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2007-06-10user-manual: add a missing section IDLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-0/+1
I forgot to give an ID for this section. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-06-10Fix typo in remote branch example in git user manualLibravatar Gerrit Pape1-1/+1
In Documentation/user-manual.txt the example $ git checkout --track -b origin/maint maint under "Getting updates with git pull", should read $ git checkout --track -b maint origin/maint This was noticed by Ron, and reported through http://bugs.debian.org/427502 Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-06-10user-manual: quick-start updatesLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-5/+5
Update text to reflect new position in appendix. Update the name to reflect the fact that this is closer to reference than tutorial documentation (as suggested by Jonas Fonseca). Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-06-09Make command description imperative statement, not third-person present.Libravatar william pursell3-3/+3
In several of the text messages, the tense of the verb is inconsistent. For example, "Add" vs "Creates". It is customary to use imperative for command description. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-06-06fix documentation of unpack-objects -nLibravatar Sam Vilain1-2/+2
unpack-objects -n didn't print the object list as promised on the manual page, so alter the documentation to reflect the behaviour Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-06-02GIT 1.5.2.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+53
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-06-02Create a new manpage for the gitignore format, and reference it elsewhereLibravatar Josh Triplett8-101/+145
Only git-ls-files(1) describes the gitignore format in detail, and it does so with reference to git-ls-files options. Most users don't use the plumbing command git-ls-files directly, and shouldn't have to look in its manpage for information on the gitignore format. Create a new manpage gitignore(5) (Documentation/gitignore.txt), and factor out the gitignore documentation into that file, changing it to refer to .gitignore and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude as used by porcelain commands. Reference gitignore(5) from other relevant manpages and documentation. Remove now-redundant information on exclude patterns from git-ls-files(1), leaving only information on how git-ls-files options specify exclude patterns and what precedence they have. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-06-02Documentation: robustify asciidoc GIT_VERSION replacementLibravatar Jeff King2-5/+3
Instead of using sed on the resulting file, we now have a git_version asciidoc attribute. This means that we don't pipe the output of asciidoc, which means we can detect build failures. Problem reported by Scott Lamb, solution suggested by Jonas Fonseca. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-31Merge branch 'maint-1.5.1' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-11/+65
* maint-1.5.1: git-config: Improve documentation of git-config file handling git-config: Various small fixes to asciidoc documentation decode_85(): fix missing return. fix signed range problems with hex conversions
2007-05-30git-config: Improve documentation of git-config file handlingLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld1-7/+59
The description which files git-config uses and how the various command line options and environment variables affect its behaviour was incomplete, outdated and confusing. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-30git-config: Various small fixes to asciidoc documentationLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld1-4/+6
Add '' around the only mentioned commandline option that didn't have it. Make reference to section EXAMPLE a link and rename it to EXAMPLES because it actually contains a lot of examples. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-29cvsserver: Fix some typos in asciidoc documentationLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-29cvsserver: Note that CVS_SERVER can also be specified as method variableLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld1-1/+11
Reasonably new versions of the cvs CLI client allow one to specifiy CVS_SERVER as a method variable directly in CVSROOT. This is way more convinient than using an environment variable since it gets saved in CVS/Root. Since I only discovered this by accident I guess there might be others out there that learnt CVS on the 1.11 series (or even earlier) and profit from such a note about cvs improvements in the last couple years. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-29cvsserver: Correct inetd.conf example in asciidoc documentationLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld1-3/+5
While the given example worked, it made us look rather incompetent. Give the correct reason why one needs the more complex syntax and change the example to reflect that. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-28user-manual: fixed typo in exampleLibravatar Steffen Prohaska1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-26Merge branch 'maint-1.5.1' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-30/+34
* maint-1.5.1: Fix git-svn to handle svn not reporting the md5sum of a file, and test. More echo "$user_message" fixes. Add tests for the last two fixes. git-commit: use printf '%s\n' instead of echo on user-supplied strings git-am: use printf instead of echo on user-supplied strings Documentation: Add definition of "evil merge" to GIT Glossary Replace the last 'dircache's by 'index' Documentation: Clean up links in GIT Glossary
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>
2007-05-23Merge branch 'maint-1.5.1' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* maint-1.5.1: Documentation: fix git-config.xml generation
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>
2007-05-23Merge branch 'maint-1.5.1' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+7
* maint-1.5.1: Document branch.autosetupmerge.
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>
2007-05-21Merge branch 'maint-1.5.1' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano3-0/+23
* maint-1.5.1: git-status: respect core.excludesFile SubmittingPatches: mention older C compiler compatibility git-daemon: don't ignore pid-file write failure
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>
2007-05-20Merge branch 'maint-1.5.1' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-8/+9
* maint-1.5.1: annotate: make it work from subdirectories. git-config: Correct asciidoc documentation for --int/--bool t1300: Add tests for git-config --bool --get unpack-trees.c: verify_uptodate: remove dead code Use PATH_MAX instead of TEMPFILE_PATH_LEN branch: fix segfault when resolving an invalid HEAD
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 1.5.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-21/+25
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-20Merge branch 'maint' to synchronize with 1.5.1.6Libravatar Junio C Hamano5-59/+205
* maint: GIT 1.5.1.6 git-svn: don't minimize-url when doing an init that tracks multiple paths git-svn: avoid crashing svnserve when creating new directories user-manual: Add section on ignoring files user-manual: finding commits referencing given file content user-manual: discourage shared repository tutorial: revise index introduction tutorials: add user-manual links Conflicts: GIT-VERSION-GEN RelNotes
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>
2007-05-18Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano11-10/+24
* maint: Documentation: Reformatted SYNOPSIS for several commands Documentation: Added [verse] to SYNOPSIS where necessary
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>
2007-05-18Documentation/git.txt: Update links to older documentation pages.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-34/+25
It's starting to take too much space at the beginning of the main documentation page. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-18Add link to 1.5.1.5 release notes.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-18Merge 1.5.1.5 inLibravatar Junio C Hamano8-900/+1061
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>
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