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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-27 02:16:18 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-27 02:16:18 -0700
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Merge branch 'maint'
* maint: gitweb: Check git base URLs before generating URL from it Documentation: add git in /etc/services. Documentation: add upload-archive service to git-daemon. git-cherry: document limit and add diagram diff-format.txt: Correct information about pathnames quoting in patch format
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-format.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/everyday.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-daemon.txt12
4 files changed, 40 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index ed4ebcbab..e4520e28e 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
dissimilarity index <number>
index <hash>..<hash> <mode>
-3. TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are
- represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively.
+3. TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames
+ are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively.
+ If there is need for such substitution then the whole
+ pathname is put in double quotes.
combined diff format
diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt
index 278161f58..967767189 100644
--- a/Documentation/everyday.txt
+++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt
@@ -353,6 +353,13 @@ example of managing a shared central repository.
Examples
~~~~~~~~
+We assume the following in /etc/services::
++
+------------
+$ grep 9418 /etc/services
+git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control System
+------------
+
Run git-daemon to serve /pub/scm from inetd.::
+
------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
index e1bf8ee25..27b67b81a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>]
+'git-cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -18,7 +18,22 @@ Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have
equivalent change already
in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those
-that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol.
+that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol:
+
+ __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
+ /
+ fork-point
+ \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head>
+
+
+If a <limit> has been given then the commits along the <head> branch up
+to and including <limit> are not reported:
+
+ __*__*__*__*__> <upstream>
+ /
+ fork-point
+ \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head>
+
Because git-cherry compares the changeset rather than the commit id
(sha1), you can use git-cherry to find out if a commit you made locally
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 4b2ea2df3..993adc7c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ from `git-fetch`, `git-ls-remote`, and `git-clone`.
This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from
git repositories.
+An `upload-archive` also exists to serve `git-archive`.
+
OPTIONS
-------
--strict-paths::
@@ -155,8 +157,18 @@ upload-pack::
disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration
item to `false`.
+upload-archive::
+ This serves `git-archive --remote`.
+
EXAMPLES
--------
+We assume the following in /etc/services::
++
+------------
+$ grep 9418 /etc/services
+git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control System
+------------
+
git-daemon as inetd server::
To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles any
repository under the whitelisted set of directories, /pub/foo