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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.6.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3e3c3e55a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +GIT v1.5.4.6 Release Notes +========================== + +I personally do not think there is any reason anybody should want to +run v1.5.4.X series these days, because 'master' version is always +more stable than any tagged released version of git. + +This is primarily to futureproof "git-shell" to accept requests +without a dash between "git" and subcommand name (e.g. "git +upload-pack") which the newer client will start to make sometime in +the future. + +Fixes since v1.5.4.5 +-------------------- + + * Command line option "-n" to "git-repack" was not correctly parsed. + + * Error messages from "git-apply" when the patchfile cannot be opened + have been improved. + + * Error messages from "git-bisect" when given nonsense revisions have + been improved. + + * reflog syntax that uses time e.g. "HEAD@{10 seconds ago}:path" did not + stop parsing at the closing "}". + + * "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name ^master^2" printed solitary "^", + but it should print nothing. + + * "git apply" did not enforce "match at the beginning" correctly. + + * a path specification "a/b" in .gitattributes file should not match + "sub/a/b", but it did. + + * "git log --date-order --topo-order" did not override the earlier + date-order with topo-order as expected. + + * "git fast-export" did not export octopus merges correctly. + + * "git archive --prefix=$path/" mishandled gitattributes. + +As usual, it also comes with many documentation fixes and clarifications. + diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..30fa3615c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +GIT v1.5.5.5 Release Notes +========================== + +I personally do not think there is any reason anybody should want to +run v1.5.5.X series these days, because 'master' version is always +more stable than any tagged released version of git. + +This is primarily to futureproof "git-shell" to accept requests +without a dash between "git" and subcommand name (e.g. "git +upload-pack") which the newer client will start to make sometime in +the future. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4864b1644 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +GIT v1.5.6.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.5.6 +------------------ + +* Last minute change broke loose object creation on AIX. + +* (performance fix) We used to make $GIT_DIR absolute path early in the + programs but keeping it relative to the current directory internally + gives 1-3 per-cent performance boost. + +* bash completion knows the new --graph option to git-log family. + + +* git-diff -c/--cc showed unnecessary "deletion" lines at the context + boundary. + +* git-for-each-ref ignored %(object) and %(type) requests for tag + objects. + +* git-merge usage had a typo. + +* Rebuilding of git-svn metainfo database did not take rewriteRoot + option into account. + +* Running "git-rebase --continue/--skip/--abort" before starting a + rebase gave nonsense error messages. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..02d5910d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +GIT v1.5.6.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Futureproof +----------- + + * "git-shell" accepts requests without a dash between "git" and + subcommand name (e.g. "git upload-pack") which the newer client will + start to make sometime in the future. + +Fixes since v1.5.6.1 +-------------------- + +* Optimization for a large import via "git-svn" introduced in v1.5.6 had a + serious memory and temporary file leak, which made it unusable for + moderately large import. + +* "git-svn" mangled remote nickname used in the configuration file + unnecessarily. + +* "git diff --check" did not report the result via its exit status + reliably. + +* "git show" segfaulted when an annotated tag that points at another + annotated tag was given to it. + +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +echo O=$(git describe maint) +O=v1.5.6.1-13-g4f3dcc2 +git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e5c285f9c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +GIT v1.6.0 Release Notes +======================== + +User visible changes +-------------------- + +With the default Makefile settings, most of the programs are now +installed outside your $PATH, except for "git", "gitk", "git-gui" and +some server side programs that need to be accessible for technical +reasons. Invoking a git subcommand as "git-xyzzy" from the command +line has been deprecated since early 2006 (and officially announced in +1.5.4 release notes); use of them from your scripts after adding +output from "git --exec-path" to the $PATH is still supported in this +release, but users are again strongly encouraged to adjust their +scripts to use "git xyzzy" form, as we will stop installing +"git-xyzzy" hardlinks for built-in commands in later releases. + +Source changes needed for porting to MinGW environment are now all in the +main git.git codebase. + +By default, packfiles created with this version uses delta-base-offset +encoding introduced in v1.4.4. Pack idx files are using version 2 that +allows larger packs and added robustness thanks to its CRC checking, +introduced in v1.5.2. + + +Updates since v1.5.6 +-------------------- + +(subsystems) + +* git-p4 in contrib learned "allowSubmit" configuration to control on + which branch to allow "submit" subcommand. + +(portability) + +* Sample hook scripts shipped in templates/ are now suffixed with + *.sample. We used to prevent them from triggering by default by + relying on the fact that we install them as unexecutable, but on + some filesystems this approach does not work. Instead of running + "chmod +x" on them, the users who want to activate these samples + as-is can now rename them dropping *.sample suffix. + +* perl's in-place edit (-i) does not work well without backup files on Windows; + some tests are rewritten to cope with this. + +(documentation) + +* Updated howto/update-hook-example + +* Got rid of usage of "git-foo" from the tutorial. + +* Disambiguating "--" between revs and paths is finally documented. + +(performance, robustness, sanity etc.) + +* even more documentation pages are now accessible via "man" and "git help". + +* reduced excessive inlining to shrink size of the "git" binary. + +* verify-pack checks the object CRC when using version 2 idx files. + +* When an object is corrupt in a pack, the object became unusable even + when the same object is available in a loose form, We now try harder to + fall back to these redundant objects when able. In particular, "git + repack -a -f" can be used to fix such a corruption as long as necessary + objects are available. + +* git-clone does not create refs in loose form anymore (it behaves as + if you immediately ran git-pack-refs after cloning). This will help + repositories with insanely large number of refs. + +* core.fsyncobjectfiles configuration can be used to ensure that the loose + objects created will be fsync'ed (this is only useful on filesystems + that does not order data writes properly). + +* "git commit-tree" plumbing can make Octopus with more than 16 parents. + "git commit" has been capable of this for quite some time. + +(usability, bells and whistles) + +* git-apply can handle a patch that touches the same path more than once + much better than before. + +* git-apply can be told not to trust the line counts recorded in the input + patch but recount, with the new --recount option. + +* git-archive can be told to omit certain paths from its output using + export-ignore attributes. + +* git-clone can clone from a remote whose URL would be rewritten by + configuration stored in $HOME/.gitconfig now. + +* git-diff --check now checks leftover merge conflict markers. + +* When remote side used to have branch 'foo' and git-fetch finds that now + it has branch 'foo/bar', it refuses to lose the existing remote tracking + branch and its reflog. The error message has been improved to suggest + pruning the remote if the user wants to proceed and get the latest set + of branches from the remote, including such 'foo/bar'. + +* fast-export learned to export and import marks file; this can be used to + interface with fast-import incrementally. + +* Original SHA-1 value for "update-ref -d" is optional now. + +* git-send-mail can talk not just over SSL but over TLS now. + +* You can tell "git status -u" to even more aggressively omit checking + untracked files with --untracked-files=no. + +* Error codes from gitweb are made more descriptive where possible, rather + than "403 forbidden" as we used to issue everywhere. + +(internal) + + +Fixes since v1.5.6 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.5.6 maintenance series are included in +this release, unless otherwise noted. + + * diff -c/--cc showed unnecessary "deletion" lines at the context + boundary (needs backmerge to maint). + + * "git-clone <src> <dst>" did not create leading directories for <dst> + like the scripted version used to do (needs backport to maint). + +--- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.5.6.1-155-gaa0c1f2 +echo O=$(git describe refs/heads/master) +git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 0e155c936..b1164753e 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ settings but I haven't tried, yet. mail.identity.default.compose_html => false mail.identity.id?.compose_html => false +(Lukas Sandström) + +There is a script in contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline which can help +you include patches with Thunderbird in an easy way. To use it, do the +steps above and then use the script as the external editor. Gnus ---- diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf index 10c1a151a..40d43b78e 100644 --- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf +++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ # the command. [attributes] +asterisk=* plus=+ caret=^ startsb=[ diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 5331b450e..561ff645f 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -372,6 +372,14 @@ core.whitespace:: does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return is not a whitespace (not enabled by default). +core.fsyncobjectfiles:: + This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files. ++ +This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders +data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use +journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata +and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback"). + alias.*:: Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation @@ -937,9 +945,17 @@ pack.indexVersion:: legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted - packs. Version 2 is selected and this config option ignored - whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise - the default is 1. + packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced + and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is + larger than 2 GB. ++ +If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 `{asterisk}.idx` file, +cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync") +that will copy both `{asterisk}.pack` file and corresponding `{asterisk}.idx` file from the +other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your +older version of git. If the `{asterisk}.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however, +you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate +the `{asterisk}.idx` file. pack.packSizeLimit:: The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects @@ -996,12 +1012,12 @@ remotes.<group>:: <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1]. repack.usedeltabaseoffset:: - Allow linkgit:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses - delta-base offset. Defaults to false. - -show.difftree:: - The default linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used - for linkgit:git-show[1]. + By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use + delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with + git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb + protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to + "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the + native protocol are unaffected by this option. showbranch.default:: The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. @@ -1013,6 +1029,25 @@ status.relativePaths:: relative to the repository root (this was the default for git prior to v1.5.4). +status.showUntrackedFiles:: + By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show + files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which + contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name + only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all + all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some + systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays + the untracked files. Possible values are: ++ +-- + - 'no' - Show no untracked files + - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories + - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories. +-- ++ +If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'. +This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option +of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1]. + tar.umask:: This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the @@ -1048,10 +1083,6 @@ user.signingkey:: unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports. -whatchanged.difftree:: - The default linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used - for linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. - imap:: The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described in linkgit:git-imap-send[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 572154834..cba90fd27 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -241,4 +241,4 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] Do not show any source or destination prefix. For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also -linkgit:gitdiffcore[7][diffcore documentation]. +linkgit:gitdiffcore[7]. diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index b8e3fa675..011a74365 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] +'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [--update | -u] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>... @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Configuration The optional configuration variable 'core.excludesfile' indicates a path to a file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to -those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5][repository layout]. +those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5]. EXAMPLES diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 46544a076..1296b9117 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ git-am - Apply a series of patches from a mailbox SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8] +'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8] [--3way] [--interactive] [--binary] [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] <mbox>|<Maildir>... -'git-am' [--skip | --resolved] +'git am' [--skip | --resolved] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt index da15379ae..8b6b56a54 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit info SYNOPSIS -------- -git-annotate [options] file [revision] +'git annotate' [options] file [revision] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index c8347637d..70d19f63e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-apply - Apply a patch on a git index file and a working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] +'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor <file>] [-R | --reverse] [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z] - [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--cached] + [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached] [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>] [--exclude=PATH] [--verbose] [<patch>...] @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ OPTIONS without using the working tree. This implies '--index'. --build-fake-ancestor <file>:: - Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information' + Newer `git-diff` output has embedded 'index information' for each blob to help identify the original version that the patch applies to. When this flag is given, and if the original versions of the blobs is available locally, @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ the information is read from the current index instead. Apply the patch in reverse. --reject:: - For atomicity, linkgit:git-apply[1] by default fails the whole patch and + For atomicity, `git-apply` by default fails the whole patch and does not touch the working tree when some of the hunks do not apply. This option makes it apply the parts of the patch that are applicable, and leave the @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ the information is read from the current index instead. ever ignored. --unidiff-zero:: - By default, linkgit:git-apply[1] expects that the patch being + By default, `git-apply` expects that the patch being applied is a unified diff with at least one line of context. This provides good safety measures, but breaks down when applying a diff generated with --unified=0. To bypass these @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ discouraged. --apply:: If you use any of the options marked "Turns off - 'apply'" above, linkgit:git-apply[1] reads and outputs the + 'apply'" above, `git-apply` reads and outputs the information you asked without actually applying the patch. Give this flag after those flags to also apply the patch. @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ discouraged. considered whitespace errors. + By default, the command outputs warning messages but applies the patch. -When linkgit:git-apply[1] is used for statistics and not applying a +When `git-apply is used for statistics and not applying a patch, it defaults to `nowarn`. + You can use different `<action>` to control this @@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ behavior: current patch being applied will be printed. This option will cause additional information to be reported. +--recount:: + Do not trust the line counts in the hunk headers, but infer them + by inspecting the patch (e.g. after editing the patch without + adjusting the hunk headers appropriately). + Configuration ------------- @@ -186,7 +191,7 @@ apply.whitespace:: Submodules ---------- -If the patch contains any changes to submodules then linkgit:git-apply[1] +If the patch contains any changes to submodules then `git-apply` treats these changes as follows. If --index is specified (explicitly or implicitly), then the submodule diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index 603117c79..f089debaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-archimport - Import an Arch repository into git SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D depth] [-t tempdir] +'git archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D depth] [-t tempdir] <archive/branch>[:<git-branch>] ... DESCRIPTION @@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ Arch repository. Make sure you have a recent version of `tla` available in the path. `tla` must know about the repositories you pass to `git-archimport`. -For the initial import `git-archimport` expects to find itself in an empty +For the initial import, `git-archimport` expects to find itself in an empty directory. To follow the development of a project that uses Arch, rerun `git-archimport` with the same parameters as the initial import to perform incremental imports. -While git-archimport will try to create sensible branch names for the +While `git-archimport` will try to create sensible branch names for the archives that it imports, it is also possible to specify git branch names manually. To do so, write a git branch name after each <archive/branch> parameter, separated by a colon. This way, you can shorten the Arch @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ OPTIONS -o:: Use this for compatibility with old-style branch names used by - earlier versions of git-archimport. Old-style branch names + earlier versions of `git-archimport`. Old-style branch names were category--branch, whereas new-style branch names are archive,category--branch--version. In both cases, names given on the command-line will override the automatically-generated diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt index 9b5f3ae5e..dbe9bad2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>] +'git archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>] [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish> [path...] @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ structure for the named tree, and writes it out to the standard output. If <prefix> is specified it is prepended to the filenames in the archive. -'git-archive' behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when +`git-archive` behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when given a commit ID or tag ID. In the first case the current time is used as modification time of each file in the archive. In the latter case the commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is used instead. Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global extended pax header if the tar format is used; it can be extracted -using 'git-get-tar-commit-id'. In ZIP files it is stored as a file +using `git-get-tar-commit-id`. In ZIP files it is stored as a file comment. OPTIONS @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OPTIONS --exec=<git-upload-archive>:: Used with --remote to specify the path to the - git-upload-archive executable on the remote side. + `git-upload-archive` on the remote side. <tree-ish>:: The tree or commit to produce an archive for. diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 3ca0d330a..8bbcb940f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on the subcommand: git bisect log git bisect run <cmd>... -This command uses 'git-rev-list --bisect' option to help drive the +This command uses `git rev-list --bisect` to help drive the binary search process to find which change introduced a bug, given an old "good" commit object name and a later "bad" commit object name. @@ -215,13 +215,13 @@ tweaks (e.g., s/#define DEBUG 0/#define DEBUG 1/ in a header file, or work around other problem this bisection is not interested in") applied to the revision being tested. -To cope with such a situation, after the inner git-bisect finds the +To cope with such a situation, after the inner `git-bisect` finds the next revision to test, with the "run" script, you can apply that tweak before compiling, run the real test, and after the test decides if the revision (possibly with the needed tweaks) passed the test, rewind the tree to the pristine state. Finally the "run" script can exit with -the status of the real test to let "git bisect run" command loop to -know the outcome. +the status of the real test to let the "git bisect run" command loop to +determine the outcome. EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index 8f4fb4668..443039fd9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-blame - Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-p] [-w] [--incremental] [-L n,m] +'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-p] [-w] [--incremental] [-L n,m] [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>] [<rev> | --contents <file>] [--] <file> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ last modified the line. Optionally, start annotating from the given revision. Also it can limit the range of lines annotated. This report doesn't tell you anything about lines which have been deleted or -replaced; you need to use a tool such as linkgit:git-diff[1] or the "pickaxe" +replaced; you need to use a tool such as `git-diff` or the "pickaxe" interface briefly mentioned in the following paragraph. Apart from supporting file annotation, git also supports searching the @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ include::blame-options.txt[] file (see `-M`). The first number listed is the score. This is the number of alphanumeric characters detected to be moved between or within files. This must be above - a certain threshold for git-blame to consider those lines + a certain threshold for `git-blame` to consider those lines of code to have been moved. -f:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 0fd58083e..5e78aed7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged] +'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] [--contains <commit>] -'git-branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] -'git-branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> -'git-branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>... +'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] +'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> +'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the new branch. When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the -branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from +branch so that `git-pull` will appropriately merge from the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted. Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist -in remote repository or if linkgit:git-fetch[1] was configured not to fetch +in remote repository or if `git-fetch` was configured not to fetch them again. See also 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for way to clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches. @@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ OPTIONS Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them. --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull + When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that `git-pull` will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch. Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want - git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were + `git-checkout` and `git-branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the start-point is either a local or remote branch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt index f6a06129a..b729db7d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-bundle - Move objects and refs by archive SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-bundle' create <file> <git-rev-list args> -'git-bundle' verify <file> -'git-bundle' list-heads <file> [refname...] -'git-bundle' unbundle <file> [refname...] +'git bundle' create <file> <git-rev-list args> +'git bundle' verify <file> +'git bundle' list-heads <file> [refname...] +'git bundle' unbundle <file> [refname...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ Some workflows require that one or more branches of development on one machine be replicated on another machine, but the two machines cannot be directly connected so the interactive git protocols (git, ssh, rsync, http) cannot be used. This command provides support for -git-fetch and git-pull to operate by packaging objects and references +`git-fetch` and `git-pull` to operate by packaging objects and references in an archive at the originating machine, then importing those into -another repository using linkgit:git-fetch[1] and linkgit:git-pull[1] +another repository using `git-fetch` and `git-pull` after moving the archive by some means (i.e., by sneakernet). As no direct connection between repositories exists, the user must specify a basis for the bundle that is held by the destination repository: the @@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ OPTIONS create <file>:: Used to create a bundle named 'file'. This requires the - git-rev-list arguments to define the bundle contents. + `git-rev-list` arguments to define the bundle contents. verify <file>:: Used to check that a bundle file is valid and will apply cleanly to the current repository. This includes checks on the bundle format itself as well as checking that the prerequisite commits exist and are fully linked in the current repository. - git-bundle prints a list of missing commits, if any, and exits + `git-bundle` prints a list of missing commits, if any, and exits with non-zero status. list-heads <file>:: @@ -51,16 +51,15 @@ list-heads <file>:: printed out. unbundle <file>:: - Passes the objects in the bundle to linkgit:git-index-pack[1] + Passes the objects in the bundle to `git-index-pack` for storage in the repository, then prints the names of all defined references. If a reflist is given, only references matching those in the given list are printed. This command is - really plumbing, intended to be called only by - linkgit:git-fetch[1]. + really plumbing, intended to be called only by `git-fetch`. [git-rev-list-args...]:: - A list of arguments, acceptable to git-rev-parse and - git-rev-list, that specify the specific objects and references + A list of arguments, acceptable to `git-rev-parse` and + `git-rev-list`, that specify the specific objects and references to transport. For example, "master~10..master" causes the current master reference to be packaged along with all objects added since its 10th ancestor commit. There is no explicit @@ -70,16 +69,16 @@ unbundle <file>:: [refname...]:: A list of references used to limit the references reported as - available. This is principally of use to git-fetch, which + available. This is principally of use to `git-fetch`, which expects to receive only those references asked for and not - necessarily everything in the pack (in this case, git-bundle is - acting like linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]). + necessarily everything in the pack (in this case, `git-bundle` is + acting like `git-fetch-pack`). SPECIFYING REFERENCES --------------------- -git-bundle will only package references that are shown by -git-show-ref: this includes heads, tags, and remote heads. References +`git-bundle` will only package references that are shown by +`git-show-ref`: this includes heads, tags, and remote heads. References such as master~1 cannot be packaged, but are perfectly suitable for defining the basis. More than one reference may be packaged, and more than one basis can be specified. The objects packaged are those not @@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ We set a tag in R1 (lastR2bundle) after the previous such transport, and move it afterwards to help build the bundle. ------------ -$ git-bundle create mybundle master ^lastR2bundle +$ git bundle create mybundle master ^lastR2bundle $ git tag -f lastR2bundle master ------------ @@ -141,8 +140,8 @@ $ git bundle create mybundle master -n 10 Then you move mybundle from A to B, and in R2 on B: ------------ -$ git-bundle verify mybundle -$ git-fetch mybundle master:localRef +$ git bundle verify mybundle +$ git fetch mybundle master:localRef ------------ With something like this in the config in R2: diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index f58013ca6..d35e8a04f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object> -'git-cat-file' [--batch | --batch-check] < <list-of-objects> +'git cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object> +'git cat-file' [--batch | --batch-check] < <list-of-objects> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt index ef16b9398..abe1f1b7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-check-attr' attr... [--] pathname... +'git check-attr' attr... [--] pathname... DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index c560c0aa6..429083bb6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-check-ref-format - Make sure ref name is well formed SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-check-ref-format' <refname> +'git check-ref-format' <refname> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ refname expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]). Namely: . colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations. It may also be used to select a specific object such as with - linkgit:git-cat-file[1] "git-cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". + `git-cat-file`: "git cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c". GIT diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt index 676203b2e..a833a4dda 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-checkout-index - Copy files from the index to the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-checkout-index' [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [--prefix=<string>] +'git checkout-index' [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [--prefix=<string>] [--stage=<number>|all] [--temp] [-z] [--stdin] @@ -73,25 +73,25 @@ OPTIONS The order of the flags used to matter, but not anymore. -Just doing `git-checkout-index` does nothing. You probably meant -`git-checkout-index -a`. And if you want to force it, you want -`git-checkout-index -f -a`. +Just doing `git checkout-index` does nothing. You probably meant +`git checkout-index -a`. And if you want to force it, you want +`git checkout-index -f -a`. Intuitiveness is not the goal here. Repeatability is. The reason for the "no arguments means no work" behavior is that from scripts you are supposed to be able to do: ---------------- -$ find . -name '*.h' -print0 | xargs -0 git-checkout-index -f -- +$ find . -name '*.h' -print0 | xargs -0 git checkout-index -f -- ---------------- which will force all existing `*.h` files to be replaced with their cached copies. If an empty command line implied "all", then this would force-refresh everything in the index, which was not the point. But -since git-checkout-index accepts --stdin it would be faster to use: +since `git-checkout-index` accepts --stdin it would be faster to use: ---------------- -$ find . -name '*.h' -print0 | git-checkout-index -f -z --stdin +$ find . -name '*.h' -print0 | git checkout-index -f -z --stdin ---------------- The `--` is just a good idea when you know the rest will be filenames; @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ EXAMPLES To update and refresh only the files already checked out:: + ---------------- -$ git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh +$ git checkout-index -n -f -a && git update-index --ignore-missing --refresh ---------------- Using `git-checkout-index` to "export an entire tree":: @@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ Using `git-checkout-index` to "export an entire tree":: Just read the desired tree into the index, and do: + ---------------- -$ git-checkout-index --prefix=git-export-dir/ -a +$ git checkout-index --prefix=git-export-dir/ -a ---------------- + -`git-checkout-index` will "export" the index into the specified +`git checkout-index` will "export" the index into the specified directory. + The final "/" is important. The exported name is literally just @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ following example. Export files with a prefix:: + ---------------- -$ git-checkout-index --prefix=.merged- Makefile +$ git checkout-index --prefix=.merged- Makefile ---------------- + This will check out the currently cached copy of `Makefile` diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 3ad9760a4..c0f9c6e88 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] -'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>... +'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>] +'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ options, which will be passed to `git branch`. When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from -the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or +the index file (i.e. it runs `git checkout-index -f -u`), or from a named commit. In this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving either of them results in an error. <tree-ish> argument can be @@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ OPTIONS -t:: --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull + When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that `git-pull` will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch. Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want - git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were + `git-checkout` and `git-branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the start-point is either a local or remote branch. @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ current branch and directly point at the commit named by the tag (`v2.6.18` in the above example). You can use usual git commands while in this state. You can use -`git-reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for +`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`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index 5ac9cfb0e..1b864dacf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] <commit> +'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] <commit> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ OPTIONS ------- <commit>:: Commit to cherry-pick. - For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see + For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. -e:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt index ef7caf61e..9859bc8f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt @@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>] +'git cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>] DESCRIPTION ----------- The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head> is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>. -The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from linkgit:git-patch-id[1] -program. +The commits are compared with their 'patch id', obtained from +the `git-patch-id` program. Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ to and including <limit> are not reported: \__*__*__<limit>__-__+__> <head> -Because git-cherry compares the changeset rather than the commit id -(sha1), you can use git-cherry to find out if a commit you made locally +Because `git-cherry` compares the changeset rather than the commit id +(sha1), you can use `git-cherry` to find out if a commit you made locally has been applied <upstream> under a different commit id. For example, this will happen if you're feeding patches <upstream> via email rather than pushing or pulling commits directly. diff --git a/Documentation/git-citool.txt b/Documentation/git-citool.txt index 09108d0e6..8e6c7e67c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-citool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-citool.txt @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ DESCRIPTION A Tcl/Tk based graphical interface to review modified files, stage them into the index, enter a commit message and record the new commit onto the current branch. This interface is an alternative -to the less interactive linkgit:git-commit[1] program. +to the less interactive `git-commit` program. -git-citool is actually a standard alias for 'git gui citool'. +`git-citool` is actually a standard alias for `git gui citool`. See linkgit:git-gui[1] for more details. Author diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 37a82ee4b..8168bf3bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>... +'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-n] [-q] [-x | -X] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OPTIONS -f:: If the git configuration specifies clean.requireForce as true, - git-clean will refuse to run unless given -f or -n. + `git-clean` will refuse to run unless given -f or -n. -n:: --dry-run:: @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ OPTIONS -x:: Don't use the ignore rules. This allows removing all untracked files, including build products. This can be used (possibly in - conjunction with linkgit:git-reset[1]) to create a pristine + conjunction with `git-reset`) to create a pristine working directory to test a clean build. -X:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 7973e6af4..eef95a404 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] +'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>] @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any other git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the source repository, some objects may become unreferenced (or dangling). -These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as git-commit[1]) -which automatically call git-gc[1]. If these objects are removed and -were referenced by the cloned repository, then the cloned repository -will become corrupt. +These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as `git-commit`) +which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].) +If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository, +then the cloned repository will become corrupt. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ will become corrupt. --quiet:: -q:: Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and - "git-fetch-pack" commands when given. + `git-fetch-pack` commands when given. --no-checkout:: -n:: @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ will become corrupt. --upload-pack <upload-pack>:: -u <upload-pack>:: When given, and the repository to clone from is handled - by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to + by `git-fetch-pack`, `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to the command to specify non-default path for the command run on the other end. diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt index 728c2fae8..9cd8d07c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog +'git commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ is taken from the configuration items user.name and user.email, or, if not present, system user name and fully qualified hostname. A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog -entry is not provided via "<" redirection, "git-commit-tree" will just wait +entry is not provided via "<" redirection, `git-commit-tree` will just wait for one to be entered and terminated with ^D. diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 7e8b4ff72..03594cd5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u] [--amend] +'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...] @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ commit along with a log message describing the changes you have made. The content to be added can be specified in several ways: -1. by using linkgit:git-add[1] to incrementally "add" changes to the +1. by using `git-add` to incrementally "add" changes to the index before using the 'commit' command (Note: even modified files must be "added"); -2. by using linkgit:git-rm[1] to remove files from the working tree +2. by using `git-rm` to remove files from the working tree and the index, again before using the 'commit' command; 3. by listing files as arguments to the 'commit' command, in which @@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways: by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the operation. Currently, this is done by invoking `git-add --interactive`. -The linkgit:git-status[1] command can be used to obtain a +The `git-status` command can be used to obtain a summary of what is included by any of the above for the next commit by giving the same set of parameters you would give to this command. -If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after -that, you can recover from it with linkgit:git-reset[1]. +If you make a commit and then find a mistake immediately after +that, you can recover from it with `git-reset`. OPTIONS @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ OPTIONS -n:: --no-verify:: This option bypasses the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks. - See also linkgit:githooks[5][hooks]. + See also linkgit:githooks[5]. --allow-empty:: Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its @@ -162,13 +162,22 @@ but can be used to amend a merge commit. the last commit without committing changes that have already been staged. --u:: ---untracked-files:: - Show all untracked files, also those in uninteresting - directories, in the "Untracked files:" section of commit - message template. Without this option only its name and - a trailing slash are displayed for each untracked - directory. +-u[<mode>]:: +--untracked-files[=<mode>]:: + Show untracked files (Default: 'all'). ++ +The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify +the handling of untracked files. The possible options are: ++ +-- + - 'no' - Show no untracked files + - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories + - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories. +-- ++ +See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable +used to change the default for when the option is not +specified. -v:: --verbose:: @@ -196,9 +205,9 @@ EXAMPLES -------- When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area -called the "index" with linkgit:git-add[1]. A file can be +called the "index" with `git-add`. A file can be reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree, -to that of the last commit with `git-reset HEAD -- <file>`, +to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD -- <file>`, which effectively reverts `git-add` and prevents the changes to this file from participating in the next commit. After building the state to be committed incrementally with these commands, @@ -255,13 +264,13 @@ $ git commit this second commit would record the changes to `hello.c` and `hello.h` as expected. -After a merge (initiated by either linkgit:git-merge[1] or -linkgit:git-pull[1]) stops because of conflicts, cleanly merged +After a merge (initiated by `git-merge` or `git-pull`) stops +because of conflicts, cleanly merged paths are already staged to be committed for you, and paths that conflicted are left in unmerged state. You would have to first -check which paths are conflicting with linkgit:git-status[1] +check which paths are conflicting with `git-status` and after fixing them manually in your working tree, you would -stage the result as usual with linkgit:git-add[1]: +stage the result as usual with `git-add`: ------------ $ git status | grep unmerged @@ -307,7 +316,7 @@ order). HOOKS ----- This command can run `commit-msg`, `prepare-commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, -and `post-commit` hooks. See linkgit:githooks[5][hooks] for more +and `post-commit` hooks. See linkgit:githooks[5] for more information. diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index c90421ee7..63ddb2c2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name -'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name -'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list -'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] -'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name +'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name +'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list +'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] +'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>). The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make -'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and +`git-config` ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value. @@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ See also <<FILES>>. List all variables set in config file. --bool:: - git-config will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" + `git-config` will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" --int:: - git-config will ensure that the output is a simple + `git-config` will ensure that the output is a simple decimal number. An optional value suffix of 'k', 'm', or 'g' in the config file will cause the value to be multiplied by 1024, 1048576, or 1073741824 prior to output. @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ FILES ----- If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where -git-config will search for configuration options: +`git-config` will search for configuration options: $GIT_DIR/config:: Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is @@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration -file is not available or readable, git-config will exit with a non-zero +file is not available or readable, `git-config` will exit with a non-zero error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued. All writing options will per default write to the repository specific configuration file. Note that this also affects options like '--replace-all' -and '--unset'. *git-config will only ever change one file at a time*. +and '--unset'. *`git-config` will only ever change one file at a time*. You can override these rules either by command line options or by environment variables. The '--global' and the '--system' options will limit the file used diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt index 1ba85a259..c069cc8b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-count-objects' [-v] +'git count-objects' [-v] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ OPTIONS In addition to the number of loose objects and disk space consumed, it reports the number of in-pack objects, number of packs, and number of objects that can be - removed by running `git-prune-packed`. + removed by running `git prune-packed`. Author diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index 5fa91e51a..2a02ffa7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID +'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] + [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID DESCRIPTION @@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ by default. Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary files. -If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell git-cvsexportcommit what parent -should the changeset be done against. +If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell `git-cvsexportcommit` what +parent the changeset should be done against. OPTIONS ------- @@ -89,14 +90,14 @@ Merge one patch into CVS:: ------------ $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout -$ git-cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1> +$ git cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1> $ cvs commit -F .msg <files> ------------ Merge one patch into CVS (-c and -w options). The working directory is within the Git Repo:: + ------------ - $ git-cvsexportcommit -v -c -w ~/project_cvs_checkout <commit-sha1> + $ git cvsexportcommit -v -c -w ~/project_cvs_checkout <commit-sha1> ------------ Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing:: @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you ------------ $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout -$ git-cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git-cvsexportcommit -c -p -v +$ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit -c -p -v ------------ Author diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index 2f9b35f62..ed79bb8d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-cvsimport - Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] +'git cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] [-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>] [-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>] [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>] @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'. At least version 2.1 is required. You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are -created by git-cvsimport. By default initial import will create and populate a +created by `git-cvsimport`. By default initial import will create and populate a "master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free -to work with; after that, you need to 'git merge' incremental imports, or +to work with; after that, you need to `git-merge` incremental imports, or any CVS branches, yourself. It is advisable to specify a named remote via -r to separate and protect the incoming branches. @@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ OPTIONS -d <CVSROOT>:: The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote; currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods - are supported. If not given, git-cvsimport will try to read it + are supported. If not given, `git-cvsimport` will try to read it from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the `CVSROOT` environment variable. <CVS_module>:: The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>. - If not given, git-cvsimport tries to read it from + If not given, `git-cvsimport` tries to read it from `CVS/Repository`. -C <target-dir>:: @@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ OPTIONS -r <remote>:: The git remote to import this CVS repository into. Moves all CVS branches into remotes/<remote>/<branch> - akin to the git-clone --use-separate-remote option. + akin to the `git-clone` "--use-separate-remote" option. -o <branch-for-HEAD>:: When no remote is specified (via -r) the 'HEAD' branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within the git repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git. When a remote is specified the 'HEAD' branch is named - remotes/<remote>/master mirroring git-clone behaviour. + remotes/<remote>/master mirroring `git-clone` behaviour. Use this option if you want to import into a different branch. + @@ -136,17 +136,17 @@ This option can be used several times to provide several detection regexes. --------- + -git-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had +`git-cvsimport` will make it appear as those authors had their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly all along. + For convenience, this data is saved to `$GIT_DIR/cvs-authors` each time the '-A' option is provided and read from that same -file each time git-cvsimport is run. +file each time `git-cvsimport` is run. + It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to export changes back to CVS again later with -linkgit:git-cvsexportcommit[1]. +`git-cvsexportcommit`. -h:: Print a short usage message and exit. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 3310ae25f..e0e35dbbb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-cvsserver git-cvsserver pserver Usage: [verse] -'git-cvsserver' [options] [pserver|server] [<directory> ...] +'git cvsserver' [options] [pserver|server] [<directory> ...] OPTIONS ------- @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ over pserver for anonymous CVS access. CVS clients cannot tag, branch or perform GIT merges. -git-cvsserver maps GIT branches to CVS modules. This is very different +`git-cvsserver` maps GIT branches to CVS modules. This is very different from what most CVS users would expect since in CVS modules usually represent one or more directories. @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ looks like ------ No special setup is needed for SSH access, other than having GIT tools in the PATH. If you have clients that do not accept the CVS_SERVER -environment variable, you can rename git-cvsserver to cvs. +environment variable, you can rename `git-cvsserver` to `cvs`. Note: Newer CVS versions (>= 1.12.11) also support specifying CVS_SERVER directly in CVSROOT like @@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ cvs -d ":ext;CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver:user@server/path/repo.git" co <HEAD_name> ------ This has the advantage that it will be saved in your 'CVS/Root' files and you don't need to worry about always setting the correct environment -variable. SSH users restricted to git-shell don't need to override the default -with CVS_SERVER (and shouldn't) as git-shell understands `cvs` to mean -git-cvsserver and pretends that the other end runs the real cvs better. +variable. SSH users restricted to `git-shell` don't need to override the default +with CVS_SERVER (and shouldn't) as `git-shell` understands `cvs` to mean +`git-cvsserver` and pretends that the other end runs the real `cvs` better. -- 2. For each repo that you want accessible from CVS you need to edit config in the repo and add the following section. @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ git-cvsserver and pretends that the other end runs the real cvs better. logfile=/path/to/logfile ------ -Note: you need to ensure each user that is going to invoke git-cvsserver has +Note: you need to ensure each user that is going to invoke `git-cvsserver` has write access to the log file and to the database (see <<dbbackend,Database Backend>>. If you want to offer write access over SSH, the users of course also need write access to the git repository itself. @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ allowing access over SSH. automatically saving it in your 'CVS/Root' files, then you need to set them explicitly in your environment. CVSROOT should be set as per normal, but the directory should point at the appropriate git repo. As above, for SSH clients - _not_ restricted to git-shell, CVS_SERVER should be set to git-cvsserver. + _not_ restricted to `git-shell`, CVS_SERVER should be set to `git-cvsserver`. + -- ------ @@ -178,27 +178,27 @@ allowing access over SSH. Database Backend ---------------- -git-cvsserver uses one database per git head (i.e. CVS module) to +`git-cvsserver` uses one database per git head (i.e. CVS module) to store information about the repository for faster access. The database doesn't contain any persistent data and can be completely regenerated from the git repository at any time. The database needs to be updated (i.e. written to) after every commit. -If the commit is done directly by using git (as opposed to -using git-cvsserver) the update will need to happen on the -next repository access by git-cvsserver, independent of +If the commit is done directly by using `git` (as opposed to +using `git-cvsserver`) the update will need to happen on the +next repository access by `git-cvsserver`, independent of access method and requested operation. That means that even if you offer only read access (e.g. by using -the pserver method), git-cvsserver should have write access to +the pserver method), `git-cvsserver` should have write access to the database to work reliably (otherwise you need to make sure -that the database is up-to-date any time git-cvsserver is executed). +that the database is up-to-date any time `git-cvsserver` is executed). By default it uses SQLite databases in the git directory, named `gitcvs.<module_name>.sqlite`. Note that the SQLite backend creates temporary files in the same directory as the database file on write so it might not be enough to grant the users using -git-cvsserver write access to the database file without granting +`git-cvsserver` write access to the database file without granting them write access to the directory, too. You can configure the database backend with the following @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ configuration variables: Configuring database backend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -git-cvsserver uses the Perl DBI module. Please also read +`git-cvsserver` uses the Perl DBI module. Please also read its documentation if changing these variables, especially about `DBI->connect()`. @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ In `dbdriver` and `dbuser` you can use the following variables: %a:: access method (one of "ext" or "pserver") %u:: - Name of the user running git-cvsserver. + Name of the user running `git-cvsserver`. If no name can be determined, the numeric uid is used. @@ -280,13 +280,13 @@ To get a checkout with the Eclipse CVS client: Protocol notes: If you are using anonymous access via pserver, just select that. Those using SSH access should choose the 'ext' protocol, and configure 'ext' access on the Preferences->Team->CVS->ExtConnection pane. Set CVS_SERVER to -'git-cvsserver'. Note that password support is not good when using 'ext', +`git-cvsserver`. Note that password support is not good when using 'ext', you will definitely want to have SSH keys setup. Alternatively, you can just use the non-standard extssh protocol that Eclipse offer. In that case CVS_SERVER is ignored, and you will have to replace -the cvs utility on the server with git-cvsserver or manipulate your `.bashrc` -so that calling 'cvs' effectively calls git-cvsserver. +the cvs utility on the server with `git-cvsserver` or manipulate your `.bashrc` +so that calling 'cvs' effectively calls `git-cvsserver`. Clients known to work --------------------- @@ -328,14 +328,13 @@ is left blank. But if `gitcvs.allbinary` is set to "guess", then the correct '-k' mode will be guessed based on the contents of the file. -For best consistency with cvs, it is probably best to override the +For best consistency with `cvs`, it is probably best to override the defaults by setting `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` to true, and `gitcvs.allbinary` to "guess". Dependencies ------------ - -git-cvsserver depends on DBD::SQLite. +`git-cvsserver` depends on DBD::SQLite. Copyright and Authors --------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index 344f24ea5..3cf2d3b3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all] - [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] - [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path] - [--interpolated-path=pathtemplate] - [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] - [--enable=service] [--disable=service] +'git daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all] + [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] + [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path] + [--interpolated-path=pathtemplate] + [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] + [--enable=service] [--disable=service] [--allow-override=service] [--forbid-override=service] [--inetd | [--listen=host_or_ipaddr] [--port=n] [--user=user [--group=group]] [directory...] @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ that service if it is enabled. It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you -pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict +pass some directory paths as `git-daemon` arguments, you can further restrict the offers to a whitelist comprising of those. By default, only `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves @@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ OPTIONS --strict-paths:: Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is "/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths. - git-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no + `git-daemon` will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no whitelist is specified. --base-path:: Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path. - This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run git-daemon with + This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run `git-daemon` with '--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull 'git://example.com/hello.git', `git-daemon` will interpret the path as '/srv/git/hello.git'. @@ -199,28 +199,28 @@ $ grep 9418 /etc/services git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control System ------------ -git-daemon as inetd server:: +`git-daemon` as inetd server:: To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles any repository under the whitelisted set of directories, /pub/foo and /pub/bar, place an entry like the following into /etc/inetd all on one line: + ------------------------------------------------ - git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon - git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all + git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git + git daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all /pub/foo /pub/bar ------------------------------------------------ -git-daemon as inetd server for virtual hosts:: +`git-daemon` as inetd server for virtual hosts:: To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles repositories for different virtual hosts, `www.example.com` and `www.example.org`, place an entry like the following into `/etc/inetd` all on one line: + ------------------------------------------------ - git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon - git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all + git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git + git daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all --interpolated-path=/pub/%H%D /pub/www.example.org/software /pub/www.example.com/software @@ -235,13 +235,13 @@ clients, a symlink from `/software` into the appropriate default repository could be made as well. -git-daemon as regular daemon for virtual hosts:: +`git-daemon` as regular daemon for virtual hosts:: To set up `git-daemon` as a regular, non-inetd service that handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on their IP addresses, start the daemon like this: + ------------------------------------------------ - git-daemon --verbose --export-all + git daemon --verbose --export-all --interpolated-path=/pub/%IP/%D /pub/192.168.1.200/software /pub/10.10.220.23/software diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 9f6f48318..51a0cc044 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>... +'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ EXAMPLES With something like git.git current tree, I get: - [torvalds@g5 git]$ git-describe parent + [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe parent v1.0.4-14-g2414721 i.e. the current head of my "parent" branch is based on v1.0.4, @@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ of commits which would be displayed by "git log v1.0.4..parent". The hash suffix is "-g" + 7-char abbreviation for the tip commit of parent (which was `2414721b194453f058079d897d13c4e377f92dc6`). -Doing a "git-describe" on a tag-name will just show the tag name: +Doing a `git-describe` on a tag-name will just show the tag name: - [torvalds@g5 git]$ git-describe v1.0.4 + [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe v1.0.4 v1.0.4 With --all, the command can use branch heads as references, so @@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ closest tagname without any suffix: SEARCH STRATEGY --------------- -For each committish supplied "git describe" will first look for +For each committish supplied, `git-describe` will first look for a tag which tags exactly that commit. Annotated tags will always be preferred over lightweight tags, and tags with newer dates will always be preferred over tags with older dates. If an exact match is found, its name will be output and searching will stop. -If an exact match was not found "git describe" will walk back +If an exact match was not found, `git-describe` will walk back through the commit history to locate an ancestor commit which has been tagged. The ancestor's tag will be output along with an abbreviation of the input committish's SHA1. @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ abbreviation of the input committish's SHA1. If multiple tags were found during the walk then the tag which has the fewest commits different from the input committish will be selected and output. Here fewest commits different is defined as -the number of commits which would be shown by "git log tag..input" +the number of commits which would be shown by `git log tag..input` will be the smallest number of commits possible. diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt index 8a64869d2..6c65757ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...] +'git diff-files' [-q] [-0|-1|-2|-3|-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Compares the files in the working tree and the index. When paths are specified, compares only those named paths. Otherwise all entries in the index are compared. The output format is the -same as "git-diff-index" and "git-diff-tree". +same as for `git-diff-index` and `git-diff-tree`. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt index f6e844fe6..784bbf3b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-diff-index - Compares content and mode of blobs between the index and reposi SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] +'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] -m:: By default, files recorded in the index but not checked out are reported as deleted. This flag makes - "git-diff-index" say that all non-checked-out files are up + `git-diff-index` say that all non-checked-out files are up to date. Output format @@ -50,31 +50,31 @@ Cached Mode If '--cached' is specified, it allows you to ask: show me the differences between HEAD and the current index - contents (the ones I'd write with a "git-write-tree") + contents (the ones I'd write using `git-write-tree`) For example, let's say that you have worked on your working directory, updated some files in the index and are ready to commit. You want to see exactly *what* you are going to commit, without having to write a new tree object and compare it that way, and to do that, you just do - git-diff-index --cached HEAD + git diff-index --cached HEAD Example: let's say I had renamed `commit.c` to `git-commit.c`, and I had -done an "git-update-index" to make that effective in the index file. -"git-diff-files" wouldn't show anything at all, since the index file -matches my working directory. But doing a "git-diff-index" does: +done an `update-index` to make that effective in the index file. +`git diff-files` wouldn't show anything at all, since the index file +matches my working directory. But doing a `git-diff-index` does: - torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git-diff-index --cached HEAD + torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git diff-index --cached HEAD -100644 blob 4161aecc6700a2eb579e842af0b7f22b98443f74 commit.c +100644 blob 4161aecc6700a2eb579e842af0b7f22b98443f74 git-commit.c You can see easily that the above is a rename. -In fact, "git-diff-index --cached" *should* always be entirely equivalent to -actually doing a "git-write-tree" and comparing that. Except this one is much +In fact, `git diff-index --cached` *should* always be entirely equivalent to +actually doing a `git-write-tree` and comparing that. Except this one is much nicer for the case where you just want to check where you are. -So doing a "git-diff-index --cached" is basically very useful when you are +So doing a `git-diff-index --cached` is basically very useful when you are asking yourself "what have I already marked for being committed, and what's the difference to a previous tree". @@ -82,23 +82,23 @@ Non-cached Mode --------------- The "non-cached" mode takes a different approach, and is potentially the more useful of the two in that what it does can't be emulated with -a "git-write-tree" + "git-diff-tree". Thus that's the default mode. +a `git-write-tree` + `git-diff-tree`. Thus that's the default mode. The non-cached version asks the question: show me the differences between HEAD and the currently checked out tree - index contents _and_ files that aren't up-to-date which is obviously a very useful question too, since that tells you what -you *could* commit. Again, the output matches the "git-diff-tree -r" +you *could* commit. Again, the output matches the `git-diff-tree -r` output to a tee, but with a twist. The twist is that if some file doesn't match the index, we don't have a backing store thing for it, and we use the magic "all-zero" sha1 to show that. So let's say that you have edited `kernel/sched.c`, but -have not actually done a "git-update-index" on it yet - there is no +have not actually done a `git-update-index` on it yet - there is no "object" associated with the new state, and you get: - torvalds@ppc970:~/v2.6/linux> git-diff-index HEAD + torvalds@ppc970:~/v2.6/linux> git diff-index HEAD *100644->100664 blob 7476bb......->000000...... kernel/sched.c i.e., it shows that the tree has changed, and that `kernel/sched.c` has is @@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ not up-to-date and may contain new stuff. The all-zero sha1 means that to get the real diff, you need to look at the object in the working directory directly rather than do an object-to-object diff. -NOTE: As with other commands of this type, "git-diff-index" does not +NOTE: As with other commands of this type, `git-diff-index` does not actually look at the contents of the file at all. So maybe `kernel/sched.c` hasn't actually changed, and it's just that you touched it. In either case, it's a note that you need to -"git-update-index" it to make the index be in sync. +`git-update-index` it to make the index be in sync. NOTE: You can have a mixture of files show up as "has been updated" and "is still dirty in the working directory" together. You can always diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 56caeb2d2..68feb0817 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-tree - Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree object SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty] +'git diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--no-commit-id] [--pretty] [-t] [-r] [-c | --cc] [--root] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...] @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Compares the content and mode of the blobs found via two tree objects. If there is only one <tree-ish> given, the commit is compared with its parents (see --stdin below). -Note that "git-diff-tree" can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object. +Note that `git-diff-tree` can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object. OPTIONS ------- @@ -58,25 +58,25 @@ behavior. This does not apply to the case where two <tree-ish> separated with a single space are given. -m:: - By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" does not show + By default, `git-diff-tree --stdin` does not show differences for merge commits. With this flag, it shows differences to that commit from all of its parents. See also '-c'. -s:: - By default, "git-diff-tree --stdin" shows differences, + By default, `git-diff-tree --stdin` shows differences, either in machine-readable form (without '-p') or in patch form (with '-p'). This output can be suppressed. It is only useful with '-v' flag. -v:: - This flag causes "git-diff-tree --stdin" to also show + This flag causes `git-diff-tree --stdin` to also show the commit message before the differences. include::pretty-options.txt[] --no-commit-id:: - git-diff-tree outputs a line with the commit ID when + `git-diff-tree` outputs a line with the commit ID when applicable. This flag suppressed the commit ID output. -c:: @@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ Limiting Output If you're only interested in differences in a subset of files, for example some architecture-specific files, you might do: - git-diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> arch/ia64 include/asm-ia64 + git diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> arch/ia64 include/asm-ia64 and it will only show you what changed in those two directories. Or if you are searching for what changed in just `kernel/sched.c`, just do - git-diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> kernel/sched.c + git diff-tree -r <tree-ish> <tree-ish> kernel/sched.c and it will ignore all differences to other files. @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ so it can be used to name subdirectories. An example of normal usage is: - torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git-diff-tree 5319e4...... + torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git diff-tree 5319e4...... *100664->100664 blob ac348b.......->a01513....... git-fsck-objects.c which tells you that the last commit changed just one file (it's from diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 7acd42896..c53eba557 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-diff' [<common diff options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [<common diff options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- Show changes between two trees, a tree and the working tree, a tree and the index file, or the index file and the working tree. -'git-diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you made relative to the index (staging area for the next commit). In other @@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ If exactly two paths are given, and at least one is untracked, compare the two files / directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index. -'git-diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you staged for the next commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you would want comparison with the latest commit, so if you do not give <commit>, it defaults to HEAD. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you have in your working tree relative to the named <commit>. You can @@ -42,23 +42,23 @@ forced by --no-index. branch name to compare with the tip of a different branch. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This is to view the changes between two arbitrary <commit>. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as using HEAD instead. -'git-diff' [--options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes on the branch containing and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor - of both <commit>. "git-diff A\...B" is equivalent to - "git-diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one + of both <commit>. "git diff A\...B" is equivalent to + "git diff $(git-merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one of <commit>, which has the same effect as using HEAD instead. Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt index 332346cc5..dbc2b190e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt @@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ git-fast-export - Git data exporter SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-fast-export [options]' | 'git-fast-import' +'git fast-export [options]' | 'git fast-import' DESCRIPTION ----------- This program dumps the given revisions in a form suitable to be piped -into linkgit:git-fast-import[1]. +into `git-fast-import`. You can use it as a human readable bundle replacement (see linkgit:git-bundle[1]), or as a kind of an interactive -linkgit:git-filter-branch[1]. +`git-filter-branch`. OPTIONS ------- --progress=<n>:: Insert 'progress' statements every <n> objects, to be shown by - linkgit:git-fast-import[1] during import. + `git-fast-import` during import. --signed-tags=(verbatim|warn|strip|abort):: Specify how to handle signed tags. Since any transformation @@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ when encountering a signed tag. With 'strip', the tags will be made unsigned, with 'verbatim', they will be silently exported and with 'warn', they will be exported, but you will see a warning. +--export-marks=<file>:: + Dumps the internal marks table to <file> when complete. + Marks are written one per line as `:markid SHA-1`. Only marks + for revisions are dumped; marks for blobs are ignored. + Backends can use this file to validate imports after they + have been completed, or to save the marks table across + incremental runs. As <file> is only opened and truncated + at completion, the same path can also be safely given to + \--import-marks. + +--import-marks=<file>:: + Before processing any input, load the marks specified in + <file>. The input file must exist, must be readable, and + must use the same format as produced by \--export-marks. ++ +Any commits that have already been marked will not be exported again. +If the backend uses a similar \--import-marks file, this allows for +incremental bidirectional exporting of the repository by keeping the +marks the same across runs. + EXAMPLES -------- @@ -65,7 +85,7 @@ referenced by that revision range contains the string Limitations ----------- -Since linkgit:git-fast-import[1] cannot tag trees, you will not be +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. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 395c055f9..70cc8e831 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ git-fast-import - Backend for fast Git data importers SYNOPSIS -------- -frontend | 'git-fast-import' [options] +frontend | 'git fast-import' [options] DESCRIPTION ----------- This program is usually not what the end user wants to run directly. Most end users want to use one of the existing frontend programs, which parses a specific type of foreign source and feeds the contents -stored there to git-fast-import. +stored there to `git-fast-import`. fast-import reads a mixed command/data stream from standard input and writes one or more packfiles directly into the current repository. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ updated branch and tag refs, fully updating the current repository with the newly imported data. The fast-import backend itself can import into an empty repository (one that -has already been initialized by linkgit:git-init[1]) or incrementally +has already been initialized by `git-init`) or incrementally update an existing populated repository. Whether or not incremental imports are supported from a particular foreign source depends on the frontend program in use. @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ OPTIONS This information may be useful after importing projects whose total object set exceeds the 4 GiB packfile limit, as these commits can be used as edge points during calls - to linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. + to `git-pack-objects`. --quiet:: Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Parallel Operation ------------------ Like `git-push` or `git-fetch`, imports handled by fast-import are safe to run alongside parallel `git repack -a -d` or `git gc` invocations, -or any other Git operation (including `git prune`, as loose objects +or any other Git operation (including `git-prune`, as loose objects are never used by fast-import). fast-import does not lock the branch or tag refs it is actively importing. @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ variation in formatting will cause fast-import to reject the value. + An example value is ``Tue Feb 6 11:22:18 2007 -0500''. The Git parser is accurate, but a little on the lenient side. It is the -same parser used by linkgit:git-am[1] when applying patches +same parser used by `git-am` when applying patches received from email. + Some malformed strings may be accepted as valid dates. In some of @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ timezone. This particular format is supplied as its short to implement and may be useful to a process that wants to create a new commit right now, without needing to use a working directory or -linkgit:git-update-index[1]. +`git-update-index`. + If separate `author` and `committer` commands are used in a `commit` the timestamps may not match, as the system clock will be polled @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ recommended, as the frontend does not (easily) have access to the complete set of bytes which normally goes into such a signature. If signing is required, create lightweight tags from within fast-import with `reset`, then create the annotated versions of those tags offline -with the standard linkgit:git-tag[1] process. +with the standard `git-tag` process. `reset` ~~~~~~~ @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ Callers may wish to process the output through a tool such as sed to remove the leading part of the line, for example: ==== - frontend | git-fast-import | sed 's/^progress //' + frontend | git fast-import | sed 's/^progress //' ==== Placing a `progress` command immediately after a `checkpoint` will @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ An example crash: M 777 inline bob END_OF_INPUT - $ git-fast-import <in + $ git fast-import <in fatal: Corrupt mode: M 777 inline bob fast-import: dumping crash report to .git/fast_import_crash_8434 @@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ is not `refs/heads/TAG_FIXUP`). When committing fixups, consider using `merge` to connect the commit(s) which are supplying file revisions to the fixup branch. -Doing so will allow tools such as linkgit:git-blame[1] to track +Doing so will allow tools such as `git-blame` to track through the real commit history and properly annotate the source files. @@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ Repacking Historical Data ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are repacking very old imported data (e.g. older than the last year), consider expending some extra CPU time and supplying -\--window=50 (or higher) when you run linkgit:git-repack[1]. +\--window=50 (or higher) when you run `git-repack`. This will take longer, but will also produce a smaller packfile. You only need to expend the effort once, and everyone using your project will benefit from the smaller repository. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index 282fcaf17..a069f8d9a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ git-fetch-pack - Receive missing objects from another repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] +'git fetch-pack' [--all] [--quiet|-q] [--keep|-k] [--thin] [--include-tag] [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [--depth=<n>] [--no-progress] [-v] [<host>:]<directory> [<refs>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Usually you would want to use linkgit:git-fetch[1] which is a -higher level wrapper of this command instead. +Usually you would want to use `git-fetch`, which is a +higher level wrapper of this command, instead. -Invokes 'git-upload-pack' on a potentially remote repository, +Invokes `git-upload-pack` on a possibly remote repository and asks it to send objects missing from this repository, to update the named heads. The list of commits available locally is found out by scanning local $GIT_DIR/refs/ and sent to -'git-upload-pack' running on the other end. +`git-upload-pack` running on the other end. This command degenerates to download everything to complete the asked refs from the remote side when the local side does not @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ OPTIONS -q:: --quiet:: - Pass '-q' flag to 'git-unpack-objects'; this makes the + Pass '-q' flag to `git-unpack-objects`; this makes the cloning process less verbose. -k:: --keep:: - Do not invoke 'git-unpack-objects' on received data, but + Do not invoke `git-unpack-objects` on received data, but create a single packfile out of it instead, and store it in the object database. If provided twice then the pack is locked against repacking. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ OPTIONS otherwise determine the tags this option made available. --upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>:: - Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the + Use this to specify the path to `git-upload-pack` on the remote side, if is not found on your $PATH. Installations of sshd ignores the user's environment setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ OPTIONS <host>:: A remote host that houses the repository. When this - part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via + part is specified, `git-upload-pack` is invoked via ssh. <directory>:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index 489b2b17e..b22556641 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>... +'git fetch' <options> <repository> <refspec>... DESCRIPTION @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ the objects necessary to complete them. The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored in `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. This information is left for a later merge -operation done by "git merge". +operation done by `git-merge`. When <refspec> stores the fetched result in tracking branches, the tags that point at these branches are automatically diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index ea77f1fce..a9388e0e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-filter-branch - Rewrite branches SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-filter-branch' [--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>] +'git filter-branch' [--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>] [--index-filter <command>] [--parent-filter <command>] [--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>] [--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>] @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ OPTIONS This is the filter for rewriting the commit's parent list. It will receive the parent string on stdin and shall output the new parent string on stdout. The parent string is in - a format accepted by linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]: empty for + the format described in linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]: empty for the initial commit, "-p parent" for a normal commit and "-p parent1 -p parent2 -p parent3 ..." for a merge commit. @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ OPTIONS --commit-filter <command>:: This is the filter for performing the commit. If this filter is specified, it will be called instead of the - linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] command, with arguments of the form + `git-commit-tree` command, with arguments of the form "<TREE_ID> [-p <PARENT_COMMIT_ID>]..." and the log message on stdin. The commit id is expected on stdout. + @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ have all of them as parents. You can use the 'map' convenience function in this filter, and other convenience functions, too. For example, calling 'skip_commit "$@"' will leave out the current commit (but not its changes! If you want -that, use linkgit:git-rebase[1] instead). +that, use `git-rebase` instead). --tag-name-filter <command>:: This is the filter for rewriting tag names. When passed, @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit. <rev-list-options>:: When options are given after the new branch name, they will - be passed to linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. Only commits in the resulting + be passed to `git-rev-list`. Only commits in the resulting output will be filtered, although the filtered commits can still reference parents which are outside of that set. @@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ git filter-branch --msg-filter ' To restrict rewriting to only part of the history, specify a revision range in addition to the new branch name. The new branch name will -point to the top-most revision that a 'git rev-list' of this range +point to the top-most revision that a `git-rev-list` of this range will print. *NOTE* the changes introduced by the commits, and which are not reverted by subsequent commits, will still be in the rewritten branch. If you want to throw out _changes_ together with the commits, you should use the -interactive mode of linkgit:git-rebase[1]. +interactive mode of `git-rebase`. Consider this history: diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt index 2a7cfb980..ddb89f8d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -git-fmt-merge-msg [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD -git-fmt-merge-msg [--log | --no-log] -F <file> +'git fmt-merge-msg' [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD +'git fmt-merge-msg' [--log | --no-log] -F <file> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index b347bfbb1..29c29f883 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-for-each-ref - Output information on each ref SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl] +'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl] [--sort=<key>]\* [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ An example directly producing formatted text. Show the most recent ------------ #!/bin/sh -git-for-each-ref --count=3 --sort='-*authordate' \ +git for-each-ref --count=3 --sort='-*authordate' \ --format='From: %(*authorname) %(*authoremail) Subject: %(*subject) Date: %(*authordate) @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ demonstrating the use of --shell. List the prefixes of all heads:: ------------ #!/bin/sh -git-for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname)" refs/heads | \ +git for-each-ref --shell --format="ref=%(refname)" refs/heads | \ while read entry do eval "$entry" @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Its message reads as: fi ' -eval=`git-for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \ +eval=`git for-each-ref --shell --format="$fmt" \ --sort='*objecttype' \ --sort=-taggerdate \ refs/tags` diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 4dafa39a9..894b82d6b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-format-patch' [-k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread] +'git format-patch' [-k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread] [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]] [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>] [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Prepare each commit with its patch in one file per commit, formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox format. The output of this command is convenient for e-mail submission or -for use with linkgit:git-am[1]. +for use with `git-am`. There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on. @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ they are created in the current working directory. If -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line is formatted as "[PATCH n/m] Subject". -If given --thread, git-format-patch will generate In-Reply-To and +If given --thread, `git-format-patch` will generate In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message-Id header to reference. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt index 6e9f71764..965a8279c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck-objects.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-fsck-objects - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-fsck-objects' ... +'git fsck-objects' ... DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index 9846c859c..ef4ceb3df 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fsck - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs] +'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs] [--full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*] DESCRIPTION @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ OPTIONS <object>:: An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace. + -If no objects are given, git-fsck defaults to using the +If no objects are given, `git-fsck` defaults to using the index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless --no-reflogs is given) as heads. @@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ that aren't readable from any of the specified head nodes. So for example - git-fsck --unreachable HEAD $(cat .git/refs/heads/*) + git fsck --unreachable HEAD $(cat .git/refs/heads/*) will do quite a _lot_ of verification on the tree. There are a few extra validity tests to be added (make sure that tree objects are -sorted properly etc), but on the whole if "git-fsck" is happy, you +sorted properly etc), but on the whole if `git-fsck` is happy, you do have a valid tree. Any corrupt objects you will have to find in backups or other archives -(i.e., you can just remove them and do an "rsync" with some other site in +(i.e., you can just remove them and do an `rsync` with some other site in the hopes that somebody else has the object you have corrupted). Of course, "valid tree" doesn't mean that it wasn't generated by some diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 6ace615d8..0cce3894c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] +'git gc' [--aggressive] [--auto] [--quiet] DESCRIPTION ----------- Runs a number of housekeeping tasks within the current repository, such as compressing file revisions (to reduce disk space and increase performance) and removing unreachable objects which may have been -created from prior invocations of linkgit:git-add[1]. +created from prior invocations of `git-add`. Users are encouraged to run this task on a regular basis within each repository to maintain good disk space utilization and good @@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ OPTIONS ------- --aggressive:: - Usually 'git-gc' runs very quickly while providing good disk + Usually `git-gc` runs very quickly while providing good disk space utilization and performance. This option will cause - git-gc to more aggressively optimize the repository at the expense + `git-gc` to more aggressively optimize the repository at the expense of taking much more time. The effects of this optimization are persistent, so this option only needs to be used occasionally; every few hundred changesets or so. --auto:: - With this option, `git gc` checks whether any housekeeping is + With this option, `git-gc` checks whether any housekeeping is required; if not, it exits without performing any work. Some git commands run `git gc --auto` after performing operations that could create many loose objects. @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ how long records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are kept. This defaults to 15 days. The optional configuration variable 'gc.packrefs' determines if -`git gc` runs `git-pack-refs`. This can be set to "nobare" to enable +`git-gc` runs `git-pack-refs`. This can be set to "nobare" to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a boolean value. This defaults to true. @@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ default is "2 weeks ago". Notes ----- -git-gc tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In +`git-gc` tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote -tracking branches, refs saved by linkgit:git-filter-branch[1] in +tracking branches, refs saved by `git-filter-branch` in refs/original/, or reflogs (which may references commits in branches that were later amended or rewound). diff --git a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt index c13bf9869..50dfdfa19 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt @@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ git-get-tar-commit-id - Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-arch SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-get-tar-commit-id' < <tarfile> +'git get-tar-commit-id' < <tarfile> DESCRIPTION ----------- Acts as a filter, extracting the commit ID stored in archives created by -linkgit:git-archive[1]. It reads only the first 1024 bytes of input, thus its +`git-archive`. It reads only the first 1024 bytes of input, thus its runtime is not influenced by the size of <tarfile> very much. -If no commit ID is found, git-get-tar-commit-id quietly exists with a +If no commit ID is found, `git-get-tar-commit-id` quietly exists with a 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 +using `git-archive` or if the first parameter of `git-archive` had been a tree ID instead of a commit ID or tag. diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 1b646b73f..25cb64957 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-grep' [--cached] +'git grep' [--cached] [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp] [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name] [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ OPTIONS --files-without-match:: Instead of showing every matched line, show only the names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches. - For better compatibility with git-diff, --name-only is a + For better compatibility with `git-diff`, --name-only is a synonym for --files-with-matches. -c:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt index 105397f2b..940e43f37 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt @@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -A Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git. git-gui focuses +A Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git. `git-gui` focuses on allowing users to make changes to their repository by making new commits, amending existing ones, creating branches, performing local merges, and fetching/pushing to remote repositories. -Unlike linkgit:gitk[1], git-gui focuses on commit generation -and single file annotation, and does not show project history. -It does however supply menu actions to start a gitk session from -within git-gui. +Unlike `gitk`, `git-gui` focuses on commit generation +and single file annotation and does not show project history. +It does however supply menu actions to start a `gitk` session from +within `git-gui`. -git-gui is known to work on all popular UNIX systems, Mac OS X, +`git-gui` is known to work on all popular UNIX systems, Mac OS X, and Windows (under both Cygwin and MSYS). To the extent possible -OS specific user interface guidelines are followed, making git-gui +OS specific user interface guidelines are followed, making `git-gui` a fairly native interface for users. COMMANDS @@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ browser:: browser are opened in the blame viewer. citool:: - Start git-gui and arrange to make exactly one commit before + Start `git-gui` and arrange to make exactly one commit before exiting and returning to the shell. The interface is limited to only commit actions, slightly reducing the application's startup time and simplifying the menubar. version:: - Display the currently running version of git-gui. + Display the currently running version of `git-gui`. Examples @@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ SEE ALSO linkgit:gitk[1]:: The git repository browser. Shows branches, commit history and file differences. gitk is the utility started by - git-gui's Repository Visualize actions. + `git-gui`'s Repository Visualize actions. Other ----- -git-gui is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable +`git-gui` is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience of end users. -A git-gui development repository can be obtained from: +A `git-gui` development repository can be obtained from: git clone git://repo.or.cz/git-gui.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt index cf3dce8a4..05550c5ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--stdin | --stdin-paths] [--] <file>... +'git hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--stdin | --stdin-paths] [--] <file>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the object database. Reports its object ID to its standard output. -This is used by "git-cvsimport" to update the index +This is used by `git-cvsimport` to update the index without modifying files in the work tree. When <type> is not specified, it defaults to "blob". diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index faecd6bb9..5ace863c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ other display programs (see below). + The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable 'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of -these config variables is set, the 'git-web--browse' helper script -(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default. See +these config variables is set, the `git-web--browse` helper script +(called by `git-help`) will pick a suitable default. See linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ help.format If no command line option is passed, the 'help.format' configuration variable will be checked. The following values are supported for this -variable; they make 'git-help' behave as their corresponding command +variable; they make `git-help` behave as their corresponding command line option: * "man" corresponds to '-m|--man', diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt index 70fb63529..cfc5989b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-http-fetch - Download from a remote git repository via HTTP SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url> +'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ commit-id:: --stdin:: Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in this - case), 'git-http-fetch' expects lines on stdin in the format + case), `git-http-fetch` expects lines on stdin in the format <commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>] diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index d69b20549..aef383e0b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...] +'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index f4fdc2428..776aa254d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-imap-send - Dump a mailbox from stdin into an imap folder SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-imap-send' +'git imap-send' DESCRIPTION @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ files directly. Typical usage is something like: -git-format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git-imap-send +git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send CONFIGURATION ------------- -git-imap-send requires the following values in the repository +`git-imap-send` requires the following values in the repository configuration file (shown with examples): .......................... diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt index 6409363ae..194023774 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-index-pack - Build pack index file for an existing packed archive SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file> -'git-index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>] +'git index-pack' [-v] [-o <index-file>] <pack-file> +'git index-pack' --stdin [--fix-thin] [--keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>] [<pack-file>] @@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ OPTIONS a default name determined from the pack content. If <pack-file> is not specified consider using --keep to prevent a race condition between this process and - linkgit:git-repack[1]. + `git-repack`. --fix-thin:: - It is possible for linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] to build + It is possible for `git-pack-objects` to build "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic. Those objects are expected to be present on the receiving end @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ OPTIONS Before moving the index into its final destination create an empty .keep file for the associated pack file. This option is usually necessary with --stdin to prevent a - simultaneous linkgit:git-repack[1] process from deleting + simultaneous `git-repack` process from deleting the newly constructed pack and index before refs can be updated to use objects contained in the pack. @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Once the index has been created, the list of object names is sorted and the SHA1 hash of that list is printed to stdout. If --stdin was also used then this is prefixed by either "pack\t", or "keep\t" if a new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a -.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with linkgit:git-repack[1] +.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with `git-repack` mentioned above. diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index 439cabb73..1fd0ff261 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] +'git init-db' [-q | --quiet] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 792643c80..45244737f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template_directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] OPTIONS @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ Start a new git repository for an existing code base:: + ---------------- $ cd /path/to/my/codebase -$ git-init <1> -$ git-add . <2> +$ git init <1> +$ git add . <2> ---------------- + <1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt index 7da5b8d9a..e7ca537e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ git-instaweb - Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-instaweb' [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>] +'git instaweb' [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>] [--browser=<browser>] -'git-instaweb' [--start] [--stop] [--restart] +'git instaweb' [--start] [--stop] [--restart] DESCRIPTION ----------- -A simple script to setup gitweb and a web server for browsing the local +A simple script to set up `gitweb` and a web server for browsing the local repository. OPTIONS @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS -b:: --browser:: The web browser that should be used to view the gitweb - page. This will be passed to the 'git-web--browse' helper + page. This will be passed to the `git-web--browse` helper script along with the URL of the gitweb instance. See linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. If the script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout. diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index db61bc96c..3373c2636 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ git-log - Show commit logs SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-log' <option>... +'git log' <option>... DESCRIPTION ----------- Shows the commit logs. -The command takes options applicable to the linkgit:git-rev-list[1] +The command takes options applicable to the `git-rev-list` command to control what is shown and how, and options applicable to -the linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] commands to control how the changes +the `git-diff-*` commands to control how the changes each commit introduces are shown. diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt index 4dc475e0d..602b8d5d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-lost-found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-lost-found' +'git lost-found' DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 560594e25..a6883bf43 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-ls-files - Show information about files in the index and the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v] +'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v] (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])\* (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\* [-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>] @@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ which case it outputs: [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file> -"git-ls-files --unmerged" and "git-ls-files --stage" can be used to examine +`git-ls-files --unmerged` and `git-ls-files --stage` can be used to examine detailed information on unmerged paths. For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA1 pair, the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the -path. (see git-read-tree for more information on state) +path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state) When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ respectively. Exclude Patterns ---------------- -'git-ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when +`git-ls-files` can use a list of "exclude patterns" when traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5] specifies the format of exclude patterns. @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ These exclude patterns come from these places, in order: in the same order they appear in the file. 3. command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies - a name of the file in each directory 'git-ls-files' + a name of the file in each directory `git-ls-files` examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the same order they appear in the files. diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt index f92f3ca18..c267cdae4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-ls-remote - List references in a remote repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>] +'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags] [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>] <repository> <refs>... DESCRIPTION @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OPTIONS -u <exec>:: --upload-pack=<exec>:: - Specify the full path of linkgit:git-upload-pack[1] on the remote + Specify the full path of `git-upload-pack` on the remote host. This allows listing references from repositories accessed via SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the user. diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index d9881fbbb..1cdec222a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-ls-tree - List the contents of a tree object SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z] +'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z] [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--abbrev=[<n>]] <tree-ish> [paths...] diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt index 183dc1dd7..6ebdeee84 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-mailinfo - Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mailinfo' [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding>] <msg> <patch> +'git mailinfo' [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding>] <msg> <patch> DESCRIPTION @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Reading a single e-mail message from the standard input, and writes the commit log message in <msg> file, and the patches in <patch> file. The author name, e-mail and e-mail subject are -written out to the standard output to be used by git-am +written out to the standard output to be used by `git-am` to create a commit. It is usually not necessary to use this command directly. See linkgit:git-am[1] instead. @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ OPTIONS among which (1) remove 'Re:' or 're:', (2) leading whitespaces, (3) '[' up to ']', typically '[PATCH]', and then prepends "[PATCH] ". This flag forbids this - munging, and is most useful when used to read back 'git - format-patch -k' output. + munging, and is most useful when used to read back + `git-format-patch -k` output. -u:: The commit log message, author name and author email are diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt index 9a2aedd48..acd712b1c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...] +'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt index bbe851239..41fb0c76a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt @@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ git-merge-base - Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit> +'git merge-base' [--all] <commit> <commit> DESCRIPTION ----------- -"git-merge-base" finds as good a common ancestor as possible between -the two commits. That is, given two commits A and B 'git-merge-base A -B' will output a commit which is reachable from both A and B through +`git-merge-base` finds as good a common ancestor as possible between +the two commits. That is, given two commits A and B, `git merge-base A +B` will output a commit which is reachable from both A and B through the parent relationship. Given a selection of equally good common ancestors it should not be relied on to decide in any particular way. -The "git-merge-base" algorithm is still in flux - use the source... +The `git-merge-base` algorithm is still in flux - use the source... OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index 149f13105..f057e4995 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -9,21 +9,21 @@ git-merge-file - Run a three-way file merge SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] +'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> DESCRIPTION ----------- -git-file-merge incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>` +`git-file-merge` incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>` to `<other-file>` into `<current-file>`. The result ordinarily goes into -`<current-file>`. git-merge-file is useful for combining separate changes +`<current-file>`. `git-merge-file` is useful for combining separate changes to an original. Suppose `<base-file>` is the original, and both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`. -Then git-merge-file combines both changes. +Then `git-merge-file` combines both changes. A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` have changes -in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, git-merge-file +in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, `git-merge-file` normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with <<<<<<< and >>>>>>> lines. A typical conflict will look like this: @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ the alternatives. The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0. -git-merge-file is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS merge, that is, it +`git-merge-file` is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS `merge`; that is, it implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by linkgit:git[1]. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS This option may be given up to three times, and specifies labels to be used in place of the corresponding file names in conflict reports. That is, - `git-merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that + `git merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that looks like it came from files x, y and z instead of from files a, b and c. diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt index a0ead2bbf..43680840e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-merge-index - Run a merge for files needing merging SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <file>\*) +'git merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <file>\*) DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -36,24 +36,24 @@ OPTIONS failure usually indicates conflicts during merge). This is for porcelains which might want to emit custom messages. -If "git-merge-index" is called with multiple <file>s (or -a) then it +If `git-merge-index` is called with multiple <file>s (or -a) then it processes them in turn only stopping if merge returns a non-zero exit code. Typically this is run with a script calling git's imitation of the merge command from the RCS package. -A sample script called "git-merge-one-file" is included in the +A sample script called `git-merge-one-file` is included in the distribution. ALERT ALERT ALERT! The git "merge object order" is different from the -RCS "merge" program merge object order. In the above ordering, the +RCS `merge` program merge object order. In the above ordering, the original is first. But the argument order to the 3-way merge program -"merge" is to have the original in the middle. Don't ask me why. +`merge` is to have the original in the middle. Don't ask me why. Examples: - torvalds@ppc970:~/merge-test> git-merge-index cat MM + torvalds@ppc970:~/merge-test> git merge-index cat MM This is MM from the original tree. # original This is modified MM in the branch A. # merge1 This is modified MM in the branch B. # merge2 @@ -61,17 +61,17 @@ Examples: or - torvalds@ppc970:~/merge-test> git-merge-index cat AA MM + torvalds@ppc970:~/merge-test> git merge-index cat AA MM cat: : No such file or directory This is added AA in the branch A. This is added AA in the branch B. This is added AA in the branch B. fatal: merge program failed -where the latter example shows how "git-merge-index" will stop trying to -merge once anything has returned an error (i.e., "cat" returned an error +where the latter example shows how `git-merge-index` will stop trying to +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). +`git-merge-index` didn't even try to merge the MM thing). Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt index 5c9ce641e..62e09afe1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 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". +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 ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt index b785e0f6e..dbb0c1866 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-merge-tree - Show three-way merge without touching index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-merge-tree' <base-tree> <branch1> <branch2> +'git merge-tree' <base-tree> <branch1> <branch2> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index 55bc36747..e6fa2b9ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ git-merge - Join two or more development histories together SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]... +'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]... [-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>... -'git-merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>... +'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ include::merge-strategies.txt[] If you tried a merge which resulted in a complex conflicts and -would want to start over, you can recover with -linkgit:git-reset[1]. +would want to start over, you can recover with `git-reset`. CONFIGURATION ------------- @@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ include::merge-config.txt[] branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and - supported options are equal to that of git-merge, but option values + supported options are equal to that of `git-merge`, but option values containing whitespace characters are currently not supported. HOW MERGE WORKS @@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ A merge is always between the current `HEAD` and one or more commits (usually, branch head or tag), and the index file must exactly match the tree of `HEAD` commit (i.e. the contents of the last commit) when -it happens. In other words, `git-diff --cached HEAD` must +it happens. In other words, `git diff --cached HEAD` must report no changes. [NOTE] @@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ When there are conflicts, these things happen: 3. For conflicting paths, the index file records up to three versions; stage1 stores the version from the common ancestor, stage2 from `HEAD`, and stage3 from the remote branch (you - can inspect the stages with `git-ls-files -u`). The working + can inspect the stages with `git ls-files -u`). The working tree files have the result of "merge" program; i.e. 3-way merge result with familiar conflict markers `<<< === >>>`. @@ -144,8 +143,8 @@ After seeing a conflict, you can do two things: up working tree changes made by 2. and 3.; `git-reset` can be used for this. - * Resolve the conflicts. `git-diff` would report only the - conflicting paths because of the above 2. and 3.. Edit the + * Resolve the conflicts. `git diff` would report only the + conflicting paths because of the above 2. and 3. Edit the working tree files into a desirable shape, `git-add` or `git-rm` them, to make the index file contain what the merge result should be, and run `git-commit` to commit the result. @@ -154,8 +153,11 @@ After seeing a conflict, you can do two things: SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1], linkgit:git-pull[1], -linkgit:gitattributes[5] - +linkgit:gitattributes[5], +linkgit:git-reset[1], +linkgit:git-diff[1], linkgit:git-ls-files[1], +linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-rm[1], +linkgit:git-mergetool[1] Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 83525609c..fedcfa054 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [<file>]... +'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [<file>]... DESCRIPTION ----------- Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve -merge conflicts. It is typically run after linkgit:git-merge[1]. +merge conflicts. It is typically run after `git-merge`. If one or more <file> parameters are given, the merge tool program will be run to resolve differences on each file. If no <file> names are -specified, `git mergetool` will run the merge tool program on every file +specified, `git-mergetool` will run the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts. OPTIONS @@ -27,23 +27,23 @@ OPTIONS Valid merge tools are: kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, and opendiff + -If a merge resolution program is not specified, `git mergetool` +If a merge resolution program is not specified, `git-mergetool` will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the -configuration variable `merge.tool` is not set, `git mergetool` +configuration variable `merge.tool` is not set, `git-mergetool` will pick a suitable default. + You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the configuration variable `mergetool.<tool>.path`. For example, you can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting -`mergetool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, `git mergetool` assumes the +`mergetool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, `git-mergetool` assumes the tool is available in PATH. + Instead of running one of the known merge tool programs -`git mergetool` can be customized to run an alternative program +`git-mergetool` can be customized to run an alternative program by specifying the command line to invoke in a configration variable `mergetool.<tool>.cmd`. + -When `git mergetool` is invoked with this tool (either through the +When `git-mergetool` is invoked with this tool (either through the `-t` or `--tool` option or the `merge.tool` configuration variable) the configured command line will be invoked with `$BASE` set to the name of a temporary file containing the common base for @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ merge resolution. If the custom merge tool correctly indicates the success of a merge resolution with its exit code then the configuration variable `mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode` can be set to `true`. -Otherwise, `git mergetool` will prompt the user to indicate the +Otherwise, `git-mergetool` will prompt the user to indicate the success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited. Author diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt index 232bc1a33..8bcc11443 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-mktag - Creates a tag object SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mktag' < signature_file +'git mktag' < signature_file DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt index 1ddbf00af..0be32e261 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-mktree - Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mktree' [-z] +'git mktree' [-z] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt index 339190600..9c5660275 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mv' <options>... <args>... +'git mv' <options>... <args>... DESCRIPTION ----------- This script is used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink. - git-mv [-f] [-n] <source> <destination> - git-mv [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory> + git mv [-f] [-n] <source> <destination> + git mv [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory> In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>. diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt index ffac3f8f5..00b1fa4dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt @@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revs SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-name-rev' [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>] +'git name-rev' [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>] ( --all | --stdin | <committish>... ) DESCRIPTION ----------- Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions given in any -format parsable by git-rev-parse. +format parsable by `git-rev-parse`. OPTIONS @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ OPTIONS Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only the name. If given with --tags the usual tag prefix of "tags/" is also omitted from the name, matching the output - of linkgit:git-describe[1] more closely. This option + of `git-describe` more closely. This option cannot be combined with --stdin. --no-undefined:: @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ wrote you about that fantastic commit 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a. Of course, you look into the commit, but that only tells you what happened, but not the context. -Enter git-name-rev: +Enter `git-name-rev`: ------------ % git name-rev 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index f4d8d68e3..d9cd16ae1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty] +'git pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty] [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--all-progress] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] < object-list @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Placing both in the pack/ subdirectory of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or any of the directories on $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES) enables git to read from such an archive. -'git-unpack-objects' command can read the packed archive and +The `git-unpack-objects` command can read the packed archive and expand the objects contained in the pack into "one-file one-object" format; this is typically done by the smart-pull commands when a pack is created on-the-fly for efficient network @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ base-name:: --revs:: Read the revision arguments from the standard input, instead of individual object names. The revision arguments are processed - the same way as linkgit:git-rev-list[1] with `--objects` flag + the same way as `git-rev-list` with the `--objects` flag uses its `commit` arguments to build the list of objects it outputs. The objects on the resulting list are packed. @@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ base-name:: generated pack. If not specified, pack compression level is determined first by pack.compression, then by core.compression, and defaults to -1, the zlib default, if neither is set. - Add \--no-reuse-object if you want to force a uniform compression + Add --no-reuse-object if you want to force a uniform compression level on all data no matter the source. --delta-base-offset:: A packed archive can express base object of a delta as either 20-byte object name or as an offset in the stream, but older version of git does not understand the - latter. By default, git-pack-objects only uses the + latter. By default, `git-pack-objects` only uses the former format for better compatibility. This option allows the command to use the latter format for compactness. Depending on the average delta chain diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt index 6737326f0..80fc1bae3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt @@ -8,21 +8,21 @@ git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... > +'git pack-redundant' [ --verbose ] [ --alt-odb ] < --all | .pack filename ... > DESCRIPTION ----------- This program computes which packs in your repository are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to -'xargs rm' if you are in the root of the repository. +`xargs rm` if you are in the root of the repository. -git-pack-redundant accepts a list of objects on standard input. Any objects +`git-pack-redundant` accepts a list of objects on standard input. Any objects given will be ignored when checking which packs are required. This makes the following command useful when wanting to remove packs which contain unreachable objects. -git-fsck --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \ -git-pack-redundant --all | xargs rm +git fsck --full --unreachable | cut -d ' ' -f3 | \ +git pack-redundant --all | xargs rm OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt index c0718468d..a5244d35f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-pack-refs - Pack heads and tags for efficient repository access SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-pack-refs' [--all] [--no-prune] +'git pack-refs' [--all] [--no-prune] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Subsequent updates to branches always creates new file under A recommended practice to deal with a repository with too many refs is to pack its refs with `--all --prune` once, and -occasionally run `git-pack-refs \--prune`. Tags are by +occasionally run `git pack-refs \--prune`. Tags are by definition stationary and are not expected to change. Branch heads will be packed with the initial `pack-refs --all`, but only the currently active branch heads will become unpacked, diff --git a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt index 951dbd6c8..421312eca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-parse-remote - Routines to help parsing remote repository access parameters SYNOPSIS -------- -'. git-parse-remote' +'. "$(git --exec-path)/git-parse-remote"' DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt index bb8a07925..17c178f86 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-patch-id - Compute unique ID for a patch SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-patch-id' < <patch> +'git patch-id' < <patch> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ID" are almost guaranteed to be the same thing. IOW, you can use this thing to look for likely duplicate commits. -When dealing with git-diff-tree output, it takes advantage of +When dealing with `git-diff-tree` output, it takes advantage of the fact that the patch is prefixed with the object name of the commit, and outputs two 40-byte hexadecimal string. The first string is the patch ID, and the second string is the commit ID. diff --git a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt index ffbf93a79..c3ed4a10f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-peek-remote - List the references in a remote repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-peek-remote' [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> +'git peek-remote' [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This command is deprecated; use `git-ls-remote` instead. OPTIONS ------- --upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>:: - Use this to specify the path to 'git-upload-pack' on the + Use this to specify the path to `git-upload-pack` on the remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH. Some installations of sshd ignores the user's environment setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ OPTIONS <host>:: A remote host that houses the repository. When this - part is specified, 'git-upload-pack' is invoked via + part is specified, `git-upload-pack` is invoked via ssh. <directory>:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt index f330b8a5b..b5f26cee1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-prune-packed' [-n] [-q] +'git prune-packed' [-n] [-q] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt index ec335d6fa..a4a0d56ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -NOTE: In most cases, users should run linkgit:git-gc[1], which calls -git-prune. See the section "NOTES", below. +NOTE: In most cases, users should run `git-gc`, which calls +`git-prune`. See the section "NOTES", below. This runs `git-fsck --unreachable` using all the refs available in `$GIT_DIR/refs`, optionally with additional set of @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ objects specified on the command line, and prunes all unpacked objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database. In addition, it prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by -running `git prune-packed`. +running `git-prune-packed`. Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is not desired, see linkgit:git-repack[1]. @@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ borrows from your repository via its `.git/objects/info/alternates`: ------------ -$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git-rev-parse --all)) +$ git prune $(cd ../another && $(git rev-parse --all)) ------------ Notes ----- -In most cases, users will not need to call git-prune directly, but -should instead call linkgit:git-gc[1], which handles pruning along with +In most cases, users will not need to call `git-prune` directly, but +should instead call `git-gc`, which handles pruning along with many other housekeeping tasks. For a description of which objects are considered for pruning, see -git-fsck's --unreachable option. +`git-fsck`'s --unreachable option. SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index d0f1595f7..d9537ebc6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-pull - Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>... +'git pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>... DESCRIPTION @@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ The final command then merges the newly fetched `tmp` into master. If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and -would want to start over, you can recover with -linkgit:git-reset[1]. +would want to start over, you can recover with `git-reset`. SEE ALSO diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 89e0049bc..1f70e7275 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-push - Update remote refs along with associated objects SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] +'git push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--tags] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--repo=all] [-f | --force] [-v | --verbose] [<repository> <refspec>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below). --mirror:: Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all - refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/` and `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/` + refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/` (which includes but is not + limited to `refs/heads/`, `refs/remotes/`, and `refs/tags/`) be mirrored to the remote repository. Newly created local refs will be pushed to the remote end, locally updated refs will be force updated on the remote end, and deleted refs @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below). line. --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>:: - Path to the 'git-receive-pack' program on the remote + Path to the `git-receive-pack` program on the remote end. Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in a directory on the default $PATH. diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt index 060037939..d4037de51 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-quiltimport - Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-quiltimport' [--dry-run] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>] +'git quiltimport' [--dry-run] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index 58fb906ef..0c7cc6b94 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] [--index-output=<file>] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) +'git read-tree' (<tree-ish> | [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] [--index-output=<file>] <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]]) DESCRIPTION @@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ provided. Single Tree Merge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -If only 1 tree is specified, git-read-tree operates as if the user did not +If only 1 tree is specified, `git-read-tree` operates as if the user did not specify `-m`, except that if the original index has an entry for a given pathname, and the contents of the path matches with the tree being read, the stat info from the index is used. (In other words, the index's stat()s take precedence over the merged tree's). -That means that if you do a `git-read-tree -m <newtree>` followed by a -`git-checkout-index -f -u -a`, the `git-checkout-index` only checks out +That means that if you do a `git read-tree -m <newtree>` followed by a +`git checkout-index -f -u -a`, the `git-checkout-index` only checks out the stuff that really changed. This is used to avoid unnecessary false hits when `git-diff-files` is @@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ run after `git-read-tree`. Two Tree Merge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Typically, this is invoked as `git-read-tree -m $H $M`, where $H +Typically, this is invoked as `git read-tree -m $H $M`, where $H is the head commit of the current repository, and $M is the head of a foreign tree, which is simply ahead of $H (i.e. we are in a fast forward situation). -When two trees are specified, the user is telling git-read-tree +When two trees are specified, the user is telling `git-read-tree` the following: 1. The current index and work tree is derived from $H, but @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ the following: 2. The user wants to fast-forward to $M. -In this case, the `git-read-tree -m $H $M` command makes sure +In this case, the `git read-tree -m $H $M` command makes sure that no local change is lost as the result of this "merge". Here are the "carry forward" rules: @@ -193,18 +193,18 @@ Here are the "carry forward" rules: In all "keep index" cases, the index entry stays as in the original index file. If the entry were not up to date, -git-read-tree keeps the copy in the work tree intact when +`git-read-tree` keeps the copy in the work tree intact when operating under the -u flag. -When this form of git-read-tree returns successfully, you can +When this form of `git-read-tree` returns successfully, you can see what "local changes" you made are carried forward by running -`git-diff-index --cached $M`. Note that this does not -necessarily match `git-diff-index --cached $H` would have +`git diff-index --cached $M`. Note that this does not +necessarily match `git diff-index --cached $H` would have produced before such a two tree merge. This is because of cases 18 and 19 --- if you already had the changes in $M (e.g. maybe -you picked it up via e-mail in a patch form), `git-diff-index +you picked it up via e-mail in a patch form), `git diff-index --cached $H` would have told you about the change before this -merge, but it would not show in `git-diff-index --cached $M` +merge, but it would not show in `git diff-index --cached $M` output after two-tree merge. @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ starts out at 1. This means that you can do ---------------- -$ git-read-tree -m <tree1> <tree2> <tree3> +$ git read-tree -m <tree1> <tree2> <tree3> ---------------- and you will end up with an index with all of the <tree1> entries in @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ start a 3-way merge with an index file that is already populated. Here is an outline of how the algorithm works: - if a file exists in identical format in all three trees, it will - automatically collapse to "merged" state by git-read-tree. + automatically collapse to "merged" state by `git-read-tree`. - a file that has _any_ difference what-so-ever in the three trees will stay as separate entries in the index. It's up to "porcelain @@ -304,16 +304,16 @@ commit. To illustrate, suppose you start from what has been committed last to your repository: ---------------- -$ JC=`git-rev-parse --verify "HEAD^0"` -$ git-checkout-index -f -u -a $JC +$ JC=`git rev-parse --verify "HEAD^0"` +$ git checkout-index -f -u -a $JC ---------------- -You do random edits, without running git-update-index. And then +You do random edits, without running `git-update-index`. And then you notice that the tip of your "upstream" tree has advanced since you pulled from him: ---------------- -$ git-fetch git://.... linus +$ git fetch git://.... linus $ LT=`cat .git/FETCH_HEAD` ---------------- @@ -323,10 +323,10 @@ added or modified index entries since $JC, and if you haven't, then does the right thing. So with the following sequence: ---------------- -$ git-read-tree -m -u `git-merge-base $JC $LT` $JC $LT -$ git-merge-index git-merge-one-file -a +$ git read-tree -m -u `git merge-base $JC $LT` $JC $LT +$ git merge-index git-merge-one-file -a $ echo "Merge with Linus" | \ - git-commit-tree `git-write-tree` -p $JC -p $LT + git commit-tree `git write-tree` -p $JC -p $LT ---------------- what you would commit is a pure merge between $JC and $LT without @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ your work-in-progress changes, and your work tree would be updated to the result of the merge. However, if you have local changes in the working tree that -would be overwritten by this merge,`git-read-tree` will refuse +would be overwritten by this merge, `git-read-tree` will refuse to run to prevent your changes from being lost. In other words, there is no need to worry about what exists only diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 716641435..754230e46 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [-m | --merge] +'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [-m | --merge] [-s <strategy> | --strategy=<strategy>] [-C<n>] [ --whitespace=<option>] [-p | --preserve-merges] [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>] -'git-rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort +'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort DESCRIPTION ----------- -If <branch> is specified, git-rebase will perform an automatic +If <branch> is specified, `git-rebase` will perform an automatic `git checkout <branch>` before doing anything else. Otherwise it remains on the current branch. @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Assume the following history exists and the current branch is "topic": From this point, the result of either of the following commands: - git-rebase master - git-rebase master topic + git rebase master + git rebase master topic would be: @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ followed by `git rebase master`. 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 -will be skipped. For example, running `git-rebase master` on the +will be skipped. For example, running `git rebase master` on the following history (in which A' and A introduce the same set of changes, but have different committer information): @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ got merged into more stable 'master' branch, like this: We can get this using the following command: - git-rebase --onto master next topic + git rebase --onto master next topic Another example of --onto option is to rebase part of a @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ branch. If we have the following situation: then the command - git-rebase --onto master topicA topicB + git rebase --onto master topicA topicB would result in: @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ the following situation: then the command - git-rebase --onto topicA~5 topicA~3 topicA + git rebase --onto topicA~5 topicA~3 topicA would result in the removal of commits F and G: @@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ This is useful if F and G were flawed in some way, or should not be part of topicA. Note that the argument to --onto and the <upstream> parameter can be any valid commit-ish. -In case of conflict, git-rebase will stop at the first problematic commit -and leave conflict markers in the tree. You can use git diff to locate +In case of conflict, `git-rebase` will stop at the first problematic commit +and leave conflict markers in the tree. You can use `git-diff` to locate the markers (<<<<<<) and make edits to resolve the conflict. For each file you edit, you need to tell git that the conflict has been resolved, typically this would be done with @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ desired resolution, you can continue the rebasing process with git rebase --continue -Alternatively, you can undo the git-rebase with +Alternatively, you can undo the `git-rebase` with git rebase --abort @@ -364,34 +364,34 @@ SPLITTING COMMITS ----------------- In interactive mode, you can mark commits with the action "edit". However, -this does not necessarily mean that 'git rebase' expects the result of this +this does not necessarily mean that `git-rebase` expects the result of this edit to be exactly one commit. Indeed, you can undo the commit, or you can add other commits. This can be used to split a commit into two: -- Start an interactive rebase with 'git rebase -i <commit>^', where +- Start an interactive rebase with `git rebase -i <commit>^`, where <commit> is the commit you want to split. In fact, any commit range will do, as long as it contains that commit. - Mark the commit you want to split with the action "edit". -- When it comes to editing that commit, execute 'git reset HEAD^'. The +- When it comes to editing that commit, execute `git reset HEAD^`. The effect is that the HEAD is rewound by one, and the index follows suit. However, the working tree stays the same. - Now add the changes to the index that you want to have in the first - commit. You can use linkgit:git-add[1] (possibly interactively) and/or - linkgit:git-gui[1] to do that. + commit. You can use `git add` (possibly interactively) or + `git-gui` (or both) to do that. - Commit the now-current index with whatever commit message is appropriate now. - Repeat the last two steps until your working tree is clean. -- Continue the rebase with 'git rebase --continue'. +- Continue the rebase with `git rebase --continue`. If you are not absolutely sure that the intermediate revisions are consistent (they compile, pass the testsuite, etc.) you should use -linkgit:git-stash[1] to stash away the not-yet-committed changes +`git-stash` to stash away the not-yet-committed changes after each commit, test, and amend the commit if fixes are necessary. diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index a70c7168f..207684d1c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -8,27 +8,27 @@ git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-receive-pack' <directory> +'git receive-pack' <directory> DESCRIPTION ----------- -Invoked by 'git-send-pack' and updates the repository with the +Invoked by `git-send-pack` and updates the repository with the information fed from the remote end. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. -The UI for the protocol is on the 'git-send-pack' side, and the +The UI for the protocol is on the `git-send-pack` side, and the program pair is meant to be used to push updates to remote -repository. For pull operations, see 'git-fetch-pack'. +repository. For pull operations, see linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. The command allows for creation and fast forwarding of sha1 refs (heads/tags) on the remote end (strictly speaking, it is the -local end receive-pack runs, but to the user who is sitting at +local end `git-receive-pack` runs, but to the user who is sitting at the send-pack end, it is updating the remote. Confused?) There are other real-world examples of using update and post-update hooks found in the Documentation/howto directory. -git-receive-pack honours the receive.denyNonFastForwards config +`git-receive-pack` honours the receive.denyNonFastForwards config option, which tells it if updates to a ref should be denied if they are not fast-forwards. @@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ ref listing the commits pushed to the repository: if expr "$oval" : '0*$' >/dev/null then echo "Created a new ref, with the following commits:" - git-rev-list --pretty "$nval" + git rev-list --pretty "$nval" else echo "New commits:" - git-rev-list --pretty "$nval" "^$oval" + git rev-list --pretty "$nval" "^$oval" fi | mail -s "Changes to ref $ref" commit-list@mydomain done @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ non-zero exit code will generate an error message. Note that it is possible for refname to not have sha1-new when this hook runs. This can easily occur if another user modifies the ref -after it was updated by receive-pack, but before the hook was able +after it was updated by `git-receive-pack`, but before the hook was able to evaluate it. It is recommended that hooks rely on sha1-new rather than the current value of refname. @@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ post-update will called with the list of refs that have been updated. This can be used to implement any repository wide cleanup tasks. The exit code from this hook invocation is ignored; the only thing -left for git-receive-pack to do at that point is to exit itself +left for `git-receive-pack` to do at that point is to exit itself anyway. -This hook can be used, for example, to run "git-update-server-info" +This hook can be used, for example, to run `git update-server-info` if the repository is packed and is served via a dumb transport. #!/bin/sh - exec git-update-server-info + exec git update-server-info SEE ALSO diff --git a/Documentation/git-relink.txt b/Documentation/git-relink.txt index f6dafd449..25ff8f9dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-relink.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-relink.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-relink - Hardlink common objects in local repositories SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-relink' [--safe] <dir> [<dir>]\* <master_dir> +'git relink' [--safe] <dir> [<dir>]\* <master_dir> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 345943a26..32db0aed1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-remote' [-v | --verbose] -'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url> -'git-remote' rm <name> -'git-remote' show [-n] <name> -'git-remote' prune [-n | --dry-run] <name> -'git-remote' update [group] +'git remote' [-v | --verbose] +'git remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url> +'git remote' rm <name> +'git remote' show [-n] <name> +'git remote' prune [-n | --dry-run] <name> +'git remote' update [group] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index 04d6f1fbc..0d72e8302 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] +'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-l] [-n] [-q] [--window=N] [--depth=N] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -47,28 +47,29 @@ OPTIONS deleted by way of being left in the old pack and then removed. Instead, the loose unreachable objects will be pruned according to normal expiry rules - with the next linkgit:git-gc[1]. + with the next `git-gc` invocation. See linkgit:git-gc[1]. -d:: After packing, if the newly created packs make some existing packs redundant, remove the redundant packs. - Also runs linkgit:git-prune-packed[1]. + Also run `git-prune-packed` to remove redundant + loose object files. -l:: - Pass the `--local` option to `git pack-objects`, see + Pass the `--local` option to `git-pack-objects`. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -f:: - Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git pack-objects`, see + Pass the `--no-reuse-delta` option to `git-pack-objects`. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -q:: - Pass the `-q` option to `git pack-objects`, see + Pass the `-q` option to `git-pack-objects`. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. -n:: Do not update the server information with - `git update-server-info`. This option skips + `git-update-server-info`. This option skips updating local catalog files needed to publish this repository (or a direct copy of it) over HTTP or FTP. See gitlink:git-update-server-info[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt index 2ca39946b..e5bdb5533 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-repo-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-repo-config' ... +'git repo-config' ... DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt index c71d86985..ca6843032 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-request-pull' <start> <url> [<end>] +'git request-pull' <start> <url> [<end>] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt index 8030ec4d0..345802904 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|diff|status|gc] +'git rerere' [clear|diff|status|gc] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -30,22 +30,22 @@ enable this command. COMMANDS -------- -Normally, git-rerere is run without arguments or user-intervention. +Normally, `git-rerere` is run without arguments or user-intervention. However, it has several commands that allow it to interact with its working state. 'clear':: This resets the metadata used by rerere if a merge resolution is to be -is aborted. Calling linkgit:git-am[1] --skip or linkgit:git-rebase[1] -[--skip|--abort] will automatically invoke this command. +is aborted. Calling `git-am --skip` or `git-rebase [--skip|--abort]` +will automatically invoke this command. 'diff':: This displays diffs for the current state of the resolution. It is useful for tracking what has changed while the user is resolving conflicts. Additional arguments are passed directly to the system -diff(1) command installed in PATH. +`diff` command installed in PATH. 'status':: @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ blew away. `git-rerere` command helps you to resolve this final conflicted merge using the information from your earlier hand resolve. -Running `git-rerere` command immediately after a conflicted +Running the `git-rerere` command immediately after a conflicted automerge records the conflicted working tree files, with the usual conflict markers `<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>` in them. Later, after you are done resolving the conflicts, @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ you could run `git rebase master topic`, to keep yourself up-to-date even before your topic is ready to be sent upstream. This would result in falling back to three-way merge, and it would conflict the same way the test merge you resolved earlier. -`git-rerere` is run by `git rebase` to help you resolve this +`git-rerere` is run by `git-rebase` to help you resolve this conflict. diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 12ea9b23c..dc05f58f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS --soft:: Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed - files "Changes to be committed", as linkgit:git-status[1] would + files "Changes to be committed", as `git-status` would put it. --hard:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt index c9b095032..e7d736ffa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stop at that point. Their parents are implied. Thus the following command: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - $ git-rev-list foo bar ^baz + $ git rev-list foo bar ^baz ----------------------------------------------------------------------- means "list all the commits which are included in 'foo' and 'bar', but @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ short-hand for "{caret}'<commit1>' '<commit2>'". For example, either of the following may be used interchangeably: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - $ git-rev-list origin..HEAD - $ git-rev-list HEAD ^origin + $ git rev-list origin..HEAD + $ git rev-list HEAD ^origin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Another special notation is "'<commit1>'...'<commit2>'" which is useful @@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ for merges. The resulting set of commits is the symmetric difference between the two operands. The following two commands are equivalent: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - $ git-rev-list A B --not $(git-merge-base --all A B) - $ git-rev-list A...B + $ git rev-list A B --not $(git merge-base --all A B) + $ git rev-list A...B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -linkgit:git-rev-list[1] is a very essential git program, since it +`git-rev-list` is a very essential git program, since it provides the ability to build and traverse commit ancestry graphs. For this reason, it has a lot of different options that enables it to be -used by commands as different as linkgit:git-bisect[1] and -linkgit:git-repack[1]. +used by commands as different as `git-bisect` and +`git-repack`. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 9e273bc5a..6825ae27c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>... +'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>... DESCRIPTION ----------- Many git porcelainish commands take mixture of flags (i.e. parameters that begin with a dash '-') and parameters -meant for underlying `git-rev-list` command they use internally -and flags and parameters for other commands they use as the +meant for the underlying `git-rev-list` command they use internally +and flags and parameters for the other commands they use downstream of `git-rev-list`. This command is used to distinguish between them. @@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ OPTIONS --since=datestring:: --after=datestring:: - Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding - --max-age= parameter for git-rev-list command. + Parse the date string, and output the corresponding + --max-age= parameter for `git-rev-list`. --until=datestring:: --before=datestring:: - Parses the date string, and outputs corresponding - --min-age= parameter for git-rev-list command. + Parse the date string, and output the corresponding + --min-age= parameter for `git-rev-list`. <args>...:: Flags and parameters to be parsed. @@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ blobs contained in a commit. second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify 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 ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). + existing log ($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`. * A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify @@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ reachable from `r1` from the set of commits reachable from 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)`". +"`r1 r2 --not $(git merge-base --all r1 r2)`". It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of `r1` or `r2` but not from both. @@ -381,7 +384,7 @@ bar= some cool option --bar with an argument An option group Header C? option C with an optional argument" -eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git-rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?` +eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?` ------------ EXAMPLES diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index 5b49b8138..3d0c5aba9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-revert - Revert an existing commit SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit> +'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index d88554bed..01b63be38 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-rm' [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>... +'git rm' [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>... DESCRIPTION ----------- Remove files from the index, or from the working tree and the index. -`git rm` will not remove a file from just your working directory. +`git-rm` will not remove a file from just your working directory. (There is no option to remove a file only from the work tree and yet keep it in the index; use `/bin/rm` if you want to do that.) The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the branch, @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ OPTIONS -q:: --quiet:: - git-rm normally outputs one line (in the form of an "rm" command) + `git-rm` normally outputs one line (in the form of an "rm" command) for each file removed. This option suppresses that output. @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ also remove all of directory `d2`. EXAMPLES -------- -git-rm Documentation/\\*.txt:: +git rm Documentation/\\*.txt:: Removes all `\*.txt` files from the index that are under the `Documentation` directory and any of its subdirectories. + @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this example; this lets git, and not the shell, expand the pathnames of files and subdirectories under the `Documentation/` directory. -git-rm -f git-*.sh:: +git rm -f git-*.sh:: Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not remove `subdir/git-foo.sh`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 251d661af..afbb294a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory] +'git send-email' [options] <file|directory> [... file|directory] @@ -133,10 +133,13 @@ or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with specified (with --smtp-pass or a configuration variable), then the user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. +--smtp-encryption:: + Specify the encryption to use, either 'ssl' or 'tls'. Any other + value reverts to plain SMTP. Default is the value of + 'sendemail.smtpencryption'. + --smtp-ssl:: - If set, connects to the SMTP server using SSL. - Default is the value of the 'sendemail.smtpssl' configuration value; - if that is unspecified, does not use SSL. + Legacy alias for '--smtp-encryption=ssl'. --subject:: Specify the initial subject of the email thread. @@ -229,8 +232,13 @@ sendemail.smtpuser:: sendemail.smtppass:: Default SMTP-AUTH password. +sendemail.smtpencryption:: + Default encryption method. Use 'ssl' for SSL (and specify an + appropriate port), or 'tls' for TLS. Takes precedence over + 'smtpssl' if both are specified. + sendemail.smtpssl:: - Boolean value specifying the default to the '--smtp-ssl' parameter. + Legacy boolean that sets 'smtpencryption=ssl' if enabled. Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt index ba2fdaec0..410504df4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt @@ -8,21 +8,21 @@ git-send-pack - Push objects over git protocol to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...] +'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Usually you would want to use linkgit:git-push[1] which is a -higher level wrapper of this command instead. +Usually you would want to use `git-push`, which is a +higher-level wrapper of this command, instead. See linkgit:git-push[1]. -Invokes 'git-receive-pack' on a possibly remote repository, and +Invokes `git-receive-pack` on a possibly remote repository, and updates it from the current repository, sending named refs. OPTIONS ------- --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>:: - Path to the 'git-receive-pack' program on the remote + Path to the `git-receive-pack` program on the remote end. Sometimes useful when pushing to a remote repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in a directory on the default $PATH. @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ OPTIONS <host>:: A remote host to house the repository. When this - part is specified, 'git-receive-pack' is invoked via + part is specified, `git-receive-pack` is invoked via ssh. <directory>:: @@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side. The rules used to match a ref are the same -rules used by linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] to resolve a symbolic ref -name. +rules used by `git-rev-parse` to resolve a symbolic ref +name. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the local refs. diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt index c54317034..6731f9ac4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-sh-setup - Common git shell script setup code SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-sh-setup' +'. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"' DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index bd09196ac..9b2ae7f26 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT-only SSH access SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-shell' -c <command> <argument> +'$(git --exec-path)/git-shell' -c <command> <argument> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index daa64d4d8..6e4cbc4fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -git-log --pretty=short | 'git-shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w] -git-shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] [<committish>...] +git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w] +git shortlog [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] [<committish>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion +Summarizes `git-log` output in a format suitable for inclusion in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and the first line of the commit message will be shown. diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index de9e8f885..578bdb785 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current] +'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current] [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]... -'git-show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>] +'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line. OPTIONS ------- <rev>:: - Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see `git-rev-parse`) + Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) that typically names a branch HEAD or a tag. <glob>:: @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ OPTIONS --merge-base:: Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the - 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept + `git-merge-base -a` command, except that it can accept more than two heads. --independent:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt index 891f0eff2..4ae6ede11 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt @@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ git-show-index - Show packed archive index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-show-index' < idx-file +'git show-index' < idx-file DESCRIPTION ----------- Reads given idx file for packed git archive created with -git-pack-objects command, and dumps its contents. +`git-pack-objects` command, and dumps its contents. The information it outputs is subset of what you can get from -'git-verify-pack -v'; this command only shows the packfile +`git-verify-pack -v`; this command only shows the packfile offset and SHA1 of each object. diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt index 6b99529b6..a78a7dcf7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ git-show-ref - List references in a local repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-show-ref' [-q|--quiet] [--verify] [-h|--head] [-d|--dereference] +'git show-ref' [-q|--quiet] [--verify] [-h|--head] [-d|--dereference] [-s|--hash] [--abbrev] [--tags] [--heads] [--] <pattern>... -'git-show-ref' --exclude-existing[=pattern] +'git show-ref' --exclude-existing[=pattern] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS --exclude-existing:: --exclude-existing=pattern:: - Make git-show-ref act as a filter that reads refs from stdin of the + Make `git-show-ref` act as a filter that reads refs from stdin of the form "^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:\^\{\})?$" and performs the following actions on each: (1) strip "^{}" at the end of line if any; @@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ When using the '--verify' flag, the command requires an exact path: will only match the exact branch called "master". -If nothing matches, linkgit:git-show-ref[1] will return an error code of 1, +If nothing matches, `git-show-ref` will return an error code of 1, and in the case of verification, it will show an error message. For scripting, you can ask it to be quiet with the "--quiet" flag, which allows you to do things like ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - git-show-ref --quiet --verify -- "refs/heads/$headname" || + git show-ref --quiet --verify -- "refs/heads/$headname" || echo "$headname is not a valid branch" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt index baaf2bc8f..70b54aec2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-show - Show various types of objects SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-show' [options] <object>... +'git show' [options] <object>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ Shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits). For commits it shows the log message and textual diff. It also presents the merge commit in a special format as produced by -'git-diff-tree --cc'. +`git-diff-tree --cc`. For tags, it shows the tag message and the referenced objects. -For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to linkgit:git-ls-tree[1] +For trees, it shows the names (equivalent to `git-ls-tree` with \--name-only). For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents. -The command takes options applicable to the linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] command to +The command takes options applicable to the `git-diff-tree` command to control how the changes the commit introduces are shown. This manual page describes only the most frequently used options. diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index baa4f55b4..23ac33129 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-stash' (list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear | drop [<stash>] | pop [<stash>]) -'git-stash' [save [<message>]] +'git stash' (list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear | drop [<stash>] | pop [<stash>]) +'git stash' [save [<message>]] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Use 'git-stash' when you want to record the current state of the +Use 'git stash' when you want to record the current state of the working directory and the index, but want to go back to a clean working directory. The command saves your local modifications away and reverts the working directory to match the `HEAD` commit. The modifications stashed away by this command can be listed with -`git-stash list`, inspected with `git-stash show`, and restored -(potentially on top of a different commit) with `git-stash apply`. -Calling git-stash without any arguments is equivalent to `git-stash -save`. A stash is by default listed as "WIP on 'branchname' ...", but +`git stash list`, inspected with `git stash show`, and restored +(potentially on top of a different commit) with `git stash apply`. +Calling `git stash` without any arguments is equivalent to `git stash save`. +A stash is by default listed as "WIP on 'branchname' ...", but you can give a more descriptive message on the command line when you create one. @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ OPTIONS save [<message>]:: - Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git-reset + Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset --hard` to revert them. This is the default action when no subcommand is given. The <message> part is optional and gives the description along with the stashed state. @@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ stash@{0}: WIP on submit: 6ebd0e2... Update git-stash documentation stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash ---------------------------------------------------------------- + -The command takes options applicable to the linkgit:git-log[1] -command to control what is shown and how. +The command takes options applicable to the `git-log` +command to control what is shown and how. See linkgit:git-log[1]. show [<stash>]:: Show the changes recorded in the stash as a diff between the stashed state and its original parent. When no `<stash>` is given, shows the latest one. By default, the command shows the diffstat, but - it will accept any format known to `git-diff` (e.g., `git-stash show + it will accept any format known to `git-diff` (e.g., `git stash show -p stash@\{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form). apply [--index] [<stash>]:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index fef62b16d..c9d4a046c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-status - Show the working tree status SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-status' <options>... +'git status' <options>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not tracked by git (and are not ignored by linkgit:gitignore[5]). The first are what you _would_ commit by running `git commit`; the second and -third are what you _could_ commit by running `git add` before running +third are what you _could_ commit by running `git-add` before running `git commit`. The command takes the same set of options as `git-commit`; it @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ shows what would be committed if the same options are given to If there is no path that is different between the index file and the current HEAD commit (i.e., there is nothing to commit by running -`git-commit`), the command exits with non-zero status. +`git commit`), the command exits with non-zero status. OUTPUT diff --git a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt index 8421a39f2..7508c0e42 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-stripspace - Filter out empty lines SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-stripspace' [-s | --strip-comments] < <stream> +'git stripspace' [-s | --strip-comments] < <stream> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 441ae1483..9c4052c58 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> [<path>] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> [<path>] +'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] COMMANDS @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ add:: status:: Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the - submodule path and the output of linkgit:git-describe[1] for the + submodule path and the output of `git-describe` for the SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing - repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule. + repository. This command is the default command for `git-submodule`. init:: Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index f4cbd2f21..6caa13061 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -7,21 +7,21 @@ git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a single Subversion branch and git SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-svn' <command> [options] [arguments] +'git svn' <command> [options] [arguments] DESCRIPTION ----------- -git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and git. +`git-svn` is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and git. It is not to be confused with linkgit:git-svnimport[1], which is read-only. -git-svn was originally designed for an individual developer who wants a +`git-svn` was originally designed for an individual developer who wants a bidirectional flow of changesets between a single branch in Subversion and an arbitrary number of branches in git. Since its inception, -git-svn has gained the ability to track multiple branches in a manner -similar to git-svnimport. +`git-svn` has gained the ability to track multiple branches in a manner +similar to `git-svnimport`. -git-svn is especially useful when it comes to tracking repositories +`git-svn` is especially useful when it comes to tracking repositories not organized in the way Subversion developers recommend (trunk, branches, tags directories). @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ COMMANDS 'init':: Initializes an empty git repository with additional - metadata directories for git-svn. The Subversion URL + metadata directories for `git-svn`. The Subversion URL may be specified as a command-line argument, or as full URL arguments to -T/-t/-b. Optionally, the target directory to operate on can be specified as a second @@ -107,20 +107,20 @@ COMMANDS This fetches revisions from the SVN parent of the current HEAD and rebases the current (uncommitted to SVN) work against it. -This works similarly to 'svn update' or 'git-pull' except that -it preserves linear history with 'git-rebase' instead of -'git-merge' for ease of dcommiting with git-svn. +This works similarly to `svn update` or `git-pull` except that +it preserves linear history with `git-rebase` instead of +`git-merge` for ease of dcommiting with `git-svn`. -This accepts all options that 'git-svn fetch' and 'git-rebase' -accepts. However '--fetch-all' only fetches from the current +This accepts all options that `git-svn fetch` and `git-rebase` +accept. However, '--fetch-all' only fetches from the current [svn-remote], and not all [svn-remote] definitions. -Like 'git-rebase'; this requires that the working tree be clean +Like `git-rebase`; this requires that the working tree be clean and have no uncommitted changes. -l;; --local;; - Do not fetch remotely; only run 'git-rebase' against the + Do not fetch remotely; only run `git-rebase` against the last fetched commit from the upstream SVN. 'dcommit':: @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ and have no uncommitted changes. repository, and then rebase or reset (depending on whether or not there is a diff between SVN and head). This will create a revision in SVN for each commit in git. - It is recommended that you run git-svn fetch and rebase (not + It is recommended that you run `git-svn` fetch and rebase (not pull or merge) your commits against the latest changes in the SVN repository. An optional command-line argument may be specified as an @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ NOTE: SVN itself only stores times in UTC and nothing else. The regular svn client converts the UTC time to the local time (or based on the TZ= environment). This command has the same behaviour. + -Any other arguments are passed directly to `git log' +Any other arguments are passed directly to `git-log` 'blame':: Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file. The @@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to `git log' `svn blame' by default. Like the SVN blame command, local uncommitted changes in the working copy are ignored; the version of the file in the HEAD revision is annotated. Unknown - arguments are passed directly to git-blame. + arguments are passed directly to `git-blame`. + --git-format;; - Produce output in the same format as `git blame', but with + Produce output in the same format as `git-blame`, but with SVN revision numbers instead of git commit hashes. In this mode, changes that haven't been committed to SVN (including local working-copy edits) are shown as revision 0. @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to `git log' absolutely no attempts to do patching when committing to SVN, it simply overwrites files with those specified in the tree or commit. All merging is assumed to have taken place - independently of git-svn functions. + independently of `git-svn` functions. 'create-ignore':: Recursively finds the svn:ignore property on directories and @@ -219,12 +219,12 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to `git log' 'commit-diff':: Commits the diff of two tree-ish arguments from the command-line. This command is intended for interoperability with - git-svnimport and does not rely on being inside an git-svn - init-ed repository. This command takes three arguments, (a) the + `git-svnimport` and does not rely on being inside an `git-svn + init`-ed repository. This command takes three arguments, (a) the original tree to diff against, (b) the new tree result, (c) the URL of the target Subversion repository. The final argument - (URL) may be omitted if you are working from a git-svn-aware - repository (that has been init-ed with git-svn). + (URL) may be omitted if you are working from a `git-svn`-aware + repository (that has been `init`-ed with `git-svn`). The -r<revision> option is required for this. 'info':: @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ OPTIONS --shared[={false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody}]:: --template=<template_directory>:: Only used with the 'init' command. - These are passed directly to linkgit:git-init[1]. + These are passed directly to `git-init`. -r <ARG>:: --revision <ARG>:: @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ Only used with the 'set-tree' command. Read a list of commits from stdin and commit them in reverse order. Only the leading sha1 is read from each line, so -git-rev-list --pretty=oneline output can be used. +`git-rev-list --pretty=oneline` output can be used. --rmdir:: @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ config key: svn.edit Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands. -They are both passed directly to git-diff-tree see +They are both passed directly to `git-diff-tree`; see linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] for more information. [verse] @@ -317,24 +317,24 @@ config key: svn.findcopiesharder -A<filename>:: --authors-file=<filename>:: -Syntax is compatible with the files used by git-svnimport and -git-cvsimport: +Syntax is compatible with the files used by `git-svnimport` and +`git-cvsimport`: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ loginname = Joe User <user@example.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -If this option is specified and git-svn encounters an SVN -committer name that does not exist in the authors-file, git-svn +If this option is specified and `git-svn` encounters an SVN +committer name that does not exist in the authors-file, `git-svn` will abort operation. The user will then have to add the -appropriate entry. Re-running the previous git-svn command +appropriate entry. Re-running the previous `git-svn` command after the authors-file is modified should continue operation. config key: svn.authorsfile -q:: --quiet:: - Make git-svn less verbose. + Make `git-svn` less verbose. --repack[=<n>]:: --repack-flags=<flags>:: @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ with many revisions. to fetch before repacking. This defaults to repacking every 1000 commits fetched if no argument is specified. ---repack-flags are passed directly to linkgit:git-repack[1]. +--repack-flags are passed directly to `git-repack`. [verse] config key: svn.repack @@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ config key: svn.repackflags These are only used with the 'dcommit' and 'rebase' commands. -Passed directly to git-rebase when using 'dcommit' if a -'git-reset' cannot be used (see dcommit). +Passed directly to `git-rebase` when using 'dcommit' if a +`git-reset` cannot be used (see 'dcommit'). -n:: --dry-run:: @@ -411,20 +411,20 @@ CONFIG FILE-ONLY OPTIONS svn.noMetadata:: svn-remote.<name>.noMetadata:: -This gets rid of the git-svn-id: lines at the end of every commit. +This gets rid of the 'git-svn-id:' lines at the end of every commit. -If you lose your .git/svn/git-svn/.rev_db file, git-svn will not +If you lose your .git/svn/git-svn/.rev_db file, `git-svn` will not be able to rebuild it and you won't be able to fetch again, either. This is fine for one-shot imports. -The 'git-svn log' command will not work on repositories using +The `git-svn log` command will not work on repositories using this, either. Using this conflicts with the 'useSvmProps' option for (hopefully) obvious reasons. svn.useSvmProps:: svn-remote.<name>.useSvmProps:: -This allows git-svn to re-map repository URLs and UUIDs from +This allows `git-svn` to re-map repository URLs and UUIDs from mirrors created using SVN::Mirror (or svk) for metadata. If an SVN revision has a property, "svm:headrev", it is likely @@ -443,20 +443,21 @@ svn-remote.<name>.useSvnsyncprops:: svn-remote.<name>.rewriteRoot:: This allows users to create repositories from alternate - URLs. For example, an administrator could run git-svn on the + URLs. For example, an administrator could run `git-svn` on the server locally (accessing via file://) but wish to distribute the repository with a public http:// or svn:// URL in the metadata so users of it will see the public URL. +-- + Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps -options all affect the metadata generated and used by git-svn; they +options all affect the metadata generated and used by `git-svn`; they *must* be set in the configuration file before any history is imported and these settings should never be changed once they are set. Additionally, only one of these four options can be used per-svn-remote section because they affect the 'git-svn-id:' metadata line. --- BASIC EXAMPLES -------------- @@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ Tracking and contributing to the trunk of a Subversion-managed project: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Clone a repo (like git clone): - git-svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project/trunk + git svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project/trunk # Enter the newly cloned directory: cd trunk # You should be on master branch, double-check with git-branch @@ -474,12 +475,12 @@ Tracking and contributing to the trunk of a Subversion-managed project: git commit ... # Something is committed to SVN, rebase your local changes against the # latest changes in SVN: - git-svn rebase + git svn rebase # Now commit your changes (that were committed previously using git) to SVN, # as well as automatically updating your working HEAD: - git-svn dcommit + git svn dcommit # Append svn:ignore settings to the default git exclude file: - git-svn show-ignore >> .git/info/exclude + git svn show-ignore >> .git/info/exclude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tracking and contributing to an entire Subversion-managed project @@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ Tracking and contributing to an entire Subversion-managed project ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Clone a repo (like git clone): - git-svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project -T trunk -b branches -t tags + git svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project -T trunk -b branches -t tags # View all branches and tags you have cloned: git branch -r # Reset your master to trunk (or any other branch, replacing 'trunk' @@ -497,48 +498,48 @@ Tracking and contributing to an entire Subversion-managed project # of dcommit/rebase/show-ignore should be the same as above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -The initial 'git-svn clone' can be quite time-consuming +The initial `git-svn clone` can be quite time-consuming (especially for large Subversion repositories). If multiple people (or one person with multiple machines) want to use -git-svn to interact with the same Subversion repository, you can -do the initial 'git-svn clone' to a repository on a server and -have each person clone that repository with 'git clone': +`git-svn` to interact with the same Subversion repository, you can +do the initial `git-svn clone` to a repository on a server and +have each person clone that repository with `git-clone`: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Do the initial import on a server - ssh server "cd /pub && git-svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project + ssh server "cd /pub && git svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project # Clone locally - make sure the refs/remotes/ space matches the server mkdir project cd project - git-init + git init git remote add origin server:/pub/project - git config --add remote.origin.fetch=+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/* + git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*' git fetch # Initialize git-svn locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server) - git-svn init http://svn.foo.org/project + git svn init http://svn.foo.org/project # Pull the latest changes from Subversion - git-svn rebase + git svn rebase ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REBASE VS. PULL/MERGE --------------------- -Originally, git-svn recommended that the remotes/git-svn branch be +Originally, `git-svn` recommended that the 'remotes/git-svn' branch be pulled or merged from. This is because the author favored -'git-svn set-tree B' to commit a single head rather than the -'git-svn set-tree A..B' notation to commit multiple commits. +`git svn set-tree B` to commit a single head rather than the +`git svn set-tree A..B` notation to commit multiple commits. -If you use 'git-svn set-tree A..B' to commit several diffs and you do +If you use `git svn set-tree A..B` to commit several diffs and you do not have the latest remotes/git-svn merged into my-branch, you should -use 'git-svn rebase' to update your work branch instead of 'git pull' or -'git merge'. 'pull/merge' can cause non-linear history to be flattened +use `git svn rebase` to update your work branch instead of `git pull` or +`git merge`. `pull`/`merge' can cause non-linear history to be flattened when committing into SVN, which can lead to merge commits reversing previous commits in SVN. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ----------------- Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development -with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result. While git-svn can track +with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result. While `git-svn` can track copy history (including branches and tags) for repositories adopting a standard layout, it cannot yet represent merge history that happened inside git back upstream to SVN users. Therefore it is advised that @@ -549,30 +550,30 @@ CAVEATS ------- For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with a less-capable system -(SVN), it is recommended that all git-svn users clone, fetch and dcommit -directly from the SVN server, and avoid all git-clone/pull/merge/push +(SVN), it is recommended that all `git-svn` users clone, fetch and dcommit +directly from the SVN server, and avoid all `git-clone`/`pull`/`merge`/`push` operations between git repositories and branches. The recommended method of exchanging code between git branches and users is -git-format-patch and git-am, or just dcommiting to the SVN repository. +`git-format-patch` and `git-am`, or just 'dcommit'ing to the SVN repository. -Running 'git-merge' or 'git-pull' is NOT recommended on a branch you -plan to dcommit from. Subversion does not represent merges in any +Running `git-merge` or `git-pull` is NOT recommended on a branch you +plan to 'dcommit' from. Subversion does not represent merges in any reasonable or useful fashion; so users using Subversion cannot see any merges you've made. Furthermore, if you merge or pull from a git branch -that is a mirror of an SVN branch, dcommit may commit to the wrong +that is a mirror of an SVN branch, 'dcommit' may commit to the wrong branch. -'git-clone' does not clone branches under the refs/remotes/ hierarchy or -any git-svn metadata, or config. So repositories created and managed with -using git-svn should use rsync(1) for cloning, if cloning is to be done +`git-clone` does not clone branches under the refs/remotes/ hierarchy or +any `git-svn` metadata, or config. So repositories created and managed with +using `git-svn` should use `rsync` for cloning, if cloning is to be done at all. -Since 'dcommit' uses rebase internally, any git branches you git-push to -before dcommit on will require forcing an overwrite of the existing ref +Since 'dcommit' uses rebase internally, any git branches you `git-push` to +before 'dcommit' on will require forcing an overwrite of the existing ref on the remote repository. This is generally considered bad practice, -see the git-push(1) documentation for details. +see the linkgit:git-push[1] documentation for details. -Do not use the --amend option of git-commit(1) on a change you've +Do not use the --amend option of linkgit:git-commit[1] on a change you've already dcommitted. It is considered bad practice to --amend commits you've already pushed to a remote repository for other users, and dcommit with SVN is analogous to that. @@ -593,7 +594,7 @@ for git to detect them. CONFIGURATION ------------- -git-svn stores [svn-remote] configuration information in the +`git-svn` stores [svn-remote] configuration information in the repository .git/config file. It is similar the core git [remote] sections except 'fetch' keys do not accept glob arguments; but they are instead handled by the 'branches' @@ -614,8 +615,7 @@ Keep in mind that the '*' (asterisk) wildcard of the local ref however the remote wildcard may be anywhere as long as it's own independent path component (surrounded by '/' or EOL). This type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and -should be manually entered with a text-editor or using -linkgit:git-config[1] +should be manually entered with a text-editor or using `git-config`. SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt index 3d3a059c5..a4962413d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-symbolic-ref - Read and modify symbolic refs SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>] +'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ cumbersome. On some platforms, `ln -sf` does not even work as advertised (horrors). Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated and symbolic refs are used by default. -git-symbolic-ref will exit with status 0 if the contents of the +`git-symbolic-ref` will exit with status 0 if the contents of the symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs. diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 8f40f4bf0..1db98e2d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ git-tag - Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <name> [<head>] -'git-tag' -d <name>... -'git-tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [<pattern>] -'git-tag' -v <name>... +'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <name> [<head>] +'git tag' -d <name>... +'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [<pattern>] +'git tag' -v <name>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ OPTIONS CONFIGURATION ------------- -By default, git-tag in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your +By default, `git-tag` in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your committer identity (of the form "Your Name <your@email.address>") to find a key. If you want to use a different default key, you can specify it in the repository configuration as follows: @@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ and be done with it. . The insane thing. You really want to call the new version "X" too, 'even though' -others have already seen the old one. So just use "git tag -f" +others have already seen the old one. So just use `git-tag -f` again, as if you hadn't already published the old one. However, Git does *not* (and it should not) change tags behind -users back. So if somebody already got the old tag, doing a "git -pull" on your tree shouldn't just make them overwrite the old +users back. So if somebody already got the old tag, doing a +`git-pull` on your tree shouldn't just make them overwrite the old one. If somebody got a release tag from you, you cannot just change @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ private anchor point tags from the other person. You would notice "please pull" messages on the mailing list says repo URL and branch name alone. This is designed to be easily -cut&pasted to "git fetch" command line: +cut&pasted to a `git-fetch` command line: ------------ Linus, please pull from diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt index 74ed06525..b3097aa79 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-tar-tree - Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ] +'git tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ Creates a tar archive containing the tree structure for the named tree. When <base> is specified it is added as a leading path to the files in the generated tar archive. -git-tar-tree behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when given +`git-tar-tree` behaves differently when given a tree ID versus when given a commit ID or tag ID. In the first case the current time is used as modification time of each file in the archive. In the latter case the commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is used instead. Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global extended pax header. -It can be extracted using git-get-tar-commit-id. +It can be extracted using `git-get-tar-commit-id`. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt index d0552b2c7..995db9fea 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-unpack-file - Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-unpack-file' <blob> +'git unpack-file' <blob> DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt index b9c4279a8..36d103805 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-unpack-objects - Unpack objects from a packed archive SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] <pack-file +'git unpack-objects' [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] <pack-file DESCRIPTION @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Objects that already exist in the repository will *not* be unpacked from the pack-file. Therefore, nothing will be unpacked if you use this command on a pack-file that exists within the target repository. -Please see the `git-repack` documentation for options to generate +See linkgit:git-repack[1] for options to generate new packs and replace existing ones. OPTIONS diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index bbb0a6ad5..999e9a7c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-update-index - Register file contents in the working tree to the index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-update-index' +'git update-index' [--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace] [--refresh] [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing] [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]\* @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ cleared. See also linkgit:git-add[1] for a more user-friendly way to do some of the most common operations on the index. -The way "git-update-index" handles files it is told about can be modified +The way `git-update-index` handles files it is told about can be modified using the various options: OPTIONS @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ OPTIONS -q:: Quiet. If --refresh finds that the index needs an update, the default behavior is to error out. This option makes - git-update-index continue anyway. + `git-update-index` continue anyway. --ignore-submodules: Do not try to update submodules. This option is only respected @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ OPTIONS --unmerged:: If --refresh finds unmerged changes in the index, the default - behavior is to error out. This option makes git-update-index + behavior is to error out. This option makes `git-update-index` continue anyway. --ignore-missing:: @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ OPTIONS --replace:: By default, when a file `path` exists in the index, - git-update-index refuses an attempt to add `path/file`. + `git-update-index` refuses an attempt to add `path/file`. Similarly if a file `path/file` exists, a file `path` cannot be added. With --replace flag, existing entries that conflicts with the entry being added are @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ up-to-date for mode/content changes. But what it *does* do is to can refresh the index for a file that hasn't been changed but where the stat entry is out of date. -For example, you'd want to do this after doing a "git-read-tree", to link +For example, you'd want to do this after doing a `git-read-tree`, to link up the stat index details with the proper files. Using --cacheinfo or --info-only @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ merging. To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say: ---------------- -$ git-update-index --cacheinfo mode sha1 path +$ git update-index --cacheinfo mode sha1 path ---------------- '--info-only' is used to register files without placing them in the object @@ -186,13 +186,13 @@ back on 3-way merge. . mode SP type SP sha1 TAB path + -The second format is to stuff git-ls-tree output +The second format is to stuff `git-ls-tree` output into the index file. . mode SP sha1 SP stage TAB path + This format is to put higher order stages into the -index file and matches git-ls-files --stage output. +index file and matches `git-ls-files --stage` output. To place a higher stage entry to the index, the path should first be removed by feeding a mode=0 entry for the path, and @@ -247,13 +247,13 @@ In order to set "assume unchanged" bit, use `--assume-unchanged` option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. When -this is true, paths updated with `git-update-index paths...` and +this is true, paths updated with `git update-index paths...` and paths updated with other git commands that update both index and working tree (e.g. `git-apply --index`, `git-checkout-index -u`, and `git-read-tree -u`) are automatically marked as "assume unchanged". Note that "assume unchanged" bit is *not* set if -`git-update-index --refresh` finds the working tree file matches -the index (use `git-update-index --really-refresh` if you want +`git update-index --refresh` finds the working tree file matches +the index (use `git update-index --really-refresh` if you want to mark them as "assume unchanged"). @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ Examples To update and refresh only the files already checked out: ---------------- -$ git-checkout-index -n -f -a && git-update-index --ignore-missing --refresh +$ git checkout-index -n -f -a && git update-index --ignore-missing --refresh ---------------- On an inefficient filesystem with `core.ignorestat` set:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index 7f7e3d197..9639f705a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt @@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref safely SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> <oldvalue> | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>]) +'git update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> [<oldvalue>] | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>]) DESCRIPTION ----------- Given two arguments, stores the <newvalue> in the <ref>, possibly -dereferencing the symbolic refs. E.g. `git-update-ref HEAD +dereferencing the symbolic refs. E.g. `git update-ref HEAD <newvalue>` updates the current branch head to the new object. Given three arguments, stores the <newvalue> in the <ref>, possibly dereferencing the symbolic refs, after verifying that the current value of the <ref> matches <oldvalue>. -E.g. `git-update-ref refs/heads/master <newvalue> <oldvalue>` +E.g. `git update-ref refs/heads/master <newvalue> <oldvalue>` updates the master branch head to <newvalue> only if its current value is <oldvalue>. You can specify 40 "0" or an empty string as <oldvalue> to make sure that the ref you are creating does @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ the result of following the symbolic pointers. In general, using - git-update-ref HEAD "$head" + git update-ref HEAD "$head" should be a _lot_ safer than doing @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ still contains <oldvalue>. Logging Updates --------------- If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true or the file -"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git-update-ref` will append +"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append a line to the log file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" (dereferencing all symbolic refs before creating the log name) describing the change in ref value. Log lines are formatted as: diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt index d21be41d0..bc1207a31 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-update-server-info' [--force] +'git update-server-info' [--force] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OUTPUT ------ Currently the command updates the following files. Please see -linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5][repository-layout] for description of +linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for description of what they are for: * objects/info/packs diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt index e49f68f68..526e5bdd2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-upload-archive - Send archive back to git-archive SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-upload-archive' <directory> +'git upload-archive' <directory> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Invoked by 'git-archive --remote' and sends a generated archive to the other end over the git protocol. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. The UI -for the protocol is on the 'git-archive' side, and the program pair +for the protocol is on the `git-archive` side, and the program pair is meant to be used to get an archive from a remote repository. OPTIONS diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt index bac465e13..52724d4c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt @@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ git-upload-pack - Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-upload-pack' [--strict] [--timeout=<n>] <directory> +'git upload-pack' [--strict] [--timeout=<n>] <directory> DESCRIPTION ----------- -Invoked by 'git-fetch-pack', learns what +Invoked by `git-fetch-pack`, learns what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after packing. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. -The UI for the protocol is on the 'git-fetch-pack' side, and the +The UI for the protocol is on the `git-fetch-pack` side, and the program pair is meant to be used to pull updates from a remote -repository. For push operations, see 'git-send-pack'. +repository. For push operations, see `git-send-pack`. OPTIONS diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 67e8e1f93..10d1e19cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-var' [ -l | <variable> ] +'git var' [ -l | <variable> ] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ OPTIONS EXAMPLE -------- - $ git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT + $ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600 diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt index 478f23699..4d95c6c89 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ git-verify-pack - Validate packed git archive files SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-verify-pack' [-v] [--] <pack>.idx ... +'git verify-pack' [-v] [--] <pack>.idx ... DESCRIPTION ----------- -Reads given idx file for packed git archive created with -git-pack-objects command and verifies idx file and the +Reads given idx file for packed git archive created with the +`git-pack-objects` command and verifies idx file and the corresponding pack file. OPTIONS diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt index dffba8906..de4a89a10 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt @@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ git-verify-tag - Check the GPG signature of tags SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-verify-tag' <tag>... +'git verify-tag' <tag>... DESCRIPTION ----------- -Validates the gpg signature created by git-tag. +Validates the gpg signature created by `git-tag`. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index e80a7c1cc..fefa6fd38 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-web--browse - git helper script to launch a web browser SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-web--browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ... +'git web--browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ browser.<tool>.path You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example, you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting -'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-web--browse' assumes the tool +'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, `git-web--browse` assumes the tool is available in PATH. browser.<tool>.cmd @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ browser.<tool>.cmd When the browser, specified by options or configuration variables, is not among the supported ones, then the corresponding 'browser.<tool>.cmd' configuration variable will be looked up. If this -variable exists then "git web--browse" will treat the specified tool +variable exists then `git-web--browse` will treat the specified tool as a custom command and will use a shell eval to run the command with the URLs passed as arguments. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ the following: cmd = A_PATH_TO/konqueror ------------------------------------------------ -Note about git config --global +Note about git-config --global ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ 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. +<git@vger.kernel.org>, based on `git-mergetool` by Theodore Y. Ts'o. Documentation ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt index f5d39c787..3b0ea2c59 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-whatchanged' <option>... +'git whatchanged' <option>... DESCRIPTION ----------- Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces. The -command internally invokes 'git-rev-list' piped to -'git-diff-tree', and takes command line options for both of +command internally invokes `git-rev-list` piped to +`git-diff-tree`, and takes command line options for both of these commands. This manual page describes only the most frequently used options. @@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ include::pretty-formats.txt[] Examples -------- -git-whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: +git whatchanged -p v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: Show as patches the commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories -git-whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: +git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk:: Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'. The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt index 8744f6535..19d979bcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/] +'git write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 4e4bd6ddb..22702c260 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. -See this linkgit:gittutorial[7][tutorial] to get started, then see +See linkgit:gittutorial[7] to get started, then see link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of commands, and "man git-commandname" for documentation of each command. CVS users may -also want to read linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][CVS migration]. See -link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] for a more in-depth +also want to read linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. See +the link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] for a more in-depth introduction. The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias @@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.5.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6] +* link:v1.5.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6.1] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.5.6.txt[1.5.6], + link:RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt[1.5.6.1]. + link:RelNotes-1.5.6.txt[1.5.6]. -* link:v1.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5] +* link:v1.5.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5.4] * release notes for link:RelNotes-1.5.5.4.txt[1.5.5.4], @@ -57,8 +58,6 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here: link:RelNotes-1.5.5.1.txt[1.5.5.1], link:RelNotes-1.5.5.txt[1.5.5]. -* link:v1.5.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.5.4] - * link:v1.5.4.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.4.5] * release notes for @@ -82,6 +81,8 @@ Documentation for older releases are available here: link:RelNotes-1.5.3.1.txt[1.5.3.1], link:RelNotes-1.5.3.txt[1.5.3]. +* link:v1.5.2.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.2.5] + * release notes for link:RelNotes-1.5.2.5.txt[1.5.2.5], link:RelNotes-1.5.2.4.txt[1.5.2.4], @@ -181,13 +182,14 @@ See the references above to get started using git. The following is probably more detail than necessary for a first-time user. The link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[git concepts chapter of the -user-manual] and the linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7][Core tutorial] both provide +user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] both provide introductions to the underlying git architecture. See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful examples. -The internals are documented link:technical/api-index.html[here]. +The internals are documented in the +link:technical/api-index.html[GIT API documentation]. GIT COMMANDS ------------ @@ -371,10 +373,9 @@ For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see File/Directory Structure ------------------------ -Please see the linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5][repository layout] -document. +Please see the linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] document. -Read linkgit:githooks[5][hooks] for more details about each hook. +Read linkgit:githooks[5] for more details about each hook. Higher level SCMs may provide and manage additional information in the `$GIT_DIR`. @@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ Higher level SCMs may provide and manage additional information in the Terminology ----------- -Please see the linkgit:gitglossary[7][glossary] document. +Please see linkgit:gitglossary[7]. Environment Variables @@ -482,10 +483,10 @@ other a pager. 'GIT_SSH':: - If this environment variable is set then linkgit:git-fetch[1] - and linkgit:git-push[1] will use this command instead + If this environment variable is set then `git-fetch` + and `git-push` will use this command instead of `ssh` when they need to connect to a remote system. - The 'GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two arguments: + The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two arguments: the 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the shell command to execute on that remote system. + @@ -499,8 +500,8 @@ for further details. 'GIT_FLUSH':: If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such - as git-blame (in incremental mode), git-rev-list, git-log, - git-whatchanged, etc., will force a flush of the output stream + as `git-blame` (in incremental mode), `git-rev-list`, `git-log`, + and `git-whatchanged` will force a flush of the output stream after each commit-oriented record have been flushed. If this variable is set to "0", the output of these commands will be done using completely buffered I/O. If this environment variable is @@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ Discussion[[Discussion]] More detail on the following is available from the link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[git concepts chapter of the -user-manual] and the linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7][Core tutorial]. +user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7]. A git project normally consists of a working directory with a ".git" subdirectory at the top level. The .git directory contains, among other @@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ SEE ALSO linkgit:gittutorial[7], linkgit:gittutorial-2[7], linkgit:giteveryday[7], linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7], linkgit:gitglossary[7], linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7], -link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual] +linkgit:gitcli[7], link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual] GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 471754eb1..124170a96 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ Checking-out and checking-in These attributes affect how the contents stored in the repository are copied to the working tree files when commands -such as `git checkout` and `git merge` run. They also affect how +such as `git-checkout` and `git-merge` run. They also affect how git stores the contents you prepare in the working tree in the -repository upon `git add` and `git commit`. +repository upon `git-add` and `git-commit`. `crlf` ^^^^^^ @@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ an irreversible conversion. The safety triggers to prevent such a conversion done to the files in the work tree, but there are a few exceptions. Even though... -- "git add" itself does not touch the files in the work tree, the +- `git-add` itself does not touch the files in the work tree, the next checkout would, so the safety triggers; -- "git apply" to update a text file with a patch does touch the files +- `git-apply` to update a text file with a patch does touch the files in the work tree, but the operation is about text files and CRLF conversion is about fixing the line ending inconsistencies, so the safety does not trigger; -- "git diff" itself does not touch the files in the work tree, it is - often run to inspect the changes you intend to next "git add". To +- `git-diff` itself does not touch the files in the work tree, it is + often run to inspect the changes you intend to next `git-add`. To catch potential problems early, safety triggers. @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ with `crlf`, and then `ident` and fed to `filter`. Generating diff text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The attribute `diff` affects if `git diff` generates textual +The attribute `diff` affects if `git-diff` generates textual patch for the path or just says `Binary files differ`. It also can affect what line is shown on the hunk header `@@ -k,l +n,m @@` line. @@ -502,13 +502,19 @@ frotz unspecified Creating an archive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +`export-ignore` +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Files and directories with the attribute `export-ignore` won't be added to +archive files. + `export-subst` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If the attribute `export-subst` is set for a file then git will expand several placeholders when adding this file to an archive. The -expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e. if -linkgit:git-archive[1] has been given a tree instead of a commit or a +expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e., if +`git-archive` has been given a tree instead of a commit or a tag then no replacement will be done. The placeholders are the same as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of linkgit:git-log[1], except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$` diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 8fb5d889e..29e5929db 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -13,8 +13,37 @@ gitcli DESCRIPTION ----------- -This manual describes best practice in how to use git CLI. Here are -the rules that you should follow when you are scripting git: +This manual describes the convention used throughout git CLI. + +Many commands take revisions (most often "commits", but sometimes +"tree-ish", depending on the context and command) and paths as their +arguments. Here are the rules: + + * Revisions come first and then paths. + E.g. in `git diff v1.0 v2.0 arch/x86 include/asm-x86`, + `v1.0` and `v2.0` are revisions and `arch/x86` and `include/asm-x86` + are paths. + + * When an argument can be misunderstood as either a revision or a path, + they can be disambiguated by placing `\--` between them. + E.g. `git diff \-- HEAD` is, "I have a file called HEAD in my work + tree. Please show changes between the version I staged in the index + and what I have in the work tree for that file". not "show difference + between the HEAD commit and the work tree as a whole". You can say + `git diff HEAD \--` to ask for the latter. + + * Without disambiguating `\--`, git makes a reasonable guess, but errors + out and asking you to disambiguate when ambiguous. E.g. if you have a + file called HEAD in your work tree, `git diff HEAD` is ambiguous, and + you have to say either `git diff HEAD \--` or `git diff \-- HEAD` to + disambiguate. + +When writing a script that is expected to handle random user-input, it is +a good practice to make it explicit which arguments are which by placing +disambiguating `\--` at appropriate places. + +Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are +scripting git: * it's preferred to use the non dashed form of git commands, which means that you should prefer `"git foo"` to `"git-foo"`. @@ -34,8 +63,8 @@ the rules that you should follow when you are scripting git: if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree. -ENHANCED CLI ------------- +ENHANCED OPTION PARSER +---------------------- From the git 1.5.4 series and further, many git commands (not all of them at the time of the writing though) come with an enhanced option parser. @@ -104,9 +133,45 @@ $ git describe --abbrev 10 HEAD # NOT WHAT YOU MEANT ---------------------------- +NOTES ON FREQUENTLY CONFUSED OPTIONS +------------------------------------ + +Many commands that can work on files in the working tree +and/or in the index can take `--cached` and/or `--index` +options. Sometimes people incorrectly think that, because +the index was originally called cache, these two are +synonyms. They are *not* -- these two options mean very +different things. + + * The `--cached` option is used to ask a command that + usually works on files in the working tree to *only* work + with the index. For example, `git grep`, when used + without a commit to specify from which commit to look for + strings in, usually works on files in the working tree, + but with the `--cached` option, it looks for strings in + the index. + + * The `--index` option is used to ask a command that + usually works on files in the working tree to *also* + affect the index. For example, `git stash apply` usually + merges changes recorded in a stash to the working tree, + but with the `--index` option, it also merges changes to + the index as well. + +`git apply` command can be used with `--cached` and +`--index` (but not at the same time). Usually the command +only affects the files in the working tree, but with +`--index`, it patches both the files and their index +entries, and with `--cached`, it modifies only the index +entries. + +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. +Documentation by Pierre Habouzit and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index cb4ec4044..7d721c5b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ This tutorial explains how to use the "core" git programs to set up and work with a git repository. If you just need to use git as a revision control system you may prefer -to start with linkgit:gittutorial[7][a tutorial introduction to git] or -link:user-manual.html[the git user manual]. +to start with "A Tutorial Introduction to GIT" (linkgit:gittutorial[7]) or +link:user-manual.html[the GIT User Manual]. However, an understanding of these low-level tools can be helpful if you want to understand git's internals. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ subdirectory, and initialize the git infrastructure with `git-init`: ------------------------------------------------ $ mkdir git-tutorial $ cd git-tutorial -$ git-init +$ git init ------------------------------------------------ to which git will reply @@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ references in these `refs` subdirectories when you actually start populating your tree. [NOTE] -An advanced user may want to take a look at the -linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5][repository layout] document +An advanced user may want to take a look at linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] after finishing this tutorial. You have now created your first git repository. Of course, since it's @@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ adding a new entry with the `\--add` flag (or removing an entry with the So to populate the index with the two files you just created, you can do ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-update-index --add hello example +$ git update-index --add hello example ------------------------------------------------ and you have now told git to track those two files. @@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ If you want to, you can use `git-cat-file` to look at those objects, but you'll have to use the object name, not the filename of the object: ---------------- -$ git-cat-file -t 557db03de997c86a4a028e1ebd3a1ceb225be238 +$ git cat-file -t 557db03de997c86a4a028e1ebd3a1ceb225be238 ---------------- where the `-t` tells `git-cat-file` to tell you what the "type" of the @@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ object is. git will tell you that you have a "blob" object (i.e., just a regular file), and you can see the contents with ---------------- -$ git-cat-file "blob" 557db03 +$ git cat-file "blob" 557db03 ---------------- which will print out "Hello World". The object `557db03` is nothing @@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ git what has changed in the tree compared to your old index, using the `git-diff-files` command: ------------ -$ git-diff-files +$ git diff-files ------------ Oops. That wasn't very readable. It just spit out its own internal @@ -240,11 +239,11 @@ version of a `diff`, but that internal version really just tells you that it has noticed that "hello" has been modified, and that the old object contents it had have been replaced with something else. -To make it readable, we can tell git-diff-files to output the +To make it readable, we can tell `git-diff-files` to output the differences as a patch, using the `-p` flag: ------------ -$ git-diff-files -p +$ git diff-files -p diff --git a/hello b/hello index 557db03..263414f 100644 --- a/hello @@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ In other words, `git-diff-files` always shows us the difference between what is recorded in the index, and what is currently in the working tree. That's very useful. -A common shorthand for `git-diff-files -p` is to just write `git +A common shorthand for `git diff-files -p` is to just write `git diff`, which will do the same thing. ------------ @@ -285,14 +284,14 @@ object as a 'commit' object together with an explanation of what the tree was all about, along with information of how we came to that state. Creating a tree object is trivial, and is done with `git-write-tree`. -There are no options or other input: git-write-tree will take the +There are no options or other input: `git write-tree` will take the current index state, and write an object that describes that whole index. In other words, we're now tying together all the different filenames with their contents (and their permissions), and we're creating the equivalent of a git "directory" object: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-write-tree +$ git write-tree ------------------------------------------------ and this will just output the name of the resulting tree, in this case @@ -303,9 +302,9 @@ and this will just output the name of the resulting tree, in this case ---------------- which is another incomprehensible object name. Again, if you want to, -you can use `git-cat-file -t 8988d\...` to see that this time the object +you can use `git cat-file -t 8988d\...` to see that this time the object is not a "blob" object, but a "tree" object (you can also use -`git-cat-file` to actually output the raw object contents, but you'll see +`git cat-file` to actually output the raw object contents, but you'll see mainly a binary mess, so that's less interesting). However -- normally you'd never use `git-write-tree` on its own, because @@ -328,9 +327,9 @@ that's exactly what `git-commit-tree` spits out, we can do this all with a sequence of simple shell commands: ------------------------------------------------ -$ tree=$(git-write-tree) -$ commit=$(echo 'Initial commit' | git-commit-tree $tree) -$ git-update-ref HEAD $commit +$ tree=$(git write-tree) +$ commit=$(echo 'Initial commit' | git commit-tree $tree) +$ git update-ref HEAD $commit ------------------------------------------------ In this case this creates a totally new commit that is not related to @@ -357,7 +356,7 @@ that on purpose, to show the difference between the index state, and the state in the working tree, and how they don't have to match, even when we commit things. -As before, if we do `git-diff-files -p` in our git-tutorial project, +As before, if we do `git diff-files -p` in our git-tutorial project, we'll still see the same difference we saw last time: the index file hasn't changed by the act of committing anything. However, now that we have committed something, we can also learn to use a new command: @@ -373,7 +372,7 @@ didn't have anything to diff against. But now we can do ---------------- -$ git-diff-index -p HEAD +$ git diff-index -p HEAD ---------------- (where `-p` has the same meaning as it did in `git-diff-files`), and it @@ -395,7 +394,7 @@ In other words, `git-diff-index` normally compares a tree against the working tree, but when given the `\--cached` flag, it is told to instead compare against just the index cache contents, and ignore the current working tree state entirely. Since we just wrote the index -file to HEAD, doing `git-diff-index \--cached -p HEAD` should thus return +file to HEAD, doing `git diff-index \--cached -p HEAD` should thus return an empty set of differences, and that's exactly what it does. [NOTE] @@ -423,15 +422,15 @@ work through the index file, so the first thing we need to do is to update the index cache: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-update-index hello +$ git update-index hello ------------------------------------------------ (note how we didn't need the `\--add` flag this time, since git knew about the file already). Note what happens to the different `git-diff-\*` versions here. After -we've updated `hello` in the index, `git-diff-files -p` now shows no -differences, but `git-diff-index -p HEAD` still *does* show that the +we've updated `hello` in the index, `git diff-files -p` now shows no +differences, but `git diff-index -p HEAD` still *does* show that the current state is different from the state we committed. In fact, now `git-diff-index` shows the same difference whether we use the `--cached` flag or not, since now the index is coherent with the working tree. @@ -478,7 +477,7 @@ of that commit itself, and show the difference directly. Thus, to get the same diff that we've already seen several times, we can now do ---------------- -$ git-diff-tree -p HEAD +$ git diff-tree -p HEAD ---------------- (again, `-p` means to show the difference as a human-readable patch), @@ -543,7 +542,7 @@ with the associated patches use the more complex (and much more powerful) ---------------- -$ git-whatchanged -p +$ git whatchanged -p ---------------- and you will see exactly what has changed in the repository over its @@ -654,7 +653,7 @@ information for the files involved) will likely need to be refreshed. So after you do a `cp -a` to create a new copy, you'll want to do + ---------------- -$ git-update-index --refresh +$ git update-index --refresh ---------------- + in the new repository to make sure that the index file is up-to-date. @@ -670,15 +669,15 @@ known state (you don't know *what* they've done and not yet checked in), so usually you'll precede the `git-update-index` with a ---------------- -$ git-read-tree --reset HEAD -$ git-update-index --refresh +$ git read-tree --reset HEAD +$ git update-index --refresh ---------------- which will force a total index re-build from the tree pointed to by `HEAD`. It resets the index contents to `HEAD`, and then the `git-update-index` makes sure to match up all index entries with the checked-out files. If the original repository had uncommitted changes in its -working tree, `git-update-index --refresh` notices them and +working tree, `git update-index --refresh` notices them and tells you they need to be updated. The above can also be written as simply @@ -691,7 +690,7 @@ and in fact a lot of the common git command combinations can be scripted with the `git xyz` interfaces. You can learn things by just looking at what the various git scripts do. For example, `git reset` used to be the above two lines implemented in `git-reset`, but some things like -`git status` and `git commit` are slightly more complex scripts around +`git-status` and `git-commit` are slightly more complex scripts around the basic git commands. Many (most?) public remote repositories will not contain any of @@ -714,7 +713,7 @@ $ rsync -rL rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/ .git followed by ---------------- -$ git-read-tree HEAD +$ git read-tree HEAD ---------------- to populate the index. However, now you have populated the index, and @@ -723,14 +722,14 @@ actually have any of the working tree files to work on. To get those, you'd check them out with ---------------- -$ git-checkout-index -u -a +$ git checkout-index -u -a ---------------- where the `-u` flag means that you want the checkout to keep the index up-to-date (so that you don't have to refresh it afterward), and the `-a` flag means "check out all files" (if you have a stale copy or an older version of a checked out tree you may also need to add the `-f` -flag first, to tell git-checkout-index to *force* overwriting of any old +flag first, to tell `git-checkout-index` to *force* overwriting of any old files). Again, this can all be simplified with @@ -840,7 +839,7 @@ $ git commit -m "Some work." -i hello ------------------------------------------------ Here, we just added another line to `hello`, and we used a shorthand for -doing both `git-update-index hello` and `git commit` by just giving the +doing both `git update-index hello` and `git commit` by just giving the filename directly to `git commit`, with an `-i` flag (it tells git to 'include' that file in addition to what you have done to the index file so far when making the commit). The `-m` flag is to give the @@ -926,7 +925,7 @@ $ git commit -i hello which will very loudly warn you that you're now committing a merge (which is correct, so never mind), and you can write a small merge -message about your adventures in git-merge-land. +message about your adventures in `git-merge`-land. After you're done, start up `gitk \--all` to see graphically what the history looks like. Notice that `mybranch` still exists, and you can @@ -939,7 +938,7 @@ Another useful tool, especially if you do not always work in X-Window environment, is `git show-branch`. ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-show-branch --topo-order --more=1 master mybranch +$ git show-branch --topo-order --more=1 master mybranch * [master] Merge work in mybranch ! [mybranch] Some work. -- @@ -964,25 +963,25 @@ commits from the master branch. The string inside brackets before the commit log message is a short name you can use to name the commit. In the above example, 'master' and 'mybranch' are branch heads. 'master^' is the first parent of 'master' -branch head. Please see 'git-rev-parse' documentation if you +branch head. Please see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] if you want to see more complex cases. [NOTE] -Without the '--more=1' option, 'git-show-branch' would not output the +Without the '--more=1' option, `git-show-branch` would not output the '[master^]' commit, as '[mybranch]' commit is a common ancestor of -both 'master' and 'mybranch' tips. Please see 'git-show-branch' -documentation for details. +both 'master' and 'mybranch' tips. Please see linkgit:git-show-branch[1] +for details. [NOTE] If there were more commits on the 'master' branch after the merge, the -merge commit itself would not be shown by 'git-show-branch' by +merge commit itself would not be shown by `git-show-branch` by default. You would need to provide '--sparse' option to make the merge commit visible in this case. Now, let's pretend you are the one who did all the work in `mybranch`, and the fruit of your hard work has finally been merged to the `master` branch. Let's go back to `mybranch`, and run -`git merge` to get the "upstream changes" back to your branch. +`git-merge` to get the "upstream changes" back to your branch. ------------ $ git checkout mybranch @@ -1199,7 +1198,7 @@ algorithm. First, it finds the common ancestor between them. The command it uses is `git-merge-base`: ------------ -$ mb=$(git-merge-base HEAD mybranch) +$ mb=$(git merge-base HEAD mybranch) ------------ The command writes the commit object name of the common ancestor @@ -1209,7 +1208,7 @@ ancestor commit is the "New day." commit in this case. You can tell it by: ------------ -$ git-name-rev $mb +$ git name-rev $mb my-first-tag ------------ @@ -1217,7 +1216,7 @@ After finding out a common ancestor commit, the second step is this: ------------ -$ git-read-tree -m -u $mb HEAD mybranch +$ git read-tree -m -u $mb HEAD mybranch ------------ This is the same `git-read-tree` command we have already seen, @@ -1236,7 +1235,7 @@ trees are left in non-zero stages. At this point, you can inspect the index file with this command: ------------ -$ git-ls-files --stage +$ git ls-files --stage 100644 7f8b141b65fdcee47321e399a2598a235a032422 0 example 100644 263414f423d0e4d70dae8fe53fa34614ff3e2860 1 hello 100644 06fa6a24256dc7e560efa5687fa84b51f0263c3a 2 hello @@ -1253,7 +1252,7 @@ stages. To look at only non-zero stages, use `\--unmerged` flag: ------------ -$ git-ls-files --unmerged +$ git ls-files --unmerged 100644 263414f423d0e4d70dae8fe53fa34614ff3e2860 1 hello 100644 06fa6a24256dc7e560efa5687fa84b51f0263c3a 2 hello 100644 cc44c73eb783565da5831b4d820c962954019b69 3 hello @@ -1265,7 +1264,7 @@ file, using 3-way merge. This is done by giving `git-merge-index` command: ------------ -$ git-merge-index git-merge-one-file hello +$ git merge-index git-merge-one-file hello Auto-merging hello. merge: warning: conflicts during merge ERROR: Merge conflict in hello. @@ -1283,7 +1282,7 @@ the working tree.. This can be seen if you run `ls-files --stage` again at this point: ------------ -$ git-ls-files --stage +$ git ls-files --stage 100644 7f8b141b65fdcee47321e399a2598a235a032422 0 example 100644 263414f423d0e4d70dae8fe53fa34614ff3e2860 1 hello 100644 06fa6a24256dc7e560efa5687fa84b51f0263c3a 2 hello @@ -1291,9 +1290,9 @@ $ git-ls-files --stage ------------ This is the state of the index file and the working file after -`git merge` returns control back to you, leaving the conflicting +`git-merge` returns control back to you, leaving the conflicting merge for you to resolve. Notice that the path `hello` is still -unmerged, and what you see with `git diff` at this point is +unmerged, and what you see with `git-diff` at this point is differences since stage 2 (i.e. your version). @@ -1330,7 +1329,7 @@ into it later. Obviously, this repository creation needs to be done only once. [NOTE] -`git push` uses a pair of programs, +`git-push` uses a pair of programs, `git-send-pack` on your local machine, and `git-receive-pack` on the remote machine. The communication between the two over the network internally uses an SSH connection. @@ -1350,7 +1349,7 @@ Then, make that directory into a git repository by running `.git`, we do things slightly differently: ------------ -$ GIT_DIR=my-git.git git-init +$ GIT_DIR=my-git.git git init ------------ Make sure this directory is available for others you want your @@ -1369,7 +1368,7 @@ your login shell is `bash`, only `.bashrc` is read and not If you plan to publish this repository to be accessed over http, you should do `chmod +x my-git.git/hooks/post-update` at this point. This makes sure that every time you push into this -repository, `git-update-server-info` is run. +repository, `git update-server-info` is run. Your "public repository" is now ready to accept your changes. Come back to the machine you have your private repository. From @@ -1496,9 +1495,9 @@ keeps the necessary files up-to-date. 3. Push into the public repository from your primary repository. -4. `git repack` the public repository. This establishes a big +4. `git-repack` the public repository. This establishes a big pack that contains the initial set of objects as the - baseline, and possibly `git prune` if the transport + baseline, and possibly `git-prune` if the transport used for pulling from your repository supports packed repositories. @@ -1512,14 +1511,14 @@ You can repack this private repository whenever you feel like. 6. Push your changes to the public repository, and announce it to the public. -7. Every once in a while, "git repack" the public repository. +7. Every once in a while, "git-repack" the public repository. Go back to step 5. and continue working. A recommended work cycle for a "subsystem maintainer" who works on that project and has an own "public repository" goes like this: -1. Prepare your work repository, by `git clone` the public +1. Prepare your work repository, by `git-clone` the public repository of the "project lead". The URL used for the initial cloning is stored in the remote.origin.url configuration variable. @@ -1534,7 +1533,7 @@ on that project and has an own "public repository" goes like this: point at the repository you are borrowing from. 4. Push into the public repository from your primary - repository. Run `git repack`, and possibly `git prune` if the + repository. Run `git-repack`, and possibly `git-prune` if the transport used for pulling from your repository supports packed repositories. @@ -1551,7 +1550,7 @@ like. "project lead" and possibly your "sub-subsystem maintainers" to pull from it. -7. Every once in a while, `git repack` the public repository. +7. Every once in a while, `git-repack` the public repository. Go back to step 5. and continue working. @@ -1559,7 +1558,7 @@ A recommended work cycle for an "individual developer" who does not have a "public" repository is somewhat different. It goes like this: -1. Prepare your work repository, by `git clone` the public +1. Prepare your work repository, by `git-clone` the public repository of the "project lead" (or a "subsystem maintainer", if you work on a subsystem). The URL used for the initial cloning is stored in the remote.origin.url @@ -1589,7 +1588,7 @@ suggested in the previous section may be new to you. You do not have to worry. git supports "shared public repository" style of cooperation you are probably more familiar with as well. -See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][git for CVS users] for the details. +See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7] for the details. Bundling your work together --------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt index 1db3f5294..4dc7ec540 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ important than any other. However, you can emulate the CVS model by designating a single shared repository which people can synchronize with; this document explains how to do that. -Some basic familiarity with git is required. This -linkgit:gittutorial[7][tutorial introduction to git] and the -linkgit:gitglossary[7][git glossary] should be sufficient. +Some basic familiarity with git is required. Having gone through +linkgit:gittutorial[7] and +linkgit:gitglossary[7] should be sufficient. Developing against a shared repository -------------------------------------- @@ -47,25 +47,25 @@ them first before running git pull. [NOTE] ================================ The `pull` command knows where to get updates from because of certain -configuration variables that were set by the first `git clone` +configuration variables that were set by the first `git-clone` command; see `git config -l` and the linkgit:git-config[1] man page for details. ================================ You can update the shared repository with your changes by first committing -your changes, and then using the linkgit:git-push[1] command: +your changes, and then using the `git-push` command: ------------------------------------------------ $ git push origin master ------------------------------------------------ to "push" those commits to the shared repository. If someone else has -updated the repository more recently, `git push`, like `cvs commit`, will +updated the repository more recently, `git-push`, like `cvs commit`, will complain, in which case you must pull any changes before attempting the push again. -In the `git push` command above we specify the name of the remote branch -to update (`master`). If we leave that out, `git push` tries to update +In the `git-push` command above we specify the name of the remote branch +to update (`master`). If we leave that out, `git-push` tries to update any branches in the remote repository that have the same name as a branch in the local repository. So the last `push` can be done with either of: @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Setting Up a Shared Repository ------------------------------ We assume you have already created a git repository for your project, -possibly created from scratch or from a tarball (see the -linkgit:gittutorial[7][tutorial]), or imported from an already existing CVS +possibly created from scratch or from a tarball (see +linkgit:gittutorial[7]), or imported from an already existing CVS repository (see the next section). Assume your existing repo is at /home/alice/myproject. Create a new "bare" @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Importing a CVS archive First, install version 2.1 or higher of cvsps from link:http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/[http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/] and make sure it is in your path. Then cd to a checked out CVS working directory -of the project you are interested in and run linkgit:git-cvsimport[1]: +of the project you are interested in and run `git-cvsimport`: ------------------------------------------- $ git cvsimport -C <destination> <module> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Advanced Shared Repository Management Git allows you to specify scripts called "hooks" to be run at certain points. You can use these, for example, to send all commits to the shared -repository to a mailing list. See linkgit:githooks[5][Hooks used by git]. +repository to a mailing list. See linkgit:githooks[5]. You can enforce finer grained permissions using update hooks. See link:howto/update-hook-example.txt[Controlling access to branches using diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt index 4d56c8526..0b7daeda2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ git diff * DESCRIPTION ----------- -The diff commands git-diff-index, git-diff-files, and git-diff-tree +The diff commands `git-diff-index`, `git-diff-files`, and `git-diff-tree` can be told to manipulate differences they find in -unconventional ways before showing diff(1) output. The manipulation +unconventional ways before showing `diff` output. The manipulation is collectively called "diffcore transformation". This short note describes what they are and how to use them to produce diff outputs that are easier to understand than the conventional kind. @@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ that are easier to understand than the conventional kind. The chain of operation ---------------------- -The git-diff-* family works by first comparing two sets of +The `git-diff-{asterisk}` family works by first comparing two sets of files: - - git-diff-index compares contents of a "tree" object and the + - `git-diff-index` compares contents of a "tree" object and the working directory (when '\--cached' flag is not used) or a "tree" object and the index file (when '\--cached' flag is used); - - git-diff-files compares contents of the index file and the + - `git-diff-files` compares contents of the index file and the working directory; - - git-diff-tree compares contents of two "tree" objects; + - `git-diff-tree` compares contents of two "tree" objects; In all of these cases, the commands themselves compare corresponding paths in the two sets of files. The result of @@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ into another list. There are currently 6 such transformations: - diffcore-pickaxe - diffcore-order -These are applied in sequence. The set of filepairs git-diff-\* +These are applied in sequence. The set of filepairs `git-diff-{asterisk}` commands find are used as the input to diffcore-pathspec, and the output from diffcore-pathspec is used as the input to the next transformation. The final result is then passed to the output routine and generates either diff-raw format (see Output -format sections of the manual for git-diff-\* commands) or +format sections of the manual for `git-diff-{asterisk}` commands) or diff-patch format. @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ diffcore-pathspec: For Ignoring Files Outside Our Consideration The first transformation in the chain is diffcore-pathspec, and is controlled by giving the pathname parameters to the -git-diff-* commands on the command line. The pathspec is used +`git-diff-{asterisk}` commands on the command line. The pathspec is used to limit the world diff operates in. It removes the filepairs outside the specified set of pathnames. E.g. If the input set of filepairs included: @@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ of filepairs included: :100644 100644 bcd1234... 0123456... M junkfile ------------------------------------------------ -but the command invocation was "git-diff-files myfile", then the +but the command invocation was `git diff-files myfile`, then the junkfile entry would be removed from the list because only "myfile" is under consideration. -Implementation note. For performance reasons, git-diff-tree +Implementation note. For performance reasons, `git-diff-tree` uses the pathname parameters on the command line to cull set of filepairs it feeds the diffcore mechanism itself, and does not use diffcore-pathspec, but the end result is the same. @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ diffcore-break: For Splitting Up "Complete Rewrites" ---------------------------------------------------- The second transformation in the chain is diffcore-break, and is -controlled by the -B option to the git-diff-* commands. This is +controlled by the -B option to the `git-diff-{asterisk}` commands. This is used to detect a filepair that represents "complete rewrite" and break such filepair into two filepairs that represent delete and create. E.g. If the input contained this filepair: @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ diffcore-rename: For Detection Renames and Copies This transformation is used to detect renames and copies, and is controlled by the -M option (to detect renames) and the -C option -(to detect copies as well) to the git-diff-* commands. If the +(to detect copies as well) to the `git-diff-{asterisk}` commands. If the input contained these filepairs: ------------------------------------------------ @@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ number after the "-M" or "-C" option (e.g. "-M8" to tell it to use 8/10 = 80%). Note. When the "-C" option is used with `\--find-copies-harder` -option, git-diff-\* commands feed unmodified filepairs to +option, `git-diff-{asterisk}` commands feed unmodified filepairs to diffcore mechanism as well as modified ones. This lets the copy detector consider unmodified files as copy source candidates at the expense of making it slower. Without `\--find-copies-harder`, -git-diff-\* commands can detect copies only if the file that was +`git-diff-{asterisk}` commands can detect copies only if the file that was copied happened to have been modified in the same changeset. @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ diffcore-pickaxe: For Detecting Addition/Deletion of Specified String This transformation is used to find filepairs that represent changes that touch a specified string, and is controlled by the --S option and the `\--pickaxe-all` option to the git-diff-* +-S option and the `\--pickaxe-all` option to the `git-diff-{asterisk}` commands. When diffcore-pickaxe is in use, it checks if there are @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ diffcore-order: For Sorting the Output Based on Filenames This is used to reorder the filepairs according to the user's (or project's) taste, and is controlled by the -O option to the -git-diff-* commands. +`git-diff-{asterisk}` commands. This takes a text file each of whose lines is a shell glob pattern. Filepairs that match a glob pattern on an earlier line diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 4f06ae0ed..6a0d098f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks` directory to trigger action at certain points. When `git-init` is run, a handful example hooks are copied in the `hooks` directory of the new repository, but by default they are -all disabled. To enable a hook, make it executable with `chmod +x`. +all disabled. To enable a hook, rename it by removing its `.sample` +suffix. This document describes the currently defined hooks. @@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ properties. post-merge ----------- -This hook is invoked by `git-merge`, which happens when a `git pull` +This hook is invoked by `git-merge`, which happens when a `git-pull` is done on a local repository. The hook takes a single parameter, a status flag specifying whether or not the merge being done was a squash merge. This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git-merge` and is not executed, @@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ pre-receive ----------- This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository, -which happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository. +which happens when a `git-push` is done on a local repository. Just before starting to update refs on the remote repository, the pre-receive hook is invoked. Its exit status determines the success or failure of the update. @@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ update ------ This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository, -which happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository. +which happens when a `git-push` is done on a local repository. Just before updating the ref on the remote repository, the update hook is invoked. Its exit status determines the success or failure of the ref update. @@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ post-receive ------------ This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository, -which happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository. +which happens when a `git-push` is done on a local repository. It executes on the remote repository once after all the refs have been updated. @@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ post-update ----------- This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository, -which happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository. +which happens when a `git-push` is done on a local repository. It executes on the remote repository once after all the refs have been updated. diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 2881c9cb9..cafdac7e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by `core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. The underlying git plumbing tools, such as -linkgit:git-ls-files[1] and linkgit:git-read-tree[1], read +`git-ls-files` and `git-read-tree`, read `gitignore` patterns specified by command-line options, or from files specified by command-line options. Higher-level git -tools, such as linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-add[1], +tools, such as `git-status` and `git-add`, use patterns from the sources specified above. Patterns have the following format: @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Patterns have the following format: An example: -------------------------------------------------------------- - $ git-status + $ git status [...] # Untracked files: [...] @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ An example: *.html # except foo.html which is maintained by hand !foo.html - $ git-status + $ git status [...] # Untracked files: [...] diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index f843f39bf..03688bfa6 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ git repository. OPTIONS ------- To control which revisions to shown, the command takes options applicable to -the linkgit:git-rev-list[1] command. This manual page describes only the most +the `git-rev-list` command (see linkgit:git-rev-list[1]). +This manual page describes only the most frequently used options. -n <number>:: diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index 03c52ff52..ade812e0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ objects/info/packs:: are available in this object store. Whenever a pack is added or removed, `git update-server-info` should be run to keep this file up-to-date if the repository is - published for dumb transports. `git repack` does this + published for dumb transports. `git-repack` does this by default. objects/info/alternates:: @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ objects/info/http-alternates:: refs:: References are stored in subdirectories of this - directory. The `git prune` command knows to keep + directory. The `git-prune` command knows to keep objects reachable from refs found in this directory and its subdirectories. @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ details. branches:: A slightly deprecated way to store shorthands to be used - to specify URL to `git fetch`, `git pull` and `git push` + to specify URL to `git-fetch`, `git-pull` and `git-push` commands is to store a file in `branches/<name>` and give 'name' to these commands in place of 'repository' argument. @@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ branches:: hooks:: Hooks are customization scripts used by various git commands. A handful of sample hooks are installed when - `git init` is run, but all of them are disabled by + `git-init` is run, but all of them are disabled by default. To enable, they need to be made executable. - Read linkgit:githooks[5][hooks] for more details about + Read linkgit:githooks[5] for more details about each hook. index:: @@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ info/refs:: This file helps dumb transports discover what refs are available in this repository. If the repository is published for dumb transports, this file should be - regenerated by `git update-server-info` every time a tag + regenerated by `git-update-server-info` every time a tag or branch is created or modified. This is normally done from the `hooks/update` hook, which is run by the - `git-receive-pack` command when you `git push` into the + `git-receive-pack` command when you `git-push` into the repository. info/grafts:: @@ -167,18 +167,18 @@ info/grafts:: info/exclude:: This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the exclude pattern list. `.gitignore` is the per-directory - ignore file. `git status`, `git add`, `git rm` and `git - clean` look at it but the core git commands do not look + ignore file. `git-status`, `git-add`, `git-rm` and + `git-clean` look at it but the core git commands do not look at it. See also: linkgit:gitignore[5]. remotes:: Stores shorthands to be used to give URL and default - refnames to interact with remote repository to `git - fetch`, `git pull` and `git push` commands. + refnames to interact with remote repository to + `git-fetch`, `git-pull` and `git-push` commands. logs:: Records of changes made to refs are stored in this - directory. See the documentation on git-update-ref + directory. See linkgit:git-update-ref[1] for more information. logs/refs/heads/`name`:: diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt index e3d5c1fbf..6c93445cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ git * DESCRIPTION ----------- -You should work through linkgit:gittutorial[7][A tutorial introduction to -git] before reading this tutorial. +You should work through linkgit:gittutorial[7] before reading this tutorial. The goal of this tutorial is to introduce two fundamental pieces of git's architecture--the object database and the index file--and to @@ -55,15 +54,15 @@ following the example above generates a different SHA1 hash than the one shown above because the commit object records the time when it was created and the name of the person performing the commit. -We can ask git about this particular object with the cat-file +We can ask git about this particular object with the `cat-file` command. Don't copy the 40 hex digits from this example but use those from your own version. Note that you can shorten it to only a few characters to save yourself typing all 40 hex digits: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-cat-file -t 54196cc2 +$ git cat-file -t 54196cc2 commit -$ git-cat-file commit 54196cc2 +$ git cat-file commit 54196cc2 tree 92b8b694ffb1675e5975148e1121810081dbdffe author J. Bruce Fields <bfields@puzzle.fieldses.org> 1143414668 -0500 committer J. Bruce Fields <bfields@puzzle.fieldses.org> 1143414668 -0500 @@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ hello world! and the "parent" object refers to the previous commit: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-cat-file commit 54196cc2 +$ git cat-file commit 54196cc2 tree 92b8b694ffb1675e5975148e1121810081dbdffe author J. Bruce Fields <bfields@puzzle.fieldses.org> 1143414668 -0500 committer J. Bruce Fields <bfields@puzzle.fieldses.org> 1143414668 -0500 @@ -213,8 +212,8 @@ designate such an argument. The index file -------------- -The primary tool we've been using to create commits is "git commit --a", which creates a commit including every change you've made to +The primary tool we've been using to create commits is `git-commit +-a`, which creates a commit including every change you've made to your working tree. But what if you want to commit changes only to certain files? Or only certain changes to certain files? @@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ The last diff is empty, but no new commits have been made, and the head still doesn't contain the new line: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-diff HEAD +$ git diff HEAD diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt index a042389..513feba 100644 --- a/file.txt @@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ index a042389..513feba 100644 +hello world, again ------------------------------------------------ -So "git diff" is comparing against something other than the head. +So `git-diff` is comparing against something other than the head. The thing that it's comparing against is actually the index file, which is stored in .git/index in a binary format, but whose contents we can examine with ls-files: @@ -271,9 +270,9 @@ hello world! hello world, again ------------------------------------------------ -So what our "git add" did was store a new blob and then put +So what our `git-add` did was store a new blob and then put a reference to it in the index file. If we modify the file again, -we'll see that the new modifications are reflected in the "git-diff" +we'll see that the new modifications are reflected in the `git-diff` output: ------------------------------------------------ @@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ index 513feba..ba3da7b 100644 +again? ------------------------------------------------ -With the right arguments, git diff can also show us the difference +With the right arguments, `git-diff` can also show us the difference between the working directory and the last commit, or between the index and the last commit: @@ -312,8 +311,8 @@ index a042389..513feba 100644 +hello world, again ------------------------------------------------ -At any time, we can create a new commit using "git commit" (without -the -a option), and verify that the state committed only includes the +At any time, we can create a new commit using `git-commit` (without +the "-a" option), and verify that the state committed only includes the changes stored in the index file, not the additional change that is still only in our working tree: @@ -330,11 +329,11 @@ index 513feba..ba3da7b 100644 +again? ------------------------------------------------ -So by default "git commit" uses the index to create the commit, not -the working tree; the -a option to commit tells it to first update +So by default `git-commit` uses the index to create the commit, not +the working tree; the "-a" option to commit tells it to first update the index with all changes in the working tree. -Finally, it's worth looking at the effect of "git add" on the index +Finally, it's worth looking at the effect of `git-add` on the index file: ------------------------------------------------ @@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ $ echo "goodbye, world" >closing.txt $ git add closing.txt ------------------------------------------------ -The effect of the "git add" was to add one entry to the index file: +The effect of the `git-add` was to add one entry to the index file: ------------------------------------------------ $ git ls-files --stage @@ -383,14 +382,14 @@ it is marked "changed but not updated". At this point, running "git commit" would create a commit that added closing.txt (with its new contents), but that didn't modify file.txt. -Also, note that a bare "git diff" shows the changes to file.txt, but +Also, note that a bare `git diff` shows the changes to file.txt, but not the addition of closing.txt, because the version of closing.txt in the index file is identical to the one in the working directory. In addition to being the staging area for new commits, the index file is also populated from the object database when checking out a branch, and is used to hold the trees involved in a merge operation. -See the linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7][core tutorial] and the relevant man +See linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] and the relevant man pages for details. What next? @@ -399,20 +398,19 @@ What next? At this point you should know everything necessary to read the man pages for any of the git commands; one good place to start would be with the commands mentioned in link:everyday.html[Everyday git]. You -should be able to find any unknown jargon in the -linkgit:gitglossary[7][Glossary]. +should be able to find any unknown jargon in linkgit:gitglossary[7]. The link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] provides a more comprehensive introduction to git. -The linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][CVS migration] document explains how to +linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7] explains how to import a CVS repository into git, and shows how to use git in a CVS-like way. For some interesting examples of git use, see the link:howto-index.html[howtos]. -For git developers, the linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7][Core tutorial] goes +For git developers, linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] goes into detail on the lower-level git mechanisms involved in, for example, creating a new commit. diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index d465aab64..036a27c41 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ If you are instead primarily interested in using git to fetch a project, for example, to test the latest version, you may prefer to start with the first two chapters of link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]. -First, note that you can get documentation for a command such as "git -diff" with: +First, note that you can get documentation for a command such as +`git log --graph` with: ------------------------------------------------ -$ man git-diff +$ man git-log ------------------------------------------------ It is a good idea to introduce yourself to git with your name and @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ You've now initialized the working directory--you may notice a new directory created, named ".git". Next, tell git to take a snapshot of the contents of all files under the -current directory (note the '.'), with linkgit:git-add[1]: +current directory (note the '.'), with `git-add`: ------------------------------------------------ $ git add . @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $ git add . This snapshot is now stored in a temporary staging area which git calls the "index". You can permanently store the contents of the index in the -repository with linkgit:git-commit[1]: +repository with `git-commit`: ------------------------------------------------ $ git commit @@ -85,15 +85,15 @@ $ git add file1 file2 file3 ------------------------------------------------ You are now ready to commit. You can see what is about to be committed -using linkgit:git-diff[1] with the --cached option: +using `git-diff` with the --cached option: ------------------------------------------------ $ git diff --cached ------------------------------------------------ -(Without --cached, linkgit:git-diff[1] will show you any changes that +(Without --cached, `git-diff` will show you any changes that you've made but not yet added to the index.) You can also get a brief -summary of the situation with linkgit:git-status[1]: +summary of the situation with `git-status`: ------------------------------------------------ $ git status @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ $ git commit This will again prompt you for a message describing the change, and then record a new version of the project. -Alternatively, instead of running `git add` beforehand, you can use +Alternatively, instead of running `git-add` beforehand, you can use ------------------------------------------------ $ git commit -a @@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ commit in the body. Git tracks content not files ---------------------------- -Many revision control systems provide an "add" command that tells the -system to start tracking changes to a new file. Git's "add" command -does something simpler and more powerful: `git add` is used both for new +Many revision control systems provide an `add` command that tells the +system to start tracking changes to a new file. Git's `add` command +does something simpler and more powerful: `git-add` is used both for new and newly modified files, and in both cases it takes a snapshot of the given files and stages that content in the index, ready for inclusion in the next commit. @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ $ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo ------------------------------------------------ With this, Alice can perform the first operation alone using the -"git fetch" command without merging them with her own branch, +`git-fetch` command without merging them with her own branch, using: ------------------------------------- @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ $ git fetch bob ------------------------------------- Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a -remote repository shorthand set up with `git remote`, what was +remote repository shorthand set up with `git-remote`, what was fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case `bob/master`. So after this: @@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ $ git config --get remote.origin.url /home/alice/project ------------------------------------- -(The complete configuration created by git-clone is visible using -"git config -l", and the linkgit:git-config[1] man page +(The complete configuration created by `git-clone` is visible using +`git config -l`, and the linkgit:git-config[1] man page explains the meaning of each option.) Git also keeps a pristine copy of Alice's master branch under the @@ -392,13 +392,13 @@ see linkgit:git-pull[1] for details. Git can also be used in a CVS-like mode, with a central repository that various users push changes to; see linkgit:git-push[1] and -linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][git for CVS users]. +linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. Exploring history ----------------- Git history is represented as a series of interrelated commits. We -have already seen that the git log command can list those commits. +have already seen that the `git-log` command can list those commits. Note that first line of each git log entry also gives a name for the commit: @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Date: Tue May 16 17:18:22 2006 -0700 merge-base: Clarify the comments on post processing. ------------------------------------- -We can give this name to git show to see the details about this +We can give this name to `git-show` to see the details about this commit. ------------------------------------- @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ $ git show HEAD^2 # show the second parent of HEAD You can also give commits names of your own; after running ------------------------------------- -$ git-tag v2.5 1b2e1d63ff +$ git tag v2.5 1b2e1d63ff ------------------------------------- you can refer to 1b2e1d63ff by the name "v2.5". If you intend to @@ -469,13 +469,13 @@ $ git reset --hard HEAD^ # reset your current branch and working Be careful with that last command: in addition to losing any changes in the working directory, it will also remove all later commits from this branch. If this branch is the only branch containing those -commits, they will be lost. Also, don't use "git reset" on a +commits, they will be lost. Also, don't use `git-reset` on a publicly-visible branch that other developers pull from, as it will force needless merges on other developers to clean up the history. -If you need to undo changes that you have pushed, use linkgit:git-revert[1] +If you need to undo changes that you have pushed, use `git-revert` instead. -The git grep command can search for strings in any version of your +The `git-grep` command can search for strings in any version of your project, so ------------------------------------- @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ $ git grep "hello" v2.5 searches for all occurrences of "hello" in v2.5. -If you leave out the commit name, git grep will search any of the +If you leave out the commit name, `git-grep` will search any of the files it manages in your current directory. So ------------------------------------- @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ $ git grep "hello" is a quick way to search just the files that are tracked by git. Many git commands also take sets of commits, which can be specified -in a number of ways. Here are some examples with git log: +in a number of ways. Here are some examples with `git-log`: ------------------------------------- $ git log v2.5..v2.6 # commits between v2.5 and v2.6 @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ $ git log v2.5.. Makefile # commits since v2.5 which modify # Makefile ------------------------------------- -You can also give git log a "range" of commits where the first is not +You can also give `git-log` a "range" of commits where the first is not necessarily an ancestor of the second; for example, if the tips of the branches "stable-release" and "master" diverged from a common commit some time ago, then @@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ $ git log experimental..stable will show the list of commits made on the stable branch but not the experimental branch. -The "git log" command has a weakness: it must present commits in a +The `git-log` command has a weakness: it must present commits in a list. When the history has lines of development that diverged and -then merged back together, the order in which "git log" presents +then merged back together, the order in which `git-log` presents those commits is meaningless. Most projects with multiple contributors (such as the linux kernel, -or git itself) have frequent merges, and gitk does a better job of +or git itself) have frequent merges, and `gitk` does a better job of visualizing their history. For example, ------------------------------------- @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ of the file: $ git diff v2.5:Makefile HEAD:Makefile.in ------------------------------------- -You can also use "git show" to see any such file: +You can also use `git-show` to see any such file: ------------------------------------- $ git show v2.5:Makefile @@ -571,9 +571,9 @@ is based: used to create commits, check out working directories, and hold the various trees involved in a merge. -linkgit:gittutorial-2[7][Part two of this tutorial] explains the object +Part two of this tutorial explains the object database, the index file, and a few other odds and ends that you'll -need to make the most of git. +need to make the most of git. You can find it at linkgit:gittutorial-2[7]. If you don't want to continue with that right away, a few other digressions that may be interesting at this point are: @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ digressions that may be interesting at this point are: * link:everyday.html[Everyday GIT with 20 Commands Or So] - * linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][git for CVS users]. + * linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]: Git for CVS users. SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt b/Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt index 88765b557..8b2ec502f 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt @@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ function info { # Implement generic branch and tag policies. # - Tags should not be updated once created. -# - Branches should only be fast-forwarded. +# - Branches should only be fast-forwarded unless their pattern starts with '+' case "$1" in refs/tags/*) - [ -f "$GIT_DIR/$1" ] && + git rev-parse --verify -q "$1" && deny >/dev/null "You can't overwrite an existing tag" ;; refs/heads/*) @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ case "$1" in mb=$(git-merge-base "$2" "$3") case "$mb,$2" in "$2,$mb") info "Update is fast-forward" ;; - *) deny >/dev/null "This is not a fast-forward update." ;; + *) noff=y; info "This is not a fast-forward update.";; esac fi ;; @@ -95,21 +95,30 @@ allowed_users_file=$GIT_DIR/info/allowed-users username=$(id -u -n) info "The user is: '$username'" -if [ -f "$allowed_users_file" ]; then +if test -f "$allowed_users_file" +then rc=$(cat $allowed_users_file | grep -v '^#' | grep -v '^$' | - while read head_pattern user_patterns; do - matchlen=$(expr "$1" : "$head_pattern") - if [ "$matchlen" == "${#1}" ]; then - info "Found matching head pattern: '$head_pattern'" - for user_pattern in $user_patterns; do - info "Checking user: '$username' against pattern: '$user_pattern'" - matchlen=$(expr "$username" : "$user_pattern") - if [ "$matchlen" == "${#username}" ]; then - grant "Allowing user: '$username' with pattern: '$user_pattern'" - fi - done - deny "The user is not in the access list for this branch" - fi + while read heads user_patterns + do + # does this rule apply to us? + head_pattern=${heads#+} + matchlen=$(expr "$1" : "${head_pattern#+}") + test "$matchlen" = ${#1} || continue + + # if non-ff, $heads must be with the '+' prefix + test -n "$noff" && + test "$head_pattern" = "$heads" && continue + + info "Found matching head pattern: '$head_pattern'" + for user_pattern in $user_patterns; do + info "Checking user: '$username' against pattern: '$user_pattern'" + matchlen=$(expr "$username" : "$user_pattern") + if test "$matchlen" = "${#username}" + then + grant "Allowing user: '$username' with pattern: '$user_pattern'" + fi + done + deny "The user is not in the access list for this branch" done ) case "$rc" in @@ -124,23 +133,32 @@ groups=$(id -G -n) info "The user belongs to the following groups:" info "'$groups'" -if [ -f "$allowed_groups_file" ]; then +if test -f "$allowed_groups_file" +then rc=$(cat $allowed_groups_file | grep -v '^#' | grep -v '^$' | - while read head_pattern group_patterns; do - matchlen=$(expr "$1" : "$head_pattern") - if [ "$matchlen" == "${#1}" ]; then - info "Found matching head pattern: '$head_pattern'" - for group_pattern in $group_patterns; do - for groupname in $groups; do - info "Checking group: '$groupname' against pattern: '$group_pattern'" - matchlen=$(expr "$groupname" : "$group_pattern") - if [ "$matchlen" == "${#groupname}" ]; then - grant "Allowing group: '$groupname' with pattern: '$group_pattern'" - fi - done + while read heads group_patterns + do + # does this rule apply to us? + head_pattern=${heads#+} + matchlen=$(expr "$1" : "${head_pattern#+}") + test "$matchlen" = ${#1} || continue + + # if non-ff, $heads must be with the '+' prefix + test -n "$noff" && + test "$head_pattern" = "$heads" && continue + + info "Found matching head pattern: '$head_pattern'" + for group_pattern in $group_patterns; do + for groupname in $groups; do + info "Checking group: '$groupname' against pattern: '$group_pattern'" + matchlen=$(expr "$groupname" : "$group_pattern") + if test "$matchlen" = "${#groupname}" + then + grant "Allowing group: '$groupname' with pattern: '$group_pattern'" + fi done - deny "None of the user's groups are in the access list for this branch" - fi + done + deny "None of the user's groups are in the access list for this branch" done ) case "$rc" in @@ -159,6 +177,7 @@ allowed-groups, to describe which heads can be pushed into by whom. The format of each file would look like this: refs/heads/master junio + +refs/heads/pu junio refs/heads/cogito$ pasky refs/heads/bw/.* linus refs/heads/tmp/.* .* @@ -166,7 +185,8 @@ whom. The format of each file would look like this: With this, Linus can push or create "bw/penguin" or "bw/zebra" or "bw/panda" branches, Pasky can do only "cogito", and JC can -do master branch and make versioned tags. And anybody can do -tmp/blah branches. +do master and pu branches and make versioned tags. And anybody +can do tmp/blah branches. The '+' sign at the pu record means +that JC can make non-fast-forward pushes on it. ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt index 52cdb4c52..7ede1e64e 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-builtin.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ builtin API Adding a new built-in --------------------- -There are 4 things to do to add a bulit-in command implementation to +There are 4 things to do to add a built-in command implementation to git: . Define the implementation of the built-in command `foo` with @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ git: defined in `git.c`. The entry should look like: { "foo", cmd_foo, <options> }, - - where options is the bitwise-or of: ++ +where options is the bitwise-or of: `RUN_SETUP`:: @@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ git: If the standard output is connected to a tty, spawn a pager and feed our output to it. +`NEED_WORK_TREE`:: + + Make sure there is a work tree, i.e. the command cannot act + on bare repositories. + This makes only sense when `RUN_SETUP` is also set. + . Add `builtin-foo.o` to `BUILTIN_OBJS` in `Makefile`. Additionally, if `foo` is a new command, there are 3 more things to do: @@ -41,8 +47,7 @@ Additionally, if `foo` is a new command, there are 3 more things to do: . Write documentation in `Documentation/git-foo.txt`. -. Add an entry for `git-foo` to the list at the end of - `Documentation/cmd-list.perl`. +. Add an entry for `git-foo` to `command-list.txt`. How a built-in is called diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index b7cda94f5..539863b1f 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -1,6 +1,206 @@ parse-options API ================= -Talk about <parse-options.h> +The parse-options API is used to parse and massage options in git +and to provide a usage help with consistent look. -(Pierre) +Basics +------ + +The argument vector `argv[]` may usually contain mandatory or optional +'non-option arguments', e.g. a filename or a branch, and 'options'. +Options are optional arguments that start with a dash and +that allow to change the behavior of a command. + +* There are basically three types of options: + 'boolean' options, + options with (mandatory) 'arguments' and + options with 'optional arguments' + (i.e. a boolean option that can be adjusted). + +* There are basically two forms of options: + 'Short options' consist of one dash (`-`) and one alphanumeric + character. + 'Long options' begin with two dashes (`\--`) and some + alphanumeric characters. + +* Options are case-sensitive. + Please define 'lower-case long options' only. + +The parse-options API allows: + +* 'sticked' and 'separate form' of options with arguments. + `-oArg` is sticked, `-o Arg` is separate form. + `\--option=Arg` is sticked, `\--option Arg` is separate form. + +* Long options may be 'abbreviated', as long as the abbreviation + is unambiguous. + +* Short options may be bundled, e.g. `-a -b` can be specified as `-ab`. + +* Boolean long options can be 'negated' (or 'unset') by prepending + `no-`, e.g. `\--no-abbrev` instead of `\--abbrev`. + +* Options and non-option arguments can clearly be separated using the `\--` + option, e.g. `-a -b \--option \-- \--this-is-a-file` indicates that + `\--this-is-a-file` must not be processed as an option. + +Steps to parse options +---------------------- + +. `#include "parse-options.h"` + +. define a NULL-terminated + `static const char * const builtin_foo_usage[]` array + containing alternative usage strings + +. define `builtin_foo_options` array as described below + in section 'Data Structure'. + +. in `cmd_foo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)` + call + + argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_foo_options, builtin_foo_usage, flags); ++ +`parse_options()` will filter out the processed options of `argv[]` and leave the +non-option arguments in `argv[]`. +`argc` is updated appropriately because of the assignment. ++ +Flags are the bitwise-or of: + +`PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH`:: + Keep the `\--` that usually separates options from + non-option arguments. + +`PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION`:: + Usually the whole argument vector is massaged and reordered. + Using this flag, processing is stopped at the first non-option + argument. + +Data Structure +-------------- + +The main data structure is an array of the `option` struct, +say `static struct option builtin_add_options[]`. +There are some macros to easily define options: + +`OPT__ABBREV(&int_var)`:: + Add `\--abbrev[=<n>]`. + +`OPT__DRY_RUN(&int_var)`:: + Add `-n, \--dry-run`. + +`OPT__QUIET(&int_var)`:: + Add `-q, \--quiet`. + +`OPT__VERBOSE(&int_var)`:: + Add `-v, \--verbose`. + +`OPT_GROUP(description)`:: + Start an option group. `description` is a short string that + describes the group or an empty string. + Start the description with an upper-case letter. + +`OPT_BOOLEAN(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: + Introduce a boolean option. + `int_var` is incremented on each use. + +`OPT_BIT(short, long, &int_var, description, mask)`:: + Introduce a boolean option. + If used, `int_var` is bitwise-ored with `mask`. + +`OPT_SET_INT(short, long, &int_var, description, integer)`:: + Introduce a boolean option. + If used, set `int_var` to `integer`. + +`OPT_SET_PTR(short, long, &ptr_var, description, ptr)`:: + Introduce a boolean option. + If used, set `ptr_var` to `ptr`. + +`OPT_STRING(short, long, &str_var, arg_str, description)`:: + Introduce an option with string argument. + The string argument is put into `str_var`. + +`OPT_INTEGER(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: + Introduce an option with integer argument. + The integer is put into `int_var`. + +`OPT_DATE(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: + Introduce an option with date argument, see `approxidate()`. + The timestamp is put into `int_var`. + +`OPT_CALLBACK(short, long, &var, arg_str, description, func_ptr)`:: + Introduce an option with argument. + The argument will be fed into the function given by `func_ptr` + and the result will be put into `var`. + See 'Option Callbacks' below for a more elaborate description. + +`OPT_ARGUMENT(long, description)`:: + Introduce a long-option argument that will be kept in `argv[]`. + + +The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`. + +If not stated otherwise, interpret the arguments as follows: + +* `short` is a character for the short option + (e.g. `\'e\'` for `-e`, use `0` to omit), + +* `long` is a string for the long option + (e.g. `"example"` for `\--example`, use `NULL` to omit), + +* `int_var` is an integer variable, + +* `str_var` is a string variable (`char *`), + +* `arg_str` is the string that is shown as argument + (e.g. `"branch"` will result in `<branch>`). + If set to `NULL`, three dots (`...`) will be displayed. + +* `description` is a short string to describe the effect of the option. + It shall begin with a lower-case letter and a full stop (`.`) shall be + omitted at the end. + +Option Callbacks +---------------- + +The function must be defined in this form: + + int func(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset) + +The callback mechanism is as follows: + +* Inside `funct`, the only interesting member of the structure + given by `opt` is the void pointer `opt->value`. + `\*opt->value` will be the value that is saved into `var`, if you + use `OPT_CALLBACK()`. + For example, do `*(unsigned long *)opt->value = 42;` to get 42 + into an `unsigned long` variable. + +* Return value `0` indicates success and non-zero return + value will invoke `usage_with_options()` and, thus, die. + +* If the user negates the option, `arg` is `NULL` and `unset` is 1. + +Sophisticated option parsing +---------------------------- + +If you need, for example, option callbacks with optional arguments +or without arguments at all, or if you need other special cases, +that are not handled by the macros above, you need to specify the +members of the `option` structure manually. + +This is not covered in this document, but well documented +in `parse-options.h` itself. + +Examples +-------- + +See `test-parse-options.c` and +`builtin-add.c`, +`builtin-clone.c`, +`builtin-commit.c`, +`builtin-fetch.c`, +`builtin-fsck.c`, +`builtin-rm.c` +for real-world examples. diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 64a820bf6..ca13266b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ People needing to do actual development will also want to read Further chapters cover more specialized topics. Comprehensive reference documentation is available through the man -pages. For a command such as "git clone", just use +pages. For a command such as "git clone <repo>", just use ------------------------------------------------ $ man git-clone @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ As you can see, a commit shows who made the latest change, what they did, and why. Every commit has a 40-hexdigit id, sometimes called the "object name" or the -"SHA1 id", shown on the first line of the "git show" output. You can usually +"SHA1 id", shown on the first line of the "git-show" output. You can usually refer to a commit by a shorter name, such as a tag or a branch name, but this longer name can also be useful. Most importantly, it is a globally unique name for this commit: so if you tell somebody else the object name (for @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ references with the same shorthand name, see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section of linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. [[Updating-a-repository-with-git-fetch]] -Updating a repository with git fetch +Updating a repository with git-fetch ------------------------------------ Eventually the developer cloned from will do additional work in her @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ $ git fetch linux-nfs ------------------------------------------------- New remote-tracking branches will be stored under the shorthand name -that you gave "git remote add", in this case linux-nfs: +that you gave "git-remote add", in this case linux-nfs: ------------------------------------------------- $ git branch -r @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ $ git diff shows the difference between the working tree and the index file. -Note that "git add" always adds just the current contents of a file +Note that "git-add" always adds just the current contents of a file to the index; further changes to the same file will be ignored unless you run git-add on the file again. @@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ Ignoring files A project will often generate files that you do 'not' want to track with git. This typically includes files generated by a build process or temporary backup files made by your editor. Of course, 'not' tracking files with git -is just a matter of 'not' calling "`git add`" on them. But it quickly becomes +is just a matter of 'not' calling "`git-add`" on them. But it quickly becomes annoying to have these untracked files lying around; e.g. they make "`git add .`" and "`git commit -a`" practically useless, and they keep showing up in the output of "`git status`". @@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ Checking out an old version of a file In the process of undoing a previous bad change, you may find it useful to check out an older version of a particular file using -linkgit:git-checkout[1]. We've used git checkout before to switch +linkgit:git-checkout[1]. We've used git-checkout before to switch branches, but it has quite different behavior if it is given a path name: the command @@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ Sharing development with others =============================== [[getting-updates-with-git-pull]] -Getting updates with git pull +Getting updates with git-pull ----------------------------- After you clone a repository and make a few changes of your own, you @@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ Public git repositories Another way to submit changes to a project is to tell the maintainer of that project to pull the changes from your repository using linkgit:git-pull[1]. In the section "<<getting-updates-with-git-pull, -Getting updates with git pull>>" we described this as a way to get +Getting updates with git-pull>>" we described this as a way to get updates from the "main" repository, but it works just as well in the other direction. @@ -1879,8 +1879,7 @@ $ chmod a+x hooks/post-update ------------------------------------------------- (For an explanation of the last two lines, see -linkgit:git-update-server-info[1], and the documentation -linkgit:githooks[5][Hooks used by git].) +linkgit:git-update-server-info[1] and linkgit:githooks[5].) Advertise the URL of proj.git. Anybody else should then be able to clone or pull from that URL, for example with a command line like: @@ -1992,7 +1991,7 @@ the right to push to the same repository. In that case, the correct solution is to retry the push after first updating your work by either a pull or a fetch followed by a rebase; see the <<setting-up-a-shared-repository,next section>> and -linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][git for CVS users] for more. +linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7] for more. [[setting-up-a-shared-repository]] Setting up a shared repository @@ -2001,7 +2000,7 @@ Setting up a shared repository Another way to collaborate is by using a model similar to that commonly used in CVS, where several developers with special rights all push to and pull from a single shared repository. See -linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][git for CVS users] for instructions on how to +linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7] for instructions on how to set this up. However, while there is nothing wrong with git's support for shared @@ -2736,7 +2735,7 @@ unless you've already created a reference of your own pointing to them. [[forcing-fetch]] -Forcing git fetch to do non-fast-forward updates +Forcing git-fetch to do non-fast-forward updates ------------------------------------------------ If git fetch fails because the new head of a branch is not a @@ -2811,7 +2810,7 @@ You can also add a "+" to force the update each time: $ git config remote.example.fetch +master:ref/remotes/example/master ------------------------------------------------- -Don't do this unless you're sure you won't mind "git fetch" possibly +Don't do this unless you're sure you won't mind "git-fetch" possibly throwing away commits on mybranch. Also note that all of the above configuration can be performed by @@ -3235,7 +3234,7 @@ it is with linkgit:git-fsck[1]; this may be time-consuming. Assume the output looks like this: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-fsck --full +$ git fsck --full broken link from tree 2d9263c6d23595e7cb2a21e5ebbb53655278dff8 to blob 4b9458b3786228369c63936db65827de3cc06200 missing blob 4b9458b3786228369c63936db65827de3cc06200 @@ -3465,14 +3464,14 @@ done NOTE: Do not use local URLs here if you plan to publish your superproject! -See what files `git submodule` created: +See what files `git-submodule` created: ------------------------------------------------- $ ls -a . .. .git .gitmodules a b c d ------------------------------------------------- -The `git submodule add` command does a couple of things: +The `git-submodule add` command does a couple of things: - It clones the submodule under the current directory and by default checks out the master branch. @@ -3518,7 +3517,7 @@ init` to add the submodule repository URLs to `.git/config`: $ git submodule init ------------------------------------------------- -Now use `git submodule update` to clone the repositories and check out the +Now use `git-submodule update` to clone the repositories and check out the commits specified in the superproject: ------------------------------------------------- @@ -3528,8 +3527,8 @@ $ ls -a . .. .git a.txt ------------------------------------------------- -One major difference between `git submodule update` and `git submodule add` is -that `git submodule update` checks out a specific commit, rather than the tip +One major difference between `git-submodule update` and `git-submodule add` is +that `git-submodule update` checks out a specific commit, rather than the tip of a branch. It's like checking out a tag: the head is detached, so you're not working on a branch. @@ -3730,7 +3729,7 @@ unsaved state that you might want to restore later!) your current index. Normal operation is just ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-read-tree <sha1 of tree> +$ git read-tree <sha1 of tree> ------------------------------------------------- and your index file will now be equivalent to the tree that you saved @@ -3753,7 +3752,7 @@ index file with read-tree, and then you need to check out the result with ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-checkout-index filename +$ git checkout-index filename ------------------------------------------------- or, if you want to check out all of the index, use `-a`. @@ -3790,7 +3789,7 @@ You create a commit object by giving it the tree that describes the state at the time of the commit, and a list of parents: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-commit-tree <tree> -p <parent> [-p <parent2> ..] +$ git commit-tree <tree> -p <parent> [-p <parent2> ..] ------------------------------------------------- and then giving the reason for the commit on stdin (either through @@ -3853,14 +3852,14 @@ linkgit:git-cat-file[1] to examine details about the object: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-cat-file -t <objectname> +$ git cat-file -t <objectname> ------------------------------------------------- shows the type of the object, and once you have the type (which is usually implicit in where you find the object), you can use ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-cat-file blob|tree|commit|tag <objectname> +$ git cat-file blob|tree|commit|tag <objectname> ------------------------------------------------- to show its contents. NOTE! Trees have binary content, and as a result @@ -3874,7 +3873,7 @@ follow the convention of having the top commit name in `.git/HEAD`, you can do ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-cat-file commit HEAD +$ git cat-file commit HEAD ------------------------------------------------- to see what the top commit was. @@ -3898,7 +3897,7 @@ To get the "base" for the merge, you first look up the common parent of two commits with ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-merge-base <commit1> <commit2> +$ git merge-base <commit1> <commit2> ------------------------------------------------- which will return you the commit they are both based on. You should @@ -3906,7 +3905,7 @@ now look up the "tree" objects of those commits, which you can easily do with (for example) ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-cat-file commit <commitname> | head -1 +$ git cat-file commit <commitname> | head -1 ------------------------------------------------- since the tree object information is always the first line in a commit @@ -3923,7 +3922,7 @@ you have in your current index anyway). To do the merge, do ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-read-tree -m -u <origtree> <yourtree> <targettree> +$ git read-tree -m -u <origtree> <yourtree> <targettree> ------------------------------------------------- which will do all trivial merge operations for you directly in the @@ -3942,18 +3941,18 @@ entries" in it. Such an index tree can 'NOT' be written out to a tree object, and you will have to resolve any such merge clashes using other tools before you can write out the result. -You can examine such index state with `git-ls-files --unmerged` +You can examine such index state with `git ls-files --unmerged` command. An example: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-read-tree -m $orig HEAD $target -$ git-ls-files --unmerged +$ git read-tree -m $orig HEAD $target +$ git ls-files --unmerged 100644 263414f423d0e4d70dae8fe53fa34614ff3e2860 1 hello.c 100644 06fa6a24256dc7e560efa5687fa84b51f0263c3a 2 hello.c 100644 cc44c73eb783565da5831b4d820c962954019b69 3 hello.c ------------------------------------------------ -Each line of the `git-ls-files --unmerged` output begins with +Each line of the `git ls-files --unmerged` output begins with the blob mode bits, blob SHA1, 'stage number', and the filename. The 'stage number' is git's way to say which tree it came from: stage 1 corresponds to `$orig` tree, stage 2 `HEAD` @@ -3971,9 +3970,9 @@ program, e.g. `diff3`, `merge`, or git's own merge-file, on the blob objects from these three stages yourself, like this: ------------------------------------------------ -$ git-cat-file blob 263414f... >hello.c~1 -$ git-cat-file blob 06fa6a2... >hello.c~2 -$ git-cat-file blob cc44c73... >hello.c~3 +$ git cat-file blob 263414f... >hello.c~1 +$ git cat-file blob 06fa6a2... >hello.c~2 +$ git cat-file blob cc44c73... >hello.c~3 $ git merge-file hello.c~2 hello.c~1 hello.c~3 ------------------------------------------------ @@ -3984,7 +3983,7 @@ merge result for this file is by: ------------------------------------------------- $ mv -f hello.c~2 hello.c -$ git-update-index hello.c +$ git update-index hello.c ------------------------------------------------- When a path is in unmerged state, running `git-update-index` for @@ -3997,10 +3996,10 @@ for this. There is `git-merge-index` program that extracts the stages to temporary files and calls a "merge" script on it: ------------------------------------------------- -$ git-merge-index git-merge-one-file hello.c +$ git merge-index git-merge-one-file hello.c ------------------------------------------------- -and that is what higher level `git merge -s resolve` is implemented with. +and that is what higher level `git-merge -s resolve` is implemented with. [[hacking-git]] Hacking git @@ -4128,7 +4127,7 @@ commits one by one with the function `get_revision()`. If you are interested in more details of the revision walking process, just have a look at the first implementation of `cmd_log()`; call -`git-show v1.3.0{tilde}155^2{tilde}4` and scroll down to that function (note that you +`git show v1.3.0{tilde}155^2{tilde}4` and scroll down to that function (note that you no longer need to call `setup_pager()` directly). Nowadays, `git log` is a builtin, which means that it is _contained_ in the @@ -4219,10 +4218,10 @@ To find out how the result can be used, just read on in `cmd_cat_file()`: ----------------------------------- Sometimes, you do not know where to look for a feature. In many such cases, -it helps to search through the output of `git log`, and then `git show` the +it helps to search through the output of `git log`, and then `git-show` the corresponding commit. -Example: If you know that there was some test case for `git bundle`, but +Example: If you know that there was some test case for `git-bundle`, but do not remember where it was (yes, you _could_ `git grep bundle t/`, but that does not illustrate the point!): |