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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt | 56 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-am.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-status.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitk.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/merge-strategies.txt | 4 |
7 files changed, 88 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt index 5dc11f405..98ec2103c 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.0.0.txt @@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ Updates since v1.9 series UI, Workflows & Features + * "git rebase" learned to interpret a lone "-" as "@{-1}", the + branch that we were previously on. + + * "git commit --cleanup=<mode>" learned a new mode, scissors. + * "git tag --list" output can be sorted using "version sort" with "--sort=version:refname". @@ -153,6 +158,57 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.9 in the maintenance track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' notes for details). + * "git repack" died when asked to (re)pack with the reachability + bitmap when a bitmap cannot be built; instead, just (re)pack + without producing a bitmap in such a case, with a warning. + (merge 373c67d jk/pack-bitmap later to maint). + + + * The progress output while repacking and transferring objects showed + an apparent large silence while writing the objects out of existing + packfiles, when the reachability bitmap was in use. + (merge 78d2214 jk/pack-bitmap-progress later to maint). + + + * A stray environment variable $prefix could have leaked into and + affected the behaviour of the "subtree" script (in contrib/). + + + * When it is not necessary to edit a commit log message (e.g. "git + commit -m" is given a message without specifying "-e"), we used to + disable the spawning of the editor by overriding GIT_EDITOR, but + this means all the uses of the editor, other than to edit the + commit log message, are also affected. + (merge b549be0 bp/commit-p-editor later to maint). + + + * "git mv" that moves a submodule forgot to adjust the array that + uses to keep track of which submodules were to be moved to update + its configuration. + (merge fb8a4e8 jk/mv-submodules-fix later to maint). + + * Length limit for the pathname used when removing a path in a deep + subdirectory has been removed to avoid buffer overflows. + (merge 2f29e0c mh/remove-subtree-long-pathname-fix later to maint). + + * The test helper lib-terminal always run an actual test_expect_* + when included, which screwed up with the use of skil-all that may + have to be done later. + (merge 7e27173 jk/lib-terminal-lazy later to maint). + + * "git index-pack" used a wrong variable to name the keep-file in an + error message when the file cannot be written or closed. + (merge de983a0 nd/index-pack-error-message later to maint). + + * "rebase -i" produced a broken insn sheet when the title of a commit + happened to contain '\n' (or ended with '\c') due to a careless use + of 'echo'. + (merge cb1aefd us/printf-not-echo later to maint). + + * There were a few instances of 'git-foo' remaining in the + documentation that should have been spelled 'git foo'. + (merge 3c3e6f5 rr/doc-merge-strategies later to maint). + * Serving objects from a shallow repository needs to write a new file to hold the temporary shallow boundaries but it was not cleaned when we exit due to die() or a signal. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 73c8973aa..c415aadbb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ Variables Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete. For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description -in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core -porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation. +in the appropriate manual page. + +Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When +inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their +names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and +other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation. + advice.*:: These variables control various optional help messages designed to diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index a2b97582f..9adce372e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet] - [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] + [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>] [(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...] 'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort) @@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this. program that applies the patch. +--patch-format:: + By default the command will try to detect the patch format + automatically. This option allows the user to bypass the automatic + detection and specify the patch format that the patch(es) should be + interpreted as. Valid formats are mbox, stgit, stgit-series and hg. + -i:: --interactive:: Run interactively. diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 7c42e9cab..429267abf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ OPTIONS --cleanup=<mode>:: This option determines how the supplied commit message should be cleaned up before committing. The '<mode>' can be `strip`, - `whitespace`, `verbatim`, or `default`. + `whitespace`, `verbatim`, `scissors` or `default`. + -- strip:: @@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ whitespace:: Same as `strip` except #commentary is not removed. verbatim:: Do not change the message at all. +scissors:: + Same as `whitespace`, except that everything from (and + including) the line + "`# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------`" + is truncated if the message is to be edited. "`#`" can be + customized with core.commentChar. default:: Same as `strip` if the message is to be edited. Otherwise `whitespace`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index a4acaa038..def635f57 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. OUTPUT ------ The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit -template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'. +template comment. The default, long format, is designed to be human readable, verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change at any time. diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index 1e9e38ae4..7e03fcc62 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -166,8 +166,14 @@ gitk --max-count=100 --all \-- Makefile:: Files ----- -Gitk creates the .gitk file in your $HOME directory to store preferences -such as display options, font, and colors. +User configuration and preferences are stored at: + +* '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' if it exists, otherwise +* '$HOME/.gitk' if it exists + +If neither of the above exist then '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' is created and +used by default. If '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is not set it defaults to +'$HOME/.config' in all cases. History ------- diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt index 350949810..7bbd19b30 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ MERGE STRATEGIES ---------------- -The merge mechanism ('git-merge' and 'git-pull' commands) allows the +The merge mechanism (`git merge` and `git pull` commands) allows the backend 'merge strategies' to be chosen with `-s` option. Some strategies can also take their own options, which can be passed by giving `-X<option>` -arguments to 'git-merge' and/or 'git-pull'. +arguments to `git merge` and/or `git pull`. resolve:: This can only resolve two heads (i.e. the current branch |