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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>
2007-05-17user-manual: move howto/make-dist.txt into user manualLibravatar J. Bruce Fields2-52/+42
There seems to be a perception that the howto's are bit-rotting a little. The manual might be a more visible location for some of them, and make-dist.txt seems like a good candidate to include as an example in the manual. For now, incorporate much of it verbatim. Later we may want to update the example a bit. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17Documentation: remove howto's now incorporated into manualLibravatar J. Bruce Fields2-174/+0
These two howto's have both been copied into the manual. I'd rather not maintain both versions if possible, and I think the user-manual will be more visible than the howto directory. (Though I wouldn't mind some duplication if people really like having them here.) Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17user-manual: move quick-start to an appendixLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-239/+245
The quick start interrupts the flow of the manual a bit. Move it to "appendix A" but add a reference to it in the preface. Also rename the todo chapter to "appendix B", and revise the preface a little. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17glossary: expand and clarify some definitions, prune cross-referencesLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-94/+134
Revise and expand some of the definitions in the glossary, based in part on a recent thread started by a user looking for help with some of the jargon. I've borrowed some of the language from Linus's email on that thread. (I'm assuming standing permission to plagiarize Linus's email....) Also start making a few changes to mitigate the appearance of "circularity" mentioned in that thread: - feel free to use somewhat longer definitions and to explain some things more than once instead of relying purely on cross-references - don't use cross-references when they're redundant: eliminate self-references and repeated references to the same entry. Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17user-manual: revise birdseye-view chapterLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-28/+18
Some revisions suggested by Junio along with some minor style fixes and one compile fix (asterisks need escaping). Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-05-17Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
* maint: Document core.excludesfile for git-add git-send-email: allow leading white space on mutt aliases
2007-05-17Document core.excludesfile for git-addLibravatar Michael Hendricks1-0/+9
During the discussion of core.excludesfile in the user-manual, I realized that the configuration wasn't mentioned in the man pages. Signed-off-by: Michael Hendricks <michael@ndrix.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-16Add a birdview-on-the-source-code section to the user manualLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+219
In http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/42479, a birdview on the source code was requested. J. Bruce Fields suggested that my reply should be included in the user manual, and there was nothing of an outcry, so here it is, not 2 months later. It includes modifications as suggested by J. Bruce Fields, Karl Hasselström and Daniel Barkalow. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
2007-05-16Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-2/+2
* maint: format-patch: add MIME-Version header when we add content-type. Fixed link in user-manual import-tars: Use the "Link indicator" to identify directories git name-rev writes beyond the end of malloc() with large generations Documentation/branch: fix small typo in -D example
2007-05-16Fixed link in user-manualLibravatar Steffen Prohaska1-1/+1
link to git-mergetool was broken. Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-14Documentation/branch: fix small typo in -D exampleLibravatar Quy Tonthat1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-14Use $Id$ as the ident attribute keyword rather than $ident$ to be consistent ↵Libravatar Andy Parkins2-4/+4
with other VCSs $Id$ is present already in SVN and CVS; it would mean that people converting their existing repositories won't have to make any changes to the source files should they want to make use of the ident attribute. Given that it's a feature that's meant to calm those very people, it seems obtuse to make them edit every file just to make use of it. I think that bzr uses $Id$; Mercurial has examples hooks for $Id$; monotone has $Id$ on its wishlist. I can't think of a good reason not to stick with the de-facto standard and call ours $Id$ instead of $ident$. Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-14Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano4-18/+58
* maint: Prepare for 1.5.1.5 Release Notes gitweb: Add a few comments about %feature hash git-am: Clean up the asciidoc documentation Documentation: format-patch has no --mbox option builtin-log.c: Fix typo in comment Fix git-clone buglet for remote case.
2007-05-14Prepare for 1.5.1.5 Release NotesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+37
Hopefully we will have 1.5.2 soonish, to contain all of these, but we should summarize what we have done regardless. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-14git-am: Clean up the asciidoc documentationLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld1-16/+19
Add --keep to synopsis. The synopsys used a mix of tabs and spaces, unify to use only spaces. Shuffle options around in synopsys and description for grouping them logically. Add more gitlink references to other commands. Various grammatical fixes and improvements. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-14Documentation: format-patch has no --mbox optionLibravatar Frank Lichtenheld2-2/+2
git-applymbox and git-mailinfo refer to a --mbox option of git-format-patch when talking about their -k options. But there is no such option. What -k does to the former two commands is to keep the Subject: lines unmunged, meant to be used on output generated with format-patch -k. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-13Documentation/git-add: clarify -u with path limitingLibravatar Jeff King1-2/+5
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-13Documentation: Split description of pretty formats of commit logLibravatar Jakub Narebski6-39/+60
Split description of pretty formats into list of pretty options (--pretty and --encoding) in new file Documentation/pretty-options.txt and description of formats itself as a separate "PRETTY FORMATS" section in pretty-formats.txt While at it correct formatting a bit, to be better laid out in the resulting manpages: git-rev-list(1), git-show(1), git-log(1) and git-diff-tree(1). Those manpages now include pretty options in the same place as it was before, and description of formats just after all options. Inspired by the split into two filesdocumentation for merge strategies: Documentation/merge-options.txt and Documentation/merge-strategies.txt Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-13Link to HTML version of external doc if availableLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
Currently $ git grep '\([^t]\|^\)'link: user-manual.txt gives four hits that refer to .txt version of the documentation set, but at least "hooks" and "cvs-migration" have HTML variants installed, so refer to them instead. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-12Minor fixup to documentation of hooks in git-receive-pack.Libravatar Jan Hudec1-17/+20
Small additional changes to the cbb84e5d174cf33fd4dcf3136de50a886ff9a2e2 commit, which introduced documentation to pre-receive and post-receive: - Mention that stdout and stderr are equivalent. - Add one cross-section link and fix one other. - Fix information on advantages of post-receive over post-update. Signed-off-by: Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-12Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-8/+71
* maint: checkout: allow detaching to HEAD even when switching to the tip of a branch Updated documentation of hooks in git-receive-pack. Allow fetching references from any namespace tiny fix in documentation of git-clone Fix an unmatched comment end in arm/sha1_arm.S
2007-05-12Updated documentation of hooks in git-receive-pack.Libravatar Jan Hudec1-7/+70
Added documentation of pre-receive and post-receive hooks and updated documentation of update and post-update hooks. [jc: with minor copy-editing] Signed-off-by: Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-12tiny fix in documentation of git-cloneLibravatar Steffen Prohaska1-1/+1
path in example was missing '../' Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-10Minor copyediting on Release Notes for 1.5.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+9
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-10GIT v1.5.2-rc3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+8
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-10Document 'git-log --decorate'Libravatar Michael Hendricks1-0/+3
Signed-off-by: Michael Hendricks <michael@ndrix.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-10Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-2/+1
* maint: .mailmap: add some aliases SPECIFYING RANGES typo fix: it it => it is git-clone: don't get fooled by $PWD Fix documentation of tag in git-fast-import.txt
2007-05-10SPECIFYING RANGES typo fix: it it => it isLibravatar Jari Aalto1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-09Fix documentation of tag in git-fast-import.txtLibravatar Richard P. Curnow1-1/+0
The tag command does not take a trailing LF. Signed-off-by: Richard P. Curnow <rc@rc0.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>