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2008-11-12pack-objects: new option --honor-pack-keepLibravatar Brandon Casey1-0/+5
This adds a new option to pack-objects which will cause it to ignore an object which appears in a local pack which has a .keep file, even if it was specified for packing. This option will be used by the porcelain repack. Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-09Documentation: bisect: change a few instances of "git-cmd" to "git cmd"Libravatar Christian Couder1-3/+3
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-09Documentation: rev-list: change a few instances of "git-cmd" to "git cmd"Libravatar Christian Couder1-4/+4
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-08GIT 1.6.0.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-02format-patch documentation: mention the special case of showing a single commitLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Even long timers seem to have missed that "format-patch -1 $commit" is a much simpler and more obvious way to say "format-patch $commit^..$commit" from the current documentation (and an example "format-patch -3 $commit" to get three patches). Add an explicit instruction in a much earlier part of the documentation to make it easier to find. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-02Add reference for status letters in documentation.Libravatar Yann Dirson1-0/+16
Also fix error in diff_filepair::status documentation, and point to the in-code reference as well as the doc. Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-02Document that git-log takes --all-match.Libravatar Mikael Magnusson1-0/+4
Signed-off-by: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-02Update draft 1.6.0.4 release notesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+18
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-02Start 1.6.0.4 cycleLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+29
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-01add instructions on how to send patches to the mailing list with GmailLibravatar Tom Preston-Werner1-0/+27
Gmail is one of the most popular email providers in the world. Now that Gmail supports IMAP, sending properly formatted patches via `git imap-send` is trivial. This section in SubmittingPatches explains how to do so. Signed-off-by: Tom Preston-Werner <tom@github.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-01Documentation/gitattributes: Add subsection header for each attributeLibravatar Jakub Narebski1-0/+6
This makes attributes easier to find; before this patch some attributes had individual subsections, and some didn't. Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-31Documentation: clarify information about 'ident' attributeLibravatar Jan Krüger1-2/+2
The documentation spoke of the attribute being set "to" a path; this can mistakenly be interpreted as "the attribute needs to have its value set to some kind of path". This clarifies things. Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-30asciidoc: add minor workaround to add an empty line after code blocksLibravatar Jonas Fonseca1-0/+20
Insert an empty <simpara> in manpages after code blocks to force and empty line. The problem can be seen on the manpage for the git tutorial, where an example command and the following paragraph is printed with no empty line between them: First, note that you can get documentation for a command such as git log --graph with: $ man git-log It is a good idea to introduce yourself to git [...] Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-21GIT 1.6.0.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-9/+6
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-18Documentation: Clarify '--signoff' for git-commitLibravatar Abhijit Bhopatkar1-1/+2
'--signoff' uses commiter name always to add the signoff line, make it explicit in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Abhijit Bhopatkar <bain@devslashzero.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-18Hopefully the final draft release notes update before 1.6.0.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+9
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-18diff(1): clarify what "T"ypechange status meansLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-16git-check-attr(1): add output and example sectionsLibravatar Jonas Fonseca1-0/+50
Plumbing tools should document what output can be expected. Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-13Update draft release notes to 1.6.0.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+19
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-08git-push.txt: Describe --repo option in more detailLibravatar Johannes Sixt1-5/+19
The --repo option was described in a way that the reader would have to assume that it is the same as the <repository> parameter. But it actually servers a purpose, which is now written down. Furthermore, the --mirror option was missing from the synopsis. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-07Fix a few typos in relnotesLibravatar Mikael Magnusson1-4/+4
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-06Update release notes for 1.6.0.3Libravatar Shawn O. Pearce1-1/+51
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-06docs: describe pre-rebase hookLibravatar Nanako Shiraishi1-0/+7
Documentation/git-rebase.txt talks about pre-rebase hook, but it appears that Documentation/git-hooks.txt does not have corresponding entry for it. Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-01Improve git-log documentation wrt file filtersLibravatar martin f. krafft1-3/+6
The need for "--" in the git-log synopsis was previously unclear and confusing. This patch makes it a little clearer. Thanks to hyy <yiyihu@gmail.com> for his help. [sp: Changed -- to \-- per prior commit e1ccf53.] Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-10-01Documentation: remove '\' in front of short optionsLibravatar SZEDER Gábor2-6/+6
... because they show up in the man and html outputs. This escaping is only needed for double dashes to be compatible with older asciidoc versions; see commit e1ccf53 ([PATCH] Escape asciidoc's built-in em-dash replacement, 2005-09-12). Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-09-30Replace svn.foo.org with svn.example.com in git-svn docs (RFC 2606)Libravatar Michael Prokop1-4/+4
foo.org is an existing domain, use RFC 2606 complying example.com instead as used in other docs as well. Signed-off-by: Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-09-29Merge branch 'bc/maint-diff-hunk-header-fix' into maintLibravatar Shawn O. Pearce1-2/+2
* bc/maint-diff-hunk-header-fix: t4018-diff-funcname: test syntax of builtin xfuncname patterns diff hunk pattern: fix misconverted "\{" tex macro introducers diff: use extended regexp to find hunk headers diff.*.xfuncname which uses "extended" regex's for hunk header selection diff.c: associate a flag with each pattern and use it for compiling regex diff.c: return pattern entry pointer rather than just the hunk header pattern Conflicts: Documentation/gitattributes.txt
2008-09-26Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pagerLibravatar Chris Frey1-2/+11
The process of overriding the default LESS options using only git-specific methods is rather obscure. Show the end user how to do it in a step-by-step manner. Signed-off-by: Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-09-25Update release notes for 1.6.0.3Libravatar Shawn O. Pearce1-1/+17
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2008-09-19Start draft release notes for 1.6.0.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+29
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-19git-repack uses --no-repack-object, not --no-repack-delta.Libravatar Mikael Magnusson1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-19Bust the ghost of long-defunct diffcore-pathspec.Libravatar Yann Dirson1-33/+22
This concept was retired by 77882f6 (Retire diffcore-pathspec., 2006-04-10), more than 2 years ago. Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-18diff.*.xfuncname which uses "extended" regex's for hunk header selectionLibravatar Brandon Casey1-2/+2
Currently, the hunk headers produced by 'diff -p' are customizable by setting the diff.*.funcname option in the config file. The 'funcname' option takes a basic regular expression. This functionality was designed using the GNU regex library which, by default, allows using backslashed versions of some extended regular expression operators, even in Basic Regular Expression mode. For example, the following characters, when backslashed, are interpreted according to the extended regular expression rules: ?, +, and |. As such, the builtin funcname patterns were created using some extended regular expression operators. Other platforms which adhere more strictly to the POSIX spec do not interpret the backslashed extended RE operators in Basic Regular Expression mode. This causes the pattern matching for the builtin funcname patterns to fail on those platforms. Introduce a new option 'xfuncname' which uses extended regular expressions, and advertise it _instead_ of funcname. Since most users are on GNU platforms, the majority of funcname patterns are created and tested there. Advertising only xfuncname should help to avoid the creation of non-portable patterns which work with GNU regex but not elsewhere. Additionally, the extended regular expressions may be less ugly and complicated compared to the basic RE since many common special operators do not need to be backslashed. For example, the GNU Basic RE: ^[ ]*\\(\\(public\\|static\\).*\\)$ becomes the following Extended RE: ^[ ]*((public|static).*)$ Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-18Merge branch 'jc/maint-checkout-keep-remove' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+10
* jc/maint-checkout-keep-remove: checkout: do not lose staged removal
2008-09-18Clarified gitattributes documentation regarding custom hunk header.Libravatar Garry Dolley1-9/+9
The only part of the hunk header that we can change is the "TEXT" portion. Additionally, a few grammatical errors have been corrected. Signed-off-by: Garry Dolley <gdolley@ucla.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-12GIT 1.6.0.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-12Fix some manual typos.Libravatar Ralf Wildenhues3-3/+3
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-10Update draft release notes for 1.6.0.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+22
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-09checkout: do not lose staged removalLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+10
The logic to checkout a different commit implements the safety to never lose user's local changes. For example, switching from a commit to another commit, when you have changed a path that is different between them, need to merge your changes to the version from the switched-to commit, which you may not necessarily be able to resolve easily. By default, "git checkout" refused to switch branches, to give you a chance to stash your local changes (or use "-m" to merge, accepting the risks of getting conflicts). This safety, however, had one deliberate hole since early June 2005. When your local change was to remove a path (and optionally to stage that removal), the command checked out the path from the switched-to commit nevertheless. This was to allow an initial checkout to happen smoothly (e.g. an initial checkout is done by starting with an empty index and switching from the commit at the HEAD to the same commit). We can tighten the rule slightly to allow this special case to pass, without losing sight of removal explicitly done by the user, by noticing if the index is truly empty when the operation begins. For historical background, see: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/4641/focus=4646 This case is marked as *0* in the message, which both Linus and I said "it feels somewhat wrong but otherwise we cannot start from an empty index". Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-06Update draft release notes for 1.6.0.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+20
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-05Mention the fact that 'git annotate' is only for backward compatibility.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+5
When somebody is reading git-blame.txt (or git-annotate.txt) for the first time, the message we would like to send is: (1) Here is why you would want to use this command, what it can do (perhaps more than what you would have expected from "$scm blame"), and how you tell it to do what it does. This is obvious. (2) You might have heard of the command with the other name. There is no difference between the two, except they differ in their default output formats. This is essential to answer: "git has both? how are they different?" (3) We tend to encourage blame over annotate for new scripts and new people, but there is no reason to choose one over the other. This is not as important as (2), but would be useful to avoid repeated questions about "when will we start deprecating this?" As long as we describe (2) on git-annotate page clearly enough, people who read git-blame page first and get curious can refer to git-annotate page. While at it, subtly hint (3) without being overly explicit. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-03Start 1.6.0.2 maintenance cycleLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+50
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-03Fix passwd(5) ref and reflect that commit doens't use commit-treeLibravatar Jonas Fonseca3-6/+6
Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-01Improve documentation for --dirstat diff optionLibravatar Heikki Orsila1-6/+5
Signed-off-by: Heikki Orsila <heikki.orsila@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-01Documentation: minor cleanup in a use case in 'git stash' manualLibravatar SZEDER Gábor1-1/+1
There is no need to explicitly pass the file to be committed to 'git commit', because it's contents is already in the index. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-01Documentation: fix disappeared lines in 'git stash' manpageLibravatar SZEDER Gábor1-7/+7
Asciidoc removes lines starting with a dot when creating manpages. Since those lines were comments in use case examples showing shell commands, preceed those lines with a hash sign. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-09-01Documentation: fix reference to a for-each-ref optionLibravatar SZEDER Gábor1-1/+1
... to match the synopsis section Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-31Document sendemail.envelopesender configurationLibravatar Ask Bjørn Hansen1-0/+3
Signed-off-by: Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask@develooper.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-31Document clarification: gitmodules, gitattributesLibravatar Gustaf Hendeby2-2/+2
The SYNOPSIS section of gitattibutes and gitmodule fail to clearly specify the name of the in tree files used. This patch brings in the initial `.' and the fact that the `.gitmodules' file should reside at the top-level of the working tree. Signed-off-by: Gustaf Hendeby <hendeby@isy.liu.se> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-08-30config.txt: Add missing colons after option nameLibravatar Teemu Likonen1-1/+1
gitcvs.usecrlfattr --> gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: This fixes an asciidoc markup issue. Signed-off-by: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>