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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt | 57 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt | 162 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-describe.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-send-pack.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-status.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-tag.txt | 59 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/revisions.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt | 22 |
19 files changed, 374 insertions, 91 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..73ce7daa5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +Git v2.12.3 Release Notes +========================= + +Fixes since v2.12.2 +------------------- + + * The "parse_config_key()" API function has been cleaned up. + + * An helper function to make it easier to append the result from + real_path() to a strbuf has been added. + + * The t/perf performance test suite was not prepared to test not so + old versions of Git, but now it covers versions of Git that are not + so ancient. + + * Picking two versions of Git and running tests to make sure the + older one and the newer one interoperate happily has now become + possible. + + * Teach the "debug" helper used in the test framework that allows a + command to run under "gdb" to make the session interactive. + + * "git repack --depth=<n>" for a long time busted the specified depth + when reusing delta from existing packs. This has been corrected. + + * user.email that consists of only cruft chars should consistently + error out, but didn't. + + * A few tests were run conditionally under (rare) conditions where + they cannot be run (like running cvs tests under 'root' account). + + * "git branch @" created refs/heads/@ as a branch, and in general the + code that handled @{-1} and @{upstream} was a bit too loose in + disambiguating. + + * "git fetch" that requests a commit by object name, when the other + side does not allow such an request, failed without much + explanation. + + * "git filter-branch --prune-empty" drops a single-parent commit that + becomes a no-op, but did not drop a root commit whose tree is empty. + + * Recent versions of Git treats http alternates (used in dumb http + transport) just like HTTP redirects and requires the client to + enable following it, due to security concerns. But we forgot to + give a warning when we decide not to honor the alternates. + + * NO_PTHREADS build has been broken for some time; now fixed. + + * Fix for potential segv introduced in v2.11.0 and later (also + v2.10.2). + + * A few unterminated here documents in tests were fixed, which in + turn revealed incorrect expectations the tests make. These tests + have been updated. + +Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt index 5b934b77b..4b6e72a7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt @@ -12,13 +12,19 @@ Backward compatibility notes. release (yet). * The historical argument order "git merge <msg> HEAD <commit>..." - has been deprecated for quite some time, and will be removed in a - future release. + has been deprecated for quite some time, and is now removed. * The default location "~/.git-credential-cache/socket" for the socket used to communicate with the credential-cache daemon has been moved to "~/.cache/git/credential/socket". + * Git now avoids blindly falling back to ".git" when the setup + sequence said we are _not_ in Git repository. A corner case that + happens to work right now may be broken by a call to die("BUG"). + We've tried hard to locate such cases and fixed them, but there + might still be cases that need to be addressed--bug reports are + greatly appreciated. + Updates since v2.12 ------------------- @@ -85,11 +91,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * When "git submodule init" decides that the submodule in the working tree is its upstream, it now gives a warning as it is not a very common setup. - (merge d1b3b81aab sb/submodule-init-url-selection later to maint). - * "git stash save" takes a pathspec so that the local changes can be + * "git stash push" takes a pathspec so that the local changes can be stashed away only partially. - (merge 9e140909f6 tg/stash-push later to maint). * Documentation for "git ls-files" did not refer to core.quotePath. @@ -128,6 +132,50 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * Recent update to "rebase -i" started showing a message that is not a warning with "warning:" prefix by mistake. This has been fixed. + * Recently we started passing the "--push-options" through the + external remote helper interface; now the "smart HTTP" remote + helper understands what to do with the passed information. + + * "git describe --dirty" dies when it cannot be determined if the + state in the working tree matches that of HEAD (e.g. broken + repository or broken submodule). The command learned a new option + "git describe --broken" to give "$name-broken" (where $name is the + description of HEAD) in such a case. + + * "git checkout" is taught the "--recurse-submodules" option. + + * Recent enhancement to "git stash push" command to support pathspec + to allow only a subset of working tree changes to be stashed away + was found to be too chatty and exposed the internal implementation + detail (e.g. when it uses reset to match the index to HEAD before + doing other things, output from reset seeped out). These, and + other chattyness has been fixed. + + * "git merge <message> HEAD <commit>" syntax that has been deprecated + since October 2007 has been removed. + + * The refs completion for large number of refs has been sped up, + partly by giving up disambiguating ambiguous refs and partly by + eliminating most of the shell processing between 'git for-each-ref' + and 'ls-remote' and Bash's completion facility. + + * On many keyboards, typing "@{" involves holding down SHIFT key and + one can easily end up with "@{Up..." when typing "@{upstream}". As + the upstream/push keywords do not appear anywhere else in the syntax, + we can safely accept them case insensitively without introducing + ambiguity or confusion to solve this. + + * "git tag/branch/for-each-ref" family of commands long allowed to + filter the refs by "--contains X" (show only the refs that are + descendants of X), "--merged X" (show only the refs that are + ancestors of X), "--no-merged X" (show only the refs that are not + ancestors of X). One curious omission, "--no-contains X" (show + only the refs that are not descendants of X) has been added to + them. + + * The default behaviour of "git log" in an interactive session has + been changed to enable "--decorate". + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -152,7 +200,6 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. errno from failed system calls. * The "parse_config_key()" API function has been cleaned up. - (merge ad8c7cdadd jk/parse-config-key-cleanup later to maint). * A test that creates a confusing branch whose name is HEAD has been corrected not to do so. @@ -162,7 +209,6 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * An helper function to make it easier to append the result from real_path() to a strbuf has been added. - (merge 33ad9ddd0b rs/strbuf-add-real-path later to maint). * Reduce authentication round-trip over HTTP when the server supports just a single authentication method. This also improves the @@ -177,7 +223,6 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The t/perf performance test suite was not prepared to test not so old versions of Git, but now it covers versions of Git that are not so ancient. - (merge 28e1fb5466 jt/perf-updates later to maint). * Add 32-bit Linux variant to the set of platforms to be tested with Travis CI. @@ -190,7 +235,6 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * Picking two versions of Git and running tests to make sure the older one and the newer one interoperate happily has now become possible. - (merge bd4d9d993c jk/interop-test later to maint). * "uchar [40]" to "struct object_id" conversion continues. @@ -201,12 +245,33 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The "debug" helper used in the test framework learned to run a command under "gdb" interactively. - (merge 59210dd56c sg/test-with-stdin later to maint). * The "detect attempt to create collisions" variant of SHA-1 implementation by Marc Stevens (CWI) and Dan Shumow (Microsoft) has been integrated and made the default. + * The test framework learned to detect unterminated here documents. + + * The name-hash used for detecting paths that are different only in + cases (which matter on case insensitive filesystems) has been + optimized to take advantage of multi-threading when it makes sense. + + * An earlier version of sha1dc/sha1.c that was merged to 'master' + compiled incorrectly on Windows, which has been fixed. + + * "what URL do we want to update this submodule?" and "are we + interested in this submodule?" are split into two distinct + concepts, and then the way used to express the latter got extended, + paving a way to make it easier to manage a project with many + submodules and make it possible to later extend use of multiple + worktrees for a project with submodules. + + * Some debugging output from "git describe" were marked for l10n, + but some weren't. Mark missing ones for l10n. + + * Define a new task in .travis.yml that triggers a test session on + Windows run elsewhere. + Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -219,7 +284,6 @@ notes for details). * "git repack --depth=<n>" for a long time busted the specified depth when reusing delta from existing packs. This has been corrected. - (merge 42b766d765 jk/delta-chain-limit later to maint). * The code to parse the command line "git grep <patterns>... <rev> [[--] <pathspec>...]" has been cleaned up, and a handful of bugs @@ -257,7 +321,6 @@ notes for details). * user.email that consists of only cruft chars should consistently error out, but didn't. - (merge 94425552f3 jk/ident-empty later to maint). * "git upload-pack", which is a counter-part of "git fetch", did not report a request for a ref that was not advertised as invalid. @@ -299,27 +362,22 @@ notes for details). * A few tests were run conditionally under (rare) conditions where they cannot be run (like running cvs tests under 'root' account). - (merge c6507484a2 ab/cond-skip-tests later to maint). * "git branch @" created refs/heads/@ as a branch, and in general the code that handled @{-1} and @{upstream} was a bit too loose in disambiguating. - (merge fd4692ff70 jk/interpret-branch-name later to maint). * "git fetch" that requests a commit by object name, when the other side does not allow such an request, failed without much explanation. - (merge d56583ded6 mm/fetch-show-error-message-on-unadvertised-object later to maint). * "git filter-branch --prune-empty" drops a single-parent commit that becomes a no-op, but did not drop a root commit whose tree is empty. - (merge 32da7467eb dp/filter-branch-prune-empty later to maint). * Recent versions of Git treats http alternates (used in dumb http transport) just like HTTP redirects and requires the client to enable following it, due to security concerns. But we forgot to give a warning when we decide not to honor the alternates. - (merge 5cae73d5d2 ew/http-alternates-as-redirects-warning later to maint). * "git push" had a handful of codepaths that could lead to a deadlock when unexpected error happened, which has been fixed. @@ -351,18 +409,68 @@ notes for details). misconfiguration. * Fix for NO_PTHREADS build. - (merge 7b91929ba0 jk/execv-dashed-external later to maint). * Fix for potential segv introduced in v2.11.0 and later (also v2.10.2) to "git log --pickaxe-regex -S". - (merge f53c5de29c js/regexec-buf later to maint). + + * A few unterminated here documents in tests were fixed, which in + turn revealed incorrect expectations the tests make. These tests + have been updated. + + * Fix for NO_PTHREADS option. + (merge 2225e1ea20 bw/grep-recurse-submodules later to maint). + + * Git now avoids blindly falling back to ".git" when the setup + sequence said we are _not_ in Git repository. A corner case that + happens to work right now may be broken by a call to die("BUG"). + (merge b1ef400eec jk/no-looking-at-dotgit-outside-repo-final later to maint). + + * A few commands that recently learned the "--recurse-submodule" + option misbehaved when started from a subdirectory of the + superproject. + (merge b2dfeb7c00 bw/recurse-submodules-relative-fix later to maint). + + * FreeBSD implementation of getcwd(3) behaved differently when an + intermediate directory is unreadable/unsearchable depending on the + length of the buffer provided, which our strbuf_getcwd() was not + aware of. strbuf_getcwd() has been taught to cope with it better. + (merge a54e938e5b rs/freebsd-getcwd-workaround later to maint). + + * A recent update to "rebase -i" stopped running hooks for the "git + commit" command during "reword" action, which has been fixed. + + * Removing an entry from a notes tree and then looking another note + entry from the resulting tree using the internal notes API + functions did not work as expected. No in-tree users of the API + has such access pattern, but it still is worth fixing. + + * "git receive-pack" could have been forced to die by attempting + allocate an unreasonably large amount of memory with a crafted push + certificate; this has been fixed. + (merge f2214dede9 bc/push-cert-receive-fix later to maint). + + * Update error handling for codepath that deals with corrupt loose + objects. + (merge 51054177b3 jk/loose-object-info-report-error later to maint). + + * "git diff --submodule=diff" learned to work better in a project + with a submodule that in turn has its own submodules. + (merge 17b254cda6 sb/show-diff-for-submodule-in-diff-fix later to maint). + + * Update the build dependency so that an update to /usr/bin/perl + etc. result in recomputation of perl.mak file. + (merge c59c4939c2 ab/regen-perl-mak-with-different-perl later to maint). * Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups. - (merge dfa3ad3238 rs/blame-code-cleanup later to maint). - (merge ffddfc6328 jk/rev-parse-cleanup later to maint). - (merge f20754802a jk/pack-name-cleanups later to maint). - (merge d4aae459cd sb/wt-status-cleanup later to maint). - (merge e94eac49e6 rs/http-push-cleanup later to maint). - (merge ba6746c08f rs/path-name-safety-cleanup later to maint). - (merge d41626ff9e rs/shortlog-cleanup later to maint). - (merge dce96c41f9 rs/update-hook-optim later to maint). + (merge df2a6e38b7 jk/pager-in-use later to maint). + (merge 75ec4a6cb0 ab/branch-list-doc later to maint). + (merge 3e5b36c637 sg/skip-prefix-in-prettify-refname later to maint). + (merge 2c5e2865cc jk/fast-import-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 4473060bc2 ab/test-readme-updates later to maint). + (merge 48a96972fd ab/doc-submitting later to maint). + (merge f5c2bc2b96 jk/make-coccicheck-detect-errors later to maint). + (merge c105f563d1 cc/untracked later to maint). + (merge 8668976b53 jc/unused-symbols later to maint). + (merge fba275dc93 jc/bs-t-is-not-a-tab-for-sed later to maint). + (merge be6ed145de mm/ls-files-s-doc later to maint). + (merge 60b091c679 qp/bisect-docfix later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 3faf7eb88..bc8ad0047 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -98,12 +98,17 @@ should skip the full stop. It is also conventional in most cases to prefix the first line with "area: " where the area is a filename or identifier for the general area of the code being modified, e.g. - . archive: ustar header checksum is computed unsigned - . git-cherry-pick.txt: clarify the use of revision range notation + . doc: clarify distinction between sign-off and pgp-signing + . githooks.txt: improve the intro section If in doubt which identifier to use, run "git log --no-merges" on the files you are modifying to see the current conventions. +It's customary to start the remainder of the first line after "area: " +with a lower-case letter. E.g. "doc: clarify...", not "doc: +Clarify...", or "githooks.txt: improve...", not "githooks.txt: +Improve...". + The body should provide a meaningful commit message, which: . explains the problem the change tries to solve, iow, what is wrong @@ -129,8 +134,9 @@ with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes, like this: noticed that ... The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this -format. +format, or this invocation of "git show": + git show -s --date=short --pretty='format:%h ("%s", %ad)' <commit> (3) Generate your patch using Git tools out of your commits. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 0d8df5a9f..475e874d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -737,13 +737,13 @@ alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed default hooks. core.editor:: - Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit - messages by launching an editor uses the value of this + Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit + messages by launching an editor use the value of this variable when it is set, and the environment variable `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. core.commentChar:: - Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit + Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit messages consider a line that begins with this character commented, and removes them after the editor returns (default '#'). @@ -3013,8 +3013,9 @@ submodule.<name>.url:: The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule - update'. After obtaining the submodule, the presence of this variable - is used as a sign whether the submodule is of interest to git commands. + update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are + set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate + whether the submodule is of interest to git commands. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. submodule.<name>.update:: @@ -3052,6 +3053,16 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore:: "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not affected by this setting. +submodule.<name>.active:: + Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git + commands. This config option takes precedence over the + submodule.active config option. + +submodule.active:: + A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a + submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git + commands. + submodule.fetchJobs:: Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time. A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index bdd915a66..6c42abf07 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ respectively, in place of "good" and "bad". (But note that you cannot mix "good" and "bad" with "old" and "new" in a single session.) In this more general usage, you provide `git bisect` with a "new" -commit has some property and an "old" commit that doesn't have that +commit that has some property and an "old" commit that doesn't have that property. Each time `git bisect` checks out a commit, you test if that commit has the property. If it does, mark the commit as "new"; otherwise, mark it as "old". When the bisection is done, `git bisect` diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 092f1bcf9..81bd0a7b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--list] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] - [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] - [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [--sort=<key>] + [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--sort=<key>] + [(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]] + [--contains [<commit]] [--no-contains [<commit>]] [--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...] 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] 'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>] @@ -35,11 +36,12 @@ as branch creation. With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contain the named commit (in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants of the -named commit). With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named -commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named -commit) will be listed. With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into -the named commit will be listed. If the <commit> argument is missing it -defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the tip of the current branch). +named commit), `--no-contains` inverts it. With `--merged`, only branches +merged into the named commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are +reachable from the named commit) will be listed. With `--no-merged` only +branches not merged into the named commit will be listed. If the <commit> +argument is missing it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the tip of the current +branch). The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname> which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. @@ -142,8 +144,13 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode. List both remote-tracking branches and local branches. --list:: - Activate the list mode. `git branch <pattern>` would try to create a branch, - use `git branch --list <pattern>` to list matching branches. + List branches. With optional `<pattern>...`, e.g. `git + branch --list 'maint-*'`, list only the branches that match + the pattern(s). ++ +This should not be confused with `git branch -l <branchname>`, +which creates a branch named `<branchname>` with a reflog. +See `--create-reflog` above for details. -v:: -vv:: @@ -213,13 +220,19 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. Only list branches which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`. +--no-contains [<commit>]:: + Only list branches which don't contain the specified commit + (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`. + --merged [<commit>]:: Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the - specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`. + specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`, + incompatible with `--no-merged`. --no-merged [<commit>]:: Only list branches whose tips are not reachable from the - specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`. + specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`, + incompatible with `--merged`. <branchname>:: The name of the branch to create or delete. @@ -296,13 +309,16 @@ If you are creating a branch that you want to checkout immediately, it is easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create a branch and check it out with a single command. -The options `--contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged` serve three related -but different purposes: +The options `--contains`, `--no-contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged` +serve four related but different purposes: - `--contains <commit>` is used to find all branches which will need special attention if <commit> were to be rebased or amended, since those branches contain the specified <commit>. +- `--no-contains <commit>` is the inverse of that, i.e. branches that don't + contain the specified <commit>. + - `--merged` is used to find all branches which can be safely deleted, since those branches are fully contained by HEAD. diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 8e2c0662d..d6399c0af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. out anyway. In other words, the ref can be held by more than one worktree. +--[no-]recurse-submodules:: + Using --recurse-submodules will update the content of all initialized + submodules according to the commit recorded in the superproject. If + local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout + will fail unless `-f` is used. If nothing (or --no-recurse-submodules) + is used, the work trees of submodules will not be updated. + <branch>:: Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 35cc34b2f..30052cce4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] - [--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] + [--recurse-submodules] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -215,10 +215,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. branch when `--single-branch` clone was made, no remote-tracking branch is created. ---recursive:: ---recurse-submodules:: - After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within, - using their default settings. This is equivalent to running +--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec]:: + After the clone is created, initialize and clone submodules + within based on the provided pathspec. If no pathspec is + provided, all submodules are initialized and cloned. + Submodules are initialized and cloned using their default + settings. The resulting clone has `submodule.active` set to + the provided pathspec, or "." (meaning all submodules) if no + pathspec is provided. This is equivalent to running `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 diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 8755f3af7..26f19d3b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ OPTIONS Commit-ish object names to describe. Defaults to HEAD if omitted. --dirty[=<mark>]:: - Describe the working tree. - It means describe HEAD and appends <mark> (`-dirty` by - default) if the working tree is dirty. +--broken[=<mark>]:: + Describe the state of the working tree. When the working + tree matches HEAD, the output is the same as "git describe + HEAD". If the working tree has local modification "-dirty" + is appended to it. If a repository is corrupt and Git + cannot determine if there is local modification, Git will + error out, unless `--broken' is given, which appends + the suffix "-broken" instead. --all:: Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 111e1be6f..03e187a10 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl] [(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...] [--points-at <object>] [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]] - [--contains [<object>]] + [--contains [<object>]] [--no-contains [<object>]] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -69,16 +69,22 @@ OPTIONS --merged [<object>]:: Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the - specified commit (HEAD if not specified). + specified commit (HEAD if not specified), + incompatible with `--no-merged`. --no-merged [<object>]:: Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the - specified commit (HEAD if not specified). + specified commit (HEAD if not specified), + incompatible with `--merged`. --contains [<object>]:: Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not specified). +--no-contains [<object>]:: + Only list refs which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD + if not specified). + --ignore-case:: Sorting and filtering refs are case insensitive. diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 1cab703f7..d153c17e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OPTIONS -s:: --stage:: - Show staged contents' object name, mode bits and stage number in the output. + Show staged contents' mode bits, object name and stage number in the output. --directory:: If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index ca3c27b88..04fdd8cf0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SYNOPSIS [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]] [--[no-]allow-unrelated-histories] [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...] -'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>... 'git merge' --abort 'git merge' --continue @@ -46,11 +45,7 @@ a log message from the user describing the changes. D---E---F---G---H master ------------ -The second syntax (<msg> `HEAD` <commit>...) is supported for -historical reasons. Do not use it from the command line or in -new scripts. It is the same as `git merge -m <msg> <commit>...`. - -The third syntax ("`git merge --abort`") can only be run after the +The second syntax ("`git merge --abort`") can only be run after the merge has resulted in conflicts. 'git merge --abort' will abort the merge process and try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. However, if there were uncommitted changes when the merge started (and diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index fa1d557e5..ed9d63ef4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ OPTIONS directories the index file and index output file are located in. +--[no-]recurse-submodules:: + Using --recurse-submodules will update the content of all initialized + submodules according to the commit recorded in the superproject by + calling read-tree recursively, also setting the submodules HEAD to be + detached at that commit. + --no-sparse-checkout:: Disable sparse checkout support even if `core.sparseCheckout` is true. diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt index a831dd028..966abb0df 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt @@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet. will also fail if the actual call to `gpg --sign` fails. See linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] for the details on the receiving end. +--push-option=<string>:: + Pass the specified string as a push option for consumption by + hooks on the server side. If the server doesn't support push + options, error out. See linkgit:git-push[1] and + linkgit:githooks[5] for details. + <host>:: A remote host to house the repository. When this part is specified, 'git-receive-pack' is invoked via diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index ba873657c..d70abc6af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ in which case `XY` are `!!`. ! ! ignored ------------------------------------------------- +Submodules have more state and instead report + M the submodule has a different HEAD than + recorded in the index + m the submodule has modified content + ? the submodule has untracked files +since modified content or untracked files in a submodule cannot be added +via `git add` in the superproject to prepare a commit. + +'m' and '?' are applied recursively. For example if a nested submodule +in a submodule contains an untracked file, this is reported as '?' as well. + If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line ## branchname tracking info @@ -210,6 +221,8 @@ field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or backslash-escaping is performed. +Any submodule changes are reported as modified `M` instead of `m` or single `?`. + Porcelain Format Version 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index e05d0cdde..74bc6200d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ init [--] [<path>...]:: repository will be assumed to be upstream. + Optional <path> arguments limit which submodules will be initialized. -If no path is specified, all submodules are initialized. +If no path is specified and submodule.active has been configured, submodules +configured to be active will be initialized, otherwise all submodules are +initialized. + When present, it will also copy the value of `submodule.$name.update`. This command does not alter existing information in .git/config. diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 525737a5d..f8a0b787f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <keyid>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <tagname> [<commit> | <object>] 'git tag' -d <tagname>... -'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>] - [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>] - [--format=<format>] [--[no-]merged [<commit>]] [<pattern>...] +'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--contains <commit>] + [--points-at <object>] [--column[=<options>] | --no-column] + [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>] [--format=<format>] + [--[no-]merged [<commit>]] [<pattern>...] 'git tag' -v [--format=<format>] <tagname>... DESCRIPTION @@ -82,18 +83,24 @@ OPTIONS -n<num>:: <num> specifies how many lines from the annotation, if any, - are printed when using -l. - The default is not to print any annotation lines. - If no number is given to `-n`, only the first line is printed. - If the tag is not annotated, the commit message is displayed instead. - --l <pattern>:: ---list <pattern>:: - List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no - pattern is given). Running "git tag" without arguments also - lists all tags. The pattern is a shell wildcard (i.e., matched - using fnmatch(3)). Multiple patterns may be given; if any of - them matches, the tag is shown. + are printed when using -l. Implies `--list`. ++ +The default is not to print any annotation lines. +If no number is given to `-n`, only the first line is printed. +If the tag is not annotated, the commit message is displayed instead. + +-l:: +--list:: + List tags. With optional `<pattern>...`, e.g. `git tag --list + 'v-*'`, list only the tags that match the pattern(s). ++ +Running "git tag" without arguments also lists all tags. The pattern +is a shell wildcard (i.e., matched using fnmatch(3)). Multiple +patterns may be given; if any of them matches, the tag is shown. ++ +This option is implicitly supplied if any other list-like option such +as `--contains` is provided. See the documentation for each of those +options for details. --sort=<key>:: Sort based on the key given. Prefix `-` to sort in @@ -122,10 +129,23 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines. --contains [<commit>]:: Only list tags which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not - specified). + specified). Implies `--list`. + +--no-contains [<commit>]:: + Only list tags which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD if + not specified). Implies `--list`. + +--merged [<commit>]:: + Only list tags whose commits are reachable from the specified + commit (`HEAD` if not specified), incompatible with `--no-merged`. + +--no-merged [<commit>]:: + Only list tags whose commits are not reachable from the specified + commit (`HEAD` if not specified), incompatible with `--merged`. --points-at <object>:: - Only list tags of the given object. + Only list tags of the given object (HEAD if not + specified). Implies `--list`. -m <msg>:: --message=<msg>:: @@ -173,11 +193,6 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines. that of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. When unspecified, defaults to `%(refname:strip=2)`. ---[no-]merged [<commit>]:: - Only list tags whose tips are reachable, or not reachable - if `--no-merged` is used, from the specified commit (`HEAD` - if not specified). - CONFIGURATION ------------- By default, 'git tag' in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index ba11b9c95..75d211f1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. refers to the branch that the branch specified by branchname is set to build on top of (configured with `branch.<name>.remote` and `branch.<name>.merge`). A missing branchname defaults to the - current one. + current one. These suffixes are also accepted when spelled in uppercase, and + they mean the same thing no matter the case. '<branchname>@\{push\}', e.g. 'master@\{push\}', '@\{push\}':: The suffix '@\{push}' reports the branch "where we would push to" if @@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ refs/remotes/myfork/mybranch Note in the example that we set up a triangular workflow, where we pull from one location and push to another. In a non-triangular workflow, '@\{push}' is the same as '@\{upstream}', and there is no need for it. ++ +This suffix is also accepted when spelled in uppercase, and means the same +thing no matter the case. '<rev>{caret}', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}, v1.5.1{caret}0':: A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt index a3f020cd9..ccc634bbd 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ that the hashmap is initialized. It may also be useful for statistical purposes `cmpfn` stores the comparison function specified in `hashmap_init()`. In advanced scenarios, it may be useful to change this, e.g. to switch between case-sensitive and case-insensitive lookup. ++ +When `disallow_rehash` is set, automatic rehashes are prevented during inserts +and deletes. `struct hashmap_entry`:: @@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ Functions `unsigned int strihash(const char *buf)`:: `unsigned int memhash(const void *buf, size_t len)`:: `unsigned int memihash(const void *buf, size_t len)`:: +`unsigned int memihash_cont(unsigned int hash_seed, const void *buf, size_t len)`:: Ready-to-use hash functions for strings, using the FNV-1 algorithm (see http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv). @@ -65,6 +69,9 @@ Functions `memihash` operate on arbitrary-length memory. + `strihash` and `memihash` are case insensitive versions. ++ +`memihash_cont` is a variant of `memihash` that allows a computation to be +continued with another chunk of data. `unsigned int sha1hash(const unsigned char *sha1)`:: @@ -184,6 +191,21 @@ passed to `hashmap_cmp_fn` to decide whether the entry matches the key. + Returns the removed entry, or NULL if not found. +`void hashmap_disallow_rehash(struct hashmap *map, unsigned value)`:: + + Disallow/allow automatic rehashing of the hashmap during inserts + and deletes. ++ +This is useful if the caller knows that the hashmap will be accessed +by multiple threads. ++ +The caller is still responsible for any necessary locking; this simply +prevents unexpected rehashing. The caller is also responsible for properly +sizing the initial hashmap to ensure good performance. ++ +A call to allow rehashing does not force a rehash; that might happen +with the next insert or delete. + `void hashmap_iter_init(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_iter *iter)`:: `void *hashmap_iter_next(struct hashmap_iter *iter)`:: `void *hashmap_iter_first(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_iter *iter)`:: |