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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/.gitignore | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Makefile | 67 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/color.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/gpg.txt | 43 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/user.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-archive.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl | 10 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | Documentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl | 2 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | Documentation/lint-man-section-order.perl | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt | 24 |
13 files changed, 189 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/.gitignore b/Documentation/.gitignore index 9022d48..1c3771e 100644 --- a/Documentation/.gitignore +++ b/Documentation/.gitignore @@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ manpage-base-url.xsl SubmittingPatches.txt tmp-doc-diff/ GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS +/.build/ /GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 2021568..ed656db 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ endif ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s) ifndef V + QUIET = @ QUIET_ASCIIDOC = @echo ' ' ASCIIDOC $@; QUIET_XMLTO = @echo ' ' XMLTO $@; QUIET_DB2TEXI = @echo ' ' DB2TEXI $@; @@ -233,11 +234,15 @@ ifndef V QUIET_DBLATEX = @echo ' ' DBLATEX $@; QUIET_XSLTPROC = @echo ' ' XSLTPROC $@; QUIET_GEN = @echo ' ' GEN $@; - QUIET_LINT = @echo ' ' LINT $@; QUIET_STDERR = 2> /dev/null QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +@subdir= QUIET_SUBDIR1 = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo ' ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \ $(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir + + QUIET_LINT_GITLINK = @echo ' ' LINT GITLINK $<; + QUIET_LINT_MANSEC = @echo ' ' LINT MAN SEC $<; + QUIET_LINT_MANEND = @echo ' ' LINT MAN END $<; + export V endif endif @@ -285,7 +290,7 @@ install-html: html ../GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE $(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) GIT-VERSION-FILE -ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean) +ifneq ($(filter-out lint-docs clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),) -include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE endif @@ -344,6 +349,7 @@ GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS: FORCE fi clean: + $(RM) -rf .build/ $(RM) *.xml *.xml+ *.html *.html+ *.1 *.5 *.7 $(RM) *.texi *.texi+ *.texi++ git.info gitman.info $(RM) *.pdf @@ -457,14 +463,61 @@ quick-install-html: require-htmlrepo print-man1: @for i in $(MAN1_TXT); do echo $$i; done -lint-docs:: - $(QUIET_LINT)$(PERL_PATH) lint-gitlink.perl \ +## Lint: Common +.build: + $(QUIET)mkdir $@ +.build/lint-docs: | .build + $(QUIET)mkdir $@ + +## Lint: gitlink +.build/lint-docs/gitlink: | .build/lint-docs + $(QUIET)mkdir $@ +.build/lint-docs/gitlink/howto: | .build/lint-docs/gitlink + $(QUIET)mkdir $@ +.build/lint-docs/gitlink/config: | .build/lint-docs/gitlink + $(QUIET)mkdir $@ +LINT_DOCS_GITLINK = $(patsubst %.txt,.build/lint-docs/gitlink/%.ok,$(HOWTO_TXT) $(DOC_DEP_TXT)) +$(LINT_DOCS_GITLINK): | .build/lint-docs/gitlink +$(LINT_DOCS_GITLINK): | .build/lint-docs/gitlink/howto +$(LINT_DOCS_GITLINK): | .build/lint-docs/gitlink/config +$(LINT_DOCS_GITLINK): lint-gitlink.perl +$(LINT_DOCS_GITLINK): .build/lint-docs/gitlink/%.ok: %.txt + $(QUIET_LINT_GITLINK)$(PERL_PATH) lint-gitlink.perl \ + $< \ $(HOWTO_TXT) $(DOC_DEP_TXT) \ --section=1 $(MAN1_TXT) \ --section=5 $(MAN5_TXT) \ - --section=7 $(MAN7_TXT); \ - $(PERL_PATH) lint-man-end-blurb.perl $(MAN_TXT); \ - $(PERL_PATH) lint-man-section-order.perl $(MAN_TXT); + --section=7 $(MAN7_TXT) >$@ +.PHONY: lint-docs-gitlink +lint-docs-gitlink: $(LINT_DOCS_GITLINK) + +## Lint: man-end-blurb +.build/lint-docs/man-end-blurb: | .build/lint-docs + $(QUIET)mkdir $@ +LINT_DOCS_MAN_END_BLURB = $(patsubst %.txt,.build/lint-docs/man-end-blurb/%.ok,$(MAN_TXT)) +$(LINT_DOCS_MAN_END_BLURB): | .build/lint-docs/man-end-blurb +$(LINT_DOCS_MAN_END_BLURB): lint-man-end-blurb.perl +$(LINT_DOCS_MAN_END_BLURB): .build/lint-docs/man-end-blurb/%.ok: %.txt + $(QUIET_LINT_MANEND)$(PERL_PATH) lint-man-end-blurb.perl $< >$@ +.PHONY: lint-docs-man-end-blurb +lint-docs-man-end-blurb: $(LINT_DOCS_MAN_END_BLURB) + +## Lint: man-section-order +.build/lint-docs/man-section-order: | .build/lint-docs + $(QUIET)mkdir $@ +LINT_DOCS_MAN_SECTION_ORDER = $(patsubst %.txt,.build/lint-docs/man-section-order/%.ok,$(MAN_TXT)) +$(LINT_DOCS_MAN_SECTION_ORDER): | .build/lint-docs/man-section-order +$(LINT_DOCS_MAN_SECTION_ORDER): lint-man-section-order.perl +$(LINT_DOCS_MAN_SECTION_ORDER): .build/lint-docs/man-section-order/%.ok: %.txt + $(QUIET_LINT_MANSEC)$(PERL_PATH) lint-man-section-order.perl $< >$@ +.PHONY: lint-docs-man-section-order +lint-docs-man-section-order: $(LINT_DOCS_MAN_SECTION_ORDER) + +## Lint: list of targets above +.PHONY: lint-docs +lint-docs: lint-docs-gitlink +lint-docs: lint-docs-man-end-blurb +lint-docs: lint-docs-man-section-order ifeq ($(wildcard po/Makefile),po/Makefile) doc-l10n install-l10n:: diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt index c85385d..fdf7992 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git repack" has been taught to generate multi-pack reachability bitmaps. + * "git fsck" has been taught to report mismatch between expected and + actual types of an object better. + + * Use ssh public crypto for object and push-cert signing. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -173,6 +178,11 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * Prevent "make sparse" from running for the source files that haven't been modified. + * The codepath to write a new version of .midx multi-pack index files + has learned to release the mmaped memory holding the current + version of .midx before removing them from the disk, as some + platforms do not allow removal of a file that still has mapping. + Fixes since v2.33 ----------------- @@ -334,6 +344,30 @@ Fixes since v2.33 to be grabbed, which can cause the build&test to fail. Tighten it. (merge 7491ef6198 js/windows-ci-path-fix later to maint). + * Avoid performance measurements from getting ruined by gc and other + housekeeping pauses interfering in the middle. + (merge be79131a53 rs/disable-gc-during-perf-tests later to maint). + + * Stop "git add --dry-run" from creating new blob and tree objects. + (merge e578d0311d rs/add-dry-run-without-objects later to maint). + + * "git commit" gave duplicated error message when the object store + was unwritable, which has been corrected. + (merge 4ef91a2d79 ab/fix-commit-error-message-upon-unwritable-object-store later to maint). + + * Recent sparse-index addition, namely any use of index_name_pos(), + can expand sparse index entries and breaks any code that walks + cache-tree or existing index entries. One such instance of such a + breakage has been corrected. + + * The xxdiff difftool backend can exit with status 128, which the + difftool-helper that launches the backend takes as a significant + failure, when it is not significant at all. Work it around. + (merge 571f4348dd da/mergetools-special-case-xxdiff-exit-128 later to maint). + + * Improve test framework around unwritable directories. + (merge 5d22e18965 ab/test-cleanly-recreate-trash-directory later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge f188160be9 ab/bundle-remove-verbose-option later to maint). (merge 8c6b4332b4 rs/close-pack-leakfix later to maint). @@ -343,3 +377,7 @@ Fixes since v2.33 (merge 100c2da2d3 rs/p3400-lose-tac later to maint). (merge 76f3b69896 tb/aggregate-ignore-leading-whitespaces later to maint). (merge 6e4fd8bfcd tz/doc-link-to-bundle-format-fix later to maint). + (merge f6c013dfa1 jc/doc-commit-header-continuation-line later to maint). + (merge ec9a37d69b ab/pkt-line-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 8650c6298c ab/fix-make-lint-docs later to maint). + (merge 1c720357ce ab/test-lib-diff-cleanup later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 0c0e6b8..1167e88 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ path relative to Git's "runtime prefix", i.e. relative to the location where Git itself was installed. For example, `%(prefix)/bin/` refers to the directory in which the Git executable itself lives. If Git was compiled without runtime prefix support, the compiled-in prefix will be -subsituted instead. In the unlikely event that a literal path needs to +substituted instead. In the unlikely event that a literal path needs to be specified that should _not_ be expanded, it needs to be prefixed by `./`, like so: `./%(prefix)/bin`. diff --git a/Documentation/config/color.txt b/Documentation/config/color.txt index dd2d2e0..6e817f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/color.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/color.txt @@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ date settings, starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest. The metadata will be colored with the specified colors if the line was introduced before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors. - + Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g. `2.weeks.ago` is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks. - + It defaults to `blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red`, which colors everything older than one year blue, recent changes between diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt index d94025c..4f30c7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ gpg.program:: gpg.format:: Specifies which key format to use when signing with `--gpg-sign`. - Default is "openpgp" and another possible value is "x509". + Default is "openpgp". Other possible values are "x509", "ssh". gpg.<format>.program:: Use this to customize the program used for the signing format you chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default - value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm". + value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm" and `gpg.ssh.program` is "ssh-keygen". gpg.minTrustLevel:: Specifies a minimum trust level for signature verification. If @@ -33,3 +33,42 @@ gpg.minTrustLevel:: * `marginal` * `fully` * `ultimate` + +gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand: + This command that will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh + signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key is + expected in the first line of its output. To automatically use the first + available key from your ssh-agent set this to "ssh-add -L". + +gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile:: + A file containing ssh public keys which you are willing to trust. + The file consists of one or more lines of principals followed by an ssh + public key. + e.g.: user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1... + See ssh-keygen(1) "ALLOWED SIGNERS" for details. + The principal is only used to identify the key and is available when + verifying a signature. ++ +SSH has no concept of trust levels like gpg does. To be able to differentiate +between valid signatures and trusted signatures the trust level of a signature +verification is set to `fully` when the public key is present in the allowedSignersFile. +Otherwise the trust level is `undefined` and git verify-commit/tag will fail. ++ +This file can be set to a location outside of the repository and every developer +maintains their own trust store. A central repository server could generate this +file automatically from ssh keys with push access to verify the code against. +In a corporate setting this file is probably generated at a global location +from automation that already handles developer ssh keys. ++ +A repository that only allows signed commits can store the file +in the repository itself using a path relative to the top-level of the working tree. +This way only committers with an already valid key can add or change keys in the keyring. ++ +Using a SSH CA key with the cert-authority option +(see ssh-keygen(1) "CERTIFICATES") is also valid. + +gpg.ssh.revocationFile:: + Either a SSH KRL or a list of revoked public keys (without the principal prefix). + See ssh-keygen(1) for details. + If a public key is found in this file then it will always be treated + as having trust level "never" and signatures will show as invalid. diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index 59aec7c..ad78dce 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -36,3 +36,10 @@ user.signingKey:: commit, you can override the default selection with this variable. This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports. + If gpg.format is set to "ssh" this can contain the literal ssh public + key (e.g.: "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier") or a file which contains it and + corresponds to the private key used for signing. The private key + needs to be available via ssh-agent. Alternatively it can be set to + a file containing a private key directly. If not set git will call + gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the first + key available. diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 9f81728..bc4e76a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -93,12 +93,19 @@ BACKEND EXTRA OPTIONS zip ~~~ --0:: - Store the files instead of deflating them. --9:: - Highest and slowest compression level. You can specify any - number from 1 to 9 to adjust compression speed and ratio. +-<digit>:: + Specify compression level. Larger values allow the command + to spend more time to compress to smaller size. Supported + values are from `-0` (store-only) to `-9` (best ratio). + Default is `-6` if not given. +tar +~~~ +-<number>:: + Specify compression level. The value will be passed to the + compression command configured in `tar.<format>.command`. See + manual page of the configured command for the list of supported + levels and the default level if this option isn't specified. CONFIGURATION ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index d63c65e..281c5f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ OPTIONS --version:: Prints the Git suite version that the 'git' program came from. + -This option is internaly converted to `git version ...` and accepts +This option is internally converted to `git version ...` and accepts the same options as the linkgit:git-version[1] command. If `--help` is also given, it takes precedence over `--version`. diff --git a/Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl b/Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl index b22a367..1c61dd9 100755 --- a/Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl +++ b/Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl @@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ use warnings; # Parse arguments, a simple state machine for input like: # -# howto/*.txt config/*.txt --section=1 git.txt git-add.txt [...] --to-lint git-add.txt a-file.txt [...] +# <file-to-check.txt> <valid-files-to-link-to> --section=1 git.txt git-add.txt [...] --to-lint git-add.txt a-file.txt [...] my %TXT; my %SECTION; my $section; my $lint_these = 0; +my $to_check = shift @ARGV; for my $arg (@ARGV) { if (my ($sec) = $arg =~ /^--section=(\d+)$/s) { $section = $sec; @@ -30,13 +31,14 @@ sub report { my ($pos, $line, $target, $msg) = @_; substr($line, $pos) = "' <-- HERE"; $line =~ s/^\s+//; - print "$ARGV:$.: error: $target: $msg, shown with 'HERE' below:\n"; - print "$ARGV:$.:\t'$line\n"; + print STDERR "$ARGV:$.: error: $target: $msg, shown with 'HERE' below:\n"; + print STDERR "$ARGV:$.:\t'$line\n"; $exit_code = 1; } @ARGV = sort values %TXT; -die "BUG: Nothing to process!" unless @ARGV; +die "BUG: No list of valid linkgit:* files given" unless @ARGV; +@ARGV = $to_check; while (<>) { my $line = $_; while ($line =~ m/linkgit:((.*?)\[(\d)\])/g) { diff --git a/Documentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl b/Documentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl index d69312e..6bdb13a 100755 --- a/Documentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl +++ b/Documentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use warnings; my $exit_code = 0; sub report { my ($target, $msg) = @_; - print "error: $target: $msg\n"; + print STDERR "error: $target: $msg\n"; $exit_code = 1; } diff --git a/Documentation/lint-man-section-order.perl b/Documentation/lint-man-section-order.perl index b05f915..425377d 100755 --- a/Documentation/lint-man-section-order.perl +++ b/Documentation/lint-man-section-order.perl @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ my $SECTION_RX = do { my $exit_code = 0; sub report { my ($msg) = @_; - print "$ARGV:$.: $msg\n"; + print STDERR "$ARGV:$.: $msg\n"; $exit_code = 1; } diff --git a/Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt index 2c9406a..166721b 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/signature-format.txt @@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ Signatures always begin with `-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----` and end with `-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----`, unless gpg is told to produce RFC1991 signatures which use `MESSAGE` instead of `SIGNATURE`. +Signatures sometimes appear as a part of the normal payload +(e.g. a signed tag has the signature block appended after the payload +that the signature applies to), and sometimes appear in the value of +an object header (e.g. a merge commit that merged a signed tag would +have the entire tag contents on its "mergetag" header). In the case +of the latter, the usual multi-line formatting rule for object +headers applies. I.e. the second and subsequent lines are prefixed +with a SP to signal that the line is continued from the previous +line. + +This is even true for an originally empty line. In the following +examples, the end of line that ends with a whitespace letter is +highlighted with a `$` sign; if you are trying to recreate these +example by hand, do not cut and paste them---they are there +primarily to highlight extra whitespace at the end of some lines. + The signed payload and the way the signature is embedded depends on the type of the object resp. transaction. @@ -78,7 +94,7 @@ author A U Thor <author@example.com> 1465981137 +0000 committer C O Mitter <committer@example.com> 1465981137 +0000 gpgsig -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 - + $ iQEcBAABAgAGBQJXYRjRAAoJEGEJLoW3InGJ3IwIAIY4SA6GxY3BjL60YyvsJPh/ HRCJwH+w7wt3Yc/9/bW2F+gF72kdHOOs2jfv+OZhq0q4OAN6fvVSczISY/82LpS7 DVdMQj2/YcHDT4xrDNBnXnviDO9G7am/9OE77kEbXrp7QPxvhjkicHNwy2rEflAA @@ -128,13 +144,13 @@ mergetag object 04b871796dc0420f8e7561a895b52484b701d51a type commit tag signedtag tagger C O Mitter <committer@example.com> 1465981006 +0000 - + $ signed tag - + $ signed tag message body -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 - + $ iQEcBAABAgAGBQJXYRhOAAoJEGEJLoW3InGJklkIAIcnhL7RwEb/+QeX9enkXhxn rxfdqrvWd1K80sl2TOt8Bg/NYwrUBw/RWJ+sg/hhHp4WtvE1HDGHlkEz3y11Lkuh 8tSxS3qKTxXUGozyPGuE90sJfExhZlW4knIQ1wt/yWqM+33E9pN4hzPqLwyrdods |