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Junio C Hamano
ffc5e3c958 Merge branch 'jc/merge-sans-branch'
* jc/merge-sans-branch:
  merge: merge with the default upstream branch without argument
  merge: match the help text with the documentation

Conflicts:
	builtin/merge.c
2011-04-01 17:57:16 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
b966427b53 Merge branch 'jr/grep-en-config'
* jr/grep-en-config:
  grep: allow -E and -n to be turned on by default via configuration
2011-04-01 17:56:27 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
142c945e6e Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  docs: fix filter-branch subdir example for exotic repo names
2011-04-01 17:45:59 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
094574b32b Merge branch 'nd/index-doc' into maint
* nd/index-doc:
  doc: technical details about the index file format
  doc: technical details about the index file format
2011-04-01 16:23:55 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
b7f6afe2df Merge branch 'mg/doc-bisect-tweak-worktree' into maint
* mg/doc-bisect-tweak-worktree:
  git-bisect.txt: example for bisecting with hot-fix
  git-bisect.txt: streamline run presentation
2011-04-01 16:23:15 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
3add01bbf1 "log --cherry-pick" documentation regression fix
Earlier f98fd43 (git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: put option blocks in
proper order, 2011-03-08) moved the text around in the documentation for
options in the rev-list family of commands such as "log".  Consequently,
the description of the --cherry-pick option appears way above the
description of the --left-right option now.

But the description of the --cherry-pick option still refers to the
example for the --left-right option, like this:

    ... with --left-right, like the example ABOVE in the description of
    that option.

Rephrase it to clarify that we are making a forward reference.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-01 15:14:38 -07:00
Michael J Gruber
61e508d973 revisions.txt: structure with a labelled list
Currently, the reader has to parse a textual description in order to
find a specific syntax in the list.

Restructure as a labelled list with systematic labels as well as
concrete examples as a visual guide.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-01 15:08:32 -07:00
Michael J Gruber
83456b1352 revisions.txt: consistent use of quotes
Our use of quotes is inconsistent everywhere and within some files.
Before reworking the structure of revisions.txt, make the quotes
consistent:

`git command`

'some snippet or term'

The former gets typeset as code, the latter with some form of emphasis.
the man backend uses two types of emphasis.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-01 15:06:54 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
55f9d7a75c git-svn: add an option to skip the creation of empty directories
"git svn mkdirs" (which creates empty directories in the current
working copy) can be very slow and is often unnecessary.  Provide a
config file option "svn-remote.<name>.automkdirs" that prevents empty
directories from being created automatically.  (They are still created
if "git svn mkdirs" is invoked explicitly.)

Based-on-patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-01 12:53:18 -07:00
Jeff King
6cb0186a41 docs: fix filter-branch subdir example for exotic repo names
The GIT_INDEX_FILE variable we get from git has the full
path to the repo, which may contain spaces. When we use it
in our shell snippet, it needs to be quoted.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-01 12:17:45 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
6acef04358 Git 1.7.5-rc0
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-31 13:58:47 -07:00
Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin
313ee0d69f submodule: process conflicting submodules only once
During a merge module_list returns conflicting submodules several times
(stage 1,2,3) which caused the submodules to be used multiple times in
git submodule init, sync, update and status command.

There are 5 callers of module_list; they all read (mode, sha1, stage,
path) tuple, and most of them care only about path.  As a first level
approximation, it should be Ok (in the sense that it does not make things
worse than it currently is) to filter the duplicate paths from module_list
output, but some callers should change their behaviour when the merge in
the superproject still has conflicts.

Notice the higher-stage entries, and emit only one record from
module_list, but while doing so, mark the entry with "U" (not [0-3]) in
the $stage field and null out the SHA-1 part, as the object name for the
lowest stage does not give any useful information to the caller, and this
way any caller that uses the object name would hopefully barf.  Then
update the codepaths for each subcommands this way:

 - "update" should not touch the submodule repository, because we do not
   know what commit should be checked out yet.

 - "status" reports the conflicting submodules as 'U000...000' and does
   not recurse into them (we might later want to make it recurse).

 - The command called by "foreach" may want to do whatever it wants to do
   by noticing the merged status in the superproject itself, so feed the
   path to it from module_list as before, but only once per submodule.

 - "init" and "sync" are unlikely things to do while the superproject is
   still not merged, but as long as a submodule is there in $path, there
   is no point skipping it. It might however want to take the merged
   status of .gitmodules into account, but that is outside of the scope of
   this topic.

Acked-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Thanks-to: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin <nicolas@morey-chaisemartin.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-30 17:34:08 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
17a0299807 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline: do not require bash to run the script
  t8001: check the exit status of the command being tested
  strbuf.h: remove a tad stale docs-in-comment and reference api-doc instead
  Typos: t/README
  Documentation/config.txt: make truth value of numbers more explicit
  git-pack-objects.txt: fix grammatical errors
  parse-remote: replace unnecessary sed invocation
2011-03-30 14:10:41 -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
Joe Ratterman
b22520a37c grep: allow -E and -n to be turned on by default via configuration
Add two configration variables grep.extendedRegexp and grep.lineNumbers to
allow the user to skip typing -E and -n on the command line, respectively.

Scripts that are meant to be used by random users and/or in random
repositories now have use -G and/or --no-line-number options as
appropriately to override the settings in the repository or user's
~/.gitconfig settings. Just because the script didn't say "git grep -n" no
longer guarantees that the output from the command will not have line
numbers.

Signed-off-by: Joe Ratterman <jratt0@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-30 13:17:07 -07:00
Carlos Martín Nieto
18b19e443b Documentation/config.txt: make truth value of numbers more explicit
Change the order to 1/0 to have the same true/false order as the rest
of the possibilities for a boolean variable in order not not confuse
users.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-30 11:44:59 -07:00
Stephen Boyd
2f8ee02c49 git-pack-objects.txt: fix grammatical errors
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-30 11:43:15 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
61e8aaf621 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  git tag documentation grammar fixes and readability updates
  grep: Add the option '--line-number'
2011-03-28 14:17:17 -07:00
Michael Witten
f1723ee6b3 git tag documentation grammar fixes and readability updates
... with help from Eric Raible.

In addition, describe the use of GIT_COMMITTER_DATE more comprehensively
by including "date-formats.txt"

Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-28 14:14:45 -07:00
Joe Ratterman
7d6cb10b84 grep: Add the option '--line-number'
This is a synonym for the existing '-n' option, matching GNU grep.

Signed-off-by: Joe Ratterman <jratt0@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-28 14:02:12 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
be919d50c0 Update draft release note to 1.7.5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-26 20:17:15 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
bf0c5bbe25 Merge branch 'mg/rev-list-n-parents'
* mg/rev-list-n-parents:
  tests: avoid nonportable {foo,bar} glob
  rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc, test and completion
  revision.c: introduce --min-parents and --max-parents options
  t6009: use test_commit() from test-lib.sh
2011-03-26 20:13:17 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
54f6a8dbd6 Merge branch 'nd/index-doc'
* nd/index-doc:
  doc: technical details about the index file format
  doc: technical details about the index file format
2011-03-26 20:13:15 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
421446b6fc Sync with 1.7.4.2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-25 17:57:08 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
78bc466753 Git 1.7.4.2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-25 17:56:14 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
93e535a5b7 merge: merge with the default upstream branch without argument
"git merge" without specifying any commit is a no-op by default.

A new option merge.defaultupstream can be set to true to cause such an
invocation of the command to merge the upstream branches configured for
the current branch by using their last observed values stored in their
remote tracking branches.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-24 00:37:25 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
23fcc98f7f doc: technical details about the index file format
* Clarify "string of unsigned bytes";

 * Blob has two variants (regular file vs symlink), not (blob vs symlink);

 * Clarify permission mode bits;

 * Clarify ce_namelen() "too long to fit in the length field" case;

 * Clarify "." etc are forbidden as path components;

 * Match the description with the internal wording "cache-tree";

 * All types of extension begin with signature and length as explained in
   the first part. Don't repeat the "length" part in the description of
   each extension (can be mistaken as if there is a separate 32-bit size
   field inside the extension), but state what the signature for each
   extension is.

 * Don't say "Extension tag", as we have said "Extension signature" in the
   first part---be consistent;

 * Clarify the invalidation of cache-tree entries;

 * Correct description on subtree_nr field in the cache-tree;

 * Clarify the order of entries in cache-tree;

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-23 15:57:10 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
da2584243e Merge branch 'lt/default-abbrev'
* lt/default-abbrev:
  Rename core.abbrevlength back to core.abbrev
  Make the default abbrev length configurable
2011-03-23 14:55:40 -07:00
Michael J Gruber
6a6ebded7f rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc, test and completion
This also adds test for "--merges" and "--no-merges" which we did not
have so far.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-23 10:20:24 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
5e839c8f6d Update draft release notes to 1.7.5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-22 22:02:24 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
aeb2aaa771 Merge branch 'mg/rev-list-one-side-only'
* mg/rev-list-one-side-only:
  git-log: put space after commit mark
  t6007: test rev-list --cherry
  log --cherry: a synonym
  rev-list: documentation and test for --cherry-mark
  revision.c: introduce --cherry-mark
  rev-list/log: factor out revision mark generation
  rev-list: --left/right-only are mutually exclusive
  rev-list: documentation and test for --left/right-only
  t6007: Make sure we test --cherry-pick
  revlist.c: introduce --left/right-only for unsymmetric picking
2011-03-22 21:38:50 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
b350f7797c Merge branch 'mg/doc-bisect-tweak-worktree'
* mg/doc-bisect-tweak-worktree:
  git-bisect.txt: example for bisecting with hot-fix
  git-bisect.txt: streamline run presentation
2011-03-22 21:38:15 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
1ea9f9d6c2 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  git-am.txt: advertise 'git am --abort' instead of 'rm .git/rebase-apply'
  bisect: visualize with git-log if gitk is unavailable
2011-03-22 14:56:13 -07:00
SZEDER Gábor
b5f306fbe1 git-am.txt: advertise 'git am --abort' instead of 'rm .git/rebase-apply'
'git am --abort' is around for quite a long time now, and users should
normally not poke around inside the .git directory, yet the
documentation of 'git am' still recommends the following:

  ... if you decide to start over from scratch,
  run `rm -f -r .git/rebase-apply` ...

Suggest 'git am --abort' instead.

It's not quite the same as the original, because 'git am --abort' will
restore the original branch, while simply removing '.git/rebase-apply'
won't, but that's rather a thinko in the original wording, because
that won't actually "start over _from scratch_".

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-22 14:31:21 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
a71f09fe3e Rename core.abbrevlength back to core.abbrev
It corresponds to --abbrev=$n command line option after all.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-20 22:26:24 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
08c8d55813 Update drart release notes to 1.7.5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-20 22:24:24 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
cdc34664d4 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Update draft release notes to 1.7.4.2
  Work around broken ln on solaris as used in t8006
  t/README: Add a note about running commands under valgrind
2011-03-20 22:14:47 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
d98f24cd9d Update draft release notes to 1.7.4.2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-20 22:14:21 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
06a054014b Merge branch 'mg/rev-list-n-reverse-doc'
* mg/rev-list-n-reverse-doc:
  git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: put option blocks in proper order
  git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limiting
2011-03-19 23:25:32 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
bcd5461a35 Merge branch 'js/rerere-forget-always-take-pathspec'
* js/rerere-forget-always-take-pathspec:
  rerere forget: deprecate invocation without pathspec
2011-03-19 23:24:48 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
9d59e6607a Merge branch 'ss/mergetool--lib'
* ss/mergetool--lib:
  mergetool--lib: Add Beyond Compare 3 as a tool
  mergetool--lib: Sort tools alphabetically for easier lookup
2011-03-19 23:24:27 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
0ce6a51b43 Merge branch 'jk/merge-rename-ux'
* jk/merge-rename-ux:
  pull: propagate --progress to merge
  merge: enable progress reporting for rename detection
  add inexact rename detection progress infrastructure
  commit: stop setting rename limit
  bump rename limit defaults (again)
  merge: improve inexact rename limit warning
2011-03-19 23:23:56 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
edf9d719d1 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  gitweb: Always call parse_date with timezone parameter
  bisect: explain the rationale behind 125
2011-03-19 23:21:10 -07:00
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
b57fb80a7d init, clone: support --separate-git-dir for .git file
--separate-git-dir tells git to create git dir at the specified
location, instead of where it is supposed to be. A .git file that
points to that location will be put in place so that it appears normal
to repo discovery process.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-19 21:48:19 -07:00
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
9d379f4fd0 git-init.txt: move description section up
It's more or less standard that synopsis is followed by description,
then options.

This is not just a clean move though:

 - The paragraphs are realigned a bit
 - The text mentioning git-init-db is dropped. init-db is
   deprecated, no need to confuse new users

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-19 21:48:19 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
958bf6b768 bisect: explain the rationale behind 125
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-19 21:46:24 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
af4c62ae88 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  docs: fix grammar in gitattributes.txt
2011-03-18 16:20:49 -07:00
Alexei Sholik
b547ce0b18 docs: fix grammar in gitattributes.txt
[jc: with a fixlet from Marc Branchaud]

Signed-off-by: Alexei Sholik <alcosholik@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-18 09:58:47 -07:00
Michael J Gruber
a3ca9b0fbe RelNotes/1.7.5.txt: typo and language fixes
Also remove entries for fixes that are already present in the
maintenance track.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-16 17:02:58 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
b2f6eab402 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Prepare draft release notes to 1.7.4.2
  gitweb: highlight: replace tabs with spaces
  make_absolute_path: return the input path if it points to our buffer
  valgrind: ignore SSE-based strlen invalid reads
  diff --submodule: split into bite-sized pieces
  cherry: split off function to print output lines
  branch: split off function that writes tracking info and commit subject
  standardize brace placement in struct definitions
  compat: make gcc bswap an inline function
  enums: omit trailing comma for portability

Conflicts:
	RelNotes
2011-03-16 16:59:30 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
fbcda3c0a7 Prepare draft release notes to 1.7.4.2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-16 16:47:40 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
61a6f1faec Merge branch 'jh/push-default-upstream-configname' into maint
* jh/push-default-upstream-configname:
  push.default: Rename 'tracking' to 'upstream'
2011-03-16 16:47:26 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
7633a5ab9a Merge branch 'mg/placeholders-are-lowercase' into maint
* mg/placeholders-are-lowercase:
  Make <identifier> lowercase in Documentation
  Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
  Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
  Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
  CodingGuidelines: downcase placeholders in usage messages
2011-03-16 16:47:25 -07:00
Michael J Gruber
e235b9168d git-bisect.txt: example for bisecting with hot-fix
Give an example on how to bisect when older revisions need a hot-fix to
build, run or test. Triggered by the binutils/kernel issue at

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.binutils/52601/focus=1112779

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-15 16:06:08 -07:00
Michael J Gruber
9d79b7e95d git-bisect.txt: streamline run presentation
Streamline the presentation of "bisect run" by removing one example
which does not introduce new concepts.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-15 16:06:05 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
a62eafb0aa Update draft release notes to 1.7.5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-15 15:17:54 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
1d5742cbf7 Merge branch 'jk/doc-credits' of git://github.com/peff/git
* 'jk/doc-credits' of git://github.com/peff/git:
  docs: point git.txt author credits to git-scm.com
  doc: add missing git footers
  doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pages
2011-03-15 13:32:09 -07:00
Drew Northup
ee55703bac Documentation: "rebase <onto> <that>" stays on <that> branch upon exit
This change makes it clearer that the change to the history effected by
executing 'git rebase master' while on 'topic' branch, and by executing
'git rebase master topic' on any branch, will be the same; the implicit
checkout of the second form will remain after the rebase exits.

Signed-off-by: Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-14 10:52:23 -07:00
Jeff King
d8f708f860 docs: point git.txt author credits to git-scm.com
There is a nice shortlog-ish output of the authors there. We
also point people directly to shortlog, but of course they
might be reading the documentation online or from a binary
package of git.
2011-03-12 22:00:38 -05:00
Linus Torvalds
dce9648916 Make the default abbrev length configurable
The default of 7 comes from fairly early in git development, when
seven hex digits was a lot (it covers about 250+ million hash
values). Back then I thought that 65k revisions was a lot (it was what
we were about to hit in BK), and each revision tends to be about 5-10
new objects or so, so a million objects was a big number.

These days, the kernel isn't even the largest git project, and even
the kernel has about 220k revisions (_much_ bigger than the BK tree
ever was) and we are approaching two million objects. At that point,
seven hex digits is still unique for a lot of them, but when we're
talking about just two orders of magnitude difference between number
of objects and the hash size, there _will_ be collisions in truncated
hash values. It's no longer even close to unrealistic - it happens all
the time.

We should both increase the default abbrev that was unrealistically
small, _and_ add a way for people to set their own default per-project
in the git config file.

This is the first step to first make it configurable; the default of 7
is not raised yet.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-11 14:42:54 -08:00
Jeff King
6ea922d596 doc: add missing git footers
Almost every page has a footer that links back to the main
git(1) page. Let's add it on the few that are missing it.
2011-03-11 10:59:16 -05:00
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
Junio C Hamano
adfe4e1ff2 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Revert "core.abbrevguard: Ensure short object names stay unique a bit longer"
2011-03-10 22:45:49 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
ea2c69ed47 Revert "core.abbrevguard: Ensure short object names stay unique a bit longer"
This reverts commit 72a5b561fc, as adding
fixed number of hexdigits more than necessary to make one object name
locally unique does not help in futureproofing the uniqueness of names
we generate today.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-10 22:41:14 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
83c3c6222a Update Release Notes to 1.7.5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 16:21:16 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
66ecd2d053 Merge branch 'js/cherry-pick-usability'
* js/cherry-pick-usability:
  Teach commit about CHERRY_PICK_HEAD
  bash: teach __git_ps1 about CHERRY_PICK_HEAD
  Introduce CHERRY_PICK_HEAD
  t3507: introduce pristine-detach helper
2011-03-09 15:56:17 -08:00
Michael J Gruber
f98fd43675 git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: put option blocks in proper order
Match the order of the description to the one in which they get applied:

  commit limiting
  commit ordering
  commit formatting
  diff options

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 15:15:52 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
31f4da593b Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Fix typo in t/README
  ls-remote documentation: <refs> argument is optional
  Add Author and Documentation sections to git-for-each-ref.txt
  Documentation: remove redundant colons in git-for-each-ref.txt
2011-03-09 14:20:39 -08:00
Michael J Gruber
94f605ec07 log --cherry: a synonym
At the porcelain level, because by definition there are many more contributors
than integrators, it makes sense to give a handy short-hand for --right-only
used with --cherry-mark and --no-merges.  Make it so.

In other words, this provides "git cherry with rev-list interface".

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 13:50:54 -08:00
Michael J Gruber
cb56e3093a rev-list: documentation and test for --cherry-mark
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 13:50:54 -08:00
Jens Lehmann
794a3592ad fetch/pull: Describe --recurse-submodule restrictions in the BUGS section
Using the --recurse-submodules option with fetch and pull might not always
fetch all the submodule commits the user expects, as this will only work
when the submodule is already checked out. Document that and warn that
this is expected to change in the future.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 13:10:36 -08:00
Jens Lehmann
c16c3e40b5 fetch/pull: Don't recurse into a submodule when commits are already present
When looking for submodules where new commits have been recorded in the
superproject ignore those cases where the submodules commits are already
present locally. This can happen e.g. when the submodule has been rewound
to an earlier state. Then there is no need to fetch the submodule again
as the commit recorded in the newly fetched superproject commit has
already been fetched earlier into the submodule.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 13:10:35 -08:00
Jens Lehmann
bf42b38405 Submodules: Add 'on-demand' value for the 'fetchRecurseSubmodule' option
Now the behavior of fetch and pull can be configured to the recently added
'on-demand' mode separately for each submodule too.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 13:10:35 -08:00
Jens Lehmann
1fb2550202 config: teach the fetch.recurseSubmodules option the 'on-demand' value
To enable the user to change the default behavior of "git fetch" and "git
pull" regarding submodule recursion add the new "on-demand" value which
has just been added to the "--recurse-submodules" command line option.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 13:10:35 -08:00
Jens Lehmann
8f0700dd33 fetch/pull: Add the 'on-demand' value to the --recurse-submodules option
Until now the --recurse-submodules option could only be used to either
fetch all populated submodules recursively or to disable recursion
completely. As fetch and pull now by default just fetch those submodules
for which new commits have been fetched in the superproject, a command
line option to enforce that behavior is needed to be able to override
configuration settings.

Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 13:10:35 -08:00
Jens Lehmann
88a21979c5 fetch/pull: recurse into submodules when necessary
To be able to access all commits of populated submodules referenced by the
superproject it is sufficient to only then let "git fetch" recurse into a
submodule when the new commits fetched in the superproject record new
commits for it. Having these commits present is extremely useful when
using the "--submodule" option to "git diff" (which is what "git gui" and
"gitk" do since 1.6.6), as all submodule commits needed for creating a
descriptive output can be accessed. Also merging submodule commits (added
in 1.7.3) depends on the submodule commits in question being present to
work. Last but not least this enables disconnected operation when using
submodules, as all commits necessary for a successful "git submodule
update -N" will have been fetched automatically. So we choose this mode as
the default for fetch and pull.

Before a new or changed ref from upstream is updated in update_local_ref()
"git rev-list <new-sha1> --not --branches --remotes" is used to determine
all newly fetched commits. These are then walked and diffed against their
parent(s) to see if a submodule has been changed. If that is the case, its
path is stored to be fetched after the superproject fetch is completed.

Using the "--recurse-submodules" or the "--no-recurse-submodules" option
disables the examination of the fetched refs because the result will be
ignored anyway.

There is currently no infrastructure for storing deleted and new
submodules in the .git directory of the superproject. That's why fetch and
pull for now only fetch submodules that are already checked out and are
not renamed.

In t7403 the "--no-recurse-submodules" argument had to be added to "git
pull" to avoid failure because of the moved upstream submodule repo.

Thanks-to: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Thanks-to: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 13:10:35 -08:00
Piotr Krukowiecki
494489a5bd ls-remote documentation: <refs> argument is optional
Correct SYNOPSIS section.

Signed-off-by: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 12:32:00 -08:00
Alexei Sholik
621c39de22 Add Author and Documentation sections to git-for-each-ref.txt
Signed-off-by: Alexei Sholik <alcosholik@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 12:22:15 -08:00
Alexei Sholik
22817b400c Documentation: remove redundant colons in git-for-each-ref.txt
Signed-off-by: Alexei Sholik <alcosholik@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09 11:54:56 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
f7c6c426ca Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  SubmittingPatches: clarify the expected commit log description
  diff format documentation: clarify --cc and -c
  rev-list-options.txt: typo fix
2011-03-08 21:37:23 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
d0f7dcbf42 SubmittingPatches: clarify the expected commit log description
Earlier, 47afed5 (SubmittingPatches: itemize and reflect upon well written
changes, 2009-04-28) added a discussion on the contents of the commit log
message, but the last part of the new paragraph didn't make much sense.
Reword it slightly to make it more readable.

Update the "quicklist" to clarify what we mean by "motivation" and
"contrast".  Also mildly discourage external references.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-08 21:35:22 -08:00
Adam Monsen
e0adb84cc6 diff format documentation: clarify --cc and -c
The description was unclear if -c or --cc was the default (--cc is for
some commands), and incorrectly implied that the default applies to
all the diff generating commands.

Most importantly, "log" does not default to "--cc" (it defaults to
"--no-merges") and "log -p" obeys the user's wish to see non-combined
format.  Only "diff" (during merge and three-blob comparison) and
"show" use --cc as the default.

Signed-off-by: Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-08 14:44:07 -08:00
Michael J Gruber
190767f6c1 git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limiting
They are applied after commit ordering and formatting options, in
particular --reverse.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-08 11:59:43 -08:00
Michael J Gruber
841d81180e rev-list-options.txt: typo fix
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-08 11:56:37 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
07873dc5dd Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Documentation: fix a typo in git-apply.txt
  init: remove unnecessary check
2011-03-04 15:02:45 -08:00
Michał Kiedrowicz
964498e7f9 Documentation: fix a typo in git-apply.txt
git-apply accepts the --cached option, not --cache.

Signed-off-by: Michał Kiedrowicz <michal.kiedrowicz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-04 10:05:00 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
501ccd527d Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  verify-pack: add --stat-only to the synopsis section
2011-03-02 15:26:44 -08:00
Johannes Sixt
5d2c3b0160 rerere forget: deprecate invocation without pathspec
rerere forget is a destructive command. When invoked without a path, it
operates on the current directory, potentially deleting many recorded
conflict resolutions.

To make the command safer, a path must be specified as of git 1.8.0. Until
then, give users time to write 'git rerere forget .' if they really mean
the entire current directory.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-02 12:26:18 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
ec48d4bb7f verify-pack: add --stat-only to the synopsis section
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-01 11:26:22 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
f70f736bcb Merge branch 'svn-fe' of git://repo.or.cz/git/jrn
* 'svn-fe' of git://repo.or.cz/git/jrn: (31 commits)
  fast-import: make code "-Wpointer-arith" clean
  vcs-svn: teach line_buffer about temporary files
  vcs-svn: allow input from file descriptor
  vcs-svn: allow character-oriented input
  vcs-svn: add binary-safe read function
  t0081 (line-buffer): add buffering tests
  vcs-svn: tweak test-line-buffer to not assume line-oriented input
  tests: give vcs-svn/line_buffer its own test script
  vcs-svn: make test-line-buffer input format more flexible
  vcs-svn: teach line_buffer to handle multiple input files
  vcs-svn: collect line_buffer data in a struct
  vcs-svn: replace buffer_read_string memory pool with a strbuf
  vcs-svn: eliminate global byte_buffer
  fast-import: add 'ls' command
  vcs-svn: Allow change nodes for root of tree (/)
  vcs-svn: Implement Prop-delta handling
  vcs-svn: Sharpen parsing of property lines
  vcs-svn: Split off function for handling of individual properties
  vcs-svn: Make source easier to read on small screens
  vcs-svn: More dump format sanity checks
  ...
2011-02-28 16:33:45 -08:00
Sebastian Schuberth
ffe6dc081a mergetool--lib: Add Beyond Compare 3 as a tool
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-28 12:42:38 -08:00
Sebastian Schuberth
aa03f60463 mergetool--lib: Sort tools alphabetically for easier lookup
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-28 12:42:23 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
afb0b7933f Start preparing release notes to 1.7.5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-28 12:28:20 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
8978166e53 Merge branch 'jh/push-default-upstream-configname'
* jh/push-default-upstream-configname:
  push.default: Rename 'tracking' to 'upstream'
2011-02-27 21:58:31 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
ecd75ddb6f Merge branch 'mg/placeholders-are-lowercase'
* mg/placeholders-are-lowercase:
  Make <identifier> lowercase in Documentation
  Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
  Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
  Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
  CodingGuidelines: downcase placeholders in usage messages
2011-02-27 21:58:30 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
99f45c2a5d Merge branch 'js/detach-doc'
* js/detach-doc:
  git-checkout.txt: improve detached HEAD documentation
2011-02-27 21:58:30 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
c0791f365e Merge branch 'uk/checkout-ambiguous-ref'
* uk/checkout-ambiguous-ref:
  Rename t2019 with typo "amiguous" that meant "ambiguous"
  checkout: rearrange update_refs_for_switch for clarity
  checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"
  checkout: split off a function to peel away branchname arg
  checkout: fix bug with ambiguous refs

Conflicts:
	builtin/checkout.c
2011-02-27 21:58:29 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
d5c87a802d Merge branch 'nd/struct-pathspec'
* nd/struct-pathspec: (22 commits)
  t6004: add pathspec globbing test for log family
  t7810: overlapping pathspecs and depth limit
  grep: drop pathspec_matches() in favor of tree_entry_interesting()
  grep: use writable strbuf from caller for grep_tree()
  grep: use match_pathspec_depth() for cache/worktree grepping
  grep: convert to use struct pathspec
  Convert ce_path_match() to use match_pathspec_depth()
  Convert ce_path_match() to use struct pathspec
  struct rev_info: convert prune_data to struct pathspec
  pathspec: add match_pathspec_depth()
  tree_entry_interesting(): optimize wildcard matching when base is matched
  tree_entry_interesting(): support wildcard matching
  tree_entry_interesting(): fix depth limit with overlapping pathspecs
  tree_entry_interesting(): support depth limit
  tree_entry_interesting(): refactor into separate smaller functions
  diff-tree: convert base+baselen to writable strbuf
  glossary: define pathspec
  Move tree_entry_interesting() to tree-walk.c and export it
  tree_entry_interesting(): remove dependency on struct diff_options
  Convert struct diff_options to use struct pathspec
  ...
2011-02-27 21:17:36 -08:00
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
8c7d05171e doc: technical details about the index file format
This bases on the original work by Robin Rosenberg.

Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-27 01:21:27 -08:00