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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>
2014-01-06Documentation/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>
2013-12-17Git 1.8.5.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+22
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-17Merge branch 'rs/doc-submitting-patches' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+9
* rs/doc-submitting-patches: SubmittingPatches: document how to handle multiple patches
2013-12-17Merge branch 'tr/doc-git-cherry' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-33/+110
* tr/doc-git-cherry: Documentation: revamp git-cherry(1)
2013-12-17Merge branch 'nd/glossary-content-pathspec-markup' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
* nd/glossary-content-pathspec-markup: glossary-content.txt: fix documentation of "**" patterns
2013-12-17Merge branch 'jj/doc-markup-gitcli' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+5
* jj/doc-markup-gitcli: Documentation/gitcli.txt: fix double quotes
2013-12-17Merge branch 'jj/doc-markup-hints-in-coding-guidelines' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+31
* jj/doc-markup-hints-in-coding-guidelines: State correct usage of literal examples in man pages in the coding standards
2013-12-17Merge branch 'jj/log-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-26/+25
* jj/log-doc: Documentation/git-log.txt: mark-up fix and minor rephasing Documentation/git-log: update "--log-size" description
2013-12-17Merge branch 'jj/rev-list-options-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-156/+87
* jj/rev-list-options-doc: Documentation/rev-list-options.txt: fix some grammatical issues and typos Documentation/rev-list-options.txt: fix mark-up
2013-12-17Merge branch 'tb/doc-fetch-pack-url' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-8/+7
* tb/doc-fetch-pack-url: git-fetch-pack uses URLs like git-fetch
2013-12-17Merge branch 'mi/typofixes' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* mi/typofixes: contrib: typofixes Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt: typofixes typofixes: fix misspelt comments
2013-12-03Git 1.8.5.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+11
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-03ref-iteration doc: add_submodule_odb() returns 0 for successLibravatar Nick Townsend1-2/+2
The usage sample of add_submodule_odb() function in the Submodules section expects non-zero return value for success, but the function actually reports success with zero. Helped-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Reviewed-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> Signed-off-by: Nick Townsend <nick.townsend@mac.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-02Sync with 1.8.4.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+15
2013-12-02Git 1.8.4.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+15
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-27Documentation: revamp git-cherry(1)Libravatar Thomas Rast1-33/+110
git-cherry(1)'s "description" section has never really managed to explain to me what the command does. It contains too much explanation of the algorithm instead of simply saying what goals it achieves, and too much terminology that we otherwise do not use (fork-point instead of merge-base). Try a much more concise approach: state what it finds out, why this is neat, and how the output is formatted, in a few short paragraphs. In return, provide much longer examples of how it fits into a "format-patch | am" based workflow, and how it compares to reading the same from git-log. Also carefully avoid using "merge" in a context where it does not mean something that comes from git-merge(1). Instead, say "apply" in an attempt to further link to patch workflow concepts. While there, also omit the language about _which_ upstream branch we treat as the default. I literally just learned that we support having several, so let's not confuse new users here, especially considering that git-config(1) does not document this. Prompted-by: a.huemer@commend.com on #git Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-27Git 1.8.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-27SubmittingPatches: document how to handle multiple patchesLibravatar René Scharfe1-2/+9
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-21glossary-content.txt: fix documentation of "**" patternsLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-3/+3
"**" means bold in ASCIIDOC, so we need to escape it. This is similar to 8447dc8 (gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patterns - 2013-11-07) Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-20Documentation/gitcli.txt: fix double quotesLibravatar Jason St. John1-5/+5
Replace double quotes around literal examples with backticks Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-20Sync with 1.8.4.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+12
2013-11-20Git 1.8.4.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+12
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-18RelNotes: spelling & grammar fixesLibravatar Marc Branchaud1-82/+84
Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-18Documentation/rev-list-options.txt: fix some grammatical issues and typosLibravatar Jason St. John1-13/+14
Various fixes: - fix typos (e.g. "show" -> "shown") - use "regular expression(s)" instead of "regexp" where appropriate - reword some sentences for easier reading - fix/improve some grammatical issues (e.g. comma usage) - add missing articles (e.g. "the") - change "E-mail" to "email" Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-18Documentation/rev-list-options.txt: fix mark-upLibravatar Jason St. John1-148/+78
Some the labeled list entries have a blank line between the label and the body text, and some don't. Use the latter style for consistency; incidentally, syntax highlighting in Vim works better if there is no blank line there. Typeset literal options, commands, and path names in monospace. When using `literal string` mark-up to do so, there is no need to escape AsciiDoc special characters with backslashes, so make sure we don't do so. Replace some double quotes with proper AsciiDoc quotes (e.g. ``foo''). Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-18State correct usage of literal examples in man pages in the coding standardsLibravatar Jason St. John1-3/+31
The man pages contain inconsistent usage of backticks vs. single quotes around options, commands, etc. that are in paragraphs. This commit states that backticks should always be used around literal examples. This commit states that "--" and friends should not be escaped (e.g. use `--pretty=oneline` instead of `\--pretty=oneline`). This commit also states correct usage for typesetting command usage examples with inline substitutions. Thanks-to: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Thanks-to: Stuart Rackham <srackham@gmail.com> Thanks-to: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-13Documentation/git-log.txt: mark-up fix and minor rephasingLibravatar Jason St. John1-23/+23
- typeset options, commands, and paths in monospace; - typeset references to sections with emphasis; - replace some double quotes with proper AsciiDoc quotes (e.g. ``foo''); - use title case when referring to section headings. Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-13Documentation/git-log: update "--log-size" descriptionLibravatar Jason St. John1-5/+5
"--log-size" was added in commit 9fa3465, and the commit message contained a satisfactory explanation; however, the man page entry for it did not describe the actual output format, what the output meant and what the option was meant to be used for. Helped-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-12Correct word usage of "timezone" in "Documentation" directoryLibravatar Jason St. John7-22/+22
"timezone" is two words, not one (i.e. "time zone" is correct). Correct this in these files: -- date-formats.txt -- git-blame.txt -- git-cvsimport.txt -- git-fast-import.txt -- git-svn.txt -- gitweb.conf.txt -- rev-list-options.txt Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-12Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt: typofixesLibravatar Masanari Iida1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-11git-fetch-pack uses URLs like git-fetchLibravatar Torsten Bögershausen1-8/+7
"git fetch-pack" allows [<host>:]<directory> to point out the source repository. Use the term <repository>, which is already used in "git fetch" or "git pull" to describe URLs supported by Git. Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-08Sync with 1.8.4.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+20
2013-11-08Git 1.8.4.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+20
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-07Sync with maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-3/+39
* maint: Start preparing for 1.8.4.3 gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patterns
2013-11-07Start preparing for 1.8.4.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+36
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-07Merge branch 'sc/doc-howto-dumb-http' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
An ancient How-To on serving Git repositories on an HTTP server lacked a warning that it has been mostly superseded with more modern way. * sc/doc-howto-dumb-http: doc/howto: warn about (dumb)http server document being too old
2013-11-07Merge branch 'vd/doc-unpack-objects' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
The synopsis section of "git unpack-objects" documentation has been clarified a bit. * vd/doc-unpack-objects: Documentation: "pack-file" is not literal in unpack-objects Documentation: restore a space in unpack-objects usage
2013-11-07gitignore.txt: fix documentation of "**" patternsLibravatar Karsten Blees1-3/+3
"**" means bold in ASCIIDOC, so we need to escape it. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-06Merge branch 'fc/trivial'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
A random collection of style fixes and minor doc updates. * fc/trivial: setup: trivial style fixes run-command: trivial style fixes diff: trivial style fix revision: trivial style fixes pretty: trivial style fix describe: trivial style fixes transport-helper: trivial style fix sha1-name: trivial style cleanup branch: trivial style fix revision: add missing include doc/pull: clarify the illustrations t: replace pulls with merges merge: simplify ff-only option
2013-11-04Update draft release notes to 1.8.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+17
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-04Merge branch 'vd/doc-unpack-objects'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* vd/doc-unpack-objects: Documentation: "pack-file" is not literal in unpack-objects Documentation: restore a space in unpack-objects usage
2013-11-04Merge branch 'sc/doc-howto-dumb-http'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+4
* sc/doc-howto-dumb-http: doc/howto: warn about (dumb)http server document being too old
2013-11-01Documentation: "pack-file" is not literal in unpack-objectsLibravatar Vivien Didelot1-1/+1
Make it clear that "pack-file" is not to be spelled as is in the unpack-objects usage. Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-01Update draft release notes to 1.8.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+19
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-01Merge branch 'rs/web-browse-xdg-open'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
* rs/web-browse-xdg-open: web--browse: Add support for xdg-open
2013-11-01Merge branch 'jk/pack-corruption-post-mortem'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+243
* jk/pack-corruption-post-mortem: howto: add article on recovering a corrupted object
2013-10-31Documentation: restore a space in unpack-objects usageLibravatar Vivien Didelot1-1/+1
The commit 87b7b84 removed a space in the unpack-objects usage, which makes the synopsis a bit confusing. This patch simply restores it. Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-10-31doc/pull: clarify the illustrationsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
The second illustration that shows the history after "git pull" spelled the remote-tracking branch with "remotes/" prefix, which is not necessary. Drop it. To match the assumption that a remote-tracking branch is used to keep track of the advancement of the master at the origin, update the first illustration that shows the history before "git pull" to show the distinction between the master currently at origin and the stale origin/master remote-tracking branch. Noticed-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Helped-by: Max Horn <max@quendi.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-10-30web--browse: Add support for xdg-openLibravatar Rüdiger Sonderfeld1-0/+1
xdg-open is a tool similar to git-web--browse. It opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. It could probably be made default at least on Linux with a graphical environment. Signed-off-by: Rüdiger Sonderfeld <ruediger@c-plusplus.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>