Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.47.0-rc0-18-ge9356b

DecisionMaking.html

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 <h1>Decision-Making Process in the Git Project</h1>
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MyFirstContribution.html

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 <h1>My First Contribution to the Git Project</h1>
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MyFirstObjectWalk.html

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 <h1>My First Object Walk</h1>
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RelNotes/2.47.0.txt

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  * CI updates.  FreeBSD image has been updated to 13.4.
    (merge 2eeb29702e cb/ci-freebsd-13-4 later to maint).
 
+ * Give timeout to the locking code to write to reftable, instead of
+   failing on the first failure without retrying.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.46
 -----------------
@@ -293,6 +296,27 @@ Fixes since v2.46
    been corrected.
    (merge 9a41735af6 rs/diff-exit-code-binary later to maint).
 
+ * When a subprocess to work in a submodule spawned by "git submodule"
+   fails with SIGPIPE, the parent Git process caught the death of it,
+   but gave a generic "failed to work in that submodule", which was
+   misleading.  We now behave as if the parent got SIGPIPE and die.
+   (merge 082caf527e pw/submodule-process-sigpipe later to maint).
+
+ * "git archive" with pathspec magic that uses the attribute
+   information did not work well, which has been corrected.
+   (merge 296743a7ca rs/archive-with-attr-pathspec-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Background tasks "git maintenance" runs may need to use credential
+   information when going over the network, but a credential helper
+   may work only in an interactive environment, and end up blocking a
+   scheduled task waiting for UI.  Credential helpers can now behave
+   differently when they are not running interactively.
+   (merge b9183b0a02 ds/background-maintenance-with-credential later to maint).
+
+ * "git --git-dir=nowhere cmd" failed to properly notice that it
+   wasn't in any repository while processing includeIf.onbranch
+   configuration and instead crashed.
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge be10ac7037 jc/mailinfo-header-cleanup later to maint).
    (merge 4460e052e0 jc/range-diff-lazy-setup later to maint).

ReviewingGuidelines.html

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 <h1>Reviewing Patches in the Git Project</h1>
 <div class="details">
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+<span id="revdate">2024-09-30</span>
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SubmittingPatches.html

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 <h1>Submitting Patches</h1>
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ToolsForGit.html

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 <h1>Tools for developing Git</h1>
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everyday.html

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 <h1>Everyday Git With 20 Commands Or So</h1>
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git-config.html

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 for details and examples.</p>
 </div>
 </dd>
+<dt class="hdlist1">credential.interactive</dt>
+<dd>
+<p>By default, Git and any configured credential helpers will ask for
+user input when new credentials are required. Many of these helpers
+will succeed based on stored credentials if those credentials are
+still valid. To avoid the possibility of user interactivity from
+Git, set <code>credential.interactive=false</code>. Some credential helpers
+respect this option as well.</p>
+</dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">credential.useHttpPath</dt>
 <dd>
 <p>When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
@@ -7903,6 +7912,15 @@ <h3 id="_variables">Variables</h3>
 of 256 is supported.</p>
 </div>
 </dd>
+<dt class="hdlist1">reftable.lockTimeout</dt>
+<dd>
+<p>Whenever the reftable backend appends a new table to the stack, it has
+to lock the central "tables.list" file before updating it. This config
+controls how long the process will wait to acquire the lock in case
+another process has already acquired it. Value 0 means not to retry at
+all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e., retry for
+100ms).</p>
+</dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">remote.pushDefault</dt>
 <dd>
 <p>The remote to push to by default.  Overrides

git-remote-helpers.html

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 <div id="header">
 <h1>git-remote-helpers</h1>
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howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html

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 <h1>Keep authoritative canonical history correct with git pull</h1>
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+<span id="revdate">2024-09-30</span>
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howto/maintain-git.html

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 <h1>How to maintain Git</h1>
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+<span id="revdate">2024-09-30</span>
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howto/new-command.html

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 <div id="header">
 <h1>How to integrate new subcommands</h1>
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howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html

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 <h1>How to rebase from an internal branch</h1>
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howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html

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 <h1>How to rebuild from update hook</h1>
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howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html

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 <h1>How to recover a corrupted blob object</h1>
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howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html

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 <h1>How to recover an object from scratch</h1>
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howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html

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 <h1>How to revert a faulty merge</h1>
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howto/revert-branch-rebase.html

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 <h1>How to revert an existing commit</h1>
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howto/separating-topic-branches.html

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 <h1>How to separate topic branches</h1>
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howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html

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 <h1>How to setup Git server over http</h1>
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howto/update-hook-example.html

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howto/use-git-daemon.html

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howto/using-merge-subtree.html

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 <h1>How to use the subtree merge strategy</h1>
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