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Junio C Hamano
ac70c53133 Merge branch 'ab/gc-docs'
Update docs around "gc".

* ab/gc-docs:
  gc docs: remove incorrect reference to gc.auto=0
  gc docs: clarify that "gc" doesn't throw away referenced objects
  gc docs: note "gc --aggressive" in "fast-import"
  gc docs: downplay the usefulness of --aggressive
  gc docs: note how --aggressive impacts --window & --depth
  gc docs: fix formatting for "gc.writeCommitGraph"
  gc docs: re-flow the "gc.*" section in "config"
  gc docs: include the "gc.*" section from "config" in "gc"
  gc docs: clean grammar for "gc.bigPackThreshold"
  gc docs: stop noting "repack" flags
  gc docs: modernize the advice for manually running "gc"
2019-04-25 16:41:18 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
01f8d78887 Merge branch 'dl/submodule-set-branch'
"git submodule" learns "set-branch" subcommand that allows the
submodule.*.branch settings to be modified.

* dl/submodule-set-branch:
  submodule: teach set-branch subcommand
  submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unset
  git-submodule.txt: "--branch <branch>" option defaults to 'master'
2019-04-25 16:41:18 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
dae82ecf14 Merge branch 'en/fast-import-parsing-fix'
"git fast-import" update.

* en/fast-import-parsing-fix:
  fast-import: fix erroneous handling of get-mark with empty orphan commits
  fast-import: only allow cat-blob requests where it makes sense
  fast-import: check most prominent commands first
  git-fast-import.txt: fix wording about where ls command can appear
  t9300: demonstrate bug with get-mark and empty orphan commits
2019-04-25 16:41:16 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
4a3ed2bec6 Merge branch 'nd/checkout-m'
"git checkout -m <other>" was about carrying the differences
between HEAD and the working-tree files forward while checking out
another branch, and ignored the differences between HEAD and the
index.  The command has been taught to abort when the index and the
HEAD are different.

* nd/checkout-m:
  checkout: prevent losing staged changes with --merge
  read-tree: add --quiet
  unpack-trees: rename "gently" flag to "quiet"
  unpack-trees: keep gently check inside add_rejected_path
2019-04-25 16:41:14 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
b72e90712e Merge branch 'js/difftool-no-index'
"git difftool" can now run outside a repository.

* js/difftool-no-index:
  difftool: allow running outside Git worktrees with --no-index
  parse-options: make OPT_ARGUMENT() more useful
  difftool: remove obsolete (and misleading) comment
2019-04-25 16:41:14 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
5795a75f9b Merge branch 'bp/post-index-change-hook'
A new hook "post-index-change" is called when the on-disk index
file changes, which can help e.g. a virtualized working tree
implementation.

* bp/post-index-change-hook:
  read-cache: add post-index-change hook
2019-04-25 16:41:11 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
14c0f8d3ab The sixth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-22 11:15:06 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
87e20f8c4f Merge branch 'nd/read-tree-reset-doc'
The documentation for "git read-tree --reset -u" has been updated.

* nd/read-tree-reset-doc:
  read-tree.txt: clarify --reset and worktree changes
2019-04-22 11:14:47 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
8a33ebc551 Merge branch 'nd/interpret-trailers-docfix'
Doc update.

* nd/interpret-trailers-docfix:
  interpret-trailers.txt: start the desc line with a capital letter
2019-04-22 11:14:47 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
bac754eadb Merge branch 'sg/asciidoctor-in-ci'
Update our support to format documentation in the CI environment,
either with AsciiDoc ro Asciidoctor.

* sg/asciidoctor-in-ci:
  ci: fix AsciiDoc/Asciidoctor stderr check in the documentation build job
  ci: stick with Asciidoctor v1.5.8 for now
  ci: install Asciidoctor in 'ci/install-dependencies.sh'
  Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt: fix formatting
  Documentation/technical/api-config.txt: fix formatting
  Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt: fix formatting
2019-04-22 11:14:46 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
ec8fcc780c Merge branch 'tz/asciidoctor-fixes'
Doc updates.

* tz/asciidoctor-fixes:
  Documentation/git-status: fix titles in porcelain v2 section
  Documentation/rev-list-options: wrap --date=<format> block with "--"
2019-04-22 11:14:46 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
27ff787809 Merge branch 'js/check-docs-exe'
Dev support update.

* js/check-docs-exe:
  check-docs: fix for setups where executables have an extension
  check-docs: do not expect guide pages to correspond to commands
  check-docs: really look at the documented commands again
  docs: do not document the `git remote-testgit` command
  docs: move gitremote-helpers into section 7
2019-04-22 11:14:46 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
6b42805445 Merge branch 'cb/doco-mono'
Clean-up markup in the documentation suite.

* cb/doco-mono:
  doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace.
  doc/CodingGuidelines: URLs and paths as monospace
2019-04-22 11:14:45 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
e36adf7122 Merge branch 'ps/stash-in-c'
"git stash" rewritten in C.

* ps/stash-in-c: (28 commits)
  tests: add a special setup where stash.useBuiltin is off
  stash: optionally use the scripted version again
  stash: add back the original, scripted `git stash`
  stash: convert `stash--helper.c` into `stash.c`
  stash: replace all `write-tree` child processes with API calls
  stash: optimize `get_untracked_files()` and `check_changes()`
  stash: convert save to builtin
  stash: make push -q quiet
  stash: convert push to builtin
  stash: convert create to builtin
  stash: convert store to builtin
  stash: convert show to builtin
  stash: convert list to builtin
  stash: convert pop to builtin
  stash: convert branch to builtin
  stash: convert drop and clear to builtin
  stash: convert apply to builtin
  stash: mention options in `show` synopsis
  stash: add tests for `git stash show` config
  stash: rename test cases to be more descriptive
  ...
2019-04-22 11:14:43 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
ffac537e6c The fifth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-16 19:33:35 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
3feaacbaa1 Merge branch 'nd/checkout-m-doc-update'
Doc about the above.

* nd/checkout-m-doc-update:
  checkout.txt: note about losing staged changes with --merge
2019-04-16 19:28:10 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
08c9757a76 Merge branch 'ma/doc-diff-doc-vs-doctor-comparison'
Dev support update to make it easier to compare two formatted
results from our documentation.

* ma/doc-diff-doc-vs-doctor-comparison:
  doc-diff: add `--cut-header-footer`
  doc-diff: support diffing from/to AsciiDoc(tor)
  doc-diff: let `render_tree()` take an explicit directory name
  Doc: auto-detect changed build flags
2019-04-16 19:28:09 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
4f3036cfa1 Merge branch 'ab/drop-scripted-rebase'
Retire scripted "git rebase" implementation.

* ab/drop-scripted-rebase:
  rebase: remove the rebase.useBuiltin setting
2019-04-16 19:28:09 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
04116ecb7b Merge branch 'ab/doc-misc-typofixes'
Typofixes.

* ab/doc-misc-typofixes:
  doc: fix typos in man pages
2019-04-16 19:28:08 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
af1ec93755 Merge branch 'mh/pack-protocol-doc-fix'
Docfix.

* mh/pack-protocol-doc-fix:
  fix pack protocol example client/server communication
2019-04-16 19:28:08 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
b024a14876 Merge branch 'tg/glossary-overlay'
Doc update.

* tg/glossary-overlay:
  glossary: add definition for overlay
2019-04-16 19:28:07 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
fffbf7c6ba Merge branch 'pw/rerere-autoupdate'
Doc updates.

* pw/rerere-autoupdate:
  merge: tweak --rerere-autoupdate documentation
  am/cherry-pick/rebase/revert: document --rerere-autoupdate
2019-04-16 19:28:07 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
6d281f70cc Merge branch 'ma/asciidoctor-fixes-more'
Documentation mark-up fixes.

* ma/asciidoctor-fixes-more:
  Documentation: turn middle-of-line tabs into spaces
  git-svn.txt: drop escaping '\' that ends up being rendered
  git.txt: remove empty line before list continuation
  config/fsck.txt: avoid starting line with dash
  config/diff.txt: drop spurious backtick
2019-04-16 19:28:04 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
8ddee13597 Merge branch 'ma/asciidoctor-fixes'
Build fix around use of asciidoctor instead of asciidoc

* ma/asciidoctor-fixes:
  asciidoctor-extensions: fix spurious space after linkgit
  Documentation/Makefile: add missing dependency on asciidoctor-extensions
  Documentation/Makefile: add missing xsl dependencies for manpages
2019-04-16 19:28:04 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
8a9a837a63 Merge branch 'nd/diff-parseopt-3'
Third batch to teach the diff machinery to use the parse-options
API.

* nd/diff-parseopt-3:
  diff-parseopt: convert --submodule
  diff-parseopt: convert --ignore-submodules
  diff-parseopt: convert --textconv
  diff-parseopt: convert --ext-diff
  diff-parseopt: convert --quiet
  diff-parseopt: convert --exit-code
  diff-parseopt: convert --color-words
  diff-parseopt: convert --word-diff-regex
  diff-parseopt: convert --word-diff
  diff-parseopt: convert --[no-]color
  diff-parseopt: convert --[no-]follow
  diff-parseopt: convert -R
  diff-parseopt: convert -a|--text
  diff-parseopt: convert --full-index
  diff-parseopt: convert --binary
  diff-parseopt: convert --anchored
  diff-parseopt: convert --diff-algorithm
  diff-parseopt: convert --histogram
  diff-parseopt: convert --patience
  diff-parseopt: convert --[no-]indent-heuristic
2019-04-16 19:28:03 +09:00
Denton Liu
b57e8119e6 submodule: teach set-branch subcommand
This teaches git-submodule the set-branch subcommand which allows the
branch of a submodule to be set through a porcelain command without
having to manually manipulate the .gitmodules file.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-10 12:07:16 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
e35b8cb8e2 The fourth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-10 02:19:09 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
fa1b86e457 Merge branch 'js/rebase-deprecate-preserve-merges'
"git rebase --rebase-merges" replaces its old "--preserve-merges"
option; the latter is now marked as deprecated.

* js/rebase-deprecate-preserve-merges:
  rebase: deprecate --preserve-merges
2019-04-10 02:14:24 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
b582c1681e Merge branch 'dl/ignore-docs'
Doc update.

* dl/ignore-docs:
  docs: move core.excludesFile from git-add to gitignore
  git-clean.txt: clarify ignore pattern files
2019-04-10 02:14:22 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
081b08c45c Merge branch 'ja/dir-rename-doc-markup-fix'
Doc update.

* ja/dir-rename-doc-markup-fix:
  Doc: fix misleading asciidoc formating
2019-04-10 02:14:21 +09:00
Junio C Hamano
0b2094b06b Merge branch 'dl/reset-doc-no-wrt-abbrev'
Doc update.

* dl/reset-doc-no-wrt-abbrev:
  git-reset.txt: clarify documentation
2019-04-10 02:14:21 +09:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
0044f7700f gc docs: remove incorrect reference to gc.auto=0
The chance of a repository being corrupted due to a "gc" has nothing
to do with whether or not that "gc" was invoked via "gc --auto", but
whether there's other concurrent operations happening.

This is already noted earlier in the paragraph, so there's no reason
to suggest this here. The user can infer from the rest of the
documentation that "gc" will run automatically unless gc.auto=0 is
set, and we shouldn't confuse the issue by implying that "gc --auto"
is somehow more prone to produce corruption than a normal "gc".

Well, it is in the sense that a blocking "gc" would stop you from
doing anything else in *that* particular terminal window, but users
are likely to have another window, or to be worried about how
concurrent "gc" on a server might cause corruption.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-08 17:01:10 +09:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
daecbf2261 gc docs: clarify that "gc" doesn't throw away referenced objects
Amend the "NOTES" section to fix up wording that's been with us since
3ffb58be0a ("doc/git-gc: add a note about what is collected",
2008-04-23).

I can't remember when/where anymore (I think Freenode #Git), but at
some point I was having a conversation with someone who was convinced
that "gc" would prune things only referenced by e.g. refs/pull/*, and
pointed to this section as proof.

It turned out that they'd read the "branches and tags" wording here
and thought just refs/{heads,tags}/* and refs/remotes/* etc. would be
kept, which is what we enumerate explicitly.

So let's say "other refs", even though just above we say "objects that
are referenced anywhere in your repository".

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-08 17:01:09 +09:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
7384504881 gc docs: note "gc --aggressive" in "fast-import"
Amend the "PACKFILE OPTIMIZATION" section in "fast-import" to explain
that simply running "git gc --aggressive" after a "fast-import" should
properly optimize the repository. This is simpler and more effective
than the existing "repack" advice (which I'm keeping as it helps
explain things) because it e.g. also packs the newly imported refs.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-08 17:01:09 +09:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
22d4e3bd19 gc docs: downplay the usefulness of --aggressive
The existing "gc --aggressive" docs come just short of recommending to
users that they run it regularly. I've personally talked to many users
who've taken these docs as an advice to use this option, and have,
usually it's (mostly) a waste of time.

So let's clarify what it really does, and let the user draw their own
conclusions.

Let's also clarify the "The effects [...] are persistent" to
paraphrase a brief version of Jeff King's explanation at [1].

1. https://public-inbox.org/git/20190318235356.GK29661@sigill.intra.peff.net/

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-08 17:01:09 +09:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
080a4480a0 gc docs: note how --aggressive impacts --window & --depth
Since 07e7dbf0db (gc: default aggressive depth to 50, 2016-08-11) we
somewhat confusingly use the same depth under --aggressive as we do by
default.

As noted in that commit that makes sense, it was wrong to make more
depth the default for "aggressive", and thus save disk space at the
expense of runtime performance, which is usually the opposite of
someone who'd like "aggressive gc" wants.

But that's left us with a mostly-redundant configuration variable, so
let's clearly note in its documentation that it doesn't change the
default.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-08 17:01:09 +09:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
54d56f52bd gc docs: fix formatting for "gc.writeCommitGraph"
Change the AsciiDoc formatting so that an example of "gc --auto" isn't
rendered as "git-gc(1) --auto", but as "git gc --auto". This is
consistent with the rest of the links and command examples in this
documentation.

The formatting I'm changing was initially introduced in
d5d5d7b641 ("gc: automatically write commit-graph files", 2018-06-27).

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-08 17:01:09 +09:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
d257e0fb0a gc docs: re-flow the "gc.*" section in "config"
Re-flow the "gc.*" section in "config". A previous commit moved this
over from the "gc" docs, but tried to keep as many of the lines
identical to benefit from diff's move detection.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-08 17:01:09 +09:00
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
b6a8d09f6d gc docs: include the "gc.*" section from "config" in "gc"
Rather than duplicating the documentation for the various "gc" options
let's include the "gc" docs from git-config. They were mostly better
already, and now we don't have the same docs in two places with subtly
different wording.

In the cases where the git-gc(1) docs were saying something the "gc"
docs in git-config(1) didn't cover move the relevant section over to
the git-config(1) docs.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-08 17:01:09 +09:00
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
b5a0bd694c read-tree.txt: clarify --reset and worktree changes
The description of --reset stays true to the first implementation in
438195cced (git-read-tree: add "--reset" flag, 2005-06-09). That is,
--reset discards unmerged entries. Or at least true to the commit
message because I can't be sure about read-tree's behavior regarding
local changes.

But in fcc387db9b (read-tree -m -u: do not overwrite or remove untracked
working tree files., 2006-05-17), it is clear that "-m -u" tries to keep
local changes, while --reset is singled out and will keep overwriting
worktree files. It's not stated in the commit message, but it's obvious
from the patch.

I went this far back not because I had a lot of free time, but because I
did not trust my reading of unpack-trees.c code. So far I think the
related changes in history agree with my understanding of the current
code, that "--reset" loses local changes.

This behavior is not mentioned in git-read-tree.txt, even though
old-timers probably can just guess it based on the "reset" name. Update
git-read-tree.txt about this.

Side note. There's another change regarding --reset that is not
obviously about local changes, b018ff6085 (unpack-trees: fix "read-tree
-u --reset A B" with conflicted index, 2012-12-29). But I'm pretty sure
this is about the first function of --reset, to discard unmerged entries
correctly.

PS. The patch changes one more line than necessary because the first
line uses spaces instead of tab.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-02 10:56:02 +09:00
Todd Zullinger
473dd357b7 Documentation/git-status: fix titles in porcelain v2 section
Asciidoc uses either one-line or two-line syntax for document/section
titles[1].  The two-line form is used in git-status.  Fix a few section
titles in the porcelain v2 section which were inadvertently using
markdown syntax.

[1] http://asciidoc.org/userguide.html#X17

Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 17:46:26 +09:00
Todd Zullinger
39a869b2f2 Documentation/rev-list-options: wrap --date=<format> block with "--"
Using "+" to continue multiple list items is more tedious and
error-prone than wrapping the entire block with "--" block markers.

When using asciidoctor, the list items after the --date=iso list items
are incorrectly formatted when using "+" continuation.  Use "--" block
markers to correctly format the block.

When using asciidoc there is no change in how the content is rendered.

Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 17:45:51 +09:00
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
a34dca2451 interpret-trailers.txt: start the desc line with a capital letter
This description line is shown in 'git help -a' and all other commands
description starts with an uppercase character. This just makes that
printout a bit nicer.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 15:49:47 +09:00
SZEDER Gábor
b373e4d29b Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt: fix formatting
Asciidoctor versions v1.5.7 or later print the following warning while
building the documentation:

      ASCIIDOC technical/protocol-v2.html
  asciidoctor: WARNING: protocol-v2.txt: line 38: unterminated listing block

This highlights an issue (even with older Asciidoctor versions) where
the 'Initial Client Request' header is not rendered as a header but in
monospace.  I'm not sure what exactly causes this issue and why it's
an issue only with this particular header, but all headers in
'protocol-v2.txt' are written like this:

   Initial Client Request
  ------------------------

i.e. the header itself is indented by a space, and the "underline" is
two characters longer than the header.

Dropping that indentation and making the length of the underline match
the length of the header apparently fixes this issue.

While at it, adjust all other headers 'protocol-v2.txt' as well, to
match the style we use everywhere else.

The page rendered with AsciiDoc doesn't have this formatting issue.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 15:17:47 +09:00
SZEDER Gábor
eeb26f8185 Documentation/technical/api-config.txt: fix formatting
Asciidoctor versions v1.5.7 or later print the following warning while
building the documentation:

      ASCIIDOC technical/api-config.html
  asciidoctor: WARNING: api-config.txt: line 232: unterminated listing block

This highlight an issue (even with older Asciidoctor versions) where
the length of the '----' lines surrounding a code example don't match,
and the rest of the document is rendered in monospace.

Fix this by making sure that the length of those lines match.

The page rendered with AsciiDoc doesn't have this formatting issue.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 15:17:47 +09:00
SZEDER Gábor
9822842778 Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt: fix formatting
Asciidoctor versions v1.5.7 or later print the following warning while
building the documentation:

      ASCIIDOC git-diff-tree.xml
  asciidoctor: WARNING: diff-format.txt: line 2: unterminated listing block

This highlights an issue (even with older Asciidoctor versions) where
the "Raw output format" header is not rendered as a header, and the
rest of the document is rendered in monospace.  This is not caused by
'diff-format.txt' in itself, but rather by 'git-diff-tree.txt'
including 'pretty-formats.txt' and 'diff-format.txt' on subsequent
lines, while the former happens to end with monospace-formatted
example commands.

Fix this by inserting an empty line between the two include::
directives.

The page rendered with AsciiDoc doesn't have this formatting issue.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 15:17:47 +09:00
Johannes Schindelin
c3eaa0cb9d docs: do not document the git remote-testgit command
Since 7ded055401 (build: do not install git-remote-testgit, 2013-06-07),
we do not install it. Therefore it makes no sense to document it,
either.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 14:00:54 +09:00
Johannes Schindelin
439cc74632 docs: move gitremote-helpers into section 7
It is currently in section 1, but that section is intended for
"Executable programs or shell commands".

A more appropriate place is section 7: "Miscellaneous (including macro
packages and conventions), e.g. man(7), groff(7)".

This issue should have been detected earlier by `make check-docs`, but
was missed due to a bug in that Makefile target (that we are about to
fix).

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 14:00:53 +09:00
Elijah Newren
cf7b857a77 fast-import: fix erroneous handling of get-mark with empty orphan commits
When get-mark was introduced in commit 28c7b1f7b7 ("fast-import: add a
get-mark command", 2015-07-01), it followed the precedent of the
cat-blob command to be allowed on any line other than in the middle of a
data directive; see commit 777f80d742 ("fast-import: Allow cat-blob
requests at arbitrary points in stream", 2010-11-28).  It was useful to
allow cat-blob directives in the middle of a commit to get more data
that would be used in writing the current commit object.  get-mark is
not similarly useful since fast-import can already use either object id
or mark.  Further, trying to allow this command anywhere caused parsing
bugs.  Fix the parsing problems by only allowing get-mark commands to
appear when other commands have completed.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 11:59:09 +09:00
Elijah Newren
7ffde293f2 fast-import: only allow cat-blob requests where it makes sense
In commit 777f80d742 ("fast-import: Allow cat-blob requests at
arbitrary points in stream", 2010-11-28), fast-import started allowing
cat-blob commands to appear on the start of any line except in the
middle of a "data" command.  It could be in the middle of various
directives that were part of a tag command, or in the middle of
checkpoints or progresses (each of which allow an optional second empty
newline), or even immediately after the mark command of a blob before
the data directive appeared (raising the question of what if it used the
mark for the blob that just barely appeared in the stream that we do not
yet have the data for).  None of these locations make any sense as
places to put cat-blob requests.

The purpose of this change as stated in that commit message was to

   [save] frontends from having to loop over everything they want to
   commit in the next commit and cat-ing the necessary objects in
   advance.

However, that can be achieved by simply allowing cat-blob requests to
appear whenever a filemodify directive is allowed.  Further, it avoids
setting a bad precedent for other commands to follow (e.g. get-mark); a
precedent which caused parsing problems in corner cases.

Technically, inline filemodify directives add a slight wrinkle in that
frontends might want to have cat-blob directives appear after the start
of the filemodify and before the data directive contained within it.  I
think it would have been better to disallow such a case (it would be
trivial to use cat-blob before the filemodify instead), but since there
is evidence this was used, for backwards compatibility let's support
that case too.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-01 11:59:08 +09:00