gitweb.git
Merge branch 'jn/maint-instaweb-plack-fix'Junio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:22:37 +0000 (14:22 -0700)

Merge branch 'jn/maint-instaweb-plack-fix'

* jn/maint-instaweb-plack-fix:
git-instaweb: Change how gitweb.psgi is made runnable as standalone app

Merge branch 'sp/maint-fd-limit'Junio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:22:23 +0000 (14:22 -0700)

Merge branch 'sp/maint-fd-limit'

* sp/maint-fd-limit:
sha1_file.c: Don't retain open fds on small packs
mingw: add minimum getrlimit() compatibility stub
Limit file descriptors used by packs

Merge branch 'jc/checkout-orphan-warning'Junio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:22:16 +0000 (14:22 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/checkout-orphan-warning'

* jc/checkout-orphan-warning:
commit: give final warning when reattaching HEAD to leave commits behind

Merge branch 'jh/maint-do-not-track-non-branches'Junio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:22:13 +0000 (14:22 -0700)

Merge branch 'jh/maint-do-not-track-non-branches'

* jh/maint-do-not-track-non-branches:
branch/checkout --track: Ensure that upstream branch is indeed a branch

Merge branch 'fk/maint-cvsimport-early-failure'Junio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:22:09 +0000 (14:22 -0700)

Merge branch 'fk/maint-cvsimport-early-failure'

* fk/maint-cvsimport-early-failure:
git-cvsimport.perl: Bail out right away when reading from the server fails

Merge branch 'jc/maint-apply-report-offset'Junio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:22:02 +0000 (14:22 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/maint-apply-report-offset'

* jc/maint-apply-report-offset:
apply -v: show offset count when patch did not apply exactly

Merge branch 'jc/maint-apply-no-double-patch'Junio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:22:00 +0000 (14:22 -0700)

Merge branch 'jc/maint-apply-no-double-patch'

* jc/maint-apply-no-double-patch:
apply: do not patch lines that were already patched

Merge branch 'mr/hpux'Junio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:21:47 +0000 (14:21 -0700)

Merge branch 'mr/hpux'

* mr/hpux:
git-compat-util.h: Honor HP C's noreturn attribute
Makefile: add NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD to HP-UX section

Documentation: running test with --debug keeps "trash... Piotr Krukowiecki Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:58:14 +0000 (20:58 +0100)

Documentation: running test with --debug keeps "trash" directory

Signed-off-by: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'jk/doc-credits' of git://github.com/peff/gitJunio C Hamano Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:32:09 +0000 (13:32 -0700)

Merge branch 'jk/doc-credits' of git://github.com/peff/git

* 'jk/doc-credits' of git://github.com/peff/git:
docs: point git.txt author credits to git-scm.com
doc: add missing git footers
doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pages

Merge branch 'sp/maint-smart-http-sans-100-continue'Junio C Hamano Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:59:10 +0000 (11:59 -0700)

Merge branch 'sp/maint-smart-http-sans-100-continue'

* sp/maint-smart-http-sans-100-continue:
smart-http: Really never use Expect: 100-continue

smart-http: Really never use Expect: 100-continueShawn O. Pearce Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:28:17 +0000 (11:28 -0700)

smart-http: Really never use Expect: 100-continue

libcurl may choose to try and use Expect: 100-continue for
any type of POST, not just a Transfer: chunked-encoding type.
Force it to disable this feature, as not all proxy servers support
100-continue and leaving it enabled can cause 1 second stalls during
the negotiation phase of fetch-pack/upload-pack.

In ("206b099d26 smart-http: Don't use Expect: 100-Continue") we
tried to disable this for only large POST bodies, but it should be
disabled for every POST body.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation: "rebase <onto> <that>" stays on <that... Drew Northup Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:47:37 +0000 (11:47 -0400)

Documentation: "rebase <onto> <that>" stays on <that> branch upon exit

This change makes it clearer that the change to the history effected by
executing 'git rebase master' while on 'topic' branch, and by executing
'git rebase master topic' on any branch, will be the same; the implicit
checkout of the second form will remain after the rebase exits.

Signed-off-by: Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

object.h: Remove obsolete struct object_refsJakob Pfender Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:23:52 +0000 (17:23 +0100)

object.h: Remove obsolete struct object_refs

7914053 (Remove unused object-ref code, 2008-02-25) removed all uses of
the structure from the code, but forgot to remove the type definition
itself.

Signed-off-by: Jakob Pfender <jpfender@elegosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'pw/p4'Junio C Hamano Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:10:06 +0000 (00:10 -0800)

Merge branch 'pw/p4'

* pw/p4:
git-p4: test clone @all
git-p4: fix clone @all regression

git-p4: test clone @allPete Wyckoff Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:24:49 +0000 (11:24 -0500)

git-p4: test clone @all

Cloning a p4 depot by default generates a single commit. The use
of the "@all" revision specifier instead tells git-p4 to import
all commits. Check to make sure both these invocations work as
expected.

Signed-off-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-p4: fix clone @all regressionPete Wyckoff Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:23:23 +0000 (11:23 -0500)

git-p4: fix clone @all regression

e32e00d (git-p4: better message for "git-p4 sync" when not cloned,
2011-02-19) broke the use of the "@all" revision specifier, e.g.,

git-p4 clone //depot/xxx@all

Fix it as per Tor Arvid's quick patch.

Signed-off-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
Reported-by: Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@gmail.com>
Based-on-patch-by: Tor Arvid Lund <torarvid@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

docs: point git.txt author credits to git-scm.comJeff King Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:00:38 +0000 (22:00 -0500)

docs: point git.txt author credits to git-scm.com

There is a nice shortlog-ish output of the authors there. We
also point people directly to shortlog, but of course they
might be reading the documentation online or from a binary
package of git.

doc: add missing git footersJeff King Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:08:48 +0000 (01:08 -0500)

doc: add missing git footers

Almost every page has a footer that links back to the main
git(1) page. Let's add it on the few that are missing it.

doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pagesJeff King Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:52:08 +0000 (00:52 -0500)

doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pages

The point of these sections is generally to:

1. Give credit where it is due.

2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or
file bug reports.

But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they
are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer
can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the
correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you
wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and
incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody
useless.

So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except
git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list
for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section
to give credit to the major contributors and point to
shortlog and blame for more information.

Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can
follow that to the main git manpage.

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:45:49 +0000 (22:45 -0800)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
Revert "core.abbrevguard: Ensure short object names stay unique a bit longer"

Revert "core.abbrevguard: Ensure short object names... Junio C Hamano Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:41:14 +0000 (22:41 -0800)

Revert "core.abbrevguard: Ensure short object names stay unique a bit longer"

This reverts commit 72a5b561fc1c4286bc7c5b0693afc076af261e1f, as adding
fixed number of hexdigits more than necessary to make one object name
locally unique does not help in futureproofing the uniqueness of names
we generate today.

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

Update Release Notes to 1.7.5Junio C Hamano Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:21:16 +0000 (16:21 -0800)

Update Release Notes to 1.7.5

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

Merge branch 'js/cherry-pick-usability'Junio C Hamano Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:56:17 +0000 (15:56 -0800)

Merge branch 'js/cherry-pick-usability'

* js/cherry-pick-usability:
Teach commit about CHERRY_PICK_HEAD
bash: teach __git_ps1 about CHERRY_PICK_HEAD
Introduce CHERRY_PICK_HEAD
t3507: introduce pristine-detach helper

Merge branch 'js/checkout-untracked-symlink'Junio C Hamano Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:54:04 +0000 (15:54 -0800)

Merge branch 'js/checkout-untracked-symlink'

* js/checkout-untracked-symlink:
do not overwrite untracked symlinks
Demonstrate breakage: checkout overwrites untracked symlink with directory

Merge branch 'so/submodule-no-update-first-time'Junio C Hamano Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:53:32 +0000 (15:53 -0800)

Merge branch 'so/submodule-no-update-first-time'

* so/submodule-no-update-first-time:
t7406: "git submodule update {--merge|--rebase]" with new submodules
submodule: no [--merge|--rebase] when newly cloned

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Wed, 9 Mar 2011 22:20:39 +0000 (14:20 -0800)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
Fix typo in t/README
ls-remote documentation: <refs> argument is optional
Add Author and Documentation sections to git-for-each-ref.txt
Documentation: remove redundant colons in git-for-each-ref.txt

Fix typo in t/READMEMathias Lafeldt Wed, 9 Mar 2011 20:25:09 +0000 (21:25 +0100)

Fix typo in t/README

Signed-off-by: Mathias Lafeldt <misfire@debugon.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

ls-remote documentation: <refs> argument is optionalPiotr Krukowiecki Wed, 9 Mar 2011 20:03:48 +0000 (21:03 +0100)

ls-remote documentation: <refs> argument is optional

Correct SYNOPSIS section.

Signed-off-by: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Add Author and Documentation sections to git-for-each... Alexei Sholik Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:16:10 +0000 (15:16 +0200)

Add Author and Documentation sections to git-for-each-ref.txt

Signed-off-by: Alexei Sholik <alcosholik@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation: remove redundant colons in git-for-each... Alexei Sholik Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:16:09 +0000 (15:16 +0200)

Documentation: remove redundant colons in git-for-each-ref.txt

Signed-off-by: Alexei Sholik <alcosholik@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Wed, 9 Mar 2011 05:37:23 +0000 (21:37 -0800)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
SubmittingPatches: clarify the expected commit log description
diff format documentation: clarify --cc and -c
rev-list-options.txt: typo fix

transport-helper.c: fix check for (size_t < 0)Nicolas Kaiser Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:16:26 +0000 (00:16 +0100)

transport-helper.c: fix check for (size_t < 0)

'bytes' is of type size_t which is unsigned thus can't be negative. But
the assigned write() returns ssize_t, and -1 on error.

For testing < 0, 'bytes' needs to be of a signed type.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@nikai.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

SubmittingPatches: clarify the expected commit log... Junio C Hamano Wed, 9 Mar 2011 00:58:19 +0000 (16:58 -0800)

SubmittingPatches: clarify the expected commit log description

Earlier, 47afed5 (SubmittingPatches: itemize and reflect upon well written
changes, 2009-04-28) added a discussion on the contents of the commit log
message, but the last part of the new paragraph didn't make much sense.
Reword it slightly to make it more readable.

Update the "quicklist" to clarify what we mean by "motivation" and
"contrast". Also mildly discourage external references.

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

diff format documentation: clarify --cc and -cAdam Monsen Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:51:37 +0000 (12:51 -0800)

diff format documentation: clarify --cc and -c

The description was unclear if -c or --cc was the default (--cc is for
some commands), and incorrectly implied that the default applies to
all the diff generating commands.

Most importantly, "log" does not default to "--cc" (it defaults to
"--no-merges") and "log -p" obeys the user's wish to see non-combined
format. Only "diff" (during merge and three-blob comparison) and
"show" use --cc as the default.

Signed-off-by: Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

rev-list-options.txt: typo fixMichael J Gruber Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:31:24 +0000 (09:31 +0100)

rev-list-options.txt: typo fix

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

git-compat-util.h: Honor HP C's noreturn attributeMichal Rokos Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:13:15 +0000 (13:13 +0100)

git-compat-util.h: Honor HP C's noreturn attribute

HP C for Integrity servers (Itanium) gained support for noreturn
attribute sometime in 2006. It was released in Compiler Version
A.06.10 and made available in July 2006.

The __HP_cc define detects the HP C compiler version. Precede the
__GNUC__ check so it works well when compiling with HP C using -Agcc
option that enables partial support for the GNU C dialect. The -Agcc
defines the __GNUC__ too.

Signed-off-by: Michal Rokos <michal.rokos@nextsoft.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Makefile: add NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD to HP-UX sectionMichal Rokos Mon, 7 Mar 2011 11:43:11 +0000 (12:43 +0100)

Makefile: add NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD to HP-UX section

fnmatch() on HP-UX does not support the GNU FNM_CASEFOLD extension,
so set NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD to use the internal fnmatch implementation.

Signed-off-by: Michal Rokos <michal.rokos@nextsoft.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

apply -v: show offset count when patch did not apply... Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 22:43:45 +0000 (14:43 -0800)

apply -v: show offset count when patch did not apply exactly

When the line number the patch intended to touch does not match
the line in the version being patched, GNU patch reports that
it applied the hunk at a different line number, with how big an
offset.

Teach "git apply" to do the same under --verbose option.

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

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:45 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
Documentation: fix a typo in git-apply.txt
init: remove unnecessary check

Merge branch 'mh/p4'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:28 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'mh/p4'

* mh/p4:
git-p4 submit: prevent 'Jobs' section from being removed from p4 change log

Merge branch 'mg/maint-difftool-vim-readonly'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:27 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'mg/maint-difftool-vim-readonly'

* mg/maint-difftool-vim-readonly:
mergetool-lib: call vim in readonly mode for diffs

Merge branch 'jn/maint-commit-missing-template'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:27 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'jn/maint-commit-missing-template'

* jn/maint-commit-missing-template:
commit: error out for missing commit message template

Merge branch 'jk/diffstat-binary'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:27 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'jk/diffstat-binary'

* jk/diffstat-binary:
diff: don't retrieve binary blobs for diffstat
diff: handle diffstat of rewritten binary files

Merge branch 'lt/rename-no-extra-copy-detection'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:27 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'lt/rename-no-extra-copy-detection'

* lt/rename-no-extra-copy-detection:
diffcore-rename: improve estimate_similarity() heuristics
diffcore-rename: properly honor the difference between -M and -C
for_each_hash: allow passing a 'void *data' pointer to callback

Merge branch 'jn/test-terminal-punt-on-osx-breakage'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:26 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'jn/test-terminal-punt-on-osx-breakage'

* jn/test-terminal-punt-on-osx-breakage:
tests: skip terminal output tests on OS X

Merge branch 'jk/fail-null-clone'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:26 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'jk/fail-null-clone'

* jk/fail-null-clone:
clone: die when trying to clone missing local path

Merge branch 'jc/grep--no-index-pathspec-fix'Junio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:02:26 +0000 (15:02 -0800)

Merge branch 'jc/grep--no-index-pathspec-fix'

* jc/grep--no-index-pathspec-fix:
grep --no-index: honor pathspecs correctly

apply: do not patch lines that were already patchedJunio C Hamano Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:25:34 +0000 (12:25 -0800)

apply: do not patch lines that were already patched

When looking for a place to apply a hunk, we used to check lines that
match the preimage of it, starting from the line that the patch wants to
apply the hunk at, looking forward and backward with increasing offsets
until we find a match.

Colin Guthrie found an interesting case where this misapplied a patch that
wanted to touch a preimage that consists of

}
}

return 0;
}

which is a rather unfortunately common pattern.

The target version of the file originally had only one such location, but
the hunk immediately before that created another instance of such block of
lines, and find_pos() happily reported that the preimage of the hunk
matched what it wanted to modify.

Oops.

By marking the lines application of earlier hunks touched and preventing
match_fragment() from considering them as a match with preimage of other
hunks, we can reduce such an accident.

I also considered to teach apply_one_fragment() to take the offset we have
found while applying the previous hunk into account when looking for a
match with find_pos(), but dismissed that approach, because it would
sometimes work better but sometimes worse, depending on the difference
between the version the patch was created against and the version the
patch is being applied.

This does _not_ prevent misapplication of patches to a file that has many
similar looking blocks of lines and a preimage cannot identify which one
of them should be applied. For that, we would need to scan beyond the
first match in find_pos(), and issue a warning (or error out). That will
be a separate topic.

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

Documentation: fix a typo in git-apply.txtMichał Kiedrowicz Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:28:30 +0000 (10:28 +0100)

Documentation: fix a typo in git-apply.txt

git-apply accepts the --cached option, not --cache.

Signed-off-by: Michał Kiedrowicz <michal.kiedrowicz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

init: remove unnecessary checkNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:34:51 +0000 (19:34 +0700)

init: remove unnecessary check

git_dir must always be non-NULL so "if (git_dir)" is unnecessary.
Before this code, if git_dir == NULL, it will default to
DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Wed, 2 Mar 2011 23:26:44 +0000 (15:26 -0800)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
verify-pack: add --stat-only to the synopsis section

sha1_file.c: Don't retain open fds on small packsShawn O. Pearce Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:01:54 +0000 (10:01 -0800)

sha1_file.c: Don't retain open fds on small packs

If a pack file is small enough that its entire contents fits within
one mmap window, mmap the file and then immediately close its file
descriptor. This reduces the number of file descriptors that are
needed to read from repositories with many tiny pack files, such
as one that has received 1000 pushes (and created 1000 small pack
files) since its last repack.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

mingw: add minimum getrlimit() compatibility stubErik Faye-Lund Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:13:22 +0000 (22:13 +0100)

mingw: add minimum getrlimit() compatibility stub

We don't have getrlimit on Windows :( Limit of 2048 taken from MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6e3b887c(v=vs.71).aspx

Signed-off-by: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>

verify-pack: add --stat-only to the synopsis sectionJunio C Hamano Tue, 1 Mar 2011 19:26:22 +0000 (11:26 -0800)

verify-pack: add --stat-only to the synopsis section

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

Merge branch 'svn-fe' of git://repo.or.cz/git/jrnJunio C Hamano Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:33:45 +0000 (16:33 -0800)

Merge branch 'svn-fe' of git://repo.or.cz/git/jrn

* 'svn-fe' of git://repo.or.cz/git/jrn: (31 commits)
fast-import: make code "-Wpointer-arith" clean
vcs-svn: teach line_buffer about temporary files
vcs-svn: allow input from file descriptor
vcs-svn: allow character-oriented input
vcs-svn: add binary-safe read function
t0081 (line-buffer): add buffering tests
vcs-svn: tweak test-line-buffer to not assume line-oriented input
tests: give vcs-svn/line_buffer its own test script
vcs-svn: make test-line-buffer input format more flexible
vcs-svn: teach line_buffer to handle multiple input files
vcs-svn: collect line_buffer data in a struct
vcs-svn: replace buffer_read_string memory pool with a strbuf
vcs-svn: eliminate global byte_buffer
fast-import: add 'ls' command
vcs-svn: Allow change nodes for root of tree (/)
vcs-svn: Implement Prop-delta handling
vcs-svn: Sharpen parsing of property lines
vcs-svn: Split off function for handling of individual properties
vcs-svn: Make source easier to read on small screens
vcs-svn: More dump format sanity checks
...

fast-import: make code "-Wpointer-arith" cleanJonathan Nieder Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:16:59 +0000 (15:16 -0600)

fast-import: make code "-Wpointer-arith" clean

The dereference() function to peel a tree-ish and find the underlying
tree expects arithmetic to (void *) to work on byte addresses. We
should be reading the text of objects through a char * anyway.

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

Limit file descriptors used by packsShawn O. Pearce Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:52:39 +0000 (12:52 -0800)

Limit file descriptors used by packs

Rather than using 'errno == EMFILE' after a failed open() call
to indicate the process is out of file descriptors and an LRU
pack window should be closed, place a hard upper limit on the
number of open packs based on the actual rlimit of the process.

By using a hard upper limit that is below the rlimit of the current
process it is not necessary to check for EMFILE on every single
fd-allocating system call. Instead reserving 25 file descriptors
makes it safe to assume the system call won't fail due to being over
the filedescriptor limit. Here 25 is chosen as a WAG, but considers
3 for stdin/stdout/stderr, and at least a few for other Git code
to operate on temporary files. An additional 20 is reserved as it
is not known what the C library needs to perform other services on
Git's behalf, such as nsswitch or name resolution.

This fixes a case where running `git gc --auto` in a repository
with more than 1024 packs (but an rlimit of 1024 open fds) fails
due to the temporary output file not being able to allocate a
file descriptor. The output file is opened by pack-objects after
object enumeration and delta compression are done, both of which
have already opened all of the packs and fully populated the file
descriptor table.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Start preparing release notes to 1.7.5Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:28:20 +0000 (12:28 -0800)

Start preparing release notes to 1.7.5

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

git-instaweb: Change how gitweb.psgi is made runnable... Jakub Narebski Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:32:33 +0000 (23:32 +0100)

git-instaweb: Change how gitweb.psgi is made runnable as standalone app

According to blog post "FindBin, __FILE__, $0 and PSGI woes"

http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/findbin-__file__-0-and-psgi-woes.html

by Tatsuhiko Miyagawa, using 'if (__FILE__ eq $0)' in .psgi code
(to check if script was run from command line), is not supposed to work
since Plack 0.9971.

Replace it with one of proposed solutions; while at it return $app
explicitely, rather than implicitely by being a last expression.

This affects 'plackup' web server.

While at it cleanup whitespace.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'jh/push-default-upstream-configname'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:31 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'jh/push-default-upstream-configname'

* jh/push-default-upstream-configname:
push.default: Rename 'tracking' to 'upstream'

Merge branch 'lp/config-vername-check'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:31 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'lp/config-vername-check'

* lp/config-vername-check:
Disallow empty section and variable names
Sanity-check config variable names

Merge branch 'mg/placeholders-are-lowercase'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'mg/placeholders-are-lowercase'

* mg/placeholders-are-lowercase:
Make <identifier> lowercase in Documentation
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
Make <identifier> lowercase as per CodingGuidelines
CodingGuidelines: downcase placeholders in usage messages

Merge branch 'mg/patch-id'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'mg/patch-id'

* mg/patch-id:
git-patch-id: do not trip over "no newline" markers
git-patch-id: test for "no newline" markers

Merge branch 'mz/rerere-remaining'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'mz/rerere-remaining'

* mz/rerere-remaining:
mergetool: don't skip modify/remove conflicts
rerere "remaining"

Merge branch 'nd/sorted-builtin-command-list'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'nd/sorted-builtin-command-list'

* nd/sorted-builtin-command-list:
git.c: reorder builtin command list

Merge branch 'js/maint-merge-use-prepare-commit-msg... Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'js/maint-merge-use-prepare-commit-msg-hook'

* js/maint-merge-use-prepare-commit-msg-hook:
merge: honor prepare-commit-msg hook

Merge branch 'nd/hash-object-sanity'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'nd/hash-object-sanity'

* nd/hash-object-sanity:
Make hash-object more robust against malformed objects

Conflicts:
cache.h

Merge branch 'js/detach-doc'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'js/detach-doc'

* js/detach-doc:
git-checkout.txt: improve detached HEAD documentation

Merge branch 'va/p4'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'va/p4'

* va/p4:
git-p4: Add copy detection support
git-p4: Improve rename detection support

Merge branch 'pw/p4'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:30 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'pw/p4'

* pw/p4:
git-p4: support clone --bare
git-p4: decode p4 wildcard characters
git-p4: better message for "git-p4 sync" when not cloned
git-p4: reinterpret confusing p4 message
git-p4: accommodate new move/delete type in p4
git-p4: add missing newline in initial import message
git-p4: fix key error for p4 problem
git-p4: test script

Merge branch 'uk/checkout-ambiguous-ref'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:29 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'uk/checkout-ambiguous-ref'

* uk/checkout-ambiguous-ref:
Rename t2019 with typo "amiguous" that meant "ambiguous"
checkout: rearrange update_refs_for_switch for clarity
checkout: introduce --detach synonym for "git checkout foo^{commit}"
checkout: split off a function to peel away branchname arg
checkout: fix bug with ambiguous refs

Conflicts:
builtin/checkout.c

Merge branch 'sp/maint-smart-http-sans-100-continue'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:29 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'sp/maint-smart-http-sans-100-continue'

* sp/maint-smart-http-sans-100-continue:
smart-http: Don't use Expect: 100-Continue

Merge branch 'mo/perl-bidi-pipe-envfix'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:58:28 +0000 (21:58 -0800)

Merge branch 'mo/perl-bidi-pipe-envfix'

* mo/perl-bidi-pipe-envfix:
perl: command_bidi_pipe() method should set-up git environmens

Merge branch 'hv/mingw-fs-funnies'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:17:37 +0000 (21:17 -0800)

Merge branch 'hv/mingw-fs-funnies'

* hv/mingw-fs-funnies:
mingw_rmdir: set errno=ENOTEMPTY when appropriate
mingw: add fallback for rmdir in case directory is in use
mingw: make failures to unlink or move raise a question
mingw: work around irregular failures of unlink on windows
mingw: move unlink wrapper to mingw.c

Merge branch 'en/object-list-with-pathspec'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:17:36 +0000 (21:17 -0800)

Merge branch 'en/object-list-with-pathspec'

* en/object-list-with-pathspec:
Add testcases showing how pathspecs are handled with rev-list --objects
Make rev-list --objects work together with pathspecs

Merge branch 'nd/struct-pathspec'Junio C Hamano Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:17:36 +0000 (21:17 -0800)

Merge branch 'nd/struct-pathspec'

* nd/struct-pathspec: (22 commits)
t6004: add pathspec globbing test for log family
t7810: overlapping pathspecs and depth limit
grep: drop pathspec_matches() in favor of tree_entry_interesting()
grep: use writable strbuf from caller for grep_tree()
grep: use match_pathspec_depth() for cache/worktree grepping
grep: convert to use struct pathspec
Convert ce_path_match() to use match_pathspec_depth()
Convert ce_path_match() to use struct pathspec
struct rev_info: convert prune_data to struct pathspec
pathspec: add match_pathspec_depth()
tree_entry_interesting(): optimize wildcard matching when base is matched
tree_entry_interesting(): support wildcard matching
tree_entry_interesting(): fix depth limit with overlapping pathspecs
tree_entry_interesting(): support depth limit
tree_entry_interesting(): refactor into separate smaller functions
diff-tree: convert base+baselen to writable strbuf
glossary: define pathspec
Move tree_entry_interesting() to tree-walk.c and export it
tree_entry_interesting(): remove dependency on struct diff_options
Convert struct diff_options to use struct pathspec
...

gitweb: Make i18n (encoding) tests in t9500 leave clean... Jakub Narebski Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:58:32 +0000 (17:58 +0100)

gitweb: Make i18n (encoding) tests in t9500 leave clean state

The most important issue is that after unsetting `i18n.commitencoding'
config variable t9500 no longer will use author and comitter name
containing ISO-8859-1 characters, which are invalid UTF-8 characters.

Besides it is good practice in general to clean up the state in tests.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-add: make -A description clearer vs. -uMichael J Gruber Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:50:10 +0000 (16:50 +0100)

git-add: make -A description clearer vs. -u

Currently, it sounds as if "notice removal of files" distinguishes "-A"
from "-u", and there is no mention of the worktree.

But both notice the removal, and only "-A" adds changes from untracked
files. Say so.

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

git-cvsimport.perl: Bail out right away when reading... Fabian Keil Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:29:46 +0000 (20:29 +0100)

git-cvsimport.perl: Bail out right away when reading from the server fails

If the CVS server is down, this reduced the git-cvsimport output from:

ssh: connect to host ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net port 22: Connection refused
Use of uninitialized value $rep in scalar chomp at /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-cvsimport line 369.
Use of uninitialized value $rep in substitution (s///) at /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-cvsimport line 370.
Expected Valid-requests from server, but got: <unknown>

to the less noisy:

ssh: connect to host ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net port 22: Connection refused
Failed to read from server at /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-cvsimport line 370.

In this case a silent exit() instead of the die() would probably do,
but I assume that there could be cases where the connection attempt
succeeds, but reading from the server fails for other reasons.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Keil <fk@fabiankeil.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:52:15 +0000 (00:52 -0800)

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
branch_merged: fix grammar in warning

branch_merged: fix grammar in warningEric Hanchrow Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:29:42 +0000 (19:29 -0800)

branch_merged: fix grammar in warning

Signed-off-by: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Merge commit 'jn/svn-fe' of git://github.com/gitster... Jonathan Nieder Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:21:29 +0000 (05:21 -0600)

Merge commit 'jn/svn-fe' of git://github.com/gitster/git into svn-fe

* git://github.com/gitster/git:
vcs-svn: Allow change nodes for root of tree (/)
vcs-svn: Implement Prop-delta handling
vcs-svn: Sharpen parsing of property lines
vcs-svn: Split off function for handling of individual properties
vcs-svn: Make source easier to read on small screens
vcs-svn: More dump format sanity checks
vcs-svn: Reject path nodes without Node-action
vcs-svn: Delay read of per-path properties
vcs-svn: Combine repo_replace and repo_modify functions
vcs-svn: Replace = Delete + Add
vcs-svn: handle_node: Handle deletion case early
vcs-svn: Use mark to indicate nodes with included text
vcs-svn: Unclutter handle_node by introducing have_props var
vcs-svn: Eliminate node_ctx.mark global
vcs-svn: Eliminate node_ctx.srcRev global
vcs-svn: Check for errors from open()
vcs-svn: Allow simple v3 dumps (no deltas yet)

Conflicts:
t/t9010-svn-fe.sh
vcs-svn/svndump.c

vcs-svn: teach line_buffer about temporary filesJonathan Nieder Mon, 3 Jan 2011 03:10:59 +0000 (21:10 -0600)

vcs-svn: teach line_buffer about temporary files

It can sometimes be useful to write information temporarily to file,
to read back later. These functions allow a program to use the
line_buffer facilities when doing so.

It works like this:

1. find a unique filename with buffer_tmpfile_init.
2. rewind with buffer_tmpfile_rewind. This returns a stdio
handle for writing.
3. when finished writing, declare so with
buffer_tmpfile_prepare_to_read. The return value indicates
how many bytes were written.
4. read whatever portion of the file is needed.
5. if finished, remove the temporary file with buffer_deinit.
otherwise, go back to step 2,

The svn support would use this to buffer the postimage from delta
application until the length is known and fast-import can receive
the resulting blob.

Based-on-patch-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: allow input from file descriptorJonathan Nieder Mon, 3 Jan 2011 03:09:38 +0000 (21:09 -0600)

vcs-svn: allow input from file descriptor

Based-on-patch-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: allow character-oriented inputJonathan Nieder Mon, 3 Jan 2011 03:06:32 +0000 (21:06 -0600)

vcs-svn: allow character-oriented input

buffer_read_char can be used in place of buffer_read_string(1) to
avoid consuming valuable static buffer space. The delta applier will
use this to read variable-length integers one byte at a time.

Underneath, it is fgetc, wrapped so the line_buffer library can
maintain its role as gatekeeper of input.

Later it might be worth checking if fgetc_unlocked is faster ---
most line_buffer functions are not thread-safe anyway.

Helpd-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: add binary-safe read functionJonathan Nieder Mon, 3 Jan 2011 03:05:46 +0000 (21:05 -0600)

vcs-svn: add binary-safe read function

buffer_read_string works well for non line-oriented input except for
one problem: it does not tell the caller how many bytes were actually
written. This means that unless one is very careful about checking
for errors (and eof) the calling program cannot tell the difference
between the string "foo" followed by an early end of file and the
string "foo\0bar\0baz".

So introduce a variant that reports the length, too, a thinner wrapper
around strbuf_fread. Its result is written to a strbuf so the caller
does not need to keep track of the number of bytes read.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

t0081 (line-buffer): add buffering testsJonathan Nieder Mon, 3 Jan 2011 01:07:16 +0000 (19:07 -0600)

t0081 (line-buffer): add buffering tests

POSIX makes the behavior of read(2) from a pipe fairly clear: a read
from an empty pipe will block until there is data available and any
other read will not block, prefering to return a partial result.
Likewise, fread(3) and fgets(3) are clearly specified to act as
though implemented by calling fgetc(3) in a simple loop. But the
buffering behavior of fgetc is less clear.

Luckily, no sane platform is going to implement fgetc by calling the
equivalent of read(2) more than once. fgetc has to be able to
return without filling its buffer to preserve errno when errors are
encountered anyway. So let's assume the simpler behavior (trust) but
add some tests to catch insane platforms that violate that when they
come (verify).

First check that fread can handle a 0-length read from an empty fifo.
Because open(O_RDONLY) blocks until the writing end is open, open the
writing end of the fifo in advance in a subshell.

Next try short inputs from a pipe that is not filled all the way.

Lastly (two tests) try very large inputs from a pipe that will not fit
in the relevant buffers. The first of these tests reads a little
more than 8192 bytes, which is BUFSIZ (the size of stdio's buffers)
on this Linux machine. The second reads a little over 64 KiB (the
pipe capacity on Linux) and is not run unless requested by setting
the GIT_REMOTE_SVN_TEST_BIG_FILES environment variable.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: tweak test-line-buffer to not assume line... Jonathan Nieder Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:52:28 +0000 (18:52 -0600)

vcs-svn: tweak test-line-buffer to not assume line-oriented input

Do not expect an implicit newline after each input record.
Use a separate command to exercise buffer_skip_bytes.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

tests: give vcs-svn/line_buffer its own test scriptJonathan Nieder Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:51:07 +0000 (18:51 -0600)

tests: give vcs-svn/line_buffer its own test script

Split the line_buffer test into small pieces and move it to its
own file as preparation for adding more tests.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: make test-line-buffer input format more flexibleJonathan Nieder Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:50:16 +0000 (18:50 -0600)

vcs-svn: make test-line-buffer input format more flexible

Imitate the input format of test-obj-pool to support arbitrary
sequences of commands rather than alternating read/copy. This should
make it easier to add tests that exercise other line_buffer functions.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: teach line_buffer to handle multiple input... Jonathan Nieder Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:41:06 +0000 (21:41 -0500)

vcs-svn: teach line_buffer to handle multiple input files

Collect the line_buffer state in a newly public line_buffer struct.
Callers can use multiple line_buffers to manage input from multiple
files at a time.

svn-fe's delta applier will use this to stream a delta from svnrdump
and the preimage it applies to from fast-import at the same time.

The tests don't take advantage of the new features, but I think that's
okay. It is easier to find lingering examples of nonreentrant code by
searching for "static" in line_buffer.c.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: collect line_buffer data in a structJonathan Nieder Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:39:21 +0000 (21:39 -0500)

vcs-svn: collect line_buffer data in a struct

Prepare for the line_buffer lib to support input from multiple files,
by collecting global state in a struct that can be easily passed
around.

No API change yet.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: replace buffer_read_string memory pool with... Jonathan Nieder Sat, 6 Nov 2010 17:01:28 +0000 (12:01 -0500)

vcs-svn: replace buffer_read_string memory pool with a strbuf

obj_pool is inherently global and does not use the standard growing
factor alloc_nr, which makes it feel out of place in the git codebase.
Plus it is overkill for this application: all that is needed is a
buffer that can grow between requests to accomodate larger strings.
Use a strbuf instead.

As a side effect, this improves the error handling: allocation
failures will result in a clean exit instead of segfaults. It would
be nice to add a test case (using ulimit or failmalloc) but that can
wait for another day.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

vcs-svn: eliminate global byte_bufferJonathan Nieder Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:37:10 +0000 (21:37 -0500)

vcs-svn: eliminate global byte_buffer

The data stored in byte_buffer[] is always either discarded or
written to stdout immediately. No need for it to persist between
function calls.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

fast-import: add 'ls' commandDavid Barr Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:40:20 +0000 (21:40 +1100)

fast-import: add 'ls' command

Lazy fast-import frontend authors that want to rely on the backend to
keep track of the content of the imported trees _almost_ have what
they need in the 'cat-blob' command (v1.7.4-rc0~30^2~3, 2010-11-28).
But it is not quite enough, since

(1) cat-blob can be used to retrieve the content of files, but
not their mode, and

(2) using cat-blob requires the frontend to keep track of a name
(mark number or object id) for each blob to be retrieved

Introduce an 'ls' command to complement cat-blob and take care of the
remaining needs. The 'ls' command finds what is at a given path
within a given tree-ish (tag, commit, or tree):

'ls' SP <dataref> SP <path> LF

or in fast-import's active commit:

'ls' SP <path> LF

The response is a single line sent through the cat-blob channel,
imitating ls-tree output. So for example:

FE> ls :1 Documentation
gfi> 040000 tree 9e6c2b599341d28a2a375f8207507e0a2a627fe9 Documentation
FE> ls 9e6c2b599341d28a2a375f8207507e0a2a627fe9 git-fast-import.txt
gfi> 100644 blob 4f92954396e3f0f97e75b6838a5635b583708870 git-fast-import.txt
FE> ls :1 RelNotes
gfi> 120000 blob b942e499449d97aeb50c73ca2bdc1c6e6d528743 RelNotes
FE> cat-blob b942e499449d97aeb50c73ca2bdc1c6e6d528743
gfi> b942e499449d97aeb50c73ca2bdc1c6e6d528743 blob 32
gfi> Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt

The most interesting parts of the reply are the first word, which is
a 6-digit octal mode (regular file, executable, symlink, directory,
or submodule), and the part from the second space to the tab, which is
a <dataref> that can be used in later cat-blob, ls, and filemodify (M)
commands to refer to the content (blob, tree, or commit) at that path.

If there is nothing there, the response is "missing some/path".

The intent is for this command to be used to read files from the
active commit, so a frontend can apply patches to them, and to copy
files and directories from previous revisions.

For example, proposed updates to svn-fe use this command in place of
its internal representation of the repository directory structure.
This simplifies the frontend a great deal and means support for
resuming an import in a separate fast-import run (i.e., incremental
import) is basically free.

Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Improved-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Improved-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>

git-p4 submit: prevent 'Jobs' section from being remove... Michael Horowitz Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:31:13 +0000 (21:31 -0500)

git-p4 submit: prevent 'Jobs' section from being removed from p4 change log

In an attempt to overwrite the 'Description:' section of the p4 change
log to include the git commit messages, it also overwrote the 'Jobs:'
section.  This fix restores the 'Job:' section.

Signed-off-by: Michael Horowitz <michael.horowitz@ieee.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

commit: error out for missing commit message templateJonathan Nieder Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:07:57 +0000 (03:07 -0600)

commit: error out for missing commit message template

When "git commit" was rewritten in C (v1.5.4-rc0~78^2~30,
2007-11-08), a subtle bug in --template was introduced. If the
file named by a --template parameter is missing, previously git
would error out with a message:

Commit template file does not exist.

but in the C version the --template parameter gets ignored and
the default template is used.

t7500 has two tests for this case which would have caught it, except
that with the default $EDITOR, the commit message template is left
unmodified, causing 'git commit' to error out and the test to
succeed.

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

mergetool-lib: call vim in readonly mode for diffsMichael J Gruber Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:36:39 +0000 (10:36 +0100)

mergetool-lib: call vim in readonly mode for diffs

When [g]vimdiff is called for files which are opened already, the editor
complains about the existing swap file. But we do not want to write
anything when called from difftool. So, make difftool use "-R" for the
vim family. This

- prevents the use of a swap file and
- marks the buffers readonly.

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

commit: give final warning when reattaching HEAD to... Junio C Hamano Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:04:47 +0000 (16:04 -0800)

commit: give final warning when reattaching HEAD to leave commits behind

You can detach the HEAD at an arbitrary commit in order to browse the
files in various points in the history or build older versions of the
software, without recording any new commit, and come back to an existing
branch. When used in this "sightseer" mode, detached HEAD is a perfectly
safe mechanism. It also is a useful state to experiment with throw-away
commits.

When coming back to an existing branch with "git checkout master",
however, the commits that were created on the detached HEAD will become
unreachable from anywhere but the reflog of the HEAD. Check if the commit
we are about to leave is connected to some ref, and give a final warning
otherwise to remind the user for safety.

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