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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-read-tree.txt | 52 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-revert.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-send-pack.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-status.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-web--browse.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 2 |
19 files changed, 122 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..67ae414965 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Git v1.7.6.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6.1 +-------------------- + + * v1.7.6.1 broke "git push --quiet"; it used to be a no-op against an old + version of Git running on the other end, but v1.7.6.1 made it abort. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..95971831b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Git v1.7.6.3 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6.2 +-------------------- + + * "git -c var=value subcmd" misparsed the custom configuration when + value contained an equal sign. + + * "git fetch" had a major performance regression, wasting many + needless cycles in a repository where there is no submodules + present. This was especially bad, when there were many refs. + + * "git reflog $refname" did not default to the "show" subcommand as + the documentation advertised the command to do. + + * "git reset" did not leave meaningful log message in the reflog. + + * "git status --ignored" did not show ignored items when there is no + untracked items. + + * "git tag --contains $commit" was unnecessarily inefficient. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e19acac2da --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Git v1.7.6.4 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6.3 +-------------------- + + * The error reporting logic of "git am" when the command is fed a file + whose mail-storage format is unknown was fixed. + + * "git branch --set-upstream @{-1} foo" did not expand @{-1} correctly. + + * "git check-ref-format --print" used to parrot a candidate string that + began with a slash (e.g. /refs/heads/master) without stripping it, to make + the result a suitably normalized string the caller can append to "$GIT_DIR/". + + * "git clone" failed to clone locally from a ".git" file that itself + is not a directory but is a pointer to one. + + * "git clone" from a local repository that borrows from another + object store using a relative path in its objects/info/alternates + file did not adjust the alternates in the resulting repository. + + * "git describe --dirty" did not refresh the index before checking the + state of the working tree files. + + * "git ls-files ../$path" that is run from a subdirectory reported errors + incorrectly when there is no such path that matches the given pathspec. + + * "git mergetool" could loop forever prompting when nothing can be read + from the standard input. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 938eccf2a5..0dbf2c9843 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ Another thing: NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0. (2) Generate your patch using git tools out of your commits. -git based diff tools (git, Cogito, and StGIT included) generate -unidiff which is the preferred format. +git based diff tools generate unidiff which is the preferred format. You do not have to be afraid to use -M option to "git diff" or "git format-patch", if your patch involves file renames. The diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index cc39f8639a..87643882fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ branch.<name>.rebase:: browser.<tool>.cmd:: Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed - as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].) + as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].) browser.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool that may be used to diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 7951cb7b00..5cc84a1391 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area called the "index" with 'git add'. A file can be reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree, -to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD -- <file>`, +to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD \-- <file>`, which effectively reverts 'git add' and prevents the changes to this file from participating in the next commit. After building the state to be committed incrementally with these commands, diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt index 8c5be6775d..f98a41b87c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-mergetool--lib - Common git merge tool shell scriptlets SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"' +'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool{litdd}lib"' DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index c45d53c6e1..5375549820 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ OPTIONS -i:: Usually a merge requires the index file as well as the - files in the working tree are up to date with the + files in the working tree to be up to date with the current head commit, in order not to lose local changes. This flag disables the check with the working tree and is meant to be used when creating a merge of @@ -71,21 +71,21 @@ OPTIONS --aggressive:: Usually a three-way merge by 'git read-tree' resolves the merge for really trivial cases and leaves other - cases unresolved in the index, so that Porcelains can + cases unresolved in the index, so that porcelains can implement different merge policies. This flag makes the - command to resolve a few more cases internally: + command resolve a few more cases internally: + * when one side removes a path and the other side leaves the path unmodified. The resolution is to remove that path. * when both sides remove a path. The resolution is to remove that path. -* when both sides adds a path identically. The resolution +* when both sides add a path identically. The resolution is to add that path. --prefix=<prefix>/:: Keep the current index contents, and read the contents - of named tree-ish under directory at `<prefix>`. The + of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`. The original index file cannot have anything at the path - `<prefix>` itself, and have nothing in `<prefix>/` + `<prefix>` itself, nor anything in the `<prefix>/` directory. Note that the `<prefix>/` value must end with a slash. @@ -379,45 +379,45 @@ have finished your work-in-progress), attempt the merge again. Sparse checkout --------------- -"Sparse checkout" allows to sparsely populate working directory. -It uses skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell -Git whether a file on working directory is worth looking at. +"Sparse checkout" allows populating the working directory sparsely. +It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell +Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. -"git read-tree" and other merge-based commands ("git merge", "git -checkout"...) can help maintaining skip-worktree bitmap and working +'git read-tree' and other merge-based commands ('git merge', 'git +checkout'...) can help maintaining the skip-worktree bitmap and working directory update. `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is used to -define the skip-worktree reference bitmap. When "git read-tree" needs -to update working directory, it will reset skip-worktree bit in index +define the skip-worktree reference bitmap. When 'git read-tree' needs +to update the working directory, it resets the skip-worktree bit in the index based on this file, which uses the same syntax as .gitignore files. -If an entry matches a pattern in this file, skip-worktree will be -set on that entry. Otherwise, skip-worktree will be unset. +If an entry matches a pattern in this file, skip-worktree will not be +set on that entry. Otherwise, skip-worktree will be set. Then it compares the new skip-worktree value with the previous one. If -skip-worktree turns from unset to set, it will add the corresponding -file back. If it turns from set to unset, that file will be removed. +skip-worktree turns from set to unset, it will add the corresponding +file back. If it turns from unset to set, that file will be removed. While `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is usually used to specify what -files are in. You can also specify what files are _not_ in, using -negate patterns. For example, to remove file "unwanted": +files are in, you can also specify what files are _not_ in, using +negate patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`: ---------------- -* +/* !unwanted ---------------- -Another tricky thing is fully repopulating working directory when you +Another tricky thing is fully repopulating the working directory when you no longer want sparse checkout. You cannot just disable "sparse -checkout" because skip-worktree are still in the index and you working -directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate working +checkout" because skip-worktree bits are still in the index and your working +directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate the working directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as follows: ---------------- -* +/* ---------------- -Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in "git -read-tree" and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to +Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in 'git +read-tree' and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to turn `core.sparseCheckout` on in order to have sparse checkout support. diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index d7b68afbc2..459c08598f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-receive-pack' [--quiet] <directory> +'git-receive-pack' <directory> DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ are not fast-forwards. OPTIONS ------- ---quiet:: - Print only error messages. - <directory>:: The repository to sync into. diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index e4b46cfd3f..3d0a7d1dac 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout -<commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as +<commit> \-- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory. OPTIONS diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt index bed9e1f097..bd3eaa69bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-send-pack - Push objects over git protocol to another repository SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--quiet] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...] +'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ OPTIONS the remote repository can lose commits; use it with care. ---quiet:: - Print only error messages. - --verbose:: Run verbosely. diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt index 61e4c08dac..5c3ec327bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -git-sh-i18n--envsubst(1) -======================== +git-sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst(1) +============================= NAME ---- @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] eval_gettext () { printf "%s" "$1" | ( - export PATH $('git sh-i18n--envsubst' --variables "$1"); - 'git sh-i18n--envsubst' "$1" + export PATH $('git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' --variables "$1"); + 'git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' "$1" ) } @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. This documentation is meant for people who are studying the plumbing scripts and/or are writing new ones. -git-sh-i18n--envsubst is Git's stripped-down copy of the GNU +'git sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst' is Git's stripped-down copy of the GNU `envsubst(1)` program that comes with the GNU gettext package. It's used internally by linkgit:git-sh-i18n[1] to interpolate the variables passed to the the `eval_gettext` function. diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt index eafa55af7e..60cf49cb2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n.txt @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ gettext:: eval_gettext:: Currently a dummy fall-through function implemented as a wrapper around `printf(1)` with variables expanded by the - linkgit:git-sh-i18n--envsubst[1] helper. Will be replaced by a + linkgit:git-sh-i18n{litdd}envsubst[1] helper. Will be replaced by a real gettext implementation in a later version. GIT diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 4fca13d134..3d51717bbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option `status.submodulesummary` is set). +--ignored:: + Show ignored files as well. + -z:: Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given. @@ -120,7 +123,8 @@ codes can be interpreted as follows: * 'C' = copied * 'U' = updated but unmerged -Ignored files are not listed. +Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect, +in which case `XY` are `!!`. X Y Meaning ------------------------------------------------- @@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ Ignored files are not listed. U U unmerged, both modified ------------------------------------------------- ? ? untracked + ! ! ignored ------------------------------------------------- If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 585f03681b..0ec85742dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ sync:: repositories accordingly. + "git submodule sync" synchronizes all submodules while -"git submodule sync -- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only. +"git submodule sync \-- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index d3931294d1..a3081f4e23 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ tree files, you have to explicitly tell git about it by dropping "assume unchanged" bit, either before or after you modify them. In order to set "assume unchanged" bit, use `--assume-unchanged` -option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. +option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. To see which files +have the "assume unchanged" bit set, use `git ls-files -v` +(see linkgit:git-ls-files[1]). The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. When this is true, paths updated with `git update-index paths...` and @@ -363,7 +365,8 @@ ctime for marking files processed) (see linkgit:git-config[1]). SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-config[1], -linkgit:git-add[1] +linkgit:git-add[1], +linkgit:git-ls-files[1] GIT --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index 8b4f65ae44..c2bc87bc61 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ browser.<tool>.path 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 +'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git web{litdd}browse' assumes the tool is available in PATH. browser.<tool>.cmd diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index b4ff5be1fd..d1481354a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.6.1] +* link:v1.7.6.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.6.4] * release notes for - link:RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt[1.7.6.1]. + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt[1.7.6.4], + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt[1.7.6.3], + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt[1.7.6.2], + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.1.txt[1.7.6.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.6.txt[1.7.6]. * link:v1.7.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.5.4] diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 62340a5e4c..39e6207269 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ that you are filtering for a file `foo` in this commit graph: \ / / / / `-------------' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -The horizontal line of history A--P is taken to be the first parent of +The horizontal line of history A---P is taken to be the first parent of each merge. The commits are: * `I` is the initial commit, in which `foo` exists with contents |