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2017-03-24Git 2.12.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+24
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-24Merge branch 'ab/doc-no-option-notation-fix' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-2/+2
Doc fix. * ab/doc-no-option-notation-fix: doc: change erroneous --[no]-whatever into --[no-]whatever
2017-03-24Merge branch 'ab/push-default-doc-fix' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+2
Doc fix. * ab/push-default-doc-fix: push: mention "push.default=tracking" in the documentation
2017-03-24Merge branch 'nd/commit-hook-doc-fix' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Doc fix. * nd/commit-hook-doc-fix: git-commit.txt: list post-rewrite in HOOKS section
2017-03-21Prepare for 2.12.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+61
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-21Merge branch 'dt/gc-ignore-old-gc-logs' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+6
A "gc.log" file left by a backgrounded "gc --auto" disables further automatic gc; it has been taught to run at least once a day (by default) by ignoring a stale "gc.log" file that is too old. * dt/gc-ignore-old-gc-logs: gc: ignore old gc.log files
2017-03-21Merge branch 'ps/docs-diffcore' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+5
Doc update. * ps/docs-diffcore: docs/diffcore: unquote "Complete Rewrites" in headers docs/diffcore: fix grammar in diffcore-rename header
2017-03-20Git 2.12.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-20push: mention "push.default=tracking" in the documentationLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-0/+2
Change the documentation for push.tracking=* to re-include a mention of what "tracking" does. The "tracking" option was renamed to "upstream" back in 53c4031 ("push.default: Rename 'tracking' to 'upstream'", 2011-02-16), this section was then subsequently rewritten in 87a70e4 ("config doc: rewrite push.default section", 2013-06-19) to remove any mention of "tracking". Maybe we should just warn or die nowadays if this option is in the config, but I had some old config of mine use this option, I'd forgotten that it was a synonym, and nothing in git's documentation mentioned that. That's bad, either we shouldn't support it at all, or we should document what it does. This patch does the latter. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-20git-commit.txt: list post-rewrite in HOOKS sectionLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-1/+1
The hook was added in a86ed83cce (Merge branch 'tr/notes-display' - 2010-03-24), which updated githooks.txt but not git-commit.txt. git-commit.txt was later updated in e858af6d50 (commit: document a couple of options - 2012-06-08). Since this commit focused on command line options, this section was probably forgotten. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-20doc: change erroneous --[no]-whatever into --[no-]whateverLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason2-2/+2
Change these two obvious typos to be in line with the rest of the documentation, which uses the correct --[no-]whatever form. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-03-16Preparing for 2.12.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+41
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-28docs/diffcore: unquote "Complete Rewrites" in headersLibravatar Patrick Steinhardt1-4/+4
The gitdiffcore documentation quotes the term "Complete Rewrites" in headers for no real gain. This would make sense if the term could be easily confused if not properly grouped together. But actually, the term is quite obvious and thus does not really need any quoting, especially regarding that it is not used anywhere else. But more importanly, this brings up a bug when rendering man pages: when trying to render quotes inside of a section header, we end up with quotes which have been misaligned to the end of line. E.g. diffcore-break: For Splitting Up Complete Rewrites -------------------------------------------------- renders as DIFFCORE-BREAK: FOR SPLITTING UP COMPLETE REWRITES"" , which is obviously wrong. While this is fixable for the man pages by using double-quotes (e.g. ""COMPLETE REWRITES""), this again breaks it for our generated HTML pages. So fix the issue by simply dropping quotes inside of section headers, which is currently only done for the term "Complete Rewrites". Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-28docs/diffcore: fix grammar in diffcore-rename headerLibravatar Patrick Steinhardt1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-24Git 2.12Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+11
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-24Merge branch 'ps/doc-gc-aggressive-depth-update'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Doc update. * ps/doc-gc-aggressive-depth-update: docs/git-gc: fix default value for `--aggressiveDepth`
2017-02-24Merge branch 'bc/worktree-doc-fix-detached'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Doc update. * bc/worktree-doc-fix-detached: Documentation: correctly spell git worktree --detach
2017-02-24Merge branch 'dr/doc-check-ref-format-normalize'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
Doc update. * dr/doc-check-ref-format-normalize: git-check-ref-format: clarify documentation for --normalize
2017-02-24Merge branch 'gp/document-dotfiles-in-templates-are-not-copied'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
Doc update. * gp/document-dotfiles-in-templates-are-not-copied: init: document dotfiles exclusion on template copy
2017-02-24Merge branch 'bc/blame-doc-fix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
Doc update. * bc/blame-doc-fix: Documentation: use brackets for optional arguments
2017-02-24docs/git-gc: fix default value for `--aggressiveDepth`Libravatar Patrick Steinhardt1-1/+1
In commit 07e7dbf0d (gc: default aggressive depth to 50, 2016-08-11), the default aggressive depth of git-gc has been changed to 50. While git-config(1) has been updated to represent the new default value, git-gc(1) still mentions the old value. This patch fixes it. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-22Documentation: use brackets for optional argumentsLibravatar brian m. carlson1-2/+2
The documentation for git blame used vertical bars for optional arguments to -M and -C, which is unusual and potentially confusing. Since most man pages use brackets for optional items, and that's consistent with how we document the same options for git diff and friends, use brackets here, too. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-22Documentation: correctly spell git worktree --detachLibravatar brian m. carlson1-1/+1
The option is “--detach”, but we accidentally spelled it “--detached” at one point in the man page. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Reported-by: Casey Rodarmor <casey@rodarmor.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-21git-check-ref-format: clarify documentation for --normalizeLibravatar Damien Regad1-3/+3
Use of 'iff' may be confusing to people not familiar with this term. Improving the --normalize option's documentation to remove the use of 'iff', and clearly describe what happens when the condition is not met. Signed-off-by: Damien Regad <dregad@mantisbt.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-17init: document dotfiles exclusion on template copyLibravatar Grégoire Paris1-2/+2
Not just . and .., but any path that begins with dot is not copied when copying the template directory to a new repository. You can customize the template directory, copying some dotfiles might make sense, but it's actually a good thing not to, because you would not want to have your git directory copied in every git directory that is created should you decide to put your template directory under version control, for example. Plus, it might be used as a feature by people who would want to exclude some files. Signed-off-by: Grégoire Paris <postmaster@greg0ire.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-16Hopefully the final batch of mini-topics before the finalLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+18
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-16Merge branch 'dp/submodule-doc-markup-fix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Doc fix. * dp/submodule-doc-markup-fix: config.txt: fix formatting of submodule.alternateErrorStrategy section
2017-02-16Merge branch 'jk/reset-to-break-a-commit-doc-updated'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+48
Doc update. * jk/reset-to-break-a-commit-doc-updated: reset: add an example of how to split a commit into two
2017-02-16Merge branch 'jk/reset-to-break-a-commit-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-38/+0
Doc update. * jk/reset-to-break-a-commit-doc: Revert "reset: add an example of how to split a commit into two"
2017-02-16config.txt: fix formatting of submodule.alternateErrorStrategy sectionLibravatar David Pursehouse1-1/+1
Add missing `::` after the title. Signed-off-by: David Pursehouse <dpursehouse@collab.net> Acked-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-16reset: add an example of how to split a commit into twoLibravatar Jacob Keller1-0/+48
It is often useful to break a commit into multiple parts that are more logical separations. This can be tricky to learn how to do without the brute-force method if re-writing code or commit messages from scratch. Add a section to the git-reset documentation which shows an example process for how to use git add -p and git commit -c HEAD@{1} to interactively break a commit apart and re-use the original commit message as a starting point when making the new commit message. Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-16Revert "reset: add an example of how to split a commit into two"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-38/+0
This reverts commit 7326451bedaa67d29afe02184b166e28d9393c91; a better rewrite will be queued separately.
2017-02-15A bit more for -rc2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+15
2017-02-15Merge branch 'tg/stash-doc-cleanup'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+3
The documentation explained what "git stash" does to the working tree (after stashing away the local changes) in terms of "reset --hard", which was exposing an unnecessary implementation detail. * tg/stash-doc-cleanup: Documentation/stash: remove mention of git reset --hard
2017-02-15Merge branch 'jk/doc-submodule-markup-fix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+6
Doc markup fix. * jk/doc-submodule-markup-fix: docs/git-submodule: fix unbalanced quote
2017-02-15Merge branch 'jk/doc-remote-helpers-markup-fix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
Doc markup fix. * jk/doc-remote-helpers-markup-fix: docs/gitremote-helpers: fix unbalanced quotes
2017-02-15Merge branch 'sb/doc-unify-bottom'Libravatar Junio C Hamano8-8/+8
Doc clean-up. * sb/doc-unify-bottom: Documentation: unify bottom "part of git suite" lines
2017-02-15Merge branch 'sb/push-options-via-transport'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
The push-options given via the "--push-options" option were not passed through to external remote helpers such as "smart HTTP" that are invoked via the transport helper. * sb/push-options-via-transport: push options: pass push options to the transport helper
2017-02-15Merge branch 'sb/submodule-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-32/+25
Doc updates. * sb/submodule-doc: submodule update documentation: don't repeat ourselves submodule documentation: add options to the subcommand
2017-02-13gc: ignore old gc.log filesLibravatar David Turner1-0/+6
A server can end up in a state where there are lots of unreferenced loose objects (say, because many users are doing a bunch of rebasing and pushing their rebased branches). Running "git gc --auto" in this state would cause a gc.log file to be created, preventing future auto gcs, causing pack files to pile up. Since many git operations are O(n) in the number of pack files, this would lead to poor performance. Git should never get itself into a state where it refuses to do any maintenance, just because at some point some piece of the maintenance didn't make progress. Teach Git to ignore gc.log files which are older than (by default) one day old, which can be tweaked via the gc.logExpiry configuration variable. That way, these pack files will get cleaned up, if necessary, at least once per day. And operators who find a need for more-frequent gcs can adjust gc.logExpiry to meet their needs. There is also some cleanup: a successful manual gc, or a warning-free auto gc with an old log file, will remove any old gc.log files. It might still happen that manual intervention is required (e.g. because the repo is corrupt), but at the very least it won't be because Git is too dumb to try again. Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twosigma.com> Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-13Documentation/stash: remove mention of git reset --hardLibravatar Thomas Gummerer1-2/+3
Don't mention git reset --hard in the documentation for git stash save. It's an implementation detail that doesn't matter to the end user and thus shouldn't be exposed to them. In addition it's not quite true for git stash -p, and will not be true when a filename argument to limit the stash to a few files is introduced. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-13docs/git-submodule: fix unbalanced quoteLibravatar Jeff King1-3/+6
The documentation gives an example of the submodule foreach command that uses both backticks and single-quotes. We stick the whole thing inside "+" markers to make it monospace, but the inside punctuation still needs escaping. We handle the backticks with "{backtick}", and use backslash-escaping for the single-quotes. But we missed the escaping on the second quote. Fortunately, asciidoc renders this unbalanced quote as we want (showing the quote), but asciidoctor does not. We could fix it by adding the missing backslash. However, let's take a step back. Even when rendered correctly, it's hard to read a long command stuck into the middle of a paragraph, and the important punctuation is hard to notice. Let's instead bump it into its own single-line code block. That makes both the source and the rendered result more readable, and as a bonus we don't have to worry about quoting at all. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-13docs/gitremote-helpers: fix unbalanced quotesLibravatar Jeff King1-3/+3
Each of these options is missing the closing single-quote on the option name. This understandably confuses asciidoc, which ends up rendering a stray quote, like: option cloning {'true|false} Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-10Git 2.12-rc1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+15
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-10Merge branch 'nd/rev-list-all-includes-HEAD-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
Doc update. * nd/rev-list-all-includes-HEAD-doc: rev-list-options.txt: update --all about HEAD
2017-02-10Merge branch 'dl/difftool-doc-no-gui-option'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+3
Doc update. * dl/difftool-doc-no-gui-option: Document the --no-gui option in difftool
2017-02-10Merge branch 'jk/reset-to-break-a-commit-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+38
A minor doc update. * jk/reset-to-break-a-commit-doc: reset: add an example of how to split a commit into two
2017-02-10Merge branch 'bw/push-submodule-only'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+7
Add missing documentation update to a recent topic. * bw/push-submodule-only: completion: add completion for --recurse-submodules=only doc: add doc for git-push --recurse-submodules=only
2017-02-09Documentation: unify bottom "part of git suite" linesLibravatar Stefan Beller8-8/+8
We currently have 168 man pages that mention they are part of Git, you can check yourself easily via: $ git grep "Part of the linkgit:git\[1\] suite" |wc -l 168 However some have a trailing period, i.e. $ git grep "Part of the linkgit:git\[1\] suite." |wc -l 8 Unify the bottom line in all man pages to not end with a period. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-08push options: pass push options to the transport helperLibravatar Stefan Beller1-0/+4
When using non-builtin protocols relying on a transport helper (such as http), push options are not propagated to the helper. The user could ask for push options and a push would seemingly succeed, but the push options would never be transported to the server, misleading the users expectation. Fix this by propagating the push options to the transport helper. This is only addressing the first issue of (1) the helper protocol does not propagate push-option (2) the http helper is not prepared to handle push-option Once we fix (2), the http transport helper can make use of push options as well, but that happens as a follow up. (1) is a bug fix, whereas (2) is a feature, which is why we only do (1) here. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>