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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..914d2c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +Git v2.4.3 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.4.3 +------------------ + + * Error messages from "git branch" called remote-tracking branches as + "remote branches". + + * "git rerere forget" in a repository without rerere enabled gave a + cryptic error message; it should be a silent no-op instead. + + * "git pull --log" and "git pull --no-log" worked as expected, but + "git pull --log=20" did not. + + * The pull.ff configuration was supposed to override the merge.ff + configuration, but it didn't. + + * The code to read pack-bitmap wanted to allocate a few hundred + pointers to a structure, but by mistake allocated and leaked memory + enough to hold that many actual structures. Correct the allocation + size and also have it on stack, as it is small enough. + + * Various documentation mark-up fixes to make the output more + consistent in general and also make AsciiDoctor (an alternative + formatter) happier. + + * "git bundle verify" did not diagnose extra parameters on the + command line. + + * Multi-ref transaction support we merged a few releases ago + unnecessarily kept many file descriptors open, risking to fail with + resource exhaustion. + + * The ref API did not handle cases where 'refs/heads/xyzzy/frotz' is + removed at the same time as 'refs/heads/xyzzy' is added (or vice + versa) very well. + + * The "log --decorate" enhancement in Git 2.4 that shows the commit + at the tip of the current branch e.g. "HEAD -> master", did not + work with --decorate=full. + + * There was a commented-out (instead of being marked to expect + failure) test that documented a breakage that was fixed since the + test was written; turn it into a proper test. + + * core.excludesfile (defaulting to $XDG_HOME/git/ignore) is supposed + to be overridden by repository-specific .git/info/exclude file, but + the order was swapped from the beginning. This belatedly fixes it. + + * The connection initiation code for "ssh" transport tried to absorb + differences between the stock "ssh" and Putty-supplied "plink" and + its derivatives, but the logic to tell that we are using "plink" + variants were too loose and falsely triggered when "plink" appeared + anywhere in the path (e.g. "/home/me/bin/uplink/ssh"). + + * "git rebase -i" moved the "current" command from "todo" to "done" a + bit too prematurely, losing a step when a "pick" did not even start. + + * "git add -e" did not allow the user to abort the operation by + killing the editor. + + * Git 2.4 broke setting verbosity and progress levels on "git clone" + with native transports. + + * Some time ago, "git blame" (incorrectly) lost the convert_to_git() + call when synthesizing a fake "tip" commit that represents the + state in the working tree, which broke folks who record the history + with LF line ending to make their project portabile across + platforms while terminating lines in their working tree files with + CRLF for their platform. + + * Code clean-up for xdg configuration path support. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code +clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1ccd00 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +Git v2.4.4 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.4.3 +------------------ + + * l10n updates for German. + + * An earlier leakfix to bitmap testing code was incomplete. + + * "git clean pathspec..." tried to lstat(2) and complain even for + paths outside the given pathspec. + + * Communication between the HTTP server and http_backend process can + lead to a dead-lock when relaying a large ref negotiation request. + Diagnose the situation better, and mitigate it by reading such a + request first into core (to a reasonable limit). + + * The clean/smudge interface did not work well when filtering an + empty contents (failed and then passed the empty input through). + It can be argued that a filter that produces anything but empty for + an empty input is nonsense, but if the user wants to do strange + things, then why not? + + * Make "git stash something --help" error out, so that users can + safely say "git stash drop --help". + + * Clarify that "log --raw" and "log --format=raw" are unrelated + concepts. + + * Catch a programmer mistake to feed a pointer not an array to + ARRAY_SIZE() macro, by using a couple of GCC extensions. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code +clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..568297c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Git v2.4.5 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.4.4 +------------------ + + * The setup code used to die when core.bare and core.worktree are set + inconsistently, even for commands that do not need working tree. + + * There was a dead code that used to handle "git pull --tags" and + show special-cased error message, which was made irrelevant when + the semantics of the option changed back in Git 1.9 days. + + * "color.diff.plain" was a misnomer; give it 'color.diff.context' as + a more logical synonym. + + * The configuration reader/writer uses mmap(2) interface to access + the files; when we find a directory, it barfed with "Out of memory?". + + * Recent "git prune" traverses young unreachable objects to safekeep + old objects in the reachability chain from them, which sometimes + showed unnecessary error messages that are alarming. + + * "git rebase -i" fired post-rewrite hook when it shouldn't (namely, + when it was told to stop sequencing with 'exec' insn). + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code +clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.6.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b53f353 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Git v2.4.6 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.4.5 +------------------ + + * "git fetch --depth=<depth>" and "git clone --depth=<depth>" issued + a shallow transfer request even to an upload-pack that does not + support the capability. + + * "git fsck" used to ignore missing or invalid objects recorded in reflog. + + * The tcsh completion writes a bash scriptlet but that would have + failed for users with noclobber set. + + * Recent Mac OS X updates breaks the logic to detect that the machine + is on the AC power in the sample pre-auto-gc script. + + * "git format-patch --ignore-if-upstream A..B" did not like to be fed + tags as boundary commits. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code +clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.7.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3ac412 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.7.txt @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +Git v2.4.7 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.4.6 +------------------ + + * A minor regression to "git fsck" in v2.2 era was fixed; it + complained about a body-less tag object when it lacked a + separator empty line after its header to separate it with a + non-existent body. + + * We used to ask libCURL to use the most secure authentication method + available when talking to an HTTP proxy only when we were told to + talk to one via configuration variables. We now ask libCURL to + always use the most secure authentication method, because the user + can tell libCURL to use an HTTP proxy via an environment variable + without using configuration variables. + + * When you say "!<ENTER>" while running say "git log", you'd confuse + yourself in the resulting shell, that may look as if you took + control back to the original shell you spawned "git log" from but + that isn't what is happening. To that new shell, we leaked + GIT_PAGER_IN_USE environment variable that was meant as a local + communication between the original "Git" and subprocesses that was + spawned by it after we launched the pager, which caused many + "interesting" things to happen, e.g. "git diff | cat" still paints + its output in color by default. + + Stop leaking that environment variable to the pager's half of the + fork; we only need it on "Git" side when we spawn the pager. + + * Avoid possible ssize_t to int truncation. + + * "git config" failed to update the configuration file when the + underlying filesystem is incapable of renaming a file that is still + open. + + * A minor bugfix when pack bitmap is used with "rev-list --count". + + * An ancient test framework enhancement to allow color was not + entirely correct; this makes it work even when tput needs to read + from the ~/.terminfo under the user's real HOME directory. + + * Fix a small bug in our use of umask() return value. + + * "git rebase" did not exit with failure when format-patch it invoked + failed for whatever reason. + + * Disable "have we lost a race with competing repack?" check while + receiving a huge object transfer that runs index-pack. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code +clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad946b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Git v2.4.8 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.4.7 +------------------ + + * Abandoning an already applied change in "git rebase -i" with + "--continue" left CHERRY_PICK_HEAD and confused later steps. + + * Various fixes around "git am" that applies a patch to a history + that is not there yet. + + * "git for-each-ref" reported "missing object" for 0{40} when it + encounters a broken ref. The lack of object whose name is 0{40} is + not the problem; the ref being broken is. + + * "git commit --cleanup=scissors" was not careful enough to protect + against getting fooled by a line that looked like scissors. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code +clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt index 0b7fe2a..8704450 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt @@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ Git 2.5 Release Notes Updates since v2.4 ------------------ -Ports +UI, Workflows & Features + * The bash completion script (in contrib/) learned a few options that + "git revert" takes. -UI, Workflows & Features + * Whitespace breakages in deleted and context lines can also be + painted in the output of "git diff" and friends with the new + --ws-error-highlight option. * List of commands shown by "git help" are grouped along the workflow elements to help early learners. @@ -21,6 +25,19 @@ UI, Workflows & Features chunks from Perforce, instead of making one call to "p4 changes" that may trigger "too many rows scanned" error from Perforce. + * More workaround for Perforce's row number limit in "git p4". + + * Unlike "$EDITOR" and "$GIT_EDITOR" that can hold the path to the + command and initial options (e.g. "/path/to/emacs -nw"), 'git p4' + did not let the shell interpolate the contents of the environment + variable that name the editor "$P4EDITOR" (and "$EDITOR", too). + This release makes it in line with the rest of Git, as well as with + Perforce. + + * A new short-hand <branch>@{push} denotes the remote-tracking branch + that tracks the branch at the remote the <branch> would be pushed + to. + * "git show-branch --topics HEAD" (with no other arguments) did not do anything interesting. Instead, contrast the given revision against all the local branches by default. @@ -29,11 +46,14 @@ UI, Workflows & Features rely on symbolic links and make sharing of objects and refs safer by making the borrowee and borrowers aware of each other. + Consider this as still an experimental feature; its UI is still + likely to change. + * Tweak the sample "store" backend of the credential helper to honor XDG configuration file locations when specified. - * A heuristic to help the "git <cmd> <revs> <pathspec>" command line - convention to catch mistyped paths is to make sure all the non-rev + * A heuristic we use to catch mistyped paths on the command line + "git <cmd> <revs> <pathspec>" is to make sure that all the non-rev parameters in the later part of the command line are names of the files in the working tree, but that means "git grep $str -- \*.c" must always be disambiguated with "--", because nobody sane will @@ -46,25 +66,18 @@ UI, Workflows & Features that are not marked as "not-for-merge"; this allows us to lose an old style invocation "git merge <msg> HEAD $commits..." in the implementation of "git pull" script; the old style syntax can now - be deprecated. - - * Help us to find broken test script that splits the body part of the - test by mistaken use of wrong kind of quotes. - (merge d93d5d5 jc/test-prereq-validate later to maint). - - * Developer support to automatically detect broken &&-chain in the - test scripts is now turned on by default. - (merge 92b269f jk/test-chain-lint later to maint). + be deprecated (but not removed yet). * Filter scripts were run with SIGPIPE disabled on the Git side, expecting that they may not read what Git feeds them to filter. We however treated a filter that does not read its input fully - before exiting as an error. + before exiting as an error. We no longer do and ignore EPIPE + when writing to feed the filter scripts. This changes semantics, but arguably in a good way. If a filter - can produce its output without consuming its input using whatever - magic, we now let it do so, instead of diagnosing it as a - programming error. + can produce its output without fully consuming its input using + whatever magic, we now let it do so, instead of diagnosing it + as a programming error. * Instead of dying immediately upon failing to obtain a lock, the locking (of refs etc) retries after a short while with backoff. @@ -80,8 +93,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features when pushing, but the documentation and help text pretended as if it did. - * The Git subcommand completion (in contrib/) listed credential - helpers among candidates, which is not something the end user would + * The Git subcommand completion (in contrib/) no longer lists credential + helpers among candidates; they are not something the end user would invoke interactively. * The index file can be taught with "update-index --untracked-cache" @@ -102,6 +115,40 @@ UI, Workflows & Features behaves as if HEAD:Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt was given as input instead. + Consider this as still an experimental and incomplete feature: + + - We may want to do the same for in-index objects, e.g. + asking for :RelNotes with this option should give + :Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt, too + + - "git cat-file --follow-symlinks blob HEAD:RelNotes" + may also be something we want to allow in the future. + + * "git send-email" learned the alias file format used by the sendmail + program (in a simplified form; we obviously do not feed pipes). + + * Traditionally, external low-level 3-way merge drivers are expected + to produce their results based solely on the contents of the three + variants given in temporary files named by %O, %A and %B on their + command line. Additionally allow them to look at the final path + (given by %P). + + * "git blame" learned blame.showEmail configuration variable. + + * "git apply" cannot diagnose a patch corruption when the breakage is + to mark the length of the hunk shorter than it really is on the + hunk header line "@@ -l,k +m,n @@"; one special case it could is + when the hunk becomes no-op (e.g. k == n == 2 for two-line context + patch output), and it learned to do so in this special case. + + * Add the "--allow-unknown-type" option to "cat-file" to allow + inspecting loose objects of an experimental or a broken type. + + * Many long-running operations show progress eye-candy, even when + they are later backgrounded. Hide the eye-candy when the process + is sent to the background instead. + (merge a4fb76c lm/squelch-bg-progress later to maint). + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -111,9 +158,11 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. but hopefully will give us one extra level of abstraction in the end, when completed. + * for_each_ref() callback functions were taught to name the objects + not with "unsigned char sha1[20]" but with "struct object_id". + * Catch a programmer mistake to feed a pointer not an array to ARRAY_SIZE() macro, by using a couple of GCC extensions. - (merge 89c855e ep/do-not-feed-a-pointer-to-array-size later to maint). * Some error messages in "git config" were emitted without calling the usual error() facility. @@ -131,25 +180,36 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * An earlier rewrite to use strbuf_getwholeline() instead of fgets(3) to read packed-refs file revealed that the former is unacceptably - inefficient. + inefficient. It has been optimized by using getdelim(3) when + available. * The refs API uses ref_lock struct which had its own "int fd", even though the same file descriptor was in the lock struct it contains. Clean-up the code to lose this redundant field. - * Add the "--allow-unknown-type" option to "cat-file" to allow - inspecting loose objects of an experimental or a broken type. - - * Many long-running operations show progress eye-candy, even when - they are later backgrounded. Hide the eye-candy when the process - is sent to the background instead. - (merge 9a9a41d lm/squelch-bg-progress later to maint). - * There was a dead code that used to handle "git pull --tags" and show special-cased error message, which was made irrelevant when the semantics of the option changed back in Git 1.9 days. (merge 19d122b pt/pull-tags-error-diag later to maint). + * Help us to find broken test script that splits the body part of the + test by mistaken use of wrong kind of quotes. + (merge d93d5d5 jc/test-prereq-validate later to maint). + + * Developer support to automatically detect broken &&-chain in the + test scripts is now turned on by default. + (merge 92b269f jk/test-chain-lint later to maint). + + * Error reporting mechanism used in "refs" API has been made more + consistent. + + * "git pull" has more test coverage now. + + * "git pull" has become more aware of the options meant for + underlying "git fetch" and then learned to use parse-options + parser. + + * Clarify in the Makefile a guideline to decide use of USE_NSEC. Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -171,7 +231,7 @@ notes for details). * Memory usage of "git index-pack" has been trimmed by tens of per-cent. - (merge c6458e6 nd/slim-index-pack-memory-usage later to maint). + (merge f0e7f11 nd/slim-index-pack-memory-usage later to maint). * "git rev-list --objects $old --not --all" to see if everything that is reachable from $old is already connected to the existing refs @@ -260,12 +320,6 @@ notes for details). anywhere in the path (e.g. "/home/me/bin/uplink/ssh"). (merge baaf233 bc/connect-plink later to maint). - * "git stash pop/apply" forgot to make sure that not just the working - tree is clean but also the index is clean. The latter is important - as a stash application can conflict and the index will be used for - conflict resolution. - (merge ed178ef jk/stash-require-clean-index later to maint). - * We have prepended $GIT_EXEC_PATH and the path "git" is installed in (typically "/usr/bin") to $PATH when invoking subprograms and hooks for almost eternity, but the original use case the latter tried to @@ -285,19 +339,6 @@ notes for details). the order was swapped from the beginning. This belatedly fixes it. (merge 099d2d8 jc/gitignore-precedence later to maint). - * After "git add -N", the path appeared in output of "git diff HEAD" - and "git diff --cached HEAD", leading "git status" to classify it - as "Changes to be committed". Such a path, however, is not yet to - be scheduled to be committed. "git diff" showed the change to the - path as modification, not as a "new file", in the header of its - output. - - Treat such paths as "yet to be added to the index but Git already - know about them"; "git diff HEAD" and "git diff --cached HEAD" - should not talk about them, and "git diff" should show them as new - files yet to be added to the index. - (merge d95d728 nd/diff-i-t-a later to maint). - * There was a commented-out (instead of being marked to expect failure) test that documented a breakage that was fixed since the test was written; turn it into a proper test. @@ -376,6 +417,115 @@ notes for details). paths outside the given pathspec. (merge 838d6a9 dt/clean-pathspec-filter-then-lstat later to maint). + * Recent "git prune" traverses young unreachable objects to safekeep + old objects in the reachability chain from them, which sometimes + caused error messages that are unnecessarily alarming. + (merge ce4e7b2 jk/squelch-missing-link-warning-for-unreachable later to maint). + + * The configuration reader/writer uses mmap(2) interface to access + the files; when we find a directory, it barfed with "Out of memory?". + (merge 9ca0aaf jk/diagnose-config-mmap-failure later to maint). + + * "color.diff.plain" was a misnomer; give it 'color.diff.context' as + a more logical synonym. + (merge 8dbf3eb jk/color-diff-plain-is-context later to maint). + + * The setup code used to die when core.bare and core.worktree are set + inconsistently, even for commands that do not need working tree. + (merge fada767 jk/die-on-bogus-worktree-late later to maint). + + * Recent Mac OS X updates breaks the logic to detect that the machine + is on the AC power in the sample pre-auto-gc script. + (merge c54c7b3 pa/auto-gc-mac-osx later to maint). + + * "git commit --cleanup=scissors" was not careful enough to protect + against getting fooled by a line that looked like scissors. + (merge fbfa097 sg/commit-cleanup-scissors later to maint). + + * "Have we lost a race with competing repack?" check was too + expensive, especially while receiving a huge object transfer + that runs index-pack (e.g. "clone" or "fetch"). + (merge 0eeb077 jk/index-pack-reduce-recheck later to maint). + + * The tcsh completion writes a bash scriptlet but that would have + failed for users with noclobber set. + (merge 0b1f688 af/tcsh-completion-noclobber later to maint). + + * "git for-each-ref" reported "missing object" for 0{40} when it + encounters a broken ref. The lack of object whose name is 0{40} is + not the problem; the ref being broken is. + (merge 501cf47 mh/reporting-broken-refs-from-for-each-ref later to maint). + + * Various fixes around "git am" that applies a patch to a history + that is not there yet. + (merge 6ea3b67 pt/am-abort-fix later to maint). + + * "git fsck" used to ignore missing or invalid objects recorded in reflog. + (merge 19bf6c9 mh/fsck-reflog-entries later to maint). + + * "git format-patch --ignore-if-upstream A..B" did not like to be fed + tags as boundary commits. + (merge 9b7a61d jc/do-not-feed-tags-to-clear-commit-marks later to maint). + + * "git fetch --depth=<depth>" and "git clone --depth=<depth>" issued + a shallow transfer request even to an upload-pack that does not + support the capability. + (merge eb86a50 me/fetch-into-shallow-safety later to maint). + + * "git rebase" did not exit with failure when format-patch it invoked + failed for whatever reason. + (merge 60d708b cb/rebase-am-exit-code later to maint). + + * Fix a small bug in our use of umask() return value. + (merge 3096b2e jk/fix-refresh-utime later to maint). + + * An ancient test framework enhancement to allow color was not + entirely correct; this makes it work even when tput needs to read + from the ~/.terminfo under the user's real HOME directory. + (merge d5c1b7c rh/test-color-avoid-terminfo-in-original-home later to maint). + + * A minor bugfix when pack bitmap is used with "rev-list --count". + (merge c8a70d3 jk/rev-list-no-bitmap-while-pruning later to maint). + + * "git config" failed to update the configuration file when the + underlying filesystem is incapable of renaming a file that is still + open. + (merge 7a64592 kb/config-unmap-before-renaming later to maint). + + * Avoid possible ssize_t to int truncation. + (merge 6c8afe4 mh/strbuf-read-file-returns-ssize-t later to maint). + + * When you say "!<ENTER>" while running say "git log", you'd confuse + yourself in the resulting shell, that may look as if you took + control back to the original shell you spawned "git log" from but + that isn't what is happening. To that new shell, we leaked + GIT_PAGER_IN_USE environment variable that was meant as a local + communication between the original "Git" and subprocesses that was + spawned by it after we launched the pager, which caused many + "interesting" things to happen, e.g. "git diff | cat" still paints + its output in color by default. + + Stop leaking that environment variable to the pager's half of the + fork; we only need it on "Git" side when we spawn the pager. + (merge 124b519 jc/unexport-git-pager-in-use-in-pager later to maint). + + * Abandoning an already applied change in "git rebase -i" with + "--continue" left CHERRY_PICK_HEAD and confused later steps. + (merge 0e0aff4 js/rebase-i-clean-up-upon-continue-to-skip later to maint). + + * We used to ask libCURL to use the most secure authentication method + available when talking to an HTTP proxy only when we were told to + talk to one via configuration variables. We now ask libCURL to + always use the most secure authentication method, because the user + can tell libCURL to use an HTTP proxy via an environment variable + without using configuration variables. + (merge 5841520 et/http-proxyauth later to maint). + + * A fix to a minor regression to "git fsck" in v2.2 era that started + complaining about a body-less tag object when it lacks a separator + empty line after its header to separate it with a non-existent body. + (merge 84d18c0 jc/fsck-retire-require-eoh later to maint). + * Code cleanups and documentation updates. (merge 0269f96 mm/usage-log-l-can-take-regex later to maint). (merge 64f2589 nd/t1509-chroot-test later to maint). @@ -391,3 +541,23 @@ notes for details). (merge 22570b6 rs/janitorial later to maint). (merge 5c2a581 mc/commit-doc-grammofix later to maint). (merge ce41720 ah/usage-strings later to maint). + (merge e6a268c sb/glossary-submodule later to maint). + (merge ec48a76 sb/submodule-doc-intro later to maint). + (merge 14f8b9b jk/clone-dissociate later to maint). + (merge 055c7e9 sb/pack-protocol-mention-smart-http later to maint). + (merge 7c37a5d jk/make-fix-dependencies later to maint). + (merge fc0aa39 sg/merge-summary-config later to maint). + (merge 329af6c pt/t0302-needs-sanity later to maint). + (merge d614f07 fk/doc-format-patch-vn later to maint). + (merge 72dbb36 sg/completion-commit-cleanup later to maint). + (merge e654eb2 es/utf8-stupid-compiler-workaround later to maint). + (merge 34b935c es/osx-header-pollutes-mask-macro later to maint). + (merge ab7fade jc/prompt-document-ps1-state-separator later to maint). + (merge 25f600e mm/describe-doc later to maint). + (merge 83fe167 mm/branch-doc-updates later to maint). + (merge 75d2e5a ls/hint-rev-list-count later to maint). + (merge edc8f71 cb/subtree-tests-update later to maint). + (merge 5330e6e sb/p5310-and-chain later to maint). + (merge c4ac525 tb/checkout-doc later to maint). + (merge e479c5f jk/pretty-encoding-doc later to maint). + (merge 7e837c6 ss/clone-guess-dir-name-simplify later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b705533 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +Git v2.5.1 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.5 +---------------- + + * Running an aliased command from a subdirectory when the .git thing + in the working tree is a gitfile pointing elsewhere did not work. + + * Often a fast-import stream builds a new commit on top of the + previous commit it built, and it often unconditionally emits a + "from" command to specify the first parent, which can be omitted in + such a case. This caused fast-import to forget the tree of the + previous commit and then re-read it from scratch, which was + inefficient. Optimize for this common case. + + * The "rev-parse --parseopt" mode parsed the option specification + and the argument hint in a strange way to allow '=' and other + special characters in the option name while forbidding them from + the argument hint. This made it impossible to define an option + like "--pair <key>=<value>" with "pair=key=value" specification, + which instead would have defined a "--pair=key <value>" option. + + * A "rebase" replays changes of the local branch on top of something + else, as such they are placed in stage #3 and referred to as + "theirs", while the changes in the new base, typically a foreign + work, are placed in stage #2 and referred to as "ours". Clarify + the "checkout --ours/--theirs". + + * An experimental "untracked cache" feature used uname(2) in a + slightly unportable way. + + * "sparse checkout" misbehaved for a path that is excluded from the + checkout when switching between branches that differ at the path. + + * The low-level "git send-pack" did not honor 'user.signingkey' + configuration variable when sending a signed-push. + + * An attempt to delete a ref by pushing into a repository whose HEAD + symbolic reference points at an unborn branch that cannot be + created due to ref D/F conflict (e.g. refs/heads/a/b exists, HEAD + points at refs/heads/a) failed. + + * "git subtree" (in contrib/) depended on "git log" output to be + stable, which was a no-no. Apply a workaround to force a + particular date format. + + * "git clone $URL" in recent releases of Git contains a regression in + the code that invents a new repository name incorrectly based on + the $URL. This has been corrected. + (merge db2e220 jk/guess-repo-name-regression-fix later to maint). + + * Running tests with the "-x" option to make them verbose had some + unpleasant interactions with other features of the test suite. + (merge 9b5fe78 jk/test-with-x later to maint). + + * "git pull" in recent releases of Git has a regression in the code + that allows custom path to the --upload-pack=<program>. This has + been corrected. + + * pipe() emulation used in Git for Windows looked at a wrong variable + when checking for an error from an _open_osfhandle() call. + +Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code +clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..050371d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,281 @@ +Git 2.6 Release Notes +===================== + +Updates since v2.5 +------------------ + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * An asterisk as a substring (as opposed to the entirety) of a path + component for both side of a refspec, e.g. + "refs/heads/o*:refs/remotes/heads/i*", is now allowed. + + * New userdiff pattern definition for fountain screenwriting markup + format has been added. + + * "git log" and friends learned a new "--date=format:..." option to + format timestamps using system's strftime(3). + + * "git fast-import" learned to respond to the get-mark command via + its cat-blob-fd interface. + + * "git rebase -i" learned "drop commit-object-name subject" command + as another way to skip replaying of a commit. + + * A new configuration variable can enable "--follow" automatically + when "git log" is run with one pathspec argument. + + * "git status" learned to show a more detailed information regarding + the "rebase -i" session in progress. + + * "git cat-file" learned "--batch-all-objects" option to enumerate all + available objects in the repository more quickly than "rev-list + --all --objects" (the output includes unreachable objects, though). + + * "git fsck" learned to ignore errors on a set of known-to-be-bad + objects, and also allows the warning levels of various kinds of + non-critical breakages to be tweaked. + + * "git rebase -i"'s list of todo is made configurable. + + * "git send-email" now performs alias-expansion on names that are + given via --cccmd, etc. + + * An environment variable GIT_REPLACE_REF_BASE tells Git to look into + refs hierarchy other than refs/replace/ for the object replacement + data. + + * Allow untracked cache (experimental) to be used when sparse + checkout (experimental) is also in use. + + * "git pull --rebase" has been taught to pay attention to + rebase.autostash configuration. + + * The command-line completion script (in contrib/) has been updated. + + * A negative !ref entry in multi-value transfer.hideRefs + configuration can be used to say "don't hide this one". + + * After "git am" without "-3" stops, running "git am -" pays attention + to "-3" only for the patch that caused the original invocation + to stop. + + * When linked worktree is used, simultaneous "notes merge" instances + for the same ref in refs/notes/* are prevented from stomping on + each other. + + * "git send-email" learned a new option --smtp-auth to limit the SMTP + AUTH mechanisms to be used to a subset of what the system library + supports. + + * A new configuration variable http.sslVersion can be used to specify + what specific version of SSL/TLS to use to make a connection. + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * In preparation for allowing different "backends" to store the refs + in a way different from the traditional "one ref per file in + $GIT_DIR or in a $GIT_DIR/packed-refs file" filesystem storage, + direct filesystem access to ref-like things like CHERRY_PICK_HEAD + from scripts and programs has been reduced. + + * Computation of untracked status indicator by bash prompt + script (in contrib/) has been optimized. + + * Memory use reduction when commit-slab facility is used to annotate + sparsely (which is not recommended in the first place). + + * Clean up refs API and make "git clone" less intimate with the + implementation detail. + + * "git pull" was reimplemented in C. + + * The packet tracing machinery allows to capture an incoming pack + data to a file for debugging. + + * Move machinery to parse human-readable scaled numbers like 1k, 4M, + and 2G as an option parameter's value from pack-objects to + parse-options API, to make it available to other codepaths. + + * "git verify-tag" and "git verify-commit" have been taught to share + more code, and then learned to optionally show the verification + message from the underlying GPG implementation. + + * Various enhancements around "git am" reading patches generated by + foreign SCM have been made. + + * Ref listing by "git branch -l" and "git tag -l" commands has + started to be rebuilt, based on the for-each-ref machinery. + + * The code to perform multi-tree merges has been taught to repopulate + the cache-tree upon a successful merge into the index, so that + subsequent "diff-index --cached" (hence "status") and "write-tree" + (hence "commit") will go faster. + + The same logic in "git checkout" may now be removed, but that is a + separate issue. + + * Tests that assume how reflogs are represented on the filesystem too + much have been corrected. + + * "git am" has been rewritten in "C". + + * git_path() and mkpath() are handy helper functions but it is easy + to misuse, as the callers need to be careful to keep the number of + active results below 4. Their uses have been reduced. + + * The "lockfile" API has been rebuilt on top of a new "tempfile" API. + + * To prepare for allowing a different "ref" backend to be plugged in + to the system, update_ref()/delete_ref() have been taught about + ref-like things like MERGE_HEAD that are per-worktree (they will + always be written to the filesystem inside $GIT_DIR). + + +Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. + + +Fixes since v2.5 +---------------- + +Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.5 in the maintenance +track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' +notes for details). + + * "git subtree" (in contrib/) depended on "git log" output to be + stable, which was a no-no. Apply a workaround to force a + particular date format. + (merge e7aac44 da/subtree-date-confusion later to maint). + + * An attempt to delete a ref by pushing into a repository whose HEAD + symbolic reference points at an unborn branch that cannot be + created due to ref D/F conflict (e.g. refs/heads/a/b exists, HEAD + points at refs/heads/a) failed. + (merge b112b14 jx/do-not-crash-receive-pack-wo-head later to maint). + + * The low-level "git send-pack" did not honor 'user.signingkey' + configuration variable when sending a signed-push. + (merge d830d39 db/send-pack-user-signingkey later to maint). + + * "sparse checkout" misbehaved for a path that is excluded from the + checkout when switching between branches that differ at the path. + (merge 7d78241 as/sparse-checkout-removal later to maint). + + * An experimental "untracked cache" feature used uname(2) in a + slightly unportable way. + (merge 100e433 cb/uname-in-untracked later to maint). + + * A "rebase" replays changes of the local branch on top of something + else, as such they are placed in stage #3 and referred to as + "theirs", while the changes in the new base, typically a foreign + work, are placed in stage #2 and referred to as "ours". Clarify + the "checkout --ours/--theirs". + (merge f303016 se/doc-checkout-ours-theirs later to maint). + + * The "rev-parse --parseopt" mode parsed the option specification + and the argument hint in a strange way to allow '=' and other + special characters in the option name while forbidding them from + the argument hint. This made it impossible to define an option + like "--pair <key>=<value>" with "pair=key=value" specification, + which instead would have defined a "--pair=key <value>" option. + (merge 2d893df ib/scripted-parse-opt-better-hint-string later to maint). + + * Often a fast-import stream builds a new commit on top of the + previous commit it built, and it often unconditionally emits a + "from" command to specify the first parent, which can be omitted in + such a case. This caused fast-import to forget the tree of the + previous commit and then re-read it from scratch, which was + inefficient. Optimize for this common case. + (merge 0df3245 mh/fast-import-optimize-current-from later to maint). + + * Running an aliased command from a subdirectory when the .git thing + in the working tree is a gitfile pointing elsewhere did not work. + (merge d95138e nd/export-worktree later to maint). + + * "Is this subdirectory a separate repository that should not be + touched?" check "git clean" was inefficient. This was replaced + with a more optimized check. + (merge 38ae878 ee/clean-remove-dirs later to maint). + + * The "new-worktree-mode" hack in "checkout" that was added in + nd/multiple-work-trees topic has been removed by updating the + implementation of new "worktree add". + (merge 65f9b75 es/worktree-add-cleanup later to maint). + + * Remove remaining cruft from "git checkout --to", which + transitioned to "git worktree add". + (merge 114ff88 es/worktree-add later to maint). + + * An off-by-one error made "git remote" to mishandle a remote with a + single letter nickname. + (merge bc598c3 mh/get-remote-group-fix later to maint). + + * "git clone $URL", when cloning from a site whose sole purpose is to + host a single repository (hence, no path after <scheme>://<site>/), + tried to use the site name as the new repository name, but did not + remove username or password when <site> part was of the form + <user>@<pass>:<host>. The code is taught to redact these. + (merge adef956 ps/guess-repo-name-at-root later to maint). + + * Running tests with the "-x" option to make them verbose had some + unpleasant interactions with other features of the test suite. + (merge 9b5fe78 jk/test-with-x later to maint). + + * t1509 test that requires a dedicated VM environment had some + bitrot, which has been corrected. + (merge faacc5a ps/t1509-chroot-test-fixup later to maint). + + * "git pull" in recent releases of Git has a regression in the code + that allows custom path to the --upload-pack=<program>. This has + been corrected. + + Note that this is irrelevant for 'master' with "git pull" rewritten + in C. + (merge 22d6857 mm/pull-upload-pack later to maint). + + * When trying to see that an object does not exist, a state errno + leaked from our "first try to open a packfile with O_NOATIME and + then if it fails retry without it" logic on a system that refuses + O_NOATIME. This confused us and caused us to die, saying that the + packfile is unreadable, when we should have just reported that the + object does not exist in that packfile to the caller. + (merge dff6f28 cb/open-noatime-clear-errno later to maint). + + * The codepath to produce error messages had a hard-coded limit to + the size of the message, primarily to avoid memory allocation while + calling die(). + (merge f4c3edc jk/long-error-messages later to maint). + + * strbuf_read() used to have one extra iteration (and an unnecessary + strbuf_grow() of 8kB), which was eliminated. + (merge 3ebbd00 jh/strbuf-read-use-read-in-full later to maint). + + * We rewrote one of the build scripts in Perl but this reimplements + in Bourne shell. + (merge 82aec45 sg/help-group later to maint). + + * The experimental untracked-cache feature were buggy when paths with + a few levels of subdirectories are involved. + (merge 73f9145 dt/untracked-subdir later to maint). + + * "interpret-trailers" helper mistook a single-liner log message that + has a colon as the end of existing trailer. + (merge 6262fe9 cc/trailers-corner-case-fix later to maint). + + * Code cleanups and documentation updates. + (merge 1c601af es/doc-clean-outdated-tools later to maint). + (merge 3581304 kn/tag-doc-fix later to maint). + (merge 3a59e59 kb/i18n-doc later to maint). + (merge 45abdee sb/remove-unused-var-from-builtin-add later to maint). + (merge 14691e3 sb/parse-options-codeformat later to maint). + (merge 4a6ada3 ad/bisect-cleanup later to maint). + (merge da4c5ad ta/docfix-index-format-tech later to maint). + (merge ae25fd3 sb/check-return-from-read-ref later to maint). + (merge b3325df nd/dwim-wildcards-as-pathspecs later to maint). + (merge 7aa9b9b sg/wt-status-header-inclusion later to maint). + (merge f04c690 as/docfix-reflog-expire-unreachable later to maint). + (merge 1269847 sg/t3020-typofix later to maint). + (merge 8b54c23 jc/calloc-pathspec later to maint). + (merge a6926b8 po/po-readme later to maint). + (merge 54d160e ss/fix-config-fd-leak later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 4d21ce1..f5d15ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -769,6 +769,14 @@ am.keepcr:: by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line. See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. +am.threeWay:: + By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When + set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if + the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and + we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way` + option from the command line). Defaults to `false`. + See linkgit:git-am[1]. + apply.ignoreWhitespace:: When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change' @@ -914,7 +922,8 @@ command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option. color.diff.<slot>:: Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one - of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag` + of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym), + `meta` (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting whitespace errors). @@ -1241,6 +1250,25 @@ filter.<driver>.smudge:: object to a worktree file upon checkout. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. +fsck.<msg-id>:: + Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a + specific message ID such as `missingEmail`. ++ +For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID, +e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means +that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue. ++ +This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories +which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes. + +fsck.skipList:: + The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per + line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should + be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project + should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that + can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses. + Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting. + gc.aggressiveDepth:: The depth parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults @@ -1279,28 +1307,34 @@ gc.packRefs:: gc.pruneExpire:: When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'. Override the grace period with this config variable. The value - "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune - unreachable objects immediately. - -gc.pruneWorktreesExpire:: - When 'git gc' is run, it will call - 'prune --worktrees --expire 3.months.ago'. - Override the grace period with this config variable. The value - "now" may be used to disable the grace period and prune - $GIT_DIR/worktrees immediately. + "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune + unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to + suppress pruning. + +gc.worktreePruneExpire:: + When 'git gc' is run, it calls + 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'. + This config variable can be used to set a different grace + period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace + period and prune $GIT_DIR/worktrees immediately, or "never" + may be used to suppress pruning. gc.reflogExpire:: gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire:: 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than - this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. + this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all + entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration + altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. gc.reflogExpireUnreachable:: -gc.<ref>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: +gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than this time and are not reachable from the current tip; - defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") + defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries + immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether. + With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that match the <pattern>. @@ -1575,6 +1609,29 @@ http.saveCookies:: If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset. +http.sslVersion:: + The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you + want to force the default. The available and default version + depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the + particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally + this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl + documentation for more details on the format of this option and + for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of + this option are: + + - sslv2 + - sslv3 + - tlsv1 + - tlsv1.0 + - tlsv1.1 + - tlsv1.2 + ++ +Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' environment variable. +To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any +explicit http.sslversion option, set 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' to the +empty string. + http.sslCipherList:: A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection. The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against @@ -2160,6 +2217,22 @@ rebase.autoStash:: successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts. Defaults to false. +rebase.missingCommitsCheck:: + If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some + commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the + rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print + the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase + --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to + "ignore", no checking is done. + To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop` + command in the todo-list. + Defaults to "ignore". + +rebase.instructionFormat + A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for + the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically + have the long commit hash prepended to the format. + receive.advertiseAtomic:: By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability @@ -2196,6 +2269,28 @@ receive.fsckObjects:: Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead. +receive.fsck.<msg-id>:: + When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched + to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` + setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value + is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes + the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid + author/committer line - missing email" means that setting + `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue. ++ +This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories +which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing +the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch +other issues. + +receive.fsck.skipList:: + The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per + line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should + be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project + should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that + can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses. + Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting. + receive.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects received in a push is below this limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object @@ -2241,13 +2336,10 @@ receive.denyNonFastForwards:: set when initializing a shared repository. receive.hideRefs:: - String(s) `receive-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit - from its initial advertisement. Use more than one - definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that - are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this - variable is excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git - push`, and an attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by - `git push` is rejected. + This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies + only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches). + An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is + rejected. receive.updateServerInfo:: If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info @@ -2535,9 +2627,18 @@ transfer.fsckObjects:: Defaults to false. transfer.hideRefs:: - This variable can be used to set both `receive.hideRefs` - and `uploadpack.hideRefs` at the same time to the same - values. See entries for these other variables. + String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which + refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than + one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is + under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is + excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git + fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for + program-specific versions of this config. ++ +You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry, +explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden. +If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones +(and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones). transfer.unpackLimit:: When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are @@ -2552,13 +2653,10 @@ uploadarchive.allowUnreachable:: `false`. uploadpack.hideRefs:: - String(s) `upload-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit - from its initial advertisement. Use more than one - definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that - are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this - variable is excluded, and is hidden from `git ls-remote`, - `git fetch`, etc. An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git - fetch` will fail. See also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`. + This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies + only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes). + An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See + also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`. uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant:: When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack` diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 3ad6404..d56ca90 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -291,6 +291,16 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] initial indent of the line are considered whitespace errors. Exits with non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with --exit-code. + +--ws-error-highlight=<kind>:: + Highlight whitespace errors on lines specified by <kind> + in the color specified by `color.diff.whitespace`. <kind> + is a comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`. When + this option is not given, only whitespace errors in `new` + lines are highlighted. E.g. `--ws-error-highlight=new,old` + highlights whitespace errors on both deleted and added lines. + `all` can be used as a short-hand for `old,new,context`. + endif::git-format-patch[] --full-index:: diff --git a/Documentation/fmt-merge-msg-config.txt b/Documentation/fmt-merge-msg-config.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c73cfa9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/fmt-merge-msg-config.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +merge.branchdesc:: + In addition to branch names, populate the log message with + the branch description text associated with them. Defaults + to false. + +merge.log:: + In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at + most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the + actual commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and + true is a synonym for 20. diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 0d8ba48..dbea6e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--[no-]keep-cr] [--[no-]utf8] - [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date] + [--[no-]3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date] [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet] @@ -90,10 +90,13 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this. -3:: --3way:: +--no-3way:: When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on 3-way merge if the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and we have those blobs - available locally. + available locally. `--no-3way` can be used to override + am.threeWay configuration variable. For more information, + see am.threeWay in linkgit:git-config[1]. --ignore-space-change:: --ignore-whitespace:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 4cb52a7..e97f2de 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-bisect(1) NAME ---- -git-bisect - Find by binary search the change that introduced a bug +git-bisect - Use binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug SYNOPSIS @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ DESCRIPTION The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: - git bisect help git bisect start [--no-checkout] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] git bisect bad [<rev>] git bisect good [<rev>...] @@ -26,64 +25,71 @@ on the subcommand: git bisect replay <logfile> git bisect log git bisect run <cmd>... + git bisect help -This command uses 'git rev-list --bisect' to help drive the -binary search process to find which change introduced a bug, given an -old "good" commit object name and a later "bad" commit object name. - -Getting help -~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Use "git bisect" to get a short usage description, and "git bisect -help" or "git bisect -h" to get a long usage description. +This command uses a binary search algorithm to find which commit in +your project's history introduced a bug. You use it by first telling +it a "bad" commit that is known to contain the bug, and a "good" +commit that is known to be before the bug was introduced. Then `git +bisect` picks a commit between those two endpoints and asks you +whether the selected commit is "good" or "bad". It continues narrowing +down the range until it finds the exact commit that introduced the +change. Basic bisect commands: start, bad, good ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Using the Linux kernel tree as an example, basic use of the bisect -command is as follows: +As an example, suppose you are trying to find the commit that broke a +feature that was known to work in version `v2.6.13-rc2` of your +project. You start a bisect session as follows: ------------------------------------------------ $ git bisect start $ git bisect bad # Current version is bad -$ git bisect good v2.6.13-rc2 # v2.6.13-rc2 was the last version - # tested that was good +$ git bisect good v2.6.13-rc2 # v2.6.13-rc2 is known to be good ------------------------------------------------ -When you have specified at least one bad and one good version, the -command bisects the revision tree and outputs something similar to -the following: +Once you have specified at least one bad and one good commit, `git +bisect` selects a commit in the middle of that range of history, +checks it out, and outputs something similar to the following: ------------------------------------------------ -Bisecting: 675 revisions left to test after this +Bisecting: 675 revisions left to test after this (roughly 10 steps) ------------------------------------------------ -The state in the middle of the set of revisions is then checked out. -You would now compile that kernel and boot it. If the booted kernel -works correctly, you would then issue the following command: +You should now compile the checked-out version and test it. If that +version works correctly, type ------------------------------------------------ -$ git bisect good # this one is good +$ git bisect good ------------------------------------------------ -The output of this command would be something similar to the following: +If that version is broken, type ------------------------------------------------ -Bisecting: 337 revisions left to test after this +$ git bisect bad ------------------------------------------------ -You keep repeating this process, compiling the tree, testing it, and -depending on whether it is good or bad issuing the command "git bisect good" -or "git bisect bad" to ask for the next bisection. +Then `git bisect` will respond with something like + +------------------------------------------------ +Bisecting: 337 revisions left to test after this (roughly 9 steps) +------------------------------------------------ + +Keep repeating the process: compile the tree, test it, and depending +on whether it is good or bad run `git bisect good` or `git bisect bad` +to ask for the next commit that needs testing. + +Eventually there will be no more revisions left to inspect, and the +command will print out a description of the first bad commit. The +reference `refs/bisect/bad` will be left pointing at that commit. -Eventually there will be no more revisions left to bisect, and you -will have been left with the first bad kernel revision in "refs/bisect/bad". Bisect reset ~~~~~~~~~~~~ After a bisect session, to clean up the bisection state and return to -the original HEAD (i.e., to quit bisecting), issue the following command: +the original HEAD, issue the following command: ------------------------------------------------ $ git bisect reset @@ -100,9 +106,10 @@ instead: $ git bisect reset <commit> ------------------------------------------------ -For example, `git bisect reset HEAD` will leave you on the current -bisection commit and avoid switching commits at all, while `git bisect -reset bisect/bad` will check out the first bad revision. +For example, `git bisect reset bisect/bad` will check out the first +bad revision, while `git bisect reset HEAD` will leave you on the +current bisection commit and avoid switching commits at all. + Bisect visualize ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -147,17 +154,17 @@ $ git bisect replay that-file Avoiding testing a commit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -If, in the middle of a bisect session, you know that the next suggested -revision is not a good one to test (e.g. the change the commit -introduces is known not to work in your environment and you know it -does not have anything to do with the bug you are chasing), you may -want to find a nearby commit and try that instead. +If, in the middle of a bisect session, you know that the suggested +revision is not a good one to test (e.g. it fails to build and you +know that the failure does not have anything to do with the bug you +are chasing), you can manually select a nearby commit and test that +one instead. For example: ------------ $ git bisect good/bad # previous round was good or bad. -Bisecting: 337 revisions left to test after this +Bisecting: 337 revisions left to test after this (roughly 9 steps) $ git bisect visualize # oops, that is uninteresting. $ git reset --hard HEAD~3 # try 3 revisions before what # was suggested @@ -169,18 +176,19 @@ the revision as good or bad in the usual manner. Bisect skip ~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Instead of choosing by yourself a nearby commit, you can ask Git -to do it for you by issuing the command: +Instead of choosing a nearby commit by yourself, you can ask Git to do +it for you by issuing the command: ------------ $ git bisect skip # Current version cannot be tested ------------ -But Git may eventually be unable to tell the first bad commit among -a bad commit and one or more skipped commits. +However, if you skip a commit adjacent to the one you are looking for, +Git will be unable to tell exactly which of those commits was the +first bad one. -You can even skip a range of commits, instead of just one commit, -using the "'<commit1>'..'<commit2>'" notation. For example: +You can also skip a range of commits, instead of just one commit, +using range notation. For example: ------------ $ git bisect skip v2.5..v2.6 @@ -196,8 +204,8 @@ would issue the command: $ git bisect skip v2.5 v2.5..v2.6 ------------ -This tells the bisect process that the commits between `v2.5` included -and `v2.6` included should be skipped. +This tells the bisect process that the commits between `v2.5` and +`v2.6` (inclusive) should be skipped. Cutting down bisection by giving more parameters to bisect start @@ -231,14 +239,14 @@ or bad, you can bisect by issuing the command: $ git bisect run my_script arguments ------------ -Note that the script (`my_script` in the above example) should -exit with code 0 if the current source code is good, and exit with a -code between 1 and 127 (inclusive), except 125, if the current -source code is bad. +Note that the script (`my_script` in the above example) should exit +with code 0 if the current source code is good/old, and exit with a +code between 1 and 127 (inclusive), except 125, if the current source +code is bad/new. Any other exit code will abort the bisect process. It should be noted -that a program that terminates via "exit(-1)" leaves $? = 255, (see the -exit(3) manual page), as the value is chopped with "& 0377". +that a program that terminates via `exit(-1)` leaves $? = 255, (see the +exit(3) manual page), as the value is chopped with `& 0377`. The special exit code 125 should be used when the current source code cannot be tested. If the script exits with this code, the current @@ -247,7 +255,7 @@ as the highest sensible value to use for this purpose, because 126 and 127 are used by POSIX shells to signal specific error status (127 is for command not found, 126 is for command found but not executable---these details do not matter, as they are normal errors in the script, as far as -"bisect run" is concerned). +`bisect run` is concerned). You may often find that during a bisect session you want to have temporary modifications (e.g. s/#define DEBUG 0/#define DEBUG 1/ in a @@ -260,7 +268,7 @@ next revision to test, the script can apply the patch before compiling, run the real test, and afterwards decide if the revision (possibly with the needed patch) passed the test and then rewind the tree to the pristine state. Finally the script should exit -with the status of the real test to let the "git bisect run" command loop +with the status of the real test to let the `git bisect run` command loop determine the eventual outcome of the bisect session. OPTIONS @@ -307,12 +315,12 @@ $ git bisect run ~/test.sh $ git bisect reset # quit the bisect session ------------ + -Here we use a "test.sh" custom script. In this script, if "make" +Here we use a `test.sh` custom script. In this script, if `make` fails, we skip the current commit. -"check_test_case.sh" should "exit 0" if the test case passes, -and "exit 1" otherwise. +`check_test_case.sh` should `exit 0` if the test case passes, +and `exit 1` otherwise. + -It is safer if both "test.sh" and "check_test_case.sh" are +It is safer if both `test.sh` and `check_test_case.sh` are outside the repository to prevent interactions between the bisect, make and test processes and the scripts. @@ -379,6 +387,11 @@ In this case, when 'git bisect run' finishes, bisect/bad will refer to a commit has at least one parent whose reachable graph is fully traversable in the sense required by 'git pack objects'. +Getting help +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Use `git bisect` to get a short usage description, and `git bisect +help` or `git bisect -h` to get a long usage description. SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index 9f23a86..e6e947c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ include::blame-options.txt[] -e:: --show-email:: Show the author email instead of author name (Default: off). + This can also be controlled via the `blame.showEmail` config + option. -w:: Ignore whitespace when comparing the parent's version and diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 359619b..a67138a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ OPTIONS `--track` or `--set-upstream`. -D:: - Delete a branch irrespective of its merged status. + Shortcut for `--delete --force`. -l:: --create-reflog:: @@ -95,13 +95,17 @@ OPTIONS --force:: Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists already. Without `-f` 'git branch' refuses to change an existing branch. + In combination with `-d` (or `--delete`), allow deleting the + branch irrespective of its merged status. In combination with + `-m` (or `--move`), allow renaming the branch even if the new + branch name already exists. -m:: --move:: Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog. -M:: - Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists. + Shortcut for `--move --force`. --color[=<when>]:: Color branches to highlight current, local, and diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index 319ab4c..3105fc0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -69,6 +69,20 @@ OPTIONS not be combined with any other options or arguments. See the section `BATCH OUTPUT` below for details. +--batch-all-objects:: + Instead of reading a list of objects on stdin, perform the + requested batch operation on all objects in the repository and + any alternate object stores (not just reachable objects). + Requires `--batch` or `--batch-check` be specified. Note that + the objects are visited in order sorted by their hashes. + +--buffer:: + Normally batch output is flushed after each object is output, so + that a process can interactively read and write from + `cat-file`. With this option, the output uses normal stdio + buffering; this is much more efficient when invoking + `--batch-check` on a large number of objects. + --allow-unknown-type:: Allow -s or -t to query broken/corrupt objects of unknown type. diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index fc02959..9044dfa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ OPTIONS Interpret <refname> as a reference name pattern for a refspec (as used with remote repositories). If this option is enabled, <refname> is allowed to contain a single `*` - in place of a one full pathname component (e.g., - `foo/*/bar` but not `foo/bar*`). + in the refspec (e.g., `foo/bar*/baz` or `foo/bar*baz/` + but not `foo/bar*/baz*`). --normalize:: Normalize 'refname' by removing any leading slash (`/`) diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index d263a56..e269fb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-checkout(1) NAME ---- -git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree +git-checkout - Switch branches or restore working tree files SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Omitting <branch> detaches HEAD at the tip of the current branch. (i.e. commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given paths before updating the working tree. + +'git checkout' with <paths> or `--patch` is used to restore modified or +deleted paths to their original contents from the index or replace paths +with the contents from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit-ish). ++ The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge. By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out. @@ -116,6 +120,21 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. --theirs:: When checking out paths from the index, check out stage #2 ('ours') or #3 ('theirs') for unmerged paths. ++ +Note that during `git rebase` and `git pull --rebase`, 'ours' and +'theirs' may appear swapped; `--ours` gives the version from the +branch the changes are rebased onto, while `--theirs` gives the +version from the branch that holds your work that is being rebased. ++ +This is because `rebase` is used in a workflow that treats the +history at the remote as the shared canonical one, and treats the +work done on the branch you are rebasing as the third-party work to +be integrated, and you are temporarily assuming the role of the +keeper of the canonical history during the rebase. As the keeper of +the canonical history, you need to view the history from the remote +as `ours` (i.e. "our shared canonical history"), while what you did +on your side branch as `theirs` (i.e. "one contributor's work on top +of it"). -b <new_branch>:: Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at @@ -225,13 +244,6 @@ This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard edits from your current working tree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. ---to=<path>:: - Check out a branch in a separate working directory at - `<path>`. A new working directory is linked to the current - repository, sharing everything except working directory - specific files such as HEAD, index... See "MULTIPLE WORKING - TREES" section for more information. - --ignore-other-worktrees:: `git checkout` refuses when the wanted ref is already checked out by another worktree. This option makes it check the ref @@ -401,71 +413,6 @@ $ git reflog -2 HEAD # or $ git log -g -2 HEAD ------------ -MULTIPLE WORKING TREES ----------------------- - -A git repository can support multiple working trees, allowing you to check -out more than one branch at a time. With `git checkout --to` a new working -tree is associated with the repository. This new working tree is called a -"linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by "git -init" or "git clone". A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a -bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees. - -Each linked working tree has a private sub-directory in the repository's -$GIT_DIR/worktrees directory. The private sub-directory's name is usually -the base name of the linked working tree's path, possibly appended with a -number to make it unique. For example, when `$GIT_DIR=/path/main/.git` the -command `git checkout --to /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked -working tree in `/path/other/test-next` and also creates a -`$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next` directory (or `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next1` -if `test-next` is already taken). - -Within a linked working tree, $GIT_DIR is set to point to this private -directory (e.g. `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` in the example) and -$GIT_COMMON_DIR is set to point back to the main working tree's $GIT_DIR -(e.g. `/path/main/.git`). These settings are made in a `.git` file located at -the top directory of the linked working tree. - -Path resolution via `git rev-parse --git-path` uses either -$GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR depending on the path. For example, in the -linked working tree `git rev-parse --git-path HEAD` returns -`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/HEAD` (not -`/path/other/test-next/.git/HEAD` or `/path/main/.git/HEAD`) while `git -rev-parse --git-path refs/heads/master` uses -$GIT_COMMON_DIR and returns `/path/main/.git/refs/heads/master`, -since refs are shared across all working trees. - -See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for more information. The rule of -thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to -$GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR when you need to directly access something -inside $GIT_DIR. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path. - -When you are done with a linked working tree you can simply delete it. -The working tree's entry in the repository's $GIT_DIR/worktrees -directory will eventually be removed automatically (see -`gc.pruneworktreesexpire` in linkgit::git-config[1]), or you can run -`git prune --worktrees` in the main or any linked working tree to -clean up any stale entries in $GIT_DIR/worktrees. - -If you move a linked working directory to another file system, or -within a file system that does not support hard links, you need to run -at least one git command inside the linked working directory -(e.g. `git status`) in order to update its entry in $GIT_DIR/worktrees -so that it does not get automatically removed. - -To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from from being pruned (which -can be useful in some situations, such as when the -entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), add a file named -'locked' to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in -plain text. For example, if a linked working tree's `.git` file points -to `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` then a file named -`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/locked` will prevent the -`test-next` entry from being pruned. See -linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for details. - -Multiple checkout support for submodules is incomplete. It is NOT -recommended to make multiple checkouts of a superproject. - EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 02ec096..2608ca7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name value [value_regex] 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] -'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] [--name-only] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch name URL 'git config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex] 'git config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex] 'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name 'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name -'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list +'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] [--name-only] -l | --list 'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] 'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] 'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>. -l:: --list:: - List all variables set in config file. + List all variables set in config file, along with their values. --bool:: 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" @@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ See also <<FILES>>. output without getting confused e.g. by values that contain line breaks. +--name-only:: + Output only the names of config variables for `--list` or + `--get-regexp`. + --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]:: Find the color setting for `name` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index d20ca40..e045fc7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-describe(1) NAME ---- -git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit +git-describe - Describe a commit using the most recent tag reachable from it SYNOPSIS diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index fd32895..66910aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Options for Frontends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --cat-blob-fd=<fd>:: - Write responses to `cat-blob` and `ls` queries to the + Write responses to `get-mark`, `cat-blob`, and `ls` queries to the file descriptor <fd> instead of `stdout`. Allows `progress` output intended for the end-user to be separated from other output. @@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ and control the current import process. More detailed discussion unless the `done` feature was requested using the `--done` command-line option or `feature done` command. +`get-mark`:: + Causes fast-import to print the SHA-1 corresponding to a mark + to the file descriptor set with `--cat-blob-fd`, or `stdout` if + unspecified. + `cat-blob`:: Causes fast-import to print a blob in 'cat-file --batch' format to the file descriptor set with `--cat-blob-fd` or @@ -930,6 +935,25 @@ Placing a `progress` command immediately after a `checkpoint` will inform the reader when the `checkpoint` has been completed and it can safely access the refs that fast-import updated. +`get-mark` +~~~~~~~~~~ +Causes fast-import to print the SHA-1 corresponding to a mark to +stdout or to the file descriptor previously arranged with the +`--cat-blob-fd` argument. The command otherwise has no impact on the +current import; its purpose is to retrieve SHA-1s that later commits +might want to refer to in their commit messages. + +.... + 'get-mark' SP ':' <idnum> LF +.... + +This command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are +accepted. In particular, the `get-mark` command can be used in the +middle of a commit but not in the middle of a `data` command. + +See ``Responses To Commands'' below for details about how to read +this output safely. + `cat-blob` ~~~~~~~~~~ Causes fast-import to print a blob to a file descriptor previously @@ -1000,7 +1024,8 @@ Output uses the same format as `git ls-tree <tree> -- <path>`: ==== The <dataref> represents the blob, tree, or commit object at <path> -and can be used in later 'cat-blob', 'filemodify', or 'ls' commands. +and can be used in later 'get-mark', 'cat-blob', 'filemodify', or +'ls' commands. If there is no file or subtree at that path, 'git fast-import' will instead report @@ -1042,9 +1067,11 @@ import-marks-if-exists:: "feature import-marks-if-exists" like a corresponding command-line option silently skips a nonexistent file. +get-mark:: cat-blob:: ls:: - Require that the backend support the 'cat-blob' or 'ls' command. + Require that the backend support the 'get-mark', 'cat-blob', + or 'ls' command respectively. Versions of fast-import not supporting the specified command will exit with a message indicating so. This lets the import error out early with a clear message, @@ -1124,11 +1151,11 @@ bidirectional pipes: git fast-import >fast-import-output ==== -A frontend set up this way can use `progress`, `ls`, and `cat-blob` -commands to read information from the import in progress. +A frontend set up this way can use `progress`, `get-mark`, `ls`, and +`cat-blob` commands to read information from the import in progress. To avoid deadlock, such frontends must completely consume any -pending output from `progress`, `ls`, and `cat-blob` before +pending output from `progress`, `ls`, `get-mark`, and `cat-blob` before performing writes to fast-import that might block. Crash Reports diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt index bb1232a..55a9a4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt @@ -51,17 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS CONFIGURATION ------------- - -merge.branchdesc:: - In addition to branch names, populate the log message with - the branch description text associated with them. Defaults - to false. - -merge.log:: - In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at - most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the - actual commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and - true is a synonym for 20. +include::fmt-merge-msg-config.txt[] merge.summary:: Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 4240875..7f8d9a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ upstream:: or "=" (in sync). Has no effect if the ref does not have tracking information associated with it. +push:: + The name of a local ref which represents the `@{push}` location + for the displayed ref. Respects `:short`, `:track`, and + `:trackshort` options as `upstream` does. Produces an empty + string if no `@{push}` ref is configured. + HEAD:: '*' if HEAD matches current ref (the checked out branch), ' ' otherwise. diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index bb3ea93..0dac4e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. -v <n>:: --reroll-count=<n>:: Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The - output filenames have `v<n>` pretended to them, and the + output filenames have `v<n>` prepended to them, and the subject prefix ("PATCH" by default, but configurable via the `--subject-prefix` option) has ` v<n>` appended to it. E.g. `--reroll-count=4` may produce `v4-0001-add-makefile.patch` diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index 25c431d..84ee92e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs] [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] - [--[no-]dangling] [--[no-]progress] [<object>*] + [--[no-]dangling] [--[no-]progress] [--connectivity-only] [<object>*] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ index file, all SHA-1 references in `refs` namespace, and all reflogs object pools. This is now default; you can turn it off with --no-full. +--connectivity-only:: + Check only the connectivity of tags, commits and tree objects. By + avoiding to unpack blobs, this speeds up the operation, at the + expense of missing corrupt objects or other problematic issues. + --strict:: Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode recorded with g+w bit set, which was created by older diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 5692945..97b9993 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ log.date:: `--date` option.) Defaults to "default", which means to write dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`. +log.follow:: + If a single <path> is given to git log, it will act as + if the `--follow` option was also used. This has the same + limitations as `--follow`, i.e. it cannot be used to follow + multiple files and does not work well on non-linear history. + log.showRoot:: If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the initial commit as a big creation event. Any root commits in diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index 1cf3bed..7a493c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ OPTIONS --expire <time>:: Only expire loose objects older than <time>. ---worktrees:: - Prune dead working tree information in $GIT_DIR/worktrees. - <head>...:: In addition to objects reachable from any of our references, keep objects diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 712ab4b..93c72a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ pulling or stash them away with linkgit:git-stash[1]. OPTIONS ------- -Options meant for 'git pull' itself and the underlying 'git merge' -must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. - -q:: --quiet:: This is passed to both underlying git-fetch to squelch reporting of diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 1d01baa..ca03954 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ rebase.autoSquash:: rebase.autoStash:: If set to true enable '--autostash' option by default. +rebase.missingCommitsCheck:: + If set to "warn", print warnings about removed commits in + interactive mode. If set to "error", print the warnings and + stop the rebase. If set to "ignore", no checking is + done. "ignore" by default. + +rebase.instructionFormat:: + Custom commit list format to use during an '--interactive' rebase. + OPTIONS ------- --onto <newbase>:: @@ -359,6 +368,10 @@ default is `--no-fork-point`, otherwise the default is `--fork-point`. Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased. Let the user edit that list before rebasing. This mode can also be used to split commits (see SPLITTING COMMITS below). ++ +The commit list format can be changed by setting the configuration option +rebase.instructionFormat. A customized instruction format will automatically +have the long commit hash prepended to the format. -p:: --preserve-merges:: @@ -514,6 +527,9 @@ rebasing. If you just want to edit the commit message for a commit, replace the command "pick" with the command "reword". +To drop a commit, replace the command "pick" with "drop", or just +delete the matching line. + If you want to fold two or more commits into one, replace the command "pick" for the second and subsequent commits with "squash" or "fixup". If the commits had different authors, the folded commit will be diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index 5e7908e..44c736f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ depending on the subcommand: [--dry-run] [--verbose] [--all | <refs>...] 'git reflog delete' [--rewrite] [--updateref] [--dry-run] [--verbose] ref@\{specifier\}... +'git reflog exists' <ref> Reference logs, or "reflogs", record when the tips of branches and other references were updated in the local repository. Reflogs are @@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ argument must be an _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete master@{2}`"). This subcommand is also typically not used directly by end users. +The "exists" subcommand checks whether a ref has a reflog. It exits +with zero status if the reflog exists, and non-zero status if it does +not. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt index b10ea60..7b49c85 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [ --reverse ] [ --walk-reflogs ] [ --no-walk ] [ --do-walk ] + [ --count ] [ --use-bitmap-index ] <commit>... [ \-- <paths>... ] diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index c483100..b6c6326 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ Each line of options has this format: `<opt-spec>`:: its format is the short option character, then the long option name separated by a comma. Both parts are not required, though at least one - is necessary. `h,help`, `dry-run` and `f` are all three correct - `<opt-spec>`. + is necessary. May not contain any of the `<flags>` characters. + `h,help`, `dry-run` and `f` are examples of correct `<opt-spec>`. `<flags>`:: `<flags>` are of `*`, `=`, `?` or `!`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 8045546..b9134d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ Composing of 'sendemail.annotate'. See the CONFIGURATION section for 'sendemail.multiEdit'. ---bcc=<address>:: +--bcc=<address>,...:: Specify a "Bcc:" value for each email. Default is the value of 'sendemail.bcc'. + -The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list. +This option may be specified multiple times. ---cc=<address>:: +--cc=<address>,...:: Specify a starting "Cc:" value for each email. Default is the value of 'sendemail.cc'. + -The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. +This option may be specified multiple times. --compose:: Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1]) @@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ is not set, this will be prompted for. Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose is not set, this will be prompted for. ---to=<address>:: +--to=<address>,...:: Specify the primary recipient of the emails generated. Generally, this will be the upstream maintainer of the project involved. Default is the value of the 'sendemail.to' configuration value; if that is unspecified, and --to-cmd is not specified, this will be prompted for. + -The --to option must be repeated for each user you want on the to list. +This option may be specified multiple times. --8bit-encoding=<encoding>:: When encountering a non-ASCII message or subject that does not @@ -171,6 +171,19 @@ Sending to determine your FQDN automatically. Default is the value of 'sendemail.smtpDomain'. +--smtp-auth=<mechanisms>:: + Whitespace-separated list of allowed SMTP-AUTH mechanisms. This setting + forces using only the listed mechanisms. Example: ++ +------ +$ git send-email --smtp-auth="PLAIN LOGIN GSSAPI" ... +------ ++ +If at least one of the specified mechanisms matches the ones advertised by the +SMTP server and if it is supported by the utilized SASL library, the mechanism +is used for authentication. If neither 'sendemail.smtpAuth' nor '--smtp-auth' +is specified, all mechanisms supported by the SASL library can be used. + --smtp-pass[=<password>]:: Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no argument is specified, then the empty string is used as @@ -383,7 +396,24 @@ sendemail.aliasesFile:: sendemail.aliasFileType:: Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesFile. Must be - one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus'. + one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', 'elm', or 'gnus', or 'sendmail'. ++ +What an alias file in each format looks like can be found in +the documentation of the email program of the same name. The +differences and limitations from the standard formats are +described below: ++ +-- +sendmail;; +* Quoted aliases and quoted addresses are not supported: lines that + contain a `"` symbol are ignored. +* Redirection to a file (`/path/name`) or pipe (`|command`) is not + supported. +* File inclusion (`:include: /path/name`) is not supported. +* Warnings are printed on the standard error output for any + explicitly unsupported constructs, and any other lines that are not + recognized by the parser. +-- sendemail.multiEdit:: If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 2c25916..f17687e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -25,22 +25,17 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Submodules allow foreign repositories to be embedded within -a dedicated subdirectory of the source tree, always pointed -at a particular commit. +Inspects, updates and manages submodules. -They are not to be confused with remotes, which are meant mainly -for branches of the same project; submodules are meant for -different projects you would like to make part of your source tree, -while the history of the two projects still stays completely -independent and you cannot modify the contents of the submodule -from within the main project. -If you want to merge the project histories and want to treat the -aggregated whole as a single project from then on, you may want to -add a remote for the other project and use the 'subtree' merge strategy, -instead of treating the other project as a submodule. Directories -that come from both projects can be cloned and checked out as a whole -if you choose to go that route. +A submodule allows you to keep another Git repository in a subdirectory +of your repository. The other repository has its own history, which does not +interfere with the history of the current repository. This can be used to +have external dependencies such as third party libraries for example. + +When cloning or pulling a repository containing submodules however, +these will not be checked out by default; the 'init' and 'update' +subcommands will maintain submodules checked out and at +appropriate revision in your working tree. Submodules are composed from a so-called `gitlink` tree entry in the main repository that refers to a particular commit object @@ -51,19 +46,18 @@ describes the default URL the submodule shall be cloned from. The logical name can be used for overriding this URL within your local repository configuration (see 'submodule init'). -This command will manage the tree entries and contents of the -gitmodules file for you, as well as inspect the status of your -submodules and update them. -When adding a new submodule to the tree, the 'add' subcommand -is to be used. However, when pulling a tree containing submodules, -these will not be checked out by default; -the 'init' and 'update' subcommands will maintain submodules -checked out and at appropriate revision in your working tree. -You can briefly inspect the up-to-date status of your submodules -using the 'status' subcommand and get a detailed overview of the -difference between the index and checkouts using the 'summary' -subcommand. - +Submodules are not to be confused with remotes, which are other +repositories of the same project; submodules are meant for +different projects you would like to make part of your source tree, +while the history of the two projects still stays completely +independent and you cannot modify the contents of the submodule +from within the main project. +If you want to merge the project histories and want to treat the +aggregated whole as a single project from then on, you may want to +add a remote for the other project and use the 'subtree' merge strategy, +instead of treating the other project as a submodule. Directories +that come from both projects can be cloned and checked out as a whole +if you choose to go that route. COMMANDS -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 034d10d..84f6496 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS <tagname> [<commit> | <object>] 'git tag' -d <tagname>... 'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>] - [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [<pattern>...] - [<pattern>...] + [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--create-reflog] [<pattern>...] 'git tag' -v <tagname>... DESCRIPTION @@ -143,6 +142,9 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines. all, 'whitespace' removes just leading/trailing whitespace lines and 'strip' removes both whitespace and commentary. +--create-reflog:: + Create a reflog for the tag. + <tagname>:: The name of the tag to create, delete, or describe. The new tag name must pass all checks defined by diff --git a/Documentation/git-tools.txt b/Documentation/git-tools.txt index 78a0d95..2f4ff50 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tools.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tools.txt @@ -1,118 +1,10 @@ -A short Git tools survey -======================== +Git Tools +========= +When Git was young, people looking for third-party Git-related tools came +to the Git project itself to find them, thus a list of such tools was +maintained here. These days, however, search engines fill that role much +more efficiently, so this manually-maintained list has been retired. -Introduction ------------- - -Apart from Git contrib/ area there are some others third-party tools -you may want to look. - -This document presents a brief summary of each tool and the corresponding -link. - - -Alternative/Augmentative Porcelains ------------------------------------ - - - *Cogito* (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/) - - Cogito is a version control system layered on top of the Git tree history - storage system. It aims at seamless user interface and ease of use, - providing generally smoother user experience than the "raw" Core Git - itself and indeed many other version control systems. - - Cogito is no longer maintained as most of its functionality - is now in core Git. - - - - *pg* (http://www.spearce.org/category/projects/scm/pg/) - - pg is a shell script wrapper around Git to help the user manage a set of - patches to files. pg is somewhat like quilt or StGit, but it does have a - slightly different feature set. - - - - *StGit* (http://www.procode.org/stgit/) - - Stacked Git provides a quilt-like patch management functionality in the - Git environment. You can easily manage your patches in the scope of Git - until they get merged upstream. - - -History Viewers ---------------- - - - *gitk* (shipped with git-core) - - gitk is a simple Tk GUI for browsing history of Git repositories easily. - - - - *gitview* (contrib/) - - gitview is a GTK based repository browser for Git - - - - *gitweb* (shipped with git-core) - - Gitweb provides full-fledged web interface for Git repositories. - - - - *qgit* (http://digilander.libero.it/mcostalba/) - - QGit is a git/StGit GUI viewer built on Qt/C++. QGit could be used - to browse history and directory tree, view annotated files, commit - changes cherry picking single files or applying patches. - Currently it is the fastest and most feature rich among the Git - viewers and commit tools. - - - *tig* (http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/) - - tig by Jonas Fonseca is a simple Git repository browser - written using ncurses. Basically, it just acts as a front-end - for git-log and git-show/git-diff. Additionally, you can also - use it as a pager for Git commands. - - -Foreign SCM interface ---------------------- - - - *git-svn* (shipped with git-core) - - git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between a single Subversion - branch and Git. - - - - *quilt2git / git2quilt* (http://home-tj.org/wiki/index.php/Misc) - - These utilities convert patch series in a quilt repository and commit - series in Git back and forth. - - - - *hg-to-git* (contrib/) - - hg-to-git converts a Mercurial repository into a Git one, and - preserves the full branch history in the process. hg-to-git can - also be used in an incremental way to keep the Git repository - in sync with the master Mercurial repository. - - -Others ------- - - - *(h)gct* (http://www.cyd.liu.se/users/~freku045/gct/) - - Commit Tool or (h)gct is a GUI enabled commit tool for Git and - Mercurial (hg). It allows the user to view diffs, select which files - to committed (or ignored / reverted) write commit messages and - perform the commit itself. - - - *git.el* (contrib/) - - This is an Emacs interface for Git. The user interface is modelled on - pcl-cvs. It has been developed on Emacs 21 and will probably need some - tweaking to work on XEmacs. - - -http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools has more -comprehensive list. +See also the `contrib/` area, and the Git wiki: +http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index c8f5ae5..969bfab 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref safely SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> [<oldvalue>] | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>] | --stdin [-z]) +'git update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> [<oldvalue>] | [--no-deref] [--create-reflog] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>] | --stdin [-z]) DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ performs all modifications together. Specify commands of the form: verify SP <ref> [SP <oldvalue>] LF option SP <opt> LF +With `--create-reflog`, update-ref will create a reflog for each ref +even if one would not ordinarily be created. + Quote fields containing whitespace as if they were strings in C source code; i.e., surrounded by double-quotes and with backslash escapes. Use 40 "0" characters or the empty string to specify a zero value. To diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-commit.txt index 9413e28..ecf4da1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-commit.txt @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Validates the gpg signature created by 'git commit -S'. OPTIONS ------- +--raw:: + Print the raw gpg status output to standard error instead of the normal + human-readable output. + -v:: --verbose:: Print the contents of the commit object before validating it. diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt index f88ba96..d590edc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Validates the gpg signature created by 'git tag'. OPTIONS ------- +--raw:: + Print the raw gpg status output to standard error instead of the normal + human-readable output. + -v:: --verbose:: Print the contents of the tag object before validating it. diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb68156 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ +git-worktree(1) +=============== + +NAME +---- +git-worktree - Manage multiple working trees + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] [-b <new-branch>] <path> [<branch>] +'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Manage multiple working trees attached to the same repository. + +A git repository can support multiple working trees, allowing you to check +out more than one branch at a time. With `git worktree add` a new working +tree is associated with the repository. This new working tree is called a +"linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by "git +init" or "git clone". A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a +bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees. + +When you are done with a linked working tree you can simply delete it. +The working tree's administrative files in the repository (see +"DETAILS" below) will eventually be removed automatically (see +`gc.worktreePruneExpire` in linkgit:git-config[1]), or you can run +`git worktree prune` in the main or any linked working tree to +clean up any stale administrative files. + +If you move a linked working tree to another file system, or +within a file system that does not support hard links, you need to run +at least one git command inside the linked working tree +(e.g. `git status`) in order to update its administrative files in the +repository so that they do not get automatically pruned. + +If a linked working tree is stored on a portable device or network share +which is not always mounted, you can prevent its administrative files from +being pruned by creating a file named 'locked' alongside the other +administrative files, optionally containing a plain text reason that +pruning should be suppressed. See section "DETAILS" for more information. + +COMMANDS +-------- +add <path> [<branch>]:: + +Create `<path>` and checkout `<branch>` into it. The new working directory +is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working +directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. ++ +If `<branch>` is omitted and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detached` used, +then, as a convenience, a new branch based at HEAD is created automatically, +as if `-b $(basename <path>)` was specified. + +prune:: + +Prune working tree information in $GIT_DIR/worktrees. + +OPTIONS +------- + +-f:: +--force:: + By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when `<branch>` + is already checked out by another working tree. This option overrides + that safeguard. + +-b <new-branch>:: +-B <new-branch>:: + With `add`, create a new branch named `<new-branch>` starting at + `<branch>`, and check out `<new-branch>` into the new working tree. + If `<branch>` is omitted, it defaults to HEAD. + By default, `-b` refuses to create a new branch if it already + exists. `-B` overrides this safeguard, resetting `<new-branch>` to + `<branch>`. + +--detach:: + With `add`, detach HEAD in the new working tree. See "DETACHED HEAD" + in linkgit:git-checkout[1]. + +-n:: +--dry-run:: + With `prune`, do not remove anything; just report what it would + remove. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + With `prune`, report all removals. + +--expire <time>:: + With `prune`, only expire unused working trees older than <time>. + +DETAILS +------- +Each linked working tree has a private sub-directory in the repository's +$GIT_DIR/worktrees directory. The private sub-directory's name is usually +the base name of the linked working tree's path, possibly appended with a +number to make it unique. For example, when `$GIT_DIR=/path/main/.git` the +command `git worktree add /path/other/test-next next` creates the linked +working tree in `/path/other/test-next` and also creates a +`$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next` directory (or `$GIT_DIR/worktrees/test-next1` +if `test-next` is already taken). + +Within a linked working tree, $GIT_DIR is set to point to this private +directory (e.g. `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` in the example) and +$GIT_COMMON_DIR is set to point back to the main working tree's $GIT_DIR +(e.g. `/path/main/.git`). These settings are made in a `.git` file located at +the top directory of the linked working tree. + +Path resolution via `git rev-parse --git-path` uses either +$GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR depending on the path. For example, in the +linked working tree `git rev-parse --git-path HEAD` returns +`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/HEAD` (not +`/path/other/test-next/.git/HEAD` or `/path/main/.git/HEAD`) while `git +rev-parse --git-path refs/heads/master` uses +$GIT_COMMON_DIR and returns `/path/main/.git/refs/heads/master`, +since refs are shared across all working trees. + +See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for more information. The rule of +thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to +$GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR when you need to directly access something +inside $GIT_DIR. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path. + +To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from being pruned (which +can be useful in some situations, such as when the +entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), add a file named +'locked' to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in +plain text. For example, if a linked working tree's `.git` file points +to `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` then a file named +`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/locked` will prevent the +`test-next` entry from being pruned. See +linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for details. + +EXAMPLES +-------- +You are in the middle of a refactoring session and your boss comes in and +demands that you fix something immediately. You might typically use +linkgit:git-stash[1] to store your changes away temporarily, however, your +working tree is in such a state of disarray (with new, moved, and removed +files, and other bits and pieces strewn around) that you don't want to risk +disturbing any of it. Instead, you create a temporary linked working tree to +make the emergency fix, remove it when done, and then resume your earlier +refactoring session. + +------------ +$ git worktree add -b emergency-fix ../temp master +$ pushd ../temp +# ... hack hack hack ... +$ git commit -a -m 'emergency fix for boss' +$ popd +$ rm -rf ../temp +$ git worktree prune +------------ + +BUGS +---- +Multiple checkout in general is still experimental, and the support +for submodules is incomplete. It is NOT recommended to make multiple +checkouts of a superproject. + +git-worktree could provide more automation for tasks currently +performed manually, such as: + +- `remove` to remove a linked working tree and its administrative files (and + warn if the working tree is dirty) +- `mv` to move or rename a working tree and update its administrative files +- `list` to list linked working trees +- `lock` to prevent automatic pruning of administrative files (for instance, + for a working tree on a portable device) + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index ccc12b2..4e5d55b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,21 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v2.4.2/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.2] +* link:v2.5.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.1] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/2.5.1.txt[2.5.1], + link:RelNotes/2.5.0.txt[2.5]. + +* link:v2.4.8/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.8] + +* release notes for + link:RelNotes/2.4.8.txt[2.4.8], + link:RelNotes/2.4.7.txt[2.4.7], + link:RelNotes/2.4.6.txt[2.4.6], + link:RelNotes/2.4.5.txt[2.4.5], + link:RelNotes/2.4.4.txt[2.4.4], + link:RelNotes/2.4.3.txt[2.4.3], link:RelNotes/2.4.2.txt[2.4.2], link:RelNotes/2.4.1.txt[2.4.1], link:RelNotes/2.4.0.txt[2.4]. @@ -770,7 +782,7 @@ The Git Repository ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These environment variables apply to 'all' core Git commands. Nb: it is worth noting that they may be used/overridden by SCMS sitting above -Git so take care if using Cogito etc. +Git so take care if using a foreign front-end. 'GIT_INDEX_FILE':: This environment allows the specification of an alternate @@ -841,7 +853,7 @@ Git so take care if using Cogito etc. normally in $GIT_DIR will be taken from this path instead. Worktree-specific files such as HEAD or index are taken from $GIT_DIR. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] and - the section 'MULTIPLE CHECKOUT MODE' in linkgit:checkout[1] + linkgit:git-worktree[1] for details. This variable has lower precedence than other path variables such as GIT_INDEX_FILE, GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY... @@ -999,9 +1011,20 @@ Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or Enables trace messages for all packets coming in or out of a given program. This can help with debugging object negotiation or other protocol issues. Tracing is turned off at a packet - starting with "PACK". + starting with "PACK" (but see 'GIT_TRACE_PACKFILE' below). See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options. +'GIT_TRACE_PACKFILE':: + Enables tracing of packfiles sent or received by a + given program. Unlike other trace output, this trace is + verbatim: no headers, and no quoting of binary data. You almost + certainly want to direct into a file (e.g., + `GIT_TRACE_PACKFILE=/tmp/my.pack`) rather than displaying it on + the terminal or mixing it with other trace output. ++ +Note that this is currently only implemented for the client side +of clones and fetches. + 'GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE':: Enables performance related trace messages, e.g. total execution time of each Git command. diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 70899b3..e3b1de8 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ patterns are available: - `fortran` suitable for source code in the Fortran language. +- `fountain` suitable for Fountain documents. + - `html` suitable for HTML/XHTML documents. - `java` suitable for source code in the Java language. @@ -774,7 +776,7 @@ To define a custom merge driver `filfre`, add a section to your ---------------------------------------------------------------- [merge "filfre"] name = feel-free merge driver - driver = filfre %O %A %B + driver = filfre %O %A %B %L %P recursive = binary ---------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -800,6 +802,9 @@ merge between common ancestors, when there are more than one. When left unspecified, the driver itself is used for both internal merge and the final merge. +The merge driver can learn the pathname in which the merged result +will be stored via placeholder `%P`. + `conflict-marker-size` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index 7173b38..577ee84 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -251,25 +251,25 @@ modules:: Contains the git-repositories of the submodules. worktrees:: - Contains worktree specific information of linked - checkouts. Each subdirectory contains the worktree-related - part of a linked checkout. This directory is ignored if - $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set and "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees" will be - used instead. + Contains administrative data for linked + working trees. Each subdirectory contains the working tree-related + part of a linked working tree. This directory is ignored if + $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set, in which case + "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees" will be used instead. worktrees/<id>/gitdir:: A text file containing the absolute path back to the .git file that points to here. This is used to check if the linked repository has been manually removed and there is no need to - keep this directory any more. mtime of this file should be + keep this directory any more. The mtime of this file should be updated every time the linked repository is accessed. worktrees/<id>/locked:: - If this file exists, the linked repository may be on a - portable device and not available. It does not mean that the - linked repository is gone and `worktrees/<id>` could be - removed. The file's content contains a reason string on why - the repository is locked. + If this file exists, the linked working tree may be on a + portable device and not available. The presence of this file + prevents `worktrees/<id>` from being pruned either automatically + or manually by `git worktree prune`. The file may contain a string + explaining why the repository is locked. worktrees/<id>/link:: If this file exists, it is a hard link to the linked .git diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt index a096e7d..8a42270 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitweb.conf.txt @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ By default it is set to (), i.e. an empty list. This means that gitweb would not try to create project URL (to fetch) from project name. $projects_list_group_categories:: - Whether to enables the grouping of projects by category on the project + Whether to enable the grouping of projects by category on the project list page. The category of a project is determined by the `$GIT_DIR/category` file or the `gitweb.category` variable in each repository's configuration. Disabled by default (set to 0). diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index bf383c2..8c6478b 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -411,6 +411,27 @@ exclude;; core Git. Porcelains expose more of a <<def_SCM,SCM>> interface than the <<def_plumbing,plumbing>>. +[[def_per_worktree_ref]]per-worktree ref:: + Refs that are per-<<def_working_tree,worktree>>, rather than + global. This is presently only <<def_HEAD,HEAD>>, but might + later include other unusual refs. + +[[def_pseudoref]]pseudoref:: + Pseudorefs are a class of files under `$GIT_DIR` which behave + like refs for the purposes of rev-parse, but which are treated + specially by git. Pseudorefs both have names that are all-caps, + and always start with a line consisting of a + <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>> followed by whitespace. So, HEAD is not a + pseudoref, because it is sometimes a symbolic ref. They might + optionally contain some additional data. `MERGE_HEAD` and + `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD` are examples. Unlike + <<def_per_worktree_ref,per-worktree refs>>, these files cannot + be symbolic refs, and never have reflogs. They also cannot be + updated through the normal ref update machinery. Instead, + they are updated by directly writing to the files. However, + they can be read as if they were refs, so `git rev-parse + MERGE_HEAD` will work. + [[def_pull]]pull:: Pulling a <<def_branch,branch>> means to <<def_fetch,fetch>> it and <<def_merge,merge>> it. See also linkgit:git-pull[1]. @@ -469,6 +490,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`. <<def_push,push>> to describe the mapping between remote <<def_ref,ref>> and local ref. +[[def_remote]]remote repository:: + A <<def_repository,repository>> which is used to track the same + project but resides somewhere else. To communicate with remotes, + see <<def_fetch,fetch>> or <<def_push,push>>. + [[def_remote_tracking_branch]]remote-tracking branch:: A <<def_ref,ref>> that is used to follow changes from another <<def_repository,repository>>. It typically looks like @@ -515,6 +541,17 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`. is created by giving the `--depth` option to linkgit:git-clone[1], and its history can be later deepened with linkgit:git-fetch[1]. +[[def_submodule]]submodule:: + A <<def_repository,repository>> that holds the history of a + separate project inside another repository (the latter of + which is called <<def_superproject, superproject>>). + +[[def_superproject]]superproject:: + A <<def_repository,repository>> that references repositories + of other projects in its working tree as <<def_submodule,submodules>>. + The superproject knows about the names of (but does not hold + copies of) commit objects of the contained submodules. + [[def_symref]]symref:: Symbolic reference: instead of containing the <<def_SHA1,SHA-1>> id itself, it is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when diff --git a/Documentation/i18n.txt b/Documentation/i18n.txt index e9a1d5d..2dd79db 100644 --- a/Documentation/i18n.txt +++ b/Documentation/i18n.txt @@ -1,18 +1,31 @@ -At the core level, Git is character encoding agnostic. - - - The pathnames recorded in the index and in the tree objects - are treated as uninterpreted sequences of non-NUL bytes. - What readdir(2) returns are what are recorded and compared - with the data Git keeps track of, which in turn are expected - to be what lstat(2) and creat(2) accepts. There is no such - thing as pathname encoding translation. +Git is to some extent character encoding agnostic. - The contents of the blob objects are uninterpreted sequences of bytes. There is no encoding translation at the core level. - - The commit log messages are uninterpreted sequences of non-NUL - bytes. + - Path names are encoded in UTF-8 normalization form C. This + applies to tree objects, the index file, ref names, as well as + path names in command line arguments, environment variables + and config files (`.git/config` (see linkgit:git-config[1]), + linkgit:gitignore[5], linkgit:gitattributes[5] and + linkgit:gitmodules[5]). ++ +Note that Git at the core level treats path names simply as +sequences of non-NUL bytes, there are no path name encoding +conversions (except on Mac and Windows). Therefore, using +non-ASCII path names will mostly work even on platforms and file +systems that use legacy extended ASCII encodings. However, +repositories created on such systems will not work properly on +UTF-8-based systems (e.g. Linux, Mac, Windows) and vice versa. +Additionally, many Git-based tools simply assume path names to +be UTF-8 and will fail to display other encodings correctly. + + - Commit log messages are typically encoded in UTF-8, but other + extended ASCII encodings are also supported. This includes + ISO-8859-x, CP125x and many others, but _not_ UTF-16/32, + EBCDIC and CJK multi-byte encodings (GBK, Shift-JIS, Big5, + EUC-x, CP9xx etc.). Although we encourage that the commit log messages are encoded in UTF-8, both the core and Git Porcelain are designed not to diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt index 8a0e52f..002ca58 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt @@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ merge.ff:: allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the command line). -merge.log:: - In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at - most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the - actual commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and - true is a synonym for 20. +include::fmt-merge-msg-config.txt[] merge.renameLimit:: The number of files to consider when performing rename detection diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index 74aa01a..642af6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ people using 80-column terminals. in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding preferred by the user. For non plumbing commands this - defaults to UTF-8. + defaults to UTF-8. Note that if an object claims to be encoded + in `X` and we are outputting in `X`, we will output the object + verbatim; this means that invalid sequences in the original + commit may be copied to the output. --notes[=<ref>]:: Show the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) that annotate the diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 77ac439..a9b808f 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -727,6 +727,11 @@ format, often found in email messages. + `--date=raw` shows the date in the internal raw Git format `%s %z` format. + +`--date=format:...` feeds the format `...` to your system `strftime`. +Use `--date=format:%c` to show the date in your system locale's +preferred format. See the `strftime` manual for a complete list of +format placeholders. ++ `--date=default` shows timestamps in the original time zone (either committer's or author's). diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 0796118..d85e303 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -98,6 +98,31 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. `branch.<name>.merge`). A missing branchname defaults to the current one. +'<branchname>@\{push\}', e.g. 'master@\{push\}', '@\{push\}':: + The suffix '@\{push}' reports the branch "where we would push to" if + `git push` were run while `branchname` was checked out (or the current + 'HEAD' if no branchname is specified). Since our push destination is + in a remote repository, of course, we report the local tracking branch + that corresponds to that branch (i.e., something in 'refs/remotes/'). ++ +Here's an example to make it more clear: ++ +------------------------------ +$ git config push.default current +$ git config remote.pushdefault myfork +$ git checkout -b mybranch origin/master + +$ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{upstream} +refs/remotes/origin/master + +$ git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{push} +refs/remotes/myfork/mybranch +------------------------------ ++ +Note in the example that we set up a triangular workflow, where we pull +from one location and push to another. In a non-triangular workflow, +'@\{push}' is the same as '@\{upstream}', and there is no need for it. + '<rev>{caret}', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}, v1.5.1{caret}0':: A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of that commit object. '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt index 1a79781..8076172 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Functions Format a string and push it onto the end of the array. This is a convenience wrapper combining `strbuf_addf` and `argv_array_push`. +`argv_array_pushv`:: + Push a null-terminated array of strings onto the end of the array. + `argv_array_pop`:: Remove the final element from the array. If there are no elements in the array, do nothing. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 93b5f23..0000000 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,220 +0,0 @@ -lockfile API -============ - -The lockfile API serves two purposes: - -* Mutual exclusion and atomic file updates. When we want to change a - file, we create a lockfile `<filename>.lock`, write the new file - contents into it, and then rename the lockfile to its final - destination `<filename>`. We create the `<filename>.lock` file with - `O_CREAT|O_EXCL` so that we can notice and fail if somebody else has - already locked the file, then atomically rename the lockfile to its - final destination to commit the changes and unlock the file. - -* Automatic cruft removal. If the program exits after we lock a file - but before the changes have been committed, we want to make sure - that we remove the lockfile. This is done by remembering the - lockfiles we have created in a linked list and setting up an - `atexit(3)` handler and a signal handler that clean up the - lockfiles. This mechanism ensures that outstanding lockfiles are - cleaned up if the program exits (including when `die()` is called) - or if the program dies on a signal. - -Please note that lockfiles only block other writers. Readers do not -block, but they are guaranteed to see either the old contents of the -file or the new contents of the file (assuming that the filesystem -implements `rename(2)` atomically). - - -Calling sequence ----------------- - -The caller: - -* Allocates a `struct lock_file` either as a static variable or on the - heap, initialized to zeros. Once you use the structure to call the - `hold_lock_file_*` family of functions, it belongs to the lockfile - subsystem and its storage must remain valid throughout the life of - the program (i.e. you cannot use an on-stack variable to hold this - structure). - -* Attempts to create a lockfile by passing that variable and the path - of the final destination (e.g. `$GIT_DIR/index`) to - `hold_lock_file_for_update` or `hold_lock_file_for_append`. - -* Writes new content for the destination file by either: - - * writing to the file descriptor returned by the `hold_lock_file_*` - functions (also available via `lock->fd`). - - * calling `fdopen_lock_file` to get a `FILE` pointer for the open - file and writing to the file using stdio. - -When finished writing, the caller can: - -* Close the file descriptor and rename the lockfile to its final - destination by calling `commit_lock_file` or `commit_lock_file_to`. - -* Close the file descriptor and remove the lockfile by calling - `rollback_lock_file`. - -* Close the file descriptor without removing or renaming the lockfile - by calling `close_lock_file`, and later call `commit_lock_file`, - `commit_lock_file_to`, `rollback_lock_file`, or `reopen_lock_file`. - -Even after the lockfile is committed or rolled back, the `lock_file` -object must not be freed or altered by the caller. However, it may be -reused; just pass it to another call of `hold_lock_file_for_update` or -`hold_lock_file_for_append`. - -If the program exits before you have called one of `commit_lock_file`, -`commit_lock_file_to`, `rollback_lock_file`, or `close_lock_file`, an -`atexit(3)` handler will close and remove the lockfile, rolling back -any uncommitted changes. - -If you need to close the file descriptor you obtained from a -`hold_lock_file_*` function yourself, do so by calling -`close_lock_file`. You should never call `close(2)` or `fclose(3)` -yourself! Otherwise the `struct lock_file` structure would still think -that the file descriptor needs to be closed, and a commit or rollback -would result in duplicate calls to `close(2)`. Worse yet, if you close -and then later open another file descriptor for a completely different -purpose, then a commit or rollback might close that unrelated file -descriptor. - - -Error handling --------------- - -The `hold_lock_file_*` functions return a file descriptor on success -or -1 on failure (unless `LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR` is used; see below). On -errors, `errno` describes the reason for failure. Errors can be -reported by passing `errno` to one of the following helper functions: - -unable_to_lock_message:: - - Append an appropriate error message to a `strbuf`. - -unable_to_lock_error:: - - Emit an appropriate error message using `error()`. - -unable_to_lock_die:: - - Emit an appropriate error message and `die()`. - -Similarly, `commit_lock_file`, `commit_lock_file_to`, and -`close_lock_file` return 0 on success. On failure they set `errno` -appropriately, do their best to roll back the lockfile, and return -1. - - -Flags ------ - -The following flags can be passed to `hold_lock_file_for_update` or -`hold_lock_file_for_append`: - -LOCK_NO_DEREF:: - - Usually symbolic links in the destination path are resolved - and the lockfile is created by adding ".lock" to the resolved - path. If `LOCK_NO_DEREF` is set, then the lockfile is created - by adding ".lock" to the path argument itself. This option is - used, for example, when locking a symbolic reference, which - for backwards-compatibility reasons can be a symbolic link - containing the name of the referred-to-reference. - -LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR:: - - If a lock is already taken for the file, `die()` with an error - message. If this option is not specified, trying to lock a - file that is already locked returns -1 to the caller. - - -The functions -------------- - -hold_lock_file_for_update:: - - Take a pointer to `struct lock_file`, the path of the file to - be locked (e.g. `$GIT_DIR/index`) and a flags argument (see - above). Attempt to create a lockfile for the destination and - return the file descriptor for writing to the file. - -hold_lock_file_for_append:: - - Like `hold_lock_file_for_update`, but before returning copy - the existing contents of the file (if any) to the lockfile and - position its write pointer at the end of the file. - -fdopen_lock_file:: - - Associate a stdio stream with the lockfile. Return NULL - (*without* rolling back the lockfile) on error. The stream is - closed automatically when `close_lock_file` is called or when - the file is committed or rolled back. - -get_locked_file_path:: - - Return the path of the file that is locked by the specified - lock_file object. The caller must free the memory. - -commit_lock_file:: - - Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized with an - earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update` or - `hold_lock_file_for_append`, close the file descriptor, and - rename the lockfile to its final destination. Return 0 upon - success. On failure, roll back the lock file and return -1, - with `errno` set to the value from the failing call to - `close(2)` or `rename(2)`. It is a bug to call - `commit_lock_file` for a `lock_file` object that is not - currently locked. - -commit_lock_file_to:: - - Like `commit_lock_file()`, except that it takes an explicit - `path` argument to which the lockfile should be renamed. The - `path` must be on the same filesystem as the lock file. - -rollback_lock_file:: - - Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized with an - earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update` or - `hold_lock_file_for_append`, close the file descriptor and - remove the lockfile. It is a NOOP to call - `rollback_lock_file()` for a `lock_file` object that has - already been committed or rolled back. - -close_lock_file:: - - Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized with an - earlier call to `hold_lock_file_for_update` or - `hold_lock_file_for_append`. Close the file descriptor (and - the file pointer if it has been opened using - `fdopen_lock_file`). Return 0 upon success. On failure to - `close(2)`, return a negative value and roll back the lock - file. Usually `commit_lock_file`, `commit_lock_file_to`, or - `rollback_lock_file` should eventually be called if - `close_lock_file` succeeds. - -reopen_lock_file:: - - Re-open a lockfile that has been closed (using - `close_lock_file`) but not yet committed or rolled back. This - can be used to implement a sequence of operations like the - following: - - * Lock file. - - * Write new contents to lockfile, then `close_lock_file` to - cause the contents to be written to disk. - - * Pass the name of the lockfile to another program to allow it - (and nobody else) to inspect the contents you wrote, while - still holding the lock yourself. - - * `reopen_lock_file` to reopen the lockfile. Make further - updates to the contents. - - * `commit_lock_file` to make the final version permanent. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 1f2db31..5f0757d 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: Introduce an option with integer argument. The integer is put into `int_var`. +`OPT_MAGNITUDE(short, long, &unsigned_long_var, description)`:: + Introduce an option with a size argument. The argument must be a + non-negative integer and may include a suffix of 'k', 'm' or 'g' to + scale the provided value by 1024, 1024^2 or 1024^3 respectively. + The scaled value is put into `unsigned_long_var`. + `OPT_DATE(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: Introduce an option with date argument, see `approxidate()`. The timestamp is put into `int_var`. @@ -212,6 +218,19 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: Use it to hide deprecated options that are still to be recognized and ignored silently. +`OPT_PASSTHRU(short, long, &char_var, arg_str, description, flags)`:: + Introduce an option that will be reconstructed into a char* string, + which must be initialized to NULL. This is useful when you need to + pass the command-line option to another command. Any previous value + will be overwritten, so this should only be used for options where + the last one specified on the command line wins. + +`OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(short, long, &argv_array_var, arg_str, description, flags)`:: + Introduce an option where all instances of it on the command-line will + be reconstructed into an argv_array. This is useful when you need to + pass the command-line option, which can be specified multiple times, + to another command. + The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt index 02adfd4..37379d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Iteration of refs is done by using an iterate function which will call a callback function for every ref. The callback function has this signature: - int handle_one_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, + int handle_one_ref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid, int flags, void *cb_data); There are different kinds of iterate functions which all take a diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt index 5d245aa..2cfdd22 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt @@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ It contains: The name of the remote listed in the configuration. -`remote`:: - - The struct remote for that remote. - `merge_name`:: An array of the "merge" lines in the configuration. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt index b7093af..7392ff6 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Git index format - The directory name terminated by NUL. - - A number of untrached file/dir names terminated by NUL. + - A number of untracked file/dir names terminated by NUL. The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type: diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt index fc09c63..4064fc7 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Packfile transfer protocols =========================== -Git supports transferring data in packfiles over the ssh://, git:// and +Git supports transferring data in packfiles over the ssh://, git://, http:// and file:// transports. There exist two sets of protocols, one for pushing data from a client to a server and another for fetching data from a -server to a client. All three transports (ssh, git, file) use the same -protocol to transfer data. +server to a client. The three transports (ssh, git, file) use the same +protocol to transfer data. http is documented in http-protocol.txt. The processes invoked in the canonical Git implementation are 'upload-pack' on the server side and 'fetch-pack' on the client side for fetching data; diff --git a/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt b/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt index 242a044..4a8be4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt @@ -41,13 +41,17 @@ With a `USE_STDEV` compile-time option, `st_dev` is also compared, but this is not enabled by default because this member is not stable on network filesystems. With `USE_NSEC` compile-time option, `st_mtim.tv_nsec` and `st_ctim.tv_nsec` -members are also compared, but this is not enabled by default +members are also compared. On Linux, this is not enabled by default because in-core timestamps can have finer granularity than on-disk timestamps, resulting in meaningless changes when an inode is evicted from the inode cache. See commit 8ce13b0 of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git ([PATCH] Sync in core time granularity with filesystems, -2005-01-04). +2005-01-04). This patch is included in kernel 2.6.11 and newer, but +only fixes the issue for file systems with exactly 1 ns or 1 s +resolution. Other file systems are still broken in current Linux +kernels (e.g. CEPH, CIFS, NTFS, UDF), see +https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/6/9/714 Racy Git -------- |