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2016-12-09doc: add articles (grammar)Libravatar Kristoffer Haugsbakk1-3/+3
Add definite and indefinite articles in three places where they were missing. - Use "the" in front of a directory name - Use "the" in front of "style of cooperation" - Use an indefinite article in front of "CVS background" Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristoffer.haugsbakk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-08Prepare for 2.9.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+83
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-08Merge branch 'hv/doc-commit-reference-style' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+10
A small doc update. * hv/doc-commit-reference-style: SubmittingPatches: use gitk's "Copy commit summary" format SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commits
2016-09-08Merge branch 'ls/packet-line-protocol-doc-fix' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
Correct an age-old calco (is that a typo-like word for calc) in the documentation. * ls/packet-line-protocol-doc-fix: pack-protocol: fix maximum pkt-line size
2016-09-08Merge branch 'dg/document-git-c-in-git-config-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
The "git -c var[=val] cmd" facility to append a configuration variable definition at the end of the search order was described in git(1) manual page, but not in git-config(1), which was more likely place for people to look for when they ask "can I make a one-shot override, and if so how?" * dg/document-git-c-in-git-config-doc: doc: mention `git -c` in git-config(1)
2016-09-08Merge branch 'ms/document-pack-window-memory-is-per-thread' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-4/+6
* ms/document-pack-window-memory-is-per-thread: document git-repack interaction of pack.threads and pack.windowMemory
2016-09-08Merge branch 'jk/push-force-with-lease-creation' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+3
"git push --force-with-lease" already had enough logic to allow ensuring that such a push results in creation of a ref (i.e. the receiving end did not have another push from sideways that would be discarded by our force-pushing), but didn't expose this possibility to the users. It does so now. * jk/push-force-with-lease-creation: t5533: make it pass on case-sensitive filesystems push: allow pushing new branches with --force-with-lease push: add shorthand for --force-with-lease branch creation Documentation/git-push: fix placeholder formatting
2016-09-08Merge branch 'jk/reflog-date' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-9/+41
The reflog output format is documented better, and a new format --date=unix to report the seconds-since-epoch (without timezone) has been added. * jk/reflog-date: date: clarify --date=raw description date: add "unix" format date: document and test "raw-local" mode doc/pretty-formats: explain shortening of %gd doc/pretty-formats: describe index/time formats for %gd doc/rev-list-options: explain "-g" output formats doc/rev-list-options: clarify "commit@{Nth}" for "-g" option
2016-09-08Merge branch 'jc/renormalize-merge-kill-safer-crlf' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-13/+14
"git merge" with renormalization did not work well with merge-recursive, due to "safer crlf" conversion kicking in when it shouldn't. * jc/renormalize-merge-kill-safer-crlf: merge: avoid "safer crlf" during recording of merge results convert: unify the "auto" handling of CRLF
2016-08-30pack-protocol: fix maximum pkt-line sizeLibravatar Lars Schneider1-3/+3
According to LARGE_PACKET_MAX in pkt-line.h the maximal length of a pkt-line packet is 65520 bytes. The pkt-line header takes 4 bytes and therefore the pkt-line data component must not exceed 65516 bytes. Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-26SubmittingPatches: use gitk's "Copy commit summary" formatLibravatar Beat Bolli1-3/+8
Update the suggestion in 175d38ca ("SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commits", 2016-07-28) on the format to refer to a commit to match what gitk has been giving since last year with its "Copy commit summary" command; also mention this as one of the ways to obtain a commit reference in this format. Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-23doc: mention `git -c` in git-config(1)Libravatar David Glasser1-0/+3
Signed-off-by: David Glasser <glasser@davidglasser.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-17SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commitsLibravatar Heiko Voigt1-0/+5
To reference previous commits people used to put just the abbreviated SHA-1 into commit messages. This is what has evolved as a more stable format for referencing commits. So lets document it for everyone to look-up when needed. Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-12Git 2.9.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+12
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-10Yet another batch for 2.9.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+68
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-10Merge branch 'jh/clean-smudge-f-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
A minor documentation update. This was split out from a stalled jh/clean-smudge-annex topic before discarding it. * jh/clean-smudge-f-doc: clarify %f documentation
2016-08-10Merge branch 'jc/hashmap-doc-init' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
The API documentation for hashmap was unclear if hashmap_entry can be safely discarded without any other consideration. State that it is safe to do so. * jc/hashmap-doc-init: hashmap: clarify that hashmap_entry can safely be discarded
2016-08-10document git-repack interaction of pack.threads and pack.windowMemoryLibravatar Michael Stahl2-4/+6
Signed-off-by: Michael Stahl <mstahl@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-08Hopefully final batch for 2.9.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+34
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-08Merge branch 'sb/pack-protocol-doc-nak' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
A doc update. * sb/pack-protocol-doc-nak: Documentation: pack-protocol correct NAK response
2016-08-08Merge branch 'jc/doc-diff-filter-exclude' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
Belated doc update for a feature added in v1.8.5. * jc/doc-diff-filter-exclude: diff: document diff-filter exclusion
2016-08-03clarify %f documentationLibravatar Joey Hess1-0/+5
It's natural to expect %f to be an actual file on disk; help avoid that mistake. Signed-off-by: Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-02hashmap: clarify that hashmap_entry can safely be discardedLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
The API documentation said that the hashmap_entry structure to be embedded in the caller's structure is to be treated as opaque, which left the reader wondering if it can safely be discarded when it no longer is necessary. If the hashmap_entry structure had references to external resources such as allocated memory or an open file descriptor, merely free(3)ing the containing structure (when the caller's structure is on the heap) or letting it go out of scope (when it is on the stack) would end up leaking the external resource. Document that there is no need for hashmap_entry_clear() that corresponds to hashmap_entry_init() to give the API users a little bit of peace of mind. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-28Some fixes for 2.9.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+58
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-28Merge branch 'nd/doc-new-command' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Typofix in a doc. * nd/doc-new-command: new-command.txt: correct the command description file
2016-07-28Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano62-227/+228
More mark-up updates to typeset strings that are expected to literally typed by the end user in fixed-width font. * mm/doc-tt: doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal CodingGuidelines: formatting HEAD in documentation doc: typeset long options with argument as literal doc: typeset '--' as literal doc: typeset long command-line options as literal doc: typeset short command-line options as literal Documentation/git-mv.txt: fix whitespace indentation
2016-07-27date: clarify --date=raw descriptionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+5
"... in the internal raw Git format `%s %z` format." was clunky in repeating "format" twice, and would not have helped those who do not immediately get that these are strftime(3) conversion specifiers. Explain them with words, and demote the mention of `%s %z` to a hint to help those who know them. Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-27date: add "unix" formatLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+4
We already have "--date=raw", which is a Unix epoch timestamp plus a contextual timezone (either the author's or the local). But one may not care about the timezone and just want the epoch timestamp by itself. It's not hard to parse the two apart, but if you are using a pretty-print format, you may want git to show the "finished" form that the user will see. We can accomodate this by adding a new date format, "unix", which is basically "raw" without the timezone. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-27date: document and test "raw-local" modeLibravatar Jeff King1-2/+5
The "raw" format shows a Unix epoch timestamp, but with a timezone tacked on. The timestamp is not _in_ that zone, but it is extra information about the time (by default, the zone the author was in). The documentation claims that "raw-local" does not work. It does, but the end result is rather subtle. Let's describe it in better detail, and test to make sure it works (namely, the epoch time doesn't change, but the zone does). While we are rewording the documentation in this area, let's not use the phrase "does not work" for the remaining option, "--date=relative". It's vague; do we accept it or not? We do accept it, but it has no effect (which is a reasonable outcome). We should also refer to the option not as "--relative" (which is the historical synonym, and does not take "-local" at all), but as "--date=relative". Helped-by: Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-26push: add shorthand for --force-with-lease branch creationLibravatar John Keeping1-1/+2
Allow the empty string to stand in for the null SHA-1 when pushing a new branch, like we do when deleting branches. This means that the following command ensures that `new-branch` is created on the remote (that is, is must not already exist): git push --force-with-lease=new-branch: origin new-branch Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-25Documentation/git-push: fix placeholder formattingLibravatar John Keeping1-1/+1
Format the placeholder as monospace to match other occurrences in this file and obey CodingGuidelines. Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-22doc/pretty-formats: explain shortening of %gdLibravatar Jeff King1-3/+6
The actual shortening rules aren't that interesting and probably not worth getting into (I gloss over them here as "shortened for human readability"). But the fact that %gD shows whatever you gave on the command line is subtle and worth mentioning. Since most people will feed a shortened refname in the first place, it otherwise makes it hard to understand the difference between the two. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-22doc/pretty-formats: describe index/time formats for %gdLibravatar Jeff King1-2/+5
The "reflog selector" format changes based on a series of heuristics, and that applies equally to both stock "log -g" output, as well as "--format=%gd". The documentation for "%gd" doesn't cover this. Let's mention the multiple formats and refer the user back to the "-g" section for the complete rules. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-22doc/rev-list-options: explain "-g" output formatsLibravatar Jeff King1-4/+19
We document that asking for HEAD@{now} will switch the output to show HEAD@{timestamp}, but not that specifying `--date` has a similar effect, or that it can be overridden with HEAD@{0}. Let's do so. These rules come from 794151e (reflog-walk: always make HEAD@{0} show indexed selectors, 2012-05-04), though that is simply the culmination of years of these heuristics growing organically. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-22doc/rev-list-options: clarify "commit@{Nth}" for "-g" optionLibravatar Jeff King1-2/+2
When "log -g" shows "HEAD@{1}", "HEAD@{2}", etc, calling that "commit@{Nth}" is not really accurate. The "HEAD" part is really the refname. By saying "commit", a reader may misunderstand that to mean something related to the specific commit we are showing, not the ref whose reflog we are traversing. While we're here, let's also switch these instances to use literal backticks, as our style guide recommends. As a bonus, that lets us drop some asciidoc quoting. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-22Documentation: pack-protocol correct NAK responseLibravatar Stefan Beller1-1/+1
In the transport protocol we use NAK to signal the non existence of a common base, so fix the documentation. This helps readers of the document, as they don't have to wonder about the difference between NAK and NACK. As NACK is used in git archive and upload-archive, this is easy to get wrong. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-15Git 2.9.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+15
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-14diff: document diff-filter exclusionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
In v1.8.5 days, 7f2ea5f0 (diff: allow lowercase letter to specify what change class to exclude, 2013-07-17) taught the "--diff-filter" mechanism to take lowercase letters as exclusion, but we forgot to document it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-11Git 2.9.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+57
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-11Merge branch 'jn/preformatted-doc-url' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
The top level documentation "git help git" still pointed at the documentation set hosted at now-defunct google-code repository. Update it to point to https://git.github.io/htmldocs/git.html instead. * jn/preformatted-doc-url: doc: git-htmldocs.googlecode.com is no more
2016-07-11Merge branch 'sb/clone-shallow-passthru' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+2
Fix an unintended regression in v2.9 that breaks "clone --depth" that recurses down to submodules by forcing the submodules to also be cloned shallowly, which many server instances that host upstream of the submodules are not prepared for. * sb/clone-shallow-passthru: clone: do not let --depth imply --shallow-submodules
2016-07-11Merge branch 'mg/signature-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+187
Formats of the various data (and how to validate them) where we use GPG signature have been documented. * mg/signature-doc: Documentation/technical: signed merge tag format Documentation/technical: signed commit format Documentation/technical: signed tag format Documentation/technical: describe signature formats
2016-07-06More fixes for 2.9.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+34
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-07-06Merge branch 'jk/fetch-prune-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Minor doc update. * jk/fetch-prune-doc: fetch: document that pruning happens before fetching
2016-07-06Merge branch 'dn/gpg-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-2/+2
The documentation tries to consistently spell "GPG"; when referring to the specific program name, "gpg" is used. * dn/gpg-doc: Documentation: GPG capitalization
2016-07-06Merge branch 'ap/git-svn-propset-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+14
"git svn propset" subcommand that was added in 2.3 days is documented now. * ap/git-svn-propset-doc: git-svn: document the 'git svn propset' command
2016-07-06Merge branch 'tr/doc-tt' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano36-217/+224
The documentation set has been updated so that literal commands, configuration variables and environment variables are consistently typeset in fixed-width font and bold in manpages. * tr/doc-tt: doc: change configuration variables format doc: more consistency in environment variables format doc: change environment variables format doc: clearer rule about formatting literals
2016-07-06convert: unify the "auto" handling of CRLFLibravatar Torsten Bögershausen2-13/+14
Before this change, $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes $ echo "* eol=crlf" >>.gitattributes would have the same effect as $ echo "* text" >.gitattributes $ git config core.eol crlf Since the 'eol' attribute had higher priority than 'text=auto', this may corrupt binary files and is not what most users expect to happen. Make the 'eol' attribute to obey 'text=auto' and now $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes $ echo "* eol=crlf" >>.gitattributes behaves the same as $ echo "* text=auto" >.gitattributes $ git config core.eol crlf In other words, $ echo "* text=auto eol=crlf" >.gitattributes has the same effect as $ git config core.autocrlf true and $ echo "* text=auto eol=lf" >.gitattributes has the same effect as $ git config core.autocrlf input Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-28doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literalLibravatar Matthieu Moy11-26/+26
This is an application of the newly added CodingGuidelines to HEAD and variants like FETCH_HEAD. It was obtained with: perl -pi -e "s/'([A-Z_]*HEAD)'/\`\$1\`/g" *.txt Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-28CodingGuidelines: formatting HEAD in documentationLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-2/+3
The current practice is: git/Documentation$ git grep "'HEAD'" | wc -l 24 git/Documentation$ git grep "\`HEAD\`" | wc -l 66 Let's adopt the majority as a guideline. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>