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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-index.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-worktree.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitignore.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt100
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt2
11 files changed, 128 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 8c74a2c..f970a43 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ OPTIONS
Use the given <msg> as the commit message.
If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are
concatenated as separate paragraphs.
++
+The `-m` option is mutually exclusive with `-c`, `-C`, and `-F`.
-t <file>::
--template=<file>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
index 9dd19a1..ff446f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ with only spaces at the end of the commit message part, one blank line
will be added before the new trailer.
Existing trailers are extracted from the input message by looking for
-a group of one or more lines that (i) are all trailers, or (ii) contains at
+a group of one or more lines that (i) is all trailers, or (ii) contains at
least one Git-generated or user-configured trailer and consists of at
least 25% trailers.
The group must be preceded by one or more empty (or whitespace-only) lines.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index 82a4125..e73ef54 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-show - Show various types of objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git show' [options] <object>...
+'git show' [options] [<object>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
OPTIONS
-------
<object>...::
- The names of objects to show.
+ The names of objects to show (defaults to 'HEAD').
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 81cab9a..f9c91c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -149,14 +149,15 @@ the status.relativePaths config option below.
Short Format
~~~~~~~~~~~~
-In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
+In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as one of these
+forms
- XY PATH1 -> PATH2
+ XY PATH
+ XY ORIG_PATH -> PATH
-where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the " `-> PATH2`" part is
-shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
-index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The `XY` is a two-letter
-status code.
+where `ORIG_PATH` is where the renamed/copied contents came
+from. `ORIG_PATH` is only shown when the entry is renamed or
+copied. The `XY` is a two-letter status code.
The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
@@ -183,15 +184,17 @@ in which case `XY` are `!!`.
X Y Meaning
-------------------------------------------------
- [MD] not updated
+ [AMD] not updated
M [ MD] updated in index
A [ MD] added to index
- D [ M] deleted from index
+ D deleted from index
R [ MD] renamed in index
C [ MD] copied in index
[MARC] index and work tree matches
[ MARC] M work tree changed since index
[ MARC] D deleted in work tree
+ [ D] R renamed in work tree
+ [ D] C copied in work tree
-------------------------------------------------
D D unmerged, both deleted
A U unmerged, added by us
@@ -309,13 +312,13 @@ Renamed or copied entries have the following format:
of similarity between the source and target of the
move or copy). For example "R100" or "C75".
<path> The pathname. In a renamed/copied entry, this
- is the path in the index and in the working tree.
+ is the target path.
<sep> When the `-z` option is used, the 2 pathnames are separated
with a NUL (ASCII 0x00) byte; otherwise, a tab (ASCII 0x09)
byte separates them.
- <origPath> The pathname in the commit at HEAD. This is only
- present in a renamed/copied entry, and tells
- where the renamed/copied contents came from.
+ <origPath> The pathname in the commit at HEAD or in the index.
+ This is only present in a renamed/copied entry, and
+ tells where the renamed/copied contents came from.
--------------------------------------------------------
Unmerged entries have the following format; the first character is
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index ff61200..71c5618 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]::
Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
submodule path and the output of 'git describe' for the
- SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
- initialized, `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
+ SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will possibly be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is
+ not initialized, `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
repository and `U` if the submodule has merge conflicts.
+
@@ -132,15 +132,15 @@ expects by cloning missing submodules and updating the working tree of
the submodules. The "updating" can be done in several ways depending
on command line options and the value of `submodule.<name>.update`
configuration variable. The command line option takes precedence over
-the configuration variable. if neither is given, a checkout is performed.
-update procedures supported both from the command line as well as setting
-`submodule.<name>.update`:
+the configuration variable. If neither is given, a 'checkout' is performed.
+The 'update' procedures supported both from the command line as well as
+through the `submodule.<name>.update` configuration are:
checkout;; the commit recorded in the superproject will be
checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD.
+
If `--force` is specified, the submodule will be checked out (using
-`git checkout --force` if appropriate), even if the commit specified
+`git checkout --force`), even if the commit specified
in the index of the containing repository already matches the commit
checked out in the submodule.
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ checked out in the submodule.
merge;; the commit recorded in the superproject will be merged
into the current branch in the submodule.
-The following procedures are only available via the `submodule.<name>.update`
-configuration variable:
+The following 'update' procedures are only available via the
+`submodule.<name>.update` configuration variable:
custom command;; arbitrary shell command that takes a single
argument (the sha1 of the commit recorded in the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index bdb0342..ad2383d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -484,8 +484,8 @@ the `core.fsmonitor` configuration variable (see
linkgit:git-config[1]) than using the `--fsmonitor` option to
`git update-index` in each repository, especially if you want to do so
across all repositories you use, because you can set the configuration
-variable to `true` (or `false`) in your `$HOME/.gitconfig` just once
-and have it affect all repositories you touch.
+variable in your `$HOME/.gitconfig` just once and have it affect all
+repositories you touch.
When the `core.fsmonitor` configuration variable is changed, the
file system monitor is added to or removed from the index the next time
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 41585f5..5ac3f68 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ is linked to the current repository, sharing everything except working
directory specific files such as HEAD, index, etc. `-` may also be
specified as `<commit-ish>`; it is synonymous with `@{-1}`.
+
-If <commit-ish> is a branch name (call it `<branch>` and is not found,
+If <commit-ish> is a branch name (call it `<branch>`) and is not found,
and neither `-b` nor `-B` nor `--detach` are used, but there does
exist a tracking branch in exactly one remote (call it `<remote>`)
-with a matching name, treat as equivalent to
+with a matching name, treat as equivalent to:
++
------------
$ git worktree add --track -b <branch> <path> <remote>/<branch>
------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 3f4161a..8163b57 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -646,6 +646,16 @@ of clones and fetches.
variable.
See `GIT_TRACE` for available trace output options.
+`GIT_TRACE_CURL_NO_DATA`::
+ When a curl trace is enabled (see `GIT_TRACE_CURL` above), do not dump
+ data (that is, only dump info lines and headers).
+
+`GIT_REDACT_COOKIES`::
+ This can be set to a comma-separated list of strings. When a curl trace
+ is enabled (see `GIT_TRACE_CURL` above), whenever a "Cookies:" header
+ sent by the client is dumped, values of cookies whose key is in that
+ list (case-sensitive) are redacted.
+
`GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS`::
Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. For example,
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 63260f0..ff5d7f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -102,12 +102,11 @@ PATTERN FORMAT
(relative to the toplevel of the work tree if not from a
`.gitignore` file).
- - Otherwise, Git treats the pattern as a shell glob suitable
- for consumption by fnmatch(3) with the FNM_PATHNAME flag:
- wildcards in the pattern will not match a / in the pathname.
- For example, "Documentation/{asterisk}.html" matches
- "Documentation/git.html" but not "Documentation/ppc/ppc.html"
- or "tools/perf/Documentation/perf.html".
+ - Otherwise, Git treats the pattern as a shell glob: "`*`" matches
+ anything except "`/`", "`?`" matches any one character except "`/`"
+ and "`[]`" matches one character in a selected range. See
+ fnmatch(3) and the FNM_PATHNAME flag for a more detailed
+ description.
- A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname.
For example, "/{asterisk}.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not
diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 030c974..3b9faab 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ The `gitlink` entry contains the object name of the commit that the
superproject expects the submodule's working directory to be at.
The section `submodule.foo.*` in the `.gitmodules` file gives additional
-hints to Gits porcelain layer such as where to obtain the submodule via
-the `submodule.foo.url` setting.
+hints to Git's porcelain layer. For example, the `submodule.foo.url`
+setting specifies where to obtain the submodule.
Submodules can be used for at least two different use cases:
@@ -51,18 +51,21 @@ Submodules can be used for at least two different use cases:
2. Splitting a (logically single) project into multiple
repositories and tying them back together. This can be used to
- overcome current limitations of Gits implementation to have
+ overcome current limitations of Git's implementation to have
finer grained access:
- * Size of the git repository:
+ * Size of the Git repository:
In its current form Git scales up poorly for large repositories containing
content that is not compressed by delta computation between trees.
- However you can also use submodules to e.g. hold large binary assets
- and these repositories are then shallowly cloned such that you do not
+ For example, you can use submodules to hold large binary assets
+ and these repositories can be shallowly cloned such that you do not
have a large history locally.
* Transfer size:
In its current form Git requires the whole working tree present. It
does not allow partial trees to be transferred in fetch or clone.
+ If the project you work on consists of multiple repositories tied
+ together as submodules in a superproject, you can avoid fetching the
+ working trees of the repositories you are not interested in.
* Access control:
By restricting user access to submodules, this can be used to implement
read/write policies for different users.
@@ -73,9 +76,10 @@ The configuration of submodules
Submodule operations can be configured using the following mechanisms
(from highest to lowest precedence):
- * The command line for those commands that support taking submodule specs.
- Most commands have a boolean flag '--recurse-submodules' whether to
- recurse into submodules. Examples are `ls-files` or `checkout`.
+ * The command line for those commands that support taking submodules
+ as part of their pathspecs. Most commands have a boolean flag
+ `--recurse-submodules` which specify whether to recurse into submodules.
+ Examples are `grep` and `checkout`.
Some commands take enums, such as `fetch` and `push`, where you can
specify how submodules are affected.
@@ -87,8 +91,8 @@ Submodule operations can be configured using the following mechanisms
For example an effect from the submodule's `.gitignore` file
would be observed when you run `git status --ignore-submodules=none` in
the superproject. This collects information from the submodule's working
-directory by running `status` in the submodule, which does pay attention
-to its `.gitignore` file.
+directory by running `status` in the submodule while paying attention
+to the `.gitignore` file of the submodule.
+
The submodule's `$GIT_DIR/config` file would come into play when running
`git push --recurse-submodules=check` in the superproject, as this would
@@ -97,20 +101,20 @@ remotes are configured in the submodule as usual in the `$GIT_DIR/config`
file.
* The configuration file `$GIT_DIR/config` in the superproject.
- Typical configuration at this place is controlling if a submodule
- is recursed into at all via the `active` flag for example.
+ Git only recurses into active submodules (see "ACTIVE SUBMODULES"
+ section below).
+
If the submodule is not yet initialized, then the configuration
-inside the submodule does not exist yet, so configuration where to
+inside the submodule does not exist yet, so where to
obtain the submodule from is configured here for example.
- * the `.gitmodules` file inside the superproject. Additionally to the
- required mapping between submodule's name and path, a project usually
+ * The `.gitmodules` file inside the superproject. A project usually
uses this file to suggest defaults for the upstream collection
- of repositories.
+ of repositories for the mapping that is required between a
+ submodule's name and its path.
+
-This file mainly serves as the mapping between name and path in
-the superproject, such that the submodule's git directory can be
+This file mainly serves as the mapping between the name and path of submodules
+in the superproject, such that the submodule's Git directory can be
located.
+
If the submodule has never been initialized, this is the only place
@@ -137,8 +141,8 @@ directory is automatically moved to `$GIT_DIR/modules/<name>/`
of the superproject.
* Deinitialized submodule: A `gitlink`, and a `.gitmodules` entry,
-but no submodule working directory. The submodule's git directory
-may be there as after deinitializing the git directory is kept around.
+but no submodule working directory. The submodule's Git directory
+may be there as after deinitializing the Git directory is kept around.
The directory which is supposed to be the working directory is empty instead.
+
A submodule can be deinitialized by running `git submodule deinit`.
@@ -160,6 +164,60 @@ from another repository.
To completely remove a submodule, manually delete
`$GIT_DIR/modules/<name>/`.
+ACTIVE SUBMODULES
+-----------------
+
+A submodule is considered active,
+
+ (a) if `submodule.<name>.active` is set to `true`
+ or
+ (b) if the submodule's path matches the pathspec in `submodule.active`
+ or
+ (c) if `submodule.<name>.url` is set.
+
+and these are evaluated in this order.
+
+For example:
+
+ [submodule "foo"]
+ active = false
+ url = https://example.org/foo
+ [submodule "bar"]
+ active = true
+ url = https://example.org/bar
+ [submodule "baz"]
+ url = https://example.org/baz
+
+In the above config only the submodule 'bar' and 'baz' are active,
+'bar' due to (a) and 'baz' due to (c). 'foo' is inactive because
+(a) takes precedence over (c)
+
+Note that (c) is a historical artefact and will be ignored if the
+(a) and (b) specify that the submodule is not active. In other words,
+if we have an `submodule.<name>.active` set to `false` or if the
+submodule's path is excluded in the pathspec in `submodule.active`, the
+url doesn't matter whether it is present or not. This is illustrated in
+the example that follows.
+
+ [submodule "foo"]
+ active = true
+ url = https://example.org/foo
+ [submodule "bar"]
+ url = https://example.org/bar
+ [submodule "baz"]
+ url = https://example.org/baz
+ [submodule "bob"]
+ ignore = true
+ [submodule]
+ active = b*
+ active = :(exclude) baz
+
+In here all submodules except 'baz' (foo, bar, bob) are active.
+'foo' due to its own active flag and all the others due to the
+submodule active pathspec, which specifies that any submodule
+starting with 'b' except 'baz' are also active, regardless of the
+presence of the .url field.
+
Workflow for a third party library
----------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt
index 3dce003..ee907c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ submodule config cache API
The submodule config cache API allows to read submodule
configurations/information from specified revisions. Internally
information is lazily read into a cache that is used to avoid
-unnecessary parsing of the same .gitmodule files. Lookups can be done by
+unnecessary parsing of the same .gitmodules files. Lookups can be done by
submodule path or name.
Usage