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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt78
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.2.txt71
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt56
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.5.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.6.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-difftool.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitweb.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt4
25 files changed, 359 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..806a965a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+Git v1.7.10.1 Release Notes
+===========================
+
+Additions since v1.7.10
+-----------------------
+
+Localization message files for Danish and German have been added.
+
+
+Fixes since v1.7.10
+-------------------
+
+ * "git add -p" is not designed to deal with unmerged paths but did
+ not exclude them and tried to apply funny patches only to fail.
+
+ * "git blame" started missing quite a few changes from the origin
+ since we stopped using the diff minimalization by default in v1.7.2
+ era.
+
+ * When PATH contains an unreadable directory, alias expansion code
+ did not kick in, and failed with an error that said "git-subcmd"
+ was not found.
+
+ * "git clean -d -f" (not "-d -f -f") is supposed to protect nested
+ working trees of independent git repositories that exist in the
+ current project working tree from getting removed, but the
+ protection applied only to such working trees that are at the
+ top-level of the current project by mistake.
+
+ * "git commit --author=$name" did not tell the name that was being
+ recorded in the resulting commit to hooks, even though it does do
+ so when the end user overrode the authorship via the
+ "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" environment variable.
+
+ * When "git commit --template F" errors out because the user did not
+ touch the message, it claimed that it aborts due to "empty
+ message", which was utterly wrong.
+
+ * The regexp configured with diff.wordregex was incorrectly reused
+ across files.
+
+ * An age-old corner case bug in combine diff (only triggered with -U0
+ and the hunk at the beginning of the file needs to be shown) has
+ been fixed.
+
+ * Rename detection logic used to match two empty files as renames
+ during merge-recursive, leading to unnatural mismerges.
+
+ * The parser in "fast-import" did not diagnose ":9" style references
+ that is not followed by required SP/LF as an error.
+
+ * When "git fetch" encounters repositories with too many references,
+ the command line of "fetch-pack" that is run by a helper
+ e.g. remote-curl, may fail to hold all of them. Now such an
+ internal invocation can feed the references through the standard
+ input of "fetch-pack".
+
+ * "git fetch" that recurses into submodules on demand did not check
+ if it needs to go into submodules when non branches (most notably,
+ tags) are fetched.
+
+ * "log -p --graph" used with "--stat" had a few formatting error.
+
+ * Running "notes merge --commit" failed to perform correctly when run
+ from any directory inside $GIT_DIR/. When "notes merge" stops with
+ conflicts, $GIT_DIR/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE is the place a user edits
+ to resolve it.
+
+ * The 'push to upstream' implementation was broken in some corner
+ cases. "git push $there" without refspec, when the current branch
+ is set to push to a remote different from $there, used to push to
+ $there using the upstream information to a remote unreleated to
+ $there.
+
+ * Giving "--continue" to a conflicted "rebase -i" session skipped a
+ commit that only results in changes to submodules.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55e960a54b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+Git v1.7.10.2 Release Notes
+===========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.10.1
+---------------------
+
+ * The test scaffolding for git-daemon was flaky.
+
+ * The test scaffolding for fast-import was flaky.
+
+ * The filesystem boundary was not correctly reported when .git directory
+ discovery stopped at a mount point.
+
+ * HTTP transport that requires authentication did not work correctly when
+ multiple connections are used simultaneously.
+
+ * In the older days, the header "Conflicts:" in "cherry-pick" and "merge"
+ was separated by a blank line from the list of paths that follow for
+ readability, but when "merge" was rewritten in C, we lost it by
+ mistake. Remove the newline from "cherry-pick" to make them match
+ again.
+
+ * The command line parser choked "git cherry-pick $name" when $name can
+ be both revision name and a pathname, even though $name can never be a
+ path in the context of the command.
+
+ * The "include.path" facility in the configuration mechanism added in
+ 1.7.10 forgot to interpret "~/path" and "~user/path" as it should.
+
+ * "git config --rename-section" to rename an existing section into a
+ bogus one did not check the new name.
+
+ * The "diff --no-index" codepath used limited-length buffers, risking
+ pathnames getting truncated. Update it to use the strbuf API.
+
+ * The report from "git fetch" said "new branch" even for a non branch
+ ref.
+
+ * The http-backend (the server side of the smart http transfer) used
+ to overwrite GIT_COMMITTER_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL with the
+ value obtained from REMOTE_USER unconditionally, making it
+ impossible for the server side site-specific customization to use
+ different identity sources to affect the names logged. It now uses
+ REMOTE_USER only as a fallback value.
+
+ * "log --graph" was not very friendly with "--stat" option and its
+ output had line breaks at wrong places.
+
+ * Octopus merge strategy did not reduce heads that are recorded in the
+ final commit correctly.
+
+ * "git push" over smart-http lost progress output a few releases ago;
+ this release resurrects it.
+
+ * The insn sheet given by "rebase -i" did not make it clear that the
+ insn lines can be re-ordered to affect the order of the commits in
+ the resulting history.
+
+ * A contrib script "rerere-train" did not work out of the box unless
+ user futzed with her $PATH.
+
+ * The i18n of error message "git stash save" was not properly done.
+
+ * "git submodule" used a sed script that some platforms mishandled.
+
+ * When using a Perl script on a system where "perl" found on user's
+ $PATH could be ancient or otherwise broken, we allow builders to
+ specify the path to a good copy of Perl with $PERL_PATH. The
+ gitweb test forgot to use that Perl when running its test.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt
index 540ce38c45..58100bf04e 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Compatibility Notes
GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT=no
export GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT
- to disable this behaviour (if you want your users to explain their
+ to disable this behavior (if you want your users to explain their
merge commits, you do not have to do anything). Alternatively, you
can give the "--no-edit" option to individual invocations of the
"git merge" command if you know everybody who uses your script has
@@ -29,16 +29,37 @@ Compatibility Notes
while and were deprecated in mid 2008 (v1.6.0). When you give these
options to "git am", it will now warn and ask you not to use them.
+ * When you do not tell which branches and tags to push to the "git
+ push" command in any way, the command used "matching refs" rule to
+ update remote branches and tags with branches and tags with the
+ same name you locally have. In future versions of Git, this will
+ change to push out only your current branch according to either the
+ "upstream" or the "current" rule. Although "upstream" may be more
+ powerful once the user understands Git better, the semantics
+ "current" gives is simpler and easier to understand for beginners
+ and may be a safer and better default option. We haven't decided
+ yet which one to switch to.
+
Updates since v1.7.9
--------------------
UI, Workflows & Features
+ * various "gitk" updates.
+ - show the path to the top level directory in the window title
+ - update preference edit dialog
+ - display file list correctly when directories are given on command line
+ - make "git-describe" output in the log message into a clickable link
+ - avoid matching the UNIX timestamp part when searching all fields
+ - give preference to symbolic font names like sans & monospace
+ - allow comparing two commits using a mark
+ - "gitk" honors log.showroot configuration.
+
* Teams for localizing the messages from the Porcelain layer of
commands are starting to form, thanks to Jiang Xin who volunteered
- to be the localization coordinator. An initial set of translated
- messages for simplified chinese is available.
+ to be the localization coordinator. Translated messages for
+ simplified Chinese, Swedish and Portuguese are available.
* The configuration mechanism learned an "include" facility; an
assignment to the include.path pseudo-variable causes the named
@@ -119,6 +140,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* Project search in "gitweb" shows the substring that matched in the
project name and description highlighted.
+ * HTTP transport learned to authenticate with a proxy if needed.
+
* A new script "diffall" is added to contrib/; it drives an
external tool to perform a directory diff of two Git revisions
in one go, unlike "difftool" that compares one file at a time.
@@ -180,26 +203,17 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.7.9 in the maintenance
releases are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
details).
- * The "remaining" subcommand to "git rerere" was not documented.
- (merge 3e7a1df ph/rerere-doc later to maint).
+ * Build with NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER was broken and Git::I18N did not work
+ with versions of Perl older than 5.8.3.
+ (merge 5eb660e ab/perl-i18n later to maint).
* "git tag -s" honored "gpg.program" configuration variable since
1.7.9, but "git tag -v" and "git verify-tag" didn't.
(merge a2c2506 az/verify-tag-use-gpg-config later to maint).
- * When "git config" diagnoses an error in a configuration file and
- shows the line number for the offending line, it miscounted if the
- error was at the end of line.
- (merge 4b34059 ms/maint-config-error-at-eol-linecount later to maint).
-
- * "gitweb" used to drop warnings in the log file when "heads" view is
- accessed in a repository whose HEAD does not point at a valid
- branch.
-
----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.7.10-rc0-50-gd973dc0
-echo O=$(git describe)
-git log --first-parent --oneline ^maint $O..
-echo
-git shortlog --no-merges ^maint $O..
+ * "configure" script learned to take "--with-sane-tool-path" from the
+ command line to record SANE_TOOL_PATH (used to avoid broken platform
+ tools in /usr/bin) in config.mak.autogen. This may be useful for
+ people on Solaris who have saner tools outside /usr/xpg[46]/bin.
+
+ * zsh port of bash completion script needed another workaround.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e79118d063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Git v1.7.7.7 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.7.6
+--------------------
+
+ * An error message from 'git bundle' had an unmatched single quote pair in it.
+
+ * 'git diff --histogram' option was not described.
+
+ * 'git imap-send' carried an unused dead code.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9bf2b741a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Git v1.7.8.6 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.8.5
+--------------------
+
+ * An error message from 'git bundle' had an unmatched single quote pair in it.
+
+ * 'git diff --histogram' option was not described.
+
+ * Documentation for 'git rev-list' had minor formatting errors.
+
+ * 'git imap-send' carried an unused dead code.
+
+ * The way 'git fetch' implemented its connectivity check over
+ received objects was overly pessimistic, and wasted a lot of
+ cycles.
+
+ * Various minor backports of fixes from the 'master' and the 'maint'
+ branch.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95cc2bbf2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Git v1.7.9.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.9.4
+--------------------
+
+ * When "git config" diagnoses an error in a configuration file and
+ shows the line number for the offending line, it miscounted if the
+ error was at the end of line.
+
+ * "git fast-import" accepted "ls" command with an empty path by
+ mistake.
+
+ * Various new-ish output decoration modes of "git grep" were not
+ documented in the manual's synopsis section.
+
+ * The "remaining" subcommand to "git rerere" was not documented.
+
+ * "gitweb" used to drop warnings in the log file when "heads" view is
+ accessed in a repository whose HEAD does not point at a valid
+ branch.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74bf8825e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Git v1.7.9.6 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.9.5
+--------------------
+
+ * "git merge $tag" to merge an annotated tag always opens the editor
+ during an interactive edit session. v1.7.10 series introduced an
+ environment variable GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT to help older scripts decline
+ this behaviour, but the maintenance track should also support it.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59667d0f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Git v1.7.9.7 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.9.6
+--------------------
+
+ * An error message from 'git bundle' had an unmatched single quote pair in it.
+
+ * The way 'git fetch' implemented its connectivity check over
+ received objects was overly pessimistic, and wasted a lot of
+ cycles.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index fb386abc51..83ad8ebce0 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
`include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
-found. See below for examples.
+found. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `{tilde}/`
+is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `{tilde}user/` to the specified
+user's home directory. See below for examples.
Example
~~~~~~~
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ Example
[include]
path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
+ path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory
Variables
~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 7d4566f829..378f19f0e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -165,11 +165,12 @@ any of those replacements occurred.
of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean.
--submodule[=<format>]::
- Chose the output format for submodule differences. <format> can be one of
- 'short' and 'log'. 'short' just shows pairs of commit names, this format
- is used when this option is not given. 'log' is the default value for this
- option and lists the commits in that commit range like the 'summary'
- option of linkgit:git-submodule[1] does.
+ Specify how differences in submodules are shown. When `--submodule`
+ or `--submodule=log` is given, the 'log' format is used. This format lists
+ the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does.
+ Omitting the `--submodule` option or specifying `--submodule=short`,
+ uses the 'short' format. This format just shows the names of the commits
+ at the beginning and end of the range.
--color[=<when>]::
Show colored diff.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 5cc84a1391..68abfcacca 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -132,11 +132,14 @@ OPTIONS
-t <file>::
--template=<file>::
- Use the contents of the given file as the initial version
- of the commit message. The editor is invoked and you can
- make subsequent changes. If a message is specified using
- the `-m` or `-F` options, this option has no effect. This
- overrides the `commit.template` configuration variable.
+ When editing the commit message, start the editor with the
+ contents in the given file. The `commit.template` configuration
+ variable is often used to give this option implicitly to the
+ command. This mechanism can be used by projects that want to
+ guide participants with some hints on what to write in the message
+ in what order. If the user exits the editor without editing the
+ message, the commit is aborted. This has no effect when a message
+ is given by other means, e.g. with the `-m` or `-F` options.
-s::
--signoff::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 81b03982e3..3f5d216a09 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some
path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no
checks or transformations are performed on the value.
-The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file'
-which specify where the values will be read from or written to.
-The default is to assume the config file of the current repository,
-.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
-(see <<FILES>>).
+When reading, the values are read from the system, global and
+repository local configuration files by default, and options
+'--system', '--global', '--local' and '--file <filename>' can be
+used to tell the command to read from only that location (see <<FILES>>).
+
+When writing, the new value is written to the repository local
+configuration file by default, and options '--system', '--global',
+'--file <filename>' can be used to tell the command to write to
+that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default).
This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 19d473c070..fe38f667f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ OPTIONS
--tool=<tool>::
Use the diff tool specified by <tool>.
Valid diff tools are:
- araxis, bc3, diffuse, emerge, ecmerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3,
- kompare, meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, vimdiff and xxdiff.
+ araxis, bc3, deltawalker, diffuse, emerge, ecmerge, gvimdiff,
+ kdiff3, kompare, meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, vimdiff and
+ xxdiff.
+
If a diff tool is not specified, 'git difftool'
will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`. If the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
index ed1bdaacd1..474fa307a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ OPTIONS
--all::
Fetch all remote refs.
+--stdin::
+ Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line. If there
+ are refs specified on the command line in addition to this
+ option, then the refs from stdin are processed after those
+ on the command line.
++
+If '--stateless-rpc' is specified together with this option then
+the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must
+be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet.
+
-q::
--quiet::
Pass '-q' flag to 'git unpack-objects'; this makes the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 6a8b1e3a7d..343eadd407 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet]
[--max-depth <depth>]
[--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
+ [--break] [--heading] [-p | --show-function]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
+ [-W | --function-context]
[-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
[--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
[ [--exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index b7c7929716..cf3a9fd27e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ subsequent 'sync' operations.
+
This example imports a new remote "p4/proj2" into an existing
git repository:
++
----
$ git init
$ git p4 sync --branch=refs/remotes/p4/proj2 //depot/proj2
@@ -434,6 +435,7 @@ git-p4.branchList::
enabled. Each entry should be a pair of branch names separated
by a colon (:). This example declares that both branchA and
branchB were created from main:
++
-------------
git config git-p4.branchList main:branchA
git config --add git-p4.branchList main:branchB
@@ -487,7 +489,7 @@ git-p4.skipUserNameCheck::
user map, 'git p4' exits. This option can be used to force
submission regardless.
-git-p4.attemptRCSCleanup:
+git-p4.attemptRCSCleanup::
If enabled, 'git p4 submit' will attempt to cleanup RCS keywords
($Header$, etc). These would otherwise cause merge conflicts and prevent
the submit going ahead. This option should be considered experimental at
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 504945c691..520aaa94fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -409,10 +409,13 @@ The interactive mode is meant for this type of workflow:
where point 2. consists of several instances of
-a. regular use
+a) regular use
+
1. finish something worthy of a commit
2. commit
-b. independent fixup
+
+b) independent fixup
+
1. realize that something does not work
2. fix that
3. commit it
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt
index 5c3ec327bb..2ffaf9392e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ plumbing scripts and/or are writing new ones.
'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.
+passed to the `eval_gettext` function.
No promises are made about the interface, or that this
program won't disappear without warning in the next version
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index b72964947a..c83a856574 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ update::
checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or
`--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to
- `rebase`, `merge` or `none`.
+ `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. `none` can be overriden by specifying
+ `--checkout`.
+
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -148,10 +149,6 @@ submodule with the `--init` option.
+
If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within.
-+
-If the configuration key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `none` the
-submodule with name `$name` will not be updated by default. This can be
-overriden by adding `--checkout` to the command.
summary::
Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
@@ -190,7 +187,7 @@ commit for each submodule.
sync::
Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those
- submodules which already have an url entry in .git/config (that is the
+ submodules which already have a URL entry in .git/config (that is the
case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when
submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local
repositories accordingly.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index d5b7667c15..8527775988 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,27 +44,39 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.7.9.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.9.4]
+* link:v1.7.10.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.10.1]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.10.1.txt[1.7.10.1],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.10.txt[1.7.10].
+
+* link:v1.7.9.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.9.7]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.9.7.txt[1.7.9.7],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.9.6.txt[1.7.9.6],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.9.5.txt[1.7.9.5],
link:RelNotes/1.7.9.4.txt[1.7.9.4],
link:RelNotes/1.7.9.3.txt[1.7.9.3],
link:RelNotes/1.7.9.2.txt[1.7.9.2],
link:RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt[1.7.9.1],
link:RelNotes/1.7.9.txt[1.7.9].
-* link:v1.7.8.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8.4]
+* link:v1.7.8.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8.6]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.8.6.txt[1.7.8.6],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.8.5.txt[1.7.8.5],
link:RelNotes/1.7.8.4.txt[1.7.8.4],
link:RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt[1.7.8.3],
link:RelNotes/1.7.8.2.txt[1.7.8.2],
link:RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt[1.7.8.1],
link:RelNotes/1.7.8.txt[1.7.8].
-* link:v1.7.7.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.6]
+* link:v1.7.7.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.7]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.7.7.txt[1.7.7.7],
link:RelNotes/1.7.7.6.txt[1.7.7.6],
link:RelNotes/1.7.7.5.txt[1.7.7.5],
link:RelNotes/1.7.7.4.txt[1.7.7.4],
@@ -711,6 +723,12 @@ other
a pager. See also the `core.pager` option in
linkgit:git-config[1].
+'GIT_EDITOR'::
+ This environment variable overrides `$EDITOR` and `$VISUAL`.
+ It is used by several git comands when, on interactive mode,
+ an editor is to be launched. See also linkgit:git-var[1]
+ and the `core.editor` option in linkgit:git-config[1].
+
'GIT_SSH'::
If this environment variable is set then 'git fetch'
and 'git push' will use this command instead
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 4040941e55..4effd78902 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ submodule.<name>.path::
be unique within the .gitmodules file.
submodule.<name>.url::
- Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned.
+ Defines a URL from which the submodule repository can be cloned.
This may be either an absolute URL ready to be passed to
linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location
relative to the superproject's origin repository.
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
the commit specified in the superproject. If 'merge', the commit
specified in the superproject will be merged into the current branch
in the submodule.
+ If 'none', the submodule with name `$name` will not be updated
+ by default.
+
This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given
- the '--merge' or '--rebase' options.
+ the '--merge', '--rebase' or '--checkout' options.
submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ Consider the following .gitmodules file:
This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to
be checked out in the paths 'include/foo' and 'include/bar', and for both
-submodules an url is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.
+submodules a URL is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.
SEE ALSO
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
index 605a085326..168e8bfed6 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gitweb.
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Gitweb provides a web interface to git repositories. It's features include:
+Gitweb provides a web interface to git repositories. Its features include:
* Viewing multiple Git repositories with common root.
* Browsing every revision of the repository.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ to gitweb. The list of projects is generated by default by scanning the
more exact; gitweb is not interested in a working area, and is best suited
to showing "bare" repositories).
-The name of repository in gitweb is path to it's `$GIT_DIR` (it's object
+The name of the repository in gitweb is the path to its `$GIT_DIR` (its object
database) relative to `$projectroot`. Therefore the repository $repo can be
found at "$projectroot/$repo".
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt b/Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt
index 2933056120..1ae8d1214e 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ What you want is the 'subtree' merge strategy, which helps you in such a
situation.
In this example, let's say you have the repository at `/path/to/B` (but
-it can be an URL as well, if you want). You want to merge the 'master'
+it can be a URL as well, if you want). You want to merge the 'master'
branch of that repository to the `dir-B` subdirectory in your current
branch.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
index 49b3d52952..1b7d8f140c 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ Functions
`argv_array_push`::
Push a copy of a string onto the end of the array.
+`argv_array_pushl`::
+ Push a list of strings onto the end of the array. The arguments
+ should be a list of `const char *` strings, terminated by a NULL
+ argument.
+
`argv_array_pushf`::
Format a string and push it onto the end of the array. This is a
convenience wrapper combining `strbuf_addf` and `argv_array_push`.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
index ce24eb96f5..5a0c14fceb 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Functions
Insert a new element to the string_list. The returned pointer can be
handy if you want to write something to the `util` pointer of the
- string_list_item containing the just added string.
+ string_list_item containing the just added string. If the given
+ string already exists the insertion will be skipped and the
+ pointer to the existing item returned.
+
Since this function uses xrealloc() (which die()s if it fails) if the
list needs to grow, it is safe not to check the pointer. I.e. you may