git-commit-vandalism/Documentation
Shawn O. Pearce 825769a8fe Teach fast-import how to clear the internal branch content.
Some frontends may not be able to (easily) keep track of which files
are included in the branch, and which aren't.  Performing this
tracking can be tedious and error prone for the frontend to do,
especially if its foreign data source cannot supply the changed
path list on a per-commit basis.

fast-import now allows a frontend to request that a branch's tree
be wiped clean (reset to the empty tree) at the start of a commit,
allowing the frontend to feed in all paths which belong on the branch.

This is ideal for a tar-file importer frontend, for example, as
the frontend just needs to reformat the tar data stream into a gfi
data stream, which may be something a few Perl regexps can take
care of. :)

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2007-02-07 02:03:03 -05:00
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howto [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
technical Update send-pack pipeline documentation. 2007-01-01 14:35:16 -08:00
.gitignore Stop ignoring Documentation/README 2007-01-20 19:10:26 -08:00
asciidoc.conf escape tilde in Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt 2006-10-03 01:04:19 -07:00
build-docdep.perl
callouts.xsl spurious .sp in manpages 2006-12-13 09:41:18 -08:00
cmd-list.perl git-fsck-objects is now synonym to git-fsck 2007-01-28 16:33:58 -08:00
config.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
core-intro.txt git-fsck-objects is now synonym to git-fsck 2007-01-28 16:33:58 -08:00
core-tutorial.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
cvs-migration.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
diff-format.txt Update documentation to remove incorrect GIT_DIFF_OPTS example. 2006-11-27 12:08:36 -08:00
diff-options.txt Document --check option to git diff. 2007-01-27 13:46:59 -08:00
diffcore.txt
everyday.txt git-fsck-objects is now synonym to git-fsck 2007-01-28 16:33:58 -08:00
fetch-options.txt Update clone/fetch documentation with --depth (shallow clone) option 2007-01-01 15:08:06 -08:00
git-add.txt Make a short-and-sweet "git-add -i" synonym for "git-add --interactive" 2007-01-17 10:52:36 -08:00
git-am.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-annotate.txt
git-apply.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-applymbox.txt -u is now default for 'git-applymbox' 2007-01-09 21:20:39 -08:00
git-applypatch.txt Documentation: suggest corresponding Porcelain-level in plumbing docs. 2007-01-17 13:03:29 -08:00
git-archimport.txt
git-archive.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-bisect.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-blame.txt Document 'git-blame --incremental' 2007-01-28 12:26:21 -08:00
git-branch.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-cat-file.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-check-ref-format.txt
git-checkout-index.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-checkout.txt Documentation: detached HEAD 2007-01-17 10:43:50 -08:00
git-cherry-pick.txt Refer users to git-rev-parse for revision specification syntax. 2007-01-17 20:45:41 -08:00
git-cherry.txt git-cherry: document limit and add diagram 2006-10-26 18:53:18 -07:00
git-clean.txt
git-clone.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-commit-tree.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-commit.txt Documentation: --amend cannot be combined with -c/-C/-F. 2007-01-24 15:32:52 -08:00
git-config.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
git-convert-objects.txt
git-count-objects.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-cvsexportcommit.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-cvsimport.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-cvsserver.txt
git-daemon.txt git-daemon documentation on enabling services. 2007-01-24 15:29:07 -08:00
git-describe.txt Update describe documentation. 2007-01-28 02:08:51 -08:00
git-diff-files.txt
git-diff-index.txt Minor grammar fixes for git-diff-index.txt 2006-11-02 18:03:31 -08:00
git-diff-stages.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-diff-tree.txt Move --pretty options into Documentation/pretty-formats.txt 2006-11-22 16:06:32 -08:00
git-diff.txt Refer users to git-rev-parse for revision specification syntax. 2007-01-17 20:45:41 -08:00
git-fast-import.txt Teach fast-import how to clear the internal branch content. 2007-02-07 02:03:03 -05:00
git-fetch-pack.txt rename --exec to --upload-pack for fetch-pack and peek-remote 2007-01-24 16:12:15 -08:00
git-fetch.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
git-for-each-ref.txt Teach for-each-ref about a little language called Tcl. 2007-01-28 13:00:26 -08:00
git-format-patch.txt Document --ignore-if-in-upstream in git-format-patch 2007-01-18 14:29:42 -08:00
git-fsck-objects.txt git-fsck-objects is now synonym to git-fsck 2007-01-28 16:33:58 -08:00
git-fsck.txt git-fsck-objects is now synonym to git-fsck 2007-01-28 16:33:58 -08:00
git-gc.txt git-gc: do not run git-prune by default. 2007-01-21 23:28:28 -08:00
git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
git-grep.txt Documentation: a few spelling fixes 2007-01-17 08:44:32 -08:00
git-hash-object.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-http-fetch.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-http-push.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-imap-send.txt
git-index-pack.txt remove .keep pack lock files when done with refs update 2006-11-03 00:24:07 -08:00
git-init-db.txt Document git-init 2007-01-11 12:58:10 -08:00
git-init.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-instaweb.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-local-fetch.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-log.txt Refer users to git-rev-parse for revision specification syntax. 2007-01-17 20:45:41 -08:00
git-lost-found.txt
git-ls-files.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-ls-remote.txt Documentation: a few spelling fixes 2007-01-17 08:44:32 -08:00
git-ls-tree.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-mailinfo.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-mailsplit.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-merge-base.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-merge-file.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-merge-index.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-merge-one-file.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-merge-tree.txt
git-merge.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-mktag.txt
git-mktree.txt
git-mv.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-name-rev.txt
git-p4import.txt use 'init' instead of 'init-db' for shipped docs and tools 2007-01-12 13:36:16 -08:00
git-pack-objects.txt git-pack-objects progress flag documentation and cleanup 2006-11-07 16:05:37 -08:00
git-pack-redundant.txt git-fsck-objects is now synonym to git-fsck 2007-01-28 16:33:58 -08:00
git-pack-refs.txt Documentation: pack-refs --all vs default behaviour 2007-01-26 00:02:51 -08:00
git-parse-remote.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-patch-id.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-peek-remote.txt rename --exec to --upload-pack for fetch-pack and peek-remote 2007-01-24 16:12:15 -08:00
git-prune-packed.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-prune.txt git-fsck-objects is now synonym to git-fsck 2007-01-28 16:33:58 -08:00
git-pull.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
git-push.txt rename --exec to --receive-pack for push and send-pack 2007-01-19 17:54:33 -08:00
git-quiltimport.txt
git-read-tree.txt read-tree: document --exclude-per-directory 2006-12-05 23:44:23 -08:00
git-rebase.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-receive-pack.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-reflog.txt git reflog expire: document --stale-fix option. 2007-01-15 14:43:03 -08:00
git-relink.txt
git-remote.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
git-repack.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-repo-config.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
git-request-pull.txt
git-rerere.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-reset.txt Documentation: merge-output is not too verbose now. 2007-01-14 21:31:30 -08:00
git-resolve.txt Documentation/git-resolve: deprecated. 2007-01-17 13:00:23 -08:00
git-rev-list.txt reflog inspection: introduce shortcut "-g" 2007-01-24 15:13:47 -08:00
git-rev-parse.txt Document the master@{n} reflog query syntax. 2007-01-17 20:45:15 -08:00
git-revert.txt Refer users to git-rev-parse for revision specification syntax. 2007-01-17 20:45:41 -08:00
git-rm.txt git-rm documentation: remove broken behaviour from the example. 2007-01-16 11:50:29 -08:00
git-runstatus.txt Document git-runstatus 2006-11-18 14:04:45 -08:00
git-send-email.txt git-send-email: Read the default SMTP server from the GIT config file 2006-10-29 12:45:23 -08:00
git-send-pack.txt rename --exec to --receive-pack for push and send-pack 2007-01-19 17:54:33 -08:00
git-sh-setup.txt Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt: programmer's docs 2007-01-17 01:13:05 -08:00
git-shell.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-shortlog.txt Documentation: a few spelling fixes 2007-01-17 08:44:32 -08:00
git-show-branch.txt reflog inspection: introduce shortcut "-g" 2007-01-24 15:13:47 -08:00
git-show-index.txt
git-show-ref.txt show-ref --hash=len, --abbrev=len, and --abbrev 2006-10-01 00:32:44 -07:00
git-show.txt Refer users to git-rev-parse for revision specification syntax. 2007-01-17 20:45:41 -08:00
git-ssh-fetch.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-ssh-upload.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-status.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-stripspace.txt
git-svn.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
git-svnimport.txt git-svnimport: support for incremental import 2007-01-06 22:47:58 -08:00
git-symbolic-ref.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-tag.txt Allow the tag signing key to be specified in the config file 2007-01-27 13:46:59 -08:00
git-tar-tree.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-tools.txt Documentation/git-tools.txt: mention tig and refer to wiki 2007-01-17 01:09:41 -08:00
git-unpack-file.txt
git-unpack-objects.txt unpack-objects -r: call it "recover". 2006-09-13 12:59:49 -07:00
git-update-index.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
git-update-ref.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-update-server-info.txt
git-upload-archive.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-upload-pack.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git-var.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
git-verify-pack.txt
git-verify-tag.txt
git-whatchanged.txt Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt: show -<n> instead of --max-count. 2007-01-17 01:11:56 -08:00
git-write-tree.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
git.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
gitk.txt Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title 2007-01-18 15:53:37 -08:00
glossary.txt Documentation: describe shallow repository 2007-01-17 10:53:31 -08:00
hooks.txt use 'init' instead of 'init-db' for shipped docs and tools 2007-01-12 13:36:16 -08:00
howto-index.sh
i18n.txt Documentation: i18n commit log message notes. 2006-12-30 02:36:08 -08:00
install-doc-quick.sh Makefile: add quick-install-doc for installing pre-built manpages 2006-12-23 09:22:30 -08:00
install-webdoc.sh
Makefile Documentation/git.txt: command re-classification 2007-01-19 17:53:39 -08:00
merge-options.txt
merge-strategies.txt
pretty-formats.txt Move commit reencoding parameter parsing to revision.c 2006-12-30 15:58:32 -08:00
pull-fetch-param.txt Documentation: remove master:origin example from pull-fetch-param.txt 2007-01-01 14:38:08 -08:00
repository-layout.txt Documentation/glossary.txt: describe remotes/ tracking and packed-refs 2007-01-17 10:54:58 -08:00
sort_glossary.pl
SubmittingPatches Document --check option to git diff. 2007-01-27 13:46:59 -08:00
tutorial-2.txt Documentation/tutorial-2: Fix interesting typo in an example. 2007-01-21 21:24:49 -08:00
tutorial.txt [PATCH] Rename git-repo-config to git-config. 2007-01-28 16:16:53 -08:00
urls.txt Fix formatting for urls section of fetch, pull, and push manpages 2006-12-31 18:40:17 -08:00