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2012-08-06receive-pack: do not leak output from auto-gc to standard outputLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
The standard output channel of receive-pack is a structured protocol channel, and subprocesses must never be allowed to leak anything into it by writing to their standard output. Use RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR option to run_command_v_opt() just like we do when running hooks to prevent output from "gc" leaking to the standard output. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-21Merge branch 'cb/receive-pack-keep-errors' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+17
* cb/receive-pack-keep-errors: do not override receive-pack errors
2012-02-13do not override receive-pack errorsLibravatar Clemens Buchacher1-7/+17
Receive runs rev-list --verify-objects in order to detect missing objects. However, such errors are ignored and overridden later. Instead, consequently ignore all update commands for which an error has already been detected. Some tests in t5504 are obsoleted by this change, because invalid objects are detected even if fsck is not enabled. Instead, they now test for different error messages depending on whether or not fsck is turned on. A better fix would be to force a corruption that will be detected by fsck but not by rev-list. Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-05Merge branch 'cb/push-quiet' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+15
* cb/push-quiet: t5541: avoid TAP test miscounting fix push --quiet: add 'quiet' capability to receive-pack server_supports(): parse feature list more carefully
2012-01-09Merge branch 'mh/ref-api-less-extra-refs'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-29/+22
* mh/ref-api-less-extra-refs: write_head_info(): handle "extra refs" locally show_ref(): remove unused "flag" and "cb_data" arguments receive-pack: move more work into write_head_info()
2012-01-08fix push --quiet: add 'quiet' capability to receive-packLibravatar Clemens Buchacher1-2/+12
Currently, git push --quiet produces some non-error output, e.g.: $ git push --quiet Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done. This fixes a bug reported for the fedora git package: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725593 Reported-by: Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> Cc: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> Commit 90a6c7d4 (propagate --quiet to send-pack/receive-pack) introduced the --quiet option to receive-pack and made send-pack pass that option. Older versions of receive-pack do not recognize the option, however, and terminate immediately. The commit was therefore reverted. This change instead adds a 'quiet' capability to receive-pack, which is a backwards compatible. In addition, this fixes push --quiet via http: A verbosity of 0 means quiet for remote helpers. Reported-by: Tobias Ulmer <tobiasu@tmux.org> Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-08server_supports(): parse feature list more carefullyLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+3
We have been carefully choosing feature names used in the protocol extensions so that the vocabulary does not contain a word that is a substring of another word, so it is not a real problem, but we have recently added "quiet" feature word, which would mean we cannot later add some other word with "quiet" (e.g. "quiet-push"), which is awkward. Let's make sure that we can eventually be able to do so by teaching the clients and servers that feature words consist of non whitespace letters. This parser also allows us to later add features with parameters e.g. "feature=1.5" (parameter values need to be quoted for whitespaces, but we will worry about the detauls when we do introduce them). Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-06write_head_info(): handle "extra refs" locallyLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-4/+3
The old code basically did: generate array of SHA1s for alternate refs for each unique SHA1 in array: add_extra_ref(".have", sha1) for each ref (including real refs and extra refs): show_ref(refname, sha1) But there is no need to stuff the alternate refs in extra_refs; we can call show_ref() directly when iterating over the array, then handle real refs separately. So change the code to: generate array of SHA1s for alternate refs for each unique SHA1 in array: show_ref(".have", sha1) for each ref (this now only includes real refs): show_ref(refname, sha1) Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-06show_ref(): remove unused "flag" and "cb_data" argumentsLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-5/+5
The function is not used as a callback, so it doesn't need these arguments. Also change its return type to void. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-06receive-pack: move more work into write_head_info()Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-24/+18
Move some more code from the calling site into write_head_info(), and inline add_alternate_refs() there. (Some more simplification is coming, and it is easier if all this code is in the same place.) Move some helper functions to avoid the need for forward declarations. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-13Rename resolve_ref() to resolve_ref_unsafe()Libravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-1/+1
resolve_ref() may return a pointer to a shared buffer and can be overwritten by the next resolve_ref() calls. Callers need to pay attention, not to keep the pointer when the next call happens. Rename with "_unsafe" suffix to warn developers (or reviewers) before introducing new call sites. This patch is generated using the following command git grep -l 'resolve_ref(' -- '*.[ch]'|xargs sed -i 's/resolve_ref(/resolve_ref_unsafe(/g' Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-13Convert resolve_ref+xstrdup to new resolve_refdup functionLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-4/+3
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-05Copy resolve_ref() return value for longer useLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-0/+3
resolve_ref() may return a pointer to a static buffer. Callers that use this value longer than a couple of statements should copy the value to avoid some hidden resolve_ref() call that may change the static buffer's value. The bug found by Tony Wang <wwwjfy@gmail.com> in builtin/merge.c demonstrates this. The first call is in cmd_merge() branch = resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, &flag); Then deep in lookup_commit_or_die() a few lines after, resolve_ref() may be called again and destroy "branch". lookup_commit_or_die lookup_commit_reference lookup_commit_reference_gently parse_object lookup_replace_object do_lookup_replace_object prepare_replace_object for_each_replace_ref do_for_each_ref get_loose_refs get_ref_dir get_ref_dir resolve_ref All call sites are checked and made sure that xstrdup() is called if the value should be saved. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-11-03receive-pack: do not expect object 0{40} to existLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+11
When pushing to delete a ref, it uses 0{40} as an object name to signal that the request is a deletion. We shouldn't trigger "deletion of a corrupt ref" warning in such a case, which was designed to notice that a ref points at an object that is truly missing from the repository. Reported-by: Stefan Näwe Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-17Merge branch 'ph/push-to-delete-nothing'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-8/+18
* ph/push-to-delete-nothing: receive-pack: don't pass non-existent refs to post-{receive,update} hooks Conflicts: builtin/receive-pack.c
2011-10-10Merge branch 'mh/check-ref-format-3'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* mh/check-ref-format-3: (23 commits) add_ref(): verify that the refname is formatted correctly resolve_ref(): expand documentation resolve_ref(): also treat a too-long SHA1 as invalid resolve_ref(): emit warnings for improperly-formatted references resolve_ref(): verify that the input refname has the right format remote: avoid passing NULL to read_ref() remote: use xstrdup() instead of strdup() resolve_ref(): do not follow incorrectly-formatted symbolic refs resolve_ref(): extract a function get_packed_ref() resolve_ref(): turn buffer into a proper string as soon as possible resolve_ref(): only follow a symlink that contains a valid, normalized refname resolve_ref(): use prefixcmp() resolve_ref(): explicitly fail if a symlink is not readable Change check_refname_format() to reject unnormalized refnames Inline function refname_format_print() Make collapse_slashes() allocate memory for its result Do not allow ".lock" at the end of any refname component Refactor check_refname_format() Change check_ref_format() to take a flags argument Change bad_ref_char() to return a boolean value ...
2011-10-05Change check_ref_format() to take a flags argumentLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+1
Change check_ref_format() to take a flags argument that indicates what is acceptable in the reference name (analogous to "git check-ref-format"'s "--allow-onelevel" and "--refspec-pattern"). This is more convenient for callers and also fixes a failure in the test suite (and likely elsewhere in the code) by enabling "onelevel" and "refspec-pattern" to be allowed independently of each other. Also rename check_ref_format() to check_refname_format() to make it obvious that it deals with refnames rather than references themselves. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-05Merge branch 'jc/run-receive-hook-cleanup'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-19/+52
* jc/run-receive-hook-cleanup: refactor run_receive_hook()
2011-10-05Merge branch 'jc/receive-verify'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+43
* jc/receive-verify: receive-pack: check connectivity before concluding "git push" check_everything_connected(): libify check_everything_connected(): refactor to use an iterator fetch: verify we have everything we need before updating our ref Conflicts: builtin/fetch.c
2011-10-05Merge branch 'jc/fetch-pack-fsck-objects'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+14
* jc/fetch-pack-fsck-objects: test: fetch/receive with fsckobjects transfer.fsckobjects: unify fetch/receive.fsckobjects fetch.fsckobjects: verify downloaded objects Conflicts: Documentation/config.txt builtin/fetch-pack.c
2011-09-30receive-pack: don't pass non-existent refs to post-{receive,update} hooksLibravatar Pang Yan Han1-6/+12
When a push specifies deletion of non-existent refs, the post post-receive and post-update hooks receive them as input/arguments. For instance, for the following push, where refs/heads/nonexistent is a ref which does not exist on the remote side: git push origin :refs/heads/nonexistent the post-receive hook receives from standard input: <null-sha1> SP <null-sha1> SP refs/heads/nonexistent and the post-update hook receives as arguments: refs/heads/nonexistent which does not make sense since it is a no-op. Teach receive-pack not to pass non-existent refs to the post-receive and post-update hooks. If the push only attempts to delete non-existent refs, these hooks are not even called. The update and pre-receive hooks are still notified about attempted deletion of non-existent refs to give them a chance to inspect the situation and act on it. [jc: mild fix-ups to avoid introducing an extra list; also added fixes to some tests] Signed-off-by: Pang Yan Han <pangyanhan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-12refactor run_receive_hook()Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-19/+52
Running a hook has to make complex set-up to establish web of communication between child process and multiplexer, which is common regardless of what kind of data is fed to the hook. Refactor the parts that is specific to the data fed to the particular set of hooks from the part that runs the hook, so that the code can be reused to drive hooks that take different kind of data. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-09receive-pack: check connectivity before concluding "git push"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+43
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-06Sync with 1.7.6.2Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-11/+3
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-06Revert "Merge branch 'cb/maint-quiet-push' into maint"Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-11/+3
This reverts commit ffa69e61d3c5730bd4b65a465efc130b0ef3c7df, reversing changes made to 4a13c4d14841343d7caad6ed41a152fee550261d. Adding a new command line option to receive-pack and feed it from send-pack is not an acceptable way to add features, as there is no guarantee that your updated send-pack will be talking to updated receive-pack. New features need to be added via the capability mechanism negotiated over the protocol. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-04transfer.fsckobjects: unify fetch/receive.fsckobjectsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+14
This single variable can be used to set instead of setting fsckobjects variable for fetch & receive independently. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-17Merge branch 'js/ref-namespaces'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-6/+39
* js/ref-namespaces: ref namespaces: tests ref namespaces: documentation ref namespaces: Support remote repositories via upload-pack and receive-pack ref namespaces: infrastructure Fix prefix handling in ref iteration functions
2011-08-08receive-pack: do not overstep command line argument arrayLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Previous commit added one element to the command line, without making sure the result fits there. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-07-31propagate --quiet to send-pack/receive-packLibravatar Clemens Buchacher1-2/+10
Currently, git push --quiet produces some non-error output, e.g.: $ git push --quiet Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done. Add the --quiet option to send-pack/receive-pack and pass it to unpack-objects in the receive-pack codepath and to receive-pack in the push codepath. This fixes a bug reported for the fedora git package: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725593 Reported-by: Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> Cc: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-07-11ref namespaces: Support remote repositories via upload-pack and receive-packLibravatar Josh Triplett1-6/+39
Change upload-pack and receive-pack to use the namespace-prefixed refs when working with the repository, and use the unprefixed refs when talking to the client, maintaining the masquerade. This allows clone, pull, fetch, and push to work with a suitably configured GIT_NAMESPACE. receive-pack advertises refs outside the current namespace as .have refs (as it currently does for refs in alternates), so that the client can use them to minimize data transfer but will otherwise ignore them. With appropriate configuration, this also allows http-backend to expose namespaces as multiple repositories with different paths. This only requires setting GIT_NAMESPACE, which http-backend passes through to upload-pack and receive-pack. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Signed-off-by: Jamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-19receive-pack: eliminate duplicate .have refsLibravatar Jeff King1-3/+13
When receiving a push, we advertise ref tips from any alternate repositories, in case that helps the client send a smaller pack. Since these refs don't actually exist in the destination repository, we don't transmit the real ref names, but instead use the pseudo-ref ".have". If your alternate has a large number of duplicate refs (for example, because it is aggregating objects from many related repositories, some of which will have the same tags and branch tips), then we will send each ".have $sha1" line multiple times. This is a pointless waste of bandwidth, as we are simply repeating the same fact to the client over and over. This patch eliminates duplicate .have refs early on. It does so efficiently by sorting the complete list and skipping duplicates. This has the side effect of re-ordering the .have lines by ascending sha1; this isn't a problem, though, as the original order was meaningless. There is a similar .have system in fetch-pack, but it does not suffer from the same problem. For each alternate ref we consider in fetch-pack, we actually open the object and mark it with the SEEN flag, so duplicates are automatically culled. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-19refactor refs_from_alternate_cb to allow passing extra dataLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+1
The foreach_alt_odb function triggers a callback for each alternate object db we have, with room for a single void pointer as data. Currently, we always call refs_from_alternate_cb as the callback function, and then pass another callback (to receive each ref individually) as the void pointer. This has two problems: 1. C technically forbids stuffing a function pointer into a "void *". In practice, this probably doesn't matter on any architectures git runs on, but it never hurts to follow the letter of the law. 2. There is no room for an extra data pointer. Indeed, the alternate_ref_fn that refs_from_alternate_cb calls takes a void* for data, but we always pass it NULL. Instead, let's properly stuff our function pointer into a data struct, which also leaves room for an extra caller-supplied data pointer. And to keep things simple for existing callers, let's make a for_each_alternate_ref function that takes care of creating the extra struct. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-03sparse: Fix errors and silence warningsLibravatar Stephen Boyd1-1/+1
* load_file() returns a void pointer but is using 0 for the return value * builtin/receive-pack.c forgot to include builtin.h * packet_trace_prefix can be marked static * ll_merge takes a pointer for its last argument, not an int * crc32 expects a pointer as the second argument but Z_NULL is defined to be 0 (see 38f4d13 sparse fix: Using plain integer as NULL pointer, 2006-11-18 for more info) Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-22Merge branch 'jc/maint-fetch-alt'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-32/+3
* jc/maint-fetch-alt: fetch-pack: objects in our alternates are available to us refs_from_alternate: helper to use refs from alternates Conflicts: builtin/receive-pack.c
2011-03-19Merge branch 'jk/trace-sifter'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+2
* jk/trace-sifter: trace: give repo_setup trace its own key add packet tracing debug code trace: add trace_strbuf trace: factor out "do we want to trace" logic trace: refactor to support multiple env variables trace: add trace_vprintf
2011-03-17refs_from_alternate: helper to use refs from alternatesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-32/+3
The receiving end of "git push" advertises the objects that the repository itself does not use, but are at the tips of refs in other repositories whose object databases are used as alternates for it. This helps it avoid having to receive (and the pusher having to send) objects that are already available to the receiving repository via the alternates mechanism. Tweak the helper function that implements this feature, and move it to transport.[ch] for future reuse by other programs. The additional test demonstrates how this optimization is helping "git push", and "git fetch" is ignorant about it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2011-03-17Name make_*_path functions more accuratelyLibravatar Carlos Martín Nieto1-1/+1
Rename the make_*_path functions so it's clearer what they do, in particlar make clear what the differnce between make_absolute_path and make_nonrelative_path is by renaming them real_path and absolute_path respectively. make_relative_path has an understandable name and is renamed to relative_path to maintain the name convention. The function calls have been replaced 1-to-1 in their usage. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-08add packet tracing debug codeLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+2
This shows a trace of all packets coming in or out of a given program. This can help with debugging object negotiation or other protocol issues. To keep the code changes simple, we operate at the lowest level, meaning we don't necessarily understand what's in the packets. The one exception is a packet starting with "PACK", which causes us to skip that packet and turn off tracing (since the gigantic pack data will not be interesting to read, at least not in the trace format). We show both written and read packets. In the local case, this may mean you will see packets twice (written by the sender and read by the receiver). However, for cases where the other end is remote, this allows you to see the full conversation. Packet tracing can be enabled with GIT_TRACE_PACKET=<foo>, where <foo> takes the same arguments as GIT_TRACE. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-07-05string_list: Add STRING_LIST_INIT macro and make use of it.Libravatar Thiago Farina1-1/+1
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-30Merge branch 'jp/string-list-api-cleanup'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* jp/string-list-api-cleanup: string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_append string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_lookup string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_insert_at_index string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_insert string_list: Fix argument order for for_each_string_list string_list: Fix argument order for print_string_list
2010-06-27string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_appendLibravatar Julian Phillips1-1/+1
Update the definition and callers of string_list_append to use the string_list as the first argument. This helps make the string_list API easier to use by being more consistent. Signed-off-by: Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-27string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_lookupLibravatar Julian Phillips1-1/+1
Update the definition and callers of string_list_lookup to use the string_list as the first argument. This helps make the string_list API easier to use by being more consistent. Signed-off-by: Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-21Merge branch 'tr/receive-pack-aliased-update-fix'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* tr/receive-pack-aliased-update-fix: check_aliased_update: strcpy() instead of strcat() to copy
2010-06-21Merge branch 'gv/portable'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* gv/portable: test-lib: use DIFF definition from GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS build: propagate $DIFF to scripts Makefile: Tru64 portability fix Makefile: HP-UX 10.20 portability fixes Makefile: HPUX11 portability fixes Makefile: SunOS 5.6 portability fix inline declaration does not work on AIX Allow disabling "inline" Some platforms lack socklen_t type Make NO_{INET_NTOP,INET_PTON} configured independently Makefile: some platforms do not have hstrerror anywhere git-compat-util.h: some platforms with mmap() lack MAP_FAILED definition test_cmp: do not use "diff -u" on platforms that lack one fixup: do not unconditionally disable "diff -u" tests: use "test_cmp", not "diff", when verifying the result Do not use "diff" found on PATH while building and installing enums: omit trailing comma for portability Makefile: -lpthread may still be necessary when libc has only pthread stubs Rewrite dynamic structure initializations to runtime assignment Makefile: pass CPPFLAGS through to fllow customization Conflicts: Makefile wt-status.h
2010-05-31enums: omit trailing comma for portabilityLibravatar Gary V. Vaughan1-1/+1
Without this patch at least IBM VisualAge C 5.0 (I have 5.0.2) on AIX 5.1 fails to compile git. enum style is inconsistent already, with some enums declared on one line, some over 3 lines with the enum values all on the middle line, sometimes with 1 enum value per line... and independently of that the trailing comma is sometimes present and other times absent, often mixing with/without trailing comma styles in a single file, and sometimes in consecutive enum declarations. Clearly, omitting the comma is the more portable style, and this patch changes all enum declarations to use the portable omitted dangling comma style consistently. Signed-off-by: Gary V. Vaughan <gary@thewrittenword.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-05-21Merge branch 'js/maint-receive-pack-symref-alias'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-37/+91
* js/maint-receive-pack-symref-alias: t5516-fetch-push.sh: style cleanup receive-pack: detect aliased updates which can occur with symrefs receive-pack: switch global variable 'commands' to a parameter Conflicts: t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
2010-02-22Move 'builtin-*' into a 'builtin/' subdirectoryLibravatar Linus Torvalds1-0/+800
This shrinks the top-level directory a bit, and makes it much more pleasant to use auto-completion on the thing. Instead of [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em buil<tab> Display all 180 possibilities? (y or n) [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-sh builtin-shortlog.c builtin-show-branch.c builtin-show-ref.c builtin-shortlog.o builtin-show-branch.o builtin-show-ref.o [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-shor<tab> builtin-shortlog.c builtin-shortlog.o [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-shortlog.c you get [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em buil<tab> [type] builtin/ builtin.h [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin [auto-completes to] [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/sh<tab> [type] shortlog.c shortlog.o show-branch.c show-branch.o show-ref.c show-ref.o [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/sho [auto-completes to] [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/shor<tab> [type] shortlog.c shortlog.o [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/shortlog.c which doesn't seem all that different, but not having that annoying break in "Display all 180 possibilities?" is quite a relief. NOTE! If you do this in a clean tree (no object files etc), or using an editor that has auto-completion rules that ignores '*.o' files, you won't see that annoying 'Display all 180 possibilities?' message - it will just show the choices instead. I think bash has some cut-off around 100 choices or something. So the reason I see this is that I'm using an odd editory, and thus don't have the rules to cut down on auto-completion. But you can simulate that by using 'ls' instead, or something similar. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>