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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt | 60 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-stash.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt | 10 |
14 files changed, 143 insertions, 42 deletions
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.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt index d260b0372..ee141c19a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt @@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 * Unnecessary inefficiency in deepening of a shallow repository has been removed. + * "git clone" does not grab objects that it does not need (i.e. + referenced only from refs outside refs/heads and refs/tags + hierarchy) anymore. + * The "git" main binary used to link with libcurl, which then dragged in a large number of external libraries. When using basic plumbing commands in scripts, this unnecessarily slowed things down. We now @@ -154,18 +158,12 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 * With GIT_TEST_OPTS="--root=/p/a/t/h", tests can be run outside the source directory; using tmpfs may give faster turnaround. + * With NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER set, DESTDIR= is now honoured, so you can + build for one location, and install into another location to tar it + up. Fixes since v1.6.4 ------------------ -# All of the fixes in v1.6.4.X maintenance series are included in this -# release, unless otherwise noted. - -# Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to -# v1.6.4.X series. - --- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.5-rc1-44-ga16753d -echo O=$(git describe master) -git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint +All of the fixes in v1.6.4.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5f1fecb5e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +GIT v1.6.6 Release Notes +======================== + +In git 1.7.0, which is planned to be the release after 1.6.6, "git +push" into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by +default. + +You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the +configuration variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving +repository. + +Also, "git push $there :$killed" to delete the branch $killed in a remote +repository $there, when $killed branch is the current branch pointed at by +its HEAD, will be refused by default. + +You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the +configuration variable receive.denyDeleteCurrent in the receiving +repository. + +To ease the transition plan, the receiving repository of such a +push running this release will issue a big warning when the +configuration variable is missing. Please refer to: + + http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare + http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007 + +for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the +transition plan. + +Updates since v1.6.5 +-------------------- + +(subsystems) + +(portability) + +(performance) + +(usability, bells and whistles) + + * "git log --decorate" shows the location of HEAD as well. + +(developers) + +Fixes since v1.6.5 +------------------ + +All of the fixes in v1.6.5.X maintenance series are included in this +release, unless otherwise noted. + + * "git apply" and "git diff" (including patch output from "git log -p") + now flags trailing blank lines as whitespace errors correctly (only + "apply --whitespace=fix" stripped them but "apply --whitespace=warn" + did not even warn). + + * Two whitespace error classes, 'blank-at-eof' and 'blank-at-eol', have + been introduced (settable by core.whitespace configuration variable and + whitespace attribute). The 'trailing-space' whitespace error class has + become a short-hand to cover both of these and there is no behaviour + change for existing set-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index be0b8caca..5a8f57cbf 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 @@ -539,7 +543,7 @@ branch.<name>.merge:: branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and - supported options are equal to that of linkgit:git-merge[1], but + supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but option values containing whitespace characters are currently not supported. diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index aad71dc59..0e836809c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ 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). -In the command's second form, a new branch named <branchname> will be created. -It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>. -If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head -equal to that of the currently checked out branch. +The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname> +which points to the current 'HEAD', or <start-point> if given. Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the @@ -134,11 +132,13 @@ start-point is either a local or remote branch. --contains <commit>:: Only list branches which contain the specified commit. ---merged:: - Only list branches which are fully contained by HEAD. +--merged [<commit>]:: + Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the + specified commit (HEAD if not specified). ---no-merged:: - Do not list branches which are fully contained by HEAD. +--no-merged [<commit>]:: + Only list branches whose tips are not reachable from the + specified commit (HEAD if not specified). <branchname>:: The name of the branch to create or delete. @@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ start-point is either a local or remote branch. may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. <start-point>:: - The new branch will be created with a HEAD equal to this. It may - be given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag. If this option - is omitted, the current branch is assumed. + The new branch head will point to this commit. It may be + given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag. If this + option is omitted, the current HEAD will be used instead. <oldbranch>:: The name of an existing branch to rename. @@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1], linkgit:git-fetch[1], -linkgit:git-remote[1]. +linkgit:git-remote[1], +link:user-manual.html#what-is-a-branch[``Understanding history: What is +a branch?''] in the Git User's Manual. Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index aacf4fd32..5ebcba1c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ DESCRIPTION Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository -(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out an initial -branch equal to the cloned repository's currently active branch. +(visible using `git branch -r`), and creates and checks out an +initial branch that is forked from the cloned repository's +currently active branch. After the clone, a plain `git fetch` without arguments will update all the remote-tracking branches, and a `git pull` without diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 32ea8564a..2b40babb6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--index-filter <command>] [--parent-filter <command>] [--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>] [--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>] + [--prune-empty] [--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force] [--] [<rev-list options>...] diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt index 1c24796d6..a586950b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Takes the list of merged objects on stdin and produces a suitable commit message to be used for the merge commit, usually to be passed as the '<merge-message>' argument of 'git-merge'. -This script is intended mostly for internal use by scripts -automatically invoking 'git-merge'. +This command is intended mostly for internal use by scripts +automatically invoking 'git merge'. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index af68d694a..d05f32446 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ OPTIONS include::merge-options.txt[] -m <msg>:: - The commit message to be used for the merge commit (in case - it is created). The 'git-fmt-merge-msg' script can be used - to give a good default for automated 'git-merge' invocations. + Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in + case one is created). The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be + used to give a good default for automated 'git merge' + invocations. <remote>...:: Other branch heads to merge into our branch. You need at @@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ include::merge-config.txt[] branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and - supported options are equal to that of 'git-merge', but option values - containing whitespace characters are currently not supported. + supported options are the same as those of 'git merge', but option + values containing whitespace characters are currently not supported. HOW MERGE WORKS --------------- 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 20b573e37..d11c5c165 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: +* link:v1.6.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5] + +* release notes for + 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] * release notes for diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 572374f7a..43d84d15e 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -456,6 +456,6 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'". [[def_working_tree]]working tree:: - The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree is - normally equal to the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> plus any local changes - that you have made but not yet committed. + The tree of actual checked out files. The working tree normally + contains the contents of the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> commit's tree, + plus any local changes that you have made but not yet committed. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt b/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt index 48bb97f0b..53aa0c82c 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt @@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ compared, but this is not enabled by default because this member is not stable on network filesystems. With `USE_NSEC` compile-time option, `st_mtim.tv_nsec` and `st_ctim.tv_nsec` members are also compared, but this is not enabled by default -because the value of this member becomes meaningless once the -inode is evicted from the inode cache on filesystems that do not -store it on disk. - +because in-core timestamps can have finer granularity than +on-disk timestamps, resulting in meaningless changes when an +inode is evicted from the inode cache. See commit 8ce13b0 +of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git +([PATCH] Sync in core time granuality with filesystems, +2005-01-04). Racy git -------- |