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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/.gitattributes | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 65 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blame-options.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-describe.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 87 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-help.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-instaweb.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pull.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 50 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-svn.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-web--browse.txt | 78 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hooks.txt | 29 |
22 files changed, 386 insertions, 72 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/.gitattributes b/Documentation/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ddb030137d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +*.txt whitespace diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index de08d094e3..0e155c936c 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): - if your name is not writable in ASCII, make sure that you send off a message in the correct encoding. - send the patch to the list (git@vger.kernel.org) and the - maintainer (gitster@pobox.com). If you use - git-send-email(1), please test it first by sending - email to yourself. + maintainer (gitster@pobox.com) if (and only if) the patch + is ready for inclusion. If you use git-send-email(1), + please test it first by sending email to yourself. Long version: @@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ lose tabs that way if you are not careful. It is a common convention to prefix your subject line with [PATCH]. This lets people easily distinguish patches from other -e-mail discussions. +e-mail discussions. Use of additional markers after PATCH and +the closing bracket to mark the nature of the patch is also +encouraged. E.g. [PATCH/RFC] is often used when the patch is +not ready to be applied but it is for discussion, [PATCH v2], +[PATCH v3] etc. are often seen when you are sending an update to +what you have previously sent. "git format-patch" command follows the best current practice to format the body of an e-mail message. At the beginning of the @@ -157,7 +162,8 @@ Note that your maintainer does not necessarily read everything on the git mailing list. If your patch is for discussion first, send it "To:" the mailing list, and optionally "cc:" him. If it is trivially correct or after the list reached a consensus, send -it "To:" the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list. +it "To:" the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list for +inclusion. Also note that your maintainer does not actively involve himself in maintaining what are in contrib/ hierarchy. When you send fixes and @@ -210,10 +216,53 @@ then you just add a line saying This line can be automatically added by git if you run the git-commit command with the -s option. -Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for -now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just -point out some special detail about the sign-off. +Notice that you can place your own Signed-off-by: line when +forwarding somebody else's patch with the above rules for +D-C-O. Indeed you are encouraged to do so. Do not forget to +place an in-body "From: " line at the beginning to properly attribute +the change to its true author (see (2) above). +Some people also put extra tags at the end. + +"Acked-by:" says that the patch was reviewed by the person who +is more familiar with the issues and the area the patch attempts +to modify. "Tested-by:" says the patch was tested by the person +and found to have the desired effect. + +------------------------------------------------ +An ideal patch flow + +Here is an ideal patch flow for this project the current maintainer +suggests to the contributors: + + (0) You come up with an itch. You code it up. + + (1) Send it to the list and cc people who may need to know about + the change. + + The people who may need to know are the ones whose code you + are butchering. These people happen to be the ones who are + most likely to be knowledgeable enough to help you, but + they have no obligation to help you (i.e. you ask for help, + don't demand). "git log -p -- $area_you_are_modifying" would + help you find out who they are. + + (2) You get comments and suggestions for improvements. You may + even get them in a "on top of your change" patch form. + + (3) Polish, refine, and re-send to the list and the people who + spend their time to improve your patch. Go back to step (2). + + (4) The list forms consensus that the last round of your patch is + good. Send it to the list and cc the maintainer. + + (5) A topic branch is created with the patch and is merged to 'next', + and cooked further and eventually graduates to 'master'. + +In any time between the (2)-(3) cycle, the maintainer may pick it up +from the list and queue it to 'pu', in order to make it easier for +people play with it without having to pick up and apply the patch to +their trees themselves. ------------------------------------------------ MUA specific hints diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index ea1007bfb0..c11bb7d36c 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>. When <rev> is not specified, the command annotates the changes starting backwards from the working tree copy. This flag makes the command pretend as if the working - tree copy has the contents of he named file (specify + tree copy has the contents of the named file (specify `-` to make the command read from the standard input). -M|<num>|:: diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 7b8cae1541..f2f6a774e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ branch.autosetupmerge:: so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set, this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` - and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to false. + and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to true. branch.<name>.remote:: When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch. @@ -811,6 +811,12 @@ pack.indexVersion:: whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise the default is 1. +pack.packSizeLimit: + The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects + packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It + can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of + linkgit:git-repack[1]. + pull.octopus:: The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches at once. diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index f920c04cc0..7e8874acaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the new branch. -When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the +When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that -remote branch. If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it -the default using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration -flag. Otherwise, it can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` +remote branch. If this behavior is not desired, it is possible to +disable it using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration +flag. That setting can be overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>. @@ -108,10 +108,11 @@ OPTIONS Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you - don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. + This behavior is the default. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if - '--track' were given. + '--no-track' were given. --no-track:: When a branch is created off a remote branch, diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 584359ff3f..b4cfa044bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ OPTIONS set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically retrieve data from the remote branch. Use this if you always pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you - don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you + don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. + This behavior is the default. Set the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if - '--track' were given. + '--no-track' were given. --no-track:: When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch, diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 2341881614..975824301a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ OPTIONS .git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects with the source repository. The resulting repository starts out without any object of its own. - *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use - it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your - repository using this option, then delete branches in the - source repository and then run linkgit:git-gc[1] using the - '--prune' option in the source repository, it may remove - objects which are referenced by the cloned repository. ++ +*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use +it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your +repository using this option, then delete branches in the +source repository and then run linkgit:git-gc[1] using the +'--prune' option in the source repository, it may remove +objects which are referenced by the cloned repository. diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index c3725b2ed9..b4ae61ff46 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ order). HOOKS ----- -This command can run `commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, and -`post-commit` hooks. See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more +This command can run `commit-msg`, `prepare-commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, +and `post-commit` hooks. See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more information. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index dbce503694..6f91b9ea2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma. -M <regex>:: Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom - regex. It can be used with '-m' to also see the default regexes. - You must escape forward slashes. + regex. It can be used with '-m' to enable the default regexes + as well. You must escape forward slashes. -S <regex>:: Skip paths matching the regex. diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 0742152b81..1c3dfb40c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ OPTIONS being employed to standard error. The tag name will still be printed to standard out. +--match <pattern>:: + Only consider tags matching the given pattern (can be used to avoid + leaking private tags made from the repository). + EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index bd625ababf..96f6767075 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -805,6 +805,93 @@ Placing a `progress` command immediately after a `checkpoint` will inform the reader when the `checkpoint` has been completed and it can safely access the refs that fast-import updated. +Crash Reports +------------- +If fast-import is supplied invalid input it will terminate with a +non-zero exit status and create a crash report in the top level of +the Git repository it was importing into. Crash reports contain +a snapshot of the internal fast-import state as well as the most +recent commands that lead up to the crash. + +All recent commands (including stream comments, file changes and +progress commands) are shown in the command history within the crash +report, but raw file data and commit messages are excluded from the +crash report. This exclusion saves space within the report file +and reduces the amount of buffering that fast-import must perform +during execution. + +After writing a crash report fast-import will close the current +packfile and export the marks table. This allows the frontend +developer to inspect the repository state and resume the import from +the point where it crashed. The modified branches and tags are not +updated during a crash, as the import did not complete successfully. +Branch and tag information can be found in the crash report and +must be applied manually if the update is needed. + +An example crash: + +==== + $ cat >in <<END_OF_INPUT + # my very first test commit + commit refs/heads/master + committer Shawn O. Pearce <spearce> 19283 -0400 + # who is that guy anyway? + data <<EOF + this is my commit + EOF + M 644 inline .gitignore + data <<EOF + .gitignore + EOF + M 777 inline bob + END_OF_INPUT + + $ git-fast-import <in + fatal: Corrupt mode: M 777 inline bob + fast-import: dumping crash report to .git/fast_import_crash_8434 + + $ cat .git/fast_import_crash_8434 + fast-import crash report: + fast-import process: 8434 + parent process : 1391 + at Sat Sep 1 00:58:12 2007 + + fatal: Corrupt mode: M 777 inline bob + + Most Recent Commands Before Crash + --------------------------------- + # my very first test commit + commit refs/heads/master + committer Shawn O. Pearce <spearce> 19283 -0400 + # who is that guy anyway? + data <<EOF + M 644 inline .gitignore + data <<EOF + * M 777 inline bob + + Active Branch LRU + ----------------- + active_branches = 1 cur, 5 max + + pos clock name + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 1) 0 refs/heads/master + + Inactive Branches + ----------------- + refs/heads/master: + status : active loaded dirty + tip commit : 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + old tree : 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + cur tree : 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + commit clock: 0 + last pack : + + + ------------------- + END OF CRASH REPORT +==== + Tips and Tricks --------------- The following tips and tricks have been collected from various diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index fb77ca3a57..0926dc12ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -47,27 +47,9 @@ OPTIONS + The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable 'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of -these config variables is set, the 'git-help--browse' helper script -(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default. -+ -You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by -setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example, -you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting -'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-help--browse' assumes the tool -is available in PATH. -+ -Note that the script tries, as much as possible, to display the HTML -page in a new tab on an already opened browser. -+ -The following browsers are currently supported by 'git-help--browse': -+ -* firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE) -* iceweasel -* konqueror (this is the default under KDE) -* w3m (this is the default outside X Window) -* links -* lynx -* dillo +these config variables is set, the 'git-web--browse' helper script +(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default. See +linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES ----------------------- @@ -84,7 +66,7 @@ line option: The 'help.browser', 'web.browser' and 'browser.<tool>.path' will also be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command line option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS -section above. +section above and linkgit:git-web--browse[1]. Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using the '--global' flag, for example like this: diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt index 841e8fac7f..51f1532ef7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt @@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ OPTIONS The port number to bind the httpd to. (Default: 1234) -b|--browser:: - - The web browser command-line to execute to view the gitweb page. - If blank, the URL of the gitweb instance will be printed to - stdout. (Default: 'firefox') + The web browser that should be used to view the gitweb + page. This will be passed to the 'git-web--browse' helper + script along with the URL of the gitweb instance. See + linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. If + the script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout. --start:: Start the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate @@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ You may specify configuration in your .git/config ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If the configuration variable 'instaweb.browser' is not set, -'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined. +'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined. See +linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index 74cc7c1cb8..8353be186f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ base-name:: --max-pack-size=<n>:: Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB. If specified, multiple packfiles may be created. - The default is unlimited. + The default is unlimited, unless the config variable + `pack.packSizeLimit` is set. --incremental:: This flag causes an object already in a pack ignored diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 4cc633a5ec..179bdfc69d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ include::merge-strategies.txt[] there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information to avoid rebasing non-local changes. - - *NOTE:* This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation. - It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you - published that history already. Do *not* use this option - unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully. ++ +*NOTE:* This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation. +It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you +published that history already. Do *not* use this option +unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully. \--no-rebase:: Override earlier \--rebase. diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index a4e0a779de..fac59c9726 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>] -'git-reset' [--mixed] [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... +'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS --soft:: Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed - files "Added but not yet committed", as linkgit:git-status[1] would + files "Changes to be committed", as linkgit:git-status[1] would put it. --hard:: @@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ $ git reset <3> committed as 'snapshot WIP'. This updates the index to show your WIP files as uncommitted. +Reset a single file in the index:: ++ +Suppose you have added a file to your index, but later decide you do not +want to add it to your commit. You can remove the file from the index +while keeping your changes with git reset. ++ +------------ +$ git reset -- frotz.c <1> +$ git commit -m "Commit files in index" <2> +$ git add frotz.c <3> +------------ ++ +<1> This removes the file from the index while keeping it in the working + directory. +<2> This commits all other changes in the index. +<3> Adds the file to the index again. + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 0554f2b374..336d797e80 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -96,11 +96,40 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. servers typically listen to smtp port 25 and ssmtp port 465). ---smtp-user, --smtp-pass:: - Username and password for SMTP-AUTH. Defaults are the values of - the configuration values 'sendemail.smtpuser' and - 'sendemail.smtppass', but see also 'sendemail.identity'. - If not set, authentication is not attempted. +--smtp-user:: + Username for SMTP-AUTH. In place of this option, the following + configuration variables can be specified: ++ +-- + * sendemail.smtpuser + * sendemail.<identity>.smtpuser (see sendemail.identity). +-- ++ +However, --smtp-user always overrides these variables. ++ +If a username is not specified (with --smtp-user or a +configuration variable), then authentication is not attempted. + +--smtp-pass:: + Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no + argument is specified, then the empty string is used as + the password. ++ +In place of this option, the following configuration variables +can be specified: ++ +-- + * sendemail.smtppass + * sendemail.<identity>.smtppass (see sendemail.identity). +-- ++ +However, --smtp-pass always overrides these variables. ++ +Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files +or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with +--smtp-user or a configuration variable), but no password has been +specified (with --smtp-pass or a configuration variable), then the +user is prompted for a password while the input is masked for privacy. --smtp-ssl:: If set, connects to the SMTP server using SSL. @@ -117,6 +146,17 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppressfrom' configuration value; if that is unspecified, default to --no-suppress-from. +--suppress-cc:: + Specify an additional category of recipients to suppress the + auto-cc of. 'self' will avoid including the sender, 'author' will + avoid including the patch author, 'cc' will avoid including anyone + mentioned in Cc lines in the patch, 'sob' will avoid including + anyone mentioned in Signed-off-by lines, and 'cccmd' will avoid + running the --cc-cmd. 'all' will suppress all auto cc values. + Default is the value of 'sendemail.suppresscc' configuration value; + if that is unspecified, default to 'self' if --suppress-from is + specified, as well as 'sob' if --no-signed-off-cc is specified. + --thread, --no-thread:: If this is set, the In-Reply-To header will be set on each email sent. If disabled with "--no-thread", no emails will have the In-Reply-To diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index b1d527f74c..340f1be02a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ New features: + Any other arguments are passed directly to `git log' +'blame':: + Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file. This is + identical to `git blame', but SVN revision numbers are shown instead of git + commit hashes. ++ +All arguments are passed directly to `git blame'. + -- 'find-rev':: When given an SVN revision number of the form 'rN', returns the diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..df57d010e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +git-web--browse(1) +================== + +NAME +---- +git-web--browse - git helper script to launch a web browser + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-web--browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ... + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +This script tries, as much as possible, to display the URLs and FILEs +that are passed as arguments, as HTML pages in new tabs on an already +opened web browser. + +The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported: + +* firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE) +* iceweasel +* konqueror (this is the default under KDE) +* w3m (this is the default outside graphical environments) +* links +* lynx +* dillo +* open (this is the default under Mac OS X GUI) + +OPTIONS +------- +-b BROWSER|--browser=BROWSER:: + Use the specified BROWSER. It must be in the list of supported + browsers. + +-t BROWSER|--tool=BROWSER:: + Same as above. + +-c CONF.VAR|--config=CONF.VAR:: + CONF.VAR is looked up in the git config files. If it's set, + then its value specify the browser that should be used. + +CONFIGURATION VARIABLES +----------------------- + +The web browser can be specified using a configuration variable passed +with the -c (or --config) command line option, or the 'web.browser' +configuration variable if the former is not used. + +You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by +setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example, +you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting +'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-web--browse' assumes the tool +is available in PATH. + +Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using +the '--global' flag, for example like this: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git config --global web.browser firefox +------------------------------------------------ + +as they are probably more user specific than repository specific. +See linkgit:git-config[1] for more information about this. + +Author +------ +Written by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the git-list +<git@vger.kernel.org>, based on git-mergetool by Theodore Y. Ts'o. + +Documentation +------------- +Documentation by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the +git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 17aee93ec5..e22c4c4ae9 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:v1.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.4] +* link:v1.5.4.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.4.1] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.5.4.1.txt[1.5.4.1], link:RelNotes-1.5.4.txt[1.5.4]. * link:v1.5.3.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.3.8] diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 08373f52bb..e847b3ba63 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ Patterns have the following format: included again. If a negated pattern matches, this will override lower precedence patterns sources. + - If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the + purpose of the following description, but it would only find + a match with a directory. In other words, `foo/` will match a + directory `foo` and paths underneath it, but will not match a + regular file or a symbolic link `foo` (this is consistent + with the way how pathspec works in general in git). + - If the pattern does not contain a slash '/', git treats it as a shell glob pattern and checks for a match against the pathname without leading directories. diff --git a/Documentation/hooks.txt b/Documentation/hooks.txt index f110162b01..76b8d77460 100644 --- a/Documentation/hooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/hooks.txt @@ -61,6 +61,35 @@ The default 'pre-commit' hook, when enabled, catches introduction of lines with trailing whitespaces and aborts the commit when such a line is found. +All the `git-commit` hooks are invoked with the environment +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. + +It takes one to three parameters. The first is the name of the file +that the commit log message. The second is the source of the commit +message, and can be: `message` (if a `\-m` or `\-F` option was +given); `template` (if a `\-t` option was given or the +configuration option `commit.template` is set); `merge` (if the +commit is a merge or a `.git/MERGE_MSG` file exists); `squash` +(if a `.git/SQUASH_MSG` file exists); or `commit`, followed by +a commit SHA1 (if a `\-c`, `\-C` or `\--amend` option was given). + +If the exit status is non-zero, `git-commit` will abort. + +The purpose of the hook is to edit the message file in place, and +it is not suppressed by the `\--no-verify` option. A non-zero exit +means a failure of the hook and aborts the commit. It should not +be used as replacement for pre-commit hook. + +The sample `prepare-commit-msg` hook that comes with git comments +out the `Conflicts:` part of a merge's commit message. + commit-msg ---------- |