Only git-ls-files(1) describes the gitignore format in detail, and it does so
with reference to git-ls-files options. Most users don't use the plumbing
command git-ls-files directly, and shouldn't have to look in its manpage for
information on the gitignore format.
Create a new manpage gitignore(5) (Documentation/gitignore.txt), and factor
out the gitignore documentation into that file, changing it to refer to
.gitignore and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude as used by porcelain commands. Reference
gitignore(5) from other relevant manpages and documentation. Remove
now-redundant information on exclude patterns from git-ls-files(1), leaving
only information on how git-ls-files options specify exclude patterns and what
precedence they have.
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Instead of using sed on the resulting file, we now have a
git_version asciidoc attribute. This means that we don't
pipe the output of asciidoc, which means we can detect build
failures.
Problem reported by Scott Lamb, solution suggested by Jonas Fonseca.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* maint-1.5.1:
git-config: Improve documentation of git-config file handling
git-config: Various small fixes to asciidoc documentation
decode_85(): fix missing return.
fix signed range problems with hex conversions
The description which files git-config uses and how the various
command line options and environment variables affect its
behaviour was incomplete, outdated and confusing.
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Add '' around the only mentioned commandline option that didn't
have it.
Make reference to section EXAMPLE a link and rename it to
EXAMPLES because it actually contains a lot of examples.
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Reasonably new versions of the cvs CLI client allow one to
specifiy CVS_SERVER as a method variable directly in
CVSROOT. This is way more convinient than using an
environment variable since it gets saved in CVS/Root.
Since I only discovered this by accident I guess there
might be others out there that learnt CVS on the 1.11
series (or even earlier) and profit from such a note
about cvs improvements in the last couple years.
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
While the given example worked, it made us look rather
incompetent. Give the correct reason why one needs the
more complex syntax and change the example to reflect
that.
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* maint-1.5.1:
Fix git-svn to handle svn not reporting the md5sum of a file, and test.
More echo "$user_message" fixes.
Add tests for the last two fixes.
git-commit: use printf '%s\n' instead of echo on user-supplied strings
git-am: use printf instead of echo on user-supplied strings
Documentation: Add definition of "evil merge" to GIT Glossary
Replace the last 'dircache's by 'index'
Documentation: Clean up links in GIT Glossary
Ensure that the same link is not repeated in single glossary entry,
and that there is no self-link i.e. link to current entry.
Add links to other definitions in git glossary.
Remove inappropriate (nonsense) links, or change link to link to
correct definition (to correct term).
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
This patch documents the branch.autosetupmerge config option, added
by commit 0746d19a.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
git-add reads this variable, and honours the contents of that file if that
exists. Match this behaviour in git-status, too.
Noticed by Evan Carroll on IRC.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
We do not appreciate C99 initializers, declarations after statements,
or "0" instead of "NULL".
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* maint-1.5.1:
annotate: make it work from subdirectories.
git-config: Correct asciidoc documentation for --int/--bool
t1300: Add tests for git-config --bool --get
unpack-trees.c: verify_uptodate: remove dead code
Use PATH_MAX instead of TEMPFILE_PATH_LEN
branch: fix segfault when resolving an invalid HEAD
The asciidoc documentation seemed to indicate that type specifiers
are honoured on writing operations which they aren't. Make this
more clear.
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
The todo list at the end of the user manual says that something must be
said about .gitignore. Also, there seems to be a lack of documentation
on how to choose between the various types of ignore files (.gitignore
vs. .git/info/exclude, etc.).
This patch adds a section on ignoring files which try to introduce how
to tell git about ignored files, and how the different strategies
complement eachother.
The syntax of exclude patterns is explained in a simplified manner, with
a reference to git-ls-files(1) which already contains a more thorough
explanation.
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Another amusing git exploration example brought up in irc. (Credit to
aeruder for the complete solution.)
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
I don't really want to look like we're encouraging the shared repository
thing. Take down some of the argument for using purely
single-developer-owned repositories and collaborating using patches and
pulls instead.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
The embarassing history of this tutorial is that I started it without
really understanding the index well, so I avoided mentioning it.
And we all got the idea that "index" was a word to avoid using around
newbies, but it was reluctantly mentioned that *something* had to be
said. The result is a little awkward: the discussion of the index never
actually uses that word, and isn't well-integrated into the surrounding
material.
Let's just go ahead and use the word "index" from the very start, and
try to demonstrate its use with a minimum of lecturing.
Also, remove discussion of using git-commit with explicit filenames.
We're already a bit slow here to get people to their first commit, and
I'm not convinced this is really so important.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Mention the user manual, especially as an alternative introduction for
user's mainly interested in read-only operations.
And fix a typo while we're there.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
* 'maint' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/git:
user-manual: reorganize public git repo discussion
user-manual: listing commits reachable from some refs not others
user-manual: introduce git
user-manual: add a "counting commits" example
user-manual: move howto/using-topic-branches into manual
user-manual: move howto/make-dist.txt into user manual
Documentation: remove howto's now incorporated into manual
user-manual: move quick-start to an appendix
glossary: expand and clarify some definitions, prune cross-references
user-manual: revise birdseye-view chapter
Add a birdview-on-the-source-code section to the user manual
git-rev-list(1) talks about patterns as values for the
--grep, --committed etc. parameters, without going into detail.
This patch mentions that these patterns are actually regexps.
Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Helping a couple people set up public repos recently, I wanted to point
them at this piece of the user manual, but found it wasn't as helpful as
it could be:
- It starts with a big explanation of why you'd want a public
repository, not necessary in their case since they already knew
why they wanted that. So, separate that out.
- It skimps on some of the git-daemon details, and puts the http
export information first. Fix that.
Also group all the public repo subsections into a single section, and do
some miscellaneous related editing.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Move howto/using-topic-branches into the user manual as an example for
the "sharing development" chapter. While we're at it, remove some
discussion that's covered in earlier chapters, modernize somewhat (use
separate-heads setup, remotes, replace "whatchanged" by "log", etc.),
and replace syntax we'd need to explain by syntax we've already covered
(e.g. old..new instead of new ^old).
The result may not really describe what Tony Luck does any more.... Hope
that's not annoying.
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
There seems to be a perception that the howto's are bit-rotting a
little. The manual might be a more visible location for some of them,
and make-dist.txt seems like a good candidate to include as an example
in the manual.
For now, incorporate much of it verbatim. Later we may want to update
the example a bit.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
These two howto's have both been copied into the manual. I'd rather not
maintain both versions if possible, and I think the user-manual will be
more visible than the howto directory. (Though I wouldn't mind some
duplication if people really like having them here.)
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
The quick start interrupts the flow of the manual a bit. Move it to
"appendix A" but add a reference to it in the preface. Also rename the
todo chapter to "appendix B", and revise the preface a little.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Revise and expand some of the definitions in the glossary, based in part
on a recent thread started by a user looking for help with some of the
jargon. I've borrowed some of the language from Linus's email on that
thread. (I'm assuming standing permission to plagiarize Linus's
email....)
Also start making a few changes to mitigate the appearance of
"circularity" mentioned in that thread:
- feel free to use somewhat longer definitions and to explain
some things more than once instead of relying purely on
cross-references
- don't use cross-references when they're redundant: eliminate
self-references and repeated references to the same entry.
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Some revisions suggested by Junio along with some minor style fixes and
one compile fix (asterisks need escaping).
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
