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Emilio G. Cota
ae8044a2f5 Documentation/Makefile: add *.pdf to `clean' target
user-manual.pdf is not removed by `make clean'; fix it.

Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-08 09:30:14 -07:00
Emilio G. Cota
070648e9b7 Documentation: ignore *.pdf files
user-manual.pdf is generated by the build and therefore
should be ignored by git.

Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-08 09:30:12 -07:00
Heiko Voigt
e9e0643fe6 add gitignore entry to description about how to write a builtin
If the author forgets the gitignore entry the built result will show up
as new file in the git working directory.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-03 11:44:23 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
0922570c76 gitattributes: Reword "attribute macro" to "macro attribute"
The new wording makes it clearer that such a beast is an attribute in
addition to being a macro (as opposed to being only a macro that is
used for attributes).

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-03 10:32:54 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
98e8406632 gitattributes: Clarify discussion of attribute macros
In particular, make it clear that attribute macros are themselves
recorded as attributes in addition to setting other attributes.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-03 10:32:02 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
3503b8d0da Merge branch 'nk/ref-doc' into maint
* nk/ref-doc:
  glossary: clarify description of HEAD
  glossary: update description of head and ref
  glossary: update description of "tag"
  git.txt: de-emphasize the implementation detail of a ref
  check-ref-format doc: de-emphasize the implementation detail of a ref
  git-remote.txt: avoid sounding as if loose refs are the only ones in the world
  git-remote.txt: fix wrong remote refspec
2011-08-01 14:44:24 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
3e8cd966e0 Merge branch 'an/shallow-doc' into maint
* an/shallow-doc:
  Document the underlying protocol used by shallow repositories and --depth commands.
  Fix documentation of fetch-pack that implies that the client can disconnect after sending wants.
2011-08-01 14:43:53 -07:00
Carlos Martín Nieto
e44b6df90c Documentation: clarify the invalidated tree entry format
When the entry_count is -1, the tree is invalidated and therefore has
not associated hash (or object name). Explicitly state that the next
entry starts after the newline.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-07-31 18:23:49 -07:00
Dmitry Ivankov
b421812b48 doc/fast-import: clarify notemodify command
The "notemodify" fast-import command was introduced in commit a8dd2e7
(fast-import: Add support for importing commit notes, 2009-10-09)
The commit log has slightly different description than the added
documentation. The latter is somewhat confusing. "notemodify" is a
subcommand of "commit" command used to add a note for some commit.
Does this note annotate the commit produced by the "commit" command
or a commit given by it's committish parameter? Which notes tree
does it write notes to?

The exact meaning could be deduced with old description and some
notes machinery knowledge. But let's make it more obvious. This
command is used in a context like "commit refs/notes/test" to
add or rewrite an annotation for a committish parameter. So the
advised way to add notes in a fast-import stream is:
1) import some commits (optional)
2) prepare a "commit" to the notes tree:
2.1) choose notes ref, committer, log message, etc.
2.2) create annotations with "notemodify", where each can refer to
a commit being annotated via a branch name, import mark reference,
sha1 and other expressions specified in the Documentation.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-07-22 13:58:35 -07:00
Jack Nagel
df6b0cad5f Documentation: minor grammatical fix in rev-list-options.txt
Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-07-22 10:38:59 -07:00
Peter Collingbourne
0dc310e860 Documentation: git-filter-branch honors replacement refs
Make it clear that git-filter-branch will honor and make permanent
replacement refs as well as grafts.

Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-07-21 12:54:55 -07:00
Jeff King
d28790dc31 docs: document --textconv diff option
This has been there since textconv existed, but was never
documented. There is some overlap with what's in
gitattributes(5), but it's important to warn in both places
that textconv diffs probably can't be applied.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-07-06 11:10:11 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
f696543dad Git 1.7.6
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-26 12:41:16 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
67393c5dc9 glossary: clarify description of HEAD
HEAD on a branch does reference a commit via the branch ref it refers to.
The main difference of a detached HEAD is that it _directly_ refers to
a commit.  Clarify this.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-23 15:39:28 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
deaef1e947 glossary: update description of head and ref
Reword them to avoid sounding as if loose refs are the only ones in the world.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-23 15:39:28 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
487b04411d glossary: update description of "tag"
It is an unimportant implementation detail that ref namespaces are
implemented as subdirectories of $GIT_DIR/refs. What is more important
is that tags are in refs/tags hierarchy in the ref namespace.

Also note that a tag can point at an object of arbitrary type, not limited
to commit.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-23 15:39:24 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
0abcfbff4d git.txt: de-emphasize the implementation detail of a ref
It is an unimportant implementation detail that branches and tags are
stored somewhere under $GIT_DIR/refs directory, or the name of the commit
that will become the parent of the next commit is stored in $GIT_DIR/HEAD.

What is more important is that branches live in refs/heads and tags live
in refs/tags hierarchy in the ref namespace, and HEAD means the tip of the
current branch.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-23 15:38:18 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
a0a7e9e511 check-ref-format doc: de-emphasize the implementation detail of a ref
It is an unimportant implementation detail that branches and tags are
stored somewhere under $GIT_DIR/refs directory. What is more important
is that branches live in refs/heads and tags live in refs/tags hierarchy
in the ref namespace.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-23 15:38:14 -07:00
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
def98035d0 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Documentation: git diff --check respects core.whitespace
2011-06-22 14:01:18 -07:00
Christof Krüger
4f8303905e Documentation: git diff --check respects core.whitespace
Fix documentation on "git diff --check" by adopting the description from
"git apply --whitespace".

Signed-off-by: Christof Krüger <git@christof-krueger.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-22 11:40:32 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
302bd999fd Git 1.7.6-rc2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-16 09:21:36 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
2cbd969bcf Git 1.7.6-rc1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-08 18:29:48 -07:00
Alex Neronskiy
4a1c269516 Document the underlying protocol used by shallow repositories and --depth commands.
Explain the exchange that occurs between a client and server when
the client is requesting shallow history and/or is already using
a shallow repository.

Signed-off-by: Alex Neronskiy <zakmagnus@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-08 18:08:21 -07:00
Alex Neronskiy
a1e90b2352 Fix documentation of fetch-pack that implies that the client can disconnect after sending wants.
Specify conditions under which the client can terminate the connection
early. Previously, an unintended behavior was possible which could
confuse servers.

Based-on-patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Neronskiy <zakmagnus@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-08 18:08:20 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
a6605d76cd Sync with 1.7.5.4
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-01 14:11:17 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
e5af0de202 Git 1.7.5.4
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-01 14:08:26 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
2dd798469e Merge branch 'jk/maint-docs' into maint
* jk/maint-docs:
  docs: fix some antique example output
  docs: make sure literal "->" isn't converted to arrow
  docs: update status --porcelain format
  docs: minor grammar fixes to git-status
2011-06-01 14:02:52 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
24263cfb54 Merge branch 'jn/doc-remote-helpers' into maint
* jn/doc-remote-helpers:
  Documentation: do not misinterpret refspecs as bold text
2011-06-01 14:02:45 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
090a1a5d95 Update draft release notes to 1.7.6
I think we are almost there for the feature freeze.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-31 12:22:50 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
1c9d71944a Merge branch 'jn/doc-remote-helpers'
* jn/doc-remote-helpers:
  Documentation: do not misinterpret refspecs as bold text
2011-05-31 12:09:35 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
15af7075fc Merge branch 'ab/i18n-envsubst-doc-fix'
* ab/i18n-envsubst-doc-fix:
  git-sh-i18n--envsubst: add SYNOPSIS section to the documentation
2011-05-31 12:09:21 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
7953156939 Merge branch 'jk/maint-docs'
* jk/maint-docs:
  docs: fix some antique example output
  docs: make sure literal "->" isn't converted to arrow
  docs: update status --porcelain format
  docs: minor grammar fixes to git-status
2011-05-31 12:09:00 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
efd02e92c9 Merge branch 'jl/read-tree-m-dry-run'
* jl/read-tree-m-dry-run:
  Teach read-tree the -n|--dry-run option
  unpack-trees: add the dry_run flag to unpack_trees_options
2011-05-31 12:08:48 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
2951df7a9a Sync with maint 2011-05-31 12:07:14 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
2b0b64ee85 Start 1.7.5.4 draft release notes
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-31 12:06:40 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
398dbe536d Merge branch 'vh/config-interactive-singlekey-doc' into maint
* vh/config-interactive-singlekey-doc:
  git-reset.txt: better docs for '--patch'
  git-checkout.txt: better docs for '--patch'
  git-stash.txt: better docs for '--patch'
  git-add.txt: document 'interactive.singlekey'
  config.txt: 'interactive.singlekey; is used by...
2011-05-31 12:01:06 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
e596fd295f Merge branch 'rr/doc-content-type' into maint
* rr/doc-content-type:
  Documentation: Allow custom diff tools to be specified in 'diff.tool'
  Documentation: Add diff.<driver>.* to config
  Documentation: Move diff.<driver>.* from config.txt to diff-config.txt
  Documentation: Add filter.<driver>.* to config
2011-05-31 11:59:39 -07:00
Jonathan Nieder
8e4414edde Documentation: do not misinterpret refspecs as bold text
In v1.7.3.3~2 (Documentation: do not misinterpret pull refspec as bold
text, 2010-12-03) many uses of asterisks in expressions like
"refs/heads/*:refs/svn/origin/branches/*" were escaped as {asterisk}
to avoid being treated as delimiters for bold text, but these two were
missed.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-30 12:55:16 -07:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
f5008f56d5 git-sh-i18n--envsubst: add SYNOPSIS section to the documentation
Change the documentation for the git-sh-i18n--envsubst program to
include a SYNOPSIS section. Include the invocation of the program from
git-sh-i18n.sh.

Not having a SYNOPSIS section caused the "doc" target to fail on
Centos 5.5 with asciidoc 8.2.5, while building with 8.6.4 on Debian
works just fine.

The relevant error was:

    ERROR: git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt: line 9: second section must be named SYNOPSIS

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-30 01:08:32 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
fb674d7671 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  git-submodule.sh: separate parens by a space to avoid confusing some shells
  Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt: correct name of diff_unmerge()
  read_gitfile_gently: use ssize_t to hold read result
  remove tests of always-false condition
  rerere.c: diagnose a corrupt MERGE_RR when hitting EOF between TAB and '\0'
2011-05-30 00:09:55 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
bcb477fb60 Merge branch 'bc/maint-api-doc-parked' into maint
* bc/maint-api-doc-parked:
  Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt: correct name of diff_unmerge()
2011-05-30 00:03:52 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
be653d6cb8 Merge branch 'mk/grep-pcre'
* mk/grep-pcre:
  git-grep: Fix problems with recently added tests
  git-grep: Update tests (mainly for -P)
  Makefile: Pass USE_LIBPCRE down in GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
  git-grep: update tests now regexp type is "last one wins"
  git-grep: do not die upon -F/-P when grep.extendedRegexp is set.
  git-grep: Bail out when -P is used with -F or -E
  grep: Add basic tests
  configure: Check for libpcre
  git-grep: Learn PCRE
  grep: Extract compile_regexp_failed() from compile_regexp()
  grep: Fix a typo in a comment
  grep: Put calls to fixmatch() and regmatch() into patmatch()
  contrib/completion: --line-number to git grep
  Documentation: Add --line-number to git-grep synopsis
2011-05-30 00:00:07 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
3d109dd8ef Merge branch 'jc/notes-batch-removal'
* jc/notes-batch-removal:
  show: --ignore-missing
  notes remove: --stdin reads from the standard input
  notes remove: --ignore-missing
  notes remove: allow removing more than one
2011-05-29 23:51:26 -07:00
Jeff King
62b42d3487 docs: fix some antique example output
These diff-index and diff-tree sample outputs date back to
the first month of git's existence. The output format has
changed slightly since then, so let's have it match the
current output.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-26 22:15:39 -07:00
Jeff King
715e716a1b docs: make sure literal "->" isn't converted to arrow
Recent versions of asciidoc will treat "->" as a
single-glyph arrow symbol, unless it is inside a literal
code block. This is a problem if we are discussing literal
output and want to show the ASCII characters.

Our usage falls into three categories:

  1. Inside a code block. These can be left as-is.

  2. Discussing literal output or code, but inside a
     paragraph. This patch escapes these as "\->".

  3. Using the arrow as a symbolic element, such as "use the
     Edit->Account Settings menu". In this case, the
     arrow symbol is preferable, so we leave it as-is.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-26 22:15:38 -07:00
Jeff King
fc17df0344 docs: update status --porcelain format
The --porcelain format was originally identical to the
--short format, but designed to be stable as the short
format changed. Since this was written, the short format
picked up a few incompatible niceties, but this description
was never changed.

Let's mention the differences. While we're at it, let's add
some sub-section headings to make the "output" section a
little easier to navigate.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-26 22:15:36 -07:00
Jeff King
043b5cd938 docs: minor grammar fixes to git-status
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-26 22:15:35 -07:00
Brandon Casey
7a45c31396 Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt: correct name of diff_unmerge()
Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-26 14:50:24 -07:00