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2014-06-25Merge branch 'jk/repack-pack-writebitmaps-config'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+10
* jk/repack-pack-writebitmaps-config: t7700: drop explicit --no-pack-kept-objects from .keep test repack: introduce repack.writeBitmaps config option repack: simplify handling of --write-bitmap-index pack-objects: stop respecting pack.writebitmaps
2014-06-20Fourth batch for 2.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-20Merge branch 'jc/fetch-pull-refmap'Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-57/+122
* jc/fetch-pull-refmap: docs: Explain the purpose of fetch's and pull's <refspec> parameter. fetch: allow explicit --refmap to override configuration fetch doc: add a section on configured remote-tracking branches fetch doc: remove "short-cut" section fetch doc: update refspec format description fetch doc: on pulling multiple refspecs fetch doc: remove notes on outdated "mixed layout" fetch doc: update note on '+' in front of the refspec fetch doc: move FETCH_HEAD material lower and add an example fetch doc: update introductory part for clarity
2014-06-20Merge branch 'mt/send-email-cover-to-cc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+12
* mt/send-email-cover-to-cc: t9001: avoid non-portable '\n' with sed test/send-email: to-cover, cc-cover tests git-send-email: two new options: to-cover, cc-cover
2014-06-20Merge branch 'jm/api-strbuf-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+5
* jm/api-strbuf-doc: api-strbuf.txt minor typos
2014-06-16Third batch for 2.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+80
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-16Merge branch 'ta/string-list-init'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+2
* ta/string-list-init: string-list: spell all values out that are given to a string_list initializer
2014-06-16Merge branch 'sh/enable-preloadindex'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* sh/enable-preloadindex: environment.c: enable core.preloadindex by default
2014-06-16Merge branch 'jm/doc-wording-tweaks'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-9/+8
* jm/doc-wording-tweaks: Documentation: wording fixes in the user manual and glossary
2014-06-16Merge branch 'jm/format-patch-mail-sig'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+8
* jm/format-patch-mail-sig: format-patch: add "--signature-file=<file>" option format-patch: make newline after signature conditional
2014-06-16Merge branch 'jk/http-errors'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
Propagate the error messages from the webserver better to the client coming over the HTTP transport. * jk/http-errors: http: default text charset to iso-8859-1 remote-curl: reencode http error messages strbuf: add strbuf_reencode helper http: optionally extract charset parameter from content-type http: extract type/subtype portion of content-type t5550: test display of remote http error messages t/lib-httpd: use write_script to copy CGI scripts test-lib: preserve GIT_CURL_VERBOSE from the environment
2014-06-16Merge branch 'fc/remote-helper-refmap'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+7
Allow remote-helper/fast-import based transport to rename the refs while transferring the history. * fc/remote-helper-refmap: transport-helper: remove unnecessary strbuf resets transport-helper: add support to delete branches fast-export: add support to delete refs fast-import: add support to delete refs transport-helper: add support to push symbolic refs transport-helper: add support for old:new refspec fast-export: add new --refspec option fast-export: improve argument parsing
2014-06-16Merge branch 'jl/status-added-submodule-is-never-ignored'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-3/+9
submodule.*.ignore and diff.ignoresubmodules are used to ignore all submodule changes in "diff" output, but it can be confusing to apply these configuration values to status and commit. This is a backward-incompatible change, but should be so in a good way (aka bugfix). * jl/status-added-submodule-is-never-ignored: commit -m: commit staged submodules regardless of ignore config status/commit: show staged submodules regardless of ignore config
2014-06-16Merge branch 'jk/strbuf-tolower'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
* jk/strbuf-tolower: strbuf: add strbuf_tolower function
2014-06-16Merge branch 'jk/argv-array-for-child-process'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-8/+7
* jk/argv-array-for-child-process: argv-array: drop "detach" code get_importer: use run-command's internal argv_array get_exporter: use argv_array get_helper: use run-command's internal argv_array git_connect: use argv_array run_column_filter: use argv_array run-command: store an optional argv_array
2014-06-16Merge branch 'cc/replace-edit'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+15
"git replace" learns a new "--edit" option. * cc/replace-edit: Documentation: replace: describe new --edit option replace: add --edit to usage string replace: add tests for --edit replace: die early if replace ref already exists replace: refactor checking ref validity replace: make sure --edit results in a different object replace: add --edit option replace: factor object resolution out of replace_object replace: use OPT_CMDMODE to handle modes replace: refactor command-mode determination
2014-06-16Merge branch 'mt/patch-id-stable' (early part)Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+32
* 'mt/patch-id-stable' (early part): patch-id-test: test stable and unstable behaviour patch-id: make it stable against hunk reordering test doc: test_write_lines does not split its arguments test: add test_write_lines helper
2014-06-12docs: Explain the purpose of fetch's and pull's <refspec> parameter.Libravatar Marc Branchaud2-6/+16
Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-10repack: introduce repack.writeBitmaps config optionLibravatar Jeff King1-7/+10
We currently have pack.writeBitmaps, which originally operated at the pack-objects level. This should really have been a repack.* option from day one. Let's give it the more sensible name, but keep the old version as a deprecated synonym. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-10patch-id: make it stable against hunk reorderingLibravatar Michael S. Tsirkin1-5/+32
Patch id changes if users reorder file diffs that make up a patch. As the result is functionally equivalent, a different patch id is surprising to many users. In particular, reordering files using diff -O is helpful to make patches more readable (e.g. API header diff before implementation diff). Add an option to change patch-id behaviour making it stable against these kinds of patch change: calculate SHA1 hash for each hunk separately and sum all hashes (using a symmetrical sum) to get patch id We use a 20byte sum and not xor - since xor would give 0 output for patches that have two identical diffs, which isn't all that unlikely (e.g. append the same line in two places). The new behaviour is enabled - when patchid.stable is true - when --stable flag is present Using a new flag --unstable or setting patchid.stable to false force the historical behaviour. In the documentation, clarify that patch ID can now be a sum of hashes, not a hash. Document how command line and config options affect the behaviour. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-09api-strbuf.txt minor typosLibravatar Jeremiah Mahler1-5/+5
Fixed some minor typos in api-strbuf.txt: 'A' instead of 'An', 'have' instead of 'has', a overlong line, and 'another' instead of 'an other'. Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-09Update draft release notes to 2.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+29
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-06string-list: spell all values out that are given to a string_list initializerLibravatar Tanay Abhra1-0/+2
STRING_LIST_INIT_{NODUP,DUP} initializers list values only for earlier structure members, relying on the usual convention in C that the omitted members are initailized to 0, i.e. the former is expanded to the latter: struct string_list l = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP; struct string_list l = { NULL, 0, 0, 1 }; and the last member that is not mentioned (i.e. 'cmp') is initialized to NULL. While there is nothing wrong in this construct, spelling out all the values where the macros are defined will serve also as a documentation, so let's do so. Signed-off-by: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-06Second batch for 2.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+87
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-06Merge branch 'ss/howto-manage-trunk'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+217
* ss/howto-manage-trunk: How to keep a project's canonical history correct.
2014-06-06Merge branch 'jj/command-line-adjective'Libravatar Junio C Hamano19-47/+47
* jj/command-line-adjective: Documentation: use "command-line" when used as a compound adjective, and fix other minor grammatical issues
2014-06-06Merge branch 'jc/coding-guidelines'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+145
* jc/coding-guidelines: CodingGuidelines: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>" CodingGuidelines: on splitting a long line CodingGuidelines: on comparison CodingGuidelines: do not call the conditional statement "if()" CodingGuidelines: give an example for shell function preamble CodingGuidelines: give an example for control statements CodingGuidelines: give an example for redirection CodingGuidelines: give an example for case/esac statement CodingGuidelines: once it is in, it is not worth the code churn
2014-06-06Merge branch 'nd/status-auto-comment-char'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
* nd/status-auto-comment-char: commit: allow core.commentChar=auto for character auto selection config: be strict on core.commentChar
2014-06-06Merge branch 'wk/doc-clarify-upstream'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
* wk/doc-clarify-upstream: Documentation: mention config sources for @{upstream}
2014-06-06Merge branch 'dk/raise-core-deltabasecachelimit'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
The `core.deltabasecachelimit` used to default to 16 MiB , but this proved to be too small, and has been bumped to 96 MiB. * dk/raise-core-deltabasecachelimit: Bump core.deltaBaseCacheLimit to 96m
2014-06-06Merge branch 'mm/pager-less-sans-S'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+10
Since the very beginning of Git, we gave the LESS environment a default value "FRSX" when we spawn "less" as the pager. "S" (chop long lines instead of wrapping) has been removed from this default set of options, because it is more or less a personal taste thing, as opposed to others that have good justifications (i.e. "R" is very much justified because many kinds of output we produce are colored and "FX" is justified because output we produce is often shorter than a page). Existing users who prefer not to see line-wrapped output may want to set $ git config core.pager "less -S" to restore the traditional behaviour. It is expected that people find output from the most subcommands easier to read with the new default, except for "blame" which tends to produce really long lines. To override the new default only for "git blame", you can do this: $ git config pager.blame "less -S" * mm/pager-less-sans-S: pager: remove 'S' from $LESS by default
2014-06-05fetch: allow explicit --refmap to override configurationLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+12
Since the introduction of opportunisitic updates of remote-tracking branches, started at around f2690487 (fetch: opportunistically update tracking refs, 2013-05-11) with a few updates in v1.8.4 era, the remote.*.fetch configuration always kicks in even when a refspec to specify what to fetch is given on the command line, and there is no way to disable or override it per-invocation. Teach the command to pay attention to the --refmap=<lhs>:<rhs> command-line options that can be used to override the use of configured remote.*.fetch as the refmap. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> ---
2014-06-05fetch doc: add a section on configured remote-tracking branchesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+45
To resurrect a misleading mention removed in the previous step, add a section to explain how the remote-tracking configuration interacts with the refspecs given as the command-line arguments. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-04fetch doc: remove "short-cut" sectionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-13/+3
It is misleading to mention that <ref> that does not store is to fetch the ref into FETCH_HEAD, because a refspec that does store is also to fetch the LHS into FETCH_HEAD. It is doubly misleading to list it as part of "short-cut". <ref> stands for a refspec that has it on the LHS with a colon and an empty RHS, and that definition should be given at the beginning of the entry where the format is defined. Tentatively remove this misleading description, which leaves the `tag <tag>` as the only true short-hand, so move it at the beginning of the entry. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-04fetch doc: update refspec format descriptionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
The text made it sound as if the leading plus is the only thing that is optional, and forgot that <lhs> is the same as <lhs>:, i.e. fetch it and do not store anywhere. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-04fetch doc: on pulling multiple refspecsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+12
Replace desription of old-style "Pull:" lines in remotes/ configuration with modern remote.*.fetch variables. As this note applies only to "git pull", enable it only in git-pull manual page. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-03First batch for 2.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+86
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-03Merge branch 'bg/strbuf-trim'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
* bg/strbuf-trim: api-strbuf.txt: add docs for _trim and _ltrim strbuf: use _rtrim and _ltrim in strbuf_trim
2014-06-03Merge branch 'dt/api-doc-setup-gently'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+8
* dt/api-doc-setup-gently: docs: document RUN_SETUP_GENTLY and clarify RUN_SETUP
2014-06-03Merge branch 'fc/mergetool-prompt'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+5
mergetool.prompt used to default to 'true', always causing a confirmation "do you really want to run the tool on this path" to be shown. Among the two purposes the prompt serves, ignore the use case to confirm that the user wants to view particular path with the named tool, and make the prompt only to confirm the choice of the tool made by autodetection and defaulting. For those who configured the tool explicitly, the prompt shown for the latter purpose is simply annoying. Strictly speaking, this is a backward incompatible change and the users need to explicitly set the variable to 'true' if they want to resurrect the now-ignored use case. * fc/mergetool-prompt: mergetool: document the default for --[no-]prompt mergetool: run prompt only if guessed tool
2014-06-03Merge branch 'fc/merge-default-to-upstream'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+2
"git merge" without argument, even when there is an upstream defined for the current branch, refused to run until merge.defaultToUpstream is set to true. Flip the default of that configuration variable to true. * fc/merge-default-to-upstream: merge: enable defaulttoupstream by default
2014-06-03Merge branch 'mh/ref-transaction'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+12
Update "update-ref --stdin [-z]" and then introduce a transactional support for (multi-)reference updates. * mh/ref-transaction: (27 commits) ref_transaction_commit(): work with transaction->updates in place struct ref_update: add a type field struct ref_update: add a lock field ref_transaction_commit(): simplify code using temporary variables struct ref_update: store refname as a FLEX_ARRAY struct ref_update: rename field "ref_name" to "refname" refs: remove API function update_refs() update-ref --stdin: reimplement using reference transactions refs: add a concept of a reference transaction update-ref --stdin: harmonize error messages update-ref --stdin: improve the error message for unexpected EOF t1400: test one mistake at a time update-ref --stdin -z: deprecate interpreting the empty string as zeros update-ref.c: extract a new function, parse_next_sha1() t1400: test that stdin -z update treats empty <newvalue> as zeros update-ref --stdin: simplify error messages for missing oldvalues update-ref --stdin: make error messages more consistent update-ref --stdin: improve error messages for invalid values update-ref.c: extract a new function, parse_refname() parse_cmd_verify(): copy old_sha1 instead of evaluating <oldvalue> twice ...
2014-06-03Merge branch 'as/grep-fullname-config'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
Add a configuration variable to force --full-name to be default for "git grep". This may cause regressions on scripted users that do not expect this new behaviour. * as/grep-fullname-config: grep: add grep.fullName config variable
2014-06-03environment.c: enable core.preloadindex by defaultLibravatar Steve Hoelzer1-2/+2
Many people are on filesystems with horrible stat latency (not limited to Windows but also NFS), which core.preloadindex was designed to help. We discussed enabling it by default early in 2013 but didn't. Per http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/219273/focus=219322 let's enable the setting by default, with the original choice of max 20 threads / min 500 paths per thread parameters. Signed-off-by: Steve Hoelzer <shoelzer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-02fetch doc: remove notes on outdated "mixed layout"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-13/+0
In old days before Git 1.5, it was customery for "git fetch" to use the same local branch namespace to keep track of the remote-tracking branches, and it was necessary to tell users not to check them out and commit on them. Since everybody uses the separate remote layout these days, there is no need to warn against the practice to check out the right-hand side of <refspec> and build on it---the RHS is typically not even a local branch. Incidentally, this also kills one mention of "Pull:" line of $GIT_DIR/remotes/* configuration, which is a lot less familiar to new people than the more modern remote.*.fetch configuration variable. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-02fetch doc: update note on '+' in front of the refspecLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-9/+9
While it is not *wrong* per-se to say that pulling a rewound/rebased branch will lead to an unnecessary merge conflict, that is not what the leading "+" sign to allow non-fast-forward update of remote-tracking branch is at all. Helped-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-02fetch doc: move FETCH_HEAD material lower and add an exampleLibravatar Marc Branchaud1-8/+21
Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-05-30fetch doc: update introductory part for clarityLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-11/+13
- "Branches" is a more common way to say "heads" in these days. - Remote-tracking branches are used a lot more these days and it is worth mentioning that it is one of the primary side effects of the command to update them. - Avoid "X. That means Y." If Y is easier to understand to readers, just say that upfront. - Use of explicit refspec to fetch tags does not have much to do with turning "auto following" on or off. It is a way to fetch tags that otherwise would not be fetched by auto-following. Helped-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-05-30Sync with 1.9.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+18
2014-05-30Git 1.9.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+18
This is expected to be the final maintenance release for 1.9 series, merging the remaining fixes that are relevant and are already in 2.0. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>