1git-sh-setup(1) 2=============== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-sh-setup - Common Git shell script setup code 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10[verse] 11'. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"' 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15 16This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. 17This documentation is meant for people who are studying the 18Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones. 19 20The 'git sh-setup' scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using 21`.`) by other shell scripts to set up some variables pointing at 22the normal Git directories and a few helper shell functions. 23 24Before sourcing it, your script should set up a few variables; 25`USAGE` (and `LONG_USAGE`, if any) is used to define message 26given by `usage()` shell function. `SUBDIRECTORY_OK` can be set 27if the script can run from a subdirectory of the working tree 28(some commands do not). 29 30The scriptlet sets `GIT_DIR` and `GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` shell 31variables, but does *not* export them to the environment. 32 33FUNCTIONS 34--------- 35 36die:: 37 exit after emitting the supplied error message to the 38 standard error stream. 39 40usage:: 41 die with the usage message. 42 43set_reflog_action:: 44 Set GIT_REFLOG_ACTION environment to a given string (typically 45 the name of the program) unless it is already set. Whenever 46 the script runs a `git` command that updates refs, a reflog 47 entry is created using the value of this string to leave the 48 record of what command updated the ref. 49 50git_editor:: 51 runs an editor of user's choice (GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, VISUAL or 52 EDITOR) on a given file, but error out if no editor is specified 53 and the terminal is dumb. 54 55is_bare_repository:: 56 outputs `true` or `false` to the standard output stream 57 to indicate if the repository is a bare repository 58 (i.e. without an associated working tree). 59 60cd_to_toplevel:: 61 runs chdir to the toplevel of the working tree. 62 63require_work_tree:: 64 checks if the current directory is within the working tree 65 of the repository, and otherwise dies. 66 67require_work_tree_exists:: 68 checks if the working tree associated with the repository 69 exists, and otherwise dies. Often done before calling 70 cd_to_toplevel, which is impossible to do if there is no 71 working tree. 72 73require_clean_work_tree <action> [<hint>]:: 74 checks that the working tree and index associated with the 75 repository have no uncommitted changes to tracked files. 76 Otherwise it emits an error message of the form `Cannot 77 <action>: <reason>. <hint>`, and dies. Example: 78+ 79---------------- 80require_clean_work_tree rebase "Please commit or stash them." 81---------------- 82 83get_author_ident_from_commit:: 84 outputs code for use with eval to set the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, 85 GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL and GIT_AUTHOR_DATE variables for a given commit. 86 87create_virtual_base:: 88 modifies the first file so only lines in common with the 89 second file remain. If there is insufficient common material, 90 then the first file is left empty. The result is suitable 91 as a virtual base input for a 3-way merge. 92 93GIT 94--- 95Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite