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Junio C Hamano
1c52ecf4ba Git 2.30-rc0
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-12-14 10:30:05 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
aa35dadb26 Merge branch 'ae/doc-reproducible-html'
Newer versions of xsltproc can assign IDs in HTML documents it
generates in a consistent manner.  Use the feature to help format
HTML version of the user manual reproducibly.

* ae/doc-reproducible-html:
  doc: make HTML manual reproducible
2020-12-14 10:21:37 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
c9f1f4412c Merge branch 'so/glossary-branch-is-not-necessarily-active'
The glossary described a branch as an "active" line of development,
which is misleading---a stale and non-moving branch is still a
branch.

* so/glossary-branch-is-not-necessarily-active:
  glossary: improve "branch" definition
2020-12-14 10:21:37 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
78abcff222 Merge branch 'dd/help-autocorrect-never'
"git $cmd $args", when $cmd is not a recognised subcommand, by
default tries to see if $cmd is a typo of an existing subcommand
and optionally executes the corrected command if there is only one
possibility, depending on the setting of help.autocorrect; the
users can now disable the whole thing, including the cycles spent
to find a likely typo, by setting the configuration variable to
'never'.

* dd/help-autocorrect-never:
  help.c: help.autocorrect=never means "do not compute suggestions"
2020-12-14 10:21:36 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
3cf59784d4 Eleventh batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-12-08 15:11:22 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
90051e5b5e Merge branch 'sn/config-doc-typofix'
Fix for an old typo.

* sn/config-doc-typofix:
  config.txt: fix a typo (backslash != backquote)
2020-12-08 15:11:22 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
5dfb976460 Merge branch 'ma/grep-init-default'
Code clean-up.

* ma/grep-init-default:
  MyFirstObjectWalk: drop `init_walken_defaults()`
  grep: copy struct in one fell swoop
  grep: use designated initializers for `grep_defaults`
  grep: don't set up a "default" repo for grep
2020-12-08 15:11:20 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
01b8886a62 Merge branch 'js/trace2-session-id'
The transport layer was taught to optionally exchange the session
ID assigned by the trace2 subsystem during fetch/push transactions.

* js/trace2-session-id:
  receive-pack: log received client session ID
  send-pack: advertise session ID in capabilities
  upload-pack, serve: log received client session ID
  fetch-pack: advertise session ID in capabilities
  transport: log received server session ID
  serve: advertise session ID in v2 capabilities
  receive-pack: advertise session ID in v0 capabilities
  upload-pack: advertise session ID in v0 capabilities
  trace2: add a public function for getting the SID
  docs: new transfer.advertiseSID option
  docs: new capability to advertise session IDs
2020-12-08 15:11:20 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
a10e7842ab Merge branch 'ds/config-literal-value'
Various subcommands of "git config" that takes value_regex
learn the "--literal-value" option to take the value_regex option
as a literal string.

* ds/config-literal-value:
  config doc: value-pattern is not necessarily a regexp
  config: implement --fixed-value with --get*
  config: plumb --fixed-value into config API
  config: add --fixed-value option, un-implemented
  t1300: add test for --replace-all with value-pattern
  t1300: test "set all" mode with value-pattern
  config: replace 'value_regex' with 'value_pattern'
  config: convert multi_replace to flags
2020-12-08 15:11:19 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
1bc550effe Merge branch 'ps/update-ref-multi-transaction'
"git update-ref --stdin" learns to take multiple transactions in a
single session.

* ps/update-ref-multi-transaction:
  update-ref: disallow "start" for ongoing transactions
  p1400: use `git-update-ref --stdin` to test multiple transactions
  update-ref: allow creation of multiple transactions
  t1400: avoid touching refs on filesystem
2020-12-08 15:11:17 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
2aeafbc896 Merge branch 'jt/trace-error-on-warning'
Like die() and error(), a call to warning() will also trigger a
trace2 event.

* jt/trace-error-on-warning:
  usage: add trace2 entry upon warning()
2020-12-08 15:11:17 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
3a0b884cab Tenth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-12-03 00:18:07 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
e89ecfbb13 Merge branch 'ab/retire-parse-remote'
"git-parse-remote" shell script library outlived its usefulness.

* ab/retire-parse-remote:
  submodule: fix fetch_in_submodule logic
  parse-remote: remove this now-unused library
  submodule: remove sh function in favor of helper
  submodule: use "fetch" logic instead of custom remote discovery
2020-12-03 00:18:06 -08:00
Arnout Engelen
3569e11d69 doc: make HTML manual reproducible
Versions of docbook-xsl newer than 1.79.1 allows xsltproc to assign
IDs to nodes in the generated HTML consistently, to make the output
resulting from the same source stable and reproducible.

Pass the generate.consistent.ids parameter from the command line to
ask for this feature.  Older versions of the tool simply ignores the
parameter and produces their output the same way as before this
change, so there is no need to check for toolchain version.

Signed-off-by: Arnout Engelen <arnout@bzzt.net>
Helped-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Helped-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-12-02 18:33:34 -08:00
Sergey Organov
eef1ceabd8 glossary: improve "branch" definition
The old phrasing is at least questionable, if not wrong, as there are
a lot of branches out there that didn't see active development for
years, yet they are still branches, ready to become active again any
time.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-12-02 14:53:42 -08:00
Štěpán Němec
e63d774242 config.txt: fix a typo (backslash != backquote)
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-12-01 13:31:55 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
72ffeb997e Ninth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-30 14:49:45 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
3d8f81f21b Merge branch 'sa/credential-store-timeout'
Multiple "credential-store" backends can race to lock the same
file, causing everybody else but one to fail---reattempt locking
with some timeout to reduce the rate of the failure.

* sa/credential-store-timeout:
  crendential-store: use timeout when locking file
2020-11-30 14:49:45 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
b94b1f9af8 Merge branch 'jc/do-not-just-explain-but-update-your-patch'
Expectation for the original contributor after responding to a
review comment to use the explanation in a patch update has been
described.

* jc/do-not-just-explain-but-update-your-patch:
  MyFirstContribition: answering questions is not the end of the story
2020-11-30 14:49:43 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
1c04cdd424 Merge branch 'ab/gc-keep-base-option'
Fix an option name in "gc" documentation.

* ab/gc-keep-base-option:
  gc: rename keep_base_pack variable for --keep-largest-pack
  gc docs: change --keep-base-pack to --keep-largest-pack
2020-11-30 14:49:43 -08:00
Martin Ågren
3bf97e1270 MyFirstObjectWalk: drop init_walken_defaults()
In a recent commit, we stopped calling `init_grep_defaults()` from this
function. Thus, by the end of the tutorial, we still haven't added any
contents to this function. Let's remove it for simplicity.

Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-30 13:55:54 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
e67fbf927d Eighth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-25 15:24:54 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
c902618795 config doc: value-pattern is not necessarily a regexp
The introductory part of the "git config --help" mentions the
optional value-pattern argument, but give no hint that it can be
something other than a regular expression (worse, it just says
"POSIX regexp", which usually means BRE but the regexp the command
takes is ERE).  Also, it needs to be documented that the '!' prefix
to negate the match, which is only mentioned in this part of the
document, works only with regexp and not with the --fixed-value.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-25 15:01:31 -08:00
Derrick Stolee
fda43942d7 config: add --fixed-value option, un-implemented
The 'git config' builtin takes a 'value-pattern' parameter for several
actions. This can cause confusion when expecting exact value matches
instead of regex matches, especially when the input string contains
metacharacters. While callers can escape the patterns themselves, it
would be more friendly to allow an argument to disable the pattern
matching in favor of an exact string match.

Add a new '--fixed-value' option that does not currently change the
behavior. The implementation will be filled in by later changes for
each appropriate action. For now, check and test that --fixed-value
will abort the command when included with an incompatible action or
without a 'value-pattern' argument.

The name '--fixed-value' was chosen over something simpler like
'--fixed' because some commands allow regular expressions on the
key in addition to the value.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-25 14:43:48 -08:00
Derrick Stolee
247e2f822e config: replace 'value_regex' with 'value_pattern'
The 'value_regex' argument in the 'git config' builtin is poorly named,
especially related to an upcoming change that allows exact string
matches instead of ERE pattern matches.

Perform a mostly mechanical change of every instance of 'value_regex' to
'value_pattern' in the codebase. This is only critical for documentation
and error messages, but it is best to be consistent inside the codebase,
too.

For documentation, use 'value-pattern' which is better punctuation. This
affects Documentation/git-config.txt and the usage in builtin/config.c,
which was already mixed between 'value_regex' and 'value-regex'.

I gave some thought to leaving the value_regex variables inside config.c
that are regex_t pointers. However, it is probably best to keep the name
consistent with the rest of the variables.

This does not update the translations inside the po/ directory, as that
creates conflicts with ongoing work. The input strings should
automatically update through automation, and a few of the output strings
currently use "[value_regex]" directly.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-25 14:43:48 -08:00
Drew DeVault
644bb953ce help.c: help.autocorrect=never means "do not compute suggestions"
While help.autocorrect can be set to 0 to decline auto-execution of
possibly mistyped commands, it still spends cycles to compute the
suggestions, and it wastes screen real estate.

Update help.autocorrect to accept the string "never" to just exit
with error upon mistyped commands to help users who prefer to never
see suggested corrections at all.

While at it, introduce "immediate" as a more readable way to
immediately execute the auto-corrected command, which can be done
with negative value.

Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-25 13:02:15 -08:00
Simão Afonso
df7f915fb6 crendential-store: use timeout when locking file
When holding the lock for rewriting the credential file, use a timeout
to avoid race conditions when the credentials file needs to be updated
in parallel.

An example would be doing `fetch --all` on a repository with several
remotes that need credentials, using parallel fetching.

The timeout can be configured using "credentialStore.lockTimeoutMS",
defaulting to 1 second.

Signed-off-by: Simão Afonso <simao.afonso@powertools-tech.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-25 12:30:18 -08:00
Jonathan Tan
0ee10fd129 usage: add trace2 entry upon warning()
Emit a trace2 error event whenever warning() is called, just like when
die(), error(), or usage() is called.

This helps debugging issues that would trigger warnings but not errors.
In particular, this might have helped debugging an issue I encountered
with commit graphs at $DAYJOB [1].

There is a tradeoff between including potentially relevant messages and
cluttering up the trace output produced. I think that warning() messages
should be included in traces, because by its nature, Git is used over
multiple invocations of the Git tool, and a failure (currently traced)
in a Git invocation might be caused by an unexpected interaction in a
previous Git invocation that only has a warning (currently untraced) as
a symptom - as is the case in [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200629220744.1054093-1-jonathantanmy@google.com/

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-24 17:39:38 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
a6d8d11036 MyFirstContribition: answering questions is not the end of the story
A review exchange may begin with a reviewer asking "what did you
mean by this phrase in your log message (or here in the doc)?", the
author answering what was meant, and then the reviewer saying "ah,
that is what you meant---then the flow of the logic makes sense".

But that is not the happy end of the story.  New contributors often
forget that the material that has been reviewed in the above exchange
is still unclear in the same way to the next person who reads it,
until it gets updated.

While we are in the vicinity, rephrase the verb "request" used to
refer to comments by reviewers to "suggest"---this matches the
contrast between "original" and "suggested" that appears later in
the same paragraph, and more importantly makes it clearer that it is
not like authors are to please reviewers' wishes but rather
reviewers are merely helping authors to polish their commits.

Reviewed-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-24 14:11:17 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
b291b0a628 Seventh batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-21 15:14:39 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
0dd171f0bc Merge branch 'jk/rev-parse-end-of-options'
"git rev-parse" learned the "--end-of-options" to help scripts to
safely take a parameter that is supposed to be a revision, e.g.
"git rev-parse --verify -q --end-of-options $rev".

* jk/rev-parse-end-of-options:
  rev-parse: handle --end-of-options
  rev-parse: put all options under the "-" check
  rev-parse: don't accept options after dashdash
2020-11-21 15:14:38 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
473c6224c6 Merge branch 'jc/format-patch-name-max'
The maximum length of output filenames "git format-patch" creates
has become configurable (used to be capped at 64).

* jc/format-patch-name-max:
  format-patch: make output filename configurable
2020-11-21 15:14:38 -08:00
Martin Ågren
96313423a7 grep: use designated initializers for grep_defaults
In 15fabd1bbd ("builtin/grep.c: make configuration callback more
reusable", 2012-10-09), we learned to fill a `static struct grep_opt
grep_defaults` which we can use as a blueprint for other such structs.

At the time, we didn't consider designated initializers to be widely
useable, but these days, we do. (See, e.g., cbc0f81d96 ("strbuf: use
designated initializers in STRBUF_INIT", 2017-07-10).)

Use designated initializers to let the compiler set up the struct and so
that we don't need to remember to call `init_grep_defaults()`.

Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-21 14:50:33 -08:00
Martin Ågren
1d3878799f grep: don't set up a "default" repo for grep
`init_grep_defaults()` fills a `static struct grep_opt grep_defaults`.
This struct is then used by `grep_init()` as a blueprint for other such
structs. Notably, `grep_init()` takes a `struct repo *` and assigns it
into the target struct.

As a result, it is unnecessary for us to take a `struct repo *` in
`init_grep_defaults()` as well. We assign it into the default struct and
never look at it again. And in light of how we return early if we have
already set up the default struct, it's not just unnecessary, but is
also a bit confusing: If we are called twice and with different repos,
is it a bug or a feature that we ignore the second repo?

Drop the repo parameter for `init_grep_defaults()`.

Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-21 14:50:29 -08:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
db5368b846 gc docs: change --keep-base-pack to --keep-largest-pack
The --keep-base-pack option never existed in git.git. It was the name
for the --keep-largest-pack option in earlier revisions of that series
before it landed as ae4e89e549 ("gc: add --keep-largest-pack option",
2018-04-15).

The later patches in that series[1][2] weren't changed to also refer
to --keep-largest-pack, so we've had this reference to a nonexisting
option ever since the feature initially landed.

1. 55dfe13df9 ("gc: add gc.bigPackThreshold config", 2018-04-15)

2. 9806f5a7bf ("gc --auto: exclude base pack if not enough mem to
   "repack -ad"", 2018-04-15)

Reported-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-21 11:39:55 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
faefdd61ec Sixth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-18 13:33:25 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
3f6dc9c366 Merge branch 'pb/blame-funcname-range-userdiff'
"git blame -L :funcname -- path" did not work well for a path for
which a userdiff driver is defined.

* pb/blame-funcname-range-userdiff:
  blame: simplify 'setup_blame_bloom_data' interface
  blame: simplify 'setup_scoreboard' interface
  blame: enable funcname blaming with userdiff driver
  line-log: mention both modes in 'blame' and 'log' short help
  doc: add more pointers to gitattributes(5) for userdiff
  blame-options.txt: also mention 'funcname' in '-L' description
  doc: line-range: improve formatting
  doc: log, gitk: move '-L' description to 'line-range-options.txt'
2020-11-18 13:32:53 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
7660da1618 Merge branch 'ds/maintenance-part-3'
Parts of "git maintenance" to ease writing crontab entries (and
other scheduling system configuration) for it.

* ds/maintenance-part-3:
  maintenance: add troubleshooting guide to docs
  maintenance: use 'incremental' strategy by default
  maintenance: create maintenance.strategy config
  maintenance: add start/stop subcommands
  maintenance: add [un]register subcommands
  for-each-repo: run subcommands on configured repos
  maintenance: add --schedule option and config
  maintenance: optionally skip --auto process
2020-11-18 13:32:53 -08:00
Patrick Steinhardt
262a4d28fe update-ref: allow creation of multiple transactions
While git-update-ref has recently grown commands which allow interactive
control of transactions in e48cf33b61 (update-ref: implement interactive
transaction handling, 2020-04-02), it is not yet possible to create
multiple transactions in a single session. To do so, one currently still
needs to invoke the executable multiple times.

This commit addresses this shortcoming by allowing the "start" command
to create a new transaction if the current transaction has already been
either committed or aborted.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-16 13:44:01 -08:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
a89a2fbfcc parse-remote: remove this now-unused library
The previous two commits removed the last use of a function in this
library, but most of it had been dead code for a while[1][2]. Only the
"get_default_remote" function was still being used.

Even though we had a manual page for this library it was never
intended (or I expect, actually) used outside of git.git. Let's just
remove it, if anyone still cares about a function here they can pull
them into their own project[3].

1. Last use of error_on_missing_default_upstream():
   d03ebd411c ("rebase: remove the rebase.useBuiltin setting",
   2019-03-18)

2. Last use of get_remote_merge_branch(): 49eb8d39c7 ("Remove
   contrib/examples/*", 2018-03-25)

3. https://lore.kernel.org/git/87a6vmhdka.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-16 13:19:30 -08:00
Josh Steadmon
81bd549010 docs: new transfer.advertiseSID option
Document a new config option that allows users to determine whether or
not to advertise their session IDs to remote Git clients and servers.

Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-11 18:26:52 -08:00
Josh Steadmon
f5cdbe485f docs: new capability to advertise session IDs
In future patches, we will add the ability for Git servers and clients
to advertise unique session IDs via protocol capabilities. This
allows for easier debugging when both client and server logs are
available.

Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-11 18:26:52 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
e31aba42fb Fifth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-11 13:18:40 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
8d9e92b06b Merge branch 'mc/typofix'
Docfix.

* mc/typofix:
  doc: fixing two trivial typos in Documentation/
2020-11-11 13:18:38 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
ee13bebbd5 Merge branch 'jc/abbrev-doc'
The documentation on the "--abbrev=<n>" option did not say the
output may be longer than "<n>" hexdigits, which has been
clarified.

* jc/abbrev-doc:
  doc: clarify that --abbrev=<n> is about the minimum length
2020-11-11 13:18:38 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
c5a802f0ce Merge branch 'so/format-patch-doc-on-default-diff-format'
Docfix.

* so/format-patch-doc-on-default-diff-format:
  doc/diff-options: fix out of place mentions of '--patch/-p'
2020-11-11 13:18:37 -08:00
Jeff King
3a1f91cfd9 rev-parse: handle --end-of-options
We taught rev-list a new way to separate options from revisions in
19e8789b23 (revision: allow --end-of-options to end option parsing,
2019-08-06), but rev-parse uses its own parser. It should know about
--end-of-options not only for consistency, but because it may be
presented with similarly ambiguous cases. E.g., if a caller does:

  git rev-parse "$rev" -- "$path"

to parse an untrusted input, then it will get confused if $rev contains
an option-like string like "--local-env-vars". Or even "--not-real",
which we'd keep as an option to pass along to rev-list.

Or even more importantly:

  git rev-parse --verify "$rev"

can be confused by options, even though its purpose is safely parsing
untrusted input. On the plus side, it will always fail the --verify
part, as it will not have parsed a revision, so the caller will
generally "fail closed" rather than continue to use the untrusted
string. But it will still trigger whatever option was in "$rev"; this
should be mostly harmless, since rev-parse options are all read-only,
but I didn't carefully audit all paths.

This patch lets callers write:

  git rev-parse --end-of-options "$rev" -- "$path"

and:

  git rev-parse --verify --end-of-options "$rev"

which will both treat "$rev" always as a revision parameter. The latter
is a bit clunky. It would be nicer if we had defined "--verify" to
require that its next argument be the revision. But we have not
historically done so, and:

  git rev-parse --verify -q "$rev"

does currently work. I added a test here to confirm that we didn't break
that.

A few implementation notes:

 - We don't document --end-of-options explicitly in commands, but rather
   in gitcli(7). So I didn't give it its own section in git-rev-parse(1).
   But I did call it out specifically in the --verify section, and
   include it in the examples, which should show best practices.

 - We don't have to re-indent the main option-parsing block, because we
   can combine our "did we see end of options" check with "does it start
   with a dash". The exception is the pre-setup options, which need
   their own block.

 - We do however have to pull the "--" parsing out of the "does it start
   with dash" block, because we want to parse it even if we've seen
   --end-of-options.

 - We'll leave "--end-of-options" in the output. This is probably not
   technically necessary, as a careful caller will do:

     git rev-parse --end-of-options $revs -- $paths

   and anything in $revs will be resolved to an object id. However, it
   does help a slightly less careful caller like:

     git rev-parse --end-of-options $revs_or_paths

   where a path "--foo" will remain in the output as long as it also
   exists on disk. In that case, it's helpful to retain --end-of-options
   to get passed along to rev-list, s it would otherwise see just
   "--foo".

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-10 13:46:27 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
3baf58bfb4 format-patch: make output filename configurable
For the past 15 years, we've used the hardcoded 64 as the length
limit of the filename of the output from the "git format-patch"
command.  Since the value is shorter than the 80-column terminal, it
could grow without line wrapping a bit.  At the same time, since the
value is longer than half of the 80-column terminal, we could fit
two or more of them in "ls" output on such a terminal if we allowed
to lower it.

Introduce a new command line option --filename-max-length=<n> and a
new configuration variable format.filenameMaxLength to override the
hardcoded default.

While we are at it, remove a check that the name of output directory
does not exceed PATH_MAX---this check is pointless in that by the
time control reaches the function, the caller would already have
done an equivalent of "mkdir -p", so if the system does not like an
overly long directory name, the control wouldn't have reached here,
and otherwise, we know that the system allowed the output directory
to exist.  In the worst case, we will get an error when we try to
open the output file and handle the error correctly anyway.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-09 17:44:41 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
e4d83eee92 Fourth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-11-09 14:06:29 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
ecf95d938b Merge branch 'ab/git-remote-exit-code'
Exit codes from "git remote add" etc. were not usable by scripted
callers.

* ab/git-remote-exit-code:
  remote: add meaningful exit code on missing/existing
2020-11-09 14:06:26 -08:00