Using branch.$name.description as the configuration key, give users a
place to write about what the purpose of the branch is and things like
that, so that various subsystems, e.g. "push -s", "request-pull", and
"format-patch --cover-letter", can later be taught to use this
information.
The "-m" option similar to "commit/tag" is deliberately omitted, as the
whole point of branch description is about giving descriptive information
(the name of the branch itself is a better place for information that fits
on a single-line).
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Allow git-svn to populate the svn:mergeinfo property automatically in
a narrow range of circumstances. Specifically, when dcommitting a
revision with multiple parents, all but (potentially) the first of
which have been committed to SVN in the same repository as the target
of the dcommit.
In this case, the merge info is the union of that given by each of the
parents, plus all changes introduced to the first parent by the other
parents.
In all other cases where a revision to be committed has multiple
parents, cause "git svn dcommit" to raise an error rather than
completing the commit and potentially losing history information in
the upstream SVN repository.
This behavior is disabled by default, and can be enabled by setting
the svn.pushmergeinfo config option.
[ew: minor style changes and manpage merge fix]
Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Signed-off-by: Bryan Jacobs <bjacobs@woti.com>
* jn/remote-helpers-doc:
(short) documentation for the testgit remote helper
Documentation/git-remote-helpers: explain how import works with multiple refs
Documentation/remote-helpers: explain capabilities first
Removing Cogito leaves just git and StGit, which is a rather
incomplete list of git diff tools available. Sidestep the problem
of deciding what tools to mention by not mentioning any.
Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
A few more parts of this document is stale that needs updating
to reflect the reality, but I do not regularly rebase topics that
are only in "pu" anymore, which may be noteworthy for a commit.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This reverts commit ffa69e61d3, reversing
changes made to 4a13c4d148.
Adding a new command line option to receive-pack and feed it from
send-pack is not an acceptable way to add features, as there is no
guarantee that your updated send-pack will be talking to updated
receive-pack. New features need to be added via the capability mechanism
negotiated over the protocol.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* tr/maint-format-patch-empty-output:
Document negated forms of format-patch --to --cc --add-headers
t4014: "no-add-headers" is actually called "no-add-header"
t4014: invoke format-patch with --stdout where intended
t4014: check for empty files from git format-patch --stdout
* en/merge-recursive-2: (57 commits)
merge-recursive: Don't re-sort a list whose order we depend upon
merge-recursive: Fix virtual merge base for rename/rename(1to2)/add-dest
t6036: criss-cross + rename/rename(1to2)/add-dest + simple modify
merge-recursive: Avoid unnecessary file rewrites
t6022: Additional tests checking for unnecessary updates of files
merge-recursive: Fix spurious 'refusing to lose untracked file...' messages
t6022: Add testcase for spurious "refusing to lose untracked" messages
t3030: fix accidental success in symlink rename
merge-recursive: Fix working copy handling for rename/rename/add/add
merge-recursive: add handling for rename/rename/add-dest/add-dest
merge-recursive: Have conflict_rename_delete reuse modify/delete code
merge-recursive: Make modify/delete handling code reusable
merge-recursive: Consider modifications in rename/rename(2to1) conflicts
merge-recursive: Create function for merging with branchname:file markers
merge-recursive: Record more data needed for merging with dual renames
merge-recursive: Defer rename/rename(2to1) handling until process_entry
merge-recursive: Small cleanups for conflict_rename_rename_1to2
merge-recursive: Fix rename/rename(1to2) resolution for virtual merge base
merge-recursive: Introduce a merge_file convenience function
merge-recursive: Fix modify/delete resolution in the recursive case
...
While it's not a command meant to be used by actual users (hence, not
mentionned in git(1)), this command is a very precious help for
remote-helpers authors.
The best place for such technical doc is the source code, but users may
not find it without a link in a manpage.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Acked-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This is important for two reasons:
* when two "import" lines follow each other, only one "done" command
should be issued in the fast-import stream, not one per "import".
* The blank line terminating an import command should not be confused
with the one terminating the sequence of commands.
While we're there, illustrate the corresponding explanation for push
batches with an example.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Acked-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"svn dcommit --mergeinfo" replaces the svn:mergeinfo property in an
upstream SVN repository with the given text. The svn:mergeinfo
property may contain commits originating on multiple branches,
separated by newlines.
Cause space characters in the mergeinfo to be replaced by newlines,
allowing a user to create history representing multiple branches being
merged into one.
Update the corresponding documentation and add a test for the new
functionality.
Signed-off-by: Bryan Jacobs <bjacobs@woti.com>
Acked-by: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Adds a --preserve-empty-dirs flag to the clone operation that will detect
empty directories in the remote Subversion repository and create placeholder
files in the corresponding local Git directories. This allows "empty"
directories to exist in the history of a Git repository.
Also adds the --placeholder-file flag to control the name of any placeholder
files created. Default value is ".gitignore".
Signed-off-by: Ray Chen <rchen@cs.umd.edu>
Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
'git log -- <path>' does not "show commits that affect the specified
paths" in a literal sense unless --full-history is given (for example,
a file that only existed on a side branch will turn up no commits at
all!).
Reword it to specify the actual intent of the filtering, and point to
the "History Simplification" section.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The current remote helper documentation is from the perspective of
git, so to speak: it presents a full menu of commands for a person
invoking a remote helper to choose from. In practice, that's less
useful than it could be, since the daunted novice remote-helper author
probably just wanted a list of commands needs to implement to get
started. So preface the command list with an overview of each
capability, its purpose, and what commands it requires.
As a side effect, this makes it a little clearer that git doesn't
choose arbitrary commands to run, even if the remote helper advertises
all capabilities --- instead, there are well defined command sequences
for various tasks.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The negated forms introduced in c426003 (format-patch: add --no-cc,
--no-to, and --no-add-headers, 2010-03-07) were not documented
anywhere. Add them to the descriptions of the positive forms.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The current explanation of -e can be misread as allowing the user to say
I know 'git clean -XYZ' (substitute -XYZ with any option and/or
parameter) will remove paths A, B, and C, and I want them all removed
except for paths matching this pattern by adding '-e C' to the same
command line, i.e. 'git clean -e C -XYZ'.
But that is not what this option does. It augments the set of ignore rules
from the command line, just like the same "-e <pattern>" argument does
with the "ls-files" command (the user could probably pass "-e \!C" to tell
the command to clean everything the command would normally remove, except
for C). Also error out when both -x and -e are given with an explanation of
what -e means---it is a symptom of misunderstanding what -e does.
It also fixes small style nit in the parameter to add_exclude() call. The
current code only works because EXC_CMDL happens to be defined as 0.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* di/fast-import-ident:
fsck: improve committer/author check
fsck: add a few committer name tests
fast-import: check committer name more strictly
fast-import: don't fail on omitted committer name
fast-import: add input format tests
The current description of '-C' together with the analogy to 'git commit
-C' can lead to the wrong conclusion that '-C' copies notes between
objects. Make this clearer by rewording and pointing to 'copy'.
The example for attaching binary notes with 'git hash-object' followed
by 'git notes add -C' immediately raises the question: "Why not use 'git
notes add -F'?". Answer it (the latter is not binary-safe).
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Acked-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
As the use of http-fetch without -a can create an object store that is
invalid to the point where it cannot even be fsck'd, mark it as
deprecated. A future release should change the default and then
remove the option entirely.
Signed-off-by: Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Correct a few grammar issues in gitrepository-layout.txt and also
rewords a few sections for clarity.
Remove references to using http-fetch without -a to create a broken
repository.
Mark a few areas of the repository structure as legacy.
Signed-off-by: Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* cb/maint-quiet-push:
receive-pack: do not overstep command line argument array
propagate --quiet to send-pack/receive-pack
Conflicts:
Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
