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* git-remote.txt: avoid sounding as if loose refs are the only ones in the worldJunio C Hamano2011-06-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It was correct to say "The file $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/master stores the commit object name at the tip of the master branch" in the older days, but not anymore, as refs can be packed into $GIT_DIR/packed-refs file. Update the document to talk in terms of a more abstract concept "ref" and "symbolic ref" where we are not describing the underlying implementation detail. This on purpose leaves two instances of $GIT_DIR/ in the git-remote documentation; they do talk about $GIT_DIR/remotes/ and $GIT_DIR/branches/ file hierarchy that used to be the place to store configuration around remotes before the configuration mechanism took them over. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git-remote.txt: fix wrong remote refspecNamhyung Kim2011-06-23
| | | | | | | | $GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/<branch> should be $GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/<name>/<branch>. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'jk/maint-remote-mirror-safer'Junio C Hamano2011-04-06
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | * jk/maint-remote-mirror-safer: remote: deprecate --mirror remote: separate the concept of push and fetch mirrors remote: disallow some nonsensical option combinations
| * remote: deprecate --mirrorJeff King2011-03-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The configuration created by plain --mirror is dangerous and useless, and we now have --mirror=fetch and --mirror=push to replace it. Let's warn the user. One alternative to this is to try to guess which type the user wants. In a non-bare repository, a fetch mirror doesn't make much sense, since it would overwrite local commits. But in a bare repository, you might use either type, or even both (e.g., if you are acting as an intermediate drop-point across two disconnected networks). So rather than try for complex heuristics, let's keep it simple. The user knows what they're trying to do, so let them tell us. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * remote: separate the concept of push and fetch mirrorsJeff King2011-03-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git-remote currently has one option, "--mirror", which sets up mirror configuration which can be used for either fetching or pushing. It looks like this: [remote "mirror"] url = wherever fetch = +refs/*:refs/* mirror = true However, a remote like this can be dangerous and confusing. Specifically: 1. If you issue the wrong command, it can be devastating. You are not likely to "push" when you meant to "fetch", but "git remote update" will try to fetch it, even if you intended the remote only for pushing. In either case, the results can be quite destructive. An unintended push will overwrite or delete remote refs, and an unintended fetch can overwrite local branches. 2. The tracking setup code can produce confusing results. The fetch refspec above means that "git checkout -b new master" will consider refs/heads/master to come from the remote "mirror", even if you only ever intend to push to the mirror. It will set up the "new" branch to track mirror's refs/heads/master. 3. The push code tries to opportunistically update tracking branches. If you "git push mirror foo:bar", it will see that we are updating mirror's refs/heads/bar, which corresponds to our local refs/heads/bar, and will update our local branch. To solve this, we split the concept into "push mirrors" and "fetch mirrors". Push mirrors set only remote.*.mirror, solving (2) and (3), and making an accidental fetch write only into FETCH_HEAD. Fetch mirrors set only the fetch refspec, meaning an accidental push will not force-overwrite or delete refs on the remote end. The new syntax is "--mirror=<fetch|push>". For compatibility, we keep "--mirror" as-is, setting up both types simultaneously. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pagesJeff King2011-03-11
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The point of these sections is generally to: 1. Give credit where it is due. 2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or file bug reports. But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody useless. So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section to give credit to the major contributors and point to shortlog and blame for more information. Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can follow that to the main git manpage.
* Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"Matthieu Moy2010-11-03
| | | | | | | | | One more step towards consistancy. We change the documentation and the C code in a single patch, since the only instances in the C code are in comment and usage strings. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking"Matthieu Moy2010-11-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "remote-tracking" branch makes it explicit that the branch is "tracking a remote", as opposed to "remote, and tracking something". See discussion in e.g. http://mid.gmane.org/8835ADF9-45E5-4A26-9F7F-A72ECC065BB2@gmail.com for more details. This patch is a straightforward application of perl -pi -e 's/remote tracking branch/remote-tracking branch/' except in the RelNotes directory. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Use parentheses and `...' where appropriateŠtěpán Němec2010-10-08
| | | | | | | | | Remove some stray usage of other bracket types and asterisks for the same purpose. Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Use angles for placeholders consistentlyŠtěpán Němec2010-10-08
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'jn/remote-set-branches'Junio C Hamano2010-06-18
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * jn/remote-set-branches: Add git remote set-branches Conflicts: builtin/remote.c
| * Add git remote set-branchesJonathan Nieder2010-05-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add ‘git remote set-branches’ for changing the list of tracked refs for a remote repository with one "porcelain-level" command. This complements the longstanding ‘git remote add --track’ option. The interface is based on the ‘git remote set-url’ subcommand. git remote set-branches base --add C git remote set-branches base A B D git remote set-branches base --delete D; # not implemented Suggested-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | remote add: add a --[no-]tags optionSamuel Tardieu2010-04-19
|/ | | | | | | | | Add '--[no-]tags' options to 'git remote add' which add the 'remote.REMOTE.tagopt = --[no-]tags' to the configuration file. This mimics the "--tags" and "--no-tags" options of "git fetch". Signed-off-by: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'il/remote-updates'Junio C Hamano2010-01-22
|\ | | | | | | | | * il/remote-updates: Add git remote set-url
| * Add git remote set-urlIlari Liusvaara2010-01-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add 'git remote set-url' for changing URL of remote repository with one "porcelain-level" command. Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughoutThomas Rast2010-01-10
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The documentation was quite inconsistent when spelling 'git cmd' if it only refers to the program, not to some specific invocation syntax: both 'git-cmd' and 'git cmd' spellings exist. The current trend goes towards dashless forms, and there is precedent in 647ac70 (git-svn.txt: stop using dash-form of commands., 2009-07-07) to actively eliminate the dashed variants. Replace 'git-cmd' with 'git cmd' throughout, except where git-shell, git-cvsserver, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack, and git-upload-archive are concerned, because those really live in the $PATH.
* git remote: Separate usage strings for subcommandsTim Henigan2009-11-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | When the usage string for a subcommand must be printed, only print the information relevant to that command. This commit also removes the complete options list from the first line of the subcommand usage string. Instead, individual options are documented in the detailed description following the general usage line. Signed-off-by: Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Fix typos in git-remote.txt and git-symbolic-ref.txtŠtěpán Němec2009-08-10
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git remote update: Fallback to remote if group does not existFinn Arne Gangstad2009-04-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Previously, git remote update <remote> would fail unless there was a remote group configured with the same name as the remote. git remote update will now fall back to using the remote if no matching group can be found. This enables "git remote update -p <remote>..." to fetch and prune one or more remotes, for example. Signed-off-by: Finn Arne Gangstad <finnag@pvv.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git remote update: New option --pruneFinn Arne Gangstad2009-04-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | With the --prune (or -p) option, git remote update will also prune all the remotes that it fetches. Previously, you had to do a manual git remote prune <remote> for each of the remotes you wanted to prune, and this could be tedious with many remotes. A single command will now update a set of remotes, and remove all stale branches: git remote update -p [group] Signed-off-by: Finn Arne Gangstad <finnag@pvv.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* builtin-remote: add set-head subcommandJay Soffian2009-02-27
| | | | | | | | | | | Provide a porcelain command for setting and deleting $GIT_DIR/remotes/<remote>/HEAD. While we're at it, document what $GIT_DIR/remotes/<remote>/HEAD is all about. Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git-remote: document the migration feature of the rename subcommandMiklos Vajna2008-11-11
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Implement git remote renameMiklos Vajna2008-11-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The new rename subcommand does the followings: 1) Renames the remote.foo configuration section to remote.bar 2) Updates the remote.bar.fetch refspecs 3) Updates the branch.*.remote settings 4) Renames the tracking branches: renames the normal refs and rewrites the symrefs to point to the new refs. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* manpages: italicize command names in synopsesJonathan Nieder2008-07-05
| | | | | | | To tell command names from options in a glance. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: more "git-" versus "git " changesJonathan Nieder2008-07-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | With git-commands moving out of $(bindir), it is useful to make a clearer distinction between the git subcommand 'git-whatever' and the command you type, `git whatever <options>`. So we use a dash after "git" when referring to the former and not the latter. I already sent a patch doing this same thing, but I missed some spots. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: be consistent about "git-" versus "git "Jonathan Nieder2008-07-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since the git-* commands are not installed in $(bindir), using "git-command <parameters>" in examples in the documentation is not a good idea. On the other hand, it is nice to be able to refer to each command using one hyphenated word. (There is no escaping it, anyway: man page names cannot have spaces in them.) This patch retains the dash in naming an operation, command, program, process, or action. Complete command lines that can be entered at a shell (i.e., without options omitted) are made to use the dashless form. The changes consist only of replacing some spaces with hyphens and vice versa. After a "s/ /-/g", the unpatched and patched versions are identical. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* remote prune: print the list of pruned branchesOlivier Marin2008-06-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This command is really too quiet which make it unconfortable to use. Also implement a --dry-run option, in place of the original -n one, to list stale tracking branches that will be pruned, but do not actually prune them. Add a test case for --dry-run. Signed-off-by: Olivier Marin <dkr@freesurf.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* remote show: fix the -n optionOlivier Marin2008-06-10
| | | | | | | | | | | The perl version accepted a -n flag, to show local informations only without querying remote heads, that seems to have been lost in the C revrite. This restores the older behaviour and add a test case. Signed-off-by: Olivier Marin <dkr@freesurf.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Docs: add some long/short optionsStephan Beyer2008-06-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | Namely: git-clean.txt: --dry-run --quiet git-count-objects.txt: --verbose git-quiltimport.txt: -n git-remote.txt: -v --verbose Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* documentation: move git(7) to git(1)Christian Couder2008-06-06
| | | | | | | | As the "git" man page describes the "git" command at the end-user level, it seems better to move it to man section 1. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Manual subsection to refer to other pages is SEE ALSOJunio C Hamano2008-05-28
| | | | | | Consistently say so in all caps as it is customary to do so. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Add a remote.*.mirror configuration optionPaolo Bonzini2008-04-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds a remote.*.mirror configuration option that, when set, automatically puts git-push in --mirror mode for that remote. Furthermore, the option is set automatically by `git remote add --mirror'. The code in remote.c to parse remote.*.skipdefaultupdate had a subtle problem: a comment in the code indicated that special care was needed for boolean options, but this care was not used in parsing the option. Since I was touching related code, I did this fix too. [jc: and I further fixed up the "ignore boolean" code.] Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git-remote documentation: fix synopsis to match descriptionJörg Sommer2008-02-03
| | | | | | | | In the text, the argument of -m is <master> which should be used in the command synopsis, too. Signed-off-by: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: rename gitlink macro to linkgitDan McGee2008-01-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Between AsciiDoc 8.2.2 and 8.2.3, the following change was made to the stock Asciidoc configuration: @@ -149,7 +153,10 @@ # Inline macros. # Backslash prefix required for escape processing. # (?s) re flag for line spanning. -(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>\w(\w|-)*?):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + +# Explicit so they can be nested. +(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>(http|https|ftp|file|mailto|callto|image|link)):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + # Anchor: [[[id]]]. Bibliographic anchor. (?su)[\\]?\[\[\[(?P<attrlist>[\w][\w-]*?)\]\]\]=anchor3 # Anchor: [[id,xreflabel]] This default regex now matches explicit values, and unfortunately in this case gitlink was being matched by just 'link', causing the wrong inline macro template to be applied. By renaming the macro, we can avoid being matched by the wrong regex. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano2007-11-19
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: Documentation: Fix references to deprecated commands user-manual: mention "..." in "Generating diffs", etc. user-manual: Add section "Why bisecting merge commits can be harder ..." git-remote.txt: fix example url
| * git-remote.txt: fix example urlJ. Bruce Fields2007-11-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | If I'm going to use a real example as a URL, I suppose I should get it right.... Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
* | Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano2007-11-14
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: git-clean: honor core.excludesfile Documentation: Fix man page breakage with DocBook XSL v1.72 git-remote.txt: fix typo core-tutorial.txt: Fix argument mistake in an example. replace reference to git-rm with git-reset in git-commit doc Grammar fixes for gitattributes documentation Don't allow fast-import tree delta chains to exceed maximum depth revert/cherry-pick: allow starting from dirty work tree. t/t3404: fix test for a bogus todo file. Conflicts: fast-import.c
| * git-remote.txt: fix typoSergei Organov2007-11-14
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | remote: document the 'rm' subcommandJames Bowes2007-09-18
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Teach "git remote" a mirror modeJohannes Schindelin2007-09-03
|/ | | | | | | | | | | When using the "--mirror" option to "git remote add", the refs will not be stored in the refs/remotes/ namespace, but in the same location as on the remote side. This option probably only makes sense in a bare repository. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano2007-06-30
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: Correct the name of NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER in the comment describing it. git-remote: document -n repack: improve documentation on -a option
| * git-remote: document -nSam Vilain2007-06-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The 'show' and 'prune' commands accept an option '-n'; document what it does. Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | War on whitespaceJunio C Hamano2007-06-07
|/ | | | | | | | | This uses "git-apply --whitespace=strip" to fix whitespace errors that have crept in to our source files over time. There are a few files that need to have trailing whitespaces (most notably, test vectors). The results still passes the test, and build result in Documentation/ area is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: fix typo in git-remote.txtJames Bowes2007-05-05
| | | | | Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano2007-02-28
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: Start preparing Release Notes for 1.5.0.3 Documentation: git-remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] name url Include config.mak in doc/Makefile git.el: Set the default commit coding system from the repository config. git-archimport: support empty summaries, put summary on a single line. http-push.c::lock_remote(): validate all remote refs. git-cvsexportcommit: don't cleanup .msg if not yet committed to cvs.
| * Documentation: git-remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] name urlJunio C Hamano2007-02-28
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* | Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano2007-02-26
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: GIT 1.5.0.2 git-remote: support remotes with a dot in the name Documentation: describe "-f/-t/-m" options to "git-remote add" diff --cc: fix display of symlink conflicts during a merge.
| * Documentation: describe "-f/-t/-m" options to "git-remote add"Junio C Hamano2007-02-25
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* | Allow git-remote to update named groups of remotesTheodore Ts'o2007-02-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In response to a feature request from Shawn Pearce, this patch allows a user to update a named group of remotes by using "git remote update <group>", where the group is defined in the config file by remotes.<group>. The default if the named group is not specified is now fetched group remotes.default, instead of remote.fetch, which is what had been previously used. In addition, if remotes.default is not defined, all remotes defined in the config file will be used, as before, but there is now also possible to request that a particular repository to be skipped by default by using the boolean configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* | Teach git-remote to update existing remotes by fetching from themTheodore Ts'o2007-02-19
|/ | | | | | | | This allows users to use the command "git remote update" to update all remotes that are being tracked in the repository. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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