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2008-04-24Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
* maint-1.5.4: t5516: remove ambiguity test (1) Linked glossary from cvs-migration page write-tree: properly detect failure to write tree objects
2008-04-24doc/git-gc: add a note about what is collectedLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+15
It seems to be a FAQ that people try running git-gc, and then get puzzled about why the size of their .git directory didn't change. This note mentions the reasons why things might unexpectedly get kept. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-23Linked glossary from cvs-migration pageLibravatar Matt Graham1-1/+2
Coming from CVS, I found the git glossary vital to learning git and learning how terms in git correlate to the cvs terminology with which I am familiar. This patch links the glossary from the cvs-migration page so cvs users will be able to fine the glossary as soon as they start looking at git documents. Signed-off-by: Matt Graham <mdg149@gmail.com> Acked-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-22Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
* maint-1.5.4: svn-git: Use binmode for reading/writing binary rev maps diff options documentation: refer to --diff-filter in --name-status git-svn bug with blank commits and author file archive.c: format_subst - fixed bogus argument to memchr copy.c: copy_fd - correctly report write errors gitattributes: Fix subdirectory attributes specified from root directory
2008-04-22Amend git-push refspec documentationLibravatar Sam Vilain1-10/+13
These paragraphs are a little confusing. Also, make it clearer when you have to specify the full name for <dst> Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-22git-gc --prune is deprecatedLibravatar Dmitry Potapov2-20/+3
25ee9731c137d0a24b0f4879eb0b0cce9b77d5b0 made the '--prune' option deprecated and removed its description from the git-gc man page. This patch removes all references to this option from the rest of the Git documentation. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-22diff options documentation: refer to --diff-filter in --name-statusLibravatar Miklos Vajna1-1/+2
git diff --name-status outputs letters, but the meaning of those letters is documented elsewhere. Add a note to make the manpage more intuitive. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-22git-clone.txt: Adjust note to --shared for new pruning behavior of git-gcLibravatar Brandon Casey1-4/+9
Since git-gc now always calls prune, even with --auto, unreferenced objects may be removed by more operations than just git-gc. This is important for clones created using --shared or --reference. Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-21diff-options.txt: document the new "--dirstat" optionLibravatar Gerrit Pape1-0/+8
This commit adds the documentation for the new option added by 7df7c01 (Add "--dirstat" for some directory statistics, 2008-02-12). Noticed by Clint Adams, reported through http://bugs.debian.org/476437 Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-20GIT 1.5.5.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+47
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>
2008-04-16Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-20/+32
* maint-1.5.4: git-am: minor cleanup Clarify and fix English in "git-rm" documentation
2008-04-16Clarify and fix English in "git-rm" documentationLibravatar Jon Loeliger1-20/+32
Do some verb-noun agreement changes. Clarify some file globbing cases. Fixed a wrong statement in an example. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-16Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-11/+17
* maint-1.5.4: git-bisect: make "start", "good" and "skip" succeed or fail atomically git-am: cope better with an empty Subject: line Ignore leading empty lines while summarizing merges bisect: squelch "fatal: ref HEAD not a symref" misleading message builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patch Clarify documentation of git-cvsserver, particularly in relation to git-shell
2008-04-15Clarify documentation of git-cvsserver, particularly in relation to git-shellLibravatar Scott Collins1-11/+17
For SSH clients restricted to git-shell, CVS_SERVER does not have to be specified, because git-shell understands the default value of 'cvs' to mean git-cvsserver'. This makes it totally transparent to CVS users, but the instruction to set up CVS access for people with real shell access does not apply. Previous wording mentioning GIT_AUTHOR, GIT_COMMITTER variables was unclear that we really meant GIT_AUTHOR_(NAME|EMAIL), etc. Note that the .ssh/environment file is a good place to set these, and that the .bashrc is shell-specific. Add a bit of text to differentiate cvs -d (setting CVSROOT) from cvs co -d (setting the name of the newly checked out directory). Removed an extra 'Example:' string. Signed-off-by: Scott Collins <scc@ScottCollins.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-12Documentation/git-submodule: typofixLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-12Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-2/+13
* maint-1.5.4: Docs gitk: Explicitly mention the files that gitk uses (~/.gitk) Document -w option to shortlog bisect: report bad rev better
2008-04-12Docs gitk: Explicitly mention the files that gitk uses (~/.gitk)Libravatar Clifford Caoile1-0/+5
gitk creates and uses ~/.gitk Signed-off-by: Clifford Caoile <piyo@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-12Document -w option to shortlogLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+8
Noticed by Fredrik Noring. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-11Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano3-3/+14
* maint-1.5.4: bisect: fix bad rev checking in "git bisect good" revision.c: make --date-order overriddable Fix section about backdating tags in the git-tag docs Document option --only of git commit Documentation/git-request-pull: Fixed a typo ("send" -> "end")
2008-04-11Fix section about backdating tags in the git-tag docsLibravatar Björn Steinbrink1-2/+2
The tagger is equal to the committer, not the author, so GIT_COMMITTER_DATE is the right environment variable to use, not GIT_AUTHOR_DATE. Signed-off-by: Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-11Document option --only of git commitLibravatar Johannes Sixt1-0/+11
Its documentation was removed by 6c96753 (Documentation/git-commit: rewrite to make it more end-user friendly, 2006-12-08), even though it is referenced from a few places, including builtin-commit.c (as part of the commentary in the commit message template). Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-11Documentation/git-request-pull: Fixed a typo ("send" -> "end")Libravatar Dirk Suesserott1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Dirk Suesserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-10Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-8/+8
* maint-1.5.4: core-tutorial.txt: Fix showing the current behaviour. git-archive: ignore prefix when checking file attribute Fix documentation syntax of optional arguments in short options.
2008-04-10core-tutorial.txt: Fix showing the current behaviour.Libravatar Carlos Rica1-6/+6
The --root option from "git diff-tree" won't do nothing when is given to commands like git-whatchanged or git-log, because those always print the initial commit by default. This fixes the tutorial explaining the function of the log.showroot configuration variable. Signed-off-by: Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-10Fix documentation syntax of optional arguments in short options.Libravatar Carlos Rica1-2/+2
When an argument for an option is optional, like in -n from git-tag, puting a space between the option and the argument is interpreted as a missing argument for the option plus an isolated argument. Documentation now reflects the need to write the parameter following the option -n, as in "git tag -nARG", for instance. Signed-off-by: Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-07GIT 1.5.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-7/+6
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-06Add description of OFS_DELTA to the pack format descriptionLibravatar Peter Eriksen1-1/+15
Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk> Acked-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-05git-pack-objects.txt: Make wording slightly less ambiguousLibravatar Peter Eriksen1-2/+3
It is a bit confusing on first read, that "The packed archive format (.pack) is designed to be unpackable..." Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-02GIT 1.5.5-rc3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+4
The rate of fixes that trickle in has slowed and we are definitely getting there. Hopefully one final round and we will have the final 1.5.5 soon. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-02Describe the bug in handling filenames with funny characters in 'git add -i'Libravatar Teemu Likonen1-0/+6
The interactive mode does not work with files whose names contain characters that need C-quoting. `core.quotepath` configuration can be used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash, double-quote and control characters will still have problems. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-30Allow git-cvsserver database table name prefix to be specified.Libravatar Josh Elsasser2-0/+12
Adds a gitcvs.dbtablenameprefix config variable, the contents of which are prepended to any database tables names used by git-cvsserver. The same substutions as gitcvs.dbname and gitcvs.dbuser are supported, and any non-alphabetic characters are replaced with underscores. A typo found in contrib/completion/git-completion.bash is also fixed. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-27GIT 1.5.5-rc2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-7/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-27GIT 1.5.4.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+0
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-27Update draft release notes for 1.5.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+4
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-27Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-1/+29
* maint: Update draft release notes for 1.5.4.5 Documentation: clarify use of .git{ignore,attributes} versus .git/info/* t/t3800-mktag.sh: use test_must_fail rather than '!' Conflicts: t/t3800-mktag.sh
2008-03-27Update draft release notes for 1.5.4.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+10
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-27Documentation: clarify use of .git{ignore,attributes} versus .git/info/*Libravatar Jeff King2-0/+19
gitignore patterns can be read from three different files, while gitattributes can come from two files. Let's provide some hints to the user about the differences and how they are typically used. Suggested by Toby Corkindale, but gratuitously reworded by Jeff King. Signed-off-by: Toby Corkindale <toby.corkindale@rea-group.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-26Fix the wrong output of `git-show v1.3.0~155^2~4` in documentation.Libravatar Guanqun Lu1-1/+1
Texts between ~ and ~ will be subscripted during the asciidoc translation. Signed-off-by: Guanqun Lu <Guanqun.Lu@Gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> (cherry picked from commit 0c829391cfcdc57172765322575804a7ad5f3116)
2008-03-25Documentation/git-checkout: Update summary to reflect current abilitiesLibravatar Julian Phillips2-4/+7
For a while now, git-checkout has been more powerful than the man-page summary would suggest (the main text does describe the new features), so update the summary to hopefully better reflect the current functionality. Also update the glossary description of the word checkout. Signed-off-by: Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-24Documentation: git-tag '-m'/'-F' implies '-a'Libravatar Dirk Süsserott1-0/+7
2008-03-23Fix the wrong output of `git-show v1.3.0~155^2~4` in documentation.Libravatar Guanqun Lu1-1/+1
Texts between ~ and ~ will be subscripted during the asciidoc translation. Signed-off-by: Guanqun Lu <Guanqun.Lu@Gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-23RelNotes: mention checkout/branch's --track option, tooLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-2/+3
checkout and branch recently learnt to track local branches when branch.autosetupmerge = always, but they _also_ learnt to do that when asked explicitely with the option "--track". Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-23GIT 1.5.5-rc1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+4
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-23gc --auto: raise default auto pack limit from 20 to 50Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Recent discussion on the list, with the improvement f7c22cc (always start looking up objects in the last used pack first, 2007-05-30) brought in, reached the concensus that the current default 20 is too low. Reference: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/77586 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-22fast-import: Document the effect of "merge" with no "from" in a commitLibravatar Eyvind Bernhardsen1-3/+8
The fast-import documentation currently does not document the behaviour of "merge" when there is no "from" in a commit. This patch adds a description of what happens: the commit is created with a parent, but no files. This behaviour is equivalent to "from" followed by "filedeleteall". Signed-off-by: Eyvind Bernhardsen <eyvind-git@orakel.ntnu.no> Acked-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-22Improve description of git filter-branch.Libravatar Ralf Wildenhues1-11/+12
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-19Document the sendemail.smtpserverport config variableLibravatar Kevin Ballard1-0/+3
Add sendemail.smtpserverport to the Configuration section of the git-send-email manpage. It should probably be referenced in the --smtp-server-port option as well. Signed-off-by: Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-19make it easier for people who just want to get rid of 'git gc --auto'Libravatar Nicolas Pitre1-2/+9
Give a direct hint to those who feel highly annoyed by the auto gc behavior. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-19Documentation/git-merge: document subtree strategy.Libravatar Miklos Vajna1-0/+7
There was already some documentation about subtree under Documentation/howto but it was missing from git-merge manpage. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>