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diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 06b0c57b9..1c9dfcea5 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -103,6 +103,28 @@ ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-suppress-sp.xsl endif +# Newer DocBook stylesheet emits warning cruft in the output when +# this is not set, and if set it shows an absolute link. We can +# use MAN_BASE_URL=http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ +# but distros may want to set it to /usr/share/doc/git-core/docs/ or +# something like that. +# +# As older stylesheets simply ignore this parameter, it ought to be +# safe to set it to empty string when the base URL is not specified, +# but unfortunately we cannot do so unconditionally because at least +# xmlto 0.0.18 is reported to lack --stringparam option. +ifdef MAN_BASE_URL +XMLTO_EXTRA += --stringparam man.base.url.for.relative.links=$(MAN_BASE_URL) +endif + +# If your target system uses GNU groff, it may try to render +# apostrophes as a "pretty" apostrophe using unicode. This breaks +# cut&paste, so you should set GNU_ROFF to force them to be ASCII +# apostrophes. Unfortunately does not work with non-GNU roff. +ifdef GNU_ROFF +XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-quote-apos.xsl +endif + SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL) # Shell quote; SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH)) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..309ba181b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +GIT v1.6.5.1 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.5 +------------------ + + * An corrupt pack could make codepath to read objects into an + infinite loop. + + * Download throughput display was always shown in KiB/s but on fast links + it is more appropriate to show it in MiB/s. + + * "git grep -f filename" used uninitialized variable and segfaulted. + + * "git clone -b branch" gave a wrong commit object name to post-checkout + hook. + + * "git pull" over http did not work on msys. + +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aa7ccce3a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +GIT v1.6.5.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.5.1 +-------------------- + + * Installation of templates triggered a bug in busybox when using tar + implementation from it. + + * "git add -i" incorrectly ignored paths that are already in the index + if they matched .gitignore patterns. + + * "git describe --always" should have produced some output even there + were no tags in the repository, but it didn't. + + * "git ls-files" when showing tracked files incorrectly paid attention + to the exclude patterns. + +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b2fad1b22 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +Git v1.6.5.3 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.5.2 +-------------------- + + * info/grafts file didn't ignore trailing CR at the end of lines. + + * Packages generated on newer FC were unreadable by older versions of + RPM as the new default is to use stronger hash. + + * output from "git blame" was unreadable when the file ended in an + incomplete line. + + * "git add -i/-p" didn't handle deletion of empty files correctly. + + * "git clone" takes up to two parameters, but did not complain when + given more arguments than necessary and silently ignored them. + + * "git cvsimport" did not read files given as command line arguments + correctly when it is run from a subdirectory. + + * "git diff --color-words -U0" didn't work correctly. + + * The handling of blank lines at the end of file by "git diff/apply + --whitespace" was inconsistent with the other kinds of errors. + They are now colored, warned against, and fixed the same way as others. + + * There was no way to allow blank lines at the end of file without + allowing extra blanks at the end of lines. You can use blank-at-eof + and blank-at-eol whitespace error class to specify them separately. + The old trailing-space error class is now a short-hand to set both. + + * "-p" option to "git format-patch" was supposed to suppress diffstat + generation, but it was broken since 1.6.1. + + * "git imap-send" did not compile cleanly with newer OpenSSL. + + * "git help -a" outside of a git repository was broken. + + * "git ls-files -i" was supposed to be inverse of "git ls-files" without -i + with respect to exclude patterns, but it was broken since 1.6.5.2. + + * "git ls-remote" outside of a git repository over http was broken. + + * "git rebase -i" gave bogus error message when the command word was + misspelled. + + * "git receive-pack" that is run in response to "git push" did not run + garbage collection nor update-server-info, but in larger hosting sites, + these almost always need to be run. To help site administrators, the + command now runs "gc --auto" and "u-s-i" by setting receive.autogc + and receive.updateserverinfo configuration variables, respectively. + + * Release notes spelled the package name with incorrect capitalization. + + * "gitweb" did not escape non-ascii characters correctly in the URL. + + * "gitweb" showed "patch" link even for merge commits. + + * "gitweb" showed incorrect links for blob line numbers in pathinfo mode. + +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e42f8b239 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Git v1.6.5.4 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.5.3 +-------------------- + + * "git help" (without argument) used to check if you are in a directory + under git control. There was no breakage in behaviour per-se, but this + was unnecessary. + + * "git prune-packed" gave progress output even when its standard error is + not connected to a terminal; this caused cron jobs that run it to + produce crufts. + + * "git pack-objects --all-progress" is an option to ask progress output + from write-object phase _if_ progress output were to be produced, and + shouldn't have forced the progress output. + + * "git apply -p<n> --directory=<elsewhere>" did not work well for a + non-default value of n. + + * "git merge foo HEAD" was misparsed as an old-style invocation of the + command and produced a confusing error message. As it does not specify + any other branch to merge, it shouldn't be mistaken as such. We will + remove the old style "git merge <message> HEAD <commit>..." syntax in + future versions, but not in this release, + + * "git merge -m <message> <branch>..." added the standard merge message + on its own after user-supplied message, which should have overrided the + standard one. + +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index cd1781498..d1e2120e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -416,13 +416,17 @@ core.whitespace:: consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`): + -* `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line +* `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line as an error (enabled by default). * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an error (enabled by default). * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more space characters as an error (not enabled by default). +* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error + (enabled by default). +* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and + `blank-at-eof`. * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space` does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return @@ -1320,6 +1324,11 @@ rebase.stat:: Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase. False by default. +receive.autogc:: + By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after + receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop + it by setting this variable to false. + receive.fsckObjects:: If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a @@ -1355,6 +1364,10 @@ receive.denyNonFastForwards:: even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is set when initializing a shared repository. +receive.updateserverinfo:: + If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info + after receiving data from git-push and updating refs. + remote.<name>.url:: The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or linkgit:git-push[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 5eb2b0ee0..28868747d 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -1,25 +1,13 @@ -ifndef::git-pull[] --q:: ---quiet:: - Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally - used git commands. - --v:: ---verbose:: - Be verbose. -endif::git-pull[] - -a:: --append:: Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. Without this option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten. ---upload-pack <upload-pack>:: - When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled - 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. +--depth=<depth>:: + Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by + `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1]) + by the specified number of commits. -f:: --force:: @@ -29,6 +17,10 @@ endif::git-pull[] fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`. This option overrides that check. +-k:: +--keep:: + Keep downloaded pack. + ifdef::git-pull[] --no-tags:: endif::git-pull[] @@ -49,10 +41,6 @@ endif::git-pull[] flag lets all tags and their associated objects be downloaded. --k:: ---keep:: - Keep downloaded pack. - -u:: --update-head-ok:: By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which @@ -62,7 +50,19 @@ endif::git-pull[] implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to use it. ---depth=<depth>:: - Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by - `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1]) - by the specified number of commits. +--upload-pack <upload-pack>:: + When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled + 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. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +-q:: +--quiet:: + Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally + used git commands. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be verbose. +endif::git-pull[] diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 45ebf87ca..e93e606f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ OPTIONS work tree and add them to the index. This gives the user a chance to review the difference before adding modified contents to the index. - - This effectively runs ``add --interactive``, but bypasses the - initial command menu and directly jumps to `patch` subcommand. - See ``Interactive mode'' for details. ++ +This effectively runs `add --interactive`, but bypasses the +initial command menu and directly jumps to the `patch` subcommand. +See ``Interactive mode'' for details. -e, \--edit:: Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt index aee7e4a8c..c3a066e60 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ssh, rsync, http) cannot be used. This command provides support for '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 'git-fetch' and 'git-pull' -after moving the archive by some means (i.e., by sneakernet). As no +after moving the archive by some means (e.g., by sneakernet). As no direct connection between the repositories exists, the user must specify a basis for the bundle that is held by the destination repository: the bundle assumes that all objects in the basis are already in the diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 0b7982ea7..e9b3b40af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git check-ref-format' <refname> -'git check-ref-format' [--branch] <branchname-shorthand> +'git check-ref-format' --branch <branchname-shorthand> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]): . at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry. -With the `--branch` option, it expands a branch name shorthand and -prints the name of the branch the shorthand refers to. +With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax'' +`@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you +were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this +syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you +typed the branch name. EXAMPLE ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 5ebcba1c7..7ccd742a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] - [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] + [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OPTIONS --local:: -l:: When the repository to clone from is on a local machine, - this flag bypasses normal "git aware" transport + this flag bypasses the normal "git aware" transport mechanism and clones the repository by making a copy of HEAD and everything under objects and refs directories. The files under `.git/objects/` directory are hardlinked @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS -s:: When the repository to clone is on the local machine, instead of using hard links, automatically setup - .git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects + `.git/objects/info/alternates` to share the objects with the source repository. The resulting repository starts out without any object of its own. + @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ 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') +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. @@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --reference <repository>:: If the reference repository is on the local machine, - automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to + automatically setup `.git/objects/info/alternates` to obtain objects from the reference repository. Using an already existing repository as an alternate will require fewer objects to be copied from the repository being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs. + -*NOTE*: see NOTE to --shared option. +*NOTE*: see the NOTE for the `--shared` option. --quiet:: -q:: @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --verbose:: -v:: - Display the progressbar, even in case the standard output is not + Display the progress bar, even in case the standard output is not a terminal. --no-checkout:: @@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. configuration variables are created. --mirror:: - Set up a mirror of the remote repository. This implies --bare. + Set up a mirror of the remote repository. This implies `--bare`. --origin <name>:: -o <name>:: - Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track - of the upstream repository, use <name>. + Instead of using the remote name `origin` to keep track + of the upstream repository, use `<name>`. --branch <name>:: -b <name>:: Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed - to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to <name> branch + to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to `<name>` branch instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will be checked out. @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. --recursive:: After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within, using their default settings. This is equivalent to running - 'git submodule update --init --recursive' immediately after + `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given) @@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. <directory>:: The name of a new directory to clone into. The "humanish" part of the source repository is used if no directory is - explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" - for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory + explicitly given (`repo` for `/path/to/repo.git` and `foo` + for `host.xz:foo/.git`). Cloning into an existing directory is only allowed if the directory is empty. :git-clone: 1 diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index b231dbb94..2f9791678 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ OPTIONS --abbrev=<n>:: Instead of using the default 7 hexadecimal digits as the - abbreviated object name, use <n> digits. + abbreviated object name, use <n> digits, or as many digits + as needed to form a unique object name. An <n> of 0 + will suppress long format, only showing the closest tag. --candidates=<n>:: Instead of considering only the 10 most recent tags as @@ -68,8 +70,8 @@ OPTIONS This is useful when you want to see parts of the commit object name in "describe" output, even when the commit in question happens to be a tagged version. Instead of just emitting the tag name, it will - describe such a commit as v1.2-0-deadbeef (0th commit since tag v1.2 - that points at object deadbeef....). + describe such a commit as v1.2-0-gdeadbee (0th commit since tag v1.2 + that points at object deadbee....). --match <pattern>:: Only consider tags matching the given pattern (can be used to avoid @@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ the output shows the reference path as well: [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --all --abbrev=4 v1.0.5^2 tags/v1.0.0-21-g975b - [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --all HEAD^ + [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --all --abbrev=4 HEAD^ heads/lt/describe-7-g975b With --abbrev set to 0, the command can be used to find the @@ -117,6 +119,13 @@ closest tagname without any suffix: [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --abbrev=0 v1.0.5^2 tags/v1.0.0 +Note that the suffix you get if you type these commands today may be +longer than what Linus saw above when he ran these commands, as your +git repository may have new commits whose object names begin with +975b that did not exist back then, and "-g975b" suffix alone may not +be sufficient to disambiguate these commits. + + SEARCH STRATEGY --------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index d3164c5c8..f2483d624 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt @@ -37,6 +37,35 @@ include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] include::urls-remotes.txt[] + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +* Update the remote-tracking branches: ++ +------------------------------------------------ +$ git fetch origin +------------------------------------------------ ++ +The above command copies all branches from the remote refs/heads/ +namespace and stores them to the local refs/remotes/origin/ namespace, +unless the branch.<name>.fetch option is used to specify a non-default +refspec. + +* Using refspecs explicitly: ++ +------------------------------------------------ +$ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp +------------------------------------------------ ++ +This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp` in +the local repository by fetching from the branches (respectively) +`pu` and `maint` from the remote repository. ++ +The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not fast-forward, +because it is prefixed with a plus sign; `tmp` will not be. + + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-pull[1] diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt index 1f6df6ad6..4cd9cdf90 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Notes 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 'git-filter-branch' in -refs/original/, or reflogs (which may references commits in branches +refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches that were later amended or rewound). If you are expecting some objects to be collected and they aren't, check diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 021066e95..625723e41 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ OPTIONS -i:: --ignored:: - Show ignored files in the output. - Note that this also reverses any exclude list present. + Show only ignored files in the output. When showing files in the + index, print only those matched by an exclude pattern. When + showing "other" files, show only those matched by an exclude + pattern. -s:: --stage:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index d05f32446..e886c2ef5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -212,6 +212,39 @@ You can work through the conflict with a number of tools: common ancestor, 'git show :2:filename' shows the HEAD version and 'git show :3:filename' shows the remote version. + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +* Merge branches `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of + the current branch, making an octopus merge: ++ +------------------------------------------------ +$ git merge fixes enhancements +------------------------------------------------ + +* Merge branch `obsolete` into the current branch, using `ours` + merge strategy: ++ +------------------------------------------------ +$ git merge -s ours obsolete +------------------------------------------------ + +* Merge branch `maint` into the current branch, but do not make + a new commit automatically: ++ +------------------------------------------------ +$ git merge --no-commit maint +------------------------------------------------ ++ +This can be used when you want to include further changes to the +merge, or want to write your own merge commit message. ++ +You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial +changes into a merge commit. Small fixups like bumping +release/version name would be acceptable. + + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1], linkgit:git-pull[1], diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index 2e4992970..f54d433d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty] - [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--all-progress] +'git pack-objects' [-q | --progress | --all-progress] [--all-progress-implied] + [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty] + [--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name] [--keep-true-parents] < object-list @@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ base-name:: --all-progress:: When --stdout is specified then progress report is - displayed during the object count and deltification phases + displayed during the object count and compression phases but inhibited during the write-out phase. The reason is that in some cases the output stream is directly linked to another command which may wish to display progress @@ -146,6 +147,11 @@ base-name:: report for the write-out phase as well even if --stdout is used. +--all-progress-implied:: + This is used to imply --all-progress whenever progress display + is activated. Unlike --all-progress this flag doesn't actually + force any progress display by itself. + -q:: This flag makes the command not to report its progress on the standard error stream. diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 7578623ed..b93201158 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Also note that options meant for 'git-pull' itself and underlying OPTIONS ------- + +Options related to merging +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + include::merge-options.txt[] :git-pull: 1 @@ -47,6 +51,9 @@ unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully. --no-rebase:: Override earlier --rebase. +Options related to fetching +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + include::fetch-options.txt[] include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] @@ -131,54 +138,13 @@ $ git pull origin next ------------------------------------------------ + This leaves a copy of `next` temporarily in FETCH_HEAD, but -does not update any remote-tracking branches. - -* Bundle local branch `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of - the current branch, making an Octopus merge: -+ ------------------------------------------------- -$ git pull . fixes enhancements ------------------------------------------------- -+ -This `git pull .` syntax is equivalent to `git merge`. - -* Merge local branch `obsolete` into the current branch, using `ours` - merge strategy: -+ ------------------------------------------------- -$ git pull -s ours . obsolete ------------------------------------------------- - -* Merge local branch `maint` into the current branch, but do not make - a commit automatically: +does not update any remote-tracking branches. Using remote-tracking +branches, the same can be done by invoking fetch and merge: + ------------------------------------------------ -$ git pull --no-commit . maint +$ git fetch origin +$ git merge origin/next ------------------------------------------------ -+ -This can be used when you want to include further changes to the -merge, or want to write your own merge commit message. -+ -You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial -changes into a merge commit. Small fixups like bumping -release/version name would be acceptable. - -* Command line pull of multiple branches from one repository: -+ ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout master -$ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp -$ git pull . tmp ------------------------------------------------- -+ -This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp` in -the local repository by fetching from the branches (respectively) -`pu` and `maint` from the remote repository. -+ -The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not fast-forward; -the others will not be. -+ -The final command then merges the newly fetched `tmp` into master. If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index ba6a8a2fb..37c88953d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ useful if you write an alias or script around 'git-push'. --verbose:: Run verbosely. +-q:: +--quiet:: + Suppress all output, including the listing of updated refs, + unless an error occurs. + include::urls-remotes.txt[] OUTPUT diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 3f14b727b..fafe728f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash ---------------------------------------------------------------- + The command takes options applicable to the 'git-log' -command to control what is shown and how. See linkgit:git-log[1]. +command to control what is shown and how. If no options are set, the +default is `-n 10`. See linkgit:git-log[1]. show [<stash>]:: diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index d97aaf5bf..7aa2edee5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +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:v1.6.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5] +* link:v1.6.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.4] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.5.4.txt[1.6.5.4], + link:RelNotes-1.6.5.3.txt[1.6.5.3], + link:RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt[1.6.5.2], + link:RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt[1.6.5.1], link:RelNotes-1.6.5.txt[1.6.5]. * link:v1.6.4.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4.4] diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 1195e83b6..1f472cea5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -560,6 +560,16 @@ in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the commit hash. +Packing objects +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`delta` +^^^^^^^ + +Delta compression will not be attempted for blobs for paths with the +attribute `delta` set to false. + + Viewing files in GUI tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index b3640c4e6..0382d2c0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ $ git tag -s <tagname> ---------------- which will sign the current `HEAD` (but you can also give it another -argument that specifies the thing to tag, i.e., you could have tagged the +argument that specifies the thing to tag, e.g., you could have tagged the current `mybranch` point by using `git tag <tagname> mybranch`). You normally only do signed tags for major releases or things diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-quote-apos.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-quote-apos.xsl new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aeb8839f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/manpage-quote-apos.xsl @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" + version="1.0"> + +<!-- work around newer groff/man setups using a prettier apostrophe + that unfortunately does not quote anything when cut&pasting + examples to the shell --> +<xsl:template name="escape.apostrophe"> + <xsl:param name="content"/> + <xsl:call-template name="string.subst"> + <xsl:with-param name="string" select="$content"/> + <xsl:with-param name="target">'</xsl:with-param> + <xsl:with-param name="replacement">\(aq</xsl:with-param> + </xsl:call-template> +</xsl:template> + +</xsl:stylesheet> diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index adadf8e4b..48d04a5d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -1,43 +1,42 @@ --q:: ---quiet:: - Operate quietly. - --v:: ---verbose:: - Be verbose. - ---stat:: - Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also - controlled by the configuration option merge.stat. - --n:: ---no-stat:: - Do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge. +--commit:: +--no-commit:: + Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can + be used to override --no-commit. ++ +With --no-commit perform the merge but pretend the merge +failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to +inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing. ---summary:: ---no-summary:: - Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be - removed in the future. +--ff:: +--no-ff:: + Do not generate a merge commit if the merge resolved as + a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer. This is + the default behavior of git-merge. ++ +With --no-ff Generate a merge commit even if the merge +resolved as a fast-forward. --log:: +--no-log:: In addition to branch names, populate the log message with one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being merged. ++ +With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the +actual commits being merged. ---no-log:: - Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being - merged. - ---no-commit:: - Perform the merge but pretend the merge failed and do - not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and - further tweak the merge result before committing. ---commit:: - Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can - be used to override --no-commit. +--stat:: +-n:: +--no-stat:: + Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also + controlled by the configuration option merge.stat. ++ +With -n or --no-stat do not show a diffstat at the end of the +merge. --squash:: +--no-squash:: Produce the working tree and index state as if a real merge happened (except for the merge information), but do not actually make a commit or @@ -46,19 +45,9 @@ commit. This allows you to create a single commit on top of the current branch whose effect is the same as merging another branch (or more in case of an octopus). - ---no-squash:: - Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can - be used to override --squash. - ---no-ff:: - Generate a merge commit even if the merge resolved as a - fast-forward. - ---ff:: - Do not generate a merge commit if the merge resolved as - a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer. This is - the default behavior of git-merge. ++ +With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This +option can be used to override --squash. -s <strategy>:: --strategy=<strategy>:: @@ -67,3 +56,16 @@ If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies is used instead ('git-merge-recursive' when merging a single head, 'git-merge-octopus' otherwise). + +--summary:: +--no-summary:: + Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be + removed in the future. + +-q:: +--quiet:: + Operate quietly. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be verbose. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt index d66e61b1e..d6fc90ac7 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt @@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ Core functions: * `graph_init()` creates a new `struct git_graph` -* `graph_release()` destroys a `struct git_graph`, and frees the memory - associated with it. - * `graph_update()` moves the graph to a new commit. * `graph_next_line()` outputs the next line of the graph into a strbuf. It @@ -134,8 +131,6 @@ while ((commit = get_revision(opts)) != NULL) { putchar(opts->diffopt.line_termination); } } - -graph_release(graph); ------------ Sample output |