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Ever since v1.7.2-rc1~4^2~7 (revert: allow cherry-picking more than one commit, 2010-06-02), a single invocation of "git cherry-pick" or "git revert" can perform picks of several individual commits. To implement features like "--continue" to continue the whole operation, we will need to store some information about the state and the plan at the beginning. Introduce a ".git/sequencer/head" file to store this state, and ".git/sequencer/todo" file to store the plan. The head file contains the SHA-1 of the HEAD before the start of the operation, and the todo file contains an instruction sheet whose format is inspired by the format of the "rebase -i" instruction sheet. As a result, a typical todo file looks like: pick 8537f0e submodule add: test failure when url is not configured pick 4d68932 submodule add: allow relative repository path pick f22a17e submodule add: clean up duplicated code pick 59a5775 make copy_ref globally available Since SHA-1 hex is abbreviated using an find_unique_abbrev(), it is unambiguous. This does not guarantee that there will be no ambiguity when more objects are added to the repository. These two files alone are not enough to implement a "--continue" that remembers the command-line options specified; later patches in the series save them too. These new files are unrelated to the existing .git/CHERRY_PICK_HEAD, which will still be useful while committing after a conflict resolution. Inspired-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Helped-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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GIT - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the
documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help
commandname".
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is
installed).
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe
to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to
majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in
git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and
the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good
reference for project status, development direction and
remaining tasks.