The "do you still use it?" message given by a command that is
deeply deprecated and allow us to suggest alternatives has been
updated.
* kh/you-still-use-whatchanged-fix:
BreakingChanges: remove claim about whatchanged reports
whatchanged: remove not-even-shorter clause
whatchanged: hint about git-log(1) and aliasing
you-still-use-that??: help the user help themselves
t0014: test shadowing of aliases for a sample of builtins
git: allow alias-shadowing deprecated builtins
git: move seen-alias bookkeeping into handle_alias(...)
git: add `deprecated` category to --list-cmds
Makefile: don’t add whatchanged after it has been removed
The build procedure based on meson learned a target to only build
documentation, similar to "make doc".
* ps/meson-build-docs:
ci: don't compile whole project when testing docs with Meson
meson: print docs backend as part of the summary
meson: introduce a "docs" alias to compile documentation only
"git fast-import" learned that "--signed-commits=<how>" option that
corresponds to that of "git fast-export".
* cc/fast-import-strip-signed-commits:
fast-import: add '--signed-commits=<mode>' option
gpg-interface: refactor 'enum sign_mode' parsing
"git refs optimize" is added for not very well explained reason
despite it does the same thing as "git pack-refs"...
* ms/refs-optimize:
t: add test for git refs optimize subcommand
t0601: refactor tests to be shareable
builtin/refs: add optimize subcommand
doc: pack-refs: factor out common options
builtin/pack-refs: factor out core logic into a shared library
builtin/pack-refs: convert to use the generic refs_optimize() API
reftable-backend: implement 'optimize' action
files-backend: implement 'optimize' action
refs: add a generic 'optimize' API
Over the last couple of years the appetite for bringing Rust into the
codebase has grown significantly across the developer base. Introducing
Rust is a major change though and has ramifications for the whole
ecosystem:
- Some platforms have a Rust toolchain available, but have not yet
integrated it into their build infrastructure.
- Some platforms don't have any support for Rust at all.
- Some platforms may have to figure out how to fit Rust into their
bootstrapping sequence.
Due to this, and given that Git is a critical piece of infrastructure
for the whole industry, we cannot just introduce such a heavyweight
dependency without doing our due diligence.
Instead, preceding commits have introduced a test balloon into our build
infrastructure that convert one tiny subsystem to use Rust. For now,
using Rust to build that subsystem is entirely optional -- if no Rust
support is available, we continue to use the C implementation. This test
balloon has the intention to give distributions time and let them ease
into our adoption of Rust.
Having multiple implementations of the same subsystem is not sustainable
though, and the plan is to eventually be able to use Rust freely all
across our codebase. As such, there is the intent to make Rust become a
mandatory part of our build process.
Add an announcement to our breaking changes that Rust will become
mandatory in Git 3.0. A (very careful and non-binding) estimate might be
that this major release might be released in the second half of next
year, which should give distributors enough time to prepare for the
change.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
As more and more developer tools use AI, we are facing two main risks
related to AI generated content:
- its situation regarding copyright and license is not clear,
and:
- more and more bad quality content could be submitted for review to
the mailing list.
To mitigate both risks, let's add an "Use of Artificial Intelligence"
section to "Documentation/SubmittingPatches" with the goal of
discouraging its blind use to generate content that is submitted to
the project, while still allowing us to benefit from its help in some
innovative, useful and less risky ways.
Helped-by: Rick Sanders <rick@sfconservancy.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation was inaccurate since 9a121b0d22 (credential: handle
`credential.<partial-URL>.<key>` again, 2020-04-24)
Add tests for documented behaviour.
Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
All the final paragraphs on these three options are rendered as
literal blocks. The intent was surely to keep each of them wed to their
respective description list items. But the attempt at maintaining the
indentation level of the block causes each them to be interpreted as a
code block, since code blocks can be represented using indentation.
We need to use list continuation (+) in order to keep them wed to
their blocks.
There is also an unordered list which sandwiches two paragraphs on an
option. We don’t need to do anything about that since it attaches to the
description list item without list continuation (i.e. it is already
correct). But for consistency let’s use list continuation and an open
block on it.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The stash.index configuration variable can be set to make "git stash
pop/apply" pretend that it was invoked with "--index".
* dk/stash-apply-index:
stash: honor stash.index in apply, pop modes
stash: refactor private config globals
t3905: remove unneeded blank line
t3903: reduce dependencies on previous tests
Declare that "git init" that is not otherwise configured uses
'main' as the initial branch, not 'master', starting Git 3.0.
* pw/3.0-default-initial-branch-to-main:
t0613: stop setting default initial branch
t9902: switch default branch name to main
t4013: switch default branch name to main
breaking-changes: switch default branch to main
Asciidoctor and asciidoc.py have different behaviors when a paragraph
follows a nested list item. Asciidoctor has a bug[1] that makes it keep a
plus sign (+) used to attached paragraphs at the beginning of the paragraph.
This commit uses workarounds to avoid this problem by using second level
definition lists and open blocks.
[1]:https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues/4704
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
From user feedback, there was a request for examples, as well as a
comment that one person found "If git push [<repository>] without
any <refspec> argument is set to update some ref at the destination
with <src> with remote.<repository>.push configuration variable..."
impossible to understand.
To make the section easier to navigate, create a list of every possible
refspec form, with examples for each form as well as 2 forms which were
previously missing (patterns and negative refspecs).
Made a few changes to use more familiar language, but ultimately
refspecs are a pretty advanced feature so I've mostly left the
terminology alone.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Right now the rules for when a `git push` is allowed are buried at the
bottom of the description of `<refspec>`. Put them in their own section
so that we can reference them from `--force` and give some context for
why they exist.
Having the "PUSH RULES" section also lets us be a little bit more
specific with the rule in `--force`: we can just focus on the rule
for pushing for a branch (which is likely the one that's most relevant)
and leave the details about what happens when you push to a tag or a ref
that isn't a branch to the later section.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The "promisor-remote" capability mechanism has been updated to
allow the "partialCloneFilter" settings and the "token" value to be
communicated from the server side.
* cc/promisor-remote-capability:
promisor-remote: use string_list_split() in mark_remotes_as_accepted()
promisor-remote: allow a client to check fields
promisor-remote: use string_list_split() in filter_promisor_remote()
promisor-remote: refactor how we parse advertised fields
promisor-remote: use string constants for 'name' and 'url' too
promisor-remote: allow a server to advertise more fields
promisor-remote: refactor to get rid of 'struct strvec'
With stash.index=true, git-stash(1) command now tries to reinstate the
index by default in the "apply" and "pop" modes. Not doing so creates a
common trap [1], [2]: "git stash apply" is not the reverse of "git stash
push" because carefully staged indices are lost and have to be manually
recreated. OTOH, this mode is not always desirable and may create more
conflicts when applying stashes. As usual, "--no-index" will disable
this behavior if you set "stash.index".
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPx1GvcxyDDQmCssMjEnt6JoV6qPc5ZUpgPLX3mpUC_4PNYA1w@mail.gmail.com/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/c5a811ac-8cd3-c389-ac6d-29020a648c87@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble+github@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
As part of the ongoing effort to consolidate reference handling,
introduce a new `optimize` subcommand. This command provides the same
functionality and exit-code behavior as `git pack-refs`, serving as its
modern replacement.
Implement `cmd_refs_optimize` by having it call the `pack_refs_core()`
helper function. This helper was factored out of the original
`cmd_pack_refs` in a preceding commit, allowing both commands to share
the same core logic as independent peers.
Add documentation for the new command. The man page leverages the shared
options file, created in a previous commit, by using the AsciiDoc
`include::` macro to ensure consistency with git-pack-refs(1).
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Mentored-by: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Meet Soni <meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In preparation for adding documentation for `git refs optimize`, factor
out the common options from the `git-pack-refs` man page into a
shareable file `pack-refs-options.adoc` and update `git-pack-refs.adoc`
to use an `include::` macro.
This change is a pure refactoring and results in no change to the final
rendered documentation for `pack-refs`.
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Mentored-by: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Meet Soni <meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"git send-email" learned to drive "git imap-send" to store already
sent e-mails in an IMAP folder.
* ag/send-email-imap-sent:
send-email: enable copying emails to an IMAP folder without actually sending them
send-email: add ability to send a copy of sent emails to an IMAP folder
"core.commentChar=auto" that attempts to dynamically pick a
suitable comment character is non-workable, as it is too much
trouble to support for little benefit, and is marked as deprecated.
* pw/3.0-commentchar-auto-deprecation:
commit: print advice when core.commentString=auto
config: warn on core.commentString=auto
breaking-changes: deprecate support for core.commentString=auto
This was written in e836757e14 (whatschanged: list it in
BreakingChanges document, 2025-05-12) which was on the same
topic that added the `--i-still-use-this` requirement.[1]
Maybe it was a work-in-progress comment/status.
[1]: jc/you-still-use-whatchanged
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The closest equivalent is `git log --raw --no-merges`.
Also change to “defaults” (implicit plural).
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
git-whatchanged(1) is deprecated and you need to pass
`--i-still-use-this` in order to force it to work as before.
There are two affected users, or usages:
1. people who use the command in scripts; and
2. people who are used to using it interactively.
For (1) the replacement is straightforward.[1] But people in (2) might
like the name or be really used to typing it.[3]
An obvious first thought is to suggest aliasing `whatchanged` to the
git-log(1) equivalent.[1] But this doesn’t work and is awkward since you
cannot shadow builtins via aliases.
Now you are left in an uncomfortable limbo; your alias won’t work until
the command is removed for good.
Let’s lift this limitation by allowing *deprecated* builtins to be
shadowed by aliases.
The only observed demand for aliasing has been for git-whatchanged(1),
not for git-pack-redundant(1). But let’s be consistent and treat all
deprecated commands the same.
[1]:
git log --raw --no-merges
With a minor caveat: you get different outputs if you happen to
have empty commits (no changes)[2]
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20250825085428.GA367101@coredump.intra.peff.net/
[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/BL3P221MB0449288C8B0FA448A227FD48833AA@BL3P221MB0449.NAMP221.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/
Based-on-patch-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
With 145 builtin commands (according to `git --list-cmds=builtins`),
users are probably not keeping on top of which ones (if any) are
deprecated.
Let’s expand the experimental `--list-cmds`[1] to allow users and
programs to query for this information. We will also use this in an
upcoming commit to implement `is_deprecated_command`.
[1]: Using something which is experimental to query for deprecations is
perhaps not the most ideal approach, but it is simple to implement
and better than having to scan the documentation
Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
A '--signed-commits=<mode>' option is already available when using
`git fast-export` to decide what should be done at export time about
commit signatures. At import time though, there is no option, or
other way, in `git fast-import` to decide about commit signatures.
To remediate that, let's add a '--signed-commits=<mode>' option to
`git fast-import` too.
For now the supported <mode>s are the same as those supported by
`git fast-export`.
The code responsible for consuming a signature is refactored into
the import_one_signature() and discard_one_signature() functions,
which makes it easier to follow the logic and add new modes in the
future.
In the 'strip' and 'warn-strip' modes, we deliberately use
discard_one_signature() to discard the signature without parsing it.
This ensures that even malformed signatures, which would cause the
parser to fail, can be successfully stripped from a commit.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The 'git sparse-checkout clean' subcommand is focused on directories,
deleting any tracked sparse directories to clean up the worktree and
make the sparse index feature work optimally.
However, this directory-focused approach can leave users wondering why
those directories exist at all. In my experience, these files are left
over due to ignore or exclude patterns, Windows file handles, or
possibly merge conflict resolutions.
Add a new '--verbose' option for users to see all the files that are
being deleted (with '--force') or would be deleted (with '--dry-run').
Based on usage, users may request further context on this list of files for
states such as tracked/untracked, unstaged/staged/conflicted, etc.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"repo info" learns a short-hand option "-z" that is the same as
"--format=nul", and learns to report the objects format used in the
repository.
* lo/repo-info-step-2:
repo: add the field objects.format
repo: add the flag -z as an alias for --format=nul
"git refs exists" that works like "git show-ref --exists" has been
added.
* ms/refs-exists:
t: add test for git refs exists subcommand
t1422: refactor tests to be shareable
t1403: split 'show-ref --exists' tests into a separate file
builtin/refs: add 'exists' subcommand
Documentation for "git add" has been updated.
* je/doc-add:
doc: rephrase the purpose of the staging area
doc: git-add: simplify discussion of ignored files
doc: git-add: clarify intro & add an example
The 'git sparse-checkout clean' subcommand is somewhat similar to 'git
clean' in that it will delete files that should not be in the worktree.
The big difference is that it focuses on the directories that should not
be in the worktree due to cone-mode sparse-checkout. It also does not
discriminate in the kinds of files and focuses on deleting entire
directories.
However, there are some restrictions that would be good to bring over
from 'git clean', specifically how it refuses to do anything without the
'-f'/'--force' or '-n'/'--dry-run' arguments. The 'clean.requireForce'
config can be set to 'false' to imply '--force'.
Add this behavior to avoid accidental deletion of files that cannot be
recovered from Git.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When users change their sparse-checkout definitions to add new
directories and remove old ones, there may be a few reasons why
directories no longer in scope remain (ignored or excluded files still
exist, Windows handles are still open, etc.). When these files still
exist, the sparse index feature notices that a tracked, but sparse,
directory still exists on disk and thus the index expands. This causes a
performance hit _and_ the advice printed isn't very helpful. Using 'git
clean' isn't enough (generally '-dfx' may be needed) but also this may
not be sufficient.
Add a new subcommand to 'git sparse-checkout' that removes these
tracked-but-sparse directories.
The implementation details provide a clear definition of what is happening,
but it is difficult to describe this without including the internal
implementation details. The core operation converts the index to a sparse
index (in memory if not already on disk) and then deletes any directories in
the worktree that correspond with a sparse directory entry in that sparse
index.
In the most common case, this means that a file will be removed if it is
contained within a directory that is both tracked and outside of the
sparse-checkout definition. However, there can be exceptions depending on
the current state of the index:
* If the worktree has a modification to a tracked, sparse file, then that
file's parent directories will be expanded instead of represented as
sparse directories. Siblings of those parent directories may be
considered sparse.
* If the user staged a sparse file with "git add --sparse", then that file
loses the SKIP_WORKTREE bit until the sparse-checkout is reapplied. Until
then, that file's parent directories are not represented as sparse
directory entries and thus will not be removed. Siblings of those parent
directories may be considered sparse. (There may be other reasons why
the SKIP_WORKTREE bit was removed for a file and this impact on the
sparse directories will apply to those as well.)
* If the user has a merge conflict outside of the sparse-checkout
definition, then those conflict entries prevent the parent directories
from being represented as sparse directory entries and thus are not
removed.
* The cases above present reasons why certain _file conditions_ will impact
which _directories_ are considered sparse. The list of tracked
directories that are outside of the sparse-checkout definition but not
represented as a sparse directory further reduces the list of files that
will be removed.
For these complicated reasons, the documentation details a potential list of
files that will be "considered for removal" instead of defining the list
concretely. The special cases can be handled by resolving conflicts,
committing staged changes, and running 'git sparse-checkout reapply' to
update the SKIP_WORKTREE bits as expected by the sparse-checkout definition.
It is important to make clear that this operation will remove ignored and
excluded files which would normally be ignored even by 'git clean -f' unless
the '-x' or '-X' option is provided. This is the most extreme method for
doing this, but it works when the sparse-checkout is in cone mode and is
expected to rescope based on directories, not files.
The current implementation always deletes these sparse directories
without warning. This is unacceptable for a released version, but those
features will be added in changes coming immediately after this one.
Note that this will not remove an untracked directory (or any of its
contents) if its parent is a tracked directory within the sparse-checkout
definition. This is required to prevent removing data created by tools that
perform caching operations for editors or build tools.
Thus, 'git sparse-checkout clean' is both more aggressive and more careful
than 'git clean -fx':
* It is more aggressive because it will remove _tracked_ files within the
sparse directories.
* It is less aggressive because it will leave _untracked_ files that are
not contained in sparse directories.
These special cases will be handled more explicitly in a future change that
expands tests for the 'git sparse-checkout clean' command. We handle some of
the modified, staged, and committed states including some impact on 'git
status' after cleaning.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Meson does not currently provide a target to compile documentation,
only. Instead, users needs to compile the whole project, which may be
way more than they really intend to do.
Introduce a new "docs" alias to plug this gap. This alias can be invoked
e.g. with `meson compile docs`.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
68061e3470 (fast-import: disallow "feature export-marks" by default,
2019-08-29) added the documentation for this option. The second
paragraph is a literal block but it looks like it should just be
a regular paragraph.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
From user feedback on this section: 3 users don't know what "tree-ish"
means and 3 users don't know what "pathspec" means. One user also says
that the section is very confusing and that they don't understand what
the "index" is.
From conversations on Mastodon, several users said that their impression
is that "the index" means the same thing as "HEAD". It would be good to
give those users (and other users who do not know what "index" means) a
hint as to its meaning.
Make this section more accessible to users who don't know what the terms
"pathspec", "tree-ish", and "index" mean by using more familiar language,
adding examples, and using simpler sentence structures.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
From user feedback: one user mentioned that "When the <tree-ish> (most
often a commit) is not given" is confusing since it starts with a
negative.
Restructuring so that `git checkout main file.txt` and
`git checkout file.txt` are separate items will help us simplify the
sentence structure a lot.
As a bonus, it appears that `-f` actually only applies to one of those
forms, so we can include fewer options, and now the structure of the
DESCRIPTION matches the SYNOPSIS.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
From user feedback: several users say they don't understand the use case
for `--detach`. It's probably not realistic to explain the use case for
detached HEAD state here, but we can improve the situation.
Explain how `git checkout --detach` is different from
`git checkout <branch>` instead of copying over the description from
`git checkout <branch>`, since `git checkout <branch>` will be a
familiar command to many readers.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
From user feedback: several users reported having trouble understanding
the difference between `-b` and `-B` ("I think it's because my brain
expects it to contrast with `-b`, but instead it starts off explaining
how they're the same").
Also, in `-B`, 2 users can't tell what the branch is reset *to*.
Simplify the sentence structure in the explanations of `-b` and `-B` and
add a little extra information (what `<start-point>` is, what the branch
is reset to).
Splitting up `-b` and `-B` into separate items helps simplify the
sentence structure since there's less "In this case...".
Replace the long "the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout"
is successful..." with just "will fail", since we should generally
assume that Git will fail operations in a clean way and not leave
operations half-finished, and that cases where it does not fail cleanly
are the exceptions that the documentation should flag.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
From user feedback: several users commented that "Local modifications
to the files in the working tree are kept, so that they can be committed
to the <branch>." didn't seem accurate to them, since
`git checkout <branch>` will often fail.
One user also thought that "... and by pointing HEAD at the branch"
was something that _they_ had to do somehow ("How do I point HEAD at
a branch?") rather than a description of what the `git checkout`
operation is doing for them.
Explain when `git checkout <branch>` will fail and clarify that
"pointing HEAD at the branch" is part of what the command does.
6 users commented that the "You could omit <branch>..." section is
extremely confusing. Explain this in a much more direct way.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
There's no need to use the terms "pathspec" or "tree-ish" in the
ARGUMENT DISAMBIGUATION section, which are terms that (from user
feedback on this page) many users do not understand.
"tree-ish" is actually not accurate here: `git checkout` in this case
takes a commit-ish, not a tree-ish. So we can say "branch or commit"
instead of "tree-ish" which is both more accurate and uses more familiar
terms.
And now that the intro to the man pages mentions that `git checkout` has
"two main modes", it makes sense to refer to this disambiguation section
to understand how Git decides which one to use when there's an overlap
in syntax.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
From user feedback: in the first paragraph, 5 users reported not
understanding the terms "pathspec" and 1 user reported not understanding
the term "HEAD". Of the users who said they didn't know what "pathspec"
means, 3 said they couldn't understand what the paragraph was trying to
communicate as a result.
One user also commented that "If no pathspec was given..." makes
`git checkout <branch>` sounds like a special edge case, instead of
being one of the most common ways to use this core Git command.
It looks like the goal of this paragraph is to communicate that `git
checkout` has two different modes: one where you switch branches and one
where you just update your working directory files/index. So say that
directly, and use more familiar language (including examples) to say it.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Since 1296cbe4b4 (init: document `init.defaultBranch` better,
2020-12-11) "git-init.adoc" has advertised that the default name
of the initial branch may change in the future. The name "main"
is chosen to match the default used by the big Git forge web sites.
The advice printed when init.defaultBranch is not set is updated
to say that the default will change to "main" in Git 3.0. Building
with WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES enabled removes the advice and changes
the default branch name to "main". The code in guess_remote_head()
that looks for "refs/heads/master" is left unchanged as that is only
called when the remote server does not support the symref capability
in the v0 protocol or the symref extension to the ls-refs list in the
v2 protocol. Such an old server is more likely to be using "master"
as the default branch name.
With the exception of the "git-init.adoc" the documentation is left
unchanged. I had hoped to parameterize the name of the default branch
by using an asciidoc attribute. Unfortunately attribute expansion
is inhibited by backticks and we use backticks to mark up ref names
so that idea does not work. As the changes to git-init.adoc show
inserting ifdef's around each instance of the branch name "master"
is cumbersome and makes the documentation sources harder to read.
Apart from "git-init.adoc" there are some other files where "master" is
used as the name of the initial branch rather than as an example of a
branch name such as "user-manual.adoc" and "gitcore-tutorial.adoc". The
name appears a lot in those so updating it with ifdef's is not really
practical. We can update that document in the 3.0 release cycle. The
other documentation where master is used as an example branch name
can be gradually converted over time.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
A new command "git last-modified" has been added to show the closest
ancestor commit that touched each path.
* tc/last-modified:
last-modified: use Bloom filters when available
t/perf: add last-modified perf script
last-modified: new subcommand to show when files were last modified
A previous commit allowed a server to pass additional fields through
the "promisor-remote" protocol capability after the "name" and "url"
fields, specifically the "partialCloneFilter" and "token" fields.
Let's make it possible for a client to check if these fields match
what it expects before accepting a promisor remote.
We allow this by introducing a new "promisor.checkFields"
configuration variable. It should contain a comma or space separated
list of fields that will be checked.
By limiting the protocol to specific well-defined fields, we ensure
both server and client have a shared understanding of field
semantics and usage.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
For now the "promisor-remote" protocol capability can only pass "name"
and "url" information from a server to a client in the form
"name=<remote_name>,url=<remote_url>".
To allow clients to make more informed decisions about which promisor
remotes they accept, let's make it possible to pass more information
by introducing a new "promisor.sendFields" configuration variable.
On the server side, information about a remote `foo` is stored in
configuration variables named `remote.foo.<variable-name>`. To make
it clearer and simpler, we use `field` and `field name` like this:
* `field name` refers to the <variable-name> part of such a
configuration variable, and
* `field` refers to both the `field name` and the value of such a
configuration variable.
The "promisor.sendFields" configuration variable should contain a
comma or space separated list of field names that will be looked up
in the configuration of the remote on the server to find the values
that will be passed to the client.
Only a set of predefined field names are allowed. The only field
names in this set are "partialCloneFilter" and "token". The
"partialCloneFilter" field name specifies the filter definition used
by the promisor remote, and the "token" field name can provide an
authentication credential for accessing it.
For example, if "promisor.sendFields" is set to "partialCloneFilter",
and the server has the "remote.foo.partialCloneFilter" config
variable set to a value, then that value will be passed in the
"partialCloneFilter" field in the form "partialCloneFilter=<value>"
after the "name" and "url" fields.
A following commit will allow the client to use the information to
decide if it accepts the remote or not. For now the client doesn't do
anything with the additional information it receives.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The flag `--show-object-format` from git-rev-parse is used for
retrieving the object storage format. This way, it is used for
querying repository metadata, fitting in the purpose of git-repo-info.
Add a new field `objects.format` to the git-repo-info subcommand
containing that information.
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Other Git commands that have nul-terminated output (e.g. git-config,
git-status, git-ls-files) have a flag `-z` for using the null character
as the record separator.
Add the `-z` flag to git-repo-info as an alias for `--format=nul`,
making it consistent with the behavior of the other commands.
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The documentation incorrectly referred to the extension without an 's'.
This fixes the typo for clarity.
Signed-off-by: Mikhail Malinouski <m.l.malinouski@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
As part of the ongoing effort to consolidate reference handling,
introduce a new `exists` subcommand. This command provides the same
functionality and exit-code behavior as `git show-ref --exists`, serving
as its modern replacement.
The logic for `show-ref --exists` is minimal. Rather than creating a
shared helper function which would be overkill for ~20 lines of code,
its implementation is intentionally duplicated here. This contrasts with
`git refs list`, where sharing the larger implementation of
`for-each-ref` was necessary.
Documentation for the new subcommand is also added to the `git-refs(1)`
man page.
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Mentored-by: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Meet Soni <meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Add a missed backtick to the end of a code segment so that it will be
rendered like preceding examples.
I deeply appreciate the thoroughness of this documentation. I noticed
the formatting discrepancy reading https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config.
Signed-off-by: Kyle E. Mitchell <kyle@kemitchell.com>
Acked-by: Jean-Noël AVILA <avila.jn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Update the instruction to use of GGG in the MyFirstContribution
document to say that a GitHub PR could be made against `git/git`
instead of `gitgitgadget/git`.
* ds/doc-ggg-pr-fork-clarify:
doc: clarify which remotes can be used with GitGitGadget
Fix missing single-quote pairs in a documentation page.
* kh/doc-interpret-trailers-markup-fix:
doc: interpret-trailers: close all pairs of single quotes
Git does not really "store the contents of the next commit"
anywhere; rather, you the user use the index to prepare it.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
[jc; made the change relative to what is already in 'next']
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Discord has been added to the first contribution documentation as
another way to ask for help.
* ds/doc-community-discord:
doc: add discord to ways of getting help
Similar to git-blame(1), introduce a new subcommand
git-last-modified(1). This command shows the most recent modification to
paths in a tree. It does so by expanding the tree at a given commit,
taking note of the current state of each path, and then walking
backwards through history looking for commits where each path changed
into its final commit ID.
Based-on-patch-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Improved-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The compatObjectFormat extension is used to hide an incomplete
feature that is not yet usable for any purpose other than
developing the feature further. Document it as such to discourage
its use by mere mortals.
* bc/doc-compat-object-format-not-working:
docs: note that extensions.compatobjectformat is incomplete
The start_delayed_progress() function in the progress eye-candy API
did not clear its internal state, making an initial delay value
larger than 1 second ineffective, which has been corrected.
* js/progress-delay-fix:
progress: pay attention to (customized) delay time
Documentation for "git rebase" has been updated.
* je/doc-rebase:
doc: git-rebase: update discussion of internals
doc: git-rebase: move --onto explanation down
doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax
doc: git rebase: dedup merge conflict discussion
doc: git-rebase: start with an example
Our codebase uses a lot of bit field variables, generally to mark
boolean type variables. While there is a formatting rule in the
'.clang-format', there is no guideline specified in the
'CodingGuidelines'.
Since the '.clang-format' is not yet enforced, let's also add a
guideline with the same rule as mentioned in the '.clang-format', which
is to not use any spaces around the colon, like so:
unsigned my_field:1;
unsigned other_field:1;
unsigned field_with_longer_name:1;
This would allow us not to modify the clang-format file, and more
importantly, discourage people from doing ugly alignment with spaces,
i.e.
unsigned my_field : 1;
unsigned other_field : 1;
unsigned field_with_longer_name : 1;
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Earlier recommendation by IETF with RFC 2595 was to deprecate
implicit TLS in preference for upgrade an initially unencrypted
connection with STARTTLS command. These days, however, IETF
recommends that connections be made using "Implicit TLS", in
preference to STARTTLS and the like, completely reversing their
earlier position, in RFC8314.
Update the GMail example to use the implicit TLS to match the
current recommendation at port 465.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When "core.commentString" is set to "auto" then "git commit" will
automatically select the comment character ensuring that it is not the
first character on any of the lines in the commit message. This was
introduced by commit 84c9dc2c5a (commit: allow core.commentChar=auto
for character auto selection, 2014-05-17). The motivation seems to be
to avoid commenting out lines from the existing message when amending
a commit that was created with a message from a file.
Unfortunately this feature does not work with:
* commit message templates that contain comments.
* prepare-commit-msg hooks that introduce comments.
* "git commit --cleanup=strip --edit -F <file>" which means that it
is incompatible with
- the "fixup" and "squash" commands of "git rebase -i" as the
comments added by those commands are then treated as part of
the commit message.
- the conflict comments added to the commit message by "git
cherry-pick", "git rebase" etc. as these comments are then
treated as part of the commit message.
It is also ignored by "git notes" when amending a note.
The issues with comments coming from a template, hook or file are a
consequence of the design of this feature and are therefore hard to
fix.
As the costs of this feature outweigh the benefits, deprecate it and
remove it in Git 3.0. If someone comes up with some patches that fix
all the issues in a maintainable way then I'd be happy to see this
change reverted.
The next commits will add a warning and some advice for users on how
they can update their config settings.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The compatibility object format is only implemented for loose objects,
not packed objects, so anyone attempting to push or fetch data into a
repository with this option will likely not see it work as expected. In
addition, the underlying storage of loose object mapping is likely to
change because the current format is inefficient and does not handle
important mapping information such as that of submodules.
It would have been preferable to initially document that this was not
yet ready for prime time, but we did not do so. We hinted at the fact
that this functionality is incomplete in the description, but did not
say so explicitly. Let's do so now: indicate that this feature is
incomplete and subject to change and that the option is not designed to
be used by end users.
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Using one of the start_delayed_*() functions, clients of the progress
API can request that a progress meter is only shown after some time.
To do that, the implementation intends to count down the number of
seconds stored in struct progress by observing flag progress_update,
which the timer interrupt handler sets when a second has elapsed. This
works during the first second of the delay. But the code forgets to
reset the flag to zero, so that subsequent calls of display_progress()
think that another second has elapsed and decrease the count again
until zero is reached. Due to the frequency of the calls, this happens
without an observable delay in practice, so that the effective delay is
always just one second.
This bug has been with us since the inception of the feature. Despite
having been touched on various occasions, such as 8aade107dd
(progress: simplify "delayed" progress API), 9c5951cacf (progress:
drop delay-threshold code), and 44a4693bfc (progress: create
GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY), the short delay went unnoticed.
Copy the flag state into a local variable and reset the global flag
right away so that we can detect the next clock tick correctly.
Since we have not had any complaints that the delay of one second is
too short nor that GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY is ignored, people seem to be
comfortable with the status quo. Therefore, set the default to 1 to
keep the current behavior.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
A new subcommand "git repo" gives users a way to grab various
repository characteristics.
* lo/repo-info:
repo: add the --format flag
repo: add the field layout.shallow
repo: add the field layout.bare
repo: add the field references.format
repo: declare the repo command
Doc lint updates to encourage the newer and easier-to-use
`synopsis` format, with fixes to a handful of existing uses.
* ja/doc-lint-sections-and-synopsis:
doc lint: check that synopsis manpages have synopsis inlines
doc:git-for-each-ref: fix styling and typos
doc: check for absence of the form --[no-]parameter
doc: check for absence of multiple terms in each entry of desc list
doc: check well-formedness of delimited sections
doc: test linkgit macros for well-formedness
Revert back to “Git's” which was used before d30c5cc459 (doc: convert
git-mergetool options to new synopsis style, 2025-05-25) accidentally
changed it.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
There are three tips how to compose a non-line-wrapped patch with
Thunderbird. The first one suggests use of an add-on. The one
referenced has long been superseded by a different one. Update the
link to the new one. Mention that additional configuration is
required to make the add-on work.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The docs mostly point to using git/git as one's remote, however, when it
comes to Sending a PR to GitGitGadget section, the reader is told to use
gitgitgadget/git, with no mention of git/git, potentially leading to
some confusion.
Clarify that both gitgitgadget/git and git/git can be used, albeit with
some differences.
Signed-off-by: Daniele Sassoli <danielesassoli@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- make it clearer that we're talking about a multistep process
- give a more technically accurate description how rebase works with the
merge backend.
- condense the explanation of how git rebase skips commits with the same
textual changes into a single bullet point and remove the explanatory
diagram. Lots of things which are more complicated are already being
explained without a diagram.
- remove the explanation of how exactly `--fork-point` and `--root`
work since that information is in the OPTIONS section
- put all discussion of `ORIG_HEAD` inside the note
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
There's a very clear explanation with examples of using --onto which is
currently buried in the very long DESCRIPTION section. This moves it to
its own section, so that we can reference the explanation from the
`--onto` option by name.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Remove duplicate explanation of `git rebase <upstream> <branch>` which
is already explained above.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Previously there were two explanations, this combines them both into a
single explanation.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Start with an example that mirrors the example in the `git-merge` man
page, to make it easier for folks to understand the difference between
a rebase and a merge.
- Mention that rebase can combine or reorder commits
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The "list" subcommand of "git refs" acts as a front-end for
"git for-each-ref".
* ms/refs-list:
t: add test for git refs list subcommand
t6300: refactor tests to be shareable
builtin/refs: add list subcommand
builtin/for-each-ref: factor out core logic into a helper
builtin/for-each-ref: align usage string with the man page
doc: factor out common option
"git refs migrate" to migrate the reflog entries from a refs
backend to another had a handful of bugs squashed.
* ps/reflog-migrate-fixes:
refs: fix invalid old object IDs when migrating reflogs
refs: stop unsetting REF_HAVE_OLD for log-only updates
refs/files: detect race when generating reflog entry for HEAD
refs: fix identity for migrated reflogs
ident: fix type of string length parameter
builtin/reflog: implement subcommand to write new entries
refs: export `ref_transaction_update_reflog()`
builtin/reflog: improve grouping of subcommands
Documentation/git-reflog: convert to use synopsis type
When 399b1984 (config: include file if remote URL matches a glob,
2022-01-18) added the 'hasconfig:remote.*.url:<URL>' condition to be
used in the "includeIf.<condition>.path" configuration, the keyword
was added with an extra colon in the documentation.
The section that documents these condition begins with this preamble:
The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data
whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords
are:
which makes it clear that the colon that comes between the condition
keyword (e.g. "gitdir") and the parameter (aka "some data") is not
a part of the keyword.
Lose the extra colon. Also rewrite description of all keywords to
clarify that "some data" does not directly follow "keyword", and the
colon is not a part of keyword.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* lo/repo-info:
repo: add the --format flag
repo: add the field layout.shallow
repo: add the field layout.bare
repo: add the field references.format
repo: declare the repo command
Asciidoc.py and Asciidoctor do not process the '+' verbatim the same way. A
span is detected when the format sign (here '+')is preceded by a non-word
character. It seems that '{nbsp}' is considered a non-word sign by
Asciidoc.py, but not by Asciidoctor.
Using a double format-sign opens 'unconstrained' span, independent on the
preceding character in both engines.
The '+' sign is used instead of the backtick '`' because it is not processed
as synopsis in asciidoc.py. Unfortunately, the post-processing of verbatim
synopsis in asciidoctor cannot be bypassed and formatting of the parentheses
is forced in syntax sign instead of keywords, unless a proper grammar
analyzer is used.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Discord is a great way of receiving help for members of the community
that are not on the mailing list or not familiar with Libera.
Adding it to the official documentation will aid discoverability of it.
The link is the same as the one at https://git-scm.com/community.
Signed-off-by: Daniele Sassoli <danielesassoli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Gitk is now maintained by Johannes Sixt and the repository can be
cloned from a new URL. b59358100c (Update the official repo of
gitk, 2024-12-24) could have updated this instance in the manual,
too, but the opportunity was missed. Update it now. Do give credit
to Paul Mackerras as the inventor of the program.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Mention the --force option earlier
- Remove the explanation of shell globbing vs git's internal glob
system, since users are confused by it and there's a clearer
discussion in the EXAMPLES section.
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Add a basic example of how "git add" is normally used
- It's not technically true that you *must* use the `add` command to
add changes before running `git commit`, because `git commit -a`
exists. Instead say that you *can* use the `add` command.
- Mention early on that "index" is another word for "staging area",
since Git very rarely uses the word "index" in its output
(`git status`) uses the term "staged", and many Git users are
unfamiliar with the term "index"
- Remove "It typically adds" (it's not clear what "typically" means),
and instead mention that `git add -p` can be used to add
partial contents
- Currently the introduction is somewhat repetitive ("to prepare the
content staged for the next commit" ... "this snapshot that is taken
as the contents of the next commit."), replace with a single sentence
("The "index" [...] is where Git stores the contents of the next
commit.")
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Add the --format flag to git-repo-info. By using this flag, the users
can choose the format for obtaining the data they requested.
Given that this command can be used for generating input for other
applications and for being read by end users, it requires at least two
formats: one for being read by humans and other for being read by
machines. Some other Git commands also have two output formats, notably
git-config which was the inspiration for the two formats that were
chosen here:
- keyvalue, where the retrieved data is printed one per line, using =
for delimiting the key and the value. This is the default format,
targeted for end users.
- nul, where the retrieved data is separated by NUL characters, using
the newline character for delimiting the key and the value. This
format is targeted for being read by machines.
Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is part of the series that introduces the new subcommand
git-repo-info.
The flag `--is-shallow-repository` from git-rev-parse is used for
retrieving whether the repository is shallow. This way, it is used for
querying repository metadata, fitting in the purpose of git-repo-info.
Then, add a new field `layout.shallow` to the git-repo-info subcommand
containing that information.
Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is part of the series that introduces the new subcommand
git-repo-info.
The flag --is-bare-repository from git-rev-parse is used for retrieving
whether the current repository is bare. This way, it is used for
querying repository metadata, fitting in the purpose of git-repo-info.
Then, add a new field layout.bare to the git-repo-info subcommand
containing that information.
Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is part of the series that introduces the new subcommand
git-repo-info.
The flag `--show-ref-format` from git-rev-parse is used for retrieving
the reference format (i.e. `files` or `reftable`). This way, it is
used for querying repository metadata, fitting in the purpose of
git-repo-info.
Add a new field `references.format` to the repo-info subcommand
containing that information.
Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Currently, `git rev-parse` covers a wide range of functionality not
directly related to parsing revisions, as its name suggests. Over time,
many features like parsing datestrings, options, paths, and others
were added to it because there wasn't a more appropriate command
to place them.
Create a new Git command called `repo`. `git repo` will be the main
command for obtaining the information about a repository (such as
metadata and metrics).
Also declare a subcommand for `repo` called `info`. `git repo info`
will bring the functionality of retrieving repository-related
information currently returned by `rev-parse`.
Add the required documentation and build changes to enable usage of
this subcommand.
Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
0bdaa12169 (git-count-objects.txt: describe each line in -v output,
2013-02-08) forgot to include `packs`.
Signed-off-by: Daniele Sassoli <danielesassoli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
`git imap-send` was built on the idea of copying emails to an IMAP folder
like drafts, and sending them later using an email client. Currently
the only way to do it is by piping output of `git format-patch` to IMAP
send.
Add another way to do it by using `git send-email` with the
`--use-imap-only` or `sendmail.useImapOnly` option. This allows users to
use the advanced features of `git send-email` like tweaking Cc: list
programmatically, compose the cover letter, etc. and then send the well
formatted emails to an IMAP folder using `git imap-send`.
While at it, use `` instead of '' for --smtp-encryption ssl in help
section of `git send-email`.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Some email providers like Apple iCloud Mail do not support sending a copy
of sent emails to the "Sent" folder if SMTP server is used. As a
workaround, various email clients like Thunderbird which rely on SMTP,
use IMAP to send a copy of sent emails to the "Sent" folder. Something
similar can be done if sending emails via `git send-email`, by using
the `git imap-send` command to send a copy of the sent email to an IMAP
folder specified by the user.
Add this functionality to `git send-email` by introducing a new
configuration variable `sendemail.imapfolder` and command line option
`--imap-folder` which specifies the IMAP folder to send a copy of the
sent emails to. If specified, a copy of the sent emails will be sent
by piping the emails to `git imap-send` command, after all emails are
sent via SMTP and the SMTP server has been closed.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The synopsis section has an extra closing bracket, like this:
[--filter=<filter>] [--also-filter-submodules]]
The extra one is not the one at the end of this line; it is the one
after "...=<filter>".
The "--also-filter-submodules" option was added by f05da2b4 (clone,
submodule: pass partial clone filters to submodules, 2022-02-04).
Because it makes sense only when used with the "--filter=<filter>"
option, these two options are enclosed in a pair of brackets. The
extra one was added by 76880f05 (doc: git-clone: apply new
documentation formatting guidelines, 2024-03-29) by mistake.
Remove the extra and incorrect closing bracket, so that the line
reads:
[--filter=<filter> [--also-filter-submodules]]
Signed-off-by: Knut Harald Ryager <e-k-nut@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When switching manpages to the synopsis style, the description lists of
options need to be switched to inline synopsis for proper formatting. This
is done by enclosing the option name in double backticks, e.g. `--option`.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit fixes the synopsis syntax and changes the wording of a few
descriptions to be more consistent with the rest of the documentation.
It is a prepartion for the next commit that checks that synopsis style is
applied consistently across a manual page.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
For better searchability, this commit adds a check to ensure that parameters
expressed in the form of `--[no-]parameter` are not used in the
documentation. In the place of such parameters, the documentation should
list two separate parameters: `--parameter` and `--no-parameter`.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
For simplifying automated translation of the documentation, it is better to
only present one term in each entry of a description list of options. This
is because most of these terms can automatically be marked as
notranslatable.
Also, due to portability issues, the script generate-configlist.sh can no
longer insert newlines in the output. However, the result is that it no
longer correctly handles multiple terms in a single entry of definition
lists.
As a result, we now check that these entries do not exist in the
documentation.
Reviewed-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Having an empty line before each delimited sections is not required by
asciidoc, but it is a safety measure that prevents generating malformed
asciidoc when generating translated documentation.
When a delimited section appears just after a paragraph, the asciidoc
processor checks that the length of the delimited section header is
different from the length of the paragraph. If it is not, the asciidoc
processor will generate a title. In the original English documentation, this
is not a problem because the authors always check the output of the asciidoc
processor and fix the length of the delimited section header if it turns out
to be the same as the paragraph length. However, this is not the case for
translations, where the authors have no way to check the length of the
delimited section header or the output of the asciidoc processor. This can
lead to a section title that is not intended.
Indeed, this test also checks that titles are correctly formed, that is,
the length of the underline is equal to the length of the title (otherwise
it would not be a title but a section header).
Finally, this test checks that the delimited section are terminated within
the same file.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Some readers of man pages have reported that they found
malformed linkgit macros in the documentation (absence or bad
spelling).
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
b27be108c8 (doc: git-log: convert log config to new doc format,
2025-07-07) intended to convert a paragraph describing the different
options for `log.decorate` into a description list. But the literal
block syntax was used by mistake.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When you are doing a tree-diff, there are basically two options: do not
recurse into subtrees at all, or recurse indefinitely. While most
callers would want to always recurse and see full pathnames, some may
want the efficiency of looking only at a particular level of the tree.
This is currently easy to do for the top-level (just turn off
recursion), but you cannot say "show me what changed in subdir/, but do
not recurse".
This patch adds a max-depth parameter which is measured from the closest
pathspec match, so that you can do:
git log --raw --max-depth=1 -- a/b/c
and see the raw output for a/b/c/, but not those of a/b/c/d/
(instead of the raw output you would see for a/b/c/d).
Co-authored-by: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Signed-off-by: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Improve wording and fix typos for a couple entries part of the Git 2.51
release notes.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
While we provide a couple of subcommands in git-reflog(1) to remove
reflog entries, we don't provide any to write new entries. Obviously
this is not an operation that really would be needed for many use cases
out there, or otherwise people would have complained that such a command
does not exist yet. But the introduction of the "reftable" backend
changes the picture a bit, as it is now basically impossible to manually
append a reflog entry if one wanted to do so due to the binary format.
Plug this gap by introducing a simple "write" subcommand. For now, all
this command does is to append a single new reflog entry with the given
object IDs and message to the reflog. More specifically, it is not yet
possible to:
- Write multiple reflog entries at once.
- Insert reflog entries at arbitrary indices.
- Specify the date of the reflog entry.
- Insert reflog entries that refer to nonexistent objects.
If required, those features can be added at a future point in time. For
now though, the new command aims to fulfill the most basic use cases
while being as strict as possible when it comes to verifying parameters.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The way subcommands of git-reflog(1) are laid out does not make any
immediate sense. Reorder them such that read-only subcommands precede
writing commands for a bit more structure.
Furthermore, move the "expire" subcommand last. This prepares for a
subsequent change where we are about to introduce a new "write" command
to append reflog entries. Like this, the writing subcommands are ordered
such that those affecting a single reflog come before those spanning
across all reflogs.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
With 974cdca345 (doc: introduce a synopsis typesetting, 2024-09-24) we
have introduced a new synopsis type that simplifies the rules for
typesetting a command's synopsis. Convert the git-reflog(1)
documentation to use it.
While at it, convert the list of options to use backticks. This is done
to appease an upcoming new linter that mandates the use of backticks
when using the synopsis type.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The case where a new submodule takes a path where used to be a
completely different subproject is now dealt a bit better than
before.
* kj/renamed-submodule:
fixup! submodule: skip redundant active entries when pattern covers path
fixup! submodule: prevent overwriting .gitmodules on path reuse
submodule: skip redundant active entries when pattern covers path
submodule: prevent overwriting .gitmodules on path reuse
Git's reference management is distributed across multiple commands. As
part of an ongoing effort to consolidate and modernize reference
handling, introduce a `list` subcommand under the `git refs` umbrella as
a replacement for `git for-each-ref`.
Implement `cmd_refs_list` by having it call the `for_each_ref_core()`
helper function. This helper was factored out of the original
`cmd_for_each_ref` in a preceding commit, allowing both commands to
share the same core logic as independent peers.
Add documentation for the new command. The man page leverages the shared
options file, created in a previous commit, by using the AsciiDoc
`include::` macro to ensure consistency with git-for-each-ref(1).
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Mentored-by: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Meet Soni <meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In preparation for adding documentation for `git refs list`, factor out
the common options from the `git-for-each-ref` man page into a
shareable file `for-each-ref-options.adoc` and update
`git-for-each-ref.adoc` to use an `include::` macro.
This change is a pure refactoring and results in no change to the
final rendered documentation for `for-each-ref`.
Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Mentored-by: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Meet Soni <meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Windows fixes.
* js/mingw-fixes:
mingw: support Windows Server 2016 again
mingw_rename: support ReFS on Windows 2022
mingw: drop Windows 7-specific work-around
mingw_open_existing: handle directories better
"git add/etc -p" now honor the diff.context configuration variable,
and also they learn to honor the -U<n> command-line option.
* lm/add-p-context:
add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides
add-patch: respect diff.context configuration
t: use test_config in t4055
t: use test_grep in t3701 and t4055
The config API had a set of convenience wrapper functions that
implicitly use the_repository instance; they have been removed and
inlined at the calling sites.
* ps/config-wo-the-repository: (21 commits)
config: fix sign comparison warnings
config: move Git config parsing into "environment.c"
config: remove unused `the_repository` wrappers
config: drop `git_config_set_multivar()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_multivar_gently()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set_in_file_gently()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set_gently()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set_in_file()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_bool()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_ulong()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_int()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_string()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_string()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_string_multi()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_value()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_value()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_clear()` wrapper
...
Code clean-up.
* kn/for-each-ref-skip-updates:
ref-filter: use REF_ITERATOR_SEEK_SET_PREFIX instead of '1'
t6302: add test combining '--start-after' with '--exclude'
for-each-ref: reword the documentation for '--start-after'
for-each-ref: fix documentation argument ordering
ref-cache: use 'size_t' instead of int for length
"git switch" and "git restore" are declared to be no longer
experimental.
* jt/switch-restore-no-longer-experimental:
builtin: unmark git-switch and git-restore as experimental
"git for-each-ref" learns "--start-after" option to help
applications that want to page its output.
* kn/for-each-ref-skip:
ref-cache: set prefix_state when seeking
for-each-ref: introduce a '--start-after' option
ref-filter: remove unnecessary else clause
refs: selectively set prefix in the seek functions
ref-cache: remove unused function 'find_ref_entry()'
refs: expose `ref_iterator` via 'refs.h'
In ac33519ddf (mingw: restrict file handle inheritance only on Windows
7 and later, 2019-11-22), I introduced code to safe-guard the
defense-in-depth handling that restricts handles' inheritance so that it
would work with Windows 7, too.
Let's revert this patch: Git for Windows dropped supporting Windows 7 (and
Windows 8) directly after Git for Windows v2.46.2. For full details, see
https://gitforwindows.org/requirements#windows-version.
Actually, on second thought: revert only the part that makes this handle
inheritance restriction logic optional and that suggests to open a bug
report if it fails, but keep the fall-back to try again without said
logic: There have been a few false positives over the past few years
(where the warning was triggered e.g. because Defender was still
accessing a file that Git wanted to overwrite), and the fall-back logic
seems to have helped occasionally in such situations.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To help our developers, document what C99 language features are
being considered for adoption, in addition to what past experiments
have already decided.
* jc/document-test-balloons-in-flight:
CodingGuidelines: document test balloons in flight
Document recently added "git imap-send --list" with an example.
* ag/imap-send-list-folders-doc:
docs: explain how to use `git imap-send --list` command to get a list of available folders
6e411d2044 (Initial draft of fast-import documentation., 2007-02-05)
pointed out how much time a fast-import took on some hardware with a
specific cost. Let’s further point out that this experiment was done
in 2007. So modern hardware should have no issues with such a repo.
Also move the parenthetical to the end now that it contains four words.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In the section for naming various API functions, the fact that
S_release() only releases the resources without preparing the
structure for immediate reuse becomes only apparent when you
readentries for S_release() and S_clear().
Clarify the description of S_release() a bit to make the entry self
sufficient.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* ps/config-wo-the-repository: (21 commits)
config: fix sign comparison warnings
config: move Git config parsing into "environment.c"
config: remove unused `the_repository` wrappers
config: drop `git_config_set_multivar()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_multivar_gently()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set_in_file_gently()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set_gently()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_set_in_file()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_bool()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_ulong()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_int()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_string()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_string()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_string_multi()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_value()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get_value()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_get()` wrapper
config: drop `git_config_clear()` wrapper
...
This patch compliments the previous commit, where builtins that use
add-patch infrastructure now respect diff.context and
diff.interHunkContext file configurations.
In particular, this patch helps users who don't want to set persistent
context configurations or just want a way to override them on a one-time
basis, by allowing the relevant builtins to accept corresponding command
line options that override the file configurations.
This mimics commands such as diff and log, which allow for both context
file configuration and command line overrides.
Signed-off-by: Leon Michalak <leonmichalak6@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In 4e43b7ff (Declare both git-switch and git-restore experimental,
2019-04-25), the newly introduced git-switch(1) and git-restore(1)
commands were marked as experimental. This was done to provide time to
make breaking changes to the interface. It has now been over six years
since these commands were implemented and there hasn't been much change.
Consequently, users have grown to rely on how these commands work and it
is no longer feasible to make any breaking changes.
Let's remove the experimental label for git-switch(1) and
git-restore(1).
Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The documentation for '--start-after' states that the flag cannot be
used with general pattern matching. This is a bit vague, since there is
no clear understanding about what 'general' means here. Rewrite the
sentence to be more specific.
While here, fix a typo in the 'OPT_STRING'.
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Improve the 'git-for-each-ref(1)' documentation with two corrections:
1. Add parentheses around `--exclude=<pattern>` to indicate this option
can be repeated as a complete unit.
2. Move `--stdin | <pattern> ...` to the end, after all flags, since
`<pattern>` is a positional argument that should appear last in the
argument list.
While here, change to using the synopsis block which will automatically
format placeholders in italics and keywords in monospace.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Document that we do not require "real" name when signing your
patches off.
* bc/contribution-under-non-real-names:
SubmittingPatches: allow non-real name contributions
Declare weather-balloon we raised for "bool" type 18 months ago a
success and officially allow using the type in our codebase.
* pw/adopt-c99-bool-officially:
strbuf: convert predicates to return bool
git-compat-util: convert string predicates to return bool
CodingGuidelines: allow the use of bool
Adding a submodule at a path that previously hosted
another submodule (e.g., 'child') reuses the submodule
name derived from the path. If the original submodule
was only moved (e.g., to 'child_old') and not renamed,
this silently overwrites its configuration in .gitmodules.
This behavior loses user configuration and causes
confusion when the original submodule is expected
to remain intact. It assumes that the path-derived
name is always safe to reuse, even though the name
might still be in use elsewhere in the repository.
Teach module_add() to check if the computed submodule
name already exists in the repository's submodule config,
and if so, refuse the operation unless the user explicitly
renames the submodule or uses the --force option,
which will automatically generate a unique name by
appending a number (e.g., child1).
Signed-off-by: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Due to portability concerns, we do not blindly say "It is in [[this
standard]], so we will make liberal use of it" for many features,
and use of C99 language features follow this same principle. When
we contemplate adopting a language feature that we haven't used in
our codebase, we typically first raise a test balloon, which
- is a piece of code that exercises the language feature we are
trying to see if it is OK to adopt
- is in a small section of code that we know everybody who cares
about having a working Git must be compiling
- is in a fairly stable part of the code, to allow reverting it
easily if some platforms do not understand it yet.
After a few years, with no breakage report from the community, we'd
declare that the feature is now safe to use in our codebase. Before
that, we forbid the use of the language construct except for the
designated test balloon code site.
The CodingGuidelines document lists these selected features that we
already have determined that they are safe, and also those features
that we know some platforms had trouble with.
Let's also start listing ongoing test balloons and expected timeline
for adoption. Recently phillip proposed to adopt the syntax to
spell a structure literally (i.e. compound literal) with a new test
balloon, which Patrick made redundant by pointing out an existing
one we had already.but without documenting it. Start the new section
with an entry for that test balloon.
Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Clean up the way how signature on commit objects are exported to
and imported from fast-import stream.
* cc/fast-import-export-signature-names:
fast-(import|export): improve on commit signature output format
In 036876a106 (config: hide functions using `the_repository` by
default, 2024-08-13) we have moved around a bunch of functions in the
config subsystem that depend on `the_repository`. Those function have
been converted into mere wrappers around their equivalent function that
takes in a repository as parameter, and the intent was that we'll
eventually remove those wrappers to make the dependency on the global
repository variable explicit at the callsite.
Follow through with that intent and remove `git_config()`. All callsites
are adjusted so that they use `repo_config(the_repository, ...)`
instead. While some callsites might already have a repository available,
this mechanical conversion is the exact same as the current situation
and thus cannot cause any regression. Those sites should eventually be
cleaned up in a later patch series.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The output `git imap-send --list` command can be a bit confusing for new
users since the IMAP LIST command output is very verbose. Help such users
to analyse the same by using an example output.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git uses `rebase.autostash` or `merge.autostash` to determine whether a
dirty worktree is allowed during pull. However, this behavior is not
clearly documented, making it difficult for users to discover how to
enable autostash, or causing them to unknowingly enable it. Add new
config option `pull.autostash` along with its documentation and test
cases.
`pull.autostash` provides the same functionality as `rebase.autostash`
and `merge.autostash`, but overrides them when set. If `pull.autostash`
is not set, it falls back to `rebase.autostash` or `merge.autostash`,
depending on the value of `pull.rebase`.
Signed-off-by: Lidong Yan <yldhome2d2@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The gpg.program configuration variable, which names a pathname to
the (custom) GPG compatible program, can now be spelled with ~tilde
expansion.
* jb/gpg-program-variable-is-a-pathname:
gpg-interface: expand gpg.program as a path
Doc mark-up updates.
* ja/doc-git-log-markup:
doc: git-log: convert log config to new doc format
doc: git-log: convert diff options to new doc format
doc: git-log: convert pretty formats to new doc format
doc: git-log: convert pretty options to new doc format
doc: git-log: convert rev list options to new doc format
doc: git-log: convert line range format to new doc format
doc: git-log: convert line range options to new doc format
doc: git-log convert rev-list-description to new doc format
doc: convert git-log to new documentation format
Meson-based build update.
* ps/meson-cleanups:
ci: use Meson's new `--slice` option
meson: update subproject wrappers
meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64
meson: clean up unnecessary variables
meson: improve summary of auto-detected features
meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summaries
meson: stop discovering native version of Python
"pack-objects" has been taught to avoid pointing into objects in
cruft packs from midx.
* tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs:
repack: exclude cruft pack(s) from the MIDX where possible
pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow'
pack-objects: swap 'show_{object,commit}_pack_hint'
pack-objects: fix typo in 'show_object_pack_hint()'
pack-objects: perform name-hash traversal for unpacked objects
pack-objects: declare 'rev_info' for '--stdin-packs' earlier
pack-objects: factor out handling '--stdin-packs'
pack-objects: limit scope in 'add_object_entry_from_pack()'
pack-objects: use standard option incompatibility functions
Documentation updates for "git send-email".
* ag/doc-send-email:
docs: mention possible options for Proton Mail users
docs: add a paragraph explaining the `sendmailCmd` option of sendemail
docs: add an OAuth2.0 credential helper for AOL accounts
docs: add outlookidfix config option to sendemail documentation
docs: link OpenSSL's verify(1) manual page to know about -CAfile and -CApath options
We have had a test balloon for C99's bool type since 8277dbe987
(git-compat-util: convert skip_{prefix,suffix}{,_mem} to bool,
2023-12-16). As we've had it over 18 months without any complaints
let's declare it a success.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Our submission guidelines require people to use their real name, but
this is not always suitable for various reasons.
For people who are transgender or non-binary and are transitioning or
who think they might want to transition, it can be a major obstacle and
cause major discomfort to require the use of their real name. This is
made worse by the fact that Git provides no way to change names built
into history, so the use of a deadname is forever. Our code of conduct
states that we "pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an
open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community," and
changing this policy is one way we can improve things for contributors.
In addition, there are some developers who are so widely known
pseudonymously that they have a Wikipedia page with their handle and no
real name. It would seem silly to reject patches from people who are
known and respected in their open-source community just because they
don't wish to share a real name.
There are also other good reasons why people might operate
pseudonymously: because they or their family members are well known and
they wish to protect their privacy, because of current or past
harassment or retaliation or fear of that happening in the future, or
because of concerns about unwanted attention from government officials
or other authority figures. As much as possible, we want to welcome
contributions from anyone who is willing to participate positively in
our community without having them worry about their safety or privacy.
In all of these cases, we should allow people to proceed using a
preferred name or pseudonymously if, in their best judgment, that's the
right thing to do. State that it is common to use a real name but
explicitly mention that contributors who are not comfortable doing so or
prefer to operate pseudonymously or under a preferred name can proceed
otherwise, provided the name is distinctive, identifying, and not
misleading. For instance, using U+2060 (WORD JOINER) as one's ID would
likely be distinctive but not identifying, since most people would have
trouble reading it due to its zero-width nature.
We prohibit identities which are misleading, since our goal is to create
a community which works together with a common goal, and misleading or
deceiving others is not conducive to good community or compatible with
our code of conduct, nor is it compatible with making a legal assertion
about the provenance of one's code.
Explicitly prohibit anonymous contributions to ensure that we have some
line of provenance to a known (if pseudonymous) author who might be able
to respond to questions about it. Explain that this is the reason we
have this policy to help contributors understand the rationale better.
Use "some form of your real name" since some current contributors use
shortened forms of their name or use initials, which have always been
considered acceptable. This helps guide people who would be fine using
their real name but have misconfigured `user.name` thinking it is
intended to be a username or is used for authentication (despite our
documentation to the contrary), but also allows for a variety of
circumstances where the contributor would feel more comfortable not
doing so.
Note that this policy is the same as that of the Linux kernel[0] and the
CNCF[1], as well as many smaller projects. The Linux kernel patch was
Acked-by one of the Linux Foundation's lawyers, Michael Dolan, so it
appears these changes have had legal review.
Additionally, retain the section header ID for ease of linking across
versions.
[0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330
[1] https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/659fd32c86dc/dco-guidelines.md
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Code clean-up around object access API.
* ps/object-store:
odb: rename `read_object_with_reference()`
odb: rename `pretend_object_file()`
odb: rename `has_object()`
odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`
odb: rename `oid_object_info()`
odb: trivial refactorings to get rid of `the_repository`
odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling submodule sources
odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling the primary source
odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `for_each()` functions
odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling alternates
odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `odb_mkstemp()`
odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `assert_oid_type()`
odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `find_odb()`
odb: introduce parent pointers
object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"
object-store: rename `object_directory` to `odb_source`
object-store: rename `raw_object_store` to `object_database`
The `git-for-each-ref(1)` command is used to iterate over references
present in a repository. In large repositories with millions of
references, it would be optimal to paginate this output such that we
can start iteration from a given reference. This would avoid having to
iterate over all references from the beginning each time when paginating
through results.
The previous commit added 'seek' functionality to the reference
backends. Utilize this and expose a '--start-after' option in
'git-for-each-ref(1)'. When used, the reference iteration seeks to the
lexicographically next reference and iterates from there onward.
This enables efficient pagination workflows, where the calling script
can remember the last provided reference and use that as the starting
point for the next set of references:
git for-each-ref --count=100
git for-each-ref --count=100 --start-after=refs/heads/branch-100
git for-each-ref --count=100 --start-after=refs/heads/branch-200
Since the reference iterators only allow seeking to a specified marker
via the `ref_iterator_seek()`, we introduce a helper function
`start_ref_iterator_after()`, which seeks to next reference by simply
adding (char) 1 to the marker.
We must note that pagination always continues from the provided marker,
as such any concurrent reference updates lexicographically behind the
marker will not be output. Document the same.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"git apply -N" should start from the current index and register
only new files, but it instead started from an empty index, which
has been corrected.
* rp/apply-intent-to-add-fix:
apply docs: clarify wording for --intent-to-add
t4140: test apply --intent-to-add interactions
apply: only write intents to add for new files
apply: read in the index in --intent-to-add mode
The reftable ref backend has matured enough; Git 3.0 will make it
the default format in a newly created repositories by default.
* ps/use-reftable-as-default-in-3.0:
setup: use "reftable" format when experimental features are enabled
BreakingChanges: announce switch to "reftable" format
This allows using a custom gpg program under the user's home directory
by specifying a path starting with '~'
[gpg]
program = "~/.local/bin/mygpg"
Signed-off-by: Jonas Brandstötter <jonas.brandstoetter@gmx.at>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
gitglossary documents Git pathspecs. One type of pathspec is the "glob"
pathspec, prefixed with the magic word "glob".
Regarding glob pathspecs, gitglossary says, '"**/foo" matches file or
directory "foo" anywhere, the same as pattern "foo".' That last phrase
('the same as pattern "foo") is incorrect. "**/foo" and "foo" are not
equivalent. "**/foo" matches foo anywhere, but "foo" does not.
This change removes the incorrect phrase from the glob pathspec doc.
Signed-off-by: Russell Hanneken <rhanneken@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
A recent commit, d9cb0e6ff8 (fast-export, fast-import: add support for
signed-commits, 2025-03-10), added support for signed commits to
fast-export and fast-import.
When a signed commit is processed, fast-export can output either
"gpgsig sha1" or "gpgsig sha256" depending on whether the signed
commit uses the SHA-1 or SHA-256 Git object format.
However, this implementation has a number of limitations:
- the output format was not properly described in the documentation,
- the output format is not very informative as it doesn't even say
if the signature is an OpenPGP, an SSH, or an X509 signature,
- the implementation doesn't support having both one signature on
the SHA-1 object and one on the SHA-256 object.
Let's improve on these limitations by improving fast-export and
fast-import so that:
- all the signatures are exported,
- at most one signature on the SHA-1 object and one on the SHA-256
are imported,
- if there is more than one signature on the SHA-1 object or on
the SHA-256 object, fast-import emits a warning for each
additional signature,
- the output format is "gpgsig <git-hash-algo> <signature-format>",
where <git-hash-algo> is the Git object format as before, and
<signature-format> is the signature type ("openpgp", "x509",
"ssh" or "unknown"),
- the output is properly documented.
About the output format:
- <git-hash-algo> allows to know which representation of the commit
was signed (the SHA-1 or the SHA-256 version) which helps with
both signature verification and interoperability between repos
with different hash functions,
- <signature-format> helps tools that process the fast-export
stream, so they don't have to parse the ASCII armor to identify
the signature type.
It could be even better to be able to import more than one signature
on the SHA-1 object and on the SHA-256 object, but other parts of
Git don't handle that well for now, so this is left for future
improvements.
Helped-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Helped-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The `manpage_target` variable isn't used at all, and the `manpage_path`
variable is only used in a single location. Remove the former variable
and inline the latter.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The `git pack-refs --auto` flag asks the ref backend to decide for
itself whether or not references need to be repacked. This is done to
ensure that we don't repack in cases where the backend is already in a
good-enough state, which is typically the case for the "reftable"
backend that performs auto-compaction on writes.
As such, we initially only had heuristics in place for the "reftable"
backend. The "files" backend didn't have any heuristics, so we'd repack
loose references every time `git pack-refs --auto` was executed. This
caused excessive repacking with that backend though, which is why we
eventually implemented a heuristic via c3459ae9ef (refs/files: use
heuristic to decide whether to repack with `--auto`, 2024-09-04).
The documentation for the `--auto` flag hasn't been updated accordingly
and still claims that we don't have any metrics for the "files" backend.
Update it to reflect the new reality.
Reported-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When preparing the latest round of security fixes, we wrote release
notes in v2.43.7, and then successively merged those up through to the
various 'maint' branches.
However, the 2.49 release series is the first to have commit 1f010d6bdf
(doc: use .adoc extension for AsciiDoc files, 2025-01-20). This means
that we should have renamed the new-but-historical release notes from
*.txt to *.adoc during the merge into the 'maint-2.49' branch, but
neglected to do so.
Rename them accordingly to match the convention introduced by
1f010d6bdf. Since the release materials in question here were prepared
before v2.50.0 was tagged, the 'maint' track for that release series is
OK as is.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
- Explain possible options in description list instead of in a paragraph.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
- In description lists, put each option on its own line, to make them more
searchable and enable automatic translation of the options.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Use _<placeholder>_ instead of <placeholder> in the description
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
For all the formats in the form of %(foo), the formatting needs to be
heavier because we not want the parentheses to be rendered as syntax
elements,but as keywords, i.e. we need to circumvent the syntax highlighting
of synopsis. In this particular case, this requires the heavy escaping of
the parts that contain parentheses with ++.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Use _<placeholder>_ instead of <placeholder> in the description
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Fix some malformed synopis of options
- Use _<placeholder>_ instead of <placeholder> in the description
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
- Add the '%' sign to the characters of keywords.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Use _<placeholder>_ instead of <placeholder> in the description
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
format placeholders in italics and keywords in monospace
- Use _<placeholder>_ instead of <placeholder> in the description
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Use `backticks` for commit ranges. The new rendering engine will apply
synopsis rules to these spans.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Switch the synopsis to a synopsis block which will automatically
format placeholders in italics and keywords in monospace
- Use _<placeholder>_ instead of <placeholder> in the description
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
We also transform inline descriptions of possible values of option
--decorate into a list, which is more readable and extensible.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation for git-merge incorrectly notes that
tip of the current branch on ascii diagram is C,
while it is actually G (current branch is master,
HEAD on diagram is G).
Additionally diagrams on the page are adjusted
to use spaces instead of tabs, so that they align
regardless of tab size. This is in line with
diagrams on other git documentation pages.
Signed-off-by: Timur Sultanaev <str.write@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Avoid using a double negative, and keep in mind that --index and
--cached are distinct modes of operation.
Signed-off-by: Raymond E. Pasco <ray@ameretat.dev>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
With the preceding commit we have announced the switch to the "reftable"
format in Git 3.0 for newly created repositories. The format is being
battle tested by GitLab and a couple of other developers, and except for
a small handful of issues exposed early after it has been merged it has
been rock solid. Regardless of that though the test user base is still
comparatively small, which increases the risk that we miss critical
bugs.
Address this by enabling the reftable format when experimental features
are enabled. This should increase the test user base by some margin and
thus give us more input before making the format the default.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The "reftable" format has come a long way and has matured nicely since
it has been merged into git via 57db2a094d (refs: introduce reftable
backend, 2024-02-07). It fixes longstanding issues that cannot be fixed
with the "files" format in a backwards-compatible way and performs
significantly better in many use cases.
Announce that we will switch to the "reftable" format in Git 3.0 for
newly created repositories and wire up the change, hidden behind the
WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES preprocessor define.
This switch is dependent on support in the larger Git ecosystem. Most
importantly, libraries like JGit, libgit2 and Gitoxide should support
the reftable backend so that we don't break all applications and tools
built on top of those libraries.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"git imap-send" has been broken for a long time, which has been
resurrected and then taught to talk OAuth2.0 etc.
* ag/imap-send-resurrection:
imap-send: fix minor mistakes in the logs
imap-send: display the destination mailbox when sending a message
imap-send: display port alongwith host when git credential is invoked
imap-send: add ability to list the available folders
imap-send: enable specifying the folder using the command line
imap-send: add PLAIN authentication method to OpenSSL
imap-send: add support for OAuth2.0 authentication
imap-send: gracefully fail if CRAM-MD5 authentication is requested without OpenSSL
imap-send: fix memory leak in case auth_cram_md5 fails
imap-send: fix bug causing cfg->folder being set to NULL
Rename `read_object_with_reference()` to `odb_read_object_peeled()` to
match other functions related to the object database and our modern
coding guidelines. Furthermore though, the old name didn't really
describe very well what this function actually does, which is to walk
down any commit and tag objects until an object of the required type has
been found. This is generally referred to as "peeling", so the new name
should be way more descriptive.
No compatibility wrapper is introduced as the function is not used a lot
throughout our codebase.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
4e51389000 (builtin/config: introduce "get" subcommand, 2024-05-06)
introduced `get` and `--url` but didn’t add `--url` to the synopsis.
Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This option was introduced in a series of commits from fe3ccc7aab (Merge
branch 'ps/config-subcommands', 2024-05-15) and deprecated
`value-pattern`. But `value-pattern` is still used throughout the doc.
The deprecated modes have been quarantined in the “Deprecated Modes”
section. So let’s only use `--value=<pattern>` in the rest of the doc.
Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
These options were introduced in a series of commits from
fe3ccc7aab (Merge branch 'ps/config-subcommands', 2024-05-15).[1]
But they were not documented here.
Document this option and the negated form according to the current
convention.[2]
[1]: `--value` is a replacement for the `value-pattern`
positional argument
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqcyct1mtq.fsf@gitster.g/
Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This option was introduced in a series of commits from fe3ccc7aab (Merge
branch 'ps/config-subcommands', 2024-05-15). But two styles were used
for the value provided to the option:
1. Synopsis: `--value=<value>`
2. Deprecated Modes: `--value=<pattern>`
(2) is also used in the synopsis on the command.
Use (2) consistently throughout since it’s a pattern in the general
case (`value` sounds more generic).
Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
These options were introduced in 4e51389000 (builtin/config:
introduce "get" subcommand, 2024-05-06) but not documented here.
Use the description from the source code.
Document this option and the negated form according to the current
convention.[1]
`--show-names` is also the default when `--get-regexp` is given. But
don’t mention it here since all the deprecated modes are quarantined in
the “Deprecated Modes” section.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqcyct1mtq.fsf@gitster.g/
Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"git merge/pull" has been taught the "--compact-summary" option to
use the compact-summary format, intead of diffstat, when showing
the summary of the incoming changes.
* jc/merge-compact-summary:
merge/pull: extend merge.stat configuration variable to cover --compact-summary
merge/pull: add the "--compact-summary" option
An interchange format for stash entries is defined, and subcommand
of "git stash" to import/export has been added.
* bc/stash-export-import:
builtin/stash: provide a way to import stashes from a ref
builtin/stash: provide a way to export stashes to a ref
builtin/stash: factor out revision parsing into a function
object-name: make get_oid quietly return an error
Proton Mail is an privacy-focused email service gaining popularity.
Unfortunately, it does not provide an SMTP server to send emails.
Proton Mail Bridge is an official solution for paid users, and for free
users, a client named git-protonmail is available. Mention the same in the
docs.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
`sendmailCmd` is a configuration option in `git-send-email` that allows
users to send emails using an external application that supports
sendmail-like commands. This ability has been very useful to support
proprietary email APIs without modifying the `git-send-email` codebase.
It is also useful for users who prefer to use another SMTP client
instead of the SMTP perl library used by `git-send-email`.
This commit adds a paragraph to the documentation explaining this
option.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Yahoo and AOL, both advertise that they support app passwords for third-party
applications. But generating app passwords for them is broken and unreliable
for quite some time now. Yahoo already had an OAuth2.0 credential helper
added in the documentation, so I thought it would be a good idea to add one
for AOL accounts as well, which is more reliable and secure.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The documentation for command line option `--outlook-id-fix` is there in
the sendemail documentation, but the config option `sendemail.outlookidfix`
was missing. Add the same to the documentation.
White at it, also enclose the values `true` and `false` in backticks in
the documentation for `sendemail.mailmap`.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The description of `--smtp-ssl-cert-path` in the git-send-email documentation
mentions consulting OpenSSL's verify(1) manual page for details about the
`-CAfile` and `-CApath` options. However, the way it was written was quite
confusing, and it didn't mention that OpenSSL's verify(1) is the manual page
to refer to.
Fix this by slightly rewording the description and also add a link to the
OpenSSL verify(1) manual page.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The 'branch' section of the git-config documentation was missing
inline code formatting and emphasis for the <name> placeholder.
Both changes improve readability, especially when viewed online.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Ječmínek <kuba@kubajecminek.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"git whatchanged" that is longer to type than "git log --raw"
which is its modern rough equivalent has outlived its usefulness
more than 10 years ago. Plan to deprecate and remove it.
* jc/you-still-use-whatchanged:
whatschanged: list it in BreakingChanges document
whatchanged: remove when built with WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES
whatchanged: require --i-still-use-this
tests: prepare for a world without whatchanged
doc: prepare for a world without whatchanged
you-still-use-that??: help deprecating commands for removal
In ddee3703b3 (builtin/repack.c: add cruft packs to MIDX during
geometric repack, 2022-05-20), repack began adding cruft pack(s) to the
MIDX with '--write-midx' to ensure that the resulting MIDX was always
closed under reachability in order to generate reachability bitmaps.
While the previous patch added the '--stdin-packs=follow' option to
pack-objects, it is not yet on by default. Given that, suppose you have
a once-unreachable object packed in a cruft pack, which later becomes
reachable from one or more objects in a geometrically repacked pack.
That once-unreachable object *won't* appear in the new pack, since the
cruft pack was not specified as included or excluded when the
geometrically repacked pack was created with 'pack-objects
--stdin-packs' (*not* '--stdin-packs=follow', which is not on). If that
new pack is included in a MIDX without the cruft pack, then trying to
generate bitmaps for that MIDX may fail. This happens when the bitmap
selection process picks one or more commits which reach the
once-unreachable objects.
To mitigate this failure mode, commit ddee3703b3 ensures that the MIDX
will be closed under reachability by including cruft pack(s). If cruft
pack(s) were not included, we would fail to generate a MIDX bitmap. But
ddee3703b3 alludes to the fact that this is sub-optimal by saying
[...] it's desirable to avoid including cruft packs in the MIDX
because it causes the MIDX to store a bunch of objects which are
likely to get thrown away.
, which is true, but hides an even larger problem. If repositories
rarely prune their unreachable objects and/or have many of them, the
MIDX must keep track of a large number of objects which bloats the MIDX
and slows down object lookup.
This is doubly unfortunate because the vast majority of objects in cruft
pack(s) are unlikely to be read. But any object lookups that go through
the MIDX must binary search over them anyway, slowing down object
lookups using the MIDX.
This patch causes geometrically-repacked packs to contain a copy of any
once-unreachable object(s) with 'git pack-objects --stdin-packs=follow',
allowing us to avoid including any cruft packs in the MIDX. This is
because a sequence of geometrically-repacked packs that were all
generated with '--stdin-packs=follow' are guaranteed to have their union
be closed under reachability.
Note that you cannot guarantee that a collection of packs is closed
under reachability if not all of them were generated with "following" as
above. One tell-tale sign that not all geometrically-repacked packs in
the MIDX were generated with "following" is to see if there is a pack in
the existing MIDX that is not going to be somehow represented (either
verbatim or as part of a geometric rollup) in the new MIDX.
If there is, then starting to generate packs with "following" during
geometric repacking won't work, since it's open to the same race as
described above.
But if you're starting from scratch (e.g., building the first MIDX after
an all-into-one '--cruft' repack), then you can guarantee that the union
of subsequently generated packs from geometric repacking *is* closed
under reachability.
(One exception here is when "starting from scratch" results in a noop
repack, e.g., because the non-cruft pack(s) in a repository already form
a geometric progression. Since we can't tell whether or not those were
generated with '--stdin-packs=follow', they may depend on
once-unreachable objects, so we have to include the cruft pack in the
MIDX in this case.)
Detect when this is the case and avoid including cruft packs in the MIDX
where possible. The existing behavior remains the default, and the new
behavior is available with the config 'repack.midxMustIncludeCruft' set
to 'false'.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When invoked with '--stdin-packs', pack-objects will generate a pack
which contains the objects found in the "included" packs, less any
objects from "excluded" packs.
Packs that exist in the repository but weren't specified as either
included or excluded are in practice treated like the latter, at least
in the sense that pack-objects won't include objects from those packs.
This behavior forces us to include any cruft pack(s) in a repository's
multi-pack index for the reasons described in ddee3703b3
(builtin/repack.c: add cruft packs to MIDX during geometric repack,
2022-05-20).
The full details are in ddee3703b3, but the gist is if you
have a once-unreachable object in a cruft pack which later becomes
reachable via one or more commits in a pack generated with
'--stdin-packs', you *have* to include that object in the MIDX via the
copy in the cruft pack, otherwise we cannot generate reachability
bitmaps for any commits which reach that object.
Note that the traversal here is best-effort, similar to the existing
traversal which provides name-hash hints. This means that the object
traversal may hand us back a blob that does not actually exist. We
*won't* see missing trees/commits with 'ignore_missing_links' because:
- missing commit parents are discarded at the commit traversal stage by
revision.c::process_parents()
- missing tag objects are discarded by revision.c::handle_commit()
- missing tree objects are discarded by the list-objects code in
list-objects.c::process_tree()
But we have to handle potentially-missing blobs specially by making a
separate check to ensure they exist in the repository. Failing to do so
would mean that we'd add an object to the packing list which doesn't
actually exist, rendering us unable to write out the pack.
This prepares us for new repacking behavior which will "resurrect"
objects found in cruft or otherwise unspecified packs when generating
new packs. In the context of geometric repacking, this may be used to
maintain a sequence of geometrically-repacked packs, the union of which
is closed under reachability, even in the case described earlier.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Various IMAP servers have different ways to name common folders.
For example, the folder where all deleted messages are stored is often
named "[Gmail]/Trash" on Gmail servers, and "Deleted" on Outlook.
Similarly, the Drafts folder is simply named "Drafts" on Outlook, but
on Gmail it is named "[Gmail]/Drafts".
This commit adds a `--list` command to the `imap-send` tool that lists
the available folders on the IMAP server, allowing users to see
which folders are available and how they are named. A sample output
looks like this when run against a Gmail server:
Fetching the list of available folders...
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX"
* LIST (\HasChildren \Noselect) "/" "[Gmail]"
* LIST (\All \HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/All Mail"
* LIST (\Drafts \HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/Drafts"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Important) "/" "[Gmail]/Important"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Sent) "/" "[Gmail]/Sent Mail"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Junk) "/" "[Gmail]/Spam"
* LIST (\Flagged \HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/Starred"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Trash) "/" "[Gmail]/Trash"
For OpenSSL, this is achived by running the 'IMAP LIST' command and
parsing the response. This command is specified in RFC6154:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6154#section-5.1
For libcurl, the example code published in the libcurl documentation
is used to implement this functionality:
https://curl.se/libcurl/c/imap-list.html
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Some users may very often want to imap-send messages to a folder
other than the default set in the config. Add a command line
argument for the same.
While at it, fix minor mark-up inconsistencies in the existing
documentation text.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The current implementation for PLAIN in imap-send works just fine
if using curl, but if attempted to use for OpenSSL, it is treated
as an invalid mechanism. The default implementation for OpenSSL is
IMAP LOGIN command rather than AUTH PLAIN. Since AUTH PLAIN is
still used today by many email providers in form of app passwords,
lets add an implementation that can use AUTH PLAIN if specified.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Some leftover references to documentation source files that no
longer exist, due to recent ".txt" -> ".adoc" renaming, have been
corrected.
* jw/doc-txt-to-adoc-refs:
doc: update references to renamed AsciiDoc files
Document that related `git config` variables should be placed
one-per-line instead of separated by commas.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"git diff --no-index dirA dirB" can limit the comparison with
pathspec at the end of the command line, just like normal "git
diff".
* jk/diff-no-index-with-pathspec:
diff --no-index: support limiting by pathspec
pathspec: add flag to indicate operation without repository
pathspec: add match_leading_pathspec variant
Junio C Hamano