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2010-01-07git-rm doc: Describe how to sync index & work treeLibravatar Björn Gustavsson1-1/+53
Newcomers to git that want to remove from the index only the files that have disappeared from the working tree will probably look for a way to do that in the documentation for 'git rm'. Therefore, describe how that can be done (even though it involves other commands than 'git rm'). Based on a suggestion by Junio, but re-arranged and rewritten to better fit into the style of command reference. While at it, change a single occurrence of "work tree" to "working tree" for consistency. Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-07git-add/rm doc: Consistently back-quoteLibravatar Björn Gustavsson2-15/+15
Consistently back-quote commands, options and file names. Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-07Documentation: 'git add -A' can remove filesLibravatar Björn Gustavsson1-13/+20
The current documentation fails to mention that 'git add -A/--all' can remove files as well as add them, and it also does not say anything about filepatterns (whether they are allowed, mandatory, or optional). It is also not clear what the similarities and differences to the -u option are. Update the intro paragraph (as suggested by Junio, with some minor edits) to make it clear that 'git add' is able to delete and to also cover the -p option. Reword the description of -u to make it clearer (based on Björn Steinbrink's suggestion). Simplify the description of -A by saying "Like -u" and then describe the differences (based on the suggestions by Björn Steinbrink and Junio). Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-05Git 1.6.5.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-3/+9
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-05Documentation: Avoid use of xmlto --stringparamLibravatar Todd Zullinger3-11/+23
The --stringparam option is not available on older xmlto versions. Instead, set man.base.url.for.relative.links via a .xsl file. Older docbook versions will ignore this without causing grief to users of older xmlto versions. Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-04archive: clarify description of path parameterLibravatar René Scharfe1-2/+3
Mention that path parameters are based on the current working directory. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> -- Documentation/git-archive.txt | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-03Prepare for 1.6.5.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+44
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-03Merge branch 'mm/maint-hint-failed-merge' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-2/+22
* mm/maint-hint-failed-merge: user-manual: Document that "git merge" doesn't like uncommited changes. merge-recursive: point the user to commit when file would be overwritten.
2009-12-03Merge branch 'mo/maint-crlf-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+4
* mo/maint-crlf-doc: core.autocrlf documentation: mention the crlf attribute
2009-12-03Merge branch 'th/remote-usage' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+4
* th/remote-usage: git remote: Separate usage strings for subcommands
2009-12-03Merge branch 'mm/config-pathname-tilde-expand' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+5
* mm/config-pathname-tilde-expand: Documentation: avoid xmlto input error expand_user_path: expand ~ to $HOME, not to the actual homedir. Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.template
2009-12-03Merge branch 'rg/doc-workflow' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+115
* rg/doc-workflow: Add branch management for releases to gitworkflows
2009-12-03Documentation: xmlto 0.0.18 does not know --stringparamLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+7
Newer DocBook stylesheets want man.base.url.for.relative.links parameter set when formatting manpages with external references to turn them into full URLs, and leave a helpful "you should set this parameter" message in the output. Earlier we added the MAN_BASE_URL make variable to specify the value for it. When MAN_BASE_URL is not given, it ought to be safe to set the parameter to empty; it would result in an empty leading path for older stylesheets that ignore the parameter, and newer ones would produce the same "relative URL" without the message. Unfortunately, older xmlto (at least version 0.0.18 released in early 2004 that comes with RHEL/CentOS 5) does not understand the --stringparam command line option, so we cannot add the parameter definition unconditionally to the command line. Work it around by passing the parameter only when set. If you do not have a suitable URL prefix, you can pass a quoted empty string to it, like so: $ make MAN_BASE_URL='""' Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-03Git 1.6.5.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-03Unconditionally set man.base.url.for.relative.linksLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+5
Even setting it to empty is better than leaving it unset as it prevents the warning cruft from appearing in the output. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-03Documentation/Makefile: allow man.base.url.for.relative.link to be set from MakeLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org>
2009-12-02Prepare for 1.6.5.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+32
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-01Documentation: Fix a few i.e./e.g. mix-upsLibravatar Michael J Gruber2-2/+2
A git bundle can be transported by several means (such as e-mail), not only by snekaernet, so use e.g. instead of i.e. The mix-up in git-bundle.txt is obvious. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-30Documentation: Document --branch option in git clone synopsisLibravatar David Soria Parra1-1/+1
Document the --branch option as [-b <name>] in git clones synopsis. Signed-off-by: David Soria Parra <dsp@php.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-23pack-objects: split implications of --all-progress from progress activationLibravatar Nicolas Pitre1-3/+9
Currently the --all-progress flag is used to use force progress display during the writing object phase even if output goes to stdout which is primarily the case during a push operation. This has the unfortunate side effect of forcing progress display even if stderr is not a terminal. Let's introduce the --all-progress-implied argument which has the same intent except for actually forcing the activation of any progress display. With this, progress display will be automatically inhibited whenever stderr is not a terminal, or full progress display will be included otherwise. This should let people use 'git push' within a cron job without filling their logs with useless percentage displays. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> Tested-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-22user-manual: Document that "git merge" doesn't like uncommited changes.Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-2/+18
We explain the user why uncommited changes can be problematic with merge, and point to "commit" and "stash" for the solution. While talking about commited Vs uncommited changes, we also make it clear that the result of a merge is normally commited. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-22merge-recursive: point the user to commit when file would be overwritten.Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-0/+4
The commit-before-pull is well accepted in the DVCS community, but is confusing some new users. This should get them back in the right way when the problem occurs. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-21Documentation: avoid xmlto input errorLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
Do not write literal "~/" or "~user" but use "{tilde}/" and "{tilde}user"; otherwise the text between them gets enclosed in "<subscript>...</subscript>". Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-20Add branch management for releases to gitworkflowsLibravatar Raman Gupta1-0/+115
The current man page does a reasonable job at describing branch management during the development process, but it does not contain any guidance as to how the branches are affected by releases. Add a basic introduction to the branch management undertaken during a git.git release, so that a reader may gain some insight into how the integration, maintenance, and topic branches are affected during the release transition, and is thus able to better design the process for their own project. Other release activities such as reviews, testing, and creating distributions are currently out of scope. Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> Acked-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-20git remote: Separate usage strings for subcommandsLibravatar Tim Henigan1-3/+4
When the usage string for a subcommand must be printed, only print the information relevant to that command. This commit also removes the complete options list from the first line of the subcommand usage string. Instead, individual options are documented in the detailed description following the general usage line. Signed-off-by: Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-19Documentation: undocument gc'd function graph_release()Libravatar Greg Price1-5/+0
graph_release() was removed in 064bfbd. Cut it from the API documentation and a comment. Signed-off-by: Greg Price <price@ksplice.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-19expand_user_path: expand ~ to $HOME, not to the actual homedir.Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-4/+5
In 395de250d (Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.template), we introduced the mechanism. But expanding ~ using getpw is not what people overriding $HOME would usually expect. In particular, git looks for the user's .gitconfig using $HOME, so it's better to be consistent. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-17Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.templateLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-1/+3
These config variables are parsed to substitute ~ and ~user with getpw entries. user_path() refactored into new function expand_user_path(), to allow dynamically allocating the return buffer. Original patch by Karl Chen, modified by Matthieu Moy, and further amended by Junio C Hamano. Signed-off-by: Karl Chen <quarl@quarl.org> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-16core.autocrlf documentation: mention the crlf attributeLibravatar Matthew Ogilvie1-3/+4
The description of the configuration variable is obsolete and wrong (saying only file content is used), not just incomplete. It has used the attribute mechanism for a long time. The documentation of gitattributes mentions the core.autocrlf configuration variable in its description of crlf attribute. Refer to the gitattributes documentation from here as well. Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-16Git 1.6.5.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+65
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-15Merge branch 'jk/maint-1.6.3-ls-files-i' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+4
* jk/maint-1.6.3-ls-files-i: ls-files: unbreak "ls-files -i"
2009-11-15Merge branch 'jc/maint-blank-at-eof' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+5
* jc/maint-blank-at-eof: diff -B: colour whitespace errors diff.c: emit_add_line() takes only the rest of the line diff.c: split emit_line() from the first char and the rest of the line diff.c: shuffling code around diff --whitespace: fix blank lines at end core.whitespace: split trailing-space into blank-at-{eol,eof} diff --color: color blank-at-eof diff --whitespace=warn/error: fix blank-at-eof check diff --whitespace=warn/error: obey blank-at-eof diff.c: the builtin_diff() deals with only two-file comparison apply --whitespace: warn blank but not necessarily empty lines at EOF apply --whitespace=warn/error: diagnose blank at EOF apply.c: split check_whitespace() into two apply --whitespace=fix: detect new blank lines at eof correctly apply --whitespace=fix: fix handling of blank lines at the eof
2009-11-15Merge branch 'tr/maint-roff-quote' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+24
* tr/maint-roff-quote: Quote ' as \(aq in manpages
2009-11-15Merge branch 'ja/fetch-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano3-67/+76
* ja/fetch-doc: Documentation/merge-options.txt: order options in alphabetical groups Documentation/git-pull.txt: Add subtitles above included option files Documentation/fetch-options.txt: order options alphabetically
2009-11-15Merge branch 'cb/doc-fetch-pull-merge' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano3-45/+66
* cb/doc-fetch-pull-merge: modernize fetch/merge/pull examples
2009-11-15Merge branch 'jc/receive-pack-auto' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
* jc/receive-pack-auto: receive-pack: run "gc --auto --quiet" and optionally "update-server-info" gc --auto --quiet: make the notice a bit less verboase
2009-11-14git-add.txt: fix formatting of --patch sectionLibravatar Stephen Boyd1-4/+4
Extra paragraphs should be prefixed with a plus sign. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-04Fix documentation grammar typoLibravatar Gisle Aas1-1/+1
Introduced in 492cf3f (More precise description of 'git describe --abbrev', 2009-10-29) Signed-off-by: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-01Merge branch 'bg/clone-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-13/+13
* bg/clone-doc: git-clone.txt: Fix grammar and formatting
2009-10-30More precise description of 'git describe --abbrev'Libravatar Gisle Aas1-4/+13
Also adds a note about why the output in the examples might give different output today. Signed-off-by: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-30ls-files: unbreak "ls-files -i"Libravatar Jeff King1-2/+4
Commit b5227d8 changed the behavior of "ls-files" with respect to includes, but accidentally broke the "-i" option The original behavior was: 1. if no "-i" is given, cull all results according to --exclude* 2. if "-i" is given, show the inverse of (1) The broken behavior was: 1. if no "-i" is given: a. for "-o", cull results according to --exclude* b. for index files, always show all 2. if "-i" is given: a. for "-o", shows the inverse of (1a) b. for index files, always show all The fixed behavior keeps the new (1b) behavior introduced by b5227d8, but fixes the (2b) behavior to show only ignored files, not all files. This patch also tweaks the documentation. The original text was somewhat obscure in the first place, but it is also now inaccurate (the relationship between (1b) and (2b) is not quite a "reverse"). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-25GIT 1.6.5.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+21
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-23Fix list of released versions in the toc documentLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
2009-10-23Merge branch 'jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+6
* jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc: Documentation: describe check-ref-format --branch
2009-10-22Quote ' as \(aq in manpagesLibravatar Thomas Rast2-0/+24
The docbook/xmlto toolchain insists on quoting ' as \'. This does achieve the quoting goal, but modern 'man' implementations turn the apostrophe into a unicode "proper" apostrophe (given the right circumstances), breaking code examples in many of our manpages. Quote them as \(aq instead, which is an "apostrophe quote" as per the groff_char manpage. Unfortunately, as Anders Kaseorg kindly pointed out, this is not portable beyond groff, so we add an extra Makefile variable GNU_ROFF which you need to enable to get the new quoting. Thanks also to Miklos Vajna for documentation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-22Documentation/merge-options.txt: order options in alphabetical groupsLibravatar Jari Aalto1-43/+45
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-22Documentation/git-pull.txt: Add subtitles above included option filesLibravatar Jari Aalto1-0/+7
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-21git-clone.txt: Fix grammar and formattingLibravatar Björn Gustavsson1-13/+13
Add the missing definite article ("the") in several places. Change "note to..." to "note for...", since "note to" means that that the note is addressed to someone (source: Google search). Change "progressbar" to "progress bar" (source: Wikipedia). Format git commands, options, and file names consistently using back quotes (i.e. a fixed font in the resulting HTML document). Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-21receive-pack: run "gc --auto --quiet" and optionally "update-server-info"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
Introduce two new configuration variables, receive.autogc (defaults to true) and receive.updateserverinfo (defaults to false). When these are set, receive-pack runs "gc --auto --quiet" and "update-server-info" respectively after it finishes receiving data from "git push" and updating refs. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
2009-10-21Documentation/fetch-options.txt: order options alphabeticallyLibravatar Jari Aalto1-24/+24
git-fetch.{1,html} will be helped with this patch Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>