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diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 4797b2d..8a8a395 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ install-pdf: pdf install-html: html '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) -../GIT-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE +../GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE $(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) GIT-VERSION-FILE -include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE @@ -337,4 +337,4 @@ quick-install-man: quick-install-html: '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) -.PHONY: .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE +.PHONY: FORCE diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b24beb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Git v1.6.5.8 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.5.7 +-------------------- + +* "git count-objects" did not handle packfiles that are bigger than 4G on + platforms with 32-bit off_t. + +* "git rebase -i" did not abort cleanly if it failed to launch the editor. + +* "git blame" did not work well when commit lacked the author name. + +* "git fast-import" choked when handling a tag that points at an object + that is not a commit. + +* "git reset --hard" did not work correctly when GIT_WORK_TREE environment + variable is used to point at the root of the true work tree. + +* "git grep" fed a buffer that is not NUL-terminated to underlying + regexec(). + +* "git checkout -m other" while on a branch that does not have any commit + segfaulted, instead of failing. + +* "git branch -a other" should have diagnosed the command as an error. + +Other minor documentation updates are also included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt index 4c88beb..f1d0a4a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt @@ -4,12 +4,34 @@ Git v1.6.6.1 Release Notes Fixes since v1.6.6 ------------------ + * "git blame" did not work well when commit lacked the author name. + + * "git branch -a name" wasn't diagnosed as an error. + + * "git count-objects" did not handle packfiles that are bigger than 4G on + platforms with 32-bit off_t. + + * "git checkout -m other" while on a branch that does not have any commit + segfaulted, instead of failing. + + * "git fast-import" choked when fed a tag that do not point at a + commit. + + * "git grep" finding from work tree files could have fed garbage to + the underlying regexec(3). + + * "git grep -L" didn't show empty files (they should never match, and + they should always appear in -L output as unmatching). + + * "git rebase -i" did not abort cleanly if it failed to launch the editor. + + * "git reset --hard" did not work correctly when GIT_WORK_TREE environment + variable is used to point at the root of the true work tree. + * http-backend was not listed in the command list in the documentation. -Other minor documentation updates are included. + * Building on FreeBSD (both 7 and 8) needs OLD_ICONV set in the Makefile + + * "git checkout -m some-branch" while on an unborn branch crashed. --- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.6-4-gd828fdb -echo O=$(git describe maint) -git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt index d66a973..7a49b47 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt @@ -44,18 +44,70 @@ Updates since v1.6.6 (subsystems) + * "git fast-import" updates; adds "option" and "feature" to detect the + mismatch between fast-import and the frontends that produce the input + stream. + (portability) + * Some more MSVC portability patches for msysgit port. + + * Minimum Pthreads emulation for msysgit port. + (performance) + * More performance improvement patches for msysgit port. + (usability, bells and whistles) + * More commands learned "--quiet" and "--[no-]progress" options. + + * Various commands given by the end user (e.g. diff.type.textconv, + and GIT_EDITOR) can be specified with command line arguments. E.g. it + is now possible to say "[diff "utf8doc"] textconv = nkf -w". + + * "sparse checkout" feature allows only part of the work tree to be + checked out. + + * HTTP transfer can use authentication scheme other than basic + (i.e./e.g. digest). + + * Switching from a version of superproject that used to have a submodule + to another version of superproject that no longer has it did not remove + the submodule directory when it should (namely, when you are not + interested in the submodule at all and didn't clone/checkout). + + * "git checkout A...B" is a way to detach HEAD at the merge base between + A and B. + * "git commit --date='<date>'" can be used to override the author date just like "git commit --author='<name> <email>'" can be used to override the author identity. + * "git commit --no-status" can be used to omit the listing of the index + and the work tree status in the editor used to prepare the log message. + + * "git fetch --all" can now be used in place of "git remote update". + + * "git push" learned "git push origin --delete branch", a syntactic sugar + for "git push origin :branch". + + * "git rebase --onto A...B" means the history is replayed on top of the + merge base between A and B. + + * Use of "git reset --merge" has become easier when resetting away a + conflicted mess left in the work tree. + + * "git rerere" had rerere.autoupdate configuration but there was no way + to countermand it from the command line; --no-rerere-autoupdate option + given to "merge", "revert", etc. fixes this. + * "git status" learned "-s(hort)" output format. +(developers) + + * The infrastructure to build foreign SCM interface has been updated. + Fixes since v1.6.6 ------------------ @@ -65,6 +117,6 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.6-101-gf012d27 +O=v1.6.6-263-ge33fd3c echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 1625ffc..4833cac 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ commit. files that were modified in the same commit. This is useful when you reorganize your program and move code around across files. When this option is given twice, - the command additionally looks for copies from all other - files in the parent for the commit that creates the file. + the command additionally looks for copies from other + files in the commit that creates the file. When this + option is given three times, the command additionally + looks for copies from other files in any commit. + <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 7da332f..8dcb191 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ advice.*:: Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to merge to avoid overwritting local changes. Default: true. + resolveConflict:: + Advices shown by various commands when conflicts + prevent the operation from being performed. + Default: true. + implicitIdentity:: + Advice on how to set your identity configuration when + your information is guessed from the system username and + domain name. Default: true. -- core.fileMode:: @@ -502,6 +510,10 @@ notes should be printed. This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. +core.sparseCheckout:: + Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in + linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information. + add.ignore-errors:: Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' @@ -537,7 +549,7 @@ apply.whitespace:: as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. branch.autosetupmerge:: - Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to setup new branches + Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set, this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` @@ -652,14 +664,6 @@ color.grep:: `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. -color.grep.external:: - The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep' - command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned - on. If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all, - turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default. - For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even - when a pager is used. - color.grep.match:: Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using @@ -712,6 +716,11 @@ color.ui:: terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false. +commit.status + A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the + commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit + message. Defaults to true. + commit.template:: Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages. "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the @@ -725,7 +734,7 @@ diff.autorefreshindex:: contents in the work tree match the contents in the index. This option defaults to true. Note that this affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level - 'diff' commands, such as 'git diff-files'. + 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'. diff.external:: If this config variable is set, diff generation is not @@ -841,8 +850,8 @@ format.pretty:: format.thread:: The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be - either a boolean value, `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` - threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, + a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading + makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. @@ -875,15 +884,12 @@ gc.autopacklimit:: default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it. gc.packrefs:: - 'git gc' does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by - default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch - from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets 'git gc' - to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells - 'git gc' never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is - `notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to - support such clients. The default setting will change to `true` - at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to - prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from 'git gc'. + Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it + unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb + transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether + 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `nobare` + to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a + boolean value. The default is `true`. gc.pruneexpire:: When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'. @@ -1139,6 +1145,12 @@ http.maxRequests:: How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5. +http.minSessions:: + The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across + requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until + http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this + value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1. + http.postBuffer:: Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP transports when POSTing data to the remote system. diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index 158a018..a27f439 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-p] [-w] [--incremental] [-L n,m] - [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>] + [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>] [--] <file> DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 7ccd742..f43c8b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -96,13 +96,19 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --quiet:: -q:: - Operate quietly. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' + Operate quietly. Progress is not reported to the standard + error stream. This flag is also passed to the `rsync' command when given. --verbose:: -v:: - Display the progress bar, even in case the standard output is not - a terminal. + Run verbosely. + +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. --no-checkout:: -n:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index c322c75..e99bb14 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run] [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] - [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...] + [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] [--] + [[-i | -o ]<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -224,6 +225,17 @@ specified. to be committed, paths with local changes that will be left uncommitted and paths that are untracked. +--status:: + Include the output of linkgit:git-status[1] in the commit + message template when using an editor to prepare the commit + message. Defaults to on, but can be used to override + configuration variable commit.status. + +--no-status:: + Do not include the output of linkgit:git-status[1] in the + commit message template when using an editor to prepare the + default commit message. + \--:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 3c8d895..543dd64 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>). -The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make +The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', to make 'git config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, -a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed, -no checks or transformations are performed on the value. +a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some +path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no +checks or transformations are performed on the value. The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file' which specify where the values will be read from or written to. @@ -136,6 +137,13 @@ See also <<FILES>>. 'git config' will ensure that the output matches the format of either --bool or --int, as described above. +--path:: + 'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of + '$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the + specified user. This option has no effect when setting the + value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the + command line to let your shell do the expansion). + -z:: --null:: For all options that output values and/or keys, always diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index d4de2e8..dbb053e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -277,6 +277,21 @@ In `dbdriver` and `dbuser` you can use the following variables: If no name can be determined, the numeric uid is used. +ENVIRONMENT +----------- + +These variables obviate the need for command-line options in some +circumstances, allowing easier restricted usage through git-shell. + +GIT_CVSSERVER_BASE_PATH takes the place of the argument to --base-path. + +GIT_CVSSERVER_ROOT specifies a single-directory whitelist. The +repository must still be configured to allow access through +git-cvsserver, as described above. + +When these environment variables are set, the corresponding +command-line arguments may not be used. + Eclipse CVS Client Notes ------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 0ac7112..723a648 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ $ git diff -R <2> rewrites (very expensive). <2> Output diff in reverse. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-difftool[1]:: + Show changes using common diff tools Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 4c9422d..8250bad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools SYNOPSIS -------- -'git difftool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<'git diff' options>] +'git difftool' [<options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents of the diff post-image. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`. +-x <command>:: +--extcmd=<command>:: + Specify a custom command for viewing diffs. + 'git-difftool' ignores the configured defaults and runs + `$command $LOCAL $REMOTE` when this option is specified. + +-g:: +--gui:: + When 'git-difftool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option + the default diff tool will be read from the configured + `diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`. + See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options. CONFIG VARIABLES @@ -68,6 +80,9 @@ difftool equivalents have not been defined. diff.tool:: The default diff tool to use. +diff.guitool:: + The default diff tool to use when `--gui` is specified. + difftool.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case your tool is not in the PATH. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 91ca302..ff4022c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ OPTIONS set of marks. If a mark is defined to different values, the last file wins. +--relative-marks:: + After specifying --relative-marks= the paths specified + with --import-marks= and --export-marks= are relative + to an internal directory in the current repository. + In git-fast-import this means that the paths are relative + to the .git/info/fast-import directory. However, other + importers may use a different location. + +--no-relative-marks:: + Negates a previous --relative-marks. Allows for combining + relative and non-relative marks by interweaving + --(no-)-relative-marks= with the --(import|export)-marks= + options. + --export-pack-edges=<file>:: After creating a packfile, print a line of data to <file> listing the filename of the packfile and the last @@ -303,6 +317,15 @@ and control the current import process. More detailed discussion standard output. This command is optional and is not needed to perform an import. +`feature`:: + Require that fast-import supports the specified feature, or + abort if it does not. + +`option`:: + Specify any of the options listed under OPTIONS that do not + change stream semantic to suit the frontend's needs. This + command is optional and is not needed to perform an import. + `commit` ~~~~~~~~ Create or update a branch with a new commit, recording one logical @@ -846,6 +869,62 @@ 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. +`feature` +~~~~~~~~~ +Require that fast-import supports the specified feature, or abort if +it does not. + +.... + 'feature' SP <feature> LF +.... + +The <feature> part of the command may be any string matching +^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z-]*$ and should be understood by fast-import. + +Feature work identical as their option counterparts with the +exception of the import-marks feature, see below. + +The following features are currently supported: + +* date-format +* import-marks +* export-marks +* relative-marks +* no-relative-marks +* force + +The import-marks behaves differently from when it is specified as +commandline option in that only one "feature import-marks" is allowed +per stream. Also, any --import-marks= specified on the commandline +will override those from the stream (if any). + +`option` +~~~~~~~~ +Processes the specified option so that git fast-import behaves in a +way that suits the frontend's needs. +Note that options specified by the frontend are overridden by any +options the user may specify to git fast-import itself. + +.... + 'option' SP <option> LF +.... + +The `<option>` part of the command may contain any of the options +listed in the OPTIONS section that do not change import semantics, +without the leading '--' and is treated in the same way. + +Option commands must be the first commands on the input (not counting +feature commands), to give an option command after any non-option +command is an error. + +The following commandline options change import semantics and may therefore +not be passed as option: + +* date-format +* import-marks +* export-marks +* force + Crash Reports ------------- If fast-import is supplied invalid input it will terminate with a diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index 4b2edd3..07931c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protcol and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients pushing using the smart HTTP protocol. +It verifies that the directory has the magic file +"git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any git directory +that hasn't explicitly been marked for export this way (unless the +GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable is set). + By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from 'git fetch', 'git pull', and 'git clone'. If the client is authenticated, @@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ Apache 2.x:: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git +SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- + @@ -157,6 +163,10 @@ by the invoking web server, including: * QUERY_STRING * REQUEST_METHOD +The GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable may be passed to +'git-http-backend' to bypass the check for the "git-daemon-export-ok" +file in each repository before allowing export of that repository. + The backend process sets GIT_COMMITTER_NAME to '$REMOTE_USER' and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to '$\{REMOTE_USER}@http.$\{REMOTE_ADDR\}', ensuring that any reflogs created by 'git-receive-pack' contain some diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 7faba23..af409bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ OPTIONS Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by a space) at the start of each line: H:: cached + S:: skip-worktree M:: unmerged R:: removed/deleted C:: modified/changed diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index c88bebe..d4ef0d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]... - [-m <msg>] <commit>... + [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <commit>... 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>... DESCRIPTION @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] used to give a good default for automated 'git merge' invocations. +--rerere-autoupdate:: +--no-rerere-autoupdate:: + Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the + result of auto-conflict resolution if possible. + <commit>...:: Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch. You need at least one <commit>. Specifying more than one diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 0412b48..c63932b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git push' [--all | --mirror | --tags] [-n | --dry-run] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] - [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose] + [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose] [-u | --set-upstream] [<repository> <refspec>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below). will be tab-separated and sent to stdout instead of stderr. The full symbolic names of the refs will be given. +--delete:: + All listed refs are deleted from the remote repository. This is + the same as prefixing all refs with a colon. + --tags:: All refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` are pushed, in addition to refspecs explicitly listed on the command @@ -118,6 +122,13 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below). the name "origin" is used. For this latter case, this option can be used to override the name "origin". In other words, the difference between these two commands + +-u:: +--set-upstream:: + For every branch that is up to date or successfully pushed, add + upstream (tracking) reference, used by argument-less + linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information, + see 'branch.<name>.merge' in linkgit:git-config[1]. + -------------------------- git push public #1 diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index a31a4cb..567671c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- 'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] - [--index-output=<file>] + [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]] @@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ OPTIONS directories the index file and index output file are located in. +--no-sparse-checkout:: + Disable sparse checkout support even if `core.sparseCheckout` + is true. + <tree-ish#>:: The id of the tree object(s) to be read/merged. @@ -360,6 +364,52 @@ middle of doing, and when your working tree is ready (i.e. you have finished your work-in-progress), attempt the merge again. +Sparse checkout +--------------- + +"Sparse checkout" allows to sparsely populate working directory. +It uses skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell +Git whether a file on working directory is worth looking at. + +"git read-tree" and other merge-based commands ("git merge", "git +checkout"...) can help maintaining skip-worktree bitmap and working +directory update. `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is used to +define the skip-worktree reference bitmap. When "git read-tree" needs +to update working directory, it will reset skip-worktree bit in index +based on this file, which uses the same syntax as .gitignore files. +If an entry matches a pattern in this file, skip-worktree will be +set on that entry. Otherwise, skip-worktree will be unset. + +Then it compares the new skip-worktree value with the previous one. If +skip-worktree turns from unset to set, it will add the corresponding +file back. If it turns from set to unset, that file will be removed. + +While `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is usually used to specify what +files are in. You can also specify what files are _not_ in, using +negate patterns. For example, to remove file "unwanted": + +---------------- +* +!unwanted +---------------- + +Another tricky thing is fully repopulating working directory when you +no longer want sparse checkout. You cannot just disable "sparse +checkout" because skip-worktree are still in the index and you working +directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate working +directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as +follows: + +---------------- +* +---------------- + +Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in "git +read-tree" and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to +turn `core.sparseCheckout` on in order to have sparse checkout +support. + + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-write-tree[1]; linkgit:git-ls-files[1]; diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 105e895..89a957e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -308,6 +308,16 @@ which makes little sense. root commits will be rewritten to have <newbase> as parent instead. +--autosquash:: + When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or + "fixup! ..."), and there is a commit whose title begins with + the same ..., automatically modify the todo list of rebase -i + so that the commit marked for quashing come right after the + commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved + commit from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup`). ++ +This option is only valid when '--interactive' option is used. + include::merge-strategies.txt[] NOTES @@ -382,9 +392,12 @@ If you just want to edit the commit message for a commit, replace the command "pick" with the command "reword". If you want to fold two or more commits into one, replace the command -"pick" with "squash" for the second and subsequent commit. If the -commits had different authors, it will attribute the squashed commit to -the author of the first commit. +"pick" for the second and subsequent commits with "squash" or "fixup". +If the commits had different authors, the folded commit will be +attributed to the author of the first commit. The suggested commit +message for the folded commit is the concatenation of the commit +messages of the first commit and of those with the "squash" command, +but omits the commit messages of commits with the "fixup" command. 'git rebase' will stop when "pick" has been replaced with "edit" or when a command fails due to merge errors. When you are done editing @@ -512,8 +525,8 @@ Easy case: The changes are literally the same.:: Hard case: The changes are not the same.:: This happens if the 'subsystem' rebase had conflicts, or used - `\--interactive` to omit, edit, or squash commits; or if the - upstream used one of `commit \--amend`, `reset`, or + `\--interactive` to omit, edit, squash, or fixup commits; or + if the upstream used one of `commit \--amend`, `reset`, or `filter-branch`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt index 5cfdc0c..4685a89 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ Commands are given by the caller on the helper's standard input, one per line. 'capabilities':: Lists the capabilities of the helper, one per line, ending - with a blank line. + with a blank line. Each capability may be preceeded with '*'. + This marks them mandatory for git version using the remote + helper to understand (unknown mandatory capability is fatal + error). 'list':: Lists the refs, one per line, in the format "<value> <name> @@ -90,6 +93,20 @@ Supported if the helper has the "push" capability. + Supported if the helper has the "import" capability. +'connect' <service>:: + Connects to given service. Standard input and standard output + of helper are connected to specified service (git prefix is + included in service name so e.g. fetching uses 'git-upload-pack' + as service) on remote side. Valid replies to this command are + empty line (connection established), 'fallback' (no smart + transport support, fall back to dumb transports) and just + exiting with error message printed (can't connect, don't + bother trying to fall back). After line feed terminating the + positive (empty) response, the output of service starts. After + the connection ends, the remote helper exits. ++ +Supported if the helper has the "connect" capability. + If a fatal error occurs, the program writes the error message to stderr and exits. The caller should expect that a suitable error message has been printed if the child closes the connection without @@ -123,6 +140,9 @@ CAPABILITIES all, it must cover all refs reported by the list command; if it is not used, it is effectively "*:*" +'connect':: + This helper supports the 'connect' command. + REF LIST ATTRIBUTES ------------------- @@ -165,9 +185,15 @@ OPTIONS but don't actually change any repository data. For most helpers this only applies to the 'push', if supported. +'option servpath <c-style-quoted-path>':: + Set service path (--upload-pack, --receive-pack etc.) for + next connect. Remote helper MAY support this option. Remote + helper MUST NOT rely on this option being set before + connect request occurs. + Documentation ------------- -Documentation by Daniel Barkalow. +Documentation by Daniel Barkalow and Ilari Liusvaara GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 17c119d..168db08 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -62,11 +62,101 @@ This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see linkgit:git-add[1]). -q:: +--quiet:: Be quiet, only report errors. <commit>:: Commit to make the current HEAD. If not given defaults to HEAD. +DISCUSSION +---------- + +The tables below show what happens when running: + +---------- +git reset --option target +---------- + +to reset the HEAD to another commit (`target`) with the different +reset options depending on the state of the files. + +In these tables, A, B, C and D are some different states of a +file. For example, the first line of the first table means that if a +file is in state A in the working tree, in state B in the index, in +state C in HEAD and in state D in the target, then "git reset --soft +target" will put the file in state A in the working tree, in state B +in the index and in state D in HEAD. + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + A B C D --soft A B D + --mixed A D D + --hard D D D + --merge (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + A B C C --soft A B C + --mixed A C C + --hard C C C + --merge (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B B C D --soft B B D + --mixed B D D + --hard D D D + --merge D D D + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B B C C --soft B B C + --mixed B C C + --hard C C C + --merge C C C + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B C C D --soft B C D + --mixed B D D + --hard D D D + --merge (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B C C C --soft B C C + --mixed B C C + --hard C C C + --merge B C C + +"reset --merge" is meant to be used when resetting out of a conflicted +merge. Any mergy operation guarantees that the work tree file that is +involved in the merge does not have local change wrt the index before +it starts, and that it writes the result out to the work tree. So if +we see some difference between the index and the target and also +between the index and the work tree, then it means that we are not +resetting out from a state that a mergy operation left after failing +with a conflict. That is why we disallow --merge option in this case. + +The following tables show what happens when there are unmerged +entries: + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + X U A B --soft (disallowed) + --mixed X B B + --hard B B B + --merge B B B + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + X U A A --soft (disallowed) + --mixed X A A + --hard A A A + --merge A A A + +X means any state and U means an unmerged index. + Examples -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 82ae16e..d375f1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ OPTIONS --remotes:: Show tag refs found in `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes`. +--show-toplevel:: + Show the absolute path of the top-level directory. + --show-prefix:: When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the path of the current directory relative to the top-level diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index e8c19be..68dc187 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\* [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged] + [--skip-worktree | --no-skip-worktree] [--ignore-submodules] [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--info-only] [--index-info] @@ -103,6 +104,13 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually. Like '--refresh', but checks stat information unconditionally, without regard to the "assume unchanged" setting. +--skip-worktree:: +--no-skip-worktree:: + When one of these flags is specified, the object name recorded + for the paths are not updated. Instead, these options + set and unset the "skip-worktree" bit for the paths. See + section "Skip-worktree bit" below for more information. + -g:: --again:: Runs 'git update-index' itself on the paths whose index @@ -308,6 +316,27 @@ M foo.c <9> now it checks with lstat(2) and finds it has been changed. +Skip-worktree bit +----------------- + +Skip-worktree bit can be defined in one (long) sentence: When reading +an entry, if it is marked as skip-worktree, then Git pretends its +working directory version is up to date and read the index version +instead. + +To elaborate, "reading" means checking for file existence, reading +file attributes or file content. The working directory version may be +present or absent. If present, its content may match against the index +version or not. Writing is not affected by this bit, content safety +is still first priority. Note that Git _can_ update working directory +file, that is marked skip-worktree, if it is safe to do so (i.e. +working directory version matches index version) + +Although this bit looks similar to assume-unchanged bit, its goal is +different from assume-unchanged bit's. Skip-worktree also takes +precedence over assume-unchanged bit when both are set. + + Configuration ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 2c0f856..8c5f5b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.6.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6] +* link:v1.6.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.1] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt[1.6.6.1], link:RelNotes-1.6.6.txt[1.6.6]. -* link:v1.6.5.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.7] +* link:v1.6.5.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.8] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt[1.6.5.8], link:RelNotes-1.6.5.7.txt[1.6.5.7], link:RelNotes-1.6.5.6.txt[1.6.5.6], link:RelNotes-1.6.5.5.txt[1.6.5.5], diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index c005f37..f7815e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ interfaces on top of it called "porcelain". You may not want to use the plumbing directly very often, but it can be good to know what the plumbing does for when the porcelain isn't flushing. +Back when this document was originally written, many porcelain +commands were shell scripts. For simplicity, it still uses them as +examples to illustrate how plumbing is fit together to form the +porcelain commands. The source tree includes some of these scripts in +contrib/examples/ for reference. Although these are not implemented as +shell scripts anymore, the description of what the plumbing layer +commands do is still valid. + [NOTE] Deeper technical details are often marked as Notes, which you can skip on your first reading. diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt index 53a9168..1686a54 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt @@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ The placeholders are: - '%C(...)': color specification, as described in color.branch.* config option - '%m': left, right or boundary mark - '%n': newline +- '%%': a raw '%' - '%x00': print a byte from a hex code - '%w([<w>[,<i1>[,<i2>]]])': switch line wrapping, like the -w option of linkgit:git-shortlog[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt index 5bbd18f..add6f43 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ The result of the enumeration is left in these fields:: Calling sequence ---------------- +Note: index may be looked at for .gitignore files that are CE_SKIP_WORKTREE +marked. If you to exclude files, make sure you have loaded index first. + * Prepare `struct dir_struct dir` and clear it with `memset(&dir, 0, sizeof(dir))`. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt index a0e0f85..afe2759 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt @@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ character if the letter `n` appears after a `%`. The function returns the length of the placeholder recognized and `strbuf_expand()` skips over it. + +The format `%%` is automatically expanded to a single `%` as a quoting +mechanism; callers do not need to handle the `%` placeholder themselves, +and the callback function will not be invoked for this placeholder. ++ All other characters (non-percent and not skipped ones) are copied verbatim to the strbuf. If the callback returned zero, meaning that the placeholder is unknown, then the percent sign is copied, too. @@ -214,6 +218,13 @@ which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit. placeholder and replacement string. The array needs to be terminated by an entry with placeholder set to NULL. +`strbuf_addbuf_percentquote`:: + + Append the contents of one strbuf to another, quoting any + percent signs ("%") into double-percents ("%%") in the + destination. This is useful for literal data to be fed to either + strbuf_expand or to the *printf family of functions. + `strbuf_addf`:: Add a formatted string to the buffer. |