Update documentation to match more recent realities.
* wk/doc-in-linux-3.x-era:
Documentation: Update 'linux-2.6.git' -> 'linux.git'
Documentation: Update the NFS remote examples to use the staging repo
doc/clone: Pick more compelling paths for the --reference example
doc/clone: Remove the '--bare -l -s' example
git am was previously modified to provide --continue for consistency
with rebase, merge etc, and the documentation changed to showing
--continue as the primary form.
Complete the work by replacing remaining uses of --resolved by
--continue, most notably in suggested command reminders.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Bracey <kevin@bracey.fi>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The 3.x tree has been out for a while now. The -2.6 repository name
survived the initial release [1], but kernel.org now only lists
'linux.git' (for aegl as well as torvalds) [2].
[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1147422
On 2011-05-30 01:47:57 GMT, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> ... yes, that means that my git tree is still called
> "linux-2.6.git" on kernel.org.
[2]: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
linux-nfs.org seems to have restructured their repository layout since
8391c60 (git-remote.txt: fix example url, 2007-11-02), and Bruce's
repo is now at git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/bfields/linux.git.
Bruce also has a more richer internal branch structure (master,
everything, for-3.1, ...), so updating the existing example to use his
current repo may be confusing.
To simplify, I've replaced the NFS repo with Greg's staging repo.
I've also updated the output of the surrounding commands to match the
output of a current run through.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation and some comments still refer to files in builtin/
as 'builtin-*.[cho]'. Update these to show the correct location.
Signed-off-by: Phil Hord <hordp@cisco.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* da/downcase-u-in-usage:
contrib/mw-to-git/t/install-wiki.sh: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/examples/git-remote.perl: use a lowercase "usage:" string
tests: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-svn: use a lowercase "usage:" string
Documentation/user-manual.txt: use a lowercase "usage:" string
templates/hooks--update.sample: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/examples: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py: use spaces instead of tabs
contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py: fix broken error message
contrib/fast-import: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/credential: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-cvsimport: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-cvsimport: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-cvsexportcommit: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-archimport: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-merge-one-file: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-relink: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-svn: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-sh-setup: use a lowercase "usage:" string
* da/downcase-u-in-usage:
contrib/mw-to-git/t/install-wiki.sh: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/examples/git-remote.perl: use a lowercase "usage:" string
tests: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-svn: use a lowercase "usage:" string
Documentation/user-manual.txt: use a lowercase "usage:" string
templates/hooks--update.sample: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/examples: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py: use spaces instead of tabs
contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py: fix broken error message
contrib/fast-import: use a lowercase "usage:" string
contrib/credential: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-cvsimport: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-cvsimport: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-cvsexportcommit: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-archimport: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-merge-one-file: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-relink: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-svn: use a lowercase "usage:" string
git-sh-setup: use a lowercase "usage:" string
* wk/user-manual:
user-manual: Flesh out uncommitted changes and submodule updates
user-manual: Use request-pull to generate "please pull" text
user-manual: Reorganize the reroll sections, adding 'git rebase -i'
I tried to always use backticks for:
* Paths and filenames (e.g. `.git/config`)
* Compound refs (e.g. `origin/HEAD`)
* Git commands (e.g. `git log`)
* Command arguments (e.g. `--pretty`)
* URLs (e.g. `git://`), as a subset of command arguments
* Special characters (e.g. `+` in diffs).
* Config options (e.g. `branch.<name>.remote`)
Branch and tag names are sometimes set off with double quotes,
sometimes set off with backticks, and sometimes left bare. I tried to
judge when the intention was introducing new terms or conventions
(double quotes), to reference a recently used command argument
(backticks), or to reference the abstract branch/commit (left bare).
Obviously these are not particularly crisp definitions, so my
decisions are fairly arbitrary ;). When a reference had already been
introduced, I changed further double-quoted instances to backticked
instances.
When new backticks increased the length of a line beyond others in
that block, I re-wrapped blocks to 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Further updates to the user manual.
* wk/user-manual:
user-manual: Flesh out uncommitted changes and submodule updates
user-manual: Use request-pull to generate "please pull" text
user-manual: Reorganize the reroll sections, adding 'git rebase -i'
Make the usage string in the example script consistent with Git.
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
If you try and update a submodule with a dirty working directory, you
get an error message like:
$ git submodule update
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
...
Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can switch branches.
Aborting
...
Mention this in the submodule notes. The previous phrase was short
enough that I originally thought it might have been referring to the
reflog note (obviously, uncommitted changes will not show up in the
reflog either ;).
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Less work and more error checking (e.g. does a merge base exist?).
Add an explicit push before request-pull to satisfy request-pull,
which checks to make sure the references are publically available.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
I think this interface is often more convenient than extended cherry
picking or using 'git format-patch'. In fact, I removed the
cherry-pick section entirely. The entry-level suggestions for
rerolling are now:
1. git commit --amend
2. git format-patch origin
git reset --hard origin
...edit and reorder patches...
git am *.patch
3. git rebase -i origin
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* maint:
user-manual: use -o latest.tar.gz to create a gzipped tarball
user-manual: use 'git config --global user.*' for setup
user-manual: mention 'git remote add' for remote branch config
user-manual: give 'git push -f' as an alternative to +master
user-manual: use 'remote add' to setup push URLs
This functionality was introduced by 0e804e09 (archive: provide
builtin .tar.gz filter, 2011-07-21) for v1.7.7.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
A simple command line call is easier than spawning an editor,
especially for folks new to ideas like the "command line" and "text
editors". This is also the approach suggested by 'git commit' if you
try and commit without having configured user.name or user.email.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
I hardly ever setup remote.<name>.url using 'git config'. While it
may be instructive to do so, we should also point out 'git remote
add'.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This mirrors existing language in the description of 'git fetch'.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
There is no need to use here documents to setup this configuration.
It is easier, less confusing, and more robust to use `git remote add`
directly.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
acd2a45 (Refuse updating the current branch in a non-bare repository
via push, 2009-02-11) changed the default to refuse such a push, but
it forgot to update the docs.
7d182f5 (Documentation: receive.denyCurrentBranch defaults to
'refuse', 2010-03-17) updated Documentation/config.txt, but forgot to
update the user manual.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This should have happened back in 2007, when `git gc` learned about
auto (e9831e8, git-gc --auto: add documentation, 2007-09-17).
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Use an em-dash, not a hyphen, to join these clauses.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
HTTP is an acronym which has not (yet) made the transition to word
status (unlike "laser", probably because lasers are inherently cooler
than HTTP ;).
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The clause "so `git log ...` will return no commits..." is
independent, not a description of "both", so a semicolon is more
appropriate.
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In the earlier days, we used to spell the name of the system as GIT,
to simulate as if it were typeset with capital G and IT in small
caps. Later we stopped doing so at around 1.6.5 days.
Let's stop doing so throughout the documentation. The name to refer
to the whole system (and the concept it embodies) is "Git"; the
command end-users type is "git". And document this in the coding
guideline.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Show that git format-patch can have a cover letter, include patch
commentary below the three dashes, and notes can also be
included.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
The discussion of email subject throughout the documentation is
misleading; it indicates that the first line will always become
the subject. In fact, the subject is generally all lines up until
the first full blank line.
This patch refines that, and makes more use of the concept of a
commit title, with the title being all text up to the first blank line.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- (glossary) the quotes around the Wikipedia URL prevented its
linkification in frontends that support it; remove them
- (manual) newer version (SHA-1) == following, older == preceding, not
the other way around
- trivial typo and wording fixes
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In asciidoc 7, backticks like `foo` produced a typographic
effect, but did not otherwise affect the syntax. In asciidoc
8, backticks introduce an "inline literal" inside which markup
is not interpreted. To keep compatibility with existing
documents, asciidoc 8 has a "no-inline-literal" attribute to
keep the old behavior. We enabled this so that the
documentation could be built on either version.
It has been several years now, and asciidoc 7 is no longer
in wide use. We can now decide whether or not we want
inline literals on their own merits, which are:
1. The source is much easier to read when the literal
contains punctuation. You can use `master~1` instead
of `master{tilde}1`.
2. They are less error-prone. Because of point (1), we
tend to make mistakes and forget the extra layer of
quoting.
This patch removes the no-inline-literal attribute from the
Makefile and converts every use of backticks in the
documentation to an inline literal (they must be cleaned up,
or the example above would literally show "{tilde}" in the
output).
Problematic sites were found by grepping for '`.*[{\\]' and
examined and fixed manually. The results were then verified
by comparing the output of "html2text" on the set of
generated html pages. Doing so revealed that in addition to
making the source more readable, this patch fixes several
formatting bugs:
- HTML rendering used the ellipsis character instead of
literal "..." in code examples (like "git log A...B")
- some code examples used the right-arrow character
instead of '->' because they failed to quote
- api-config.txt did not quote tilde, and the resulting
HTML contained a bogus snippet like:
<tt><sub></tt> foo <tt></sub>bar</tt>
which caused some parsers to choke and omit whole
sections of the page.
- git-commit.txt confused ``foo`` (backticks inside a
literal) with ``foo'' (matched double-quotes)
- mentions of `A U Thor <author@example.com>` used to
erroneously auto-generate a mailto footnote for
author@example.com
- the description of --word-diff=plain incorrectly showed
the output as "[-removed-] and {added}", not "{+added+}".
- using "prime" notation like:
commit `C` and its replacement `C'`
confused asciidoc into thinking that everything between
the first backtick and the final apostrophe were meant
to be inside matched quotes
- asciidoc got confused by the escaping of some of our
asterisks. In particular,
`credential.\*` and `credential.<url>.\*`
properly escaped the asterisk in the first case, but
literally passed through the backslash in the second
case.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The default output from "fsck" is often overwhelmed by informational
message on dangling objects, especially if you do not repack often, and a
real error can easily be buried.
Add "--no-dangling" option to omit them, and update the user manual to
demonstrate its use.
Based on a patch by Clemens Buchacher, but reverted the part to change
the default to --no-dangling, which is unsuitable for the first patch.
The usual three-step procedure to break the backward compatibility over
time needs to happen on top of this, if we were to go in that direction.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Now that the documentation is mostly consistant in the use of "remote
branch" Vs "remote-tracking branch", let's make this distinction explicit
early in the user-manual.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"remote branch" is a branch hosted in a remote repository, while
"remote-tracking branch" is a copy of such branch, hosted locally.
The distinction is subtle when the copy is up-to-date, but rather
fundamental to understand what "git fetch" and "git push" do.
This patch should fix all incorrect usages in Documentation/ directory.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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>
"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>
* sn/doc-opt-notation:
Fix {update,checkout}-index usage strings
Put a space between `<' and argument in pack-objects usage string
Remove stray quotes in --pretty and --format documentation
Use parentheses and `...' where appropriate
Fix odd markup in --diff-filter documentation
Use angles for placeholders consistently
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> The real problem is that maintainers often pick random - and not at
> all stable - points for their development to begin with. They just
> pick some random "this is where Linus -git tree is today", and do
> their development on top of that. THAT is the problem - they are
> unaware that there's some nasty bug in that version.
Maybe they do this because they read it in the Git user-manual.
Fix the manual to give them better guidance.
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
