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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.2.1.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.0.2.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.3.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.4.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt267
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-config.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-daemon.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-difftool.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-base.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mergetool.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-p4.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rm.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rev-list-options.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/revisions.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt75
31 files changed, 552 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.2.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.2.1.txt
index ebf20e22a7..d41984df0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.2.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.5.2.1.txt
@@ -45,9 +45,3 @@ Fixes since v1.5.2
- git-fastimport --import-marks was broken; fixed.
- A lot of documentation updates, clarifications and fixes.
-
---
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.5.2-65-g996e2d6
-echo O=`git describe refs/heads/maint`
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/maint
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.0.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.0.2.txt
index e1e24b3295..7d8fb85e1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.0.2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.0.2.txt
@@ -79,9 +79,3 @@ Fixes since v1.6.0.1
packfile.
Also contains many documentation updates.
-
---
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.6.0.1-78-g3632cfc
-echo O=$(git describe maint)
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.3.txt
index 6f0bde156a..cd08d8174e 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.3.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,3 @@ Fixes since v1.6.1.2
* RPM binary package installed the html manpages in a wrong place.
Also includes minor documentation fixes and updates.
-
-
---
-git shortlog --no-merges v1.6.1.2-33-gc789350..
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.4.txt
index 0ce6316d75..ccbad794c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.4.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,3 @@ Fixes since v1.6.1.3
This fix was first merged to 1.6.2.3.
Also includes minor documentation fixes and updates.
-
---
-git shortlog --no-merges v1.6.1.3..
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.txt
index adb7ccab0a..7b152a6fdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.1.txt
@@ -278,9 +278,3 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
* "gitweb" did not mark non-ASCII characters imported from external HTML fragments
correctly.
-
---
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.6.1-rc3-74-gf66bc5f
-echo O=$(git describe master)
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43883c14f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+Git v1.8.0 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Backward compatibility notes
+----------------------------
+
+In the next major release (not *this* one), we will change the
+behavior of the "git push" command.
+
+When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we have used the
+traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were sent
+to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same name
+over there). We will use the "simple" semantics that pushes the
+current branch to the branch with the same name, only when the current
+branch is set to integrate with that remote branch. There is a user
+preference configuration variable "push.default" to change this, and
+"git push" will warn about the upcoming change until you set this
+variable in this release.
+
+"git branch --set-upstream" is deprecated and may be removed in a
+relatively distant future. "git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to]" has
+been introduced with a saner order of arguments.
+
+
+Updates since v1.7.12
+---------------------
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * A credential helper for Win32 to allow access to the keychain of
+ the logged-in user has been added.
+
+ * An initial port to HP NonStop.
+
+ * A credential helper to allow access to the Gnome keyring has been
+ added.
+
+ * When "git am" sanitizes the "Subject:" line, we strip the prefix from
+ "Re: subject" and also from a less common "re: subject", but left
+ the even less common "RE: subject" intact. Now we strip that too.
+
+ * It was tempting to say "git branch --set-upstream origin/master",
+ but that tells Git to arrange the local branch "origin/master" to
+ integrate with the currently checked out branch, which is highly
+ unlikely what the user meant. The option is deprecated; use the
+ new "--set-upstream-to" (with a short-and-sweet "-u") option
+ instead.
+
+ * "git cherry-pick" learned the "--allow-empty-message" option to
+ allow it to replay a commit without any log message.
+
+ * After "git cherry-pick -s" gave control back to the user asking
+ help to resolve conflicts, concluding "git commit" used to need to
+ be run with "-s" if the user wants to sign it off; now the command
+ leaves the sign-off line in the log template.
+
+ * "git daemon" learned the "--access-hook" option to allow an
+ external command to decline service based on the client address,
+ repository path, etc.
+
+ * "git difftool --dir-diff" learned to use symbolic links to prepare
+ a temporary copy of the working tree when available.
+
+ * "git grep" learned to use a non-standard pattern type by default if
+ a configuration variable tells it to.
+
+ * Accumulated updates to "git gui" has been merged.
+
+ * "git log -g" learned the "--grep-reflog=<pattern>" option to limit
+ its output to commits with a reflog message that matches the given
+ pattern.
+
+ * "git merge-base" learned the "--is-ancestor A B" option to tell if A is
+ an ancestor of B. The result is indicated by its exit status code.
+
+ * "git mergetool" now allows users to override the actual command used
+ with the mergetool.$name.cmd configuration variable even for built-in
+ mergetool backends.
+
+ * "git rebase -i" learned the "--edit-todo" option to open an editor
+ to edit the instruction sheet.
+
+
+Foreign Interface
+
+ * "git svn" has been updated to work with SVN 1.7.
+
+ * "git p4" learned the "--conflicts" option to specify what to do when
+ encountering a conflict during "p4 submit".
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
+
+ * Git ships with a fall-back regexp implementation for platforms with
+ buggy regexp library, but it was easy for people to keep using their
+ platform regexp by mistake. A new test has been added to check this.
+
+ * The "check-docs" build target has been updated and greatly
+ simplified.
+
+ * The test suite is run under MALLOC_CHECK_ when running with a glibc
+ that supports the feature.
+
+ * The documentation in the TeXinfo format was using indented output
+ for materials meant to be examples that are better typeset in
+ monospace.
+
+ * Compatibility wrapper around some mkdir(2) implementations that
+ reject parameters with trailing slash has been introduced.
+
+ * Compatibility wrapper for systems that lack usable setitimer() has
+ been added.
+
+ * The option parsing of "git checkout" had error checking, dwim and
+ defaulting missing options, all mixed in the code, and issuing an
+ appropriate error message with useful context was getting harder.
+ The code has been reorganized to allow giving a proper diagnosis
+ when the user says "git checkout -b -t foo bar" (e.g. "-t" is not a
+ good name for a branch).
+
+ * Many internal uses of a "git merge-base" equivalent were only to see
+ if one commit fast-forwards to the other, which did not need the
+ full set of merge bases to be computed. They have been updated to
+ use less expensive checks.
+
+ * The heuristics to detect and silently convert latin1 to utf8 when
+ we were told to use utf-8 in the log message has been transplanted
+ from "mailinfo" to "commit" and "commit-tree".
+
+ * Messages given by "git <subcommand> -h" from many subcommands have
+ been marked for translation.
+
+
+Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups.
+
+
+Fixes since v1.7.12
+-------------------
+
+Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.7.12 in the
+maintenance track are contained in this release (see release notes
+to them for details).
+
+ * The attribute system may be asked for a path that itself or its
+ leading directories no longer exists in the working tree, and it is
+ fine if we cannot open .gitattribute file in such a case. Failure
+ to open per-directory .gitattributes with error status other than
+ ENOENT and ENOTDIR should be diagnosed, but it wasn't.
+
+ * When looking for $HOME/.gitconfig etc., it is OK if we cannot read
+ them because they do not exist, but we did not diagnose existing
+ files that we cannot read.
+
+ * When "git am" is fed an input that has multiple "Content-type: ..."
+ header, it did not grok charset= attribute correctly.
+
+ * "git am" mishandled a patch attached as application/octet-stream
+ (e.g. not text/*); Content-Transfer-Encoding (e.g. base64) was not
+ honored correctly.
+
+ * "git blame MAKEFILE" run in a history that has "Makefile" but not
+ "MAKEFILE" should say "No such file MAKEFILE in HEAD", but got
+ confused on a case insensitive filesystem and failed to do so.
+
+ * Even during a conflicted merge, "git blame $path" always meant to
+ blame uncommitted changes to the "working tree" version; make it
+ more useful by showing cleanly merged parts as coming from the other
+ branch that is being merged.
+
+ * It was unclear in the documentation for "git blame" that it is
+ unnecessary for users to use the "--follow" option.
+
+ * Output from "git branch -v" contains "(no branch)" that could be
+ localized, but the code to align it along with the names of
+ branches was counting in bytes, not in display columns.
+
+ * "git cherry-pick A C B" used to replay changes in A and then B and
+ then C if these three commits had committer timestamps in that
+ order, which is not what the user who said "A C B" naturally
+ expects.
+
+ * A repository created with "git clone --single" had its fetch
+ refspecs set up just like a clone without "--single", leading the
+ subsequent "git fetch" to slurp all the other branches, defeating
+ the whole point of specifying "only this branch".
+
+ * Documentation talked about "first line of commit log" when it meant
+ the title of the commit. The description was clarified by defining
+ how the title is decided and rewording the casual mention of "first
+ line" to "title".
+
+ * "git cvsimport" did not thoroughly cleanse tag names that it
+ inferred from the names of the tags it obtained from CVS, which
+ caused "git tag" to barf and stop the import in the middle.
+
+ * Earlier we made the diffstat summary line that shows the number of
+ lines added/deleted localizable, but it was found irritating having
+ to see them in various languages on a list whose discussion language
+ is English, and this change has been reverted.
+
+ * "git fetch --all", when passed "--no-tags", did not honor the
+ "--no-tags" option while fetching from individual remotes (the same
+ issue existed with "--tags", but the combination "--all --tags" makes
+ much less sense than "--all --no-tags").
+
+ * "git fetch" over http had an old workaround for an unlikely server
+ misconfiguration; it turns out that this hurts debuggability of the
+ configuration in general, and has been reverted.
+
+ * "git fetch" over http advertised that it supports "deflate", which
+ is much less common, and did not advertise the more common "gzip" on
+ its Accept-Encoding header.
+
+ * "git fetch" over the dumb-http revision walker could segfault when
+ curl's multi interface was used.
+
+ * "git gc --auto" notified the user that auto-packing has triggered
+ even under the "--quiet" option.
+
+ * After "gitk" showed the contents of a tag, neither "Reread
+ references" nor "Reload" updated what is shown as the
+ contents of it when the user overwrote the tag with "git tag -f".
+
+ * "git log --all-match --grep=A --grep=B" ought to show commits that
+ mention both A and B, but when these three options are used with
+ --author or --committer, it showed commits that mention either A or
+ B (or both) instead.
+
+ * The "-Xours" backend option to "git merge -s recursive" was ignored
+ for binary files.
+
+ * "git p4", when "--use-client-spec" and "--detect-branches" are used
+ together, misdetected branches.
+
+ * "git receive-pack" (the counterpart to "git push") did not give
+ progress output while processing objects it received to the puser
+ when run over the smart-http protocol.
+
+ * When you misspell the command name you give to the "exec" action in
+ the "git rebase -i" instruction sheet you were told that 'rebase' is not a
+ git subcommand from "git rebase --continue".
+
+ * The subcommand in "git remote" to remove a defined remote was
+ "rm" and the command did not take a fully-spelled "remove".
+
+ * The interactive prompt that "git send-email" gives was error prone. It
+ asked "What e-mail address do you want to use?" with the address it
+ guessed (correctly) the user would want to use in its prompt,
+ tempting the user to say "y". But the response was taken as "No,
+ please use 'y' as the e-mail address instead", which is most
+ certainly not what the user meant.
+
+ * "git show --format='%ci'" did not give the timestamp correctly for
+ commits created without human readable name on the "committer" line.
+
+ * "git show --quiet" ought to be a synonym for "git show -s", but
+ wasn't.
+
+ * "git submodule frotz" was not diagnosed as "frotz" being an unknown
+ subcommand to "git submodule"; the user instead got a complaint
+ that "git submodule status" was run with an unknown path "frotz".
+
+ * "git status" honored the ignore=dirty settings in .gitmodules but
+ "git commit" didn't.
+
+ * "gitweb" did not give the correct committer timezone in its feed
+ output due to a typo.
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 122e3c4996..11f320b962 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1211,8 +1211,16 @@ gitweb.snapshot::
grep.lineNumber::
If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+grep.patternType::
+ Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
+ 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
+ '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
+ value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
+
grep.extendedRegexp::
- If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+ If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
+ option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
+ other than 'default'.
gpg.program::
Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index 67a90a828c..75ab8a51ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ diff.statGraphWidth::
Limit the width of the graph part in --stat output. If set, applies
to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch.
+diff.context::
+ Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default of
+ 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
+
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 4f441311c2..45a225e0aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--column[=<options>] | --no-column]
[(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [<pattern>...]
'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
+'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>]
+'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>]
'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
'git branch' --edit-description [<branchname>]
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
`branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and
-changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`.
+changed later using `git branch --set-upstream-to`.
With a `-m` or `-M` option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match
@@ -175,6 +177,16 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
like `--track` would when creating the branch, except that where
branch points to is not changed.
+-u <upstream>::
+--set-upstream-to=<upstream>::
+ Set up <branchname>'s tracking information so <upstream> is
+ considered <branchname>'s upstream branch. If no <branchname>
+ is specified, then it defaults to the current branch.
+
+--unset-upstream::
+ Remove the upstream information for <branchname>. If no branch
+ is specified it defaults to the current branch.
+
--edit-description::
Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is
for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`).
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index 0e170a51ca..c205d2363e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ effect to your index in a row.
previous commit are dropped. To force the inclusion of those commits
use `--keep-redundant-commits`.
+--allow-empty-message::
+ By default, cherry-picking a commit with an empty message will fail.
+ This option overrides that behaviour, allowing commits with empty
+ messages to be cherry picked.
+
--keep-redundant-commits::
If a commit being cherry picked duplicates a commit already in the
current history, it will become empty. By default these
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 9594ac8e9d..3acf2e70d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ OPTIONS
format. See linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies
`--dry-run`.
+--long::
+ When doing a dry-run, give the output in a the long-format.
+ Implies `--dry-run`.
+
-z::
--null::
When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, terminate
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index e8f757704c..7e5098a95e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=<file>]
[--enable=<service>] [--disable=<service>]
[--allow-override=<service>] [--forbid-override=<service>]
+ [--access-hook=<path>]
[--inetd | [--listen=<host_or_ipaddr>] [--port=<n>] [--user=<user> [--group=<group>]]
[<directory>...]
@@ -171,6 +172,21 @@ the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
errors are not enabled, all errors report "access denied" to the
client. The default is --no-informative-errors.
+--access-hook=<path>::
+ Every time a client connects, first run an external command
+ specified by the <path> with service name (e.g. "upload-pack"),
+ path to the repository, hostname (%H), canonical hostname
+ (%CH), ip address (%IP), and tcp port (%P) as its command line
+ arguments. The external command can decide to decline the
+ service by exiting with a non-zero status (or to allow it by
+ exiting with a zero status). It can also look at the $REMOTE_ADDR
+ and $REMOTE_PORT environment variables to learn about the
+ requestor when making this decision.
++
+The external command can optionally write a single line to its
+standard output to be sent to the requestor as an error message when
+it declines the service.
+
<directory>::
A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
--strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 31fc2e3aed..73ca7025a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`.
--tool-help::
Print a list of diff tools that may be used with `--tool`.
+--symlinks::
+--no-symlinks::
+ 'git difftool''s default behavior is create symlinks to the
+ working tree when run in `--dir-diff` mode.
++
+ Specifying `--no-symlinks` instructs 'git difftool' to create
+ copies instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows.
+
-x <command>::
--extcmd=<command>::
Specify a custom command for viewing diffs.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 3bec036883..cfecf848fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@ CONFIGURATION
grep.lineNumber::
If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+grep.patternType::
+ Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
+ 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
+ '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
+ value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
+
grep.extendedRegexp::
- If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+ If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
+ option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
+ other than 'default'.
OPTIONS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
index b295bf8330..87842e33f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git merge-base' [-a|--all] <commit> <commit>...
'git merge-base' [-a|--all] --octopus <commit>...
+'git merge-base' --is-ancestor <commit> <commit>
'git merge-base' --independent <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -50,6 +51,12 @@ from linkgit:git-show-branch[1] when used with the `--merge-base` option.
from any other. This mimics the behavior of 'git show-branch
--independent'.
+--is-ancestor::
+ Check if the first <commit> is an ancestor of the second <commit>,
+ and exit with status 0 if true, or with status 1 if not.
+ Errors are signaled by a non-zero status that is not 1.
+
+
OPTIONS
-------
-a::
@@ -110,6 +117,27 @@ both '1' and '2' are merge-bases of A and B. Neither one is better than
the other (both are 'best' merge bases). When the `--all` option is not given,
it is unspecified which best one is output.
+A common idiom to check "fast-forward-ness" between two commits A
+and B is (or at least used to be) to compute the merge base between
+A and B, and check if it is the same as A, in which case, A is an
+ancestor of B. You will see this idiom used often in older scripts.
+
+ A=$(git rev-parse --verify A)
+ if test "$A" = "$(git merge-base A B)"
+ then
+ ... A is an ancestor of B ...
+ fi
+
+In modern git, you can say this in a more direct way:
+
+ if git merge-base --is-ancestor A B
+ then
+ ... A is an ancestor of B ...
+ fi
+
+instead.
+
+
See also
--------
linkgit:git-rev-list[1],
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
index d7207bd9b9..6b563c500f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ variable `mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode` can be set to `true`.
Otherwise, 'git mergetool' will prompt the user to indicate the
success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
+--tool-help::
+ Print a list of merge tools that may be used with `--tool`.
+
-y::
--no-prompt::
Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index 8228f33e3f..beff6229c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ All commands except clone accept these options.
--git-dir <dir>::
Set the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable. See linkgit:git[1].
---verbose::
+--verbose, -v::
Provide more progress information.
Sync options
@@ -269,6 +269,24 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior.
Export tags from git as p4 labels. Tags found in git are applied
to the perforce working directory.
+--dry-run, -n::
+ Show just what commits would be submitted to p4; do not change
+ state in git or p4.
+
+--prepare-p4-only::
+ Apply a commit to the p4 workspace, opening, adding and deleting
+ files in p4 as for a normal submit operation. Do not issue the
+ final "p4 submit", but instead print a message about how to
+ submit manually or revert. This option always stops after the
+ first (oldest) commit. Git tags are not exported to p4.
+
+--conflict=(ask|skip|quit)::
+ Conflicts can occur when applying a commit to p4. When this
+ happens, the default behavior ("ask") is to prompt whether to
+ skip this commit and continue, or quit. This option can be used
+ to bypass the prompt, causing conflicting commits to be automatically
+ skipped, or to quit trying to apply commits, without prompting.
+
Rebase options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These options can be used to modify 'git p4 rebase' behavior.
@@ -519,6 +537,10 @@ git-p4.labelExportRegexp::
Only p4 labels matching this regular expression will be exported. The
default value is '[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]+$'.
+git-p4.conflict::
+ Specify submit behavior when a conflict with p4 is found, as per
+ --conflict. The default behavior is 'ask'.
+
IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
----------------------
* Changesets from p4 are imported using git fast-import.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 7938314b69..fe46c4258a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
`+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
It is used to specify with what <src> object the <dst> ref
- in the remote repository is to be updated.
+ in the remote repository is to be updated. If not specified,
+ the behavior of the command is controlled by the `push.default`
+ configuration variable.
+
The <src> is often the name of the branch you would want to push, but
it can be any arbitrary "SHA-1 expression", such as `master~4` or
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ directs git to push "matching" branches: for every branch that exists on
the local side, the remote side is updated if a branch of the same name
already exists on the remote side. This is the default operation mode
if no explicit refspec is found (that is neither on the command line
-nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below).
+nor in any Push line of the corresponding remotes file---see below) and
+no `push.default` configuration variable is set.
--all::
Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all
@@ -357,7 +360,8 @@ Examples
`git push origin :`.
+
The default behavior of this command when no <refspec> is given can be
-configured by setting the `push` option of the remote.
+configured by setting the `push` option of the remote, or the `push.default`
+configuration variable.
+
For example, to default to pushing only the current branch to `origin`
use `git config remote.origin.push HEAD`. Any valid <refspec> (like
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index fd535b06ab..da067ecafa 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[<upstream>] [<branch>]
'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
--root [<branch>]
-'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
+'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --edit-todo
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD.
--skip::
Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch.
+--edit-todo::
+ Edit the todo list during an interactive rebase.
+
-m::
--merge::
Use merging strategies to rebase. When the recursive (default) merge
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
index f5836e46d0..5ce4cda8e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by
the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised,
there is an implied `refspec *:*`.
+'bidi-import'::
+ The fast-import commands 'cat-blob' and 'ls' can be used by remote-helpers
+ to retrieve information about blobs and trees that already exist in
+ fast-import's memory. This requires a channel from fast-import to the
+ remote-helper.
+ If it is advertised in addition to "import", git establishes a pipe from
+ fast-import to the remote-helper's stdin.
+ It follows that git and fast-import are both connected to the
+ remote-helper's stdin. Because git can send multiple commands to
+ the remote-helper it is required that helpers that use 'bidi-import'
+ buffer all 'import' commands of a batch before sending data to fast-import.
+ This is to prevent mixing commands and fast-import responses on the
+ helper's stdin.
+
Capabilities for Pushing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'connect'::
@@ -286,7 +300,12 @@ terminated with a blank line. For each batch of 'import', the remote
helper should produce a fast-import stream terminated by a 'done'
command.
+
-Supported if the helper has the "import" capability.
+Note that if the 'bidi-import' capability is used the complete batch
+sequence has to be buffered before starting to send data to fast-import
+to prevent mixing of commands and fast-import responses on the helper's
+stdin.
++
+Supported if the helper has the 'import' capability.
'connect' <service>::
Connects to given service. Standard input and standard output
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
index 5d31860eb1..882cb1171b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ as well as modifications of existing paths.
Typically you would first remove all tracked files from the working
tree using this command:
+Submodules
+~~~~~~~~~~
+Only submodules using a gitfile (which means they were cloned
+with a git version 1.7.8 or newer) will be removed from the work
+tree, as their repository lives inside the .git directory of the
+superproject. If a submodule (or one of those nested inside it)
+still uses a .git directory, `git rm` will fail - no matter if forced
+or not - to protect the submodule's history.
+
+A submodule is considered up-to-date when the HEAD is the same as
+recorded in the index, no tracked files are modified and no untracked
+files that aren't ignored are present in the submodules work tree.
+Ignored files are deemed expendable and won't stop a submodule's work
+tree from being removed.
+
----------------
git ls-files -z | xargs -0 rm -f
----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 67e5f53a9e..9f1ef9a463 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ OPTIONS
across git versions and regardless of user configuration. See
below for details.
+--long::
+ Give the output in the long-format. This is the default.
+
-u[<mode>]::
--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
Show untracked files.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index b4683bba1b..1d6527ab9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force] [--name <name>]
[--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ OPTIONS
Initialize all submodules for which "git submodule init" has not been
called so far before updating.
+--name::
+ This option is only valid for the add command. It sets the submodule's
+ name to the given string instead of defaulting to its path. The name
+ must be valid as a directory name and may not end with a '/'.
+
--reference <repository>::
This option is only valid for add and update commands. These
commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case,
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index fbdd2a5a6a..4a89a12513 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
+* link:v1.8.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0],
+
* link:v1.7.12.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.12.4]
* release notes for
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 52ab93d2c2..ba02d4de59 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@ configuration file (you still need to enable this with the
attribute mechanism, via `.gitattributes`). The following built in
patterns are available:
+- `ada` suitable for source code in the Ada language.
+
- `bibtex` suitable for files with BibTeX coded references.
- `cpp` suitable for source code in the C and C++ languages.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 4effd78902..ab3e91c054 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ working tree, is a text file with a syntax matching the requirements
of linkgit:git-config[1].
The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value
-is the name of the submodule. Each submodule section also contains the
+is the name of the submodule. The name is set to the path where the
+submodule has been added unless it was customized with the '--name'
+option of 'git submodule add'. Each submodule section also contains the
following required keys:
submodule.<name>.path::
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 1fc2a18404..1ec14a068e 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
commits whose author matches any of the given patterns are
chosen (similarly for multiple `--committer=<pattern>`).
+--grep-reflog=<pattern>::
+
+ Limit the commits output to ones with reflog entries that
+ match the specified pattern (regular expression). With
+ more than one `--grep-reflog`, commits whose reflog message
+ matches any of the given patterns are chosen. It is an
+ error to use this option unless `--walk-reflogs` is in use.
+
--grep=<pattern>::
Limit the commits output to ones with log message that
@@ -58,6 +66,9 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
more than one `--grep=<pattern>`, commits whose message
matches any of the given patterns are chosen (but see
`--all-match`).
++
+When `--show-notes` is in effect, the message from the notes as
+if it is part of the log message.
--all-match::
Limit the commits output to ones that match all given --grep,
@@ -68,6 +79,11 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
Match the regexp limiting patterns without regard to letters case.
+--basic-regexp::
+
+ Consider the limiting patterns to be basic regular expressions;
+ this is the default.
+
-E::
--extended-regexp::
@@ -80,6 +96,11 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
Consider the limiting patterns to be fixed strings (don't interpret
pattern as a regular expression).
+--perl-regexp::
+
+ Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regexp.
+ Requires libpcre to be compiled in.
+
--remove-empty::
Stop when a given path disappears from the tree.
diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
index 69d996bc38..991fcd8f3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ when you run `git cherry-pick`.
+
Note that any of the 'refs/*' cases above may come either from
the '$GIT_DIR/refs' directory or from the '$GIT_DIR/packed-refs' file.
+While the ref name encoding is unspecified, UTF-8 is prefered as
+some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8.
'<refname>@\{<date>\}', e.g. 'master@\{yesterday\}', 'HEAD@\{5 minutes ago\}'::
A ref followed by the suffix '@' with a date specification
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
index 1a797812fb..a959517b23 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ Functions
`argv_array_clear`::
Free all memory associated with the array and return it to the
initial, empty state.
+
+`argv_array_detach`::
+ Detach the argv array from the `struct argv_array`, transfering
+ ownership of the allocated array and strings.
+
+`argv_array_free_detached`::
+ Free the memory allocated by a `struct argv_array` that was later
+ detached and is now no longer needed.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt
index 4a4bae8109..45d1c517cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ Functions
the array (but note that some operations below may lose this
ordering).
-`sha1_array_sort`::
- Sort the elements in the array.
-
`sha1_array_lookup`::
Perform a binary search of the array for a specific sha1.
If found, returns the offset (in number of elements) of the
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
index 5a0c14fceb..94d7a2bd99 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
string-list API
===============
-The string_list API offers a data structure and functions to handle sorted
-and unsorted string lists.
+The string_list API offers a data structure and functions to handle
+sorted and unsorted string lists. A "sorted" list is one whose
+entries are sorted by string value in `strcmp()` order.
The 'string_list' struct used to be called 'path_list', but was renamed
because it is not specific to paths.
@@ -20,8 +21,9 @@ If you need something advanced, you can manually malloc() the `items`
member (you need this if you add things later) and you should set the
`nr` and `alloc` members in that case, too.
-. Adds new items to the list, using `string_list_append` or
- `string_list_insert`.
+. Adds new items to the list, using `string_list_append`,
+ `string_list_append_nodup`, `string_list_insert`,
+ `string_list_split`, and/or `string_list_split_in_place`.
. Can check if a string is in the list using `string_list_has_string` or
`unsorted_string_list_has_string` and get it from the list using
@@ -29,18 +31,23 @@ member (you need this if you add things later) and you should set the
. Can sort an unsorted list using `sort_string_list`.
+. Can remove duplicate items from a sorted list using
+ `string_list_remove_duplicates`.
+
. Can remove individual items of an unsorted list using
`unsorted_string_list_delete_item`.
+. Can remove items not matching a criterion from a sorted or unsorted
+ list using `filter_string_list`.
+
. Finally it should free the list using `string_list_clear`.
Example:
----
-struct string_list list;
+struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
int i;
-memset(&list, 0, sizeof(struct string_list));
string_list_append(&list, "foo");
string_list_append(&list, "bar");
for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++)
@@ -60,6 +67,22 @@ Functions
* General ones (works with sorted and unsorted lists as well)
+`filter_string_list`::
+
+ Apply a function to each item in a list, retaining only the
+ items for which the function returns true. If free_util is
+ true, call free() on the util members of any items that have
+ to be deleted. Preserve the order of the items that are
+ retained.
+
+`string_list_longest_prefix`::
+
+ Return the longest string within a string_list that is a
+ prefix (in the sense of prefixcmp()) of the specified string,
+ or NULL if no such prefix exists. This function does not
+ require the string_list to be sorted (it does a linear
+ search).
+
`print_string_list`::
Dump a string_list to stdout, useful mainly for debugging purposes. It
@@ -96,15 +119,32 @@ write `string_list_insert(...)->util = ...;`.
Look up a given string in the string_list, returning the containing
string_list_item. If the string is not found, NULL is returned.
+`string_list_remove_duplicates`::
+
+ Remove all but the first of consecutive entries that have the
+ same string value. If free_util is true, call free() on the
+ util members of any items that have to be deleted.
+
* Functions for unsorted lists only
`string_list_append`::
- Append a new string to the end of the string_list.
+ Append a new string to the end of the string_list. If
+ `strdup_string` is set, then the string argument is copied;
+ otherwise the new `string_list_entry` refers to the input
+ string.
+
+`string_list_append_nodup`::
+
+ Append a new string to the end of the string_list. The new
+ `string_list_entry` always refers to the input string, even if
+ `strdup_string` is set. This function can be used to hand
+ ownership of a malloc()ed string to a `string_list` that has
+ `strdup_string` set.
`sort_string_list`::
- Make an unsorted list sorted.
+ Sort the list's entries by string value in `strcmp()` order.
`unsorted_string_list_has_string`::
@@ -124,6 +164,25 @@ counterpart for sorted lists, which performs a binary search.
is set. The third parameter controls if the `util` pointer of the
items should be freed or not.
+`string_list_split`::
+`string_list_split_in_place`::
+
+ Split a string into substrings on a delimiter character and
+ append the substrings to a `string_list`. If `maxsplit` is
+ non-negative, then split at most `maxsplit` times. Return the
+ number of substrings appended to the list.
++
+`string_list_split` requires a `string_list` that has `strdup_strings`
+set to true; it leaves the input string untouched and makes copies of
+the substrings in newly-allocated memory.
+`string_list_split_in_place` requires a `string_list` that has
+`strdup_strings` set to false; it splits the input string in place,
+overwriting the delimiter characters with NULs and creating new
+string_list_items that point into the original string (the original
+string must therefore not be modified or freed while the `string_list`
+is in use).
+
+
Data structures
---------------