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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-04-15 13:25:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-04-15 13:27:04 -0700 |
| commit | ed44fd045a8a4bcf7f30a47e4fc6aba761faaf78 (patch) | |
| tree | ccc8afe7eb85ec89347047f8e3fb5ff7f4c2f6a6 /Documentation | |
| parent | e0d48279d5a96bc02edac72c1d28fc38aed37c15 (diff) | |
| parent | 4d8b32a2e1758236c4c1b714f179892e3bce982c (diff) | |
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Merge v1.7.5-rc2 into jn/format-patch-doc
This is to sync with the recent updates in Documentation/SubmittingPatches
and Documentation/format-patch.txt
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
147 files changed, 780 insertions, 1317 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..18edcbf56 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +Git v1.7.5 Release Notes (draft) +======================== + +Updates since v1.7.4 +-------------------- + + * Various MinGW portability fixes. + + * Various git-p4 enhancements (in contrib). + + * Various vcs-svn, git-svn and gitk enhancements and fixes. + + * Various git-gui updates (0.14.0). + + * Update to more modern HP-UX port. + + * The codebase is getting prepared for i18n/l10n; no translated + strings nor translation mechanism in the code yet, but the strings + are being marked for l10n. + + * The bash completion script can now complete symmetric difference + for "git diff" command, e.g. "git diff ...bra<TAB>". + + * The default minimum length of abbreviated and unique object names + can now be configured by setting the core.abbrev configuration + variable. + + * "git apply -v" reports offset lines when the patch does not apply at + the exact location recorded in the diff output. + + * "git config" used to be also known as "git repo-config", but the old + name is now officially deprecated. + + * "git checkout --detach <commit>" is a more user friendly synonym for + "git checkout <commit>^0". + + * "git checkout" performed on detached HEAD gives a warning and + advice when the commit being left behind will become unreachable from + any branch or tag. + + * "git cherry-pick" and "git revert" can be told to use a custom merge + strategy, similar to "git rebase". + + * "git cherry-pick" remembers which commit failed to apply when it is + stopped by conflicts, making it unnecessary to use "commit -c $commit" + to conclude it. + + * "git cvsimport" bails out immediately when the cvs server cannot be + reached, without spewing unnecessary error messages that complain about + the server response it never got. + + * "git fetch" vs "git upload-pack" transfer learned 'no-done' + protocol extension to save one round-trip after the content + negotiation is done. This saves one HTTP RPC, reducing the overall + latency for a trivial fetch. + + * "git fetch" can be told to recursively fetch submodules on-demand. + + * "git grep -f <filename>" learned to treat "-" as "read from the + standard input stream". + + * "git grep --no-index" did not honor pathspecs correctly, returning + paths outside the specified area. + + * "git init" learned the --separate-git-dir option to allow the git + directory for a new repository created elsewhere and linked via the + gitdir mechanism. This is primarily to help submodule support later + to switch between a branch of superproject that has the submodule + and another that does not. + + * "git log" type commands now understand globbing pathspecs. You + can say "git log -- '*.txt'" for example. + + * "git log" family of commands learned --cherry and --cherry-mark + options that can be used to view two diverged branches while omitting + or highlighting equivalent changes that appear on both sides of a + symmetric difference (e.g. "log --cherry A...B"). + + * A lazy "git merge" that didn't say what to merge used to be an error. + When run on a branch that has an upstream defined, however, the command + now merges from the configured upstream. + + * "git mergetool" learned how to drive "beyond compare 3" as well. + + * "git rerere forget" without pathspec used to forget all the saved + conflicts that relate to the current merge; it now requires you to + give it pathspecs. + + * "git rev-list --objects $revs -- $pathspec" now limits the objects listed + in its output properly with the pathspec, in preparation for narrow + clones. + + * "git push" with no parameters gives better advice messages when + "tracking" is used as the push.default semantics or there is no remote + configured yet. + + * A possible value to the "push.default" configuration variable, + 'tracking', gained a synonym that more naturally describes what it + does, 'upstream'. + + * "git rerere" learned a new subcommand "remaining" that is similar to + "status" and lists the paths that had conflicts which are known to + rerere, but excludes the paths that have already been marked as + resolved in the index from its output. "git mergetool" has been + updated to use this facility. + +Also contains various documentation updates. + + +Fixes since v1.7.4 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in the v1.7.4.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + + * "git fetch" from a client that is mostly following the remote + needlessly told all of its refs to the server for both sides to + compute the set of objects that need to be transferred efficiently, + instead of stopping when the server heard enough. In a project with + many tags, this turns out to be extremely wasteful, especially over + the smart HTTP transport (sp/maint-{upload,fetch}-pack-stop-early~1). + + * "git fetch" run from a repository that uses the same repository as + its alternate object store as the repository it is fetching from + did not tell the server that it already has access to objects + reachable from the refs in their common alternate object store, + causing it to fetch unnecessary objects (jc/maint-fetch-alt). + + * "git remote add --mirror" created a configuration that is suitable for + doing both a mirror fetch and a mirror push at the same time, which + made little sense. We now warn and require the command line to specify + either --mirror=fetch or --mirror=push. + +--- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.7.5-rc2 +echo O=$(git describe 'master') +git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c3b0816ed..c6a503291 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ don't hide your real name. If you like, you can put extra tags at the end: -1. "Reported-by:" is used to to credit someone who found the bug that +1. "Reported-by:" is used to credit someone who found the bug that the patch attempts to fix. 2. "Acked-by:" says that the person who is more familiar with the area the patch attempts to modify liked the patch. @@ -608,4 +608,3 @@ following commands: Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail web interface will line wrap no matter what, so you need to use a real IMAP client). - diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 6babbc783..750c86d4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -897,9 +897,13 @@ diff.wordRegex:: characters are *ignorable* whitespace. fetch.recurseSubmodules:: - A boolean value which changes the behavior for fetch and pull, the - default is to not recursively fetch populated submodules unless - configured otherwise. + This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'. + Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to + unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not + recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default + value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule + when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's + reference. fetch.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects fetched over the git native @@ -1098,6 +1102,12 @@ All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given access method. +grep.lineNumber:: + If set to true, enable '-n' option by default. + +grep.extendedRegexp:: + If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. + gui.commitmsgwidth:: Defines how wide the commit message window is in the linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default. @@ -1817,7 +1827,7 @@ submodule.<name>.update:: linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules:: - This option can be used to enable/disable recursive fetching of this + This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules command line option to "git fetch" and "git pull". This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index f37276e5a..39d326abc 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -65,14 +65,33 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See linkgit:git-config[1]. ---[no-]recurse-submodules:: - This option controls if new commits of all populated submodules should - be fetched too (see linkgit:git-config[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5]). +--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: + This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of + populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a + boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to + unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to + 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any + value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule + when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's + reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule + clone. + +--no-recurse-submodules:: + Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as + using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option). --submodule-prefix=<path>:: Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used internally when recursing over submodules. + +--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]:: + This option is used internally to temporarily provide a + non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules + option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule + recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and + linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does + specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly. endif::git-pull[] -u:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index a03448f92..7eebbefe7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -378,14 +378,6 @@ linkgit:git-mv[1] linkgit:git-commit[1] linkgit:git-update-index[1] -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 4d37de639..6b1b5af64 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -189,15 +189,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-apply[1]. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt index 0590eec05..9eb75c37d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt @@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-blame[1] -AUTHOR ------- -Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 2dcfc097d..afd2c9ae5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -246,20 +246,10 @@ If `--index` is not specified, then the submodule commits in the patch are ignored and only the absence or presence of the corresponding subdirectory is checked and (if possible) updated. - SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-am[1]. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index 2411ce5bf..f4504ba9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -107,14 +107,6 @@ OPTIONS Archive/branch identifier in a format that `tla log` understands. -Author ------- -Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano, Martin Langhoff and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 66943fdf8..9c750e244 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -154,14 +154,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:gitattributes[5] -Author ------- -Written by Franck Bui-Huu and Rene Scharfe. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index c443e0f30..7b7bafba0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -342,14 +342,6 @@ $ git bisect run sh -c "make || exit 125; ~/check_test_case.sh" This shows that you can do without a run script if you write the test on a single line. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - SEE ALSO -------- link:git-bisect-lk2009.html[Fighting regressions with git bisect], diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index c71671b4f..c4d1ff86c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt @@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-annotate[1] -AUTHOR ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 9106d38e4..c50f18982 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -232,14 +232,6 @@ linkgit:git-remote[1], link:user-manual.html#what-is-a-branch[``Understanding history: What is a branch?''] in the Git User's Manual. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt index 299007b20..92b01ec25 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ You can also see what references it offers: $ git ls-remote mybundle ---------------- -Author ------- -Written by Mark Levedahl <mdl123@verizon.net> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index 544ba7ba2..2fb95bbd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -100,14 +100,6 @@ for each object specified on stdin that does not exist in the repository: <object> SP missing LF ------------ -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt index 50824e3a2..30eca6cee 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt @@ -86,15 +86,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:gitattributes[5]. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by James Bowes. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt index 0c0a9c14b..4d33e7be0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt @@ -172,18 +172,6 @@ $ git checkout-index --prefix=.merged- Makefile This will check out the currently cached copy of `Makefile` into the file `.merged-Makefile`. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, -Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 880763d39..1063f6902 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] [<commit>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... 'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] @@ -22,9 +23,10 @@ branch. 'git checkout' [<branch>]:: 'git checkout' -b|-B <new_branch> [<start point>]:: +'git checkout' [--detach] [<commit>]:: This form switches branches by updating the index, working - tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch. + tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch or commit. + If `-b` is given, a new branch is created as if linkgit:git-branch[1] were called and then checked out; in this case you can @@ -115,6 +117,13 @@ explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case. Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. +--detach:: + Rather than checking out a branch to work on it, check out a + commit for inspection and discardable experiments. + This is the default behavior of "git checkout <commit>" when + <commit> is not a branch name. See the "DETACHED HEAD" section + below for details. + --orphan:: Create a new 'orphan' branch, named <new_branch>, started from <start_point> and switch to it. The first commit made on this @@ -204,42 +213,140 @@ leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`. -Detached HEAD +DETACHED HEAD ------------- +HEAD normally refers to a named branch (e.g. 'master'). Meanwhile, each +branch refers to a specific commit. Let's look at a repo with three +commits, one of them tagged, and with branch 'master' checked out: + +------------ + HEAD (refers to branch 'master') + | + v +a---b---c branch 'master' (refers to commit 'c') + ^ + | + tag 'v2.0' (refers to commit 'b') +------------ -It is sometimes useful to be able to 'checkout' a commit that is -not at the tip of one of your branches. The most obvious -example is to check out the commit at a tagged official release -point, like this: +When a commit is created in this state, the branch is updated to refer to +the new commit. Specifically, 'git commit' creates a new commit 'd', whose +parent is commit 'c', and then updates branch 'master' to refer to new +commit 'd'. HEAD still refers to branch 'master' and so indirectly now refers +to commit 'd': ------------ -$ git checkout v2.6.18 +$ edit; git add; git commit + + HEAD (refers to branch 'master') + | + v +a---b---c---d branch 'master' (refers to commit 'd') + ^ + | + tag 'v2.0' (refers to commit 'b') ------------ -Earlier versions of git did not allow this and asked you to -create a temporary branch using the `-b` option, but starting from -version 1.5.0, the above command 'detaches' your HEAD from the -current branch and directly points at the commit named by the tag -(`v2.6.18` in the example above). +It is sometimes useful to be able to checkout a commit that is not at +the tip of any named branch, or even to create a new commit that is not +referenced by a named branch. Let's look at what happens when we +checkout commit 'b' (here we show two ways this may be done): -You can use all git commands while in this state. You can use -`git reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for -example. You can make changes and create a new commit on top of -a detached HEAD. You can even create a merge by using `git -merge $othercommit`. +------------ +$ git checkout v2.0 # or +$ git checkout master^^ + + HEAD (refers to commit 'b') + | + v +a---b---c---d branch 'master' (refers to commit 'd') + ^ + | + tag 'v2.0' (refers to commit 'b') +------------ -The state you are in while your HEAD is detached is not recorded -by any branch (which is natural --- you are not on any branch). -What this means is that you can discard your temporary commits -and merges by switching back to an existing branch (e.g. `git -checkout master`), and a later `git prune` or `git gc` would -garbage-collect them. If you did this by mistake, you can ask -the reflog for HEAD where you were, e.g. +Notice that regardless of which checkout command we use, HEAD now refers +directly to commit 'b'. This is known as being in detached HEAD state. +It means simply that HEAD refers to a specific commit, as opposed to +referring to a named branch. Let's see what happens when we create a commit: ------------ -$ git log -g -2 HEAD +$ edit; git add; git commit + + HEAD (refers to commit 'e') + | + v + e + / +a---b---c---d branch 'master' (refers to commit 'd') + ^ + | + tag 'v2.0' (refers to commit 'b') +------------ + +There is now a new commit 'e', but it is referenced only by HEAD. We can +of course add yet another commit in this state: + +------------ +$ edit; git add; git commit + + HEAD (refers to commit 'f') + | + v + e---f + / +a---b---c---d branch 'master' (refers to commit 'd') + ^ + | + tag 'v2.0' (refers to commit 'b') +------------ + +In fact, we can perform all the normal git operations. But, let's look +at what happens when we then checkout master: + +------------ +$ git checkout master + + HEAD (refers to branch 'master') + e---f | + / v +a---b---c---d branch 'master' (refers to commit 'd') + ^ + | + tag 'v2.0' (refers to commit 'b') ------------ +It is important to realize that at this point nothing refers to commit +'f'. Eventually commit 'f' (and by extension commit 'e') will be deleted +by the routine git garbage collection process, unless we create a reference +before that happens. If we have not yet moved away from commit 'f', +any of these will create a reference to it: + +------------ +$ git checkout -b foo <1> +$ git branch foo <2> +$ git tag foo <3> +------------ + +<1> creates a new branch 'foo', which refers to commit 'f', and then +updates HEAD to refer to branch 'foo'. In other words, we'll no longer +be in detached HEAD state after this command. + +<2> similarly creates a new branch 'foo', which refers to commit 'f', +but leaves HEAD detached. + +<3> creates a new tag 'foo', which refers to commit 'f', +leaving HEAD detached. + +If we have moved away from commit 'f', then we must first recover its object +name (typically by using git reflog), and then we can create a reference to +it. For example, to see the last two commits to which HEAD referred, we +can use either of these commands: + +------------ +$ git reflog -2 HEAD # or +$ git log -g -2 HEAD +------------ EXAMPLES -------- @@ -315,15 +422,6 @@ $ edit frotz $ git add frotz ------------ - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 73008705e..01db83039 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ Given one or more existing commits, apply the change each one introduces, recording a new commit for each. This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit). +When it is not obvious how to apply a change, the following +happens: + +1. The current branch and `HEAD` pointer stay at the last commit + successfully made. +2. The `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD` ref is set to point at the commit that + introduced the change that is difficult to apply. +3. Paths in which the change applied cleanly are updated both + in the index file and in your working tree. +4. For conflicting paths, the index file records up to three + versions, as described in the "TRUE MERGE" section of + linkgit:git-merge[1]. The working tree files will include + a description of the conflict bracketed by the usual + conflict markers `<<<<<<<` and `>>>>>>>`. +5. No other modifications are made. + +See linkgit:git-merge[1] for some hints on resolving such +conflicts. + OPTIONS ------- <commit>...:: @@ -79,6 +98,16 @@ effect to your index in a row. cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will be performed. +--strategy=<strategy>:: + Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once. + See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1] + for details. + +-X<option>:: +--strategy-option=<option>:: + Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the + merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details. + EXAMPLES -------- git cherry-pick master:: @@ -120,13 +149,27 @@ git rev-list --reverse master \-- README | git cherry-pick -n --stdin:: so the result can be inspected and made into a single new commit if suitable. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +The following sequence attempts to backport a patch, bails out because +the code the patch applies to has changed too much, and then tries +again, this time exercising more care about matching up context lines. + +------------ +$ git cherry-pick topic^ <1> +$ git diff <2> +$ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD <3> +$ git cherry-pick -Xpatience topic^ <4> +------------ +<1> apply the change that would be shown by `git show topic^`. +In this example, the patch does not apply cleanly, so +information about the conflict is written to the index and +working tree and no new commit results. +<2> summarize changes to be reconciled +<3> cancel the cherry-pick. In other words, return to the +pre-cherry-pick state, preserving any local modifications you had in +the working tree. +<4> try to apply the change introduced by `topic^` again, +spending extra time to avoid mistakes based on incorrectly matching +context lines. SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index fed115acd..79448c505 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -63,14 +63,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-patch-id[1] -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-citool.txt b/Documentation/git-citool.txt index fb2753c97..6e5c8126f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-citool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-citool.txt @@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ to the less interactive 'git commit' program. 'git citool' is actually a standard alias for `git gui citool`. See linkgit:git-gui[1] for more details. -Author ------- -Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 60e38e6e2..974e04ef1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ OPTIONS Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild everything from scratch, but keep manually created files. - -Author ------- -Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 42e702121..86eb4c936 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] + [--separate-git-dir|-L <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] <repository> [<directory>] @@ -176,6 +177,15 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given) +-L=<git dir>:: +--separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: + Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed + to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory, + then make a filesytem-agnostic git symbolic link to there. + The result is git repository can be separated from working + tree. + + <repository>:: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the <<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying @@ -236,17 +246,6 @@ $ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \ /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git ------------ - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt index 5dcf4278f..f524d7601 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -93,15 +93,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-write-tree[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 8f89f6f08..d0534b8c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ OPTIONS linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details. --reset-author:: - When used with -C/-c/--amend options, declare that the - authorship of the resulting commit now belongs of the committer. - This also renews the author timestamp. + When used with -C/-c/--amend options, or when committing after a + a conflicting cherry-pick, declare that the authorship of the + resulting commit now belongs of the committer. This also renews + the author timestamp. --short:: When doing a dry-run, give the output in the short-format. See @@ -396,12 +397,6 @@ linkgit:git-mv[1], linkgit:git-merge[1], linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 543dd64a4..8804de327 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -336,15 +336,6 @@ echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}" include::config.txt[] - -Author ------- -Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt index 6bc1c21e6..a73933a93 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt @@ -25,15 +25,6 @@ OPTIONS and number of objects that can be removed by running `git prune-packed`. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index d25661eb2..ad93a3e84 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -112,14 +112,6 @@ $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout $ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit -c -p -v ------------ -Author ------- -Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> and others. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> and others. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index 608cd63fc..6695ab3b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -217,15 +217,6 @@ more stable in practice: * cvs2git (part of cvs2svn), `http://cvs2svn.tigris.org` * parsecvs, `http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/parsecvs` -Author ------- -Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>, with help from -various participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 70cbb2cae..88d814af0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -391,22 +391,6 @@ Dependencies ------------ 'git-cvsserver' depends on DBD::SQLite. -Copyright and Authors ---------------------- - -This program is copyright The Open University UK - 2006. - -Authors: - -- Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz> -- Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> - -with ideas and patches from participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>, Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>, and Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index d15cb6a84..ebd13be72 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -279,17 +279,6 @@ that connected to it, if the IP address is available. REMOTE_ADDR will be available in the environment of hooks called when services are performed. - - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki -<yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 02e015ad9..039cce2e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -156,17 +156,6 @@ selected and output. Here fewest commits different is defined as the number of commits which would be shown by `git log tag..input` will be the smallest number of commits possible. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, but somewhat -butchered by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. Later significantly -updated by Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt index 9cd8ccef3..8d481948b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt @@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ omit diff output for unmerged entries and just show "Unmerged". include::diff-format.txt[] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt index 162cb741b..6d1848640 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -116,15 +116,6 @@ tell which file is in which state, since the "has been updated" ones show a valid sha1, and the "not in sync with the index" ones will always have the special all-zero sha1. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index a7e37b875..4e5f127ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -162,15 +162,6 @@ in case you care). include::diff-format.txt[] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 49105102d..f8d081911 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -174,14 +174,6 @@ linkgit:gitdiffcore[7], linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-apply[1] -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index db87f1d42..590f410ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ OPTIONS --tool=<tool>:: Use the diff tool specified by <tool>. Valid merge tools are: - kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, - ecmerge, diffuse, opendiff, p4merge and araxis. + araxis, bc3, diffuse, emerge, ecmerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3, + kompare, meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, vimdiff and xxdiff. + If a diff tool is not specified, 'git difftool' will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`. If the @@ -109,15 +109,6 @@ linkgit:git-mergetool[1]:: linkgit:git-config[1]:: Get and set repository or global options - -AUTHOR ------- -Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt index e05b686b1..781bd6edc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt @@ -135,15 +135,6 @@ Since 'git fast-import' cannot tag trees, you will not be able to export the linux-2.6.git repository completely, as it contains a tag referencing a tree instead of a commit. - -Author ------- -Written by Johannes E. Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Johannes E. Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 02bb49886..2c2ea12c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ OPTIONS set of marks. If a mark is defined to different values, the last file wins. +--import-marks-if-exists=<file>:: + Like --import-marks but instead of erroring out, silently + skips the file if it does not exist. + --relative-marks:: After specifying --relative-marks= the paths specified with --import-marks= and --export-marks= are relative @@ -192,7 +196,8 @@ especially when a higher level language such as Perl, Python or Ruby is being used. fast-import is very strict about its input. Where we say SP below we mean -*exactly* one space. Likewise LF means one (and only one) linefeed. +*exactly* one space. Likewise LF means one (and only one) linefeed +and HT one (and only one) horizontal tab. Supplying additional whitespace characters will cause unexpected results, such as branch names or file names with leading or trailing spaces in their name, or early termination of fast-import when it encounters @@ -330,6 +335,11 @@ and control the current import process. More detailed discussion format to the file descriptor set with `--cat-blob-fd` or `stdout` if unspecified. +`ls`:: + Causes fast-import to print a line describing a directory + entry in 'ls-tree' format to the file descriptor set with + `--cat-blob-fd` or `stdout` if unspecified. + `feature`:: Require that fast-import supports the specified feature, or abort if it does not. @@ -915,6 +925,55 @@ This command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are accepted. In particular, the `cat-blob` command can be used in the middle of a commit but not in the middle of a `data` command. +`ls` +~~~~ +Prints information about the object at a path to a file descriptor +previously arranged with the `--cat-blob-fd` argument. This allows +printing a blob from the active commit (with `cat-blob`) or copying a +blob or tree from a previous commit for use in the current one (with +`filemodify`). + +The `ls` command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are +accepted, including the middle of a commit. + +Reading from the active commit:: + This form can only be used in the middle of a `commit`. + The path names a directory entry within fast-import's + active commit. The path must be quoted in this case. ++ +.... + 'ls' SP <path> LF +.... + +Reading from a named tree:: + The `<dataref>` can be a mark reference (`:<idnum>`) or the + full 40-byte SHA-1 of a Git tag, commit, or tree object, + preexisting or waiting to be written. + The path is relative to the top level of the tree + named by `<dataref>`. ++ +.... + 'ls' SP <dataref> SP <path> LF +.... + +See `filemodify` above for a detailed description of `<path>`. + +Output uses the same format as `git ls-tree <tree> {litdd} <path>`: + +==== + <mode> SP ('blob' | 'tree' | 'commit') SP <dataref> HT <path> LF +==== + +The <dataref> represents the blob, tree, or commit object at <path> +and can be used in later 'cat-blob', 'filemodify', or 'ls' commands. + +If there is no file or subtree at that path, 'git fast-import' will +instead report + +==== + missing SP <path> LF +==== + `feature` ~~~~~~~~~ Require that fast-import supports the specified feature, or abort if @@ -942,8 +1001,10 @@ import-marks:: any "feature import-marks" command in the stream. cat-blob:: - Ignored. Versions of fast-import not supporting the - "cat-blob" command will exit with a message indicating so. +ls:: + Require that the backend support the 'cat-blob' or 'ls' command. + 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, rather than wasting time on the early part of an import before the unsupported command is detected. @@ -1289,14 +1350,6 @@ operator can use this facility to peek at the objects and refs from an import in progress, at the cost of some added running time and worse compression. -Author ------- -Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index 4a8487c15..48d4bf6d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -90,15 +90,6 @@ OPTIONS $GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index c76e31392..60ac8d26e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pointed by remote tags that it does not yet have, then fetch those missing tags. If the other end has tags that point at branches you are not interested in, you will not get them. -'git fetch' can fetch from either a single named repository, or +'git fetch' can fetch from either a single named repository, or from several repositories at once if <group> is given and there is a remotes.<group> entry in the configuration file. (See linkgit:git-config[1]). @@ -76,20 +76,19 @@ The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not fast-forward, because it is prefixed with a plus sign; `tmp` will not be. +BUGS +---- +Using --recurse-submodules can only fetch new commits in already checked +out submodules right now. When e.g. upstream added a new submodule in the +just fetched commits of the superproject the submodule itself can not be +fetched, making it impossible to check out that submodule later without +having to do a fetch again. This is expected to be fixed in a future git +version. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-pull[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index aa69b8ef1..9dc1f2a94 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -405,16 +405,6 @@ warned. (or if your git-gc is not new enough to support arguments to `\--prune`, use `git repack -ad; git prune` instead). - -Author ------- -Written by Petr "Pasky" Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>, -and the git list <git@vger.kernel.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git list. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt index 75adf7a50..32aff954a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt @@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-merge[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index eebfa5c64..155b7ae3c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -336,15 +336,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt index 965a8279c..90ebb8a59 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt @@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION This is a synonym for linkgit:git-fsck[1]. Please refer to the documentation of that command. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index 86f9b2bf9..c9ede794b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -140,14 +140,6 @@ GIT_INDEX_FILE:: GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES:: used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset) -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 26632414b..4966cb578 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -151,10 +151,6 @@ linkgit:git-reflog[1] linkgit:git-repack[1] linkgit:git-rerere[1] -Author ------- -Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt index 790af9573..8035736c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt @@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ return code of 1. This can happen if <tarfile> had not been created using 'git archive' or if the first parameter of 'git archive' had been a tree ID instead of a commit ID or tag. - -Author ------- -Written by Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 791d4d487..d7523b3e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ Look for specified patterns in the tracked files in the work tree, blobs registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects. +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +grep.lineNumber:: + If set to true, enable '-n' option by default. + +grep.extendedRegexp:: + If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. + + OPTIONS ------- --cached:: @@ -204,16 +214,6 @@ git grep --all-match -e NODE -e Unexpected:: Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in files that have lines that match both. -Author ------- -Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, later -revamped by Junio C Hamano. - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt index 2563710b5..32a833e0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt @@ -121,14 +121,6 @@ or or browsed online at http://repo.or.cz/w/git-gui.git/[]. -Author ------- -Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt index 51edeecbe..4b0a502e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt @@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ OPTIONS conversion. If the file is read from standard input then this is always implied, unless the --path option is given. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index eccd0ffd3..42aa2b0c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -171,17 +171,6 @@ $ git config --global web.browser firefox as they are probably more user specific than repository specific. See linkgit:git-config[1] for more information about this. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and the git-list -<git@vger.kernel.org>. - -Documentation -------------- -Initial documentation was part of the linkgit:git[1] man page. -Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> extracted and rewrote it a -little. Maintenance is done by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt index d91cb7ff8..fefa75219 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt @@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ commit-id:: Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after an earlier fetch is interrupted. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index ddf7a18dc..82ae34b9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -91,15 +91,6 @@ With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref. - -Author ------- -Written by Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Nick Hengeveld - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index 57aba42e6..d3013d6a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -124,14 +124,6 @@ Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird users may wish to visit this web page for more information: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email -Author ------- -Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Mike McCormack - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index c2bb81042..909687fed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt @@ -85,15 +85,6 @@ new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a .keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with 'git repack' mentioned above. - -Author ------- -Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru> - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Sergey Vlasov - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index eba3cb499..2c4c716f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION This is a synonym for linkgit:git-init[1]. Please refer to the documentation of that command. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 00d4a124c..58cd01145 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -8,9 +8,32 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- -'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] + [--separate-git-dir|-L <git dir>] + [--shared[=<permissions>]] [directory] +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` +directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, +`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial `HEAD` file that +references the HEAD of the master branch is also created. + +If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path +to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. + +If the object storage directory is specified via the +`$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` environment variable then the sha1 directories +are created underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` +directory is used. + +Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not +overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for +rerunning 'git init' is to pick up newly added templates (or to move +the repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given). + OPTIONS ------- @@ -31,6 +54,16 @@ current working directory. Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.) +-L=<git dir>:: +--separate-git-dir=<git dir>:: + +Instead of initializing the repository where it is supposed to be, +place a filesytem-agnostic git symbolic link there, pointing to the +specified git path, and initialize a git repository at the path. The +result is git repository can be separated from working tree. If this +is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified +path. + --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]:: Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This @@ -74,32 +107,6 @@ line, the command is run inside the directory (possibly after creating it). -- -DESCRIPTION ------------ -This command creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory -with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, and -template files. -An initial `HEAD` file that references the HEAD of the master branch -is also created. - -If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path -to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. - -If the object storage directory is specified via the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` -environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath - -otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used. - -Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite -things that are already there. The primary reason for rerunning 'git init' -is to pick up newly added templates. - -Note that 'git init' is the same as 'git init-db'. The command -was primarily meant to initialize the object database, but over -time it has become responsible for setting up the other aspects -of the repository, such as installing the default hooks and -setting the configuration variables. The old name is retained -for backward compatibility reasons. - TEMPLATE DIRECTORY ------------------ @@ -134,15 +141,6 @@ $ git add . <2> <1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory <2> add all existing file to the index - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt index 7477ce8fa..08f85ba04 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt @@ -84,14 +84,6 @@ If the configuration variable 'instaweb.browser' is not set, 'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined. See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1] for more information about this. -Author ------- -Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index c43aa438c..2c8402883 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -182,14 +182,6 @@ This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option, overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable, and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt index 602b8d5d4..adf7e1c05 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt @@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ $ git rev-parse not-lost-anymore 1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6 ------------ -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 86abd1345..4b2829281 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -209,15 +209,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt index 342276582..c3df8c0eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt @@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ EXAMPLES c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2 7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3 -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index 76ed625e7..16e87fd6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -95,18 +95,6 @@ Object size identified by <object> is given in bytes, and right-justified with minimum width of 7 characters. Object size is given only for blobs (file) entries; for other entries `-` character is used in place of size. - -Author ------- -Written by Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> -Completely rewritten from scratch by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, -another major rewrite by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list -<git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt index 3ea5aad56..ed45662cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt @@ -80,17 +80,6 @@ This can enabled by default with the configuration option mailinfo.scissors. <patch>:: The patch extracted from e-mail. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt index 71912a19a..9b2049d67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt @@ -46,16 +46,6 @@ OPTIONS --keep-cr:: Do not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> -and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt index eedef1bb1..ba36ec04f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt @@ -102,14 +102,6 @@ both '1' and '2' are merge-bases of A and B. Neither one is better than the other (both are 'best' merge bases). When the `--all` option is not given, it is unspecified which best one is output. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - See also -------- linkgit:git-rev-list[1], diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index f334d694e..635c66956 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345:: merges tmp/a123 and tmp/c345 with the base tmp/b234, but uses labels `a` and `c` instead of `tmp/a123` and `tmp/c345`. - -Author ------- -Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>, -with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS 'merge'. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt index 921b38f18..6ce54673b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt @@ -73,15 +73,6 @@ merge once anything has returned an error (i.e., `cat` returned an error for the AA file, because it didn't exist in the original, and thus 'git merge-index' didn't even try to merge the MM thing). -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> -One-shot merge by Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt index a163cfca6..ee059def7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt @@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ DESCRIPTION This is the standard helper program to use with 'git merge-index' to resolve a merge after the trivial merge done with 'git read-tree -m'. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt index f869a7f00..3bfa7b422 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt @@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ merge results outside of the index, and stuff the results back into the index. For this reason, the output from the command omits entries that match the <branch1> tree. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index c1efaaa5c..e2e6aba17 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] - [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <commit>... + [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...] 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>... 'git merge' --abort @@ -95,8 +95,13 @@ commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'. <commit>...:: Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch. - You need at least one <commit>. Specifying more than one - <commit> obviously means you are trying an Octopus. + Specifying more than one commit will create a merge with + more than two parents (affectionately called an Octopus merge). ++ +If no commit is given from the command line, and if `merge.defaultToUpstream` +configuration variable is set, merge the remote tracking branches +that the current branch is configured to use as its upstream. +See also the configuration section of this manual page. PRE-MERGE CHECKS @@ -312,15 +317,6 @@ linkgit:git-diff[1], linkgit:git-ls-files[1], linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-rm[1], linkgit:git-mergetool[1] -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt index d8df55362..63ededec1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt @@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ run_merge_tool:: '$MERGED', '$LOCAL', '$REMOTE', and '$BASE' must be defined for use by the merge tool. -Author ------- -Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 1f75a848b..8c79ae8d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ OPTIONS --tool=<tool>:: Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>. Valid merge tools are: - kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, - diffuse, tortoisemerge, opendiff, p4merge and araxis. + araxis, bc3, diffuse, ecmerge, emerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3, + meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, tortoisemerge, vimdiff and xxdiff. + If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git mergetool' will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the @@ -82,14 +82,6 @@ Setting the `mergetool.keepBackup` configuration variable to `false` causes `git mergetool` to automatically remove the backup as files are successfully merged. -Author ------- -Written by Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Theodore Y Ts'o. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt index 8bcc11443..037ab1045 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt @@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ exists, is separated by a blank line from the header. The message part may contain a signature that git itself doesn't care about, but that can be verified with gpg. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt index 81e332677..afe21be64 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt @@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ OPTIONS optional. Note - if the '-z' option is used, lines are terminated with NUL. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt index bdcb58526..db0e030d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt @@ -39,17 +39,6 @@ OPTIONS --dry-run:: Do nothing; only show what would happen - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> -Rewritten by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> -Move functionality added by Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt index 2108237c3..ad1d1468c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt @@ -70,15 +70,6 @@ Another nice thing you can do is: % git log | git name-rev --stdin ------------ - -Author ------- -Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Johannes Schindelin. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index 96684bc51..20c8551d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ base-name:: --honor-pack-keep:: This flag causes an object already in a local pack that - has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it it would have + has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it would have otherwise been packed. --incremental:: @@ -224,15 +224,6 @@ So does `git bundle` (see linkgit:git-bundle[1]) when it creates a bundle. With this option, parents that are hidden by grafts are packed nevertheless. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano - SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-rev-list[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt index d0607879d..db9f0f705 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt @@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ OPTIONS --verbose:: Outputs some statistics to stderr. Has a small performance penalty. -Author ------- -Written by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se> - SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt index 1ee99c208..54b92534c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt @@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ a repository with many branches of historical interests. The command usually removes loose refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs` hierarchy after packing them. This option tells it not to. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt index 39d9daa7e..02217f6ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt @@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ routines to parse files under $GIT_DIR/remotes/ and $GIT_DIR/branches/ and configuration variables that are related to fetching, pulling and pushing. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt index 4dae1390a..50e26f43c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt @@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ OPTIONS <patch>:: The diff to create the ID of. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt index 87dacd797..a34d62f0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt @@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ OPTIONS The repository to sync from. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt index abfc6b6ea..9e6202cdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ OPTIONS --quiet:: Squelch the progress indicator. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> - SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index 4d673a568..f616a739e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -78,14 +78,6 @@ linkgit:git-fsck[1], linkgit:git-gc[1], linkgit:git-reflog[1] -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index b33e6be87..14609cbd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. --verbose:: Pass --verbose to git-fetch and git-merge. ---[no-]recurse-submodules:: +--[no-]recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: This option controls if new commits of all populated submodules should be fetched too (see linkgit:git-config[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5]). That might be necessary to get the data needed for merging submodule @@ -220,22 +220,19 @@ If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and would want to start over, you can recover with 'git reset'. +BUGS +---- +Using --recurse-submodules can only fetch new commits in already checked +out submodules right now. When e.g. upstream added a new submodule in the +just fetched commits of the superproject the submodule itself can not be +fetched, making it impossible to check out that submodule later without +having to do a fetch again. This is expected to be fixed in a future git +version. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-fetch[1], linkgit:git-merge[1], linkgit:git-config[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> -and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Jon Loeliger, -David Greaves, -Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index e11660a2e..88acfcd4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -406,16 +406,6 @@ Commits A and B would no longer belong to a branch with a symbolic name, and so would be unreachable. As such, these commits would be removed by a `git gc` command on the origin repository. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, later rewritten in C -by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt index 579e8d2f3..7f112f3dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt @@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ The default for the patch directory is patches or the value of the $QUILT_PATCHES environment variable. -Author ------- -Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 634423a69..26fdadc64 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -421,15 +421,6 @@ SEE ALSO linkgit:git-write-tree[1]; linkgit:git-ls-files[1]; linkgit:gitignore[5] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 96680c845..620d50e71 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ would be: D---E---F---G master ------------ -The latter form is just a short-hand of `git checkout topic` -followed by `git rebase master`. +*NOTE:* The latter form is just a short-hand of `git checkout topic` +followed by `git rebase master`. When rebase exits `topic` will +remain the checked-out branch. If the upstream branch already contains a change you have made (e.g., because you mailed a patch which was applied upstream), then that commit @@ -658,7 +659,6 @@ The ripple effect of a "hard case" recovery is especially bad: 'everyone' downstream from 'topic' will now have to perform a "hard case" recovery too! - BUGS ---- The todo list presented by `--preserve-merges --interactive` does not @@ -681,15 +681,6 @@ by moving the "pick 4" line will result in the following history: 1 --- 2 --- 4 --- 5 ------------ -Authors ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and -Johannes E. Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index 2790eebaf..f34e0ae1b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -151,15 +151,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-send-pack[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt index e50bd9b68..09057bf90 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt @@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ them. --verbose:: Print extra information on screen. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-relink.txt b/Documentation/git-relink.txt index 8fc809f82..989337648 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-relink.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-relink.txt @@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ OPTIONS <dir>:: Directories containing a .git/objects/ subdirectory. -Author ------- -Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt index 51de89582..87cd11f2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -239,10 +239,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-remote[1] -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Daniel Barkalow and Ilari Liusvaara - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index c258ea48d..528f34a13 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] -'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror] <name> <url> +'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url> 'git remote rename' <old> <new> 'git remote rm' <name> 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>) @@ -67,11 +67,14 @@ multiple branches without grabbing all branches. With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command. + -In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored -in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option -only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror -mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror` -was passed. +When a fetch mirror is created with `\--mirror=fetch`, the refs will not +be stored in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but rather everything in +'refs/' on the remote will be directly mirrored into 'refs/' in the +local repository. This option only makes sense in bare repositories, +because a fetch would overwrite any local commits. ++ +When a push mirror is created with `\--mirror=push`, then `git push` +will always behave as if `\--mirror` was passed. 'rename':: @@ -214,16 +217,6 @@ linkgit:git-fetch[1] linkgit:git-branch[1] linkgit:git-config[1] -Author ------- -Written by Junio Hamano - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 27f7865b0..0decee240 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ need to set the configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` to is unaffected by this option as the conversion is performed on the fly as needed in that case. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> - SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt index fde209258..17df52527 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt @@ -80,17 +80,6 @@ linkgit:git-tag[1] linkgit:git-branch[1] linkgit:git[1] -Author ------- -Written by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and Junio C -Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, based on 'git tag' by Kristian Hogsberg -<krh@redhat.com> and Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the -git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>, based on 'git tag' documentation. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt index e5bdb5533..a0d1fa659 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt @@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION This is a synonym for linkgit:git-config[1]. Please refer to the documentation of that command. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt index 400f61f6e..3521d8e3c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt @@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ OPTIONS <end>:: Commit to end at; defaults to HEAD. -Author ------- -Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt index db99d4786..52db1d80c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-rerere - Reuse recorded resolution of conflicted merges SYNOPSIS -------- -'git rerere' ['clear'|'forget' [<pathspec>]|'diff'|'status'|'gc'] +'git rerere' ['clear'|'forget' <pathspec>|'diff'|'status'|'gc'] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ will automatically invoke this command. 'forget' <pathspec>:: This resets the conflict resolutions which rerere has recorded for the current -conflict in <pathspec>. The <pathspec> is optional. +conflict in <pathspec>. 'diff':: @@ -205,11 +205,6 @@ would conflict the same way as the test merge you resolved earlier. 'git rerere' will be run by 'git rebase' to help you resolve this conflict. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 927ecee2f..8481f9db7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -397,15 +397,6 @@ entries: X means any state and U means an unmerged index. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt index 8e1e32908..415f4f0b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ SYNOPSIS [ \--sparse ] [ \--merges ] [ \--no-merges ] + [ \--min-parents=<number> ] + [ \--no-min-parents ] + [ \--max-parents=<number> ] + [ \--no-max-parents ] [ \--first-parent ] [ \--remove-empty ] [ \--full-history ] @@ -31,6 +35,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [ \--parents ] [ \--timestamp ] [ \--left-right ] + [ \--left-only ] + [ \--right-only ] + [ \--cherry-mark ] [ \--cherry-pick ] [ \--encoding[=<encoding>] ] [ \--(author|committer|grep)=<pattern> ] @@ -105,16 +112,6 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[] include::pretty-formats.txt[] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Jonas Fonseca -and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index ff23cb021..02c44c999 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -308,16 +308,6 @@ $ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV + but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> . -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index 752fc88e7..ac10cfbb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ effect to your index in a row. --signoff:: Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message. +--strategy=<strategy>:: + Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once. + See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1] + for details. + +-X<option>:: +--strategy-option=<option>:: + Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the + merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details. + EXAMPLES -------- git revert HEAD~3:: @@ -95,14 +105,6 @@ git revert -n master{tilde}5..master{tilde}2:: changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the index. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index 0adbe8b1f..8c0554f97 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -153,14 +153,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-add[1] -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 7ec9dabe6..ee14f74fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ sendemail.confirm:: one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See '--confirm' in the previous section for the meaning of these values. - Use gmail as the smtp server ---------------------------- @@ -363,20 +362,6 @@ Add the following section to the config file: Note: the following perl modules are required Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL - -Author ------- -Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> - -git-send-email is originally based upon -send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman. - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Ryan Anderson - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt index deaa7d965..17f8f5552 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt @@ -114,15 +114,6 @@ With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt index 3da241304..053df505b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt @@ -66,15 +66,6 @@ get_author_ident_from_commit:: outputs code for use with eval to set the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL and GIT_AUTHOR_DATE variables for a given commit. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index 6403126a0..d7d4b9289 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ read and execute permissions to the directory in order to execute the programs in it. The programs are executed with a cwd of $HOME, and <argument> is parsed as a command-line string. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index 5cc3baf48..ff3755b4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ spelled differently. include::mailmap.txt[] - -Author ------- -Written by Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index 3b0c88271..ee4559b6f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -200,17 +200,6 @@ shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago. Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are topologically related with each other. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt index 8382fbe0e..c4d99f102 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt @@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ The information it outputs is subset of what you can get from 'git verify-pack -v'; this command only shows the packfile offset and SHA1 of each object. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt index be0ec189a..3c4589529 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt @@ -177,11 +177,6 @@ linkgit:git-ls-remote[1], linkgit:git-update-ref[1], linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] -AUTHORS -------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>. -Man page by Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt index f0a8a1aff..7f075e84f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt @@ -72,17 +72,6 @@ Discussion include::i18n.txt[] -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. Significantly enhanced by -Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>. - - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-stage.txt b/Documentation/git-stage.txt index 7f251a586..ba3fe0d7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stage.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stage.txt @@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ DESCRIPTION This is a synonym for linkgit:git-add[1]. Please refer to the documentation of that command. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 8728f7a51..79abc38e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -257,10 +257,6 @@ linkgit:git-commit[1], linkgit:git-reflog[1], linkgit:git-reset[1] -AUTHOR ------- -Written by Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 5102a23f8..00b699fef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -174,14 +174,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:gitignore[5] -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt index 7508c0e42..10509cc45 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt @@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ OPTIONS <stream>:: Byte stream to act on. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index e8ed2f2c0..1a16ff604 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -258,11 +258,6 @@ This file should be formatted in the same way as `$GIT_DIR/config`. The key to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url". See linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. - -AUTHOR ------- -Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index e161a40a7..4aa6404f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -648,6 +648,16 @@ svn-remote.<name>.rewriteUUID:: where the original UUID is not available via either useSvmProps or useSvnsyncProps. +svn-remote.<name>.pushurl:: + + Similar to git's 'remote.<name>.pushurl', this key is designed + to be used in cases where 'url' points to an SVN repository + via a read-only transport, to provide an alternate read/write + transport. It is assumed that both keys point to the same + repository. Unlike 'commiturl', 'pushurl' is a base path. If + either 'commiturl' or 'pushurl' could be used, 'commiturl' + takes precedence. + svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround:: This disables potentially expensive checks to workaround broken symlinks checked into SVN by broken clients. Set this @@ -878,10 +888,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-rebase[1] -Author ------- -Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>. - -Documentation -------------- -Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>. +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt index 33a153629..d7795ed65 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ and symbolic refs are used by default. symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index fa7ac12a3..d82f62120 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -262,15 +262,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt index 3c786bd28..5f1575425 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt @@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ git tar-tree HEAD:Documentation/ git-docs > git-1.4.0-docs.tar:: Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory into 'git-1.4.0-docs.tar', with the prefix 'git-docs/'. -Author ------- -Written by Rene Scharfe. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt index 995db9fea..c49d727f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt @@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ OPTIONS <blob>:: Must be a blob id -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt index 36d103805..dd7799095 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt @@ -43,15 +43,6 @@ OPTIONS --strict:: Don't write objects with broken content or links. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 1ca56c85a..d3931294d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -365,15 +365,6 @@ SEE ALSO linkgit:git-config[1], linkgit:git-add[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index 9639f705a..e25a65a80 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt @@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ An update will fail (without changing <ref>) if the current user is unable to create a new log file, append to the existing log file or does not have committer information available. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt index 035cc3018..775024da3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt @@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ what they are for: * info/refs - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt index f5f2b3908..acbf634f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt @@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ OPTIONS <directory>:: The repository to get a tar archive from. -Author ------- -Written by Franck Bui-Huu. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt index 71ca4ef44..4c0ca9ded 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt @@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ OPTIONS <directory>:: The repository to sync from. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 458f3e275..6498f7cb6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] linkgit:git-tag[1] linkgit:git-config[1] -Author ------- -Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt index 0f848de8b..7c2428d56 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt @@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and for objects that are deltified. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt index 711219749..8c9a71865 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt @@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ OPTIONS <tag>...:: SHA1 identifiers of git tag objects. -Author ------- -Written by Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu> and Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index c0416e5e1..69d92fa00 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -116,16 +116,6 @@ $ git config --global web.browser firefox as they are probably more user specific than repository specific. See linkgit:git-config[1] for more information about this. -Author ------- -Written by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the git-list -<git@vger.kernel.org>, based on 'git mergetool' by Theodore Y. Ts'o. - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the -git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt index ea753cdaf..31f3663ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt @@ -63,17 +63,6 @@ git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named 'gitk' - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and -Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index bfceacacb..e8c94c135 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -36,15 +36,6 @@ OPTIONS `<prefix>`. This can be used to write the tree object for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory. - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 5a174bcfc..b8fa77b7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.4.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.4.1] +* link:v1.7.4.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.4.4] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.4.4.txt[1.7.4.4], + link:RelNotes/1.7.4.3.txt[1.7.4.3], + link:RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt[1.7.4.2], link:RelNotes/1.7.4.1.txt[1.7.4.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.4.txt[1.7.4]. @@ -744,16 +747,12 @@ unmerged version of a file when a merge is in progress. Authors ------- -* git's founding father is Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>. -* The current git nurse is Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. -* The git potty was written by Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>. -* General upbringing is handled by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -The documentation for git suite was started by David Greaves -<david@dgreaves.com>, and later enhanced greatly by the -contributors on the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio +C Hamano. Numerous contributions have come from the git mailing list +<git@vger.kernel.org>. For a more complete list of contributors, see +http://git-scm.com/about. If you have a clone of git.git itself, the +output of linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1] can show you +the authors for specific parts of the project. Reporting Bugs -------------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 6928724a0..f734f97b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -169,10 +169,6 @@ See also http://marc.info/?l=git&m=116563135620359 and http://marc.info/?l=git&m=119150393620273 for further information. -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Pierre Habouzit and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 8416f3445..2e7328b83 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -156,11 +156,6 @@ SEE ALSO linkgit:git-rm[1], linkgit:git-update-index[1], linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, -Frank Lichtenheld, and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index e21bac4f3..e10ac58ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -113,15 +113,6 @@ SEE ALSO A minimal repository browser and git tool output highlighter written in C using Ncurses. -Author ------- -Written by Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano, Jonas Fonseca, and the git-list -<git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index 68977943e..4040941e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ submodule.<name>.update:: the '--merge' or '--rebase' options. submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules:: - This option can be used to enable/disable recursive fetching of this + This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this submodule. If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in .gitmodules. Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the - "--[no-]recurse-submodules" option to "git fetch" and "git pull".. + "--[no-]recurse-submodules" option to "git fetch" and "git pull". submodule.<name>.ignore:: Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show @@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-submodule[1] linkgit:git-config[1] -DOCUMENTATION -------------- -Documentation by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index f04b48ef0..33716a31d 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -273,6 +273,29 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a <<def_pack,pack>>, to assist in efficiently accessing the contents of a pack. +[[def_pathspec]]pathspec:: + Pattern used to specify paths. ++ +Pathspecs are used on the command line of "git ls-files", "git +ls-tree", "git grep", "git checkout", and many other commands to +limit the scope of operations to some subset of the tree or +worktree. See the documentation of each command for whether +paths are relative to the current directory or toplevel. The +pathspec syntax is as follows: + +* any path matches itself +* the pathspec up to the last slash represents a + directory prefix. The scope of that pathspec is + limited to that subtree. +* the rest of the pathspec is a pattern for the remainder + of the pathname. Paths relative to the directory + prefix will be matched against that pattern using fnmatch(3); + in particular, '*' and '?' _can_ match directory separators. ++ +For example, Documentation/*.jpg will match all .jpg files +in the Documentation subtree, +including Documentation/chapter_1/figure_1.jpg. + [[def_parent]]parent:: A <<def_commit_object,commit object>> contains a (possibly empty) list of the logical predecessor(s) in the line of development, i.e. its diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt index 1e5c22c5e..8920258ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt @@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ merge.conflictstyle:: a `>>>>>>>` marker. An alternate style, "diff3", adds a `|||||||` marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. +merge.defaultToUpstream:: + If merge is called without any commit argument, merge the upstream + branches configured for the current branch by using their last + observed values stored in their remote tracking branches. + The values of the `branch.<current branch>.merge` that name the + branches at the remote named by `branch.<current branch>.remote` + are consulted, and then they are mapped via `remote.<remote>.fetch` + to their corresponding remote tracking branches, and the tips of + these tracking branches are merged. + merge.log:: In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the @@ -33,10 +43,10 @@ merge.stat:: merge.tool:: Controls which merge resolution program is used by - linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3", - "tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", - "diffuse", "ecmerge", "tortoisemerge", "p4merge", "araxis" and - "opendiff". Any other value is treated is custom merge tool + linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid built-in values are: "araxis", + "bc3", "diffuse", "ecmerge", "emerge", "gvimdiff", "kdiff3", "meld", + "opendiff", "p4merge", "tkdiff", "tortoisemerge", "vimdiff" + and "xxdiff". Any other value is treated is custom merge tool and there must be a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd option. merge.verbosity:: diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index e33e0f8e1..b613d4ed0 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -75,9 +75,17 @@ option can be used to override --squash. ifndef::git-pull[] -q:: --quiet:: - Operate quietly. + Operate quietly. Implies --no-progress. -v:: --verbose:: Be verbose. + +--progress:: +--no-progress:: + Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified, + progress is shown if standard error is connected to a terminal. + Note that not all merge strategies may support progress + reporting. + endif::git-pull[] diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index a9de9a74d..73111bb05 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -72,11 +72,26 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] --merges:: - Print only merge commits. + Print only merge commits. This is exactly the same as `--min-parents=2`. --no-merges:: - Do not print commits with more than one parent. + Do not print commits with more than one parent. This is + exactly the same as `--max-parents=1`. + +--min-parents=<number>:: +--max-parents=<number>:: +--no-min-parents:: +--no-max-parents:: + + Show only commits which have at least (or at most) that many + commits. In particular, `--max-parents=1` is the same as `--no-merges`, + `--min-parents=2` is the same as `--merges`. `--max-parents=0` + gives all root commits and `--min-parents=3` all octopus merges. ++ +`--no-min-parents` and `--no-max-parents` reset these limits (to no limit) +again. Equivalent forms are `--min-parents=0` (any commit has 0 or more +parents) and `--max-parents=-1` (negative numbers denote no upper limit). --first-parent:: Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge @@ -151,6 +166,11 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] to /dev/null as the output does not have to be formatted. endif::git-rev-list[] +--cherry-mark:: + + Like `--cherry-pick` (see below) but mark equivalent commits + with `=` rather than omitting them, and inequivalent ones with `+`. + --cherry-pick:: Omit any commit that introduces the same change as @@ -165,6 +185,27 @@ from the other branch (for example, "3rd on b" may be cherry-picked from branch A). With this option, such pairs of commits are excluded from the output. +--left-only:: +--right-only:: + + List only commits on the respective side of a symmetric range, + i.e. only those which would be marked `<` resp. `>` by + `--left-right`. ++ +For example, `--cherry-pick --right-only A...B` omits those +commits from `B` which are in `A` or are patch-equivalent to a commit in +`A`. In other words, this lists the `{plus}` commits from `git cherry A B`. +More precisely, `--cherry-pick --right-only --no-merges` gives the exact +list. + +--cherry:: + + A synonym for `--right-only --cherry-mark --no-merges`; useful to + limit the output to the commits on our side and mark those that + have been applied to the other side of a forked history with + `git log --cherry upstream...mybranch`, similar to + `git cherry upstream mybranch`. + -g:: --walk-reflogs:: diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 9e92734bc..b290b617d 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -1,144 +1,163 @@ SPECIFYING REVISIONS -------------------- -A revision parameter typically, but not necessarily, names a -commit object. They use what is called an 'extended SHA1' +A revision parameter '<rev>' typically, but not necessarily, names a +commit object. It uses what is called an 'extended SHA1' syntax. Here are various ways to spell object names. The -ones listed near the end of this list are to name trees and +ones listed near the end of this list name trees and blobs contained in a commit. -* The full SHA1 object name (40-byte hexadecimal string), or - a substring of such that is unique within the repository. +'<sha1>', e.g. 'dae86e1950b1277e545cee180551750029cfe735', 'dae86e':: + The full SHA1 object name (40-byte hexadecimal string), or + a leading substring that is unique within the repository. E.g. dae86e1950b1277e545cee180551750029cfe735 and dae86e both - name the same commit object if there are no other object in + name the same commit object if there is no other object in your repository whose object name starts with dae86e. -* An output from 'git describe'; i.e. a closest tag, optionally +'<describeOutput>', e.g. 'v1.7.4.2-679-g3bee7fb':: + Output from `git describe`; i.e. a closest tag, optionally followed by a dash and a number of commits, followed by a dash, a - `g`, and an abbreviated object name. + 'g', and an abbreviated object name. -* A symbolic ref name. E.g. 'master' typically means the commit - object referenced by refs/heads/master. If you - happen to have both heads/master and tags/master, you can +'<refname>', e.g. 'master', 'heads/master', 'refs/heads/master':: + A symbolic ref name. E.g. 'master' typically means the commit + object referenced by 'refs/heads/master'. If you + happen to have both 'heads/master' and 'tags/master', you can explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean. - When ambiguous, a `<name>` is disambiguated by taking the + When ambiguous, a '<name>' is disambiguated by taking the first match in the following rules: - . if `$GIT_DIR/<name>` exists, that is what you mean (this is usually - useful only for `HEAD`, `FETCH_HEAD`, `ORIG_HEAD` and `MERGE_HEAD`); + . If '$GIT_DIR/<name>' exists, that is what you mean (this is usually + useful only for 'HEAD', 'FETCH_HEAD', 'ORIG_HEAD', 'MERGE_HEAD' + and 'CHERRY_PICK_HEAD'); - . otherwise, `refs/<name>` if exists; + . otherwise, 'refs/<name>' if it exists; - . otherwise, `refs/tags/<name>` if exists; + . otherwise, 'refs/tags/<refname>' if it exists; - . otherwise, `refs/heads/<name>` if exists; + . otherwise, 'refs/heads/<name>' if it exists; - . otherwise, `refs/remotes/<name>` if exists; + . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<name>' if it exists; - . otherwise, `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` if exists. + . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD' if it exists. + -HEAD names the commit your changes in the working tree is based on. -FETCH_HEAD records the branch you fetched from a remote repository -with your last 'git fetch' invocation. -ORIG_HEAD is created by commands that moves your HEAD in a drastic -way, to record the position of the HEAD before their operation, so that -you can change the tip of the branch back to the state before you ran -them easily. -MERGE_HEAD records the commit(s) you are merging into your branch -when you run 'git merge'. +'HEAD' names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree. +'FETCH_HEAD' records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository +with your last `git fetch` invocation. +'ORIG_HEAD' is created by commands that move your 'HEAD' in a drastic +way, to record the position of the 'HEAD' before their operation, so that +you can easily change the tip of the branch back to the state before you ran +them. +'MERGE_HEAD' records the commit(s) which you are merging into your branch +when you run `git merge`. +'CHERRY_PICK_HEAD' records the commit which you are cherry-picking +when you run `git cherry-pick`. + -Note that any of the `refs/*` cases above may come either from -the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file. +Note that any of the 'refs/*' cases above may come either from +the '$GIT_DIR/refs' directory or from the '$GIT_DIR/packed-refs' file. -* A ref followed by the suffix '@' with a date specification +'<refname>@\{<date>\}', e.g. 'master@\{yesterday\}', 'HEAD@\{5 minutes ago\}':: + A ref followed by the suffix '@' with a date specification enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{yesterday\}', '\{1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour 1 - second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value + second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') specifies the value of the ref at a prior point in time. This suffix may only be used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an - existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). Note that this looks up the state + existing log ('$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>'). Note that this looks up the state of your *local* ref at a given time; e.g., what was in your local - `master` branch last week. If you want to look at commits made during - certain times, see `--since` and `--until`. + 'master' branch last week. If you want to look at commits made during + certain times, see '--since' and '--until'. -* A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification - enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify +'<refname>@\{<n>\}', e.g. 'master@\{1\}':: + A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification + enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') specifies the n-th prior value of that ref. For example 'master@\{1\}' is the immediate prior value of 'master' while 'master@\{5\}' is the 5th prior value of 'master'. This suffix may only be used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an existing - log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). + log ('$GIT_DIR/logs/<refname>'). -* You can use the '@' construct with an empty ref part to get at a - reflog of the current branch. For example, if you are on the - branch 'blabla', then '@\{1\}' means the same as 'blabla@\{1\}'. +'@\{<n>\}', e.g. '@\{1\}':: + You can use the '@' construct with an empty ref part to get at a + reflog entry of the current branch. For example, if you are on + branch 'blabla' then '@\{1\}' means the same as 'blabla@\{1\}'. -* The special construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out +'@\{-<n>\}', e.g. '@\{-1\}':: + The construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out before the current one. -* The suffix '@\{upstream\}' to a ref (short form 'ref@\{u\}') refers to - the branch the ref is set to build on top of. Missing ref defaults +'<refname>@\{upstream\}', e.g. 'master@\{upstream\}', '@\{u\}':: + The suffix '@\{upstream\}' to a ref (short form '<refname>@\{u\}') refers to + the branch the ref is set to build on top of. A missing ref defaults to the current branch. -* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter (e.g. 'HEAD{caret}') means the first parent of +'<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. - 'rev{caret}' - is equivalent to 'rev{caret}1'). As a special rule, - 'rev{caret}0' means the commit itself and is used when 'rev' is the + '<rev>{caret}' + is equivalent to '<rev>{caret}1'). As a special rule, + '<rev>{caret}0' means the commit itself and is used when '<rev>' is the object name of a tag object that refers to a commit object. -* A suffix '{tilde}<n>' to a revision parameter means the commit +'<rev>{tilde}<n>', e.g. 'master{tilde}3':: + A suffix '{tilde}<n>' to a revision parameter means the commit object that is the <n>th generation grand-parent of the named - commit object, following only the first parent. I.e. rev~3 is - equivalent to rev{caret}{caret}{caret} which is equivalent to - rev{caret}1{caret}1{caret}1. See below for a illustration of + commit object, following only the first parents. I.e. '<rev>{tilde}3' is + equivalent to '<rev>{caret}{caret}{caret}' which is equivalent to + '<rev>{caret}1{caret}1{caret}1'. See below for an illustration of the usage of this form. -* A suffix '{caret}' followed by an object type name enclosed in - brace pair (e.g. `v0.99.8{caret}\{commit\}`) means the object +'<rev>{caret}\{<type>\}', e.g. 'v0.99.8{caret}\{commit\}':: + A suffix '{caret}' followed by an object type name enclosed in + brace pair means the object could be a tag, and dereference the tag recursively until an object of that type is found or the object cannot be - dereferenced anymore (in which case, barf). `rev{caret}0` - introduced earlier is a short-hand for `rev{caret}\{commit\}`. + dereferenced anymore (in which case, barf). '<rev>{caret}0' + is a short-hand for '<rev>{caret}\{commit\}'. -* A suffix '{caret}' followed by an empty brace pair - (e.g. `v0.99.8{caret}\{\}`) means the object could be a tag, +'<rev>{caret}\{\}', e.g. 'v0.99.8{caret}\{\}':: + A suffix '{caret}' followed by an empty brace pair + means the object could be a tag, and dereference the tag recursively until a non-tag object is found. -* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter followed by a brace - pair that contains a text led by a slash (e.g. `HEAD^{/fix nasty bug}`): - this is the same as `:/fix nasty bug` syntax below except that +'<rev>{caret}\{/<text>\}', e.g. 'HEAD^{/fix nasty bug}':: + A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter, followed by a brace + pair that contains a text led by a slash, + is the same as the ':/fix nasty bug' syntax below except that it returns the youngest matching commit which is reachable from - the ref before '{caret}'. + the '<rev>' before '{caret}'. -* A colon, followed by a slash, followed by a text (e.g. `:/fix nasty bug`): this names +':/<text>', e.g. ':/fix nasty bug':: + A colon, followed by a slash, followed by a text, names a commit whose commit message matches the specified regular expression. This name returns the youngest matching commit which is reachable from any ref. If the commit message starts with a - '!', you have to repeat that; the special sequence ':/!', - followed by something else than '!' is reserved for now. + '!' you have to repeat that; the special sequence ':/!', + followed by something else than '!', is reserved for now. The regular expression can match any part of the commit message. To - match messages starting with a string, one can use e.g. `:/^foo`. + match messages starting with a string, one can use e.g. ':/^foo'. -* A suffix ':' followed by a path (e.g. `HEAD:README`); this names the blob or tree +'<rev>:<path>', e.g. 'HEAD:README', ':README', 'master:./README':: + A suffix ':' followed by a path names the blob or tree at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part before the colon. - ':path' (with an empty part before the colon, e.g. `:README`) + ':path' (with an empty part before the colon) is a special case of the syntax described next: content recorded in the index at the given path. - A path starting with './' or '../' is relative to current working directory. - The given path will be converted to be relative to working tree's root directory. + A path starting with './' or '../' is relative to the current working directory. + The given path will be converted to be relative to the working tree's root directory. This is most useful to address a blob or tree from a commit or tree that has - the same tree structure with the working tree. + the same tree structure as the working tree. -* A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a - colon, followed by a path (e.g. `:0:README`); this names a blob object in the - index at the given path. Missing stage number (and the colon - that follows it, e.g. `:README`) names a stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage +':<n>:<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README':: + A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a + colon, followed by a path, names a blob object in the + index at the given path. A missing stage number (and the colon + that follows it) names a stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage 1 is the common ancestor, stage 2 is the target branch's version (typically the current branch), and stage 3 is the version from - the branch being merged. + the branch which is being merged. Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger. Both commit nodes B and C are parents of commit node A. Parent commits are ordered @@ -172,31 +191,31 @@ G H I J SPECIFYING RANGES ----------------- -History traversing commands such as 'git log' operate on a set +History traversing commands such as `git log` operate on a set of commits, not just a single commit. To these commands, specifying a single revision with the notation described in the previous section means the set of commits reachable from that commit, following the commit ancestry chain. -To exclude commits reachable from a commit, a prefix `{caret}` -notation is used. E.g. `{caret}r1 r2` means commits reachable -from `r2` but exclude the ones reachable from `r1`. +To exclude commits reachable from a commit, a prefix '{caret}' +notation is used. E.g. '{caret}r1 r2' means commits reachable +from 'r2' but exclude the ones reachable from 'r1'. This set operation appears so often that there is a shorthand -for it. When you have two commits `r1` and `r2` (named according +for it. When you have two commits 'r1' and 'r2' (named according to the syntax explained in SPECIFYING REVISIONS above), you can ask for commits that are reachable from r2 excluding those that are reachable -from r1 by `{caret}r1 r2` and it can be written as `r1..r2`. +from r1 by '{caret}r1 r2' and it can be written as 'r1..r2'. -A similar notation `r1\...r2` is called symmetric difference -of `r1` and `r2` and is defined as -`r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)`. +A similar notation 'r1\...r2' is called symmetric difference +of 'r1' and 'r2' and is defined as +'r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)'. It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of -`r1` or `r2` but not from both. +'r1' or 'r2' but not from both. Two other shorthands for naming a set that is formed by a commit -and its parent commits exist. The `r1{caret}@` notation means all -parents of `r1`. `r1{caret}!` includes commit `r1` but excludes +and its parent commits exist. The 'r1{caret}@' notation means all +parents of 'r1'. 'r1{caret}!' includes commit 'r1' but excludes all of its parents. Here are a handful of examples: |