"git add" allows adding a regular file to the path where a submodule
used to exist, but "git update-index" does not allow an equivalent
operation to Porcelain writers.
In commit e01105 Linus introduced gitlinks to update-index. He explains
that he thinks it is not the right thing to replace a gitlink with
something else.
That commit is from the very first beginnings of submodule support.
Since then we have gotten a lot closer to being able to remove a
submodule without losing its history. This check prevents such a use
case, so I think this assumption has changed.
Additionally in the git add codepath we do not have such a check, so for
consistency reasons I think removing this check is the correct thing to
do.
Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
With the "--index-version <n>" parameter, write the index out in the
specified version. With this, an index file that is written in newer
format (say v4) can be downgraded to be read by older versions of Git.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The "format_check" parameter tucked after the existing parameters is too
ugly an afterthought to live in any reasonable API.
Combine it with the other boolean parameter "write_object" into a single
"flags" parameter.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* jn/parse-options-extra:
update-index: migrate to parse-options API
setup: save prefix (original cwd relative to toplevel) in startup_info
parse-options: make resuming easier after PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION
parse-options: allow git commands to invent new option types
parse-options: never suppress arghelp if LITERAL_ARGHELP is set
parse-options: do not infer PARSE_OPT_NOARG from option type
parse-options: sanity check PARSE_OPT_NOARG flag
parse-options: move NODASH sanity checks to parse_options_check
parse-options: clearer reporting of API misuse
parse-options: Don't call parse_options_check() so much
* jn/git-cmd-h-bypass-setup:
update-index -h: show usage even with corrupt index
merge -h: show usage even with corrupt index
ls-files -h: show usage even with corrupt index
gc -h: show usage even with broken configuration
commit/status -h: show usage even with broken configuration
checkout-index -h: show usage even in an invalid repository
branch -h: show usage even in an invalid repository
Conflicts:
builtin/merge.c
--refresh and --really-refresh accept flags (like -q) and modify
an error indicator. It might make sense to make the error
indicator global, but just pass the flags and a pointer to the error
indicator in a struct instead.
--cacheinfo wants 3 arguments. Use the OPTION_LOWLEVEL_CALLBACK
extension to grab them and PARSE_OPT_NOARG to disallow the "sticked"
--cacheinfo=foo form. (The resulting message
$ git update-index --cacheinfo=foo
error: option `cacheinfo' takes no value
is unfortunately incorrect.)
--assume-unchanged and --no-assume-unchanged probably should use the
OPT_UYN feature; but use a callback for now so the existing MARK_FLAG
and UNMARK_FLAG values can be used.
--stdin and --index-info are still constrained to be the last argument
(implemented using the OPTION_LOWLEVEL_CALLBACK extension).
--unresolve and --again consume all arguments that come after them
(also using OPTION_LOWLEVEL_CALLBACK).
The order of options matters. Each path on the command line is
affected only by the options that come before it. A custom
argument-parsing loop with parse_options_step() brings that about.
In exchange for all the fuss, we get the usual perks: support for
un-sticked options, better usage error messages, more useful -h
output, and argument parsing code that should be easier to tweak
in the future.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When trying to fix up a corrupt repository, one might prefer that
"update-index -h" print an accurate usage message and exit rather
than reading the repository and complaining about the corruption.
[jn: with rewritten log message and tests]
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The `<file>' argument is optional in both cases (the man pages are
already correct).
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This shrinks the top-level directory a bit, and makes it much more
pleasant to use auto-completion on the thing. Instead of
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em buil<tab>
Display all 180 possibilities? (y or n)
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-sh
builtin-shortlog.c builtin-show-branch.c builtin-show-ref.c
builtin-shortlog.o builtin-show-branch.o builtin-show-ref.o
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-shor<tab>
builtin-shortlog.c builtin-shortlog.o
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-shortlog.c
you get
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em buil<tab> [type]
builtin/ builtin.h
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin [auto-completes to]
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/sh<tab> [type]
shortlog.c shortlog.o show-branch.c show-branch.o show-ref.c show-ref.o
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/sho [auto-completes to]
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/shor<tab> [type]
shortlog.c shortlog.o
[torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/shortlog.c
which doesn't seem all that different, but not having that annoying
break in "Display all 180 possibilities?" is quite a relief.
NOTE! If you do this in a clean tree (no object files etc), or using an
editor that has auto-completion rules that ignores '*.o' files, you
won't see that annoying 'Display all 180 possibilities?' message - it
will just show the choices instead. I think bash has some cut-off
around 100 choices or something.
So the reason I see this is that I'm using an odd editory, and thus
don't have the rules to cut down on auto-completion. But you can
simulate that by using 'ls' instead, or something similar.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
