gitweb.git
doc: fix length of underlined section-titleJeff King Wed, 13 May 2015 04:58:29 +0000 (00:58 -0400)

doc: fix length of underlined section-title

In AsciiDoc, it is OK to say:

this is my title
-------------------------

but AsciiDoctor is more strict. Let's match the underline to
the title (which also makes the source prettier to read).
The output from AsciiDoc is the same either way.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

doc: fix hanging "+"-continuationJeff King Wed, 13 May 2015 04:58:16 +0000 (00:58 -0400)

doc: fix hanging "+"-continuation

In list content that wants to continue to a second
paragraph, the "+" continuation and subsequent paragraph
need to be left-aligned. Otherwise AsciiDoc seems to insert
only a linebreak.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

doc: fix unquoted use of "{type}"Jeff King Wed, 13 May 2015 04:58:06 +0000 (00:58 -0400)

doc: fix unquoted use of "{type}"

Curly braces open an "attribute" in AsciiDoc; if there's no
such attribute, strange things may happen. In this case, the
unquoted "{type}" causes AsciiDoc to omit an entire line of
text from the output. We can fix it by putting the whole
phrase inside literal backticks (which also lets us get rid
of ugly backslash escaping).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

doc: fix misrendering due to `single quote'Jeff King Wed, 13 May 2015 04:57:54 +0000 (00:57 -0400)

doc: fix misrendering due to `single quote'

AsciiDoc misparses some text that contains a `literal`
word followed by a fancy `single quote' word, and treats
everything from the start of the literal to the end of the
quote as a single-quoted phrase.

We can work around this by switching the latter to be a
literal, as well. In the first case, this is perhaps what
was intended anyway, as it makes us consistent with the the
earlier literals in the same paragraph. In the second, the
output is arguably better, as we will format our commit
references as <code> blocks.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

doc: fix unmatched code fences in git-stripspaceJeff King Wed, 13 May 2015 02:15:56 +0000 (22:15 -0400)

doc: fix unmatched code fences in git-stripspace

The asciidoctor renderer is more picky than classic asciidoc,
and insists that the start and end of a code fence be the
same size.

Found with this hacky perl script:

foreach my $fn (@ARGV) {
open(my $fh, '<', $fn);
my ($fence, $fence_lineno, $prev);
while (<$fh>) {
chomp;
if (/^----+$/) {
if ($fence_lineno) {
if ($_ ne $fence) {
print "$fn:$fence_lineno:mismatched fence: ",
length($fence), " != ", length($_), "\n";
}
$fence_lineno = undef;
}
# hacky check to avoid title-underlining
elsif ($prev eq '' || $prev eq '+') {
$fence = $_;
$fence_lineno = $.;
}
}
$prev = $_;
}
}

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'mh/write-refs-sooner-2.3' into mh/write... Junio C Hamano Wed, 13 May 2015 04:28:54 +0000 (21:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'mh/write-refs-sooner-2.3' into mh/write-refs-sooner-2.4

* mh/write-refs-sooner-2.3:
ref_transaction_commit(): fix atomicity and avoid fd exhaustion
ref_transaction_commit(): remove the local flags variable
ref_transaction_commit(): inline call to write_ref_sha1()
rename_ref(): inline calls to write_ref_sha1() from this function
commit_ref_update(): new function, extracted from write_ref_sha1()
write_ref_to_lockfile(): new function, extracted from write_ref_sha1()
t7004: rename ULIMIT test prerequisite to ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE
update-ref: test handling large transactions properly

ref_transaction_commit(): fix atomicity and avoid fd... Michael Haggerty Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:35:49 +0000 (13:35 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): fix atomicity and avoid fd exhaustion

The old code was roughly

for update in updates:
acquire locks and check old_sha
for update in updates:
if changing value:
write_ref_to_lockfile()
commit_ref_update()
for update in updates:
if deleting value:
unlink()
rewrite packed-refs file
for update in updates:
if reference still locked:
unlock_ref()

This has two problems.

Non-atomic updates
==================

The atomicity of the reference transaction depends on all pre-checks
being done in the first loop, before any changes have started being
committed in the second loop. The problem is that
write_ref_to_lockfile() (previously part of write_ref_sha1()), which
is called from the second loop, contains two more checks:

* It verifies that new_sha1 is a valid object

* If the reference being updated is a branch, it verifies that
new_sha1 points at a commit object (as opposed to a tag, tree, or
blob).

If either of these checks fails, the "transaction" is aborted during
the second loop. But this might happen after some reference updates
have already been permanently committed. In other words, the
all-or-nothing promise of "git update-ref --stdin" could be violated.

So these checks have to be moved to the first loop.

File descriptor exhaustion
==========================

The old code locked all of the references in the first loop, leaving
all of the lockfiles open until later loops. Since we might be
updating a lot of references, this could result in file descriptor
exhaustion.

The solution
============

After this patch, the code looks like

for update in updates:
acquire locks and check old_sha
if changing value:
write_ref_to_lockfile()
else:
close_ref()
for update in updates:
if changing value:
commit_ref_update()
for update in updates:
if deleting value:
unlink()
rewrite packed-refs file
for update in updates:
if reference still locked:
unlock_ref()

This fixes both problems:

1. The pre-checks in write_ref_to_lockfile() are now done in the first
loop, before any changes have been committed. If any of the checks
fails, the whole transaction can now be rolled back correctly.

2. All lockfiles are closed in the first loop immediately after they
are created (either by write_ref_to_lockfile() or by close_ref()).
This means that there is never more than one open lockfile at a
time, preventing file descriptor exhaustion.

To simplify the bookkeeping across loops, add a new REF_NEEDS_COMMIT
bit to update->flags, which keeps track of whether the corresponding
lockfile needs to be committed, as opposed to just unlocked. (Since
"struct ref_update" is internal to the refs module, this change is not
visible to external callers.)

This change fixes two tests in t1400.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

ref_transaction_commit(): remove the local flags variableMichael Haggerty Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:35:48 +0000 (13:35 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): remove the local flags variable

Instead, work directly with update->flags. This has the advantage that
the REF_DELETING bit, set in the first loop, can be read in the second
loop instead of having to be recomputed. Plus, it was potentially
confusing having both update->flags and flags, which sometimes had
different values.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

ref_transaction_commit(): inline call to write_ref_sha1()Michael Haggerty Sat, 9 May 2015 15:29:20 +0000 (17:29 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): inline call to write_ref_sha1()

That was the last caller, so delete function write_ref_sha1().

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

rename_ref(): inline calls to write_ref_sha1() from... Michael Haggerty Sat, 9 May 2015 15:20:39 +0000 (17:20 +0200)

rename_ref(): inline calls to write_ref_sha1() from this function

Most of what it does is unneeded from these call sites.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

commit_ref_update(): new function, extracted from write... Michael Haggerty Sat, 9 May 2015 15:18:36 +0000 (17:18 +0200)

commit_ref_update(): new function, extracted from write_ref_sha1()

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

write_ref_to_lockfile(): new function, extracted from... Michael Haggerty Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:35:45 +0000 (13:35 +0200)

write_ref_to_lockfile(): new function, extracted from write_ref_sha1()

This is the first step towards separating the checking and writing of
the new reference value to committing the change.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t7004: rename ULIMIT test prerequisite to ULIMIT_STACK_SIZEStefan Beller Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:25:07 +0000 (15:25 -0700)

t7004: rename ULIMIT test prerequisite to ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE

During creation of the patch series our discussion we could have a
more descriptive name for the prerequisite for the test so it stays
unique when other limits of ulimit are introduced.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

update-ref: test handling large transactions properlyStefan Beller Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:25:06 +0000 (15:25 -0700)

update-ref: test handling large transactions properly

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'mh/write-refs-sooner-2.2' into mh/write... Junio C Hamano Wed, 13 May 2015 04:26:09 +0000 (21:26 -0700)

Merge branch 'mh/write-refs-sooner-2.2' into mh/write-refs-sooner-2.3

* mh/write-refs-sooner-2.2:
ref_transaction_commit(): fix atomicity and avoid fd exhaustion
ref_transaction_commit(): remove the local flags variable
ref_transaction_commit(): inline call to write_ref_sha1()
rename_ref(): inline calls to write_ref_sha1() from this function
commit_ref_update(): new function, extracted from write_ref_sha1()
write_ref_to_lockfile(): new function, extracted from write_ref_sha1()
t7004: rename ULIMIT test prerequisite to ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE
update-ref: test handling large transactions properly

ref_transaction_commit(): fix atomicity and avoid fd... Michael Haggerty Sun, 10 May 2015 02:45:37 +0000 (04:45 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): fix atomicity and avoid fd exhaustion

The old code was roughly

for update in updates:
acquire locks and check old_sha
for update in updates:
if changing value:
write_ref_to_lockfile()
commit_ref_update()
for update in updates:
if deleting value:
unlink()
rewrite packed-refs file
for update in updates:
if reference still locked:
unlock_ref()

This has two problems.

Non-atomic updates
==================

The atomicity of the reference transaction depends on all pre-checks
being done in the first loop, before any changes have started being
committed in the second loop. The problem is that
write_ref_to_lockfile() (previously part of write_ref_sha1()), which
is called from the second loop, contains two more checks:

* It verifies that new_sha1 is a valid object

* If the reference being updated is a branch, it verifies that
new_sha1 points at a commit object (as opposed to a tag, tree, or
blob).

If either of these checks fails, the "transaction" is aborted during
the second loop. But this might happen after some reference updates
have already been permanently committed. In other words, the
all-or-nothing promise of "git update-ref --stdin" could be violated.

So these checks have to be moved to the first loop.

File descriptor exhaustion
==========================

The old code locked all of the references in the first loop, leaving
all of the lockfiles open until later loops. Since we might be
updating a lot of references, this could result in file descriptor
exhaustion.

The solution
============

After this patch, the code looks like

for update in updates:
acquire locks and check old_sha
if changing value:
write_ref_to_lockfile()
else:
close_ref()
for update in updates:
if changing value:
commit_ref_update()
for update in updates:
if deleting value:
unlink()
rewrite packed-refs file
for update in updates:
if reference still locked:
unlock_ref()

This fixes both problems:

1. The pre-checks in write_ref_to_lockfile() are now done in the first
loop, before any changes have been committed. If any of the checks
fails, the whole transaction can now be rolled back correctly.

2. All lockfiles are closed in the first loop immediately after they
are created (either by write_ref_to_lockfile() or by close_ref()).
This means that there is never more than one open lockfile at a
time, preventing file descriptor exhaustion.

To simplify the bookkeeping across loops, add a new REF_NEEDS_COMMIT
bit to update->flags, which keeps track of whether the corresponding
lockfile needs to be committed, as opposed to just unlocked. (Since
"struct ref_update" is internal to the refs module, this change is not
visible to external callers.)

This change fixes two tests in t1400.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

ref_transaction_commit(): remove the local flags variableMichael Haggerty Sun, 10 May 2015 02:45:36 +0000 (04:45 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): remove the local flags variable

Instead, work directly with update->flags. This has the advantage that
the REF_DELETING bit, set in the first loop, can be read in the second
loop instead of having to be recomputed. Plus, it was potentially
confusing having both update->flags and flags, which sometimes had
different values.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

ref_transaction_commit(): inline call to write_ref_sha1()Michael Haggerty Sun, 10 May 2015 02:45:35 +0000 (04:45 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): inline call to write_ref_sha1()

And remove the function write_ref_sha1(), as it is no longer used.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

rename_ref(): inline calls to write_ref_sha1() from... Michael Haggerty Sun, 10 May 2015 02:45:34 +0000 (04:45 +0200)

rename_ref(): inline calls to write_ref_sha1() from this function

Most of what it does is unneeded from these call sites.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

commit_ref_update(): new function, extracted from write... Michael Haggerty Sun, 10 May 2015 02:45:33 +0000 (04:45 +0200)

commit_ref_update(): new function, extracted from write_ref_sha1()

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

write_ref_to_lockfile(): new function, extracted from... Michael Haggerty Sun, 10 May 2015 02:45:32 +0000 (04:45 +0200)

write_ref_to_lockfile(): new function, extracted from write_ref_sha1()

This is the first step towards separating the checking and writing of
the new reference value to committing the change.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t7004: rename ULIMIT test prerequisite to ULIMIT_STACK_SIZEStefan Beller Sun, 10 May 2015 02:45:31 +0000 (04:45 +0200)

t7004: rename ULIMIT test prerequisite to ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE

During creation of the patch series, our discussion revealed that
we could have a more descriptive name for the prerequisite for the
test so it stays unique when other limits of ulimit are introduced.

Let's rename the existing ulimit about setting the stack size to
a more explicit ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

add: check return value of launch_editorJeff King Wed, 13 May 2015 01:21:58 +0000 (21:21 -0400)

add: check return value of launch_editor

When running "add -e", if launching the editor fails, we do
not notice and continue as if the output is what the user
asked for. The likely case is that the editor did not touch
the contents at all, and we end up adding everything.

Reported-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

doc: fix unmatched code fencesJean-Noel Avila Tue, 12 May 2015 17:23:20 +0000 (19:23 +0200)

doc: fix unmatched code fences

This mismatch upsets the renderer on git-scm.com.

Signed-off-by: Jean-Noel Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Sync with 2.3.8Junio C Hamano Mon, 11 May 2015 21:39:28 +0000 (14:39 -0700)

Sync with 2.3.8

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Git 2.3.8 v2.3.8Junio C Hamano Mon, 11 May 2015 21:36:31 +0000 (14:36 -0700)

Git 2.3.8

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'mm/usage-log-l-can-take-regex' into maint-2.3Junio C Hamano Mon, 11 May 2015 21:34:01 +0000 (14:34 -0700)

Merge branch 'mm/usage-log-l-can-take-regex' into maint-2.3

Documentation fix.

* mm/usage-log-l-can-take-regex:
log -L: improve error message on malformed argument
Documentation: change -L:<regex> to -L:<funcname>

Merge branch 'jc/diff-no-index-d-f' into maint-2.3Junio C Hamano Mon, 11 May 2015 21:34:00 +0000 (14:34 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/diff-no-index-d-f' into maint-2.3

The usual "git diff" when seeing a file turning into a directory
showed a patchset to remove the file and create all files in the
directory, but "git diff --no-index" simply refused to work. Also,
when asked to compare a file and a directory, imitate POSIX "diff"
and compare the file with the file with the same name in the
directory, instead of refusing to run.

* jc/diff-no-index-d-f:
diff-no-index: align D/F handling with that of normal Git
diff-no-index: DWIM "diff D F" into "diff D/F F"

Merge branch 'oh/fix-config-default-user-name-section... Junio C Hamano Mon, 11 May 2015 21:33:59 +0000 (14:33 -0700)

Merge branch 'oh/fix-config-default-user-name-section' into maint-2.3

The default $HOME/.gitconfig file created upon "git config --global"
that edits it had incorrectly spelled user.name and user.email
entries in it.

* oh/fix-config-default-user-name-section:
config: fix settings in default_user_config template

Merge branch 'jc/epochtime-wo-tz' into maint-2.3Junio C Hamano Mon, 11 May 2015 21:33:58 +0000 (14:33 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/epochtime-wo-tz' into maint-2.3

"git commit --date=now" or anything that relies on approxidate lost
the daylight-saving-time offset.

* jc/epochtime-wo-tz:
parse_date_basic(): let the system handle DST conversion
parse_date_basic(): return early when given a bogus timestamp

reflog_expire(): integrate lock_ref_sha1_basic() errors... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:20 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

reflog_expire(): integrate lock_ref_sha1_basic() errors into ours

Now that lock_ref_sha1_basic() gives us back its error messages via a
strbuf, incorporate its error message into our error message rather
than emitting two separate error messages.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

ref_transaction_commit(): delete extra "the" from error... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:19 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): delete extra "the" from error message

While we are in the area, let's remove a superfluous definite article
from the error message that is emitted when the reference cannot be
locked. This improves how it reads and makes it a bit shorter.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

ref_transaction_commit(): provide better error messagesMichael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:18 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): provide better error messages

Now that lock_ref_sha1_basic() gives us back its error messages via a
strbuf, incorporate its error message into our error message rather
than emitting one error messages to stderr immediately and returning a
second to our caller.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

rename_ref(): integrate lock_ref_sha1_basic() errors... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:17 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

rename_ref(): integrate lock_ref_sha1_basic() errors into ours

Now that lock_ref_sha1_basic() gives us back its error messages via a
strbuf, incorporate its error message into our error message rather
than emitting two separate error messages.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

lock_ref_sha1_basic(): improve diagnostics for ref... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:16 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

lock_ref_sha1_basic(): improve diagnostics for ref D/F conflicts

If there is a failure to lock a reference that is likely caused by a
D/F conflict (e.g., trying to lock "refs/foo/bar" when reference
"refs/foo" already exists), invoke verify_refname_available() to try
to generate a more helpful error message.

That function might not detect an error. For example, some
non-reference file might be blocking the deletion of an
otherwise-empty directory tree, or there might be a race with another
process that just deleted the offending reference. In such cases,
generate the strerror-based error message like before.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

lock_ref_sha1_basic(): report errors via a "struct... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:15 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

lock_ref_sha1_basic(): report errors via a "struct strbuf *err"

For now, change the callers to spew the error to stderr like before.
But soon we will change them to incorporate the reason for the failure
into their own error messages.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

verify_refname_available(): report errors via a "struct... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:14 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

verify_refname_available(): report errors via a "struct strbuf *err"

It shouldn't be spewing errors directly to stderr.

For now, change its callers to spew the errors to stderr.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

verify_refname_available(): rename functionMichael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:13 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

verify_refname_available(): rename function

Rename is_refname_available() to verify_refname_available() and change
its return value from 1 for success to 0 for success, to be consistent
with our error-handling convention. In a moment it will also get a
"struct strbuf *err" parameter.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

refs: check for D/F conflicts among refs created in... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:12 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

refs: check for D/F conflicts among refs created in a transaction

If two references that D/F conflict (e.g., "refs/foo" and
"refs/foo/bar") are created in a single transaction, the old code
discovered the problem only after the "commit" phase of
ref_transaction_commit() had already begun. This could leave some
references updated and others not, which violates the promise of
atomicity.

Instead, check for such conflicts during the "locking" phase:

* Teach is_refname_available() to take an "extras" parameter that can
contain extra reference names with which the specified refname must
not conflict.

* Change lock_ref_sha1_basic() to take an "extras" parameter, which it
passes through to is_refname_available().

* Change ref_transaction_commit() to pass "affected_refnames" to
lock_ref_sha1_basic() as its "extras" argument.

This change fixes a test case in t1404.

This code is a bit stricter than it needs to be. We could conceivably
allow reference "refs/foo/bar" to be created in the same transaction
as "refs/foo" is deleted (or vice versa). But that would be
complicated to implement, because it is not possible to lock
"refs/foo/bar" while "refs/foo" exists as a loose reference, but on
the other hand we don't want to delete some references before adding
others (because that could leave a gap during which required objects
are unreachable). There is also a complication that reflog files'
paths can conflict.

Any less-strict implementation would probably require tricks like the
packing of all references before the start of the real transaction, or
the use of temporary intermediate reference names.

So for now let's accept too-strict checks. Some reference update
transactions will be rejected unnecessarily, but they will be rejected
in their entirety rather than leaving the repository in an
intermediate state, as would happen now.

Please note that there is still one kind of D/F conflict that is *not*
handled correctly. If two processes are running at the same time, and
one tries to create "refs/foo" at the same time that the other tries
to create "refs/foo/bar", then they can race with each other. Both
processes can obtain their respective locks ("refs/foo.lock" and
"refs/foo/bar.lock"), proceed to the "commit" phase of
ref_transaction_commit(), and then the slower process will discover
that it cannot rename its lockfile into place (after possibly having
committed changes to other references). There appears to be no way to
fix this race without changing the locking policy, which in turn would
require a change to *all* Git clients.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

ref_transaction_commit(): use a string_list for detecti... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:11 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

ref_transaction_commit(): use a string_list for detecting duplicates

Detect duplicates by storing the reference names in a string_list and
sorting that, instead of sorting the ref_updates directly.

* In a moment the string_list will be used for another purpose, too.

* This removes the need for the custom comparison function
ref_update_compare().

* This means that we can carry out the updates in the order that the
user specified them instead of reordering them. This might be handy
someday if, we want to permit multiple updates to a single reference
as long as they are compatible with each other.

Note: we can't use string_list_remove_duplicates() to check for
duplicates, because we need to know the name of the reference that
appeared multiple times, to be used in the error message.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

is_refname_available(): use dirname in first loopMichael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:10 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

is_refname_available(): use dirname in first loop

In the first loop (over prefixes of refname), use dirname to keep
track of the current prefix. This is not an improvement in itself, but
in a moment we will start using dirname for a role where a
NUL-terminated string is needed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

struct nonmatching_ref_data: store a refname instead... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:09 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

struct nonmatching_ref_data: store a refname instead of a ref_entry

Now that we don't need a ref_entry to pass to
report_refname_conflict(), it is sufficient to store the refname of
the conflicting reference.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

report_refname_conflict(): inline functionMichael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:08 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

report_refname_conflict(): inline function

It wasn't pulling its weight. And we are about to need code similar to
this where no ref_entry is available and with more diverse error
messages. Rather than try to generalize the function, just inline it.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

entry_matches(): inline functionMichael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:07 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

entry_matches(): inline function

It wasn't pulling its weight. And in a moment we will need similar
tests that take a refname rather than a ref_entry as parameter, which
would have made entry_matches() even less useful.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

is_refname_available(): convert local variable "dirname... Michael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:06 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

is_refname_available(): convert local variable "dirname" to strbuf

This change wouldn't be worth it by itself, but in a moment we will
use the strbuf for more string juggling.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

is_refname_available(): avoid shadowing "dir" variableMichael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:05 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

is_refname_available(): avoid shadowing "dir" variable

The function had a "dir" parameter that was shadowed by a local "dir"
variable within a code block. Use the former in place of the latter.
(This is consistent with "dir"'s use elsewhere in the function.)

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

is_refname_available(): revamp the commentsMichael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:04 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

is_refname_available(): revamp the comments

Change the comments to a running example of running the function with
refname set to "refs/foo/bar". Add some more explanation of the logic.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

t1404: new tests of ref D/F conflicts within transactionsMichael Haggerty Mon, 11 May 2015 15:25:03 +0000 (17:25 +0200)

t1404: new tests of ref D/F conflicts within transactions

Add some tests of reference D/F conflicts (by which I mean the fact
that references like "refs/foo" and "refs/foo/bar" are not allowed to
coexist) in the context of reference transactions.

The test of creating two conflicting references in the same
transaction fails, leaving the transaction half-completed. This will
be fixed later in this patch series.

Please note that the error messages emitted in the case of conflicts
are not very user-friendly. In particular, when the conflicts involve
loose references, then the errors are reported as

error: there are still refs under 'refs/foo'
fatal: Cannot lock the ref 'refs/foo'.

or

error: unable to resolve reference refs/foo/bar: Not a directory
fatal: Cannot lock the ref 'refs/foo/bar'.

This is because lock_ref_sha1_basic() fails while trying to lock the
new reference, before it even gets to the is_refname_available()
check. This situation will also be improved later in this patch
series.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

update-ref: test handling large transactions properlyStefan Beller Sun, 10 May 2015 02:45:30 +0000 (04:45 +0200)

update-ref: test handling large transactions properly

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

bundle: verify arguments more strictlyPatrick Steinhardt Fri, 8 May 2015 08:02:00 +0000 (10:02 +0200)

bundle: verify arguments more strictly

The `verify` and `create` subcommands of the bundle builtin do
not properly verify the command line arguments that have been
passed in. While the `verify` subcommand accepts an arbitrary
amount of ignored arguments the `create` subcommand does not
complain about being passed too few arguments, resulting in a
bogus call to `git rev-list`. Fix these errors by verifying that
the correct amount of arguments has been passed in.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

tests: skip dav http-push tests under NO_EXPAT=NoThanksJunio C Hamano Thu, 7 May 2015 16:06:14 +0000 (09:06 -0700)

tests: skip dav http-push tests under NO_EXPAT=NoThanks

When built with NO_EXPAT=NoThanks, we will not have a working http-push
over webdav.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t/lib-httpd.sh: skip tests if NO_CURL is definedJeff King Wed, 6 May 2015 17:42:29 +0000 (13:42 -0400)

t/lib-httpd.sh: skip tests if NO_CURL is defined

If we built git without curl, we can't actually test against
an http server. In fact, all of the test scripts which
include lib-httpd.sh already perform this check, with one
exception: t5540. For those scripts, this is a noop, and for
t5540, this is a bugfix (it used to fail when built with
NO_CURL, though it could go unnoticed if you had a stale
git-remote-https in your build directory).

Noticed-by: Junio C Hamano <junio@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

branch: do not call a "remote-tracking branch" a "remot... Danny Lin Wed, 6 May 2015 19:01:55 +0000 (03:01 +0800)

branch: do not call a "remote-tracking branch" a "remote branch"

"git branch -r -d" mentions "delete remote branch", which should be
"remote-tracking branch".

Signed-off-by: Danny Lin <danny0838@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

path.c: remove home_config_paths()Paul Tan Wed, 6 May 2015 08:01:04 +0000 (16:01 +0800)

path.c: remove home_config_paths()

home_config_paths() combines distinct functionality already implemented
by expand_user_path() and xdg_config_home(), and it also hard-codes the
path ~/.gitconfig, which makes it unsuitable to use for other home
config file paths. Since its use will just add unnecessary complexity to
the code, remove it.

Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-config: replace use of home_config_paths()Paul Tan Wed, 6 May 2015 08:01:03 +0000 (16:01 +0800)

git-config: replace use of home_config_paths()

Since home_config_paths() combines distinct functionality already
implemented by expand_user_path() and xdg_config_home(), and hides the
home config file path ~/.gitconfig. Make the code more explicit by
replacing the use of home_config_paths() with expand_user_path() and
xdg_config_home().

Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-commit: replace use of home_config_paths()Paul Tan Wed, 6 May 2015 08:01:02 +0000 (16:01 +0800)

git-commit: replace use of home_config_paths()

Since home_config_paths() combines two distinct functionality already
implemented by expand_user_path() and xdg_config_home(), and hides the
home config file path ~/.gitconfig. Make the code more explicit by
replacing the use of home_config_paths() with expand_user_path() and
xdg_config_home().

Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

credential-store.c: replace home_config_paths() with... Paul Tan Wed, 6 May 2015 08:01:01 +0000 (16:01 +0800)

credential-store.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()

Since only the xdg credentials file path is required, and
home_config_paths() is unable to construct the path ~/.git-credentials,
simplify the code by replacing home_config_paths() with
xdg_config_home().

Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

dir.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()Paul Tan Wed, 6 May 2015 08:01:00 +0000 (16:01 +0800)

dir.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()

Since only the xdg excludes file path is required, simplify the code by
replacing use of home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home().

Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

attr.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()Paul Tan Wed, 6 May 2015 08:00:59 +0000 (16:00 +0800)

attr.c: replace home_config_paths() with xdg_config_home()

Since only the xdg attributes file path is required, simplify the code
by using xdg_config_home() instead of home_config_paths().

Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

path.c: implement xdg_config_home()Paul Tan Tue, 21 Apr 2015 04:06:27 +0000 (12:06 +0800)

path.c: implement xdg_config_home()

The XDG base dir spec[1] specifies that configuration files be stored in
a subdirectory in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME. To construct such a configuration
file path, home_config_paths() can be used. However, home_config_paths()
combines distinct functionality:

1. Retrieve the home git config file path ~/.gitconfig

2. Construct the XDG config path of the file specified by `file`.

This function was introduced in commit 21cf3227 ("read (but not write)
from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file"). While the intention of the
function was to allow the home directory configuration file path and the
xdg directory configuration file path to be retrieved with one function
call, the hard-coding of the path ~/.gitconfig prevents it from being
used for other configuration files. Furthermore, retrieving a file path
relative to the user's home directory can be done with
expand_user_path(). Hence, it can be seen that home_config_paths()
introduces unnecessary complexity, especially if a user just wants to
retrieve the xdg config file path.

As such, implement a simpler function xdg_config_home() for constructing
the XDG base dir spec configuration file path. This function, together
with expand_user_path(), can replace all uses of home_config_paths().

[1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.7.html

Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-compat-util.h: implement a different ARRAY_SIZE... Elia Pinto Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:44:14 +0000 (14:44 +0200)

git-compat-util.h: implement a different ARRAY_SIZE macro for for safely deriving the size of array

To get number of elements in an array git use the ARRAY_SIZE macro
defined as:

#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof((x)[0]))

The problem with it is a possibility of mistakenly passing to it a
pointer instead an array. The ARRAY_SIZE macro as conventionally
defined does not provide good type-safety and the open-coded
approach is more fragile, more verbose and provides no improvement in
type-safety.

Use instead a different but compatible ARRAY_SIZE() macro,
which will also break compile if you try to
use it on a pointer. This implemention revert to the original code
if the compiler doesn't know the typeof and __builtin_types_compatible_p
GCC extensions.

This can ensure our code is robust to changes, without
needing a gratuitous macro or constant. A similar
ARRAY_SIZE implementation also exists in the linux kernel.

Credits to Rusty Russell and his ccan library.

Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

daemon: unbreak NO_IPV6 build regressionJunio C Hamano Tue, 5 May 2015 18:03:24 +0000 (11:03 -0700)

daemon: unbreak NO_IPV6 build regression

When 01cec54e (daemon: deglobalize hostname information, 2015-03-07)
wrapped the global variables such as hostname inside a struct, it
forgot to convert one location that spelled "hostname" that needs to
be updated to "hi->hostname".

This was inside NO_IPV6 block, and was not caught by anybody.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

write_sha1_file(): do not use a separate sha1[] arrayJunio C Hamano Mon, 4 May 2015 18:08:10 +0000 (11:08 -0700)

write_sha1_file(): do not use a separate sha1[] array

In the beginning, write_sha1_file() did not have a way to tell the
caller the name of the object it wrote to the caller. This was
changed in d6d3f9d0 (This implements the new "recursive tree"
write-tree., 2005-04-09) by adding the "returnsha1" parameter to the
function so that the callers who are interested in the value can
optionally pass a pointer to receive it.

It turns out that all callers do want to know the name of the object
it just has written. Nobody passes a NULL to this parameter, hence
it is not necessary to use a separate sha1[] array to receive the
result from write_sha1_file_prepare(), and copy the result to the
returnsha1 supplied by the caller.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t1007: add hash-object --literally testsEric Sunshine Mon, 4 May 2015 07:25:14 +0000 (03:25 -0400)

t1007: add hash-object --literally tests

git-hash-object learned a --literally option in 5ba9a93
(hash-object: add --literally option, 2014-09-11). Check that
--literally allows object creation with a bogus type, with two
type strings whose length is reasonably short and very long.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

hash-object --literally: fix buffer overrun with extra... Eric Sunshine Mon, 4 May 2015 07:25:15 +0000 (03:25 -0400)

hash-object --literally: fix buffer overrun with extra-long object type

"hash-object" learned in 5ba9a93 (hash-object: add --literally
option, 2014-09-11) to allow crafting a corrupt/broken object of
unknown type.

When the user-provided type is particularly long, however, it can
overflow the relatively small stack-based character array handed to
write_sha1_file_prepare() by hash_sha1_file() and write_sha1_file(),
leading to stack corruption (and crash). Introduce a custom helper
to allow arbitrarily long typenames just for "hash-object --literally".

[jc: Eric's original used a strbuf in the more common codepaths, and
I rewrote it to avoid penalizing the non-literally code. Bugs are mine]

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-hash-object.txt: document --literally optionEric Sunshine Mon, 4 May 2015 07:25:13 +0000 (03:25 -0400)

git-hash-object.txt: document --literally option

Document the git-hash-object --literally option added by 5ba9a93
(hash-object: add --literally option, 2014-09-11).

While here, also correct a minor typesetting oversight.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

blame, log: format usage strings similarly to those... Alex Henrie Thu, 2 Apr 2015 21:26:56 +0000 (15:26 -0600)

blame, log: format usage strings similarly to those in documentation

Earlier, 9c9b4f2f (standardize usage info string format, 2015-01-13)
tried to make usage-string in line with the documentation by

- Placing angle brackets around fill-in-the-blank parameters
- Putting dashes in multiword parameter names
- Adding spaces to [-f|--foobar] to make [-f | --foobar]
- Replacing <foobar>* with [<foobar>...]

but it missed a few places.

Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

completion: fix and update 'git log --decorate=' optionsSZEDER Gábor Fri, 1 May 2015 17:21:00 +0000 (19:21 +0200)

completion: fix and update 'git log --decorate=' options

'git log --decorate=' understands the 'full', 'short' and 'no' options.
From these the completion script only offered 'short' and it offered
'long' instead of 'full'.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

blame: CRLF in the working tree and LF in the repoTorsten Bögershausen Sun, 3 May 2015 16:38:01 +0000 (18:38 +0200)

blame: CRLF in the working tree and LF in the repo

A typical setup under Windows is to set core.eol to CRLF, and text
files are marked as "text" in .gitattributes, or core.autocrlf is
set to true.

After 4d4813a5 "git blame" no longer works as expected for such a
set-up. Every line is annotated as "Not Committed Yet", even though
the working directory is clean. This is because the commit removed
the conversion in blame.c for all files, with or without CRLF in the
repo.

Having files with CRLF in the repo and core.autocrlf=input is a
temporary situation, and the files, if committed as is, will be
normalized in the repo, which _will_ be a notable change. Blaming
them with "Not Committed Yet" is the right result. Revert commit
4d4813a5 which was a misguided attempt to "solve" a non-problem.

Add two test cases in t8003 to verify the correct CRLF conversion.

Suggested-By: Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Git 2.4 v2.4.0Junio C Hamano Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:25:06 +0000 (11:25 -0700)

Git 2.4

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

filter-branch: avoid passing commit message through sedJeff King Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:48:58 +0000 (11:48 -0400)

filter-branch: avoid passing commit message through sed

On some systems (like OS X), if sed encounters input without
a trailing newline, it will silently add it. As a result,
"git filter-branch" on such systems may silently rewrite
commit messages that omit a trailing newline. Even though
this is not something we generate ourselves with "git
commit", it's better for filter-branch to preserve the
original data as closely as possible.

We're using sed here only to strip the header fields from
the commit object. We can accomplish the same thing with a
shell loop. Since shell "read" calls are slow (usually one
syscall per byte), we use "cat" once we've skipped past the
header. Depending on the size of your commit messages, this
is probably faster (you pay the cost to fork, but then read
the data in saner-sized chunks). This idea is shamelessly
stolen from Junio.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

rebase -i: redo tasks that die during cherry-pickPhil Hord Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:55:20 +0000 (18:55 -0400)

rebase -i: redo tasks that die during cherry-pick

When rebase--interactive processes a task, it removes the item from
the todo list and appends it to another list of executed tasks. If a
pick (this includes squash and fixup) fails before the index has
recorded the changes, take the corresponding item and put it on the todo
list again. Otherwise, the changes introduced by the scheduled commit
would be lost.

That kind of decision is possible since the cherry-pick command
signals why it failed to apply the changes of the given commit. Either
the changes are recorded in the index using a conflict (return value 1)
and rebase does not continue until they are resolved or the changes
are not recorded in the index (return value neither 0 nor 1) and
rebase has to try again with the same task.

Add a test cases for regression testing to the "rebase-interactive"
test suite.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Ruch <bafain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Phil Hord <hordp@cisco.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

connect: improve check for plink to reduce false positivesbrian m. carlson Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:30:12 +0000 (20:30 +0000)

connect: improve check for plink to reduce false positives

The git_connect function has code to handle plink and tortoiseplink
specially, as they require different command line arguments from
OpenSSH (-P instead of -p for ports; tortoiseplink additionally requires
-batch). However, the match was done by checking for "plink" anywhere
in the string, which led to a GIT_SSH value containing "uplink" being
treated as an invocation of putty's plink.

Improve the check by looking for "plink" or "tortoiseplink" (or those
names suffixed with ".exe") only in the final component of the path.
This has the downside that a program such as "plink-0.63" would no
longer be recognized, but the increased robustness is likely worth it.
Add tests to cover these cases to avoid regressions.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t5601: fix quotation error leading to skipped testsbrian m. carlson Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:30:11 +0000 (20:30 +0000)

t5601: fix quotation error leading to skipped tests

One of the tests in t5601 used single quotes to delimit an argument
containing spaces. However, this caused test_expect_success to be
passed three arguments instead of two, which in turn caused the test
name to be treated as a prerequisite instead of a test name. As there
was no prerequisite called "bracketed hostnames are still ssh", the test
was always skipped.

Because this test was always skipped, the fact that it passed the
arguments in the wrong order was obscured. Use double quotes inside the
test and reorder the arguments so that the test runs and properly
reflects the arguments that are passed to ssh.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

connect: simplify SSH connection code pathbrian m. carlson Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:30:10 +0000 (20:30 +0000)

connect: simplify SSH connection code path

The code path used in git_connect pushed the majority of the SSH
connection code into an else block, even though the if block returns.
Simplify the code by eliminating the else block, as it is unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'mh/multimail-renewal'Junio C Hamano Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:01:29 +0000 (13:01 -0700)

Merge branch 'mh/multimail-renewal'

* mh/multimail-renewal:
Update git-multimail to version 1.0.2

Merge branch 'mg/show-notes-doc'Junio C Hamano Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:00:20 +0000 (13:00 -0700)

Merge branch 'mg/show-notes-doc'

Documentation fix.

* mg/show-notes-doc:
rev-list-options.txt: complete sentence about notes matching

Merge branch 'nd/versioncmp-prereleases'Junio C Hamano Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:00:19 +0000 (13:00 -0700)

Merge branch 'nd/versioncmp-prereleases'

* nd/versioncmp-prereleases:
git tag: mention versionsort.prereleaseSuffix in manpage

Merge branch 'mg/status-v-v'Junio C Hamano Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:00:18 +0000 (13:00 -0700)

Merge branch 'mg/status-v-v'

* mg/status-v-v:
status: document the -v/--verbose option

rebase: silence "git checkout" for noop rebaseJeff King Tue, 28 Apr 2015 05:17:37 +0000 (01:17 -0400)

rebase: silence "git checkout" for noop rebase

When the branch to be rebased is already up to date, we
"git checkout" the branch, print an "up to date" message,
and end the rebase early. However, our checkout may print
"Switched to branch 'foo'" or "Already on 'foo'", even if
the user has asked for "--quiet".

We should avoid printing these messages at all, "--quiet" or
no. Since the rebase is a noop, this checkout can be seen as
optimizing out these other two checkout operations (that
happen in a real rebase):

1. Moving to the detached HEAD to start the rebase; we
always feed "-q" to checkout there, and instead rely on
our own custom message (which respects --quiet).

2. Finishing a rebase, where we move to the final branch.
Here we actually use update-ref rather than
git-checkout, and produce no messages.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Update git-multimail to version 1.0.2Michael Haggerty Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:17:25 +0000 (13:17 +0200)

Update git-multimail to version 1.0.2

The only changes are to the README files, most notably the list of
maintainers and the project URL.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Sync with 2.3.7Junio C Hamano Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:26:21 +0000 (12:26 -0700)

Sync with 2.3.7

Git 2.3.7 v2.3.7Junio C Hamano Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:25:36 +0000 (12:25 -0700)

Git 2.3.7

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'tb/connect-ipv6-parse-fix' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:23:53 +0000 (12:23 -0700)

Merge branch 'tb/connect-ipv6-parse-fix' into maint

An earlier update to the parser that disects a URL broke an
address, followed by a colon, followed by an empty string (instead
of the port number), e.g. ssh://example.com:/path/to/repo.

* tb/connect-ipv6-parse-fix:
connect.c: ignore extra colon after hostname

Merge branch 'ma/bash-completion-leaking-x' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:23:51 +0000 (12:23 -0700)

Merge branch 'ma/bash-completion-leaking-x' into maint

The completion script (in contrib/) contaminated global namespace
and clobbered on a shell variable $x.

* ma/bash-completion-leaking-x:
completion: fix global bash variable leak on __gitcompappend

Merge branch 'jc/push-cert' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:23:47 +0000 (12:23 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/push-cert' into maint

The "git push --signed" protocol extension did not limit what the
"nonce" that is a server-chosen string can contain or how long it
can be, which was unnecessarily lax. Limit both the length and the
alphabet to a reasonably small space that can still have enough
entropy.

* jc/push-cert:
push --signed: tighten what the receiving end can ask to sign

Documentation: clarify how "git commit" cleans up the... Fredrik Gustafsson Sat, 25 Apr 2015 05:42:45 +0000 (07:42 +0200)

Documentation: clarify how "git commit" cleans up the edited log message

The `-v` shows a unified diff in the editor to edit the commit
message to help the user to describe the change. The diff is
stripped and will not become a part of the commit message.

Add a note about this with the `-v` description and slightly modify
the description for the default `--cleanup` mode.

Signed-off-by: Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

status: document the -v/--verbose optionMichael Haggerty Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:27:46 +0000 (14:27 +0200)

status: document the -v/--verbose option

Document `git status -v`, including its new doubled `-vv` form.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

RelNotes: wordsmithingMichael Haggerty Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:27:50 +0000 (14:27 +0200)

RelNotes: wordsmithing

Make many textual tweaks to the 2.4.0 release notes.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

RelNotes: refer to the rebase -i "todo list", not ... Michael Haggerty Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:27:49 +0000 (14:27 +0200)

RelNotes: refer to the rebase -i "todo list", not "insn sheet"

"Todo list" is the name that is used in the user-facing documentation.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

RelNotes: correct name of versionsort.prereleaseSuffixMichael Haggerty Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:27:48 +0000 (14:27 +0200)

RelNotes: correct name of versionsort.prereleaseSuffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git tag: mention versionsort.prereleaseSuffix in manpageMichael Haggerty Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:27:47 +0000 (14:27 +0200)

git tag: mention versionsort.prereleaseSuffix in manpage

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

ignore: info/exclude should trump core.excludesfileJunio C Hamano Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:31:49 +0000 (14:31 -0700)

ignore: info/exclude should trump core.excludesfile

$GIT_DIR/info/exclude and core.excludesfile (which falls back to
$XDG_HOME/git/ignore) are both ways to override the ignore pattern
lists given by the project in .gitignore files. The former, which
is per-repository personal preference, should take precedence over
the latter, which is a personal preference default across different
repositories that are accessed from that machine. The existing
documentation also agrees.

However, the precedence order was screwed up between these two from
the very beginning when 896bdfa2 (add: Support specifying an
excludes file with a configuration variable, 2007-02-27) introduced
core.excludesfile variable.

Noticed-by: Yohei Endo <yoheie@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Git 2.4.0-rc3 v2.4.0-rc3Junio C Hamano Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:52:43 +0000 (13:52 -0700)

Git 2.4.0-rc3

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

stop putting argv[0] dirname at front of PATHJeff King Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:14:02 +0000 (14:14 -0400)

stop putting argv[0] dirname at front of PATH

When the "git" wrapper is invoked, we prepend the baked-in
exec-path to our PATH, so that any sub-processes we exec
will all find the git-foo commands that match the wrapper
version.

If you invoke git with an absolute path, like:

/usr/bin/git foo

we also prepend "/usr/bin" to the PATH. This was added long
ago by by 231af83 (Teach the "git" command to handle some
commands internally, 2006-02-26), with the intent that
things would just work if you did something like:

cd /opt
tar xzf premade-git-package.tar.gz
alias git=/opt/git/bin/git

as we would then find all of the related external commands
in /opt/git/bin. I.e., it made git runtime-relocatable,
since at the time of 231af83, we installed all of the git
commands into $(bindir). But these days, that is not enough.
Since f28ac70 (Move all dashed-form commands to libexecdir,
2007-11-28), we do not put commands into $(bindir), and you
actually need to convert "/usr/bin" into "/usr/libexec". And
not just for finding binaries; we want to find $(sharedir),
etc, the same way. The RUNTIME_PREFIX build knob does this
the right way, by assuming a sane hierarchy rooted at
"$prefix" when we run "$prefix/bin/git", and inferring
"$prefix/libexec/git-core", etc.

So this feature (prepending the argv[0] dirname to the PATH)
is broken for providing a runtime prefix, and has been for
many years. Does it do anything for other cases?

For the "git" wrapper itself, as well as any commands
shipped by "git", the answer is no. Those are already in
git's exec-path, which is consulted first. For third-party
commands which you've dropped into the same directory, it
does include them. So if you do

cd /opt
tar xzf git-built-specifically-for-opt-git.tar.gz
cp third-party/git-foo /opt/git/bin/git-foo
alias git=/opt/git/bin/git

it does mean that we will find the third-party "git-foo",
even if you do not put /opt/git/bin into your $PATH. But
the flipside of this is that we will bump the precedence of
_other_ third-party tools that happen to be in the same
directory as git. For example, consider this setup:

1. Git is installed by the system in /usr/bin. There are
other system utilities in /usr/bin. E.g., a system
"vi".

2. The user installs tools they prefer in /usr/local/bin.
E.g., vim with a "vi" symlink. They set their PATH to
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin to prefer their custom tools.

3. Running /usr/bin/git puts "/usr/bin" at the front of
their PATH. When git invokes the editor on behalf of
the user, they get the system vi, not their normal vim.

There are other variants of this, including overriding
system ruby and python (which is quite common using tools
like "rvm" and "virtualenv", which use relocatable
hierarchies and $PATH settings to get a consistent
environment).

Given that the main motivation for git placing the argv[0]
dirname into the PATH has been broken for years, that the
remaining cases are obscure and unlikely (and easily fixed
by the user just setting up their $PATH sanely), and that
the behavior is hurting real, reasonably common use cases,
it's not worth continuing to do so.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

stash: require a clean index to applyJeff King Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:31:02 +0000 (15:31 -0400)

stash: require a clean index to apply

If you have staged contents in your index and run "stash
apply", we may hit a conflict and put new entries into the
index. Recovering to your original state is difficult at
that point, because tools like "git reset --keep" will blow
away anything staged. We can make this safer by refusing to
apply when there are staged changes.

It's possible we could provide better tooling here, as "git
stash apply" should be writing only conflicts to the index
(so we know that any stage-0 entries are potentially
precious). But it is the odd duck; most "mergy" commands
will update the index for cleanly merged entries, and it is
not worth updating our tooling to support this use case
which is unlikely to be of interest (besides which, we would
still need to block a dirty index for "stash apply --index",
since that case _would_ be ambiguous).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t3903: avoid applying onto dirty indexJeff King Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:30:58 +0000 (15:30 -0400)

t3903: avoid applying onto dirty index

One of the tests in t3903 wants to make sure that applying a
stash that touches only "file" can still happen even if there
are working tree changes to "other-file". To do so, it adds
"other-file" to the index (since otherwise it is an
untracked file, voiding the purpose of the test).

But as we are about to refactor the dirty-index handling,
and as this test does not actually care about having a dirty
index (only a dirty working tree), let's bump the tracking
of "other-file" into the setup phase, so we can have _just_
a dirty working tree here.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t3903: stop hard-coding commit sha1sJeff King Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:30:52 +0000 (15:30 -0400)

t3903: stop hard-coding commit sha1s

When testing the diff output of "git stash list", we look
for the stash's subject of "WIP on master: $sha1", even
though it's not relevant to the diff output. This makes the
test brittle to refactoring, as any changes to earlier tests
may impact the commit sha1.

Since we don't care about the commit subject here, we can
simply ask stash not to print it.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Sync with maintJunio C Hamano Tue, 21 Apr 2015 19:58:50 +0000 (12:58 -0700)

Sync with maint

Git 2.3.6 v2.3.6Junio C Hamano Tue, 21 Apr 2015 19:17:09 +0000 (12:17 -0700)

Git 2.3.6

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>