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2014-01-27Merge branch 'tr/nth-previous-is-a-commit'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-3/+3
* tr/nth-previous-is-a-commit: Documentation: @{-N} can refer to a commit
2014-01-27Merge branch 'tr/gitk-doc-range-trace'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+16
* tr/gitk-doc-range-trace: Documentation/gitk: document -L option
2014-01-27Merge branch 'jn/ignore-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Explicitly list $HOME/.config/git/ignore as one of the places you can use to keep ignore patterns that depend on your personal choice of tools, e.g. *~ for Emacs users. * jn/ignore-doc: gitignore doc: add global gitignore to synopsis
2014-01-27Merge branch 'mh/attr-macro-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+6
* mh/attr-macro-doc: gitattributes: document more clearly where macros are allowed
2014-01-27Merge branch 'jc/maint-pull-docfix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-5/+8
* jc/maint-pull-docfix: Documentation: "git pull" does not have the "-m" option Documentation: exclude irrelevant options from "git pull"
2014-01-22Add cross-references between docs for for-each-ref and show-refLibravatar Michael Haggerty2-0/+5
Add cross-references between the manpages for git-for-each-ref(1) and git-show-ref(1). Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-21Documentation: @{-N} can refer to a commitLibravatar Thomas Rast2-3/+3
The @{-N} syntax always referred to the N-th last thing checked out, which can be either a branch or a commit (for detached HEAD cases). However, the documentation only mentioned branches. Edit in a "/commit" in the appropriate places. Reported-by: Kevin <ikke@ikke.info> Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-21Documentation/gitk: document -L optionLibravatar Thomas Rast1-0/+16
The -L option is the same as for git-log, so the entire block is just copied from git-log.txt. However, until the parser is fixed we add a caveat that gitk only understands the stuck form. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-17Git 1.9-rc0Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+12
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-17Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone'Libravatar Junio C Hamano6-9/+32
Fetching from a shallow-cloned repository used to be forbidden, primarily because the codepaths involved were not carefully vetted and we did not bother supporting such usage. This attempts to allow object transfer out of a shallow-cloned repository in a controlled way (i.e. the receiver become a shallow repository with truncated history). * nd/shallow-clone: (31 commits) t5537: fix incorrect expectation in test case 10 shallow: remove unused code send-pack.c: mark a file-local function static git-clone.txt: remove shallow clone limitations prune: clean .git/shallow after pruning objects clone: use git protocol for cloning shallow repo locally send-pack: support pushing from a shallow clone via http receive-pack: support pushing to a shallow clone via http smart-http: support shallow fetch/clone remote-curl: pass ref SHA-1 to fetch-pack as well send-pack: support pushing to a shallow clone receive-pack: allow pushes that update .git/shallow connected.c: add new variant that runs with --shallow-file add GIT_SHALLOW_FILE to propagate --shallow-file to subprocesses receive/send-pack: support pushing from a shallow clone receive-pack: reorder some code in unpack() fetch: add --update-shallow to accept refs that update .git/shallow upload-pack: make sure deepening preserves shallow roots fetch: support fetching from a shallow repository clone: support remote shallow repository ...
2014-01-16gitignore doc: add global gitignore to synopsisLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-1/+1
The gitignore(5) manpage already documents $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore but it is easy to forget that it exists. Add a reminder to the synopsis. Noticed while looking for a place to put a list of scratch filenames in the cwd used by one's editor of choice. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-14gitattributes: document more clearly where macros are allowedLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-3/+6
The old text made it sound like macros are only allowed in the .gitattributes file at the top-level of the working tree. Make it clear that they are also allowed in $GIT_DIR/info/attributes and in the global and system-wide gitattributes files. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-14Documentation: "git pull" does not have the "-m" optionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+6
Even though "--[no-]edit" can be used with "git pull", the explanation of the interaction between this option and the "-m" option does not make sense within the context of "git pull". Use the conditional inclusion mechanism to remove this part from "git pull" documentation, while keeping it for "git merge". Reported-by: Ivan Zakharyaschev Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-14Merge branch 'jc/maint-pull-docfix-for-409b8d82' into jc/maint-pull-docfixLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* jc/maint-pull-docfix-for-409b8d82: Documentation: exclude irrelevant options from "git pull"
2014-01-14Documentation: exclude irrelevant options from "git pull"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
10eb64f5 (git pull manpage: don't include -n from fetch-options.txt, 2008-01-25) introduced a way to exclude some parts of included source when building git-pull documentation, and later 409b8d82 (Documentation/git-pull: put verbosity options before merge/fetch ones, 2010-02-24) attempted to use the mechanism to exclude some parts of merge-options.txt when used from git-pull.txt. However, the latter did not have an intended effect, because the macro "git-pull" used to decide if the source is included in git-pull documentation were defined a bit too late. Define the macro before it is used to fix this. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-13Sync with 1.8.5.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-3/+31
* maint: Git 1.8.5.3 pack-heuristics.txt: mark up the file header properly
2014-01-13Update draft release notes to 1.9Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+15
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-13Merge branch 'jl/submodule-mv-checkout-caveat'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+21
With a submodule that was initialized in an old fashioned way without gitlinks, switching branches in the superproject between the one with and without the submodule may leave the submodule working tree with its embedded repository behind, as there may be unexpendable state there. Document and warn users about this. * jl/submodule-mv-checkout-caveat: rm: better document side effects when removing a submodule mv: better document side effects when moving a submodule
2014-01-13Merge branch 'jn/pager-lv-default-env'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
Just like we give a reasonable default for "less" via the LESS environment variable, specify a reasonable default for "lv" via the "LV" environment variable when spawning the pager. * jn/pager-lv-default-env: pager: set LV=-c alongside LESS=FRSX
2014-01-13Git 1.8.5.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+29
2014-01-13pack-heuristics.txt: mark up the file header properlyLibravatar Thomas Ackermann1-2/+2
AsciiDoc wants these header-lines left-aligned. Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-10Update draft release notes to 1.9Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+114
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-10Merge branch 'ss/builtin-cleanup'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
"git help $cmd" unnecessarily enumerated potential command names from the filesystem, even when $cmd is known to be a built-in. Ideas for further optimization, primarily by killing the use of is_in_cmdlist(), were suggested in the discussion, but they can come as follow-ups on top of this series. * ss/builtin-cleanup: builtin/help.c: speed up is_git_command() by checking for builtin commands first builtin/help.c: call load_command_list() only when it is needed git.c: consistently use the term "builtin" instead of "internal command"
2014-01-10Merge branch 'ta/format-user-manual-as-an-article'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-2/+2
Update the way the user-manual is formatted via AsciiDoc to save trees. * ta/format-user-manual-as-an-article: user-manual: improve html and pdf formatting
2014-01-10Merge branch 'jk/oi-delta-base'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+9
Teach "cat-file --batch" to show delta-base object name for a packed object that is represented as a delta. * jk/oi-delta-base: cat-file: provide %(deltabase) batch format sha1_object_info_extended: provide delta base sha1s
2014-01-10Merge branch 'sb/diff-orderfile-config'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+8
Allow "git diff -O<file>" to be configured with a new configuration variable. * sb/diff-orderfile-config: diff: add diff.orderfile configuration variable diff: let "git diff -O" read orderfile from any file and fail properly t4056: add new tests for "git diff -O"
2014-01-10Merge branch 'rt/bfg-ad-in-filter-branch-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+32
* rt/bfg-ad-in-filter-branch-doc: docs: add filter-branch notes on The BFG
2014-01-10Merge branch 'cc/replace-object-info'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+18
read_sha1_file() that is the workhorse to read the contents given an object name honoured object replacements, but there is no corresponding mechanism to sha1_object_info() that is used to obtain the metainfo (e.g. type & size) about the object, leading callers to weird inconsistencies. * cc/replace-object-info: replace info: rename 'full' to 'long' and clarify in-code symbols Documentation/git-replace: describe --format option builtin/replace: unset read_replace_refs t6050: add tests for listing with --format builtin/replace: teach listing using short, medium or full formats sha1_file: perform object replacement in sha1_object_info_extended() t6050: show that git cat-file --batch fails with replace objects sha1_object_info_extended(): add an "unsigned flags" parameter sha1_file.c: add lookup_replace_object_extended() to pass flags replace_object: don't check read_replace_refs twice rename READ_SHA1_FILE_REPLACE flag to LOOKUP_REPLACE_OBJECT
2014-01-10Merge branch 'nd/negative-pathspec'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-17/+17
Introduce "negative pathspec" magic, to allow "git log -- . ':!dir'" to tell us "I am interested in everything but 'dir' directory". * nd/negative-pathspec: pathspec.c: support adding prefix magic to a pathspec with mnemonic magic Support pathspec magic :(exclude) and its short form :! glossary-content.txt: rephrase magic signature part
2014-01-07rm: better document side effects when removing a submoduleLibravatar Jens Lehmann1-0/+9
The "Submodules" section of the "git rm" documentation mentions what will happen when a submodule with a gitfile gets removed with newer git. But it doesn't talk about what happens when the user changes between commits before and after the removal, which does not remove the submodule from the work tree like using the rm command did the first time. Explain what happens and what the user has to do manually to fix that in the new BUGS section. Also document this behavior in a new test. Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-07mv: better document side effects when moving a submoduleLibravatar Jens Lehmann1-0/+12
The "Submodules" section of the "git mv" documentation mentions what will happen when a submodule with a gitfile gets moved with newer git. But it doesn't talk about what happens when the user changes between commits before and after the move, which does not update the work tree like using the mv command did the first time. Explain what happens and what the user has to do manually to fix that in the new BUGS section. Also document this behavior in a new test. Reported-by: George Papanikolaou <g3orge.app@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-07pager: set LV=-c alongside LESS=FRSXLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-0/+4
On systems with lv configured as the preferred pager (i.e., DEFAULT_PAGER=lv at build time, or PAGER=lv exported in the environment) git commands that use color show control codes instead of color in the pager: $ git diff ^[[1mdiff --git a/.mailfilter b/.mailfilter^[[m ^[[1mindex aa4f0b2..17e113e 100644^[[m ^[[1m--- a/.mailfilter^[[m ^[[1m+++ b/.mailfilter^[[m ^[[36m@@ -1,11 +1,58 @@^[[m "less" avoids this problem because git uses the LESS environment variable to pass the -R option ('output ANSI color escapes in raw form') by default. Use the LV environment variable to pass 'lv' the -c option ('allow ANSI escape sequences for text decoration / color') to fix it for lv, too. Noticed when the default value for color.ui flipped to 'auto' in v1.8.4-rc0~36^2~1 (2013-06-10). Reported-by: Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf.meeuwissen@avasys.jp> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-06user-manual: improve html and pdf formattingLibravatar Thomas Ackermann2-2/+2
Use asciidoc style 'article' instead of 'book' and change asciidoc title level. This removes blank first page and superfluous "Part I" page (there is no "Part II") in pdf output. Also pdf size is decreased by this from 77 to 67 pages. In html output this removes unnecessary sub-tocs and chapter numbering. Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-06builtin/help.c: speed up is_git_command() by checking for builtin commands firstLibravatar Sebastian Schuberth1-2/+2
Since 2dce956 is_git_command() is a bit slow as it does file I/O in the call to list_commands_in_dir(). Avoid the file I/O by adding an early check for the builtin commands. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-06git.c: consistently use the term "builtin" instead of "internal command"Libravatar Sebastian Schuberth1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-06Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+2
* maint: Documentation/gitmodules: Only 'update' and 'url' are required l10n: de.po: fix translation of 'prefix'
2014-01-06Documentation/gitmodules: Only 'update' and 'url' are requiredLibravatar W. Trevor King1-0/+2
Descriptions for all the settings fell under the initial "Each submodule section also contains the following required keys:". The example shows sections with just 'path' and 'url' entries, which are indeed required, but we should still make the required/optional distinction explicit to clarify that the rest of them are optional. Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us> Reviewed-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-30replace info: rename 'full' to 'long' and clarify in-code symbolsLibravatar Christian Couder1-2/+2
Enum names SHORT/MEDIUM/FULL were too broad to be descriptive. And they clashed with built-in symbols on platforms like Windows. Clarify by giving them REPLACE_FORMAT_ prefix. Rename 'full' format in "git replace --format=<name>" to 'long', to match others (i.e. 'short' and 'medium'). Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-27Merge branch 'jk/name-pack-after-byte-representation'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+1
Two packfiles that contain the same set of objects have traditionally been named identically, but that made repacking a repository that is already fully packed without any cruft with a different packing parameter cumbersome. Update the convention to name the packfile after the bytestream representation of the data, not after the set of objects in it. * jk/name-pack-after-byte-representation: pack-objects doc: treat output filename as opaque pack-objects: name pack files after trailer hash sha1write: make buffer const-correct
2013-12-27Merge branch 'zk/difftool-counts'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
Show the total number of paths and the number of paths shown so far when "git difftool" prompts to launch an external diff tool, which would give users some sense of progress. * zk/difftool-counts: diff.c: fix some recent whitespace style violations difftool: display the number of files in the diff queue in the prompt
2013-12-27Merge branch 'jk/pull-rebase-using-fork-point'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+10
* jk/pull-rebase-using-fork-point: rebase: use reflog to find common base with upstream pull: use merge-base --fork-point when appropriate
2013-12-27Merge branch 'jc/push-refmap'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+7
Make "git push origin master" update the same ref that would be updated by our 'master' when "git push origin" (no refspecs) is run while the 'master' branch is checked out, which makes "git push" more symmetric to "git fetch" and more usable for the triangular workflow. * jc/push-refmap: push: also use "upstream" mapping when pushing a single ref push: use remote.$name.push as a refmap builtin/push.c: use strbuf instead of manual allocation
2013-12-26cat-file: provide %(deltabase) batch formatLibravatar Jeff King1-3/+9
It can be useful for debugging or analysis to see which objects are stored as delta bases on top of others. This information is available by running `git verify-pack`, but that is extremely expensive (and is harder than necessary to parse). Instead, let's make it available as a cat-file query format, which makes it fast and simple to get the bases for a subset of the objects. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-18diff: add diff.orderfile configuration variableLibravatar Samuel Bronson2-0/+8
diff.orderfile acts as a default for the -O command line option. [sb: split up aw's original patch; rework tests and docs, treat option as pathname] Signed-off-by: Anders Waldenborg <anders@0x63.nu> Signed-off-by: Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-18docs: add filter-branch notes on The BFGLibravatar Roberto Tyley1-1/+32
The BFG is a tool specifically designed for the task of removing unwanted data from Git repository history - a common use-case for which git-filter-branch has been the traditional workhorse. It's beneficial to let users know that filter-branch has an alternative here: * speed : The BFG is 10-50x faster http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/#speed * complexity of configuration : filter-branch is a very flexible tool, but demands very careful usage in order to get the desired results http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/#examples Obviously, filter-branch has it's advantages too - it permits very complex rewrites, and doesn't require a JVM - but for the common use-case of deleting unwanted data, it's helpful to users to be aware that an alternative exists. The BFG was released under the GPL in February 2013, and has since seen widespread production use (The Guardian, RedHat, Google, UK Government Digital Service), been tested against large repos (~300K commits, ~5GB packfiles) and received significant positive feedback from users: http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/#feedback Signed-off-by: Roberto Tyley <roberto.tyley@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-17Sync with 1.8.5.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+22
* maint: Git 1.8.5.2 cmd_repack(): remove redundant local variable "nr_packs"
2013-12-17Update draft release notes to 1.9Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+37
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-17Merge branch 'kn/gitweb-extra-branch-refs'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+37
Allow gitweb to be configured to show refs out of refs/heads/ as if they were branches. * kn/gitweb-extra-branch-refs: gitweb: Denote non-heads, non-remotes branches gitweb: Add a feature for adding more branch refs gitweb: Return 1 on validation success instead of passed input gitweb: Move check-ref-format code into separate function
2013-12-17Merge branch 'bc/doc-merge-no-op-revert'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+8
* bc/doc-merge-no-op-revert: Documentation: document pitfalls with 3-way merge
2013-12-17Merge branch 'fc/trivial'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
* fc/trivial: remote: fix status with branch...rebase=preserve fetch: add missing documentation t: trivial whitespace cleanups abspath: trivial style fix