git checkout -b new_branch_name
-HEAD is now at 427abfa... Linux v2.6.17
+HEAD is now at 427abfa Linux v2.6.17
------------------------------------------------
The HEAD then refers to the SHA-1 of the commit instead of to a branch,
If you run `git branch` at this point, you'll see that Git has
temporarily moved you in "(no branch)". HEAD is now detached from any
-branch and points directly to a commit (with commit id 65934...) that
+branch and points directly to a commit (with commit id 65934) that
is reachable from "master" but not from v2.6.18. Compile and test it,
and see whether it crashes. Assume it does crash. Then:
id, and check it out with:
-------------------------------------------------
-$ git reset --hard fb47ddb2db...
+$ git reset --hard fb47ddb2db
-------------------------------------------------
then test, run `bisect good` or `bisect bad` as appropriate, and
continue.
Instead of `git bisect visualize` and then `git reset --hard
-fb47ddb2db...`, you might just want to tell Git that you want to skip
+fb47ddb2db`, you might just want to tell Git that you want to skip
the current commit:
-------------------------------------------------
work-in-progress changes.
------------------------------------------------
-$ git stash save "work in progress for foo feature"
+$ git stash push -m "work in progress for foo feature"
------------------------------------------------
This command will save your changes away to the `stash`, and
remote branch, then it will fail with an error like:
-------------------------------------------------
-error: remote 'refs/heads/master' is not an ancestor of
- local 'refs/heads/master'.
- Maybe you are not up-to-date and need to pull first?
-error: failed to push to 'ssh://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git'
+ ! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast-forward)
+error: failed to push some refs to '...'
+hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind
+hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g.
+hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
+hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
-------------------------------------------------
This can happen, for example, if you:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 permanent
+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
Linus's tree will be stored in the remote-tracking branch named origin/master,
and can be updated using linkgit:git-fetch[1]; you can track other
public trees using linkgit:git-remote[1] to set up a "remote" and
-linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up-to-date; see
+linkgit:git-fetch[1] to keep them up to date; see
<<repositories-and-branches>>.
Now create the branches in which you are going to work; these start out
Author:
Date:
...
-:100644 100644 4b9458b... newsha... M somedirectory/myfile
+:100644 100644 4b9458b newsha M somedirectory/myfile
commit xyz
Date:
...
-:100644 100644 oldsha... 4b9458b... M somedirectory/myfile
+:100644 100644 oldsha 4b9458b M somedirectory/myfile
------------------------------------------------
This tells you that the immediately following version of the file was
$ git log --raw --all
------------------------------------------------
-and just looked for the sha of the missing object (4b9458b..) in that
+and just looked for the sha of the missing object (4b9458b) in that
whole thing. It's up to you--Git does *have* a lot of information, it is
just missing one particular blob version.
the blob objects from these three stages yourself, like this:
------------------------------------------------
-$ git cat-file blob 263414f... >hello.c~1
-$ git cat-file blob 06fa6a2... >hello.c~2
-$ git cat-file blob cc44c73... >hello.c~3
+$ git cat-file blob 263414f >hello.c~1
+$ git cat-file blob 06fa6a2 >hello.c~2
+$ git cat-file blob cc44c73 >hello.c~3
$ git merge-file hello.c~2 hello.c~1 hello.c~3
------------------------------------------------
------------------------
In the pager (`less`), just search for "bundle", go a few lines back,
-and see that it is in commit 18449ab0... Now just copy this object name,
+and see that it is in commit 18449ab0. Now just copy this object name,
and paste it into the command line
-------------------
Git Glossary
============
+[[git-explained]]
+Git explained
+-------------
+
include::glossary-content.txt[]
[[git-quick-start]]
Appendix B: Notes and todo list for this manual
===============================================
+[[todo-list]]
+Todo list
+---------
+
This is a work in progress.
The basic requirements:
Scan man pages to see if any assume more background than this manual
provides.
-Simplify beginning by suggesting disconnected head instead of
-temporary branch creation?
-
Add more good examples. Entire sections of just cookbook examples
might be a good idea; maybe make an "advanced examples" section a
standard end-of-chapter section?
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.