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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fetch-options.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-am.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt | 71 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-stash.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/githooks.txt | 62 |
14 files changed, 261 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4f29babdeb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +GIT v1.6.4.3 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.4.2 +-------------------- + +* "git clone" from an empty repository gave unnecessary error message, + even though it did everything else correctly. + +* "git cvsserver" invoked git commands via "git-foo" style, which has long + been deprecated. + +* "git fetch" and "git clone" had an extra sanity check to verify the + presense of the corresponding *.pack file before downloading *.idx + file by issuing a HEAD request. Github server however sometimes + gave 500 (Internal server error) response to HEAD even if a GET + request for *.pack file to the same URL would have succeeded, and broke + clone over HTTP from some of their repositories. As a workaround, this + verification has been removed (as it is not absolutely necessary). + +* "git grep" did not like relative pathname to refer outside the current + directory when run from a subdirectory. + +* an error message from "git push" was formatted in a very ugly way. + +* "git svn" did not quote the subversion user name correctly when + running its author-prog helper program. + +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt index 84a84519d4..e560af14a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ GIT v1.6.5 Release Notes ======================== -In git 1.7.0, which is planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git push" -into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by default. +In git 1.7.0, which was planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git +push" into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by +default. You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving @@ -44,8 +45,14 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 outperforms the default fallback implementation we borrowed from Mozzilla. + * Unnecessary inefficiency in deepening of a shallow repository has + been removed. + (usability, bells and whistles) + * Human writable date format to various options, e.g. --since=yesterday, + master@{2000.09.17}, are taught to infer some omitted input properly. + * refs/replace/ hierarchy is designed to be usable as a replacement of the "grafts" mechanism, with the added advantage that it can be transferred across repositories. @@ -54,10 +61,23 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 * "git am" handles input e-mail files that has CRLF line endings sensibly. + * "git am" learned "--scissors" option to allow you to discard early part + of an incoming e-mail. + + * "git checkout", "git reset" and "git stash" learned to pick and + choose to use selected changes you made, similar to "git add -p". + + * "git clone" learned a "-b" option to pick a HEAD to check out + different from the remote's default branch. + * "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would happen if I try to commit with these arguments." - * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access. + * "git commit --dry-run" and "git status" shows conflicted paths in a + separate section to make them easier to spot during a merge. + + * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access even + when the password is not taken from ~/.cvspass file. * "git fast-export" learned --no-data option that can be useful when reordering commits and trees without touching the contents of @@ -76,8 +96,6 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 * informational output from "git reset" that lists the locally modified paths is made consistent with that of "git checkout $another_branch". - * "git status" gives more descriptive output for unmerged paths. - * "git submodule" learned to give submodule name to scripts run with "foreach" subcommand. @@ -87,6 +105,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 tree vs the commit bound at submodule path, instead of comparing the index. + * "git upload-pack", which is the server side support for "git clone" and + "git fetch", can call a new post-upload-pack hook for statistics purposes. + (developers) * With GIT_TEST_OPTS="--root=/p/a/t/h", tests can be run outside the @@ -104,6 +125,6 @@ Fixes since v1.6.4 -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.4.1-266-g235db15 +O=v1.6.4.2-298-gdf01e7c echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index ea3b1bc19f..5eb2b0ee07 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +ifndef::git-pull[] -q:: --quiet:: Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally @@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ -v:: --verbose:: Be verbose. +endif::git-pull[] -a:: --append:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index fcacc94650..67ad5da9cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date] [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] - [--reject] [-q | --quiet] + [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors | --no-scissors] [<mbox> | <Maildir>...] 'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort) @@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ OPTIONS --keep:: Pass `-k` flag to 'git-mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). +-c:: +--scissors:: + Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see + linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). + +---no-scissors:: + Ignore scissors lines (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). + -q:: --quiet:: Be quiet. Only print error messages. @@ -128,10 +136,8 @@ the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH <anything>]". The "Subject: " line is supposed to concisely describe what the commit is about in one line of text. -"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body (the rest of the -message after the blank line terminating the RFC2822 headers) -override the respective commit author name and title values taken -from the headers. +"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body override the respective +commit author name and title values taken from the headers. The commit message is formed by the title taken from the "Subject: ", a blank line and the body of the message up to diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index b1314b5614..37c1810e3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [-b <new_branch>] [<start_point>] 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... +'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use the --track or --no-track options, which will be passed to `git branch`. As a convenience, --track without `-b` implies branch creation; see the description of --track below. -When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch +When <paths> or --patch are given, this command does *not* switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree from the index file, or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit). In this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are meaningless and giving @@ -115,6 +116,16 @@ the conflicted merge in the specified paths. "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by "merge" style, shows the original contents). +-p:: +--patch:: + Interactively select hunks in the difference between the + <tree-ish> (or the index, if unspecified) and the working + tree. The chosen hunks are then applied in reverse to the + working tree (and if a <tree-ish> was specified, the index). ++ +This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard +edits from your current working tree. + <branch>:: Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 2e0785e1de..f23100e509 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track of the upstream repository, use <name>. +--branch <name>:: +-b <name>:: + Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed + to by the cloned repositoroy's HEAD, point to <name> branch + instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will + be checked out. + --upload-pack <upload-pack>:: -u <upload-pack>:: When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt index 8d95aaa304..996c3fcc6c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-mailinfo - Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message SYNOPSIS -------- -'git mailinfo' [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] <msg> <patch> +'git mailinfo' [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--scissors] <msg> <patch> DESCRIPTION @@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ conversion, even with this flag. -n:: Disable all charset re-coding of the metadata. +--scissors:: + Remove everything in body before a scissors line. A line that + mainly consists of scissors (either ">8" or "8<") and perforation + (dash "-") marks is called a scissors line, and is used to request + the reader to cut the message at that line. If such a line + appears in the body of the message before the patch, everything + before it (including the scissors line itself) is ignored when + this option is used. ++ +This is useful if you want to begin your message in a discussion thread +with comments and suggestions on the message you are responding to, and to +conclude it with a patch submission, separating the discussion and the +beginning of the proposed commit log message with a scissors line. ++ +This can enabled by default with the configuration option mailinfo.scissors. + +--no-scissors:: + Ignore scissors lines. Useful for overriding mailinfo.scissors settings. + <msg>:: The commit log message extracted from e-mail, usually except the title line which comes from e-mail Subject. diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt index d4037de512..579e8d2f3b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-quiltimport - Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git quiltimport' [--dry-run] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>] +'git quiltimport' [--dry-run | -n] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>] DESCRIPTION diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..173ee232f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +git-remote-helpers(1) +===================== + +NAME +---- +git-remote-helpers - Helper programs for interoperation with remote git + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git remote-<transport>' <remote> + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +These programs are normally not used directly by end users, but are +invoked by various git programs that interact with remote repositories +when the repository they would operate on will be accessed using +transport code not linked into the main git binary. Various particular +helper programs will behave as documented here. + +COMMANDS +-------- + +Commands are given by the caller on the helper's standard input, one per line. + +'capabilities':: + Lists the capabilities of the helper, one per line, ending + with a blank line. + +'list':: + Lists the refs, one per line, in the format "<value> <name> + [<attr> ...]". The value may be a hex sha1 hash, "@<dest>" for + a symref, or "?" to indicate that the helper could not get the + value of the ref. A space-separated list of attributes follows + the name; unrecognized attributes are ignored. After the + complete list, outputs a blank line. + +'fetch' <sha1> <name>:: + Fetches the given object, writing the necessary objects to the + database. Outputs a blank line when the fetch is + complete. Only objects which were reported in the ref list + with a sha1 may be fetched this way. ++ +Supported if the helper has the "fetch" capability. + +If a fatal error occurs, the program writes the error message to +stderr and exits. The caller should expect that a suitable error +message has been printed if the child closes the connection without +completing a valid response for the current command. + +Additional commands may be supported, as may be determined from +capabilities reported by the helper. + +CAPABILITIES +------------ + +'fetch':: + This helper supports the 'fetch' command. + +REF LIST ATTRIBUTES +------------------- + +None are defined yet, but the caller must accept any which are supplied. + +Documentation +------------- +Documentation by Daniel Barkalow. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index abb25d1c00..469cf6dbac 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... +'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ the undo in the history. If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch, linkgit:git-revert[1] is your friend. -The second form with 'paths' is used to revert selected paths in -the index from a given commit, without moving HEAD. +The second and third forms with 'paths' and/or --patch are used to +revert selected paths in the index from a given commit, without moving +HEAD. OPTIONS @@ -50,6 +52,15 @@ OPTIONS and updates the files that are different between the named commit and the current commit in the working tree. +-p:: +--patch:: + Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index + and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied + in reverse to the index. ++ +This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see +linkgit:git-add[1]). + -q:: Be quiet, only report errors. diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 2f5ca7b1a3..3f14b727b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] -'git stash' [save [--keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]] +'git stash' [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]] 'git stash' clear 'git stash' create @@ -42,15 +42,27 @@ is also possible). OPTIONS ------- -save [--keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset - --hard` to revert them. This is the default action when no - subcommand is given. The <message> part is optional and gives - the description along with the stashed state. + --hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives + the description along with the stashed state. For quickly making + a snapshot, you can omit _both_ "save" and <message>, but giving + only <message> does not trigger this action to prevent a misspelled + subcommand from making an unwanted stash. + If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the index are left intact. ++ +With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from in the diff +between HEAD and the working tree to be stashed. The stash entry is +constructed such that its index state is the same as the index state +of your repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you +selected interactively. The selected changes are then rolled back +from your worktree. ++ +The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use +`--no-keep-index` to override this. list [<options>]:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt index b8e49dce4a..63f3b5c742 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ The UI for the protocol is on the 'git-fetch-pack' side, and the program pair is meant to be used to pull updates from a remote repository. For push operations, see 'git-send-pack'. +After finishing the operation successfully, `post-upload-pack` +hook is called (see linkgit:githooks[5]). OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index ad44cac71d..f91cabb4ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.6.4.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4.2] +* link:v1.6.4.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4.3] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt[1.6.4.3], link:RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt[1.6.4.2], link:RelNotes-1.6.4.1.txt[1.6.4.1], link:RelNotes-1.6.4.txt[1.6.4]. diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 1c736738cc..79f633e837 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ executable by default. This document describes the currently defined hooks. +HOOKS +----- + applypatch-msg --------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-am' script. It takes a single parameter, the name of the file that holds the proposed commit @@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ The default 'applypatch-msg' hook, when enabled, runs the 'commit-msg' hook, if the latter is enabled. pre-applypatch --------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-am'. It takes no parameter, and is invoked after the patch is applied, but before a commit is made. @@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ The default 'pre-applypatch' hook, when enabled, runs the 'pre-commit' hook, if the latter is enabled. post-applypatch ---------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-am'. It takes no parameter, and is invoked after the patch is applied and a commit is made. @@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect the outcome of 'git-am'. pre-commit ----------- +~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit', and can be bypassed with `\--no-verify` option. It takes no parameter, and is @@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ variable `GIT_EDITOR=:` if the command will not bring up an editor to modify the commit message. prepare-commit-msg ------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit' right after preparing the default log message, and before the editor is started. @@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ The sample `prepare-commit-msg` hook that comes with git comments out the `Conflicts:` part of a merge's commit message. commit-msg ----------- +~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit', and can be bypassed with `\--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, the @@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ The default 'commit-msg' hook, when enabled, detects duplicate "Signed-off-by" lines, and aborts the commit if one is found. post-commit ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit'. It takes no parameter, and is invoked after a commit is made. @@ -135,14 +138,14 @@ This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect the outcome of 'git-commit'. pre-rebase ----------- +~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is called by 'git-rebase' and can be used to prevent a branch from getting rebased. post-checkout ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked when a 'git-checkout' is run after having updated the worktree. The hook is given three parameters: the ref of the previous HEAD, @@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ differences from the previous HEAD if different, or set working dir metadata properties. post-merge ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-merge', which happens when a 'git-pull' is done on a local repository. The hook takes a single parameter, a status @@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ for an example of how to do this. [[pre-receive]] pre-receive ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' on the remote repository, which happens when a 'git-push' is done on a local repository. @@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ for the user. [[update]] update ------- +~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' on the remote repository, which happens when a 'git-push' is done on a local repository. @@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ unannotated tags to be pushed. [[post-receive]] post-receive ------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' on the remote repository, which happens when a 'git-push' is done on a local repository. @@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ emails. [[post-update]] post-update ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' on the remote repository, which happens when a 'git-push' is done on a local repository. @@ -307,8 +310,37 @@ Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to 'git-send-pack' on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages for the user. +post-upload-pack +---------------- + +After upload-pack successfully finishes its operation, this hook is called +for logging purposes. + +The hook is passed various pieces of information, one per line, from its +standard input. Currently the following items can be fed to the hook, but +more types of information may be added in the future: + +want SHA-1:: + 40-byte hexadecimal object name the client asked to include in the + resulting pack. Can occur one or more times in the input. + +have SHA-1:: + 40-byte hexadecimal object name the client asked to exclude from + the resulting pack, claiming to have them already. Can occur zero + or more times in the input. + +time float:: + Number of seconds spent for creating the packfile. + +size decimal:: + Size of the resulting packfile in bytes. + +kind string: + Either "clone" (when the client did not give us any "have", and asked + for all our refs with "want"), or "fetch" (otherwise). + pre-auto-gc ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-gc --auto'. It takes no parameter, and exiting with non-zero status from this script causes the 'git-gc --auto' |