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Junio C Hamano
bba6123001 Merge branch 'pj/remote-set-branches-usage-fix'
* pj/remote-set-branches-usage-fix:
  remote: fix set-branches usage and documentation

Conflicts:
	builtin/remote.c
2012-02-23 13:30:00 -08:00
Philip Jägenstedt
ca5bc9e61f remote: fix set-branches usage and documentation
The canonical order of command line arguments is always to have dashed
commands before other parameters, but the "git remote set-branches"
subcommand was described to take "name" before an optional "--add".

Signed-off-by: Philip Jägenstedt <philip@foolip.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-19 23:44:38 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
0aceb22097 git-remote.txt: avoid sounding as if loose refs are the only ones in the world
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>
2011-06-23 09:15:28 -07:00
Namhyung Kim
eb637e1382 git-remote.txt: fix wrong remote refspec
$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>
2011-06-23 07:58:20 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
cea667e955 Merge branch 'jk/maint-remote-mirror-safer'
* jk/maint-remote-mirror-safer:
  remote: deprecate --mirror
  remote: separate the concept of push and fetch mirrors
  remote: disallow some nonsensical option combinations
2011-04-06 10:38:14 -07:00
Jeff King
0990248610 remote: deprecate --mirror
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>
2011-03-30 13:47:54 -07:00
Jeff King
a9f5a3558d remote: separate the concept of push and fetch mirrors
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>
2011-03-30 13:47:53 -07:00
Jeff King
48bb914ed6 doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pages
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.
2011-03-11 10:59:16 -05:00
Matthieu Moy
8b3f3f84b2 Change "tracking branch" to "remote-tracking branch"
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>
2010-11-03 09:20:41 -07:00
Matthieu Moy
0e615b252f Replace "remote tracking" with "remote-tracking"
"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>
2010-11-03 09:19:04 -07:00
Štěpán Němec
0adda9362a Use parentheses and `...' where appropriate
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>
2010-10-08 12:31:07 -07:00
Štěpán Němec
62b4698e55 Use angles for placeholders consistently
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-10-08 12:29:52 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
1c5d6b2a40 Merge branch 'jn/remote-set-branches'
* jn/remote-set-branches:
  Add git remote set-branches

Conflicts:
	builtin/remote.c
2010-06-18 11:16:55 -07:00
Jonathan Nieder
3d8b69495f Add git remote set-branches
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>
2010-05-19 20:45:41 -07:00
Samuel Tardieu
111fb85865 remote add: add a --[no-]tags option
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>
2010-04-19 16:39:24 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
16735ae0f8 Merge branch 'il/remote-updates'
* il/remote-updates:
  Add git remote set-url
2010-01-22 16:08:07 -08:00
Ilari Liusvaara
433f2be139 Add git remote set-url
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>
2010-01-18 17:06:54 -08:00
Thomas Rast
0b444cdb19 Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout
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.
2010-01-10 13:01:28 +01:00
Tim Henigan
4504107d5e git remote: Separate usage strings for subcommands
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>
2009-11-20 22:15:30 -08:00
Štěpán Němec
75f492ace7 Fix typos in git-remote.txt and git-symbolic-ref.txt
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-08-10 19:05:00 -07:00
Finn Arne Gangstad
b344e1614b git remote update: Fallback to remote if group does not exist
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>
2009-04-07 21:52:26 -07:00
Finn Arne Gangstad
efa54803cb git remote update: New option --prune
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>
2009-04-05 01:52:38 -07:00
Jay Soffian
bc14fac825 builtin-remote: add set-head subcommand
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>
2009-02-27 15:19:09 -08:00
Miklos Vajna
74443f185e git-remote: document the migration feature of the rename subcommand
Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-11 20:25:49 -08:00
Miklos Vajna
bf98421a33 Implement git remote rename
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>
2008-11-05 12:23:48 -08:00
Jonathan Nieder
04c2407eaf manpages: italicize command names in synopses
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>
2008-07-05 11:24:39 -07:00
Jonathan Nieder
467c0197fd Documentation: more "git-" versus "git " changes
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>
2008-07-05 11:24:39 -07:00
Jonathan Nieder
b1889c36d8 Documentation: be consistent about "git-" versus "git "
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>
2008-07-01 17:20:15 -07:00
Olivier Marin
8d7679276a remote prune: print the list of pruned branches
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>
2008-06-10 23:17:41 -07:00
Olivier Marin
0ecfcb3b70 remote show: fix the -n option
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>
2008-06-10 22:30:01 -07:00
Stephan Beyer
459cf2e985 Docs: add some long/short options
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>
2008-06-08 13:46:38 -07:00
Christian Couder
9e1f0a85c6 documentation: move git(7) to git(1)
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>
2008-06-06 11:18:28 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
56ae8df5c7 Manual subsection to refer to other pages is SEE ALSO
Consistently say so in all caps as it is customary to do so.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-28 16:59:40 -07:00
Paolo Bonzini
84bb2dfd9f Add a remote.*.mirror configuration option
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>
2008-04-20 18:49:22 -07:00
Jörg Sommer
5ea55edb68 git-remote documentation: fix synopsis to match description
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>
2008-02-03 16:02:12 -08:00
Dan McGee
5162e69732 Documentation: rename gitlink macro to linkgit
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>
2008-01-06 18:41:44 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
5d1d1c1479 Merge branch 'maint'
* 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
2007-11-19 00:19:15 -08:00
J. Bruce Fields
8391c60b6e git-remote.txt: fix example url
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>
2007-11-17 20:45:12 -05:00
Junio C Hamano
fb5fd01148 Merge branch 'maint'
* 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
2007-11-14 03:37:18 -08:00
Sergei Organov
cb5c49b9af git-remote.txt: fix typo
Signed-off-by: Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-11-14 01:59:22 -08:00
James Bowes
1b4cbb5d58 remote: document the 'rm' subcommand
Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-09-18 17:41:25 -07:00
Johannes Schindelin
3894439022 Teach "git remote" a mirror mode
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>
2007-09-03 03:08:12 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
90c88a698e Merge branch 'maint'
* 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
2007-06-30 11:17:19 -07:00
Sam Vilain
181ea688b8 git-remote: document -n
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>
2007-06-30 10:50:28 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
a6080a0a44 War on whitespace
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>
2007-06-07 00:04:01 -07:00
James Bowes
cf593cc418 Documentation: fix typo in git-remote.txt
Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-05 23:10:59 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
1db8b60b2a Merge branch 'maint'
* 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.
2007-02-28 14:18:57 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
db554bf0a7 Documentation: git-remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] name url
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-02-28 14:05:42 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
8807d321af Merge branch 'maint'
* 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.
2007-02-26 00:32:19 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
c5ddca1fff Documentation: describe "-f/-t/-m" options to "git-remote add"
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-02-25 23:50:29 -08:00