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Derrick Stolee 3797a0a7b7 maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks 
Git's background maintenance uses cron by default, but this is not
available on Windows. Instead, integrate with Task Scheduler.

Tasks can be scheduled using the 'schtasks' command. There are several
command-line options that can allow for some advanced scheduling, but
unfortunately these seem to all require authenticating using a password.

Instead, use the "/xml" option to pass an XML file that contains the
configuration for the necessary schedule. These XML files are based on
some that I exported after constructing a schedule in the Task Scheduler
GUI. These options only run background maintenance when the user is
logged in, and more fields are populated with the current username and
SID at run-time by 'schtasks'.

Since the GIT_TEST_MAINT_SCHEDULER environment variable allows us to
specify 'schtasks' as the scheduler, we can test the Windows-specific
logic on other platforms. Thus, add a check that the XML file written
by Git is valid when xmllint exists on the system.

Since we use a temporary file for the XML files sent to 'schtasks', we
prefix the random characters with the frequency so it is easier to
examine the proper file during tests. Instead of an exact match on the
'args' file, we 'grep' for the arguments other than the filename.

There is a deficiency in the current design. Windows has two kinds of
applications: GUI applications that start by "winmain()" and console
applications that start by "main()". Console applications are attached
to a new Console window if they are not already associated with a GUI
application. This means that every hour the scheudled task launches a
command window for the scheduled tasks. Not only is this visually
obtrusive, but it also takes focus from whatever else the user is
doing!

A simple fix would be to insert a GUI application that acts as a shim
between the scheduled task and Git. This is currently possible in Git
for Windows by setting the <Command> tag equal to

  C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe

with options "--hide --no-needs-console --command=cmd\git.exe"
followed by the arguments currently used. Since git-bash.exe is not
included in Windows builds of core Git, I chose to leave out this
feature. My plan is to submit a small patch to Git for Windows that
converts the use of git.exe with this use of git-bash.exe in the
short term. In the long term, we can consider creating this GUI
shim application within core Git, perhaps in contrib/.

Co-authored-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-05 14:38:02 -08:00
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config maintenance: create maintenance.strategy config 2020-10-16 08:36:42 -07:00
howto Merge branch 'js/pu-to-seen' 2020-07-06 22:09:16 -07:00
RelNotes Eighth batch 2020-08-17 17:02:50 -07:00
technical Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-3' 2020-08-11 18:04:11 -07:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore Merge branch 'js/misc-doc-fixes' 2019-05-09 00:37:27 +09:00
asciidoc.conf Doc: drop support for docbook-xsl before 1.72.0 2020-03-29 09:25:38 -07:00
asciidoctor-extensions.rb Merge branch 'ma/user-manual-markup-update' 2019-10-06 12:25:16 +09:00
blame-options.txt blame-options.txt: document --first-parent option 2020-08-06 14:08:10 -07:00
build-docdep.perl
cat-texi.perl Documentation: remove unneeded argument in cat-texi.perl 2017-01-23 10:56:47 -08:00
cmd-list.perl git.txt: add list of guides 2020-08-04 18:34:02 -07:00
CodingGuidelines Merge branch 'dl/python-2.7-is-the-floor-version' 2020-06-17 21:54:05 -07:00
config.txt maintenance: create maintenance.<task>.enabled config 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
date-formats.txt date-formats.txt: fix list continuation 2020-05-18 13:18:56 -07:00
diff-format.txt doc: indent multi-line items in list 2019-12-13 12:18:07 -08:00
diff-generate-patch.txt diff, log doc: small grammer, format, and language fixes 2019-09-17 12:14:06 -07:00
diff-options.txt doc/git-log: move "-t" into diff-options list 2020-07-29 13:44:03 -07:00
doc-diff doc-diff: use single-colon rule in rendering Makefile 2020-02-18 13:53:30 -08:00
docbook-xsl.css
docbook.xsl
everyday.txto
fetch-options.txt maintenance: replace run_auto_gc() 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
fix-texi.perl
git-add.txt add: support the --pathspec-from-file option 2019-12-04 10:10:37 -08:00
git-am.txt Documentation: document am --no-gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-annotate.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-apply.txt Merge branch 'nd/diff-apply-ita' 2018-06-25 13:22:36 -07:00
git-archimport.txt git-archimport.1: specify what kind of Arch we're talking about 2018-09-21 09:28:58 -07:00
git-archive.txt
git-bisect-lk2009.txt Merge branch 'dl/lore-is-the-archive' 2019-12-06 15:09:24 -08:00
git-bisect.txt bisect: introduce first-parent flag 2020-08-07 15:13:03 -07:00
git-blame.txt blame: add the ability to ignore commits and their changes 2019-05-16 11:36:23 +09:00
git-branch.txt docs: add missing diamond brackets 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
git-bugreport.txt Merge branch 'es/bugreport-shell' 2020-06-08 18:06:28 -07:00
git-bundle.txt bundle: add new version for use with SHA-256 2020-07-30 09:16:48 -07:00
git-cat-file.txt cat-file: add missing [=<format>] to usage/synopsis 2020-07-01 15:54:05 -07:00
git-check-attr.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-check-ignore.txt Merge branch 'en/check-ignore' into maint 2020-03-17 15:02:23 -07:00
git-check-mailmap.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-check-ref-format.txt doc: promote "git switch" 2019-04-02 13:57:00 +09:00
git-checkout-index.txt
git-checkout.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-cherry-pick.txt cherry-pick/revert: honour --no-gpg-sign in all case 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-cherry.txt
git-citool.txt
git-clean.txt Merge branch 'en/clean-nested-with-ignored' 2019-10-11 14:24:46 +09:00
git-clone.txt maintenance: replace run_auto_gc() 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
git-column.txt git-column.txt: fix section header 2018-12-26 15:29:30 -08:00
git-commit-graph.txt Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-bloom-updates' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:31 -07:00
git-commit-tree.txt Documentation: merge commit-tree --[no-]gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-commit.txt Documentation: reword commit --no-gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-config.txt config: add '--show-scope' to print the scope of a config value 2020-02-10 10:49:12 -08:00
git-count-objects.txt
git-credential-cache--daemon.txt
git-credential-cache.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-credential-store.txt Merge branch 'cb/credential-store-ignore-bogus-lines' 2020-05-08 14:25:01 -07:00
git-credential.txt git-credential.txt: use list continuation 2020-05-18 13:19:33 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.txt
git-cvsimport.txt
git-cvsserver.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-daemon.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-describe.txt describe doc: remove '7-char' abbreviation reference 2019-04-08 17:24:51 +09:00
git-diff-files.txt
git-diff-index.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-diff-tree.txt Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt: fix formatting 2019-04-01 15:17:47 +09:00
git-diff.txt git-diff.txt: reorder possible usages 2020-07-13 12:47:38 -07:00
git-difftool.txt difftool: fallback on merge.guitool 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-fast-export.txt fast-export: allow seeding the anonymized mapping 2020-06-25 14:19:23 -07:00
git-fast-import.txt Merge branch 'en/fast-import-looser-date' 2020-06-02 13:35:05 -07:00
git-fetch-pack.txt Documentation: fix several one-character-off spelling errors 2018-04-09 14:15:02 +09:00
git-fetch.txt docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen 2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00
git-filter-branch.txt git-filter-branch.txt: wrap "maths" notation in backticks 2020-02-04 12:17:18 -08:00
git-fmt-merge-msg.txt config.txt: move fmt-merge-msg-config.txt to config/ 2018-10-29 10:17:01 +09:00
git-for-each-ref.txt ref-filter: add support for %(contents:size) 2020-07-16 10:46:55 -07:00
git-for-each-repo.txt for-each-repo: run subcommands on configured repos 2020-09-25 10:59:44 -07:00
git-format-patch.txt format-patch: teach --no-encode-email-headers 2020-04-07 22:37:18 -07:00
git-fsck-objects.txt
git-fsck.txt Documentation/git-fsck.txt: include fsck.* config variables 2019-07-29 10:41:18 -07:00
git-gc.txt Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch 2019-09-05 13:01:48 -07:00
git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
git-grep.txt Merge branch 'mt/grep-cquote-path' 2020-04-28 15:50:09 -07:00
git-gui.txt Documentation: update the location of the git-gui repo 2019-10-06 09:45:02 +09:00
git-hash-object.txt hash-object doc: stop mentioning git-cvsimport 2019-05-28 10:47:42 -07:00
git-help.txt help: drop usage of 'common' and 'useful' for guides 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
git-http-backend.txt Documentation: turn middle-of-line tabs into spaces 2019-03-07 09:25:32 +09:00
git-http-fetch.txt http-fetch: support fetching packfiles by URL 2020-06-10 18:06:34 -07:00
git-http-push.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-imap-send.txt git-imap-send.txt: move imap.* to a separate file 2018-10-29 10:17:02 +09:00
git-index-pack.txt Merge branch 'jb/doc-packfile-name' into master 2020-07-30 21:34:32 -07:00
git-init-db.txt
git-init.txt init: allow specifying the initial branch name for the new repository 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
git-instaweb.txt git-instaweb: add Python builtin http.server support 2019-01-28 10:57:44 -08:00
git-interpret-trailers.txt interpret-trailers.txt: start the desc line with a capital letter 2019-04-01 15:49:47 +09:00
git-log.txt Merge branch 'so/log-diff-merges-opt' 2020-08-17 17:02:50 -07:00
git-ls-files.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-ls-remote.txt docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen 2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00
git-ls-tree.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-mailinfo.txt
git-mailsplit.txt
git-maintenance.txt maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks 2021-01-05 14:38:02 -08:00
git-merge-base.txt git-merge-base.txt: render indentations correctly under Asciidoctor 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-merge-file.txt
git-merge-index.txt git-merge-index.txt: wrap shell listing in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
git-merge-one-file.txt
git-merge-tree.txt
git-merge.txt Doc: reference the "stash list" in autostash docs 2020-05-05 16:07:30 -07:00
git-mergetool--lib.txt mergetool: use get_merge_tool function 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-mergetool.txt mergetool: fallback to tool when guitool unavailable 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-mktag.txt
git-mktree.txt Documentation: normalize spelling of 'normalised' 2018-04-09 14:15:07 +09:00
git-multi-pack-index.txt multi-pack-index: respect repack.packKeptObjects=false 2020-05-10 09:50:55 -07:00
git-mv.txt
git-name-rev.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-notes.txt docs: improve the example that illustrates git-notes path names 2020-08-03 12:40:09 -07:00
git-p4.txt git-p4: add p4 submit hooks 2020-02-14 08:58:53 -08:00
git-pack-objects.txt pack-objects: no fetch when allow-{any,promisor} 2020-08-06 13:01:03 -07:00
git-pack-redundant.txt
git-pack-refs.txt
git-parse-remote.txt
git-patch-id.txt doc: remove unsupported parameter from patch-id 2017-07-28 14:41:32 -07:00
git-prune-packed.txt
git-prune.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-pull.txt Merge branch 'dl/merge-autostash' 2020-04-29 16:15:27 -07:00
git-push.txt doc: fix repeated words 2019-08-11 17:40:07 -07:00
git-quiltimport.txt git-quiltimport: add --keep-non-patch option 2019-01-07 15:29:34 -08:00
git-range-diff.txt Merge branch 'dl/range-diff-with-notes' 2019-12-05 12:52:44 -08:00
git-read-tree.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-rebase.txt Merge branch 'ma/rebase-doc-typofix' into master 2020-07-09 14:00:45 -07:00
git-receive-pack.txt git-receive-pack.txt: wrap shell [script] listing in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
git-reflog.txt reflog expire: cover reflog from all worktrees 2018-10-22 13:32:54 +09:00
git-remote-ext.txt Merge branch 'js/check-docs-exe' 2019-04-22 11:14:46 +09:00
git-remote-fd.txt docs: move gitremote-helpers into section 7 2019-04-01 14:00:53 +09:00
git-remote-helpers.txto docs: move gitremote-helpers into section 7 2019-04-01 14:00:53 +09:00
git-remote.txt doc: promote "git switch" 2019-04-02 13:57:00 +09:00
git-repack.txt doc: fix repeated words 2019-08-11 17:40:07 -07:00
git-replace.txt Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch 2019-09-05 13:01:48 -07:00
git-request-pull.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-rerere.txt Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
git-reset.txt doc: document --recurse-submodules for reset and restore 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-restore.txt Merge branch 'es/restore-staged-from-head-by-default' 2020-05-08 14:25:08 -07:00
git-rev-list.txt git-log.txt: include rev-list-description.txt 2020-07-08 22:08:54 -07:00
git-rev-parse.txt rev-parse: make --show-toplevel without a worktree an error 2019-11-20 10:19:58 +09:00
git-revert.txt cherry-pick/revert: honour --no-gpg-sign in all case 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-rm.txt rm: support the --pathspec-from-file option 2020-02-19 10:56:49 -08:00
git-send-email.txt Documentation: wrap config listings in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-send-pack.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt
git-sh-i18n.txt
git-sh-setup.txt
git-shell.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-shortlog.txt git-shortlog.txt: include commit limiting options 2019-11-10 15:13:23 +09:00
git-show-branch.txt Documentation/git-show-branch: avoid literal {apostrophe} 2019-04-10 12:05:03 +09:00
git-show-index.txt builtin/show-index: provide options to determine hash algo 2020-05-27 10:07:07 -07:00
git-show-ref.txt git-show-ref.txt: fix order of flags 2019-01-10 10:29:05 -08:00
git-show.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-sparse-checkout.txt Merge branch 'en/sparse-with-submodule-doc' 2020-06-22 15:55:03 -07:00
git-stage.txt
git-stash.txt stash push: support the --pathspec-from-file option 2020-02-19 10:56:49 -08:00
git-status.txt Documentation: wrap blocks with "--" 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-stripspace.txt
git-submodule.txt submodule: fall back to remote's HEAD for missing remote.<name>.branch 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
git-svn.txt git svn: stop using rebase --preserve-merges 2019-11-23 09:49:23 +09:00
git-switch.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-symbolic-ref.txt
git-tag.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-tools.txt doc: replace or.cz gitwiki link with git.wiki.kernel.org 2017-04-20 22:05:37 -07:00
git-unpack-file.txt
git-unpack-objects.txt
git-update-index.txt doc: dissuade users from trying to ignore tracked files 2020-01-22 12:27:49 -08:00
git-update-ref.txt Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storage 2020-07-27 10:06:49 -07:00
git-update-server-info.txt update-server-info: avoid needless overwrites 2019-05-15 14:07:37 +09:00
git-upload-archive.txt
git-upload-pack.txt doc: tidy asciidoc style 2019-01-23 11:37:29 -08:00
git-var.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-verify-commit.txt
git-verify-pack.txt
git-verify-tag.txt builtin/verify-tag: add --format to verify-tag 2017-01-17 16:10:22 -08:00
git-web--browse.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-whatchanged.txt
git-worktree.txt git-worktree.txt: link to man pages when citing other Git commands 2020-08-03 21:32:41 -07:00
git-write-tree.txt
git.txt git.txt: add list of guides 2020-08-04 18:34:02 -07:00
gitattributes.txt userdiff: support Markdown 2020-05-02 18:04:12 -07:00
gitcli.txt Merge branch 'jc/doc-single-h-is-for-help' into maint 2020-03-17 15:02:24 -07:00
gitcore-tutorial.txt doc/gitcore-tutorial: fix prose to match example command 2020-01-08 08:56:40 -08:00
gitcredentials.txt command-list.txt: add missing 'gitcredentials' and 'gitremote-helpers' 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
gitcvs-migration.txt Merge branch 'sb/doc-unify-bottom' 2017-02-15 12:54:20 -08:00
gitdiffcore.txt log -G: ignore binary files 2018-12-26 14:59:37 -08:00
giteveryday.txt docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen 2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00
gitfaq.txt Merge branch 'ss/faq-ignore' 2020-05-26 09:32:08 -07:00
gitglossary.txt Documentation: unify bottom "part of git suite" lines 2017-02-09 15:14:01 -08:00
githooks.txt githooks.txt: use correct "reference-transaction" hook name 2020-07-24 13:53:58 -07:00
gitignore.txt Merge branch 'an/ignore-doc-update' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:13 -07:00
gitk.txt doc: log, gitk: line-log arguments must exist in starting revision 2019-12-26 11:00:15 -08:00
gitmodules.txt submodule: fall back to remote's HEAD for missing remote.<name>.branch 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
gitnamespaces.txt
gitremote-helpers.txt Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
gitrepository-layout.txt Merge branch 'sg/dir-trie-fixes' 2019-11-10 18:02:14 +09:00
gitrevisions.txt push doc: correct lies about how push refspecs work 2018-08-31 14:04:06 -07:00
gitsubmodules.txt doc: list all commands affected by submodule.recurse 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
gittutorial-2.txt doc: promote "git restore" 2019-05-07 13:04:48 +09:00
gittutorial.txt doc: promote "git restore" 2019-05-07 13:04:48 +09:00
gitweb.conf.txt gitweb.conf.txt: switch pluses to backticks to help Asciidoctor 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
gitweb.txt doc: don't use git.kernel.org as example gitweb URL 2019-06-24 12:37:21 -07:00
gitworkflows.txt gitworkflows.txt: fix broken subsection underline 2020-07-18 13:43:34 -07:00
glossary-content.txt doc: typo: s/can not/cannot/ and s/is does/does/ 2019-08-05 10:05:24 -07:00
howto-index.sh
i18n.txt doc: camelCase the i18n config variables to improve readability 2017-07-17 15:11:26 -07:00
install-doc-quick.sh install-doc-quick: allow specifying what ref to install 2017-12-12 16:49:40 -08:00
install-webdoc.sh
line-range-format.txt
lint-gitlink.perl
mailmap.txt
Makefile git.txt: add list of guides 2020-08-04 18:34:02 -07:00
manpage-base-url.xsl.in Documentation: Avoid use of xmlto --stringparam 2009-12-05 10:03:49 -08:00
manpage-bold-literal.xsl manpage-bold-literal.xsl: stop using git.docbook.backslash 2020-03-29 09:25:38 -07:00
manpage-normal.xsl manpage-normal.xsl: fold in manpage-base.xsl 2020-03-29 09:25:38 -07:00
manpage-quote-apos.xsl
manpage.xsl Documentation: fix build with Asciidoctor 2 2019-09-16 12:20:39 -07:00
merge-options.txt Merge branch 'dl/merge-autostash' 2020-04-29 16:15:27 -07:00
merge-strategies.txt merge-strategies: fix typo "reflected to" to "reflected in" 2019-11-11 11:04:46 +09:00
MyFirstContribution.txt docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen 2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00
MyFirstObjectWalk.txt MyFirstObjectWalk: remove unnecessary conditional statement 2020-03-30 11:16:41 -07:00
pretty-formats.txt Merge branch 'mk/pb-pretty-email-without-domain-part-fix' 2020-07-06 22:09:15 -07:00
pretty-options.txt Merge branch 'dl/pretty-reference' 2019-12-10 13:11:43 -08:00
pull-fetch-param.txt pull doc: refer to a specific section in 'fetch' doc 2020-04-05 15:00:03 -07:00
rev-list-description.txt git-log.txt: include rev-list-description.txt 2020-07-08 22:08:54 -07:00
rev-list-options.txt Merge branch 'jk/log-fp-implies-m' 2020-08-17 17:02:49 -07:00
revisions.txt revisions.txt: describe 'rev1 rev2 ...' meaning for ranges 2020-07-08 22:08:53 -07:00
sequencer.txt cherry-pick/revert: add --skip option 2019-07-02 12:08:08 -07:00
SubmittingPatches Merge branch 'js/pu-to-seen' 2020-07-06 22:09:16 -07:00
texi.xsl Documentation: add XSLT to fix DocBook for Texinfo 2017-01-23 10:56:53 -08:00
trace2-target-values.txt docs: mention trace2 target-dir mode in git-config 2019-10-04 09:26:42 +09:00
transfer-data-leaks.txt
urls-remotes.txt
urls.txt Doc: Bundle file usage 2019-10-21 12:02:39 +09:00
user-manual.conf user-manual.conf: don't specify [listingblock] 2020-03-31 16:08:02 -07:00
user-manual.txt docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen 2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00