release notes/ change number discrepancy ? - Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.0.txt "merge b738396..."

2017-02-04 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Am I missing something in the following: looking at Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.0.txt I see the following release note (~line 35): * "upload-pack" allows a custom "git pack-objects" replacement when responding to "fetch/clone" via the uploadpack.packObjectsHook. (merge b738396 jk/upload-pa

Re: git rm --cached should be git rm --cache or git rm --stage

2016-08-20 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 08:14:25PM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote: > From: "Zenaan Harkness" > > > > Please CC me :) > > or perhaps something like: > > "does not unstage a file, it actually stages the removal of the > > file(s) from the rep

git rm --cached should be git rm --cache or git rm --stage

2016-08-20 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Please CC me :) >From man git-rm: --cached Use this option to unstage and remove paths only from the index. Working tree files, whether modified or not, will be left alone. This wording is unclear and dangerous, and ought be cleaned up somehow. Probably also the option name should chan

Re: git rm --cached should be git rm --cache or git rm --stage

2016-08-20 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Please CC me :) > From man git-rm: > > --cached > Use this option to unstage and remove paths only from the index. > Working tree files, whether modified or not, will be left alone. > > > This wording is unclear and dangerous, and ought be cleaned up somehow. > > Probably also the optio

Re: git branch

2015-06-02 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 6/2/15, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > - git's guilty little secret. Let's milk the guilt. > > git branch ought work in a similar way to > git fetch > > One syntax to rule them all. Or something. > > I just learned how git fetch uses refspecs and how this c

git branch

2015-06-02 Thread Zenaan Harkness
- git's guilty little secret. Let's milk the guilt. git branch ought work in a similar way to git fetch One syntax to rule them all. Or something. I just learned how git fetch uses refspecs and how this can just as well apply to tags to create "remote tags" (refs/rtags/remote_name/*), finally

git torrent - sane deterministic pack files

2015-06-01 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Please CC me when replying, if you think of it. Thanks. LWN discussion, this particular thread starts here: https://lwn.net/Articles/646758/ Some extracts: Deterministic packfile creation is required for parallel git downloads. Example git pack file parameter/ configuration variations: - compres

Re: contrib/git-normal-to-bare.sh

2013-05-27 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 5/27/13, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Zenaan Harkness writes: > >>rm -rf $repo > > The user would appreciate if you check that there are no uncommited > changes and no untracked files (at least no untracked and not ignored > files) before running this. > > Also, it

contrib/git-normal-to-bare.sh

2013-05-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
I needed this quite a bit in the last few days, basic script but serves my need. I think it would be useful for other beginners if in $git/contrib/ source dir. Just a start to a basic script. Needs more tests etc, but it's enough to get newbies (like me) off to a reasonable start. Handles multiple

contrib/git-normal-to-bare.sh

2013-05-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
This question comes up every now and then - how to convert from normal to bare, or vice versa. This is just a start to a basic script to go one way. Needs more tests etc, but it's enough to get newbies (like me) off to a reasonable start. PLEASE CC me, as I am not subscribed. Thanks, Zenaan gi