19
Signed-off-by: Matthias Kestenholz <matthias@spinlock.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-18Documentation: Added [verse] to SYNOPSIS where necessaryLibravatar Matthias Kestenholz5-1/+5
Signed-off-by: Matthias Kestenholz <matthias@spinlock.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-18GIT v1.5.1.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+13
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-18Merge branch 'maint' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/git into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano6-896/+1046
* 'maint' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/git: user-manual: reorganize public git repo discussion user-manual: listing commits reachable from some refs not others user-manual: introduce git user-manual: add a "counting commits" example user-manual: move howto/using-topic-branches into manual user-manual: move howto/make-dist.txt into user manual Documentation: remove howto's now incorporated into manual user-manual: move quick-start to an appendix glossary: expand and clarify some definitions, prune cross-references user-manual: revise birdseye-view chapter Add a birdview-on-the-source-code section to the user manual
2007-05-18Documentation: git-rev-list's "patterns"Libravatar Petr Baudis1-2/+2
git-rev-list(1) talks about patterns as values for the --grep, --committed etc. parameters, without going into detail. This patch mentions that these patterns are actually regexps. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> 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 Fields2-297/+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 Fields2-52/+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>
2007-05-17Documentation: 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>
2007-05-17user-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>
2007-05-17glossary: expand and clarify some definitions, prune cross-referencesLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-94/+134
Revise and expand some of the definitions in the glossary, based in part on a recent thread started by a user looking for help with some of the jargon. I've borrowed some of the language from Linus's email on that thread. (I'm assuming standing permission to plagiarize Linus's email....) Also start making a few changes to mitigate the appearance of "circularity" mentioned in that thread: - feel free to use somewhat longer definitions and to explain some things more than once instead of relying purely on cross-references - don't use cross-references when they're redundant: eliminate self-references and repeated references to the same entry. Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 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>
2007-05-17Document core.excludesfile for git-addLibravatar Michael Hendricks1-0/+9
During the discussion of core.excludesfile in the user-manual, I realized that the configuration wasn't mentioned in the man pages. Signed-off-by: Michael Hendricks <michael@ndrix.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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>
2007-05-16Fixed 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>
2007-05-14Documentation/branch: fix small typo in -D exampleLibravatar Quy Tonthat1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-14Prepare for 1.5.1.5 Release NotesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+37
Hopefully we will have 1.5.2 soonish, to contain all of these, but we should summarize what we have done regardless. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-14git-am: Clean up the asciidoc documentationLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld1-16/+19
Add --keep to synopsis. The synopsys used a mix of tabs and spaces, unify to use only spaces. Shuffle options around in synopsys and description for grouping them logically. Add more gitlink references to other commands. Various grammatical fixes and improvements. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-14Documentation: format-patch has no --mbox optionLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld2-2/+2
git-applymbox and git-mailinfo refer to a --mbox option of git-format-patch when talking about their -k options. But there is no such option. What -k does to the former two commands is to keep the Subject: lines unmunged, meant to be used on output generated with format-patch -k. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-12Updated documentation of hooks in git-receive-pack.Libravatar Jan Hudec1-7/+70
Added documentation of pre-receive and post-receive hooks and updated documentation of update and post-update hooks. [jc: with minor copy-editing] Signed-off-by: Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-12tiny fix in documentation of git-cloneLibravatar Steffen Prohaska1-1/+1
path in example was missing '../' Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-10SPECIFYING RANGES typo fix: it it => it isLibravatar Jari Aalto1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-09Fix documentation of tag in git-fast-import.txtLibravatar Richard P. Curnow1-1/+0
The tag command does not take a trailing LF. Signed-off-by: Richard P. Curnow <rc@rc0.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-08GIT v1.5.1.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+30
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>
2007-05-06Documentation: don't reference non-existent 'git-cvsapplycommit'Libravatar Jeff King1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-07user-manual: stop deprecating the manualLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-4/+3
It's just as much a work-in-progress, but at least now it's gotten enough technical review to shake out most of the really bad lies, so hopefully it doesn't do any actual damage. And if we encourage people to read it, they'll be more likely to whine about it, which will help get it fixed faster. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
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>
2007-05-05Documentation: fix typo in git-remote.txtLibravatar James Bowes1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>