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Junio C Hamano
ce0545455a diff documentation: mostly talk about <commit>
This corrects minor remaining bits that still talked about <tree-ish>;
the Porcelain users (as opposed to plumbers) are mostly interested in
commits so use <commit> consistently and keep a sentence that mentions
that <tree-ish> can be used in place of them.
2006-12-20 14:41:54 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
5fed466815 Merge branch 'jc/test-clone' into jc/clone
* jc/test-clone: (35 commits)
  Introduce GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR
  Revert "fix testsuite: make sure they use templates freshly built from the source"
  fix testsuite: make sure they use templates freshly built from the source
  rerere: fix breakage of resolving.
  Add config example with respect to branch
  Add documentation for show-branch --topics
  make git a bit less cryptic on fetch errors
  make patch_delta() error cases a bit more verbose
  racy-git: documentation updates.
  show-ref: fix --exclude-existing
  parse-remote::expand_refs_wildcard()
  vim syntax: follow recent changes to commit template
  show-ref: fix --verify --hash=length
  show-ref: fix --quiet --verify
  avoid accessing _all_ loose refs in git-show-ref --verify
  git-fetch: Avoid reading packed refs over and over again
  Teach show-branch how to show ref-log data.
  markup fix in svnimport documentation.
  Documentation: new option -P for git-svnimport
  Fix mis-mark-up in git-merge-file.txt documentation
  ...
2006-12-19 01:38:18 -08:00
Aneesh Kumar K.V
910c00c8ca Add config example with respect to branch
Update config.txt with example with respect to branch
config variable. This give a better idea regarding
how branch names are expected.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-18 16:05:08 -08:00
Brian Gernhardt
38c594d330 Add documentation for show-branch --topics
Add a quick paragraph explaining the --topics option for show-branch.
The explanation is an abbreviated version of the commit message from
d320a5437f.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-18 16:03:39 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
e1bb1d31ea racy-git: documentation updates.
We've removed the workaround for runtime penalty that did not
exist in practice some time ago, but the technical paper that
proposed that change still said "we probably should do so".

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-18 14:18:54 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
ee6002aa42 markup fix in svnimport documentation.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-17 10:33:24 -08:00
Quy Tonthat
c0e9232e43 Documentation: new option -P for git-svnimport
Documentation: new option -P for git-svnimport.

Signed-off-by: Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-17 10:31:11 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
38477d9e60 Fix mis-mark-up in git-merge-file.txt documentation
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-17 01:14:44 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
63085fabbd git-clone: lose the traditional 'no-separate-remote' layout
Finally.

The separate-remote layout is so much more organized than
traditional and easier to work with especially when you need to
deal with remote repositories with multiple branches and/or you
need to deal with more than one remote repositories, and using
traditional layout for new repositories simply does not make
much sense.

Internally we still have code for 1:1 mappings to create a bare
clone; that is a good thing and will not go away.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-16 13:01:41 -08:00
Johannes Schindelin
9abaa7f033 Document git-merge-file
Most of this is derived from the documentation of RCS merge.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-16 05:15:28 -08:00
Quy Tonthat
a2e88b3580 git-clone documentation
When --use-separate-remote is used on git-clone, the remote
heads are saved under $GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/, not
"$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin/"

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-15 23:51:22 -08:00
Shawn O. Pearce
82dca84871 Align section headers of 'git status' to new 'git add'.
Now that 'git add' is considered a first-class UI for 'update-index'
and that the 'git add' documentation states "Even modified files
must be added to the set of changes about to be committed" we should
make the output of 'git status' align with that documentation and
common usage.

So now we see a status output such as:

  # Added but not yet committed:
  #   (will commit)
  #
  #       new file: x
  #
  # Changed but not added:
  #   (use "git add file1 file2" to include for commit)
  #
  #       modified:   x
  #
  # Untracked files:
  #   (use "git add" on files to include for commit)
  #
  #       y

which just reads better in the context of using 'git add' to
manipulate a commit (and not a checkin, whatever the heck that is).

We also now support 'color.status.added' as an alias for the existing
'color.status.updated', as this alias more closely aligns with the
current output and documentation.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-15 22:31:01 -08:00
Brian Gernhardt
e697e4cd1f Make git-diff documentation use [--] when it should.
Two of the cases has "[--] [<path>...]" and two had "-- [<path>...]".
Not terribly consistent and potentially confusing.  Also add "[--]" to
the synopsis so that it's obvious you can use it from the very
beginning.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-15 22:31:01 -08:00
Brian Gernhardt
89c4afe0d0 Add --add option to git-repo-config
For multivars, the "git-repo-config name value ^$" is useful but
nonintuitive and troublesome to do repeatedly (since the value is not
at the end of the command line).  This commit simply adds an --add
option that adds a new value to a multivar.  Particularly useful for
tracking a new branch on a remote:

git-repo-config --add remote.origin.fetch +next:origin/next

Includes documentation and test.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-15 22:31:01 -08:00
Shawn O. Pearce
0bee591869 Enable reflogs by default in any repository with a working directory.
New and experienced Git users alike are finding out too late that
they forgot to enable reflogs in the current repository, and cannot
use the information stored within it to recover from an incorrectly
entered command such as `git reset --hard HEAD^^^` when they really
meant HEAD^^ (aka HEAD~2).

So enable reflogs by default in all future versions of Git, unless
the user specifically disables it with:

  [core]
    logAllRefUpdates = false

in their .git/config or ~/.gitconfig.

We only enable reflogs in repositories that have a working directory
associated with them, as shared/bare repositories do not have
an easy means to prune away old log entries, or may fail logging
entirely if the user's gecos information is not valid during a push.
This heuristic was suggested on the mailing list by Junio.

Documentation was also updated to indicate the new default behavior.
We probably should start to teach usuing the reflog to recover
from mistakes in some of the tutorial material, as new users are
likely to make a few along the way and will feel better knowing
they can recover from them quickly and easily, without fsck-objects'
lost+found features.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-15 22:31:01 -08:00
Shawn O. Pearce
ef0a89a604 Provide more meaningful output from 'git init-db'.
Back in the old days of Git when people messed around with their
GIT_DIR environment variable more often it was nice to know whether
or not git-init-db created a .git directory or used GIT_DIR.
As most users at that time were rather technical UNIXy folk the
message "defaulting to local storage area" made sense to some and
seemed reasonable.

But it doesn't really convey any meaning to the new Git user,
as they don't know what a 'local storage area is' nor do they
know enough about Git to care.  It also really doesn't tell the
experienced Git user a whole lot about the command they just ran,
especially if they might be reinitializing an existing repository
(e.g. to update hooks).

So now we print out what we did ("Initialized empty" or
"Reinitialized existing"), what type of repository ("" or "shared"),
and what location the repository will be in ("$GIT_DIR").

Suggested in part by Andy Parkins in his Git 'niggles' list
(<200612132237.10051.andyparkins@gmail.com>).

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-15 22:31:00 -08:00
Nicolas Pitre
ebd124c678 make commit message a little more consistent and conforting
It is nicer to let the user know when a commit succeeded all the time,
not only the first time.  Also the commit sha1 is much more useful than
the tree sha1 in this case.

This patch also introduces a -q switch to supress this message as well
as the summary of created/deleted files.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-15 22:29:54 -08:00
Johannes Schindelin
5d7eeee2ac git-show: grok blobs, trees and tags, too
Since git-show is pure Porcelain, it is the ideal candidate to
pretty print other things than commits, too.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-14 02:56:24 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
f5e6b89b3a Update git-diff documentation
Porcelain documentation should talk in terms of end-user workflow, not
in terms of implementation details.  Do not suggest update-index, but
git-add instead.  Explain differences among 0-, 1- and 2-tree cases
not as differences of number of trees given to the command, but say
why user would want to give these number of trees to the command in
what situation.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-14 01:51:44 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
67bed724f2 Merge branch 'jc/diff--cached'
* jc/diff--cached:
  Revert "git-diff: Introduce --index and deprecate --cached."
2006-12-13 23:55:42 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
1d77043b00 config documentation: group color items together.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-13 12:11:03 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
f388cec3d7 Merge branch 'jc/read-tree-ignore'
* jc/read-tree-ignore:
  read-tree: document --exclude-per-directory
  Loosen "working file will be lost" check in Porcelain-ish
  read-tree: further loosen "working file will be lost" check.
2006-12-13 11:10:24 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
d0085ade95 Merge branch 'ew/rerere'
* ew/rerere:
  rerere: record (or avoid misrecording) resolved, skipped or aborted rebase/am
  git-rerere: add 'gc' command.
  rerere: add clear, diff, and status commands
2006-12-13 11:08:35 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
78ba00407c Merge branch 'np/addcommit'
* np/addcommit:
  git-commit: allow --only to lose what was staged earlier.
  Documentation/git-commit: rewrite to make it more end-user friendly.
  make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index
2006-12-13 11:08:20 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
abcb49cb56 Merge branch 'lh/branch-rename'
* lh/branch-rename:
  git-branch: let caller specify logmsg
  rename_ref: use lstat(2) when testing for symlink
  git-branch: add options and tests for branch renaming

Conflicts:

	builtin-branch.c
2006-12-13 11:07:51 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
490e092def Merge branch 'jc/commit-careful'
* jc/commit-careful:
  git-commit: show --summary after successful commit.
2006-12-13 11:03:46 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
e4d45dd3bb Merge branch 'js/merge'
* js/merge:
  merge-recursive: add/add really is modify/modify with an empty base
  Get rid of the dependency on RCS' merge program
  merge-file: support -p and -q; fix compile warnings
  Add builtin merge-file, a minimal replacement for RCS merge
  xdl_merge(): fix and simplify conflict handling
  xdl_merge(): fix thinko
  xdl_merge(): fix an off-by-one bug
  merge-recursive: use xdl_merge().
  xmerge: make return value from xdl_merge() more usable.
  xdiff: add xdl_merge()
2006-12-13 10:46:23 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
7ef0435088 spurious .sp in manpages
This is just a random hack to work around problems people seem
to be seeing in manpage backend of xmlto (it appears we are
getting ".sp" at the end of line without line break).

Could people test this out?

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-13 09:41:18 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
f2dd1c9adf Revert "git-diff: Introduce --index and deprecate --cached."
This reverts commit 4c81c213a4.

Although --cached and --index are confusing wording, the use of
word --cached for git-diff is consistent with git-apply.  It means
"work with index without looking at the working tree".

We should probably come up with better wording for --cached, if
somebody wants to deprecate it.  But making --index and --cached
synonyms for diff while leaving them mean different things for
apply is no good.
2006-12-13 02:03:11 -08:00
Andy Parkins
a159ca0cb7 Allow subcommand.color and color.subcommand color configuration
While adding colour to the branch command it was pointed out that a
config option like "branch.color" conflicts with the pre-existing
"branch.something" namespace used for specifying default merge urls and
branches.  The suggested solution was to flip the order of the
components to "color.branch", which I did for colourising branch.

This patch does the same thing for
  - git-log (color.diff)
  - git-status (color.status)
  - git-diff (color.diff)
  - pager (color.pager)

I haven't removed the old config options; but they should probably be
deprecated and eventually removed to prevent future namespace
collisions.  I've done this deprecation by changing the documentation
for the config file to match the new names; and adding the "color.XXX"
options to contrib/completion/git-completion.bash.

Unfortunately git-svn reads "diff.color" and "pager.color"; which I
don't like to change unilaterally.

Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-13 01:47:36 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
25fb629058 git-push: document removal of remote ref with :<dst> pathspec
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-13 01:11:05 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
8042ed1ceb Merge branch 'master' into js/merge
* master: (42 commits)
  git-svn: correctly handle packed-refs in refs/remotes/
  add test case for recursive merge
  git-svn: correctly display fatal() error messages
  git-svn: allow dcommit to take an alternate head
  git-svn: enable logging of information not supported by git
  Clarify fetch error for missing objects.
  Move Fink and Ports check to after config file
  shortlog: fix segfault on empty authorname
  shortlog: remove "[PATCH]" prefix from shortlog output
  Make sure the empty tree exists when needed in merge-recursive.
  Don't use memcpy when source and dest. buffers may overlap
  no need to install manpages as executable
  Documentation: simpler shared repository creation
  shortlog: fix segfault on empty authorname
  Add branch.*.merge warning and documentation update
  Fix perl/ build.
  git-svn: use do_switch for --follow-parent if the SVN library supports it
  Fix documentation copy&paste typo
  git-svn: extra error check to ensure we open a file correctly
  Documentation: update git-clone man page with new behavior
  ...
2006-12-12 21:52:19 -08:00
Johannes Schindelin
e2b7008752 Get rid of the dependency on RCS' merge program
Now that we have git-merge-file, an RCS merge lookalike, we no longer
need it. So long, merge, and thanks for all the fish!

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-12 21:47:29 -08:00
Eric Wong
dd31da2fdc git-svn: allow dcommit to take an alternate head
Previously dcommit would unconditionally commit all patches
up-to and including the current HEAD.  Now if an optional
command-line argument is specified, it will only commit
up to the specified revision.

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-12 17:07:05 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
73c7f5ec05 Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
  Make sure the empty tree exists when needed in merge-recursive.
  Don't use memcpy when source and dest. buffers may overlap
  no need to install manpages as executable
2006-12-11 14:12:12 -08:00
Chris Wright
d44c92d6ab no need to install manpages as executable
No need to install manpages as executable.  Noticed by Ville Skytt,Ad(B.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-11 11:32:50 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
6c96753df9 Documentation/git-commit: rewrite to make it more end-user friendly.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-09 16:56:34 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
cda2d3c112 git-rerere: add 'gc' command.
Over time, unresolved rr-cache entries are accumulated and they
tend to get less and less likely to be useful as the tips of
branches advance.

Reorder documentation page to show the subcommand section earlier
than the discussion section.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-09 11:13:17 -08:00
Eric Wong
d9671b75ad rerere: add clear, diff, and status commands
git-am and git-rebase will be updated to use 'clear', and
diff/status can be used to aid the user in tracking progress in
the resolution process.

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-09 11:09:27 -08:00
J. Bruce Fields
4cfeccc75d Documentation: simpler shared repository creation
Take Johannes Schindelin's suggestions for a further simplification of
the shared repository creation using git --bare init-db --shared, and
for a simplified cvsimport using an existing CVS working directory.

Also insert more man page references.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>

 cvs-migration.txt |   27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-08 20:11:39 -08:00
Josef Weidendorfer
62b339a544 Add branch.*.merge warning and documentation update
This patch clarifies the meaning of the branch.*.merge option.
Previously, if branch.*.merge was specified but did not match any
ref, the message "No changes." was not really helpful regarding
the misconfiguration. This patch adds a warning for this.

Signed-off-by: Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-08 18:13:31 -08:00
J. Bruce Fields
db9819a40a Documentation: update git-clone man page with new behavior
Update git-clone man page to reflect recent changes
(--use-separate-remote default and use of .git/config instead of
remotes files), and rewrite introduction.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-07 23:10:05 -08:00
J. Bruce Fields
cd976f5c52 Documentation: reorganize cvs-migration.txt
Modify cvs-migration.txt so it explains first how to develop against a
shared repository, then how to set up a shared repository, then how to
import a repository from cvs.  Though this seems chronologically
backwards, it's still readable in this order, and it puts the more
commonly needed material closer to the front.

Remove the annotate/pickaxe section; perhaps it can find a place elsewhere
in the future.  Remove most of the "why git is better than cvs" stuff from
the introduction.

Add some minor clarifications, including two that have come up several
times on the mailing list:

	1. Recommend committing any changes before running pull.
	2. Note that changes must be commited before they can be pushed.

Update the clone discussion to reflect the new --use-separate-remotes
default, and add a brief mention of git-cvsserver.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-06 21:35:53 -08:00
J. Bruce Fields
4003a58e41 cvs-migration: improved section titles, better push/commit explanation
Rename the section titles to make the "how-to" content of the section
obvious.  Also clarify that changes have to be commited before they can
be pushed.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-06 09:53:33 -08:00
Johannes Schindelin
3a9f1a55ee cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obvious
It really is an important concept to grasp for people coming
from CVS. Even if it is briefly mentioned, it is not obvious
enough to sink in.

[jc: with wording updates from J. Bruce Fields]

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-06 09:52:57 -08:00
Lars Hjemli
c976d415e5 git-branch: add options and tests for branch renaming
Extend git-branch with the following options:

  git-branch -m|-M [<oldbranch>] newbranch

The -M variation is required to force renaming over an exsisting
branchname.

This also indroduces $GIT_DIR/RENAME_REF which is a "metabranch"
used when renaming branches. It will always hold the original sha1
for the latest renamed branch.

Additionally, if $GIT_DIR/logs/RENAME_REF exists, all branch rename
events are logged there.

Finally, some testcases are added to verify the new options.

Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-05 23:50:57 -08:00
Junio C Hamano
22f741dab7 read-tree: document --exclude-per-directory
This documents the new option to read-tree that is used for the
improved "branch switching" code.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-05 23:44:23 -08:00
Nicolas Pitre
366bfcb68f make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index
This brings the power of the index up front using a proper mental model
without talking about the index at all. See for example how all the
technical discussion has been evacuated from the git-add man page.

   Any content to be committed must be added together.  Whether that
   content comes from new files or modified files doesn't matter.  You
   just need to "add" it, either with git-add, or by providing
   git-commit with -a (for already known files only of course).

No need for a separate command to distinguish new vs modified files
please. That would only screw the mental model everybody should have
when using GIT.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-04 16:33:51 -08:00
Jakub Narebski
8ebe185bbf Document git-diff whitespace flags -b and -w
Document git diff options -b / --ignore-space-change and
-w / --ignore-all-space, introduced by Johannes Schindelin
in commit 0d21efa5, "Teach diff about -b and -w flags".

The description of options is taken from GNU diff man page and
GNU Diffutils info documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-04 16:30:54 -08:00
Jakub Narebski
b360cca0b1 git-clone: Rename --use-immingled-remote option to --no-separate-remote
With making --use-separate-remote default when creating non-bare
clone, there was need for the flag which would turn off this behavior.
It was called --use-immingled-remote.

Immingle means to blend, to combine into one, to intermingle, but it
is a bit obscure word. I think it would be better to use simply
--no-separate-remote as the opposite to --use-separate-remote
option to git clone.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-12-04 13:49:08 -08:00