The old text made it sound like macros are only allowed in the
.gitattributes file at the top-level of the working tree. Make it
clear that they are also allowed in $GIT_DIR/info/attributes and in
the global and system-wide gitattributes files.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
You need at least four dashes in a line to have it recognized as listing
block delimiter by asciidoc.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
A commit has "parent commits" or "parents", not "commits".
Signed-off-by: Torstein Hegge <hegge@resisty.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
$ git log --encoding
fatal: Option '--encoding' requires a value
$ git rev-list --encoding
fatal: Option '--encoding' requires a value
The argument to --encoding has always been mandatory. Unfortunately
manpages like git-rev-list(1), git-log(1), and git-show(1) have
described the option's syntax as "--encoding[=<encoding>]" since it
was first documented. Clarify by removing the extra brackets.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The name marc.theaimsgroup.com is no longer active, and has
migrated to marc.info.
Signed-off-by: Ondřej Bílka <neleai@seznam.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Reported-By: Ibrahim M. Ghazal <imgx64@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The default similarity index of 50% is documented in gitdiffcore(7)
but it is worth also mentioning it in the description of the
-M/--find-renames option.
Signed-off-by: Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Since commit 00b347d (git-config: do not complain about duplicate
entries, 2012-10-23), "git config --get" does not exit with an error if
there are multiple values for the specified key but instead returns the
last value. Update the documentation to reflect this.
Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* jh/checkout-auto-tracking:
glossary: Update and rephrase the definition of a remote-tracking branch
branch.c: Validate tracking branches with refspecs instead of refs/remotes/*
t9114.2: Don't use --track option against "svn-remote"-tracking branches
t7201.24: Add refspec to keep --track working
t3200.39: tracking setup should fail if there is no matching refspec.
checkout: Use remote refspecs when DWIMming tracking branches
t2024: Show failure to use refspec when DWIMming remote branch names
t2024: Add tests verifying current DWIM behavior of 'git checkout <branch>'
The fact that the git:// transport does no authentication is easily
overlooked. For example, DNS poisoning may result in fetching from
somewhere that was not intended.
Add a brief security notice to the "GIT URLS" section
of the documentation stating that the git transport should be used
with caution on unsecured networks.
Signed-off-by: Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The configuration option column.ui is very poorly documented, and it is
unclear what the defaults are, and what option can be combined with
what. Rewrite it by splitting up the options into three sections
clearly showing how COL_ENABLED, COL_LAYOUT_MASK, and COL_DENSE work.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
While both GUI and console Cygwin browsers do exist, anecdotal evidence
suggests most users rely on their native Windows browser. cygstart,
which is a long-standing part of the base Cygwin installation, will
cause the page to be opened in the default Windows browser (the one
registered to open .html files).
Signed-off-by: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation and some comments still refer to files in builtin/
as 'builtin-*.[cho]'. Update these to show the correct location.
Signed-off-by: Phil Hord <hordp@cisco.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The section describing "git diff <blob> <blob>" had been placed in a
position that disrupted the statement "This is synonymous to the
previous form".
Reorder to place this form after all the <commit>-using forms, and the
note applying to them. Also mention this form in the initial description
paragraph.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Bracey <kevin@bracey.fi>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Commit 35d2fffd introduced 'git merge --abort' as a synonym to 'git reset
--merge', and added some failing tests in t7611-merge-abort.sh (search
'###' in this file) showing that 'git merge --abort' could not always
recover the pre-merge state.
Still, in many cases, 'git merge --abort' just works, and it is usually
considered that the ability to start a merge with uncommited changes is
an important property of Git.
Weaken the warning by discouraging only merge with /non-trivial/
uncommited changes.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The behavior of "git push --force" is rather clear when it updates only
one remote ref, but running it when pushing several branches can really
be dangerous. Warn the users a bit more and give them the alternative to
push only one branch.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
