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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Makefile | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt | 28 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | Documentation/cat-texi.perl | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-mergetool.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-shortlog.txt | 40 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-tag.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gittutorial.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/user-manual.txt | 6 |
14 files changed, 185 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index c34c1cae2..144ec32f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ DOC_MAN7=$(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(MAN7_TXT)) prefix?=$(HOME) bindir?=$(prefix)/bin htmldir?=$(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc +pdfdir?=$(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc mandir?=$(prefix)/share/man man1dir=$(mandir)/man1 man5dir=$(mandir)/man5 @@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ infodir?=$(prefix)/share/info MAKEINFO=makeinfo INSTALL_INFO=install-info DOCBOOK2X_TEXI=docbook2x-texi +DBLATEX=dblatex ifndef PERL_PATH PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl endif @@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ man7: $(DOC_MAN7) info: git.info gitman.info +pdf: user-manual.pdf + install: install-man install-man: man @@ -107,6 +111,10 @@ install-info: info echo "No directory found in $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" >&2 ; \ fi +install-pdf: pdf + $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir) + $(INSTALL) -m 644 user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir) + install-html: html sh ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) @@ -187,17 +195,23 @@ git.info: user-manual.texi user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml $(RM) $@+ $@ - $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --to-stdout | $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl >$@+ + $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout | \ + $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl >$@+ + mv $@+ $@ + +user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml + $(RM) $@+ $@ + $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< mv $@+ $@ gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl $(RM) $@+ $@ - ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $(xml);)) | \ - $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ >$@+ + ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \ + --to-stdout $(xml);)) | $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ >$@+ mv $@+ $@ gitman.info: gitman.texi - $(MAKEINFO) --no-split $*.texi + $(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi $(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml $(RM) $@+ $@ diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..10b38e6ec --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +GIT v1.6.1.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.1 +------------------ + +* "git describe --all" complained when a commit is described with a tag, + which was nonsense. + +* "git log --pretty=format:%s" did not handle a multi-line subject the + same way as built-in log listers (i.e. shortlog, --pretty=oneline, etc.) + +* "git daemon", and "git merge-file" are more careful when freopen fails + and barf, instead of going on and writing to unopened filehandle. + +Other documentation fixes. + +--- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.6.1-15-ga9e67c8 +echo O=$(git describe maint) +git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint + diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1a8062678 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +GIT v1.6.2 Release Notes +======================== + +Updates since v1.6.1 +-------------------- + +(subsystems) + +(portability) + +(performance) + +(usability, bells and whistles) + +(internal) + + +Fixes since v1.6.1 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.6.1.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.6.1 +echo O=$(git describe master) +git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint diff --git a/Documentation/cat-texi.perl b/Documentation/cat-texi.perl index dbc133cd3..828ec6255 100755 --- a/Documentation/cat-texi.perl +++ b/Documentation/cat-texi.perl @@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ close TMP; printf '\input texinfo @setfilename gitman.info -@documentencoding us-ascii -@node Top,,%s +@documentencoding UTF-8 +@dircategory Development +@direntry +* Git Man Pages: (gitman). Manual pages for Git revision control system +@end direntry +@node Top,,, (dir) @top Git Manual Pages @documentlanguage en @menu diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 52786c7df..7408bb2d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1044,6 +1044,16 @@ mergetool.keepBackup:: is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to `true` (i.e. keep the backup files). +mergetool.keepTemporaries:: + When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary + files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this + variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be + preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has + exited. Defaults to `false`. + +mergetool.prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. + pack.window:: The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index c62b45cdb..671f533ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -19,16 +19,12 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] ifndef::git-format-patch[] -p:: +-u:: Generate patch (see section on generating patches). {git-diff? This is the default.} endif::git-format-patch[] --u:: - Synonym for "-p". - -U<n>:: - Shorthand for "--unified=<n>". - --unified=<n>:: Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the usual three. Implies "-p". @@ -190,30 +186,28 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] can name which subdirectory to make the output relative to by giving a <path> as an argument. +-a:: --text:: Treat all files as text. --a:: - Shorthand for "--text". - --ignore-space-at-eol:: Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL. +-b:: --ignore-space-change:: Ignore changes in amount of whitespace. This ignores whitespace at line end, and considers all other sequences of one or more whitespace characters to be equivalent. --b:: - Shorthand for "--ignore-space-change". - +-w:: --ignore-all-space:: Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores differences even if one line has whitespace where the other line has none. --w:: - Shorthand for "--ignore-all-space". +--inter-hunk-context=<lines>:: + Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number + of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other. --exit-code:: Make the program exit with codes similar to diff(1). diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 602e7c6d3..4c0ffec50 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts SYNOPSIS -------- -'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [<file>]... +'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>]... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ variable `mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode` can be set to `true`. Otherwise, 'git-mergetool' will prompt the user to indicate the success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited. +-y or --no-prompt:: + Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution + program. + +--prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. + This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to + override any configuration settings. + Author ------ Written by Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 2049f3d97..abb25d1c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ OPTIONS switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree since <commit> are lost. +--merge:: + Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit, + and updates the files that are different between the named commit + and the current commit in the working tree. + -q:: Be quiet, only report errors. @@ -152,6 +157,28 @@ tip of the current branch in ORIG_HEAD, so resetting hard to it brings your index file and the working tree back to that state, and resets the tip of the branch to that commit. +Undo a merge or pull inside a dirty work tree:: ++ +------------ +$ git pull <1> +Auto-merging nitfol +Merge made by recursive. + nitfol | 20 +++++---- + ... +$ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD <2> +------------ ++ +<1> Even if you may have local modifications in your +working tree, you can safely say "git pull" when you know +that the change in the other branch does not overlap with +them. +<2> After inspecting the result of the merge, you may find +that the change in the other branch is unsatisfactory. Running +"git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD" will let you go back to where you +were, but it will discard your local changes, which you do not +want. "git reset --merge" keeps your local changes. + + Interrupted workflow:: + Suppose you are interrupted by an urgent fix request while you diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 2b6d68c49..ff4aeff4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -198,12 +198,6 @@ Administering --[no-]validate:: Perform sanity checks on patches. Currently, validation means the following: - ---[no-]format-patch:: - When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name, - choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch') - or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict - occurs, git send-email will fail. + -- * Warn of patches that contain lines longer than 998 characters; this @@ -213,6 +207,12 @@ Administering Default is the value of 'sendemail.validate'; if this is not set, default to '--validate'. +--[no-]format-patch:: + When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name, + choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch') + or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict + occurs, git send-email will fail. + CONFIGURATION ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index 7ccf31ccc..8f7c0e226 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -48,15 +48,41 @@ OPTIONS FILES ----- -If the file `.mailmap` exists, it will be used for mapping author -email addresses to a real author name. One mapping per line, first -the author name followed by the email address enclosed by -'<' and '>'. Use hash '#' for comments. Example: +If a file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, +it is used to map an author email address to a canonical real name. This +can be used to coalesce together commits by the same person where their +name was spelled differently (whether with the same email address or +not). + +Each line in the file consists, in this order, of the canonical real name +of an author, whitespace, and an email address (enclosed by '<' and '>') +to map to the name. Use hash '#' for comments, either on their own line, +or after the email address. + +A canonical name may appear in more than one line, associated with +different email addresses, but it doesn't make sense for a given address +to appear more than once (if that happens, a later line overrides the +earlier ones). + +So, for example, if your history contains commits by two authors, Jane +and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms: + +------------ +Joe Developer <joe@example.com> +Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com> +Jane Doe <jane@example.com> +Jane Doe <jane@laptop.(none)> +Jane D. <jane@desktop.(none)> +------------ + +Then, supposing Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane prefers +her family name fully spelled out, a proper `.mailmap` file would look like: ------------ -# Keep alphabetized -Adam Morrow <adam@localhost.localdomain> -Eve Jones <eve@laptop.(none)> +# Note how we don't need an entry for <jane@laptop.(none)>, because the +# real name of that author is correct already, and coalesced directly. +Jane Doe <jane@desktop.(none)> +Joe R. Developer <joe@random.com> ------------ Author diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 046ab3542..e44f54302 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ OPTIONS -m <msg>:: Use the given tag message (instead of prompting). - If multiple `-m` options are given, there values are + If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are concatenated as separate paragraphs. Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>` is given. @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ determines who are interested in whose tags. A one-shot pull is a sign that a commit history is now crossing the boundary between one circle of people (e.g. "people who are -primarily interested in networking part of the kernel") who may +primarily interested in the networking part of the kernel") who may have their own set of tags (e.g. "this is the third release candidate from the networking group to be proposed for general consumption with 2.6.21 release") to another circle of people diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 7892244ef..458fafdb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ list. When the history has lines of development that diverged and 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, +Most projects with multiple contributors (such as the Linux kernel, or git itself) have frequent merges, and 'gitk' does a better job of visualizing their history. For example, @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ digressions that may be interesting at this point are: * linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-am[1]: These convert series of git commits into emailed patches, and vice versa, - useful for projects such as the linux kernel which rely heavily + useful for projects such as the Linux kernel which rely heavily on emailed patches. * linkgit:git-bisect[1]: When there is a regression in your diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt index a8ee2fe6a..9a4e3ea92 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt @@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ Functions * Adding data to the buffer -NOTE: All of these functions in this section will grow the buffer as - necessary. +NOTE: All of the functions in this section will grow the buffer as necessary. +If they fail for some reason other than memory shortage and the buffer hadn't +been allocated before (i.e. the `struct strbuf` was set to `STRBUF_INIT`), +then they will free() it. `strbuf_addch`:: @@ -235,6 +237,11 @@ same behaviour as well. Read the contents of a file, specified by its path. The third argument can be used to give a hint about the file size, to avoid reallocs. +`strbuf_readlink`:: + + Read the target of a symbolic link, specified by its path. The third + argument can be used to give a hint about the size, to avoid reallocs. + `strbuf_getline`:: Read a line from a FILE* pointer. The second argument specifies the line diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index d4b1e90f9..19f571ae3 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ project in mind, here are some interesting examples: ------------------------------------------------ # git itself (approx. 10MB download): $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git - # the linux kernel (approx. 150MB download): + # the Linux kernel (approx. 150MB download): $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git ------------------------------------------------ @@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ $ git init If you have some initial content (say, a tarball): ------------------------------------------------- -$ tar -xzvf project.tar.gz +$ tar xzvf project.tar.gz $ cd project $ git init $ git add . # include everything below ./ in the first commit: @@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ These will display all commits which exist only on HEAD or on MERGE_HEAD, and which touch an unmerged file. You may also use linkgit:git-mergetool[1], which lets you merge the -unmerged files using external tools such as emacs or kdiff3. +unmerged files using external tools such as Emacs or kdiff3. Each time you resolve the conflicts in a file and update the index: |