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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2024-05-01 10:58:22 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2024-05-01 10:58:22 -0700
commit7af7f87d1682bc0221ef8ef496126c204d35760d (patch)
tree78a7acd5d4f7a8b7db6b1f44bcb506f7bb5feefb
parenta181e55f63bee8d3a44fd0be402039db41158169 (diff)
downloadgit-htmldocs-master.tar.gz
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.45.0-31-gd4cc1HEADmaster
-rw-r--r--MyFirstContribution.html15
-rw-r--r--MyFirstContribution.txt9
-rw-r--r--MyFirstObjectWalk.html2
-rw-r--r--RelNotes/2.46.0.txt55
-rw-r--r--ReviewingGuidelines.html2
-rw-r--r--SubmittingPatches.html73
-rw-r--r--SubmittingPatches.txt72
-rw-r--r--ToolsForGit.html2
-rw-r--r--everyday.html2
-rw-r--r--git-for-each-repo.html16
-rw-r--r--git-for-each-repo.txt9
-rw-r--r--git-format-patch.html21
-rw-r--r--git-format-patch.txt21
-rw-r--r--git-remote-helpers.html2
-rw-r--r--howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html2
-rw-r--r--howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/maintain-git.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/new-command.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/revert-branch-rebase.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/separating-topic-branches.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/update-hook-example.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/use-git-daemon.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/using-merge-subtree.html4
-rw-r--r--howto/using-signed-tag-in-pull-request.html4
-rw-r--r--technical/api-error-handling.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/api-index.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/api-merge.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/api-parse-options.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/api-simple-ipc.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/api-trace2.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/bitmap-format.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/bundle-uri.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/hash-function-transition.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/long-running-process-protocol.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/multi-pack-index.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/pack-heuristics.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/parallel-checkout.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/partial-clone.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/racy-git.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/scalar.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/send-pack-pipeline.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/shallow.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/trivial-merge.html2
-rw-r--r--technical/unit-tests.html2
-rw-r--r--user-manual.html2
51 files changed, 280 insertions, 125 deletions
diff --git a/MyFirstContribution.html b/MyFirstContribution.html
index 9ca5e68ec..9bc59b69e 100644
--- a/MyFirstContribution.html
+++ b/MyFirstContribution.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>My First Contribution to the Git Project</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
@@ -1843,6 +1843,17 @@ valuable, such as changing the Reply-to address or adding more CC and BCC lines.
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Note</div>
</td>
+<td class="content">If you&#8217;re not sure whom to CC, running <code>contrib/contacts/git-contacts</code> can
+list potential reviewers. In addition, you can do <code>git send-email
+--cc-cmd='perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts' feature/*.patch</code><span class="footnote" id="_footnote_contrib-scripts"><br />[Scripts under <code>contrib/</code> are not part of the core <code>git</code> binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git codebase and run <code>perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts</code>.]<br /></span> to
+automatically pass this list of emails to <code>send-email</code>.</td>
+</tr></table>
+</div>
+<div class="admonitionblock">
+<table><tr>
+<td class="icon">
+<div class="title">Note</div>
+</td>
<td class="content">When you are sending a real patch, it will go to <a href="mailto:git@vger.kernel.org">git@vger.kernel.org</a> - but
please don&#8217;t send your patchset from the tutorial to the real mailing list! For
now, you can send it to yourself, to make sure you understand how it will look.</td>
@@ -2098,7 +2109,7 @@ should generate your diffs from <code>&lt;topic&gt;..&lt;mybranch&gt;</code> and
<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
Last updated
- 2024-01-29 16:09:11 PST
+ 2024-05-01 10:56:52 PDT
</div>
</div>
</body>
diff --git a/MyFirstContribution.txt b/MyFirstContribution.txt
index f06563e98..e41654c00 100644
--- a/MyFirstContribution.txt
+++ b/MyFirstContribution.txt
@@ -1116,6 +1116,15 @@ $ git send-email --to=target@example.com psuh/*.patch
NOTE: Check `git help send-email` for some other options which you may find
valuable, such as changing the Reply-to address or adding more CC and BCC lines.
+:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
+not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
+codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts`.]
+
+NOTE: If you're not sure whom to CC, running `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` can
+list potential reviewers. In addition, you can do `git send-email
+--cc-cmd='perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts' feature/*.patch`{contrib-scripts} to
+automatically pass this list of emails to `send-email`.
+
NOTE: When you are sending a real patch, it will go to git@vger.kernel.org - but
please don't send your patchset from the tutorial to the real mailing list! For
now, you can send it to yourself, to make sure you understand how it will look.
diff --git a/MyFirstObjectWalk.html b/MyFirstObjectWalk.html
index aefd2a358..26f2e2f82 100644
--- a/MyFirstObjectWalk.html
+++ b/MyFirstObjectWalk.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>My First Object Walk</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
diff --git a/RelNotes/2.46.0.txt b/RelNotes/2.46.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5838476df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RelNotes/2.46.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+Git v2.46 Release Notes
+=======================
+
+Backward Compatibility Notes
+
+ (None at this moment)
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ * The "--rfc" option of "git format-patch" learned to take an
+ optional string value to be used in place of "RFC" to tweak the
+ "[PATCH]" on the subject header.
+ (merge ce36894509 jc/format-patch-rfc-more later to maint).
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
+
+ * Advertise "git contacts", a tool for newcomers to find people to
+ ask review for their patches, a bit more in our developer
+ documentation.
+
+ * In addition to building the objects needed, try to link the objects
+ that are used in fuzzer tests, to make sure at least they build
+ without bitrot, in Linux CI runs.
+
+
+Fixes since v2.45
+-----------------
+
+ * "git rebase --signoff" used to forget that it needs to add a
+ sign-off to the resulting commit when told to continue after a
+ conflict stops its operation.
+ (merge a6c2654f83 pw/rebase-m-signoff-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The procedure to build multi-pack-index got confused by the
+ replace-refs mechanism, which has been corrected by disabling the
+ latter.
+ (merge 93e2ae1c95 xx/disable-replace-when-building-midx later to maint).
+
+ * The "-k" and "--rfc" options of "format-patch" will now error out
+ when used together, as one tells us not to add anything to the
+ title of the commit, and the other one tells us to add "RFC" in
+ addition to "PATCH".
+ (merge cadcf58085 ds/format-patch-rfc-and-k later to maint).
+
+ * "git stash -S" did not handle binary files correctly, which has
+ been corrected.
+ (merge 5fb7686409 aj/stash-staged-fix later to maint).
+
+ * A scheduled "git maintenance" job is expected to work on all
+ repositories it knows about, but it stopped at the first one that
+ errored out. Now it keeps going.
+ (merge c75662bfc9 js/for-each-repo-keep-going later to maint).
+
+ * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
diff --git a/ReviewingGuidelines.html b/ReviewingGuidelines.html
index 1a52c71fd..a9045065e 100644
--- a/ReviewingGuidelines.html
+++ b/ReviewingGuidelines.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>Reviewing Patches in the Git Project</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
diff --git a/SubmittingPatches.html b/SubmittingPatches.html
index 01f72c411..4ff7c396a 100644
--- a/SubmittingPatches.html
+++ b/SubmittingPatches.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>Submitting Patches</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
@@ -1201,13 +1201,56 @@ letter.</td>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="send-patches">Sending your patches.</h3>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Before sending any patches, please note that patches that may be
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_choosing_your_reviewers">Choosing your reviewers</h4>
+<div class="admonitionblock">
+<table><tr>
+<td class="icon">
+<div class="title">Note</div>
+</td>
+<td class="content">Patches that may be
security relevant should be submitted privately to the Git Security
-mailing list<span class="footnote" id="_footnote_security-ml"><br />[The Git Security mailing list: <a href="mailto:git-security@googlegroups.com">git-security@googlegroups.com</a>]<br /></span>, instead of the public mailing list.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible. These commands
+mailing list<span class="footnote" id="_footnote_security-ml"><br />[The Git Security mailing list: <a href="mailto:git-security@googlegroups.com">git-security@googlegroups.com</a>]<br /></span>, instead of the public mailing list.</td>
+</tr></table>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
+people who are involved in the area you are touching (the <code>git-contacts</code>
+script in <code>contrib/contacts/</code><span class="footnote" id="_footnote_contrib-scripts"><br />[Scripts under <code>contrib/</code> are not part of the core <code>git</code> binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git codebase and run <code>perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts</code>.]<br /></span> can help to
+identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. Also, when you made
+trial merges of your topic to <code>next</code> and <code>seen</code>, you may have noticed
+work by others conflicting with your changes. There is a good possibility
+that these people may know the area you are touching well.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>If you are using <code>send-email</code>, you can feed it the output of <code>git-contacts</code> like
+this:</p></div>
+<div class="literalblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre><code> git send-email --cc-cmd='perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts' feature/*.patch</code></pre>
+</div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>After the list reached a consensus that it is a good idea to apply the
+patch, re-send it with "To:" set to the maintainer<span class="footnote"><br />[The current maintainer: <a href="mailto:gitster@pobox.com">gitster@pobox.com</a>]<br /></span>
+and "cc:" the list<span class="footnote"><br />[The mailing list: <a href="mailto:git@vger.kernel.org">git@vger.kernel.org</a>]<br /></span> for inclusion. This is especially relevant
+when the maintainer did not heavily participate in the discussion and
+instead left the review to trusted others.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Do not forget to add trailers such as <code>Acked-by:</code>, <code>Reviewed-by:</code> and
+<code>Tested-by:</code> lines as necessary to credit people who helped your
+patch, and "cc:" them when sending such a final version for inclusion.</p></div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_code_format_patch_code_and_code_send_email_code"><code>format-patch</code> and <code>send-email</code></h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Learn to use <code>format-patch</code> and <code>send-email</code> if possible. These commands
are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways
your existing e-mail client (often optimized for "multipart/*" MIME
type e-mails) might render your patches unusable.</p></div>
+<div class="admonitionblock">
+<table><tr>
+<td class="icon">
+<div class="title">Note</div>
+</td>
+<td class="content">Here we outline the procedure using <code>format-patch</code> and
+<code>send-email</code>, but you can instead use GitGitGadget to send in your
+patches (see <a href="MyFirstContribution.html">MyFirstContribution</a>).</td>
+</tr></table>
+</div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>People on the Git mailing list need to be able to read and
comment on the changes you are submitting. It is important for
a developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard
@@ -1289,25 +1332,7 @@ origin that is done poorly or does incorrect things.</p></div>
patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message
that starts with <code>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----</code>. That is
not a text/plain, it&#8217;s something else.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>As mentioned at the beginning of the section, patches that may be
-security relevant should not be submitted to the public mailing list
-mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
-Security mailing list<span class="footnoteref"><br /><a href="#_footnote_security-ml">[security-ml]</a><br /></span>.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
-people who are involved in the area you are touching (the <code>git
-contacts</code> command in <code>contrib/contacts/</code> can help to
-identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. Also, when you made
-trial merges of your topic to <code>next</code> and <code>seen</code>, you may have noticed
-work by others conflicting with your changes. There is a good possibility
-that these people may know the area you are touching well.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>After the list reached a consensus that it is a good idea to apply the
-patch, re-send it with "To:" set to the maintainer<span class="footnote"><br />[The current maintainer: <a href="mailto:gitster@pobox.com">gitster@pobox.com</a>]<br /></span>
-and "cc:" the list<span class="footnote"><br />[The mailing list: <a href="mailto:git@vger.kernel.org">git@vger.kernel.org</a>]<br /></span> for inclusion. This is especially relevant
-when the maintainer did not heavily participate in the discussion and
-instead left the review to trusted others.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Do not forget to add trailers such as <code>Acked-by:</code>, <code>Reviewed-by:</code> and
-<code>Tested-by:</code> lines as necessary to credit people who helped your
-patch, and "cc:" them when sending such a final version for inclusion.</p></div>
+</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
@@ -1555,7 +1580,7 @@ this problem around.</p></div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
Last updated
- 2024-04-29 08:08:14 PDT
+ 2024-05-01 10:56:52 PDT
</div>
</div>
</body>
diff --git a/SubmittingPatches.txt b/SubmittingPatches.txt
index c647c7e1b..e70a9a0f3 100644
--- a/SubmittingPatches.txt
+++ b/SubmittingPatches.txt
@@ -397,17 +397,57 @@ letter.
[[send-patches]]
=== Sending your patches.
+==== Choosing your reviewers
+
:security-ml: footnoteref:[security-ml,The Git Security mailing list: git-security@googlegroups.com]
-Before sending any patches, please note that patches that may be
+NOTE: Patches that may be
security relevant should be submitted privately to the Git Security
mailing list{security-ml}, instead of the public mailing list.
-Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible. These commands
+:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
+not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
+codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts`.]
+
+Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
+people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git-contacts`
+script in `contrib/contacts/`{contrib-scripts} can help to
+identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. Also, when you made
+trial merges of your topic to `next` and `seen`, you may have noticed
+work by others conflicting with your changes. There is a good possibility
+that these people may know the area you are touching well.
+
+If you are using `send-email`, you can feed it the output of `git-contacts` like
+this:
+
+....
+ git send-email --cc-cmd='perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts' feature/*.patch
+....
+
+:current-maintainer: footnote:[The current maintainer: gitster@pobox.com]
+:git-ml: footnote:[The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org]
+
+After the list reached a consensus that it is a good idea to apply the
+patch, re-send it with "To:" set to the maintainer{current-maintainer}
+and "cc:" the list{git-ml} for inclusion. This is especially relevant
+when the maintainer did not heavily participate in the discussion and
+instead left the review to trusted others.
+
+Do not forget to add trailers such as `Acked-by:`, `Reviewed-by:` and
+`Tested-by:` lines as necessary to credit people who helped your
+patch, and "cc:" them when sending such a final version for inclusion.
+
+==== `format-patch` and `send-email`
+
+Learn to use `format-patch` and `send-email` if possible. These commands
are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways
your existing e-mail client (often optimized for "multipart/*" MIME
type e-mails) might render your patches unusable.
+NOTE: Here we outline the procedure using `format-patch` and
+`send-email`, but you can instead use GitGitGadget to send in your
+patches (see link:MyFirstContribution.html[MyFirstContribution]).
+
People on the Git mailing list need to be able to read and
comment on the changes you are submitting. It is important for
a developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard
@@ -498,34 +538,6 @@ patch, format it as "multipart/signed", not a text/plain message
that starts with `-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----`. That is
not a text/plain, it's something else.
-:security-ml-ref: footnoteref:[security-ml]
-
-As mentioned at the beginning of the section, patches that may be
-security relevant should not be submitted to the public mailing list
-mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
-Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
-
-Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
-people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git
-contacts` command in `contrib/contacts/` can help to
-identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. Also, when you made
-trial merges of your topic to `next` and `seen`, you may have noticed
-work by others conflicting with your changes. There is a good possibility
-that these people may know the area you are touching well.
-
-:current-maintainer: footnote:[The current maintainer: gitster@pobox.com]
-:git-ml: footnote:[The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org]
-
-After the list reached a consensus that it is a good idea to apply the
-patch, re-send it with "To:" set to the maintainer{current-maintainer}
-and "cc:" the list{git-ml} for inclusion. This is especially relevant
-when the maintainer did not heavily participate in the discussion and
-instead left the review to trusted others.
-
-Do not forget to add trailers such as `Acked-by:`, `Reviewed-by:` and
-`Tested-by:` lines as necessary to credit people who helped your
-patch, and "cc:" them when sending such a final version for inclusion.
-
== Subsystems with dedicated maintainers
Some parts of the system have dedicated maintainers with their own
diff --git a/ToolsForGit.html b/ToolsForGit.html
index 6f8d5c18b..d685e822f 100644
--- a/ToolsForGit.html
+++ b/ToolsForGit.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>Tools for developing Git</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
diff --git a/everyday.html b/everyday.html
index d13e369bb..b838bed89 100644
--- a/everyday.html
+++ b/everyday.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>Everyday Git With 20 Commands Or So</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div id="preamble">
diff --git a/git-for-each-repo.html b/git-for-each-repo.html
index 1b269897a..d7f91ecce 100644
--- a/git-for-each-repo.html
+++ b/git-for-each-repo.html
@@ -788,6 +788,20 @@ in the multi-valued config variable <code>maintenance.repo</code>.</p></div>
as available. If <code>git for-each-repo</code> is run in a directory that is not a
Git repository, then only the system and global config is used.</p></div>
</dd>
+<dt class="hdlist1">
+--keep-going
+</dt>
+<dd>
+<p>
+ Continue with the remaining repositories if the command failed
+ on a repository. The exit code will still indicate that the
+ overall operation was not successful.
+</p>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that the exact exit code of the failing command is not passed
+through as the exit code of the <code>for-each-repo</code> command: If the command
+failed in any of the specified repositories, the overall exit code will
+be 1.</p></div>
+</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
</div>
@@ -812,7 +826,7 @@ descriptors <code>stdin</code>, <code>stdout</code>, and <code>stderr</code>.</p
<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
Last updated
- 2020-11-20 22:32:32 PST
+ 2024-05-01 10:56:52 PDT
</div>
</div>
</body>
diff --git a/git-for-each-repo.txt b/git-for-each-repo.txt
index 94bd19da2..abe3527aa 100644
--- a/git-for-each-repo.txt
+++ b/git-for-each-repo.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ These config values are loaded from system, global, and local Git config,
as available. If `git for-each-repo` is run in a directory that is not a
Git repository, then only the system and global config is used.
+--keep-going::
+ Continue with the remaining repositories if the command failed
+ on a repository. The exit code will still indicate that the
+ overall operation was not successful.
++
+Note that the exact exit code of the failing command is not passed
+through as the exit code of the `for-each-repo` command: If the command
+failed in any of the specified repositories, the overall exit code will
+be 1.
SUBPROCESS BEHAVIOR
-------------------
diff --git a/git-format-patch.html b/git-format-patch.html
index 2e19e47b6..38c1e3962 100644
--- a/git-format-patch.html
+++ b/git-format-patch.html
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ git-format-patch(1) Manual Page
[--in-reply-to=&lt;message-id&gt;] [--suffix=.&lt;sfx&gt;]
[--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--always]
[--cover-from-description=&lt;mode&gt;]
- [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=&lt;subject-prefix&gt;]
+ [--rfc[=&lt;rfc&gt;]] [--subject-prefix=&lt;subject-prefix&gt;]
[(--reroll-count|-v) &lt;n&gt;]
[--to=&lt;email&gt;] [--cc=&lt;email&gt;]
[--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet]
@@ -1872,14 +1872,23 @@ the patches (with a value of e.g. "PATCH my-project").</p></div>
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
---rfc
+--rfc[=&lt;rfc&gt;]
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Prepends "RFC" to the subject prefix (producing "RFC PATCH" by
- default). RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending
- an experimental patch for discussion rather than application.
+ Prepends the string <em>&lt;rfc&gt;</em> (defaults to "RFC") to
+ the subject prefix. As the subject prefix defaults to
+ "PATCH", you&#8217;ll get "RFC PATCH" by default.
</p>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending
+an experimental patch for discussion rather than application.
+"--rfc=WIP" may also be a useful way to indicate that a patch
+is not complete yet ("WIP" stands for "Work In Progress").</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>If the convention of the receiving community for a particular extra
+string is to have it <em>after</em> the subject prefix, the string <em>&lt;rfc&gt;</em>
+can be prefixed with a dash ("<code>-</code>") to signal that the the rest of
+the <em>&lt;rfc&gt;</em> string should be appended to the subject prefix instead,
+e.g., <code>--rfc='-(WIP)'</code> results in "PATCH (WIP)".</p></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
-v &lt;n&gt;
@@ -2619,7 +2628,7 @@ merge commit.</p></div>
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diff --git a/git-format-patch.txt b/git-format-patch.txt
index 728bb3821..369af2c4a 100644
--- a/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--in-reply-to=<message-id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
[--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--always]
[--cover-from-description=<mode>]
- [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject-prefix>]
+ [--rfc[=<rfc>]] [--subject-prefix=<subject-prefix>]
[(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
[--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet]
@@ -238,10 +238,21 @@ the patches (with a value of e.g. "PATCH my-project").
value of the `format.filenameMaxLength` configuration
variable, or 64 if unconfigured.
---rfc::
- Prepends "RFC" to the subject prefix (producing "RFC PATCH" by
- default). RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending
- an experimental patch for discussion rather than application.
+--rfc[=<rfc>]::
+ Prepends the string _<rfc>_ (defaults to "RFC") to
+ the subject prefix. As the subject prefix defaults to
+ "PATCH", you'll get "RFC PATCH" by default.
++
+RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending
+an experimental patch for discussion rather than application.
+"--rfc=WIP" may also be a useful way to indicate that a patch
+is not complete yet ("WIP" stands for "Work In Progress").
++
+If the convention of the receiving community for a particular extra
+string is to have it _after_ the subject prefix, the string _<rfc>_
+can be prefixed with a dash ("`-`") to signal that the the rest of
+the _<rfc>_ string should be appended to the subject prefix instead,
+e.g., `--rfc='-(WIP)'` results in "PATCH (WIP)".
-v <n>::
--reroll-count=<n>::
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index ba7744819..1c11ea15f 100644
--- a/git-remote-helpers.html
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<body class="article">
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<h1>git-remote-helpers</h1>
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index bfaa663be..22f275133 100644
--- a/howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html
+++ b/howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ Thanks,
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index 5f8e6b87f..e422ff1fc 100644
--- a/howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html
+++ b/howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>Keep authoritative canonical history correct with git pull</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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index e7bd0db10..521ef65cf 100644
--- a/howto/maintain-git.html
+++ b/howto/maintain-git.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to maintain Git</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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index d1efd1911..7adeac184 100644
--- a/howto/new-command.html
+++ b/howto/new-command.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to integrate new subcommands</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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index 0e5559a86..be09aa80d 100644
--- a/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html
+++ b/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to rebase from an internal branch</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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index d9e68bbfd..49de159dc 100644
--- a/howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html
+++ b/howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to rebuild from update hook</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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index d4d6a32e3..1363e58c6 100644
--- a/howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html
+++ b/howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to recover a corrupted blob object</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
</div>
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@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ thing.</p></div>
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index 89356cfd9..6b5306a35 100644
--- a/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html
+++ b/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to recover an object from scratch</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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index 3f9d1626c..975b6f2ce 100644
--- a/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
+++ b/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to revert a faulty merge</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ P---o---o---M---x---x---W---x---M2
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index 8b0e27766..429c6c4b2 100644
--- a/howto/revert-branch-rebase.html
+++ b/howto/revert-branch-rebase.html
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to revert an existing commit</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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index 35ffe30fc..c90746a16 100644
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@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to separate topic branches</h1>
-<span id="revdate">2024-04-29</span>
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index a30d70ab7..65ff78091 100644
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+++ b/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html
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<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to setup Git server over http</h1>
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+<span id="revdate">2024-04-30</span>
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index d6355d3fb..7a17fec51 100644
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<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>How to use the update hook</h1>
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index 3effd6386..bc504a3ee 100644
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@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
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<h1>How to use git-daemon</h1>
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index 7e0896ee1..f3b4df485 100644
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@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ asciidoc.install();
<body class="article">
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<h1>How to use the subtree merge strategy</h1>
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<body class="article">
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<h1>Error reporting in git</h1>
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<h1>Git API Documents</h1>
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<h1>merge API</h1>
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<h1>parse-options API</h1>
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<h1>Trace2 API</h1>
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<body class="article">
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<h1>GIT bitmap v1 format</h1>
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<body class="article">
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<h1>Git hash function transition</h1>
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<div id="header">
<h1>Concerning Git&#8217;s Packing Heuristics</h1>
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-<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Git User Manual</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div lang="en" class="book"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="id-1"></a>Git User Manual</h1></div><div><div class="revhistory"><table style="border-style:solid; width:100%;" summary="Revision History"><tr><th align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><b>Revision History</b></th></tr><tr><td align="left"></td><td align="left">2024-04-29</td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="preface"><a href="#_introduction">Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#repositories-and-branches">1. Repositories and Branches</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-get-a-git-repository">How to get a Git repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-check-out">How to check out a different version of a project</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#understanding-commits">Understanding History: Commits</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#understanding-reachability">Understanding history: commits, parents, and reachability</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#history-diagrams">Understanding history: History diagrams</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#what-is-a-branch">Understanding history: What is a branch?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#manipulating-branches">Manipulating branches</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#detached-head">Examining an old version without creating a new branch</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#examining-remote-branches">Examining branches from a remote repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-git-stores-references">Naming branches, tags, and other references</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch">Updating a repository with git fetch</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fetching-branches">Fetching branches from other repositories</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#exploring-git-history">2. Exploring Git history</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#using-bisect">How to use bisect to find a regression</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#naming-commits">Naming commits</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#creating-tags">Creating tags</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#browsing-revisions">Browsing revisions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#generating-diffs">Generating diffs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#viewing-old-file-versions">Viewing old file versions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#history-examples">Examples</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#counting-commits-on-a-branch">Counting the number of commits on a branch</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#checking-for-equal-branches">Check whether two branches point at the same history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#finding-tagged-descendants">Find first tagged version including a given fix</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#showing-commits-unique-to-a-branch">Showing commits unique to a given branch</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#making-a-release">Creating a changelog and tarball for a software release</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#Finding-commits-With-given-Content">Finding commits referencing a file with given content</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#Developing-With-git">3. Developing with Git</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#telling-git-your-name">Telling Git your name</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#creating-a-new-repository">Creating a new repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-make-a-commit">How to make a commit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#creating-good-commit-messages">Creating good commit messages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#ignoring-files">Ignoring files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-merge">How to merge</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#resolving-a-merge">Resolving a merge</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#conflict-resolution">Getting conflict-resolution help during a merge</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#undoing-a-merge">Undoing a merge</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fast-forwards">Fast-forward merges</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fixing-mistakes">Fixing mistakes</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#reverting-a-commit">Fixing a mistake with a new commit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history">Fixing a mistake by rewriting history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#checkout-of-path">Checking out an old version of a file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#interrupted-work">Temporarily setting aside work in progress</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#ensuring-good-performance">Ensuring good performance</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#ensuring-reliability">Ensuring reliability</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#checking-for-corruption">Checking the repository for corruption</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#recovering-lost-changes">Recovering lost changes</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#sharing-development">4. Sharing development with others</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#getting-updates-With-git-pull">Getting updates with git pull</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#submitting-patches">Submitting patches to a project</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#importing-patches">Importing patches to a project</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#public-repositories">Public Git repositories</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#setting-up-a-public-repository">Setting up a public repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#exporting-via-git">Exporting a Git repository via the Git protocol</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#exporting-via-http">Exporting a git repository via HTTP</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#pushing-changes-to-a-public-repository">Pushing changes to a public repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#forcing-push">What to do when a push fails</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#setting-up-a-shared-repository">Setting up a shared repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#setting-up-gitweb">Allowing web browsing of a repository</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-get-a-git-repository-with-minimal-history">How to get a Git repository with minimal history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#sharing-development-examples">Examples</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#maintaining-topic-branches">Maintaining topic branches for a Linux subsystem maintainer</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#cleaning-up-history">5. Rewriting history and maintaining patch series</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#patch-series">Creating the perfect patch series</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#using-git-rebase">Keeping a patch series up to date using git rebase</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#rewriting-one-commit">Rewriting a single commit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#reordering-patch-series">Reordering or selecting from a patch series</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#interactive-rebase">Using interactive rebases</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#patch-series-tools">Other tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#problems-With-rewriting-history">Problems with rewriting history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#bisect-merges">Why bisecting merge commits can be harder than bisecting linear history</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#advanced-branch-management">6. Advanced branch management</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fetching-individual-branches">Fetching individual branches</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fetch-fast-forwards">git fetch and fast-forwards</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#forcing-fetch">Forcing git fetch to do non-fast-forward updates</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#remote-branch-configuration">Configuring remote-tracking branches</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#git-concepts">7. Git concepts</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#the-object-database">The Object Database</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#commit-object">Commit Object</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#tree-object">Tree Object</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#blob-object">Blob Object</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#trust">Trust</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#tag-object">Tag Object</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#pack-files">How Git stores objects efficiently: pack files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#dangling-objects">Dangling objects</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#recovering-from-repository-corruption">Recovering from repository corruption</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#the-index">The index</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#submodules">8. Submodules</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#pitfalls-with-submodules">Pitfalls with submodules</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#low-level-operations">9. Low-level Git operations</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#object-manipulation">Object access and manipulation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#the-workflow">The Workflow</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#working-directory-to-index">working directory → index</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#index-to-object-database">index → object database</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#object-database-to-index">object database → index</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#index-to-working-directory">index → working directory</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#tying-it-all-together">Tying it all together</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#examining-the-data">Examining the data</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#merging-multiple-trees">Merging multiple trees</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#merging-multiple-trees-2">Merging multiple trees, continued</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#hacking-git">10. Hacking Git</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#object-details">Object storage format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#birdview-on-the-source-code">A birds-eye view of Git’s source code</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#glossary">11. Git Glossary</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#git-explained">Git explained</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="#git-quick-start">A. Git Quick Reference</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#quick-creating-a-new-repository">Creating a new repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#managing-branches">Managing branches</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#exploring-history">Exploring history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#making-changes">Making changes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#merging">Merging</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#sharing-your-changes">Sharing your changes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#repository-maintenance">Repository maintenance</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="#todo">B. Notes and todo list for this manual</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#todo-list">Todo list</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="preface"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="_introduction"></a>Introduction</h1></div></div></div><p>Git is a fast distributed revision control system.</p><p>This manual is designed to be readable by someone with basic UNIX
+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Git User Manual</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div lang="en" class="book"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="id-1"></a>Git User Manual</h1></div><div><div class="revhistory"><table style="border-style:solid; width:100%;" summary="Revision History"><tr><th align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><b>Revision History</b></th></tr><tr><td align="left"></td><td align="left">2024-04-30</td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="preface"><a href="#_introduction">Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#repositories-and-branches">1. Repositories and Branches</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-get-a-git-repository">How to get a Git repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-check-out">How to check out a different version of a project</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#understanding-commits">Understanding History: Commits</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#understanding-reachability">Understanding history: commits, parents, and reachability</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#history-diagrams">Understanding history: History diagrams</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#what-is-a-branch">Understanding history: What is a branch?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#manipulating-branches">Manipulating branches</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#detached-head">Examining an old version without creating a new branch</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#examining-remote-branches">Examining branches from a remote repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-git-stores-references">Naming branches, tags, and other references</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch">Updating a repository with git fetch</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fetching-branches">Fetching branches from other repositories</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#exploring-git-history">2. Exploring Git history</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#using-bisect">How to use bisect to find a regression</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#naming-commits">Naming commits</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#creating-tags">Creating tags</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#browsing-revisions">Browsing revisions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#generating-diffs">Generating diffs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#viewing-old-file-versions">Viewing old file versions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#history-examples">Examples</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#counting-commits-on-a-branch">Counting the number of commits on a branch</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#checking-for-equal-branches">Check whether two branches point at the same history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#finding-tagged-descendants">Find first tagged version including a given fix</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#showing-commits-unique-to-a-branch">Showing commits unique to a given branch</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#making-a-release">Creating a changelog and tarball for a software release</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#Finding-commits-With-given-Content">Finding commits referencing a file with given content</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#Developing-With-git">3. Developing with Git</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#telling-git-your-name">Telling Git your name</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#creating-a-new-repository">Creating a new repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-make-a-commit">How to make a commit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#creating-good-commit-messages">Creating good commit messages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#ignoring-files">Ignoring files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-merge">How to merge</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#resolving-a-merge">Resolving a merge</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#conflict-resolution">Getting conflict-resolution help during a merge</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#undoing-a-merge">Undoing a merge</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fast-forwards">Fast-forward merges</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fixing-mistakes">Fixing mistakes</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#reverting-a-commit">Fixing a mistake with a new commit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history">Fixing a mistake by rewriting history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#checkout-of-path">Checking out an old version of a file</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#interrupted-work">Temporarily setting aside work in progress</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#ensuring-good-performance">Ensuring good performance</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#ensuring-reliability">Ensuring reliability</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#checking-for-corruption">Checking the repository for corruption</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#recovering-lost-changes">Recovering lost changes</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#sharing-development">4. Sharing development with others</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#getting-updates-With-git-pull">Getting updates with git pull</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#submitting-patches">Submitting patches to a project</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#importing-patches">Importing patches to a project</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#public-repositories">Public Git repositories</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#setting-up-a-public-repository">Setting up a public repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#exporting-via-git">Exporting a Git repository via the Git protocol</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#exporting-via-http">Exporting a git repository via HTTP</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#pushing-changes-to-a-public-repository">Pushing changes to a public repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#forcing-push">What to do when a push fails</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#setting-up-a-shared-repository">Setting up a shared repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#setting-up-gitweb">Allowing web browsing of a repository</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#how-to-get-a-git-repository-with-minimal-history">How to get a Git repository with minimal history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#sharing-development-examples">Examples</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#maintaining-topic-branches">Maintaining topic branches for a Linux subsystem maintainer</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#cleaning-up-history">5. Rewriting history and maintaining patch series</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#patch-series">Creating the perfect patch series</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#using-git-rebase">Keeping a patch series up to date using git rebase</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#rewriting-one-commit">Rewriting a single commit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#reordering-patch-series">Reordering or selecting from a patch series</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#interactive-rebase">Using interactive rebases</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#patch-series-tools">Other tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#problems-With-rewriting-history">Problems with rewriting history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#bisect-merges">Why bisecting merge commits can be harder than bisecting linear history</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#advanced-branch-management">6. Advanced branch management</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fetching-individual-branches">Fetching individual branches</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#fetch-fast-forwards">git fetch and fast-forwards</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#forcing-fetch">Forcing git fetch to do non-fast-forward updates</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#remote-branch-configuration">Configuring remote-tracking branches</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#git-concepts">7. Git concepts</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#the-object-database">The Object Database</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#commit-object">Commit Object</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#tree-object">Tree Object</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#blob-object">Blob Object</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#trust">Trust</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#tag-object">Tag Object</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#pack-files">How Git stores objects efficiently: pack files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#dangling-objects">Dangling objects</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#recovering-from-repository-corruption">Recovering from repository corruption</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#the-index">The index</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#submodules">8. Submodules</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#pitfalls-with-submodules">Pitfalls with submodules</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#low-level-operations">9. Low-level Git operations</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#object-manipulation">Object access and manipulation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#the-workflow">The Workflow</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#working-directory-to-index">working directory → index</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#index-to-object-database">index → object database</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#object-database-to-index">object database → index</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#index-to-working-directory">index → working directory</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#tying-it-all-together">Tying it all together</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="#examining-the-data">Examining the data</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#merging-multiple-trees">Merging multiple trees</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#merging-multiple-trees-2">Merging multiple trees, continued</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#hacking-git">10. Hacking Git</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#object-details">Object storage format</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#birdview-on-the-source-code">A birds-eye view of Git’s source code</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#glossary">11. Git Glossary</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#git-explained">Git explained</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="#git-quick-start">A. Git Quick Reference</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#quick-creating-a-new-repository">Creating a new repository</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#managing-branches">Managing branches</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#exploring-history">Exploring history</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#making-changes">Making changes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#merging">Merging</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#sharing-your-changes">Sharing your changes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#repository-maintenance">Repository maintenance</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="#todo">B. Notes and todo list for this manual</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#todo-list">Todo list</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="preface"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="_introduction"></a>Introduction</h1></div></div></div><p>Git is a fast distributed revision control system.</p><p>This manual is designed to be readable by someone with basic UNIX
command-line skills, but no previous knowledge of Git.</p><p><a class="xref" href="#repositories-and-branches" title="Chapter 1. Repositories and Branches">Chapter 1, <i>Repositories and Branches</i></a> and <a class="xref" href="#exploring-git-history" title="Chapter 2. Exploring Git history">Chapter 2, <i>Exploring Git history</i></a> explain how
to fetch and study a project using git—read these chapters to learn how
to build and test a particular version of a software project, search for