If you wish the exclude patterns to affect only certain repositories
(instead of every repository for a given project), you may instead put
them in a file in your repository named `.git/info/exclude`, or in any
-file specified by the `core.excludesfile` configuration variable.
+file specified by the `core.excludesFile` configuration variable.
Some Git commands can also take exclude patterns directly on the
command line. See linkgit:gitignore[5] for the details.
parents, one pointing at each of the two lines of development that
were merged.
-However, if the current branch is a descendant of the other--so every
-commit present in the one is already contained in the other--then Git
-just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved
-forward to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new
-commits being created.
+However, if the current branch is an ancestor of the other--so every commit
+present in the current branch is already contained in the other branch--then Git
+just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved forward
+to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new commits being
+created.
[[fixing-mistakes]]
Fixing mistakes
[[fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history]]
Fixing a mistake by rewriting history
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If the problematic commit is the most recent commit, and you have not
yet made that commit public, then you may just
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The gitweb cgi script provides users an easy way to browse your
-project's files and history without having to install Git; see the file
-gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree for instructions on setting it up.
+project's revisions, file contents and logs without having to install
+Git. Features like RSS/Atom feeds and blame/annotation details may
+optionally be enabled.
+
+The linkgit:git-instaweb[1] command provides a simple way to start
+browsing the repository using gitweb. The default server when using
+instaweb is lighttpd.
+
+See the file gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree and
+linkgit:gitweb[1] for instructions on details setting up a permament
+installation with a CGI or Perl capable server.
+
+[[how-to-get-a-git-repository-with-minimal-history]]
+How to get a Git repository with minimal history
+------------------------------------------------
+
+A <<def_shallow_clone,shallow clone>>, with its truncated
+history, is useful when one is interested only in recent history
+of a project and getting full history from the upstream is
+expensive.
+
+A <<def_shallow_clone,shallow clone>> is created by specifying
+the linkgit:git-clone[1] `--depth` switch. The depth can later be
+changed with the linkgit:git-fetch[1] `--depth` switch, or full
+history restored with `--unshallow`.
+
+Merging inside a <<def_shallow_clone,shallow clone>> will work as long
+as a merge base is in the recent history.
+Otherwise, it will be like merging unrelated histories and may
+have to result in huge conflicts. This limitation may make such
+a repository unsuitable to be used in merge based workflows.
[[sharing-development-examples]]
Examples
[[the-index]]
The index
------------
+---------
The index is a binary file (generally kept in `.git/index`) containing a
sorted list of path names, each with permissions and the SHA-1 of a blob
controls how and what revisions are walked, and more.
The original job of `git rev-parse` is now taken by the function
-`setup_revisions()`, which parses the revisions and the common command line
+`setup_revisions()`, which parses the revisions and the common command-line
options for the revision walker. This information is stored in the struct
-`rev_info` for later consumption. You can do your own command line option
+`rev_info` for later consumption. You can do your own command-line option
parsing after calling `setup_revisions()`. After that, you have to call
`prepare_revision_walk()` for initialization, and then you can get the
commits one by one with the function `get_revision()`.
Include cross-references to the glossary, where appropriate.
-Document shallow clones? See draft 1.5.0 release notes for some
-documentation.
-
Add a section on working with other version control systems, including
CVS, Subversion, and just imports of series of release tarballs.
-More details on gitweb?
-
Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
Alternates, clone -reference, etc.