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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-25 12:57:48 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-25 12:57:48 -0700
commit7756b1f1dc07fae9abab4126a687a2609dfbf009 (patch)
tree03b62a5fb81bc0e974f2d37829505c683cdf20a6 /Documentation
parent1259404c7e5cd88b7f6692986469cd20cbfacdad (diff)
parent70da769a4607dbbc4efc490287ead98175cf622b (diff)
downloadgit-7756b1f1dc07fae9abab4126a687a2609dfbf009.tar.gz
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint: xdiff: Match GNU diff behaviour when deciding hunk comment worthiness of lines Update cherry documentation. Refer to git-rev-parse:Specifying Revisions from git.txt git-fetch.sh printed protocol fix RPM package re-classification. Documentation: note about contrib/. git-svn: fix symlink-to-file changes when using command-line svn 1.4.0 Set $HOME for selftests
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt3
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 90722c21fa..a5b3ebdf72 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ send it "To:" the mailing list, and optionally "cc:" him. If it
is trivially correct or after the list reached a consensus, send
it "To:" the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list.
+Also note that your maintainer does not actively involve himself in
+maintaining what are in contrib/ hierarchy. When you send fixes and
+enhancements to them, do not forget to "cc: " the person who primarily
+worked on that hierarchy in contrib/.
+
(6) Sign your work
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
index 893baaa6f6..e1bf8ee255 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
The changeset (or "diff") of each commit between the fork-point and <head>
is compared against each commit between the fork-point and <upstream>.
-Every commit with a changeset that doesn't exist in the other branch
-has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. Those existing only
+Every commit that doesn't exist in the <upstream> branch
+has its id (sha1) reported, prefixed by a symbol. The ones that have
+equivalent change already
in the <upstream> branch are prefixed with a minus (-) sign, and those
that only exist in the <head> branch are prefixed with a plus (+) symbol.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 3af6fc63e2..b00607ee1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -562,6 +562,9 @@ HEAD::
a valid head 'name'
(i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<head>`).
+For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
+
File/Directory Structure
------------------------