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2009-11-04Fix documentation grammar typoLibravatar Gisle Aas1-1/+1
Introduced in 492cf3f (More precise description of 'git describe --abbrev', 2009-10-29) Signed-off-by: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-01Merge branch 'bg/clone-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-13/+13
* bg/clone-doc: git-clone.txt: Fix grammar and formatting
2009-10-30More precise description of 'git describe --abbrev'Libravatar Gisle Aas1-4/+13
Also adds a note about why the output in the examples might give different output today. Signed-off-by: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-25GIT 1.6.5.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+21
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-23Fix list of released versions in the toc documentLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
2009-10-23Merge branch 'jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+6
* jn/maint-1.6.3-check-ref-format-doc: Documentation: describe check-ref-format --branch
2009-10-21git-clone.txt: Fix grammar and formattingLibravatar Björn Gustavsson1-13/+13
Add the missing definite article ("the") in several places. Change "note to..." to "note for...", since "note to" means that that the note is addressed to someone (source: Google search). Change "progressbar" to "progress bar" (source: Wikipedia). Format git commands, options, and file names consistently using back quotes (i.e. a fixed font in the resulting HTML document). Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-21Document `delta` attribute in "git help attributes".Libravatar Nasser Grainawi1-0/+10
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-20Documentation/git-gc.txt: change "references" to "reference"Libravatar Matt Kraai1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-18document push's new quiet optionLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-16GIT 1.6.5.1Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+21
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-13Merge branch 'maint-1.6.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
* maint-1.6.4: git-stash documentation: mention default options for 'list'
2009-10-12Documentation: describe check-ref-format --branchLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-3/+6
Unless one already knew, it was not obvious what sort of shorthand "git check-ref-format --branch" expands. Explain it. The --branch argument is not optional. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-12git-stash documentation: mention default options for 'list'Libravatar Miklos Vajna1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-10GIT 1.6.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-6/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-09Documentation: clone: clarify discussion of initial branchLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-2/+3
When saying the initial branch is equal to the currently active remote branch, it is probably intended that the branch heads point to the same commit. Maybe it would be more useful to a new user to emphasize that the tree contents and history are the same. More important, probably, is that this new branch is set up so that "git pull" merges changes from the corresponding remote branch. The next paragraph addresses that directly. What the reader needs to know to begin with is that (1) the initial branch is your own; if you do not pull, it won't get updated, and that (2) the initial branch starts out at the same commit as the upstream. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-09racy-git.txt: explain nsec problem in more detailLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-4/+6
Idealists may want USE_NSEC to be the default on Linux some day. Point to a patch to better explain the requirements on filesystem code for that to happen. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-09Documentation: clarify "working tree" definitionLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-3/+3
It is not necessarily obvious to a git novice what it means for a filesystem tree to be equal to the HEAD. Spell it out. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-09Documentation: clarify branch creationLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-8/+8
The documentation seems to assume that the starting point for a new branch is the tip of an existing (ordinary) branch, but that is not the most common case. More often, "git branch" is used to begin a branch from a remote-tracking branch, a tag, or an interesting commit (e.g. origin/pu^2). Clarify the language so it can apply to these cases. Thanks to Sean Estabrooks for the wording. Also add a pointer to the user's manual for the bewildered. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-09Documentation: branch: update --merged descriptionLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-4/+6
Update the documentation for --merged and --no-merged to explain the meaning of the optional parameter introduced in commit 049716b (branch --merged/--no-merged: allow specifying arbitrary commit, 2008-07-08). Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-09Documentation: clarify mergeoptions descriptionLibravatar Jonathan Nieder2-3/+3
Sounds better this way, at least to my ears. ("The syntax and supported options of git merge" is a plural noun. "the same" instead of "equal" sounds less technical and seems to convey the meaning better here.) Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-09Documentation: git fmt-merge-msg does not have to be a scriptLibravatar Jonathan Nieder2-5/+6
The fmt-merge-message builtin can be invoked as "git fmt-merge-msg" rather than through the hard link in GIT_EXEC_PATH. Although this is unlikely to confuse most script writers, it should not hurt to make the documentation a little clearer anyway. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-08Update draft release notes to 1.6.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+10
2009-10-02filter-branch: add --prune-empty to option summaryLibravatar Adam Brewster1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Adam Brewster <adambrewster@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
2009-09-29Documentation/git-gc.txt: default --aggressive window is 250, not 10Libravatar Brandon Casey1-1/+1
The default --aggressive window has been 250 since 1c192f34 "gc --aggressive: make it really aggressive", released in git v1.6.3. Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2009-09-22Update "describe" documentation to match realityLibravatar Thiago Farina1-1/+1
A sample "git describe -h" did not match what the program actually says. Signed-off-by: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-21Update Release Notes to 1.6.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+14
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-16Merge 1.6.4.4 inLibravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+28
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-16GIT 1.6.4.4Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+28
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-14remove logical typo in documentation of sample update hookLibravatar Heiko Voigt1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13git-archive: infer output format from filename when unspecifiedLibravatar Dmitry Potapov1-2/+11
A command line $ git archive -o my-v2.0.zip v2.0 almost certainly wants the output in zip format, even though it does not specify any --format option. When --format is not given, but output filename is, try to infer what format is requested from the filename extension. Currently this code only knows about '.zip'. When the format is unspecified and the filename does not tell us, the output will be in 'tar' format as before. Of course, an explicit --format will not trigger this guesswork. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13git-archive: add '-o' as a alias for '--output'Libravatar Dmitry Potapov1-1/+2
The '-o' option is commonly used in many tools to specify the output file. Typing '--output' every time is a bit too long to be a practical alternative to redirecting output. But specifying the output name has the advantage of making possible to guess the desired output format by filename extension. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13git-clone doc: typofixLibravatar Johannes Gilger1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Johannes Gilger <heipei@hackvalue.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13git-push: Accept -n as a synonym for --dry-run.Libravatar Nelson Elhage1-1/+2
git-push is not currently using -n for anything else, and it seems unlikely we will want to use it to mean anything else in the future, so add it as an alias for convenience. Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13git-commit doc: remove duplicated --dry-run descriptionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+1
60c2993 (Documentation/git-commit.txt: describe --dry-run, 2009-08-15) wanted to update the documentation to say that "git status" is not the same as "git commit --dry-run" anymore, but it screwed up and also added the description of --dry-run that was already present. Noticed by Johannes Gilger. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13GIT 1.6.5-rc1Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+31
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13Improve --patch option documentation in git-addLibravatar Jari Aalto1-3/+8
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13Merge branch 'jt/pushinsteadof'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+31
* jt/pushinsteadof: Add url.<base>.pushInsteadOf: URL rewriting for push only Wrap rewrite globals in a struct in preparation for adding another set
2009-09-13Merge branch 'jk/unwanted-advices'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+15
* jk/unwanted-advices: status: make "how to stage" messages optional push: make non-fast-forward help message configurable
2009-09-13quiltimport documentation: --dry-run and -n are synonymsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13Merge branch 'db/vcs-helper'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+71
* db/vcs-helper: Makefile: remove remnant of separate http/https/ftp helpers Use a clearer style to issue commands to remote helpers Make the "traditionally-supported" URLs a special case Makefile: install hardlinks for git-remote-<scheme> supported by libcurl if possible Makefile: do not link three copies of git-remote-* programs Makefile: git-http-fetch does not need expat http-fetch: Fix Makefile dependancies Add transport native helper executables to .gitignore git-http-fetch: not a builtin Use an external program to implement fetching with curl Add support for external programs for handling native fetches
2009-09-13Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+31
* maint: GIT 1.6.4.3 svn: properly escape arguments for authors-prog http.c: remove verification of remote packs grep: accept relative paths outside current working directory grep: fix exit status if external_grep() punts Conflicts: GIT-VERSION-GEN RelNotes
2009-09-13GIT 1.6.4.3Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+31
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-11status: make "how to stage" messages optionalLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+4
These messages are nice for new users, but experienced git users know how to manipulate the index, and these messages waste a lot of screen real estate. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-11push: make non-fast-forward help message configurableLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+11
This message is designed to help new users understand what has happened when refs fail to push. However, it does not help experienced users at all, and significantly clutters the output, frequently dwarfing the regular status table and making it harder to see. This patch introduces a general configuration mechanism for optional messages, with this push message as the first example. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-11add documentation for mailinfo.scissors and '--no-scissors'Libravatar Nicolas Sebrecht2-1/+9
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-08Add url.<base>.pushInsteadOf: URL rewriting for push onlyLibravatar Josh Triplett2-0/+31
This configuration option allows systematically rewriting fetch-only URLs to push-capable URLs when used with push. For instance: [url "ssh://example.org/"] pushInsteadOf = "git://example.org/" This will allow clones of "git://example.org/path/to/repo" to subsequently push to "ssh://example.org/path/to/repo", without manually configuring pushurl for that remote. Includes documentation for the new option, bash completion updates, and test cases (both that pushInsteadOf applies to push, that it does not apply to fetch, and that it is ignored when pushURL is already defined). Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-07GIT 1.6.5-rc0Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+27
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-07Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-15/+20
* maint: git-pull: do not mention --quiet and --verbose twice githooks.txt: put hooks into subsections
2009-09-07git-pull: do not mention --quiet and --verbose twiceLibravatar Emmanuel Trillaud1-0/+2
git-pull.txt includes fetch-options.txt and merge-options.txt, both of which document the --quiet and --verbose. Supress the ones from fetch-options.txt. Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Trillaud <etrillaud@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>