This reverts commit d0546e2d48, which
was only meant to be a Proof-of-concept used during the discussion.
The real implementation of the feature needs to wait until we migrate
all the code to use "struct pathspec", not "char **", to represent
richer semantics given to pathspec.
Support ":/" magic string that can be prefixed to a pathspec element to
say "this names the path from the top-level of the working tree", when
you are in the subdirectory.
For example, you should be able to say:
$ edit Makefile ;# top-level
$ cd Documentation
$ edit git.txt ;# in the subdirectory
and then do one of three things, still inside the subdirectory:
$ git add -u . ;# add only Documentation/git.txt
$ git add -u :/ ;# add everything, including paths outside Documentation
$ git add -u ;# whatever the default setting is.
To truly support magic pathspec, the API needs to be restructured so that
get_pathspec() and init_pathspec() are unified into one call. Currently,
the former just prefixes the user supplied pathspec with the current
subdirectory path, and the latter takes the output from the former and
pre-parses them into a bit richer structure for easier handling. They
should become a single API function that takes the current subdirectory
path and the remainder of argv[] (after parsing --options and revision
arguments from the command line) and returns an array of parsed pathspec
elements, and "magic" should become attributes of struct pathspec_item.
This patch implements only "top" magic because it can be hacked into the
system without such a refactoring.
The syntax for magic pathspec prefix is designed to be extensible yet
simple to type to invoke a simple magic like "from the top". The parser
for the magic prefix is hooked into get_pathspec() function in this patch,
and it needs to be moved when we refactor the API.
But we have to start from somewhere.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* mg/rev-list-n-reverse-doc:
git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: put option blocks in proper order
git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limiting
Also remove entries for fixes that are already present in the
maintenance track.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* maint:
Prepare draft release notes to 1.7.4.2
gitweb: highlight: replace tabs with spaces
make_absolute_path: return the input path if it points to our buffer
valgrind: ignore SSE-based strlen invalid reads
diff --submodule: split into bite-sized pieces
cherry: split off function to print output lines
branch: split off function that writes tracking info and commit subject
standardize brace placement in struct definitions
compat: make gcc bswap an inline function
enums: omit trailing comma for portability
Conflicts:
RelNotes
* mg/placeholders-are-lowercase:
Make <identifier> lowercase in Documentation
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
CodingGuidelines: downcase placeholders in usage messages
* 'jk/doc-credits' of git://github.com/peff/git:
docs: point git.txt author credits to git-scm.com
doc: add missing git footers
doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pages
This change makes it clearer that the change to the history effected by
executing 'git rebase master' while on 'topic' branch, and by executing
'git rebase master topic' on any branch, will be the same; the implicit
checkout of the second form will remain after the rebase exits.
Signed-off-by: Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
There is a nice shortlog-ish output of the authors there. We
also point people directly to shortlog, but of course they
might be reading the documentation online or from a binary
package of git.
The point of these sections is generally to:
1. Give credit where it is due.
2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or
file bug reports.
But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they
are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer
can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the
correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you
wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and
incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody
useless.
So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except
git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list
for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section
to give credit to the major contributors and point to
shortlog and blame for more information.
Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can
follow that to the main git manpage.
This reverts commit 72a5b561fc, as adding
fixed number of hexdigits more than necessary to make one object name
locally unique does not help in futureproofing the uniqueness of names
we generate today.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Match the order of the description to the one in which they get applied:
commit limiting
commit ordering
commit formatting
diff options
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* maint:
Fix typo in t/README
ls-remote documentation: <refs> argument is optional
Add Author and Documentation sections to git-for-each-ref.txt
Documentation: remove redundant colons in git-for-each-ref.txt
Earlier, 47afed5 (SubmittingPatches: itemize and reflect upon well written
changes, 2009-04-28) added a discussion on the contents of the commit log
message, but the last part of the new paragraph didn't make much sense.
Reword it slightly to make it more readable.
Update the "quicklist" to clarify what we mean by "motivation" and
"contrast". Also mildly discourage external references.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The description was unclear if -c or --cc was the default (--cc is for
some commands), and incorrectly implied that the default applies to
all the diff generating commands.
Most importantly, "log" does not default to "--cc" (it defaults to
"--no-merges") and "log -p" obeys the user's wish to see non-combined
format. Only "diff" (during merge and three-blob comparison) and
"show" use --cc as the default.
Signed-off-by: Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
They are applied after commit ordering and formatting options, in
particular --reverse.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
rerere forget is a destructive command. When invoked without a path, it
operates on the current directory, potentially deleting many recorded
conflict resolutions.
To make the command safer, a path must be specified as of git 1.8.0. Until
then, give users time to write 'git rerere forget .' if they really mean
the entire current directory.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* 'svn-fe' of git://repo.or.cz/git/jrn: (31 commits)
fast-import: make code "-Wpointer-arith" clean
vcs-svn: teach line_buffer about temporary files
vcs-svn: allow input from file descriptor
vcs-svn: allow character-oriented input
vcs-svn: add binary-safe read function
t0081 (line-buffer): add buffering tests
vcs-svn: tweak test-line-buffer to not assume line-oriented input
tests: give vcs-svn/line_buffer its own test script
vcs-svn: make test-line-buffer input format more flexible
vcs-svn: teach line_buffer to handle multiple input files
vcs-svn: collect line_buffer data in a struct
vcs-svn: replace buffer_read_string memory pool with a strbuf
vcs-svn: eliminate global byte_buffer
fast-import: add 'ls' command
vcs-svn: Allow change nodes for root of tree (/)
vcs-svn: Implement Prop-delta handling
vcs-svn: Sharpen parsing of property lines
vcs-svn: Split off function for handling of individual properties
vcs-svn: Make source easier to read on small screens
vcs-svn: More dump format sanity checks
...
* mg/placeholders-are-lowercase:
Make <identifier> lowercase in Documentation
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
CodingGuidelines: downcase placeholders in usage messages
* uk/checkout-ambiguous-ref:
Rename t2019 with typo "amiguous" that meant "ambiguous"
checkout: rearrange update_refs_for_switch for clarity
checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"
checkout: split off a function to peel away branchname arg
checkout: fix bug with ambiguous refs
Conflicts:
builtin/checkout.c