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Prathamesh Chavan e83e3333b5 submodule: port submodule subcommand 'summary' from shell to C
Convert submodule subcommand 'summary' to a builtin and call it via
'git-submodule.sh'.

The shell version had to call $diff_cmd twice, once to find the modified
modules cared by the user and then again, with that list of modules
to do various operations for computing the summary of those modules.
On the other hand, the C version does not need a second call to
$diff_cmd since it reuses the module list from the first call to do the
aforementioned tasks.

In the C version, we use the combination of setting a child process'
working directory to the submodule path and then calling
'prepare_submodule_repo_env()' which also sets the 'GIT_DIR' to '.git',
so that we can be certain that those spawned processes will not access
the superproject's ODB by mistake.

A behavioural difference between the C and the shell version is that the
shell version outputs two line feeds after the 'git log' output when run
outside of the tests while the C version outputs one line feed in any
case. The reason for this is that the shell version calls log with
'--pretty=format:<fmt>' whose output is followed by two echo
calls; 'format' does not have "terminator" semantics like its 'tformat'
counterpart. So, the log output is terminated by a newline only when
invoked by the user and not when invoked from the scripts. This results
in the one & two line feed differences in the shell version.
On the other hand, the C version calls log with '--pretty=<fmt>'
which is equivalent to '--pretty:tformat:<fmt>' which is then
followed by a 'printf("\n")'. Due to its "terminator" semantics the
log output is always terminated by newline and hence one line feed in
any case.

Also, when we try to pass an option-like argument after a non-option
argument, for instance:

    git submodule summary HEAD --foo-bar

    (or)

    git submodule summary HEAD --cached

That argument would be treated like a path to the submodule for which
the user is requesting a summary. So, the option ends up having no
effect. Though, passing '--quiet' is an exception to this:

    git submodule summary HEAD --quiet

While 'summary' doesn't support '--quiet', we don't get an output for
the above command as '--quiet' is treated as a path which means we get
an output only if a submodule whose path is '--quiet' exists.

The error message in case of computing a summary for non-existent
submodules in the C version is different from that of the shell version.
Since the new error message is not marked for translation, change the
'test_i18ngrep' in t7421.4 to 'grep'.

Mentored-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Mentored-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Chavan <pc44800@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-08-12 14:12:58 -07:00
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ewah
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gitk-git
gitweb
mergetools
negotiator
perl perl: make SVN code hash independent 2020-06-22 11:21:07 -07:00
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ppc
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INSTALL
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aclocal.m4
add-interactive.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
add-interactive.h
add-patch.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
advice.c
advice.h
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c commit: move members graph_pos, generation to a slab 2020-06-17 14:37:30 -07:00
alloc.h object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
apply.c
apply.h
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c
archive.h
attr.c
attr.h
banned.h
base85.c
bisect.c Merge branch 'rs/bisect-oid-to-hex-fix' 2020-08-10 10:24:01 -07:00
bisect.h
blame.c commit: move members graph_pos, generation to a slab 2020-06-17 14:37:30 -07:00
blame.h
blob.c object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
blob.h
bloom.c Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-bloom-updates' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:31 -07:00
bloom.h Merge branch 'ds/line-log-on-bloom' 2020-06-08 18:06:26 -07:00
branch.c Merge branch 'es/get-worktrees-unsort' 2020-07-06 22:09:15 -07:00
branch.h
bugreport.c Merge branch 'rs/retire-strbuf-write-fd' 2020-06-29 14:17:26 -07:00
builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-3' 2020-08-11 18:04:11 -07:00
bundle.h Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-3' 2020-08-11 18:04:11 -07:00
cache-tree.c
cache-tree.h
cache.h Merge branch 'jk/reject-newer-extensions-in-v0' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:32 -07:00
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check-builtins.sh
check_bindir
checkout.c
checkout.h
color.c
color.h
column.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
column.h
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt command-list.txt: add missing 'gitcredentials' and 'gitremote-helpers' 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
commit-graph.c Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-bloom-updates' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:31 -07:00
commit-graph.h Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-bloom-updates' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:31 -07:00
commit-reach.c Merge branch 'cb/is-descendant-of' 2020-07-06 22:09:16 -07:00
commit-reach.h commit-reach: avoid is_descendant_of() shim 2020-06-23 16:36:53 -07:00
commit-slab-decl.h Merge branch 'sg/commit-graph-cleanups' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:30 -07:00
commit-slab-impl.h commit-slab: add a function to deep free entries on the slab 2020-06-08 12:28:49 -07:00
commit-slab.h commit-slab: add a function to deep free entries on the slab 2020-06-08 12:28:49 -07:00
commit.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
commit.h commit: move members graph_pos, generation to a slab 2020-06-17 14:37:30 -07:00
common-main.c
config.c config: work around gcc-10 -Wstringop-overflow warning 2020-08-04 09:31:01 -07:00
config.h
config.mak.dev repository: enable SHA-256 support by default 2020-07-30 09:16:49 -07:00
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname
configure.ac
connect.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
connect.h Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
connected.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
credential-cache--daemon.c
credential-cache.c
credential-store.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
date.c
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta-islands.c
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c diff-files --raw: show correct post-image of intent-to-add files 2020-07-01 16:15:43 -07:00
diff-no-index.c
diff.c submodule: rename helper functions to avoid ambiguity 2020-08-12 14:12:58 -07:00
diff.h diff.h: drop diff_tree_oid() & friends' return value 2020-06-08 12:28:49 -07:00
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c
diffcore.h
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c Merge branch 'en/fill-directory-exponential' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:36 -07:00
dir.h
editor.c
entry.c Merge branch 'mt/entry-fstat-fallback-fix' into master 2020-07-09 14:00:45 -07:00
environment.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
exec-cmd.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
exec-cmd.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
fast-import.c strvec: convert more callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
fetch-pack.h fetch-pack: support more than one pack lockfile 2020-06-10 18:06:34 -07:00
fmt-merge-msg.c fmt-merge-msg: allow merge destination to be omitted again 2020-07-30 12:43:10 -07:00
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c Merge branch 'rs/fsck-duplicate-names-in-trees' 2020-06-08 18:06:29 -07:00
fsck.h
fsmonitor.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
fsmonitor.h
fuzz-commit-graph.c fuzz-commit-graph: properly free graph struct 2020-06-08 10:02:29 -07:00
fuzz-pack-headers.c
fuzz-pack-idx.c
generate-cmdlist.sh
generate-configlist.sh
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl checkout -p: handle new files correctly 2020-05-27 14:50:20 -07:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh bisect: treat BISECT_HEAD as a pseudo ref 2020-07-10 13:53:37 -07:00
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl git-cvsexportcommit: port to SHA-256 2020-06-22 11:21:07 -07:00
git-cvsimport.perl git-cvsimport: port to SHA-256 2020-06-22 11:21:07 -07:00
git-cvsserver.perl git-cvsserver: port to SHA-256 2020-06-22 11:21:07 -07:00
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py Merge branch 'bk/p4-prepare-p4-only-fix' 2020-06-02 13:35:01 -07:00
git-parse-remote.sh
git-quiltimport.sh
git-rebase--preserve-merges.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl send-email: restore --in-reply-to superseding behavior 2020-07-01 16:12:21 -07:00
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh
git-submodule.sh submodule: port submodule subcommand 'summary' from shell to C 2020-08-12 14:12:58 -07:00
git-svn.perl git-svn: set the OID length based on hash algorithm 2020-06-22 11:21:07 -07:00
git-web--browse.sh
git.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
git.rc
gpg-interface.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
gpg-interface.h
graph.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
graph.h
grep.c comment: fix spelling mistakes inside comments 2020-07-29 11:39:40 -07:00
grep.h
hash.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h hashmap: fix typo in usage docs 2020-07-28 14:28:15 -07:00
help.c help: drop usage of 'common' and 'useful' for guides 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
help.h help: drop usage of 'common' and 'useful' for guides 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
hex.c
http-backend.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
http-fetch.c http-fetch: set up git directory before parsing pack hashes 2020-07-30 09:16:48 -07:00
http-push.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
http-walker.c http: refactor finish_http_pack_request() 2020-06-10 18:06:34 -07:00
http.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
http.h Merge branch 'jt/cdn-offload' 2020-06-25 12:27:47 -07:00
ident.c
imap-send.c strvec: convert more callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
interdiff.c
interdiff.h
iterator.h
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
line-log.c strvec: convert more callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c Merge branch 'tb/upload-pack-filters' 2020-08-11 18:04:13 -07:00
list-objects-filter-options.h list_objects_filter_options: introduce 'list_object_filter_config_name' 2020-08-03 18:03:24 -07:00
list-objects-filter.c
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c
log-tree.h
ls-refs.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
ls-refs.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
mailinfo.c
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
match-trees.c
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'en/eol-attrs-gotchas' 2020-08-10 10:24:02 -07:00
merge-recursive.h merge-recursive: fix unclear and outright wrong comments 2020-08-02 11:03:57 -07:00
merge.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
midx.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
midx.h
name-hash.c
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h
notes.c
notes.h
object-store.h packfile: compute and use the index CRC offset 2020-05-27 10:07:07 -07:00
object.c object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
object.h Merge branch 'tb/fix-persistent-shallow' into master 2020-07-09 14:00:44 -07:00
oid-array.c
oid-array.h
oidmap.c
oidmap.h
oidset.c
oidset.h
pack-bitmap-write.c
pack-bitmap.c
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c
pack-objects.c
pack-objects.h
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c Merge branch 'jb/doc-packfile-name' into master 2020-07-30 21:34:32 -07:00
pack.h
packfile.c packfile: compute and use the index CRC offset 2020-05-27 10:07:07 -07:00
packfile.h
pager.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
parse-options-cb.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
parse-options.c
parse-options.h
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c
path.h
pathspec.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
pkt-line.h Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
preload-index.c
pretty.c
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
promisor-remote.c
promisor-remote.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
prune-packed.c
prune-packed.h
quote.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
quote.h quote: rename sq_dequote_to_argv_array to mention strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
range-diff.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
range-diff.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c read-cache: remove bogus shortcut 2020-07-16 10:42:52 -07:00
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
rebase.c
rebase.h
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
refs.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
refspec.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
refspec.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
remote-curl.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
remote-testsvn.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
remote.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
remote.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c experimental: default to fetch.writeCommitGraph=false 2020-07-08 16:37:43 -07:00
repository.c repository: enable SHA-256 support by default 2020-07-30 09:16:49 -07:00
repository.h repository: add a helper function to perform repository format upgrade 2020-06-05 10:13:30 -07:00
rerere.c
rerere.h
reset.c
reset.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'so/rev-parser-errormessage-fix' 2020-08-10 10:24:03 -07:00
revision.h Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-bloom-updates' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:31 -07:00
run-command.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
run-command.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
send-pack.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
sequencer.h
serve.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
serve.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
server-info.c
setup.c Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-3' 2020-08-11 18:04:11 -07:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1-file.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
sha1-lookup.c
sha1-lookup.h
sha1-name.c
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c Merge branch 'sg/commit-graph-cleanups' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:30 -07:00
shallow.h
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
split-index.c
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c
strbuf.c Merge branch 'rs/retire-strbuf-write-fd' 2020-06-29 14:17:26 -07:00
strbuf.h Merge branch 'rs/retire-strbuf-write-fd' 2020-06-29 14:17:26 -07:00
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
strvec.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
strvec.h strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
sub-process.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c
submodule-config.h
submodule.c submodule: rename helper functions to avoid ambiguity 2020-08-12 14:12:58 -07:00
submodule.h submodule: rename helper functions to avoid ambiguity 2020-08-12 14:12:58 -07:00
symlinks.c
tag.c object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
tmp-objdir.h
trace.c
trace.h
trace2.c
trace2.h
trailer.c
trailer.h
transport-helper.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
transport-internal.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
transport.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
transport.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
tree-diff.c diff.h: drop diff_tree_oid() & friends' return value 2020-06-08 12:28:49 -07:00
tree-walk.c tree-walk.c: don't match submodule entries for 'submod/anything' 2020-06-08 12:28:48 -07:00
tree-walk.h
tree.c object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
tree.h
unicode-width.h
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
unpack-trees.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'tb/upload-pack-filters' 2020-08-11 18:04:13 -07:00
upload-pack.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c worktree: retire special-case normalization of main worktree path 2020-07-31 19:56:11 -07:00
worktree.h worktree: drop get_worktrees() unused 'flags' argument 2020-06-22 10:31:15 -07:00
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c wrapper: add function to compare strings with different NUL termination 2020-05-27 10:07:06 -07:00
write-or-die.c
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
wt-status.h wt-status: show sparse checkout status as well 2020-06-18 14:12:28 -07:00
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

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Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.

Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.

See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command. If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.

CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt (man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is installed).

The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.

Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.

The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.

The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):

  • random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
  • stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
  • "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
  • "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks