gitweb.git
Merge branch 'rb/maint-python-path'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:41 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'rb/maint-python-path'

* rb/maint-python-path:
Correct references to /usr/bin/python which does not exist on FreeBSD

Merge branch 'jn/merge-diff3-label'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:41 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'jn/merge-diff3-label'

* jn/merge-diff3-label:
merge-recursive: add a label for ancestor
cherry-pick, revert: add a label for ancestor
revert: clarify label on conflict hunks
compat: add mempcpy()
checkout -m --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestor
merge_trees(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style output
merge_file(): add comment explaining behavior wrt conflict style
checkout --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestor
ll_merge(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style output
merge-file --diff3: add a label for ancestor
xdl_merge(): move file1 and file2 labels to xmparam structure
xdl_merge(): add optional ancestor label to diff3-style output
tests: document cherry-pick behavior in face of conflicts
tests: document format of conflicts from checkout -m

Conflicts:
builtin/revert.c

Merge branch 'ef/cherry-abbrev'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:40 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'ef/cherry-abbrev'

* ef/cherry-abbrev:
ls: remove redundant logic
cherry: support --abbrev option

Merge branch 'bw/template-tool-buildconfig'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:40 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'bw/template-tool-buildconfig'

* bw/template-tool-buildconfig:
Modernize git calling conventions in hook templates
Make templates honour SHELL_PATH and PERL_PATH

Merge branch 'mg/mailmap-update'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:40 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'mg/mailmap-update'

* mg/mailmap-update:
.mailmap: Entries for Alex Bennée, Deskin Miller, Vitaly "_Vi" Shukela

Merge branch 'bc/t5505-fix'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:40 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'bc/t5505-fix'

* bc/t5505-fix:
t/t5505-remote.sh: escape * to prevent interpretation by shell as glob
t5505: add missing &&
t5505: remove unnecessary subshell invocations

Merge branch 'gh/maint-stash-show-error-message'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:40 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'gh/maint-stash-show-error-message'

* gh/maint-stash-show-error-message:
Improve error messages from 'git stash show'

Merge branch 'rs/threaded-grep-context'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:39 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'rs/threaded-grep-context'

* rs/threaded-grep-context:
grep: enable threading for context line printing

Conflicts:
grep.c

Merge branch 'bc/maint-daemon-sans-ss-family'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:39 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'bc/maint-daemon-sans-ss-family'

* bc/maint-daemon-sans-ss-family:
daemon.c: avoid accessing ss_family member of struct sockaddr_storage

Merge branch 'bc/acl-test'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:39 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'bc/acl-test'

* bc/acl-test:
t/t1304: make a second colon optional in the mask ACL check
t/t1304: set the ACL effective rights mask
t/t1304: use 'test -r' to test readability rather than looking at mode bits
t/t1304: set the Default ACL base entries
t/t1304: avoid -d option to setfacl

Merge branch 'ja/send-email-ehlo'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:39 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'ja/send-email-ehlo'

* ja/send-email-ehlo:
git-send-email.perl - try to give real name of the calling host to HELO/EHLO
git-send-email.perl: add option --smtp-debug
git-send-email.perl: improve error message in send_message()

Merge branch 'do/rebase-i-arbitrary'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:38 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'do/rebase-i-arbitrary'

* do/rebase-i-arbitrary:
rebase--interactive: don't require what's rebased to be a branch

Conflicts:
t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh

Merge branch 'ak/everyday-git'Junio C Hamano Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:28:38 +0000 (12:28 -0700)

Merge branch 'ak/everyday-git'

* ak/everyday-git:
everyday: fsck and gc are not everyday operations

Makefile: future-proof Cygwin version checkJonathan Nieder Sat, 3 Apr 2010 07:47:00 +0000 (02:47 -0500)

Makefile: future-proof Cygwin version check

Tweak the condition that detects old Cygwin versions to not include
versions such as 1.8, 1.11, and 2.1.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Fix _XOPEN_SOURCE problem on DragonFlyYONETANI Tomokazu Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:52:09 +0000 (16:52 +0900)

Fix _XOPEN_SOURCE problem on DragonFly

As on FreeBSD, defining _XOPEN_SOURCE to 600 on DragonFly BSD 2.4-RELEASE
or later hides symbols from programs, which leads to implicit declaration
of functions, making the return value to be assumed an int. On architectures
where sizeof(int) < sizeof(void *), this can cause unexpected behaviors or
crashes.
This change won't affect other OSes unless they define __DragonFly__ macro,
or older versions of DragonFly BSD as the current git code doesn't rely on
the features only available with _XOPEN_SOURCE set to 600 on DragonFly.

Signed-off-by: YONETANI Tomokazu <y0netan1@dragonflybsd.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

gitweb: update INSTALL to use shorter make targetMark Rada Sat, 3 Apr 2010 00:37:33 +0000 (20:37 -0400)

gitweb: update INSTALL to use shorter make target

Gitweb can be generated by the gitweb/gitweb.cgi target or the gitweb
target. Since the gitweb target is shorter, I think it would be better
to have new users be instructed to use it.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

gitweb: add documentation to INSTALL regarding gitweb.jsMark Rada Sat, 3 Apr 2010 00:36:44 +0000 (20:36 -0400)

gitweb: add documentation to INSTALL regarding gitweb.js

This patch updates gitweb/INSTALL to mention gitweb.js, including
JavaScript minification support.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

instaweb: add minification awarenessMark Rada Sat, 3 Apr 2010 00:40:33 +0000 (20:40 -0400)

instaweb: add minification awareness

This patch will cause git-instaweb to use the minified version of gitweb
support files (e.g. CSS and JavaScript) if they were generated.

Without minification awareness, generating the minified version of
gitweb's support files will generate a broken instaweb script since the
copy of gitweb.cgi will look for gitweb.min.* which will not exist.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Gitweb: add autoconfigure support for minifiersMark Rada Sat, 3 Apr 2010 00:35:54 +0000 (20:35 -0400)

Gitweb: add autoconfigure support for minifiers

This will allow users to set a JavaScript/CSS minifier when/if they run
the autoconfigure script while building git.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Gitweb: add support for minifying gitweb.cssMark Rada Sat, 3 Apr 2010 00:35:05 +0000 (20:35 -0400)

Gitweb: add support for minifying gitweb.css

The build system added support minifying gitweb.js through a
JavaScript minifier, but most minifiers come with support for
minifying CSS files as well, so we should use it if we can.

This patch will add the same facilities to gitweb.css that
gitweb.js has for minification. That does not mean that they
will use the same minifier though, as it is not safe to assume
that all JavaScript minifiers will also minify CSS files.

This patch also adds the GITWEB_PROGRAMS variable to the Makefile
to keep a list of potential gitweb dependencies separate from
OTHER_PROGRAMS when we need to know just the gitweb dependencies.

Though the bandwidth savings will not be as dramatic as with
the JavaScript minifier, every byte saved is important.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Gitweb: add ignore and clean rules for minified filesMark Rada Sat, 3 Apr 2010 00:33:55 +0000 (20:33 -0400)

Gitweb: add ignore and clean rules for minified files

Signed-off-by: Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/commit: remove unnecessary variable definitionMarkus Heidelberg Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:27:19 +0000 (14:27 +0200)

builtin/commit: remove unnecessary variable definition

The file descriptor is already defined at the beginning of the function.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/commit: fix duplicated sentence in a commentMarkus Heidelberg Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:27:18 +0000 (14:27 +0200)

builtin/commit: fix duplicated sentence in a comment

Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Integrate version 3 ciabot scripts into contrib/.Eric Raymond Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:10:11 +0000 (06:10 -0400)

Integrate version 3 ciabot scripts into contrib/.

These have been extensively live-tested in the last week. The version 2
ciabot.sh maintainer has passed the baton to me; ciabot.py is original.

Signed-off-by: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

fix textconv leak in emit_rewrite_diffJeff King Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:04:14 +0000 (20:04 -0400)

fix textconv leak in emit_rewrite_diff

We correctly free() for the normal diff case, but leak for
rewrite diffs.

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

fix const-correctness of write_sha1_fileJeff King Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:03:18 +0000 (20:03 -0400)

fix const-correctness of write_sha1_file

These should take const buffers as input data, but zlib's
next_in pointer is not const-correct. Let's fix it at the
zlib level, though, so the cast happens in one obvious
place. This should be safe, as a similar cast is used in
zlib's example code for a const array.

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

Makefile: update defaults for modern CygwinEric Blake Thu, 1 Apr 2010 22:43:54 +0000 (16:43 -0600)

Makefile: update defaults for modern Cygwin

Now that Cygwin 1.7.x has enabled lots of new features, and Cygwin 1.5
is no longer actively supported by the Cygwin mailing lists, we might
as well update the defaults to cater to those new features.

NO_TRUSTABLE_FILEMODE is only necessary on FAT drives; the Cygwin
community recommends NTFS drives, but there is still too much use
for FAT to switch the default. Likewise, UNRELIABLE_FSTAT is probably
file-system specific, but worth keeping unchanged.

This commit does not change the default for NO_MMAP, although definitive
proof of whether this option is necessary is lacking.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Sync with 1.7.0.4Junio C Hamano Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:14:27 +0000 (15:14 -0700)

Sync with 1.7.0.4

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

Git 1.7.0.4 v1.7.0.4Junio C Hamano Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:12:08 +0000 (15:12 -0700)

Git 1.7.0.4

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

Merge branch 'jc/maint-refs-dangling' into maintJunio C Hamano Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:09:32 +0000 (15:09 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/maint-refs-dangling' into maint

* jc/maint-refs-dangling:
refs: ref entry with NULL sha1 is can be a dangling symref

Documentation: show-ref <pattern>s are optionalHolger Weiß Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:02:37 +0000 (13:02 +0200)

Documentation: show-ref <pattern>s are optional

Specifying one or more <pattern> parameters is optional when calling
show-ref, so mark them as such using brackets in the manual.

Signed-off-by: Holger Weiß <holger@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Link against libiconv on IRIXHolger Weiß Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:57:48 +0000 (12:57 +0200)

Link against libiconv on IRIX

On IRIX, "-liconv" must be added to the linker command line in order to
get iconv(3) support; set the according Makefile variable appropriately.

Signed-off-by: Holger Weiß <holger@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Don't redefine htonl and ntohl on big-endianHolger Weiß Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:22:19 +0000 (12:22 +0200)

Don't redefine htonl and ntohl on big-endian

Since commit 0fcabdeb52b79775173d009ccc179db104dfbb66, compat/bswap.h
redefined htonl and ntohl to bswap32 not only if bswap32 has been
defined earlier in compat/bswap.h (which is done only on selected
platforms), but also if bswap32 has been defined anywhere else. This
broke Git at least for NetBSD systems running on big-endian machines
(where ntohl and htonl should, of course, be NOOPs), since NetBSD
defines a bswap32 macro in the system headers.

So, we now undefine any previously defined bswap32 in compat/bswap.h
before defining our own.

Signed-off-by: Holger Weiß <holger@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

gitweb: git_get_project_config requires only $git_dir... Jakub Narebski Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:26:59 +0000 (20:26 +0100)

gitweb: git_get_project_config requires only $git_dir, not also $project

Fix overeager early return in git_get_project_config, introduced in 9be3614
(gitweb: Fix project-specific feature override behavior, 2010-03-01). When
git_get_project_config is called from projects list page via
git_get_project_owner($path) etc., it is called with $git_dir defined (in
git_get_project_owner($path) etc.), but $project variable is not defined.
git_get_project_config doesn't use $project variable anyway.

Reported-by: Tobias Heinlein <keytoaster@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Updated the usage string of git resetJan Stępień Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:24:19 +0000 (11:24 +0200)

Updated the usage string of git reset

Make git reset usage string reflect the command's behaviour and contents of
the man page.

Signed-off-by: Jan Stępień <jstepien@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation: Clarify support for smart HTTP backendGreg Bacon Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:20:57 +0000 (12:20 -0500)

Documentation: Clarify support for smart HTTP backend

In the description of http.getanyfile, replace the vague "older Git
clients" with the earliest release whose client is able to use the
upload pack service.

Signed-off-by: Greg Bacon <gbacon@dbresearch.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Windows: fix utime() for read-only filesJohannes Sixt Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:46:23 +0000 (09:46 +0200)

Windows: fix utime() for read-only files

Starting with 5256b00 (Use git_mkstemp_mode instead of plain mkstemp to
create object files, 2010-02-22) utime() is invoked on read-only files.
This is not allowed on Windows and results in many warnings of the form

failed utime() on .git/objects/23/tmp_obj_VlgHlc: Permission denied

during a repack. Fix it by making the file temporarily writable.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff: fix textconv error zombiesJohannes Sixt Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:36:03 +0000 (19:36 +0200)

diff: fix textconv error zombies

To make the code simpler, run_textconv lumps all of its
error checking into one conditional. However, the
short-circuit means that an error in reading will prevent us
from calling finish_command, leaving a zombie child.
Clean up properly after errors.

Based-on-work-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:29:24 +0000 (21:29 -0700)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
format-patch: Squelch 'fatal: Not a range." error

format-patch: Squelch 'fatal: Not a range." errorKevin Ballard Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:46:38 +0000 (19:46 -0700)

format-patch: Squelch 'fatal: Not a range." error

Don't output an error on `git format-patch --ignore-if-in-upstream HEAD`.
This matches the behavior of `git format-patch HEAD`.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

refs.c: Write reflogs for notes just like for branch... Michael J Gruber Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:05:58 +0000 (15:05 +0200)

refs.c: Write reflogs for notes just like for branch heads

The notes code intends to write reflog entries, but currently they are
not written because log_ref_write() checks for the refname path
explicitly.

Add refs/notes to the list of allowed paths so that notes references are
treated just like branch heads, i.e. according to core.logAllRefUpdates
and core.bare.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Acked-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t3301-notes: Test the creation of reflog entriesMichael J Gruber Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:05:57 +0000 (15:05 +0200)

t3301-notes: Test the creation of reflog entries

Test whether the notes code writes reflog entries. It intends to
(setting up the reflog messages) but currently does not.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Acked-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

RPM spec: include bash completion supportIan Ward Comfort Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:39:57 +0000 (01:39 -0700)

RPM spec: include bash completion support

Include the bash completion routines from the contrib/ directory in our core
RPM, in the de facto standard location.

Signed-off-by: Ian Ward Comfort <icomfort@stanford.edu>
Acked-by: Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Update draft release notes to 1.7.1Junio C Hamano Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:57:59 +0000 (21:57 -0700)

Update draft release notes to 1.7.1

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

Merge branch 'cc/cherry-pick-ff'Junio C Hamano Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:52:28 +0000 (21:52 -0700)

Merge branch 'cc/cherry-pick-ff'

* cc/cherry-pick-ff:
revert: fix tiny memory leak in cherry-pick --ff
rebase -i: use new --ff cherry-pick option
Documentation: describe new cherry-pick --ff option
cherry-pick: add tests for new --ff option
revert: add --ff option to allow fast forward when cherry-picking
builtin/merge: make checkout_fast_forward() non static
parse-options: add parse_options_concat() to concat options

Merge branch 'sb/notes-parse-opt'Junio C Hamano Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:52:28 +0000 (21:52 -0700)

Merge branch 'sb/notes-parse-opt'

* sb/notes-parse-opt:
notes: rework subcommands and parse options

Conflicts:
builtin/notes.c

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:52:18 +0000 (21:52 -0700)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
Prepare for 1.7.0.4

Conflicts:
RelNotes

Makefile: Remove usage of deprecated Python "has_key... David Aguilar Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:45:12 +0000 (17:45 -0700)

Makefile: Remove usage of deprecated Python "has_key" method

"has_key" is a deprecated dictionary method in Python 2.6+.
Simplify the sys.path manipulation for installed scripts by
passing a default value to os.getenv() that takes a default
value to be used when the environment variable is missing.

SCRIPT_PYTHON is currently empty but this future-proofs us.
It also fixes things for users who maintain local git forks
with their own SCRIPT_PYTHON additions.

Old code replaced the first element of sys.path[] which is
typically '' (i.e. import library files relative to the script).
It is safer to prepend the extra library path instead.

Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

rebase -i: make post-rewrite work for 'edit'Thomas Rast Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:36:00 +0000 (21:36 +0200)

rebase -i: make post-rewrite work for 'edit'

The post-rewrite support, in the form of the call to
'record_in_rewritten', was hidden in the arm where we have to record a
new commit for the user. This meant that it was never invoked in the
case where the user has already amended the commit by herself.

[The test is designed to exercise both arms of the 'if' in question.]

Furthermore, recording the stopped-sha (the SHA1 of the commit before
the editing) suffered from a cut&paste error from die_with_patch and
used the wrong variable, hence it never recorded anything.

Noticed by Junio.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Prepare for 1.7.0.4Junio C Hamano Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:32:25 +0000 (21:32 -0700)

Prepare for 1.7.0.4

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

Merge branch 'cp/add-u-pathspec' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:21:42 +0000 (21:21 -0700)

Merge branch 'cp/add-u-pathspec' into maint

* cp/add-u-pathspec:
test for add with non-existent pathspec
git add -u: die on unmatched pathspec

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:42:58 +0000 (17:42 -0700)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
t9350: fix careless use of "cd"
difftool: Fix '--gui' when diff.guitool is unconfigured
fast-export: don't segfault when marks file cannot be opened

t9350: fix careless use of "cd"Junio C Hamano Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:42:11 +0000 (17:42 -0700)

t9350: fix careless use of "cd"

Upon failure of any of these tests (or when a test that is marked as
expecting a failure is fixed), we will end up running later tests in
random places.

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

difftool: Fix '--gui' when diff.guitool is unconfiguredDavid Aguilar Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:58:09 +0000 (14:58 -0700)

difftool: Fix '--gui' when diff.guitool is unconfigured

When diff.guitool is unconfigured and "--gui" is specified
git-difftool dies with the following error message:

config diff.guitool: command returned error: 1

Catch the error so that the "--gui" flag is a no-op when
diff.guitool is unconfigured.

Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

fast-export: don't segfault when marks file cannot... Sverre Rabbelier Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:42:48 +0000 (00:42 -0500)

fast-export: don't segfault when marks file cannot be opened

The error function only prints an error message, resulting in a
segfault if we later on try to fprintf to a NULL handle.

Fix this by using die_errno instead.

Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

imap-send: suppress warning about cleartext password... Chris Webb Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:00:19 +0000 (15:00 +0000)

imap-send: suppress warning about cleartext password with CRAM-MD5

If a CRAM-MD5 challenge-response is used to authenticate to the IMAP server,
git imap-send shouldn't warn about the password being sent in the clear.

Signed-off-by: Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

send-email: lazily assign editor variableMichael J Gruber Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:12:53 +0000 (17:12 +0100)

send-email: lazily assign editor variable

b4479f0 (add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR",
2009-10-30) introduced the use of "git var GIT_EDITOR" to obtain the
preferred editor program, instead of reading environment variables
themselves.

However, "git var GIT_EDITOR" run without a tty (think "cron job") would
give a fatal error "Terminal is dumb, but EDITOR unset". This is not a
problem for add-i, svn, p4 and callers of git_editor() defined in
git-sh-setup, as all of these call it just before launching the editor.
At that point, we know the caller wants to edit.

But send-email ran this near the beginning of the program, even if it is
not going to use any editor (e.g. run without --compose). Fix this by
calling the command only when we edit a file.

Reported-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

fmt-merge-msg: hide summary optionStephen Boyd Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:16:04 +0000 (00:16 -0700)

fmt-merge-msg: hide summary option

The --summary command line option has been deprecated in favor of --log.
Hide the option from the help message to further discourage the use of
this option.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

fmt-merge-msg: remove custom string_list implementationStephen Boyd Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:16:03 +0000 (00:16 -0700)

fmt-merge-msg: remove custom string_list implementation

This command uses a custom version of string list when it could
just as easily use the string_list API. Convert it to use string_list
and reduce the code size a bit.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

string-list: add unsorted_string_list_lookup()Stephen Boyd Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:16:02 +0000 (00:16 -0700)

string-list: add unsorted_string_list_lookup()

Sometimes users need to lookup a string in an unsorted string_list. In
that case they should use this function instead of the version for
sorted strings.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

fmt-merge-msg: use pretty.c routinesStephen Boyd Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:16:01 +0000 (00:16 -0700)

fmt-merge-msg: use pretty.c routines

This command duplicates functionality of the '%s' pretty format.
Simplify the code a bit by using the pretty printing routine
instead of open-coding it here.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t6200: test fmt-merge-msg moreStephen Boyd Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:16:00 +0000 (00:16 -0700)

t6200: test fmt-merge-msg more

Add some more tests so we don't break behavior upon modernizing
fmt-merge-msg.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

t6200: modernize with test_tickStephen Boyd Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:15:59 +0000 (00:15 -0700)

t6200: modernize with test_tick

This test defines its own version of test_tick. Get rid of it.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

fmt-merge-msg: be quiet if nothing to mergeStephen Boyd Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:15:58 +0000 (00:15 -0700)

fmt-merge-msg: be quiet if nothing to merge

When FETCH_HEAD contains only 'not-for-merge' entries fmt-merge-msg
still outputs "Merge" (and if the branch isn't master " into <branch>").
In this case fmt-merge-msg is outputting junk and should really just
be quiet. Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --check: honor conflict-marker-size attributeJunio C Hamano Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:21:32 +0000 (19:21 -0700)

diff --check: honor conflict-marker-size attribute

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

Merge branch 'jh/maint-submodule-status-in-void'Junio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:55:37 +0000 (16:55 -0700)

Merge branch 'jh/maint-submodule-status-in-void'

* jh/maint-submodule-status-in-void:
git submodule summary: Handle HEAD as argument when on an unborn branch
submodule summary: do not fail before the first commit

Merge branch 'tr/notes-display'Junio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:26:43 +0000 (16:26 -0700)

Merge branch 'tr/notes-display'

* tr/notes-display:
git-notes(1): add a section about the meaning of history
notes: track whether notes_trees were changed at all
notes: add shorthand --ref to override GIT_NOTES_REF
commit --amend: copy notes to the new commit
rebase: support automatic notes copying
notes: implement helpers needed for note copying during rewrite
notes: implement 'git notes copy --stdin'
rebase -i: invoke post-rewrite hook
rebase: invoke post-rewrite hook
commit --amend: invoke post-rewrite hook
Documentation: document post-rewrite hook
Support showing notes from more than one notes tree
test-lib: unset GIT_NOTES_REF to stop it from influencing tests

Conflicts:
git-am.sh
refs.c

Merge branch 'jl/submodule-diff-dirtiness'Junio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:25:43 +0000 (16:25 -0700)

Merge branch 'jl/submodule-diff-dirtiness'

* jl/submodule-diff-dirtiness:
git status: ignoring untracked files must apply to submodules too
git status: Fix false positive "new commits" output for dirty submodules
Refactor dirty submodule detection in diff-lib.c
git status: Show detailed dirty status of submodules in long format
git diff --submodule: Show detailed dirty status of submodules

Merge branch 'pb/log-first-parent-p-m'Junio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:25:39 +0000 (16:25 -0700)

Merge branch 'pb/log-first-parent-p-m'

* pb/log-first-parent-p-m:
show --first-parent/-m: do not default to --cc
show -c: show patch text
revision: introduce setup_revision_opt
t4013: add tests for log -p -m --first-parent
git log -p -m: document -m and honor --first-parent

Merge branch 'jc/maint-refs-dangling'Junio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:25:34 +0000 (16:25 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/maint-refs-dangling'

* jc/maint-refs-dangling:
refs: ref entry with NULL sha1 is can be a dangling symref

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:24:21 +0000 (16:24 -0700)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
Documentation: explain the meaning of "-g" in git-describe output

Merge branch 'jc/color-attrs' into maintJunio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:24:13 +0000 (16:24 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/color-attrs' into maint

* jc/color-attrs:
color: allow multiple attributes

Merge branch 'jk/maint-add-ignored-dir' into maintJunio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:24:03 +0000 (16:24 -0700)

Merge branch 'jk/maint-add-ignored-dir' into maint

* jk/maint-add-ignored-dir:
tests for "git add ignored-dir/file" without -f
dir: fix COLLECT_IGNORED on excluded prefixes
t0050: mark non-working test as such

Merge branch 'bg/apply-fix-blank-at-eof' into maintJunio C Hamano Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:23:50 +0000 (16:23 -0700)

Merge branch 'bg/apply-fix-blank-at-eof' into maint

* bg/apply-fix-blank-at-eof:
t3417: Add test cases for "rebase --whitespace=fix"
t4124: Add additional tests of --whitespace=fix
apply: Allow blank context lines to match beyond EOF
apply: Remove the quick rejection test
apply: Don't unnecessarily update line lengths in the preimage

Teach rebase the --no-ff option.Marc Branchaud Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:34:04 +0000 (16:34 -0400)

Teach rebase the --no-ff option.

For git-rebase.sh, --no-ff is a synonym for --force-rebase.

For git-rebase--interactive.sh, --no-ff cherry-picks all the commits in
the rebased branch, instead of fast-forwarding over any unchanged commits.

--no-ff offers an alternative way to deal with reverted merges. Instead of
"reverting the revert" you can use "rebase --no-ff" to recreate the branch
with entirely new commits (they're new because at the very least the
committer time is different). This obviates the need to revert the
reversion, as you can re-merge the new topic branch directly. Added an
addendum to revert-a-faulty-merge.txt describing the situation and how to
use --no-ff to handle it.

Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

http-backend: Don't infinite loop during die()Shawn O. Pearce Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:22:04 +0000 (07:22 -0700)

http-backend: Don't infinite loop during die()

If stdout has already been closed by the CGI and die() gets called,
the CGI will fail to write the "Status: 500 Internal Server Error" to
the pipe, which results in die() being called again (via safe_write).
This goes on in an infinite loop until the stack overflows and the
process is killed by SIGSEGV.

Instead set a flag on the first die() invocation and if we came back to
the handler, just die silently, as it only means we failed to report the
failure---we cannot report anything anyway in such a case. This way
failures to write the error messages to the stdout pipe do not result in
an infinite loop.

We also now report on the death to stderr before we report to stdout,
to increase the chances that the cause of the die() invocation will
appear in the server's error log.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
fixup! http-backend.c: Don't infinite loop

Now die_webcgi() actually can return during a recursive call into it,
causing

http-backend.c:554: error: 'noreturn' function does return

The only reason we would come back to the die handler is because we
failed during it, so we cannot report anything anyway.

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

Correct references to /usr/bin/python which does not... R. Tyler Ballance Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:01:50 +0000 (12:01 -0700)

Correct references to /usr/bin/python which does not exist on FreeBSD

On FreeBSD, Python does not ship as part of the base system but is available
via the ports system, which install the binary in /usr/local/bin.

Signed-off-by: R. Tyler Ballance <tyler@monkeypox.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation: explain the meaning of "-g" in git-descr... Markus Heidelberg Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:45:33 +0000 (21:45 +0100)

Documentation: explain the meaning of "-g" in git-describe output

Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

rev-list: use default abbrev length when abbrev-commit... Michael J Gruber Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:36:30 +0000 (14:36 +0100)

rev-list: use default abbrev length when abbrev-commit is in effect

Currently, rev-list has a default of "0" for abbrev which means that
switching on abbreviations with --abbrev-commit has no visible effect,
even though the option is documented.

Set abbrev to DEFAULT_ABBREV so that --abbrev-commit has the same effect
as for log.

Reported-by: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

imap-send: Remove limitation on message bodyRamkumar Ramachandra Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:07:52 +0000 (23:37 +0530)

imap-send: Remove limitation on message body

There is a documented limitation on the body of any email not being
able to contain lines starting with "From ". This patch removes that
limitation by improving the parser to search for "From", "Date", and
"Subject" fields in the email before considering it to be an email.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Sync with Git 1.7.0.3Junio C Hamano Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:01:55 +0000 (17:01 -0700)

Sync with Git 1.7.0.3

* maint:
Git 1.7.0.3
.mailmap: Map the the first submissions of MJG by e-mail
Documentation/git-clone: Transform description list into item list
Documentation/urls: Remove spurious example markers
Documentation/gitdiffcore: Remove misleading date in heading
Documentation/git-reflog: Fix formatting of command lists

Git 1.7.0.3 v1.7.0.3Junio C Hamano Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:01:22 +0000 (17:01 -0700)

Git 1.7.0.3

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

Merge branch 'maint-1.6.6' into maintJunio C Hamano Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:22 +0000 (17:00 -0700)

Merge branch 'maint-1.6.6' into maint

* maint-1.6.6:
Documentation/git-clone: Transform description list into item list
Documentation/urls: Remove spurious example markers
Documentation/gitdiffcore: Remove misleading date in heading
Documentation/git-reflog: Fix formatting of command lists

.mailmap: Map the the first submissions of MJG by e... Michael J Gruber Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:43:47 +0000 (14:43 +0100)

.mailmap: Map the the first submissions of MJG by e-mail

so that git shortlog with '-e' coalesces all my commits.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

ls: remove redundant logicErik Faye-Lund Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:55:28 +0000 (19:55 +0100)

ls: remove redundant logic

find_unique_abbrev() already returns the full SHA-1 if abbrev = 0,
so we can remove the logic that avoids the call.

Signed-off-by: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

cherry: support --abbrev optionErik Faye-Lund Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:55:27 +0000 (19:55 +0100)

cherry: support --abbrev option

Switch to parse-options API while we're at it.

Signed-off-by: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/git-clone: Transform description list... Michael J Gruber Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:30:19 +0000 (18:30 +0100)

Documentation/git-clone: Transform description list into item list

so that the list of examples is formatted in the same way as for
git-fetch, and, more importantly, the different identation for the
code blocks in the examples (compared to the immediately preceding code
blocks from url.txt) doesn't look like misformatted, but is clarified by
the items' bullets.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/urls: Remove spurious example markersMichael J Gruber Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:30:18 +0000 (18:30 +0100)

Documentation/urls: Remove spurious example markers

In urls.txt (which is included from git-{clone,fetch,push}.txt)
several item lists are surrounded by example block markers. This is
problematic for two reasons:

- None of these lists are example lists, so they should not be marked as
such semantically.
- The html output looks weird (bulleted list with left sidebar).

Therefore, remove the example block markers. Output by the man backend
is unaffected.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/gitdiffcore: Remove misleading date in... Michael J Gruber Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:30:17 +0000 (18:30 +0100)

Documentation/gitdiffcore: Remove misleading date in heading

Ever since the automatic conversion into man form, the heading
contained a misidentified subheading reading "June 2005".
Remove this since the documentation is more recent, and the correct
date is in the footer.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/git-reflog: Fix formatting of command... Michael J Gruber Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:30:16 +0000 (18:30 +0100)

Documentation/git-reflog: Fix formatting of command lists

A misplaced list continuation mark appears literally in the
rendered doc. Fix this by removing it.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

rev-list: fix --pretty=oneline with empty messageErik Faye-Lund Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:40:16 +0000 (15:40 +0100)

rev-list: fix --pretty=oneline with empty message

55246aa (Dont use "<unknown>" for placeholders and suppress printing
of empty user formats) introduced a check to prevent empty
user-formats from being printed. This test didn't take empty commit
messages into account, and prevented the line-termination from being
output. This lead to multiple commits on a single line.

Correct it by guarding the check with a check for user-format. A
similar correction for the --graph code-path has been included.

Signed-off-by: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

merge-recursive: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:52:21 +0000 (19:52 -0500)

merge-recursive: add a label for ancestor

git merge-recursive (and hence git merge) will present conflict hunks
in output something like what ‘diff3 -m’ produces if the
merge.conflictstyle configuration option is set to diff3.
There is a small difference from diff3: diff3 -m includes a label
for the merge base on the ||||||| line.

Tools familiar with the format and humans unfamiliar with the format
both can benefit from such a label. So mark the start of the text
from the merge bases with the heading "||||||| merged common
ancestors".

It would be nicer to use a more informative label. Perhaps someone
will provide one some day.

git rerere does not have trouble parsing the new output, and its
preimage ids are unchanged since it has its own code for re-creating
conflict hunks. No other code in git parses conflict hunks.

Requested-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

cherry-pick, revert: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:46:07 +0000 (19:46 -0500)

cherry-pick, revert: add a label for ancestor

When writing conflict hunks in ‘diff3 -m’ format, also add a label to
the common ancestor. Especially in a cherry-pick, it is not immediately
obvious without such a label what the common ancestor represents.

git rerere does not have trouble parsing the new output and its preimage
ids are unchanged since it includes its own code for recreating conflict
hunks. No other code in git parses conflict hunks.

Requested-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

revert: clarify label on conflict hunksJonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:45:21 +0000 (19:45 -0500)

revert: clarify label on conflict hunks

When reverting a commit, the commit being merged is not the commit
to revert itself but its parent. Add “parent of” to the conflict
hunk label to make this more clear.

The conflict hunk labels are all pieces of a single string written in
the new get_message() function. Avoid some complication by using
mempcpy to advance a pointer as the result is written.

Also free the corresponding temporary buffer (it was leaked before).
This is not important because it is a small one-time allocation. It
would become a memory leak if unnoticed when libifying revert.

This patch uses calls to strlen() instead of integer constants in some
places. GCC will compute the length at compile time; I am not sure
about other compilers, but this is not performance-critical anyway.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

compat: add mempcpy()Jonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:43:32 +0000 (19:43 -0500)

compat: add mempcpy()

The mempcpy() function was added in glibc 2.1. It is quite handy, so
add an implementation for cross-platform use.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

checkout -m --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:42:51 +0000 (19:42 -0500)

checkout -m --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestor

git checkout --merge --conflict=diff3 can be used to present conflict
hunks including text from the common ancestor. The added information
is helpful for resolving a merge by hand, and merge tools tend to
understand it because it is very similar to what ‘diff3 -m’ produces.

Unlike current git, diff3 -m includes a label for the merge base on
the ||||||| line, and unfortunately, some tools cannot parse the
conflict hunks without it. Humans can benefit from a cue when
learning to interpreting the format, too. Mark the start of the text
from the old branch with a label based on the branch’s name.

git rerere does not have trouble parsing this output and its preimage
ids are unchanged since it includes its own code for recreating
conflict hunks. No other code in git tries to parse conflict hunks.

Requested-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

merge_trees(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3... Jonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:41:38 +0000 (19:41 -0500)

merge_trees(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style output

Commands using the merge_trees() machinery will present conflict hunks
in output something like what ‘diff3 -m’ produces if the
merge.conflictstyle configuration option is set to diff3. The output
lacks the name of the merge base on the ||||||| line of the output,
and tools can misparse the conflict hunks without it. Add a new
o->ancestor parameter to merge_trees() for use as a label for the
ancestor in conflict hunks.

If o->ancestor is NULL, the output format is as before. All callers
pass NULL for now.

If o->ancestor is non-NULL and both branches renamed the base file
to the same name, that name is included in the conflict hunk labels.
Even if o->ancestor is NULL I think this would be a good change, but
this patch only does it in the non-NULL case to ensure the output
format does not change where it might matter.

Requested-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

merge_file(): add comment explaining behavior wrt confl... Jonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:40:53 +0000 (19:40 -0500)

merge_file(): add comment explaining behavior wrt conflict style

The merge_file() function is a helper for ‘git read-tree’, which does
not respect the merge.conflictstyle option, so there is no need to
worry about what ancestor_name it should pass to ll_merge(). Add a
comment to this effect.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@mgila.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

checkout --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:40:19 +0000 (19:40 -0500)

checkout --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestor

git checkout --conflict=diff3 can be used to present conflicts hunks
including text from the common ancestor:

<<<<<<< ours
ourside
|||||||
original
=======
theirside
>>>>>>> theirs

The added information is helpful for resolving a merge by hand, and
merge tools can usually understand it without trouble because it looks
like output from ‘diff3 -m’.

diff3 includes a label for the merge base on the ||||||| line, and it
seems some tools (for example, Emacs 22’s smerge-mode) cannot parse
conflict hunks without such a label. Humans could use help in
interpreting the output, too. So change the marker for the start of the
text from the common ancestor to include the label “base”.

git rerere’s conflict identifiers are not affected: to parse conflict
hunks, rerere looks for whitespace after the ||||||| marker rather
than a newline, and to compute preimage ids, rerere has its own code
for creating conflict hunks. No other code in git tries to parse
conflict hunks.

Requested-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

ll_merge(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3... Jonathan Nieder Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:38:58 +0000 (19:38 -0500)

ll_merge(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style output

Commands using the ll_merge() function will present conflict hunks
imitating ‘diff3 -m’ output if the merge.conflictstyle configuration
option is set appropriately. Unlike ‘diff3 -m’, the output does not
include a label for the merge base on the ||||||| line of the output,
and some tools misparse the conflict hunks without that.

Add a new ancestor_label parameter to ll_merge() to give callers the
power to rectify this situation. If ancestor_label is NULL, the output
format is unchanged. All callers pass NULL for now.

Requested-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>