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.TH GIT 1 .SH NAME git, git/conf, git/fs, git/query, git/walk, git/clone, git/branch, git/commit, git/diff, git/init, git/log, git/merge, git/push, git/pull \- Manage git repositories. .SH SYNOPSIS .PP .B git/add [ .B -r ] .I path... .PP .B git/branch [ .B -b .I base ] .I newbranch .PP .B git/clone [ .I remote [ .I local ] ] .PP .B git/commit .I file... .PP .B git/conf [ .B -r ] [ .B -f .I file ] .I keys... .PP .B git/diff [ .B -b .I branch ] [ .I file... ] .PP .B git/revert [ .B -c .I commit ] .I file... .PP .B git/fs [ .B -d ] .PP .B git/export [ .I commits... ] .PP .B git/import [ .I commits... ] .PP .B git/init [ .B -b ] [ .I dir ] [ .B -u .I upstream ] .PP .B git/log [ .B -b .I branch ] [ .I files... ] .PP .B git/merge .I theirs .PP .B git/pull [ .B -f ] [ .B -u .I upstream ] .PP .B git/push [ .B -a ] [ .B -u .I upstream ] [ .B -b .I branch ] [ .B -r .I branch ] .PP .B git/query [ .B -pc ] .I query .PP .B git/walk [ .B -qc ] [ .B -b .I branch ] [ .B -f .I filters ] [ .I [files...] ] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Git is a distributed version control system. This means that each repository contains a full copy of the history. This history is then synced between computers as needed. .PP These programs provide tools to manage and interoperate with repositories hosted in git. .SH CONCEPTS Git stores snapshots of the working directory. Files can either be in a tracked or untracked state. Each commit takes the current version of all tracked files and adds them to a new commit. This history is stored in the .I .git directory. This suite of .I git tools provides a file interface to the .I .git directory mounted on .I /mnt/git. Modifications to the repository are done directly to the .I .git directory, and are reflected in the file system interface. This allows for easy scripting, without excessive complexity in the file API. .SH COMMANDS .PP .B Git/init is used to create a new git repository, with no code or commits. The repository is created in the current directory by default. Passing a directory name will cause the repository to be created there instead. Passing the .B -b option will cause the repository to be initialized as a bare repository. Passing the .B -u .I upstream option will cause the upstream to be configured to .I upstream. .PP .B Git/clone will take an existing repository, served over either the .I git:// or .I ssh:// protocols. The first argument is the repository to clone. The second argument, optionally, specifies the location to clone into. If not specified, the repository will be cloned into the last path component of the clone source, with the .I .git stripped off if present. .B Git/push is used to push the current changes to a remote repository. When no arguments are provided, the remote repository is taken from the origin configured in .I .git/config, and only the changes on the current branch are pushed. When passed the .I -a option, all branches are pushed. When passed the .I -u upstream option, the changed are pushed to .I upstream instead of the configured origin. When given the .I -r option, the branch is deleted from origin, instead of updated. .B Git/pull behaves in a similar manner to git/push, however it gets changes from the upstream repository. After fetching, it checks out the changes into the working directory. When passed the .I -f option, the update of the working copy is suppressed. When passed the .I -u upstream option, the changes are pulled from .I upstream instead of the configured origin. .B Git/fs provides a read-only file system mounted on /mnt/git. It provides a view into the repository contents to allow convenient inspection of repository structure. Surrounding scripts and binaries manipulate the repository contents directly. These changes will be immediately mirrored in the file system. .PP Git/fs serves the following directories: .TP /mnt/git/object The objects in the repo. .TP /mnt/git/branch The branches and tags in the repo. .TP /mnt/git/ctl A file showing the status of the repo. Currently, it only shows the current branch. .TP /mnt/git/HEAD An alias for the currently checked out commit directory. .PP .B Git/add adds a file to the list of tracked files. When passed the .I -r flag, the file is removed from the list of tracked files. The copy of the file in the repository is left untouched. .PP .B Git/commit creates a new commit reflecting the state of the current repository. It takes no arguments: all files must be added or removed using git/add. If a file does not exist in the working directory, it is treated as though it was removed. .PP .B Git/branch is used to switch between branches. When passed the .I -c option, the branch will be created if it does not yet exist. When passed the .I -o original option, the branch created is based off of .I original instead of .I HEAD. When passed the .I -s option, the branch is created but the files are not checked out. .PP .B Git/log shows a history of the current branch. .PP .B Git/diff shows the differences between the currently checked out code and the .I HEAD commit. When passed the .I -b base option, the diff is computed against .I base instead of .I HEAD. .PP .B Git/export exports a list of commits in a format that .B git/import can apply. .PP .B Git/import imports a commit with message, author, and date information. .PP .B Git/merge takes two branches and merges them filewise using .I ape/diff3. The next commit made will be a merge commmit. .PP .B Git/conf is a tool for querying the git configuration. The configuration key is provided as a dotted string. Spaces are accepted. For example, to find the URL of the origin repository, one might pass .I 'remote "origin".url". When given the .I -r option, the root of the current repository is printed. .B Git/query takes an expression describing a commit, or set of commits, and resolves it to a list of commits. With the .I -p option, instead of printing the commit hashes, the full path to their .B git/fs path is printed. With the .I -c option, the query must resolve to two commits. The blobs that have changed in the commits are printed. .PP .B Git/walk provides a tool for walking the list of tracked objects and printing their status. With no arguments, it prints a list of paths prefixed with the status character. When given the .I -c character, only the paths are printed. When given the .I -q option, all output is suppressed, and only the status is printed. When given the .I -f option, the output is filtered by status code, and only matching items are printed. .PP The status characters are as follows: .TP T Tracked, not modified since last commit. .TP M Modified since last commit. .TP R Removed from either working directory tracking list. .TP A Added, does not yet exist in a commit. .SH REF SYNTAX .PP Refs are specified with a simple query syntax. A bare hash always evaluates to itself. Ref names are resolved to their hashes. The .B a ^ suffix operator finds the parent of a commit. The .B a b @ suffix operator finds the common ancestor of the previous two commits. The .B a .. b or .B a : b operator finds all commits between .B a and .B b. Between is defined as the set of all commits which are ancestors of .B b and descendants of .B a. .SH EXAMPLES .PP In order to create a new repository, run .B git/init: .EX git/init myrepo .EE To clone an existing repository from a git server, run: .EX git/clone git://github.com/Harvey-OS/harvey cd harvey # edit files git/commit git/push .EE .SH SOURCE .B /sys/src/cmd/git .SH SEE ALSO .IR hg (1) .IR replica (1) .IR patch (1) .IR diff3 .SH BUGS .PP Repositories with submodules are effectively read-only. .PP There are a number of missing commands, features, and tools. Notable missing features include .I http clones, history editing, and formatted patch management.