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* Update RPM spec for the new location of git-cvsserver.Quy Tonthat2008-11-081-0/+4
| | | | | | | git-cvsserver has been moved from libexecdir to bindir. Signed-off-by: Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'cb/maint-update-ref-fix' into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-084-17/+50
|\ | | | | | | | | | | * cb/maint-update-ref-fix: push: fix local refs update if already up-to-date do not force write of packed refs
| * push: fix local refs update if already up-to-dateClemens Buchacher2008-11-052-14/+39
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git push normally updates local refs only after a successful push. If the remote already has the updates -- pushed indirectly through another repository, for example -- we forget to update local tracking refs. Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * do not force write of packed refsClemens Buchacher2008-11-052-3/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We force writing a ref if it does not exist. Originally, we only had to look for the ref file to check if it existed. Now we have to look for a packed ref as well. Luckily, resolve_ref already does all the work for us. Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Merge branch 'cj/maint-gitpm-fix-maybe-self' into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-081-2/+1
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | * cj/maint-gitpm-fix-maybe-self: Git.pm: do not break inheritance
| * | Git.pm: do not break inheritanceChristian Jaeger2008-10-191-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Make it possible to write subclasses of Git.pm Signed-off-by: Christian Jaeger <christian@jaeger.mine.nu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | Merge branch 'ar/maint-mksnpath' into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-0813-19/+84
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * ar/maint-mksnpath: Use git_pathdup instead of xstrdup(git_path(...)) git_pathdup: returns xstrdup-ed copy of the formatted path Fix potentially dangerous use of git_path in ref.c Add git_snpath: a .git path formatting routine with output buffer Fix potentially dangerous uses of mkpath and git_path Fix mkpath abuse in dwim_ref and dwim_log of sha1_name.c Add mksnpath which allows you to specify the output buffer Conflicts: builtin-revert.c rerere.c
| * | | Use git_pathdup instead of xstrdup(git_path(...))Alex Riesen2008-10-309-12/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | git_pathdup: returns xstrdup-ed copy of the formatted pathAlex Riesen2008-10-302-4/+22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | Fix potentially dangerous use of git_path in ref.cAlex Riesen2008-10-301-3/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | Add git_snpath: a .git path formatting routine with output bufferAlex Riesen2008-10-302-0/+25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The function's purpose is to replace git_path where the buffer of formatted path may not be reused by subsequent calls of the function or will be copied anyway. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | Fix potentially dangerous uses of mkpath and git_pathAlex Riesen2008-10-261-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Replace them with mksnpath/git_snpath and a local buffer for the resulting string. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | Fix mkpath abuse in dwim_ref and dwim_log of sha1_name.cAlex Riesen2008-10-261-2/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Otherwise the function sometimes fail to resolve obviously correct refnames, because the string data pointed to by "str" argument were reused. The change in dwim_log does not fix anything, just optimizes away strcpy code as the path can be created directly in the available buffer. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | Add mksnpath which allows you to specify the output bufferAlex Riesen2008-10-262-0/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is just vsnprintf's but additionally calls cleanup_path() on the result. To be used as alternatives to mkpath() where the buffer for the created path may not be reused by subsequent calls of the same formatting function. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | Merge branch 'mv/maint-branch-m-symref' into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-0811-24/+65
|\ \ \ \ | |_|_|/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * mv/maint-branch-m-symref: update-ref --no-deref -d: handle the case when the pointed ref is packed git branch -m: forbid renaming of a symref Fix git update-ref --no-deref -d. rename_ref(): handle the case when the reflog of a ref does not exist Fix git branch -m for symrefs.
| * | | update-ref --no-deref -d: handle the case when the pointed ref is packedMiklos Vajna2008-10-312-1/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In this case we did nothing in the past, but we should delete the reference in fact. The problem was that when the symref is not packed but the referenced ref is packed, then we assumed that the symref is packed as well, but symrefs are never packed. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | git branch -m: forbid renaming of a symrefMiklos Vajna2008-10-302-20/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There may be cases where one would really want to rename the symbolic ref without changing its value, but "git branch -m" is not such a use-case. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | Fix git update-ref --no-deref -d.Miklos Vajna2008-10-262-3/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Till now --no-deref was just ignored when deleting refs, fix this. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | rename_ref(): handle the case when the reflog of a ref does not existMiklos Vajna2008-10-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We tried to check if a reflog of a ref is a symlink without first checking if it exists, which is a bug. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | Fix git branch -m for symrefs.Miklos Vajna2008-10-2610-31/+55
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This had two problems with symrefs. First, it copied the actual sha1 instead of the "pointer", second it failed to remove the old ref after a successful rename. Given that till now delete_ref() always dereferenced symrefs, a new parameters has been introduced to delete_ref() to allow deleting refs without a dereference. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | format-patch documentation: mention the special case of showing a single commitJunio C Hamano2008-11-021-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Even long timers seem to have missed that "format-patch -1 $commit" is a much simpler and more obvious way to say "format-patch $commit^..$commit" from the current documentation (and an example "format-patch -3 $commit" to get three patches). Add an explicit instruction in a much earlier part of the documentation to make it easier to find. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | Add reference for status letters in documentation.Yann Dirson2008-11-022-1/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Also fix error in diff_filepair::status documentation, and point to the in-code reference as well as the doc. Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | Document that git-log takes --all-match.Mikael Magnusson2008-11-021-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | Update draft 1.6.0.4 release notesJunio C Hamano2008-11-021-7/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | Merge branch 'js/maint-fetch-update-head' into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-027-5/+44
|\ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * js/maint-fetch-update-head: pull: allow "git pull origin $something:$current_branch" into an unborn branch Fix fetch/pull when run without --update-head-ok
| * | | | pull: allow "git pull origin $something:$current_branch" into an unborn branchJunio C Hamano2008-10-172-2/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some misguided documents floating on the Net suggest this sequence: mkdir newdir && cd newdir git init git remote add origin $url git pull origin master:master "git pull" has known about misguided "pull" that lets the underlying fetch update the current branch for a long time. It also has known about "git pull origin master" into a branch yet to be born. These two workarounds however were not aware of the existence of each other and did not work well together. This fixes it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | | Fix fetch/pull when run without --update-head-okJohannes Schindelin2008-10-135-3/+30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some confusing tutorials suggested that it would be a good idea to fetch into the current branch with something like this: git fetch origin master:master (or even worse: the same command line with "pull" instead of "fetch"). While it might make sense to store what you want to pull, it typically is plain wrong when the current branch is "master". This should only be allowed when (an incorrect) "git pull origin master:master" tries to work around by giving --update-head-ok to underlying "git fetch", and otherwise we should refuse it, but somewhere along the lines we lost that behavior. The check for the current branch is now _only_ performed in non-bare repositories, which is an improvement from the original behaviour. Some newer tests were depending on the broken behaviour of "git fetch" this patch fixes, and have been adjusted. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Acked-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Acked-by: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | Merge branch 'jk/maint-ls-files-other' into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-025-44/+40
|\ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * jk/maint-ls-files-other: refactor handling of "other" files in ls-files and status
| * | | | | refactor handling of "other" files in ls-files and statusJeff King2008-10-175-44/+40
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When the "git status" display code was originally converted to C, we copied the code from ls-files to discover whether a pathname returned by read_directory was an "other", or untracked, file. Much later, 5698454e updated the code in ls-files to handle some new cases caused by gitlinks. This left the code in wt-status.c broken: it would display submodule directories as untracked directories. Nobody noticed until now, however, because unless status.showUntrackedFiles was set to "all", submodule directories were not actually reported by read_directory. So the bug was only triggered in the presence of a submodule _and_ this config option. This patch pulls the ls-files code into a new function, cache_name_is_other, and uses it in both places. This should leave the ls-files functionality the same and fix the bug in status. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | Merge branch 'jc/maint-reset-remove-unmerged-new' into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-022-13/+78
|\ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * jc/maint-reset-remove-unmerged-new: reset --hard/read-tree --reset -u: remove unmerged new paths
| * | | | | | reset --hard/read-tree --reset -u: remove unmerged new pathsJunio C Hamano2008-10-182-13/+78
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When aborting a failed merge that has brought in a new path using "git reset --hard" or "git read-tree --reset -u", we used to first forget about the new path (via read_cache_unmerged) and then matched the working tree to what is recorded in the index, thus ending up leaving the new path in the work tree. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | Merge branch 'jc/maint-co-track' into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-0212-29/+61
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * jc/maint-co-track: Enhance hold_lock_file_for_{update,append}() API demonstrate breakage of detached checkout with symbolic link HEAD Fix "checkout --track -b newbranch" on detached HEAD
| * | | | | | | Enhance hold_lock_file_for_{update,append}() APIJunio C Hamano2008-10-1911-23/+39
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This changes the "die_on_error" boolean parameter to a mere "flags", and changes the existing callers of hold_lock_file_for_update/append() functions to pass LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | | | | | demonstrate breakage of detached checkout with symbolic link HEADJunio C Hamano2008-10-191-0/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When core.prefersymlinkrefs is in use, detaching the HEAD by checkout incorrectly clobbers the tip of the current branch. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * | | | | | | Fix "checkout --track -b newbranch" on detached HEADJunio C Hamano2008-10-172-7/+11
| | |/ / / / / | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The test to make sure that checkout fails when --track was asked for and we cannot set up tracking information in t7201 was wrong, and it turns out that the implementation for that feature itself was buggy. This fixes it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | Start 1.6.0.4 cycleJunio C Hamano2008-11-022-1/+30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | add instructions on how to send patches to the mailing list with GmailTom Preston-Werner2008-11-011-0/+27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gmail is one of the most popular email providers in the world. Now that Gmail supports IMAP, sending properly formatted patches via `git imap-send` is trivial. This section in SubmittingPatches explains how to do so. Signed-off-by: Tom Preston-Werner <tom@github.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | Documentation/gitattributes: Add subsection header for each attributeJakub Narebski2008-11-011-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This makes attributes easier to find; before this patch some attributes had individual subsections, and some didn't. Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | git send-email: avoid leaking directory file descriptors.Pierre Habouzit2008-11-011-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | send-pack: do not send out single-level refs such as refs/stashJeff King2008-11-011-1/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since no version of receive-pack accepts these "funny refs", we should mirror the check when considering the list of refs to send. IOW, don't even make them eligible for matching or mirroring. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | fix overlapping memcpy in normalize_absolute_pathJeff King2008-11-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The comments for normalize_absolute_path explicitly claim that the source and destination buffers may be the same (though they may not otherwise overlap). Thus the call to memcpy may involve copying overlapping data, and memmove should be used instead. This fixes a valgrind error in t1504. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | pack-objects: avoid reading uninitalized dataJeff King2008-11-011-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In the main loop of find_deltas, we do: struct object_entry *entry = *list++; ... if (!*list_size) ... break Because we look at and increment *list _before_ the check of list_size, in the very last iteration of the loop we will look at uninitialized data, and increment the pointer beyond one past the end of the allocated space. Since we don't actually do anything with the data until after the check, this is not a problem in practice. But since it technically violates the C standard, and because it provokes a spurious valgrind warning, let's just move the initialization of entry to a safe place. This fixes valgrind errors in t5300, t5301, t5302, t303, and t9400. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | correct cache_entry allocationJeff King2008-11-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Most cache_entry structs are allocated by using the cache_entry_size macro, which rounds the size of the struct up to the nearest multiple of 8 bytes (presumably to avoid memory fragmentation). There is one exception: the special "conflict entry" is allocated with an empty name, and so is explicitly given just one extra byte to hold the NUL. However, later code doesn't realize that this particular struct has been allocated differently, and happily tries reading and copying it based on the ce_size macro, which assumes the 8-byte alignment. This can lead to reading uninitalized data, though since that data is simply padding, there shouldn't be any problem as a result. Still, it makes sense to hold the padding assumption so as not to surprise later maintainers. This fixes valgrind errors in t1005, t3030, t4002, and t4114. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | Merge branch 'maint' of git://repo.or.cz/git-gui into maintJunio C Hamano2008-11-011-1/+1
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'maint' of git://repo.or.cz/git-gui: git-gui: Help identify aspell version on Windows too
| * | | | | | | git-gui: Help identify aspell version on Windows tooGustaf Hendeby2008-09-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On windows, git gui fails to correctly extract the aspell version (experienced with aspell version 0.50.3) due to scilent white space at the end of the version string. Trim the obtained version string to work around this. Signed-off-by: Gustaf Hendeby <hendeby@isy.liu.se> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
* | | | | | | | git-svn: change dashed git-commit-tree to git commit-treeDeskin Miller2008-10-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Deskin Miller <deskinm@umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | | Documentation: clarify information about 'ident' attributeJan Krüger2008-10-311-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The documentation spoke of the attribute being set "to" a path; this can mistakenly be interpreted as "the attribute needs to have its value set to some kind of path". This clarifies things. Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | | bash completion: add doubledash to "git show"Markus Heidelberg2008-10-311-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | | Use test-chmtime -v instead of perl in t5000 to get mtime of a fileAlex Riesen2008-10-311-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The test was broken on admittedly broken combination of Windows, Cygwin, and ActiveState Perl. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <ariesen@harmanbecker.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | | | | | | | Add --verbose|-v to test-chmtimeAlex Riesen2008-10-311-21/+70
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This allows us replace perl when getting the mtime of a file because of time zone conversions, though at the moment only one platform which does this has been identified: Cygwin when used with ActiveState Perl (as usual). The output format is: <mtime1> TAB <filename1> <LF> <mtime2> TAB <filename2> <LF> ... which, if only mtime is needed can be parsed with cut(1): test-chmtime -v +0 filename1 | cut -f 1 Also, the change adds a description of programs features, with examples. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <ariesen@harmanbecker.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>