Document more pseudo-refs and teach the command line completion
machinery to complete AUTO_MERGE.
* pb/complete-and-document-auto-merge-and-friends:
completion: complete AUTO_MERGE
Documentation: document AUTO_MERGE
git-merge.txt: modernize word choice in "True merge" section
completion: complete REVERT_HEAD and BISECT_HEAD
revisions.txt: document more special refs
revisions.txt: use description list for special refs
Be more up-front about what trailers are in practice with examples, to
give the reader a visual cue while they go on to read the rest of the
description.
Also add an example for multiline values.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The 'key' option is used frequently in the examples at the bottom but
there is no mention of it in the description.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This puts the deprecation notice up front, instead of leaving it to the
next paragraph.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
We already use angle brackets elsewhere, so this makes things more
consistent.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The phrase "many rules" gets essentially repeated again with "many other
rules", so remove this repetition.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Previously, "message" could mean the input, output, commit message, or
"internal body text inside the commit message" (in the EXAMPLES
section). Avoid overloading this term by using the appropriate meanings
explicitly.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The command can take inputs that are either just a commit message, or
an email-like output such as git-format-patch which includes a commit
message, "---" divider, and patch part. The existing explanation blends
these two inputs together in the first sentence
This command reads some patches or commit messages
which then necessitates using the "commit message part" phrasing (as
opposed to just "commit message") because the input is ambiguous per the
above definition.
This change separates the two input types and explains them separately,
and so there is no longer a need to use the "commit message part"
phrase.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This matches the order already used in the NAME section.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Some atoms that can be used in "--format=<format>" for "git ls-tree"
were not supported by "git ls-files", even though they were relevant
in the context of the latter.
* zh/ls-files-format-atoms:
ls-files: align format atoms with ls-tree
"git pack-refs" learns "--include" and "--exclude" to tweak the ref
hierarchy to be packed using pattern matching.
* jc/pack-ref-exclude-include:
pack-refs: teach pack-refs --include option
pack-refs: teach --exclude option to exclude refs from being packed
docs: clarify git-pack-refs --all will pack all refs
Doc update.
* sa/doc-ls-remote:
ls-remote doc: document the output format
ls-remote doc: explain what each example does
ls-remote doc: show peeled tags in examples
ls-remote doc: remove redundant --tags example
show-branch doc: say <ref>, not <reference>
show-ref doc: update for internal consistency
The "-s" (silent, squelch) option of the "diff" family of commands
did not interact with other options that specify the output format
well. This has been cleaned up so that it will clear all the
formatting options given before.
* jc/diff-s-with-other-options:
diff: fix interaction between the "-s" option and other options
"git tag" learned to leave the "$GIT_DIR/TAG_EDITMSG" file when the
command failed, so that the user can salvage what they typed.
* kh/keep-tag-editmsg-upon-failure:
tag: keep the message file in case ref transaction fails
t/t7004-tag: add regression test for successful tag creation
doc: tag: document `TAG_EDITMSG`
"git ls-files --format" can be used to format the output of
multiple file entries in the index, while "git ls-tree --format"
can be used to format the contents of a tree object. However,
the current set of %(objecttype), "(objectsize)", and
"%(objectsize:padded)" atoms supported by "git ls-files --format"
is a subset of what is available in "git ls-tree --format".
Users sometimes need to establish a unified view between the index
and tree, which can help with comparison or conversion between the two.
Therefore, this patch adds the missing atoms to "git ls-files --format".
"%(objecttype)" can be used to retrieve the object type corresponding
to a file in the index, "(objectsize)" can be used to retrieve the
object size corresponding to a file in the index, and "%(objectsize:padded)"
is the same as "(objectsize)", except with padded format.
Signed-off-by: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Since 5291828df8 (merge-ort: write $GIT_DIR/AUTO_MERGE whenever we hit a
conflict, 2021-03-20), when using the 'ort' merge strategy, the special
ref AUTO_MERGE is written when a merge operation results in conflicts.
This ref points to a tree recording the conflicted state of the working
tree and is very useful during conflict resolution. However, this ref is
not documented.
Add some documentation for AUTO_MERGE in git-diff(1), git-merge(1),
gitrevisions(7) and in the user manual.
In git-diff(1), mention it at the end of the description section, when
we mention that the command also accepts trees instead of commits, and
also add an invocation to the "Various ways to check your working tree"
example.
In git-merge(1), add a step to the list of things that happen "when it
is not obvious how to reconcile the changes", under the "True merge"
section. Also mention AUTO_MERGE in the "How to resolve conflicts"
section, when mentioning 'git diff'.
In gitrevisions(7), add a mention of AUTO_MERGE along with the other
special refs.
In the user manual, add a paragraph describing AUTO_MERGE to the
"Getting conflict-resolution help during a merge" section, and include
an example of a 'git diff AUTO_MERGE' invocation for the example
conflict used in that section. Note that for uniformity we do not use
backticks around AUTO_MERGE here since the rest of the document does not
typeset special refs differently.
Closes: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/1471
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The "True merge" section of the 'git merge' documentation mentions that
in case of conflicts, the conflicted working tree files contain "the
result of the "merge" program". This probably refers to RCS's 'merge'
program, which is mentioned further down under "How conflicts are
presented".
Since it is not clear at that point of the document which program is
referred to, and since most modern readers probably do not relate to RCS
anyway, let's just write "the merge operation" instead.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Some special refs, namely HEAD, FETCH_HEAD, ORIG_HEAD, MERGE_HEAD and
CHERRY_PICK_HEAD, are mentioned and described in 'gitrevisions', but some
others, namely REBASE_HEAD, REVERT_HEAD, and BISECT_HEAD, are not.
Add a small description of these special refs.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The special refs listed in 'gitrevisions' (under the '<refname>' entry)
are on separate lines in the Asciidoc source, but end up as a single
continuous paragraph in the rendered documentation (see e.g. [1]). In
following commits we will mention additional special refs, so to improve
legibility, use a description list such that every entry appears on its
own line. Since we are already in a description list, use ':::' as the
term delimiter.
In order for the new description list to be aligned with the description
under the '<refname>' entry, instead of being aligned with the last
entry of the "in the following rules" nested list, use the "ancestor
list continuation" syntax [2], i.e., leave an empty line before the
continuation '+'. Do the same for the paragraph following the new
description list ("Note that any...").
While at it, also use a continuation '+' before the "in the following
rules" list, for correctness. The parser seems not to care here, but
it's best to keep the sources correct.
[1] https://git-scm.com/docs/gitrevisions#Documentation/gitrevisions.txt-emltrefnamegtemegemmasterememheadsmasterememrefsheadsmasterem
[2] https://docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoc/latest/lists/continuation/#ancestor-list-continuation
Suggested-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Based-on-patch-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
While well-established, the output format of ls-remote was not actually
documented. This patch adds an OUTPUT section to the documentation
following the format of git-show-ref.txt (which has similar semantics).
Add a basic example immediately after this to solidify the 'normal'
output format.
Signed-off-by: Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
While it's good to have several examples to solidify the output pattern
and generally demonstrate how to use the command, most other EXAMPLES
sections (e.g., git-show-branch.txt, git-remote.txt) additionally
describe the problem/situation to which the example is applicable.
Follow this example in the ls-remote documentation.
Signed-off-by: Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Without `--refs`, this command will show peeled tags. Make this clearer
in the examples to further mitigate the possibility of surprises in
consuming scripts.
Signed-off-by: Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The --tags option is already demonstrated in the later example that
lists version-patterned tags. As it doesn't appear to add anything to
the documentation, it ought to be removed to keep the documentation
easier to read.
Signed-off-by: Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The glossary defines 'ref' as the official name of the thing,
and the output from "git grep -e '<ref' Documentation/" shows
that most everybody uses <ref>, not <reference>. In addition,
the page already says <ref> in its SYNOPSIS section for the
command when it is used in the mode to follow the reflogs.
Strictly speaking, many references of these should be updated to
<commit> after adding an explanation on how these <commit>s are
discovered (i.e. we take <rev>, <glob>, or <ref> and starting from
these commits, follow their ancestry or reflog entries to list
commits), but that would be a lot bigger change I would rather not
to do in this patch, whose primary purpose is to make the existing
documentation more consistent.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Use inline-code syntax for options where appropriate.
- Use code blocks to clarify output format.
- Use 'OID' (for 'object ID') instead of 'SHA-1' as we support
different hashing algorithms these days.
Signed-off-by: Sean Allred <allred.sean@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"git --attr-source=<tree> cmd $args" is a new way to have any
command to read attributes not from the working tree but from the
given tree object.
* jc/attr-source-tree:
attr: teach "--attr-source=<tree>" global option to "git"
Document `TAG_EDITMSG` which we have told the user about on unsuccessful
command invocations since commit 3927bbe9a4 (tag: delete TAG_EDITMSG
only on successful tag, 2008-12-06).
Introduce this documentation since we are going to add tests for the
lifetime of this file in the case of command failure and success.
Use the documentation for `COMMIT_EDITMSG` from `git-commit.txt` as a
template since these two files share the same purpose.[1]
† 1: from commit 3927bbe9a4:
“ This matches the behavior of COMMIT_EDITMSG, which stays around
in case of error.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
"git fetch" learned the "--porcelain" option that emits what it did
in a machine-parseable format.
* ps/fetch-output-format:
fetch: introduce machine-parseable "porcelain" output format
fetch: move option related variables into main function
fetch: lift up parsing of "fetch.output" config variable
fetch: introduce `display_format` enum
fetch: refactor calculation of the display table width
fetch: print left-hand side when fetching HEAD:foo
fetch: add a test to exercise invalid output formats
fetch: split out tests for output format
fetch: fix `--no-recurse-submodules` with multi-remote fetches
The "--stdin" option of "git name-rev" has been replaced with
the "--annotate-stdin" option more than a year ago. We stop
advertising it in the "git name-rev -h" output.
* jc/name-rev-deprecate-stdin-further:
name-rev: make --stdin hidden
An earlier change broke "doc-diff", which has been corrected.
* fc/doc-use-datestamp-in-commit:
doc-diff: drop SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH override
doc: doc-diff: specify date
The documentation was misleading about the interaction between
GIT_DEFAULT_HASH and "git clone", which has been clarified to
stress that the variable is to be ignored by the command.
* jc/doc-clarify-git-default-hash-variable:
doc: GIT_DEFAULT_HASH is and will be ignored during "clone"
Add the unit (bytes per second) for http.lowSpeedLimit
in the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Corentin Garcia <corenting@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Allow users to be more selective over which refs to pack by adding an
--include option to git-pack-refs.
The existing options allow some measure of selectivity. By default
git-pack-refs packs all tags. --all can be used to include all refs,
and the previous commit added the ability to exclude certain refs with
--exclude.
While these knobs give the user some selection over which refs to pack,
it could be useful to give more control. For instance, a repository may
have a set of branches that are rarely updated and would benefit from
being packed. --include would allow the user to easily include a set of
branches to be packed while leaving everything else unpacked.
Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
At GitLab, we have a system that creates ephemeral internal refs that
don't live long before getting deleted. Having an option to exclude
certain refs from a packed-refs file allows these internal references to
be deleted much more efficiently.
Add an --exclude option to the pack-refs builtin, and use the ref
exclusions API to exclude certain refs from being packed into the final
packed-refs file
Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
--all packs not just branch tips but anything under refs/ with the
exception of hidden refs and broken refs. Clarify this in the
documentation.
Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The output of git-fetch(1) is obviously designed for consumption by
users, only: we neatly columnize data, we abbreviate reference names, we
print neat arrows and we don't provide information about actual object
IDs that have changed. This makes the output format basically unusable
in the context of scripted invocations of git-fetch(1) that want to
learn about the exact changes that the command performs.
Introduce a new machine-parseable "porcelain" output format that is
supposed to fix this shortcoming. This output format is intended to
provide information about every reference that is about to be updated,
the old object ID that the reference has been pointing to and the new
object ID it will be updated to. Furthermore, the output format provides
the same flags as the human-readable format to indicate basic conditions
for each reference update like whether it was a fast-forward update, a
branch deletion, a rejected update or others.
The output format is quite simple:
```
<flag> <old-object-id> <new-object-id> <local-reference>\n
```
We assume two conditions which are generally true:
- The old and new object IDs have fixed known widths and cannot
contain spaces.
- References cannot contain newlines.
With these assumptions, the output format becomes unambiguously
parseable. Furthermore, given that this output is designed to be
consumed by scripts, the machine-readable data is printed to stdout
instead of stderr like the human-readable output is. This is mostly done
so that other data printed to stderr, like error messages or progress
meters, don't interfere with the parseable data.
A notable ommission here is that the output format does not include the
remote from which a reference was fetched, which might be important
information especially in the context of multi-remote fetches. But as
such a format would require us to print the remote for every single
reference update due to parallelizable fetches it feels wasteful for the
most likely usecase, which is when fetching from a single remote.
In a similar spirit, a second restriction is that this cannot be used
with `--recurse-submodules`. This is because any reference updates would
be ambiguous without also printing the repository in which the update
happens.
Considering that both multi-remote and submodule fetches are user-facing
features, using them in conjunction with `--porcelain` that is intended
for scripting purposes is likely not going to be useful in the majority
of cases. With that in mind these restrictions feel acceptable. If
usecases for either of these come up in the future though it is easy
enough to add a new "porcelain-v2" format that adds this information.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano