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2026-03-04Merge branch 'ps/maintenance-geometric-default'Junio C Hamano
"git maintenance" starts using the "geometric" strategy by default. * ps/maintenance-geometric-default: builtin/maintenance: use "geometric" strategy by default t7900: prepare for switch of the default strategy t6500: explicitly use "gc" strategy t5510: explicitly use "gc" strategy t5400: explicitly use "gc" strategy t34xx: don't expire reflogs where it matters t: disable maintenance where we verify object database structure t: fix races caused by background maintenance
2026-03-04Merge branch 'jr/apply-directory-normalize'Junio C Hamano
"git apply --directory=./un/../normalized/path" now normalizes the given path before using it. * jr/apply-directory-normalize: apply: normalize path in --directory argument
2026-03-04Merge branch 'sp/tree-diff-wo-the-repository'Junio C Hamano
The last uses of the_repository in "tree-diff.c" have been eradicated. * sp/tree-diff-wo-the-repository: tree-diff: remove the usage of the_hash_algo global
2026-03-04Merge branch 'pw/no-more-NULL-means-current-worktree'Junio C Hamano
API clean-up for the worktree subsystem. * pw/no-more-NULL-means-current-worktree: path: remove repository argument from worktree_git_path() wt-status: avoid passing NULL worktree
2026-03-04Merge branch 'bk/mailmap-wo-the-repository'Junio C Hamano
Wean the mailmap code off of the_repository dependency. * bk/mailmap-wo-the-repository: mailmap: drop global config variables mailmap: stop using the_repository
2026-03-04Merge branch 'dk/meson-regen-config-list'Junio C Hamano
Fix dependency screw-up in meson-based builds. * dk/meson-regen-config-list: build: regenerate config-list.h when Documentation changes
2026-03-04Merge branch 'rr/gitweb-mobile'Junio C Hamano
"gitweb" has been taught to be mobile friendly. * rr/gitweb-mobile: gitweb: let page header grow on mobile for long wrapped project names gitweb: fix mobile footer overflow by wrapping text and clearing floats gitweb: fix mobile page overflow across log/commit/blob/diff views gitweb: prevent project search bar from overflowing on mobile gitweb: add viewport meta tag for mobile devices
2026-03-04Merge branch 'sp/shallow-deepen-relative-fix'Junio C Hamano
"git fetch --deepen" that tries to go beyond merged branch used to get confused where the updated shallow points are, which has been corrected. * sp/shallow-deepen-relative-fix: shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen shallow: free local object_array allocations
2026-03-04Merge branch 'kn/osxkeychain-buildfix'Junio C Hamano
Simplify build procedure for oxskeychain (in contrib/). * kn/osxkeychain-buildfix: osxkeychain: define build targets in the top-level Makefile.
2026-03-04Merge branch 'kn/ref-location'Junio C Hamano
Allow the directory in which reference backends store their data to be specified. * kn/ref-location: refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend refs: allow reference location in refstorage config refs: receive and use the reference storage payload refs: move out stub modification to generic layer refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()`
2026-03-04status: clarify how status.compareBranches deduplicatesHarald Nordgren
The order of output when multiple branches are specified on the configuration variable was not clearly spelled out in the documentation. Add a paragraph to describe the order and also how the branches are deduplicated. Update t6040 with additional tests to illustrate how multiple branches are shown and deduplicated. Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> [jc: made a whole replacement into incremental; wrote log message.] Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-04setup: improve error diagnosis for invalid .git filesTian Yuchen
'read_gitfile_gently()' treats any non-regular file as 'READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_FILE' and fails to discern between 'ENOENT' and other stat failures. This flawed error reporting is noted by two 'NEEDSWORK' comments. Address these comments by introducing two new error codes: 'READ_GITFILE_ERR_MISSING'(which groups the "file missing" scenarios together) and 'READ_GITFILE_ERR_IS_A_DIR': 1. Update 'read_gitfile_error_die()' to treat 'IS_A_DIR', 'MISSING', 'NOT_A_FILE' and 'STAT_FAILED' as non-fatal no-ops. This accommodates intentional non-repo scenarios (e.g., GIT_DIR=/dev/null). 2. Explicitly catch 'NOT_A_FILE' and 'STAT_FAILED' during discovery and call 'die()' if 'die_on_error' is set. 3. Unconditionally pass '&error_code' to 'read_gitfile_gently()'. 4. Only invoke 'is_git_directory()' when we explicitly receive 'READ_GITFILE_ERR_IS_A_DIR', avoiding redundant checks. Additionally, audit external callers of 'read_gitfile_gently()' in 'submodule.c' and 'worktree.c' to accommodate the refined error codes. Signed-off-by: Tian Yuchen <a3205153416@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-04doc: add information regarding external commandsOmri Sarig
Git supports running external commands in the user's PATH as if they were built-in commands (see execv_dashed_external in git.c). This feature was not fully documented in Git's user-facing documentation. Add a short documentation to describe how PATH is used to find a custom subcommand. Signed-off-by: Omri Sarig <omri.sarig13@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-04path: remove redundant function callsK Jayatheerth
repo_settings_get_shared_repository() is invoked multiple times in calc_shared_perm(). While the function internally caches the value, repeated calls still add unnecessary noise. Store the result in a local variable and reuse it instead. This makes it explicit that the value is expected to remain constant and avoids repeated calls in the same scope. Signed-off-by: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-04path: use size_t for dir_prefix lengthK Jayatheerth
The strlen() function returns a size_t. Storing this in a standard signed int is a bad practice that invites overflow vulnerabilities if paths get absurdly long. Switch the variable to size_t. This is safe to do because 'len' is strictly used as an argument to strncmp() (which expects size_t) and as a positive array index, involving no signed arithmetic that could rely on negative values. Signed-off-by: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-04path: remove unused headerK Jayatheerth
The "environment.h" header is included in "path.c", but none of the functions or macros it provides are used in this file. Signed-off-by: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-04git-gui: grey out comment lines in commit messageWolfgang Faust
Comment lines are stripped by wash_commit_message, but there is no indication in the UI that they are special and will be removed. Grey these lines out to indicate that they will be removed. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Faust <contrib-git@wolfgangfaust.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
2026-03-03submodule: fetch missing objects from default remoteNasser Grainawi
When be76c21282 (fetch: ensure submodule objects fetched, 2018-12-06) added support for fetching a missing submodule object by id, it hardcoded the remote name as "origin" and deferred anything more complicated for a later patch. Implement the NEEDSWORK item to remove the hardcoded assumption by adding and using a submodule helper subcmd 'get-default-remote'. Fixing this lets 'git fetch --recurse-submodules' succeed when the fetched commit(s) in the superproject trigger a submodule fetch, and that submodule's default remote name is not "origin". Add non-"origin" remote tests to t5526-fetch-submodules.sh and t5572-pull-submodule.sh demonstrating this works as expected and add dedicated tests for get-default-remote. Signed-off-by: Nasser Grainawi <nasser.grainawi@oss.qualcomm.com> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03builtin/history: implement "split" subcommandPatrick Steinhardt
It is quite a common use case that one wants to split up one commit into multiple commits by moving parts of the changes of the original commit out into a separate commit. This is quite an involved operation though: 1. Identify the commit in question that is to be dropped. 2. Perform an interactive rebase on top of that commit's parent. 3. Modify the instruction sheet to "edit" the commit that is to be split up. 4. Drop the commit via "git reset HEAD~". 5. Stage changes that should go into the first commit and commit it. 6. Stage changes that should go into the second commit and commit it. 7. Finalize the rebase. This is quite complex, and overall I would claim that most people who are not experts in Git would struggle with this flow. Introduce a new "split" subcommand for git-history(1) to make this way easier. All the user needs to do is to say `git history split $COMMIT`. From hereon, Git asks the user which parts of the commit shall be moved out into a separate commit and, once done, asks the user for the commit message. Git then creates that split-out commit and applies the original commit on top of it. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03builtin/history: split out extended function to create commitsPatrick Steinhardt
In the next commit we're about to introduce a new command that splits up a commit into two. Most of the logic will be shared with rewording commits, except that we also need to have control over the parents and the old/new trees. Extract a new function `commit_tree_with_edited_message_ext()` to prepare for this commit. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03cache-tree: allow writing in-memory index as treePatrick Steinhardt
The function `write_in_core_index_as_tree()` takes a repository and writes its index into a tree object. What this function cannot do though is to take an _arbitrary_ in-memory index. Introduce a new `struct index_state` parameter so that the caller can pass a different index than the one belonging to the repository. This will be used in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03add-patch: allow disabling editing of hunksPatrick Steinhardt
The "add-patch" mode allows the user to edit hunks to apply custom changes. This is incompatible with a new `git history split` command that we're about to introduce in a subsequent commit, so we need a way to disable this mode. Add a new flag to disable editing hunks. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03add-patch: add support for in-memory index patchingPatrick Steinhardt
With `run_add_p()` callers have the ability to apply changes from a specific revision to a repository's index. This infra supports several different modes, like for example applying changes to the index, working tree or both. One feature that is missing though is the ability to apply changes to an in-memory index different from the repository's index. Add a new function `run_add_p_index()` to plug this gap. This new function will be used in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03add-patch: remove dependency on "add-interactive" subsystemPatrick Steinhardt
With the preceding commit we have split out interactive configuration that is used by both "git add -p" and "git add -i". But we still initialize that configuration in the "add -p" subsystem by calling `init_add_i_state()`, even though we only do so to initialize the interactive configuration as well as a repository pointer. Stop doing so and instead store and initialize the interactive configuration in `struct add_p_state` directly. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03add-patch: split out `struct interactive_options`Patrick Steinhardt
The `struct add_p_opt` is reused both by our infra for "git add -p" and "git add -i". Users of `run_add_i()` for example are expected to pass `struct add_p_opt`. This is somewhat confusing and raises the question of which options apply to what part of the stack. But things are even more confusing than that: while callers are expected to pass in `struct add_p_opt`, these options ultimately get used to initialize a `struct add_i_state` that is used by both subsystems. So we are basically going full circle here. Refactor the code and split out a new `struct interactive_options` that hosts common options used by both. These options are then applied to a `struct interactive_config` that hosts common configuration. This refactoring doesn't yet fully detangle the two subsystems from one another, as we still end up calling `init_add_i_state()` in the "git add -p" subsystem. This will be fixed in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03add-patch: split out header from "add-interactive.h"Patrick Steinhardt
While we have a "add-patch.c" code file, its declarations are part of "add-interactive.h". This makes it somewhat harder than necessary to find relevant code and to identify clear boundaries between the two subsystems. Split up concerns and move declarations that relate to "add-patch.c" into a new "add-patch.h" header. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03t3700: use test_grep helper for better diagnosticsSiddharth Shrimali
Replace 'grep' and '! grep' invocations with 'test_grep' and 'test_grep !'. This provides better debugging output if tests fail in the future, as 'test_grep' will automatically print the contents of the file when a check fails. While at it, update any remaining instances of 'grep' to 'test_grep' that were missed in the previous versions to ensure that the entire file is consistent with modern project style. Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Shrimali <r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03t3700: avoid suppressing git's exit codeSiddharth Shrimali
Replace pipelines involving git commands with temporary files (actual) to ensure that any crashes or unexpected exit codes from the git commands are properly caught by the test suite. A simple pipeline like 'git foo | grep bar' ignores the exit code of 'git', which can hide regressions. In cases where we were counting lines with 'wc -l' to ensure a pattern was absent, simplify the logic to use '! grep' to avoid subshells entirely. Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Shrimali <r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03gitk: commit translation files without file informationJohannes Sixt
File information in the translation files is only helpful for the translators, but is not needed to compile the message catalogs. On top of that, file information is rather volatile and leads to large patches that do not carry essential information. For this reason, Git project has opted to remove the file information from its translation files. Let's do that in this project, too. Rewrite the update-po target to generate *.po files that do contain file information for the benefit of translators. Configure a clean filter under the name "gettext-no-location", which is the same that the Git project uses. It is expected that translators have already configured their repository suitably. Nevertheless, write a reminder as part of the update-po target. Apply the clean-filter to the translation files. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
2026-03-03The 10th batchJunio C Hamano
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03Merge branch 'hy/diff-lazy-fetch-with-break-fix'Junio C Hamano
A prefetch call can be triggered to access a stale diff_queue entry after diffcore-break breaks a filepair into two and freed the original entry that is no longer used, leading to a segfault, which has been corrected. * hy/diff-lazy-fetch-with-break-fix: diffcore-break: avoid segfault with freed entries
2026-03-03Merge branch 'aa/add-p-no-auto-advance'Junio C Hamano
"git add -p" learned a new mode that allows the user to revisit a file that was already dealt with. * aa/add-p-no-auto-advance: add-patch: allow interfile navigation when selecting hunks add-patch: allow all-or-none application of patches add-patch: modify patch_update_file() signature interactive -p: add new `--auto-advance` flag
2026-03-03Merge branch 'lg/t2004-test-path-is-helpers'Junio C Hamano
Test code clean-up. * lg/t2004-test-path-is-helpers: t2004: use test_path_is_file instead of test -f
2026-03-03Merge branch 'ps/simplify-normalize-path-copy-len'Junio C Hamano
Code clean-up. * ps/simplify-normalize-path-copy-len: path: factor out skip_slashes() in normalize_path_copy_len()
2026-03-03Merge branch 'sc/pack-redundant-leakfix'Junio C Hamano
Leakfix. * sc/pack-redundant-leakfix: pack-redundant: fix memory leak when open_pack_index() fails
2026-03-03Merge branch 'cs/subtree-split-fixes'Junio C Hamano
An earlier attempt to optimize "git subtree" discarded too much relevant histories, which has been corrected. * cs/subtree-split-fixes: contrib/subtree: process out-of-prefix subtrees contrib/subtree: test history depth contrib/subtree: capture additional test-cases
2026-03-03for-each-repo: simplify passing of parametersDerrick Stolee
This change simplifies the code somewhat from its original implementation. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktreeDerrick Stolee
When run in a worktree, the GIT_DIR directory is set in a different way than in a typical repository. Show this by updating t0068 to include a worktree and add a test that runs from that worktree. This requires moving the repo.key config into a global config instead of the base test repository's local config (demonstrating that it worked with non-worktree Git repositories). We need to be careful to unset the local Git environment variables and let the child process rediscover them, while also reinstating those variables in the parent process afterwards. Update run_command_on_repo() to use the new sanitize_repo_env() helper method to erase these environment variables. During review of this bug fix, there were several incorrect patches demonstrating different bad behaviors. Most of these are covered by tests, when it is not too expensive to set it up. One case that would be expensive to set up is the GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS environment variable, but we trust that using sanitize_repo_env() will be sufficient to capture these uncovered cases by using the common code for resetting environment variables. Reported-by: Matthew Gabeler-Lee <fastcat@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03run-command: extract sanitize_repo_env helperDerrick Stolee
The current prepare_other_repo_env() does two distinct things: 1. Strip certain known environment variables that should be set by a child process based on a different repository. 2. Set the GIT_DIR variable to avoid repository discovery. The second item is valuable for child processes that operate on submodules, where the repo discovery could be mistaken for the parent repository. In the next change, we will see an important case where only the first item is required as the GIT_DIR discovery should happen naturally from the '-C' parameter in the child process. Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03for-each-repo: test outside of repo contextDerrick Stolee
The 'git for-each-repo' tool is frequently run outside of a repo context in the real world. For example, it powers background maintenance. Despite this typical case, we have not been testing it without a local repository. Update t0068 to stop creating a test repo and to use global config everywhere. This has some subtle changes to test across the file. This was noticed because an earlier attempt to remove the_repository from builtin/for-each-repo.c did not catch a segmentation fault since the passed 'repo' is NULL. This use of the_repository will need to stay until we have a better way to handle config queries outside of a repo context. Similar use still exists in builtin/config.c for the same reason. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03doc: fix list continuation in alias.adocJonatan Holmgren
Add missing list continuation marks ('+') after code blocks and shell examples so paragraphs render correctly as part of the preceding list item. Signed-off-by: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03xdiff: re-diff shifted change groups when using histogram algorithmYee Cheng Chin
After a diff algorithm has been run, the compaction phase (xdl_change_compact()) shifts and merges change groups to produce a cleaner output. However, this shifting could create a new matched group where both sides now have matching lines. This results in a wrong-looking diff output which contains redundant lines that are the same on both files. Fix this by detecting this situation, and re-diff the texts on each side to find similar lines, using the fall-back Myer's diff. Only do this for histogram diff as it's the only algorithm where this is relevant. Below contains an example, and more details. For an example, consider two files below: file1: A A A A A A A file2: A A x A A A A When using Myer's diff, the algorithm finds that only the "x" has been changed, and produces a final diff result (these are line diffs, but using word-diff syntax for ease of presentation): A A[-A-]{+x+}A AAA When using histogram diff, the algorithm first discovers the LCS "A AAA", which it uses as anchor, then produces an intermediate diff: {+A Ax+}A AAA[- AAA-]. This is a longer diff than Myer's, but it's still self-consistent. However, the compaction phase attempts to shift the first file's diff group upwards (note that this shift crosses the anchor that histogram had used), leading to the final results for histogram diff: [-A AA-]{+A Ax+}A AAA This is a technically correct patch but looks clearly redundant to a human as the first 3 lines should not be in the diff. The fix would detect that a shift has caused matching to a new group, and re-diff the "A AA" and "A Ax" parts, which results in "A A" correctly re-marked as unchanged. This creates the now correct histogram diff: A A[-A-]{+x+}A AAA This issue is not applicable to Myer's diff algorithm as it already generates a minimal diff, which means a shift cannot result in a smaller diff output (the default Myer's diff in xdiff is not guaranteed to be minimal for performance reasons, but it typically does a good enough job). It's also not applicable to patience diff, because it uses only unique lines as anchor for its splits, and falls back to Myer's diff within each split. Shifting requires both ends having the same lines, and therefore cannot cross the unique line boundaries established by the patience algorithm. In contrast histogram diff uses non-unique lines as anchors, and therefore shifting can cross over them. This issue is rare in a normal repository. Below is a table of repositories (`git log --no-merges -p --histogram -1000`), showing how many times a re-diff was done and how many times it resulted in finding matching lines (therefore addressing this issue) with the fix. In general it is fewer than 1% of diff's that exhibit this offending behavior: | Repo (1k commits) | Re-diff | Found matching lines | |--------------------|---------|----------------------| | llvm-project | 45 | 11 | | vim | 110 | 9 | | git | 18 | 2 | | WebKit | 168 | 1 | | ripgrep | 22 | 1 | | cpython | 32 | 0 | | vscode | 13 | 0 | Signed-off-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-02doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize italic formattingLorenzoPegorari
Uniform italic style usage for command and process names. Signed-off-by: LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-02doc: gitprotocol-pack: improve paragraphs structureLorenzoPegorari
Logically separate the introductory sentence from the first transport description to improve readability and structural clarity. Signed-off-by: LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-02doc: gitprotocol-pack: fix pronoun-antecedent agreementLorenzoPegorari
Fix "pronoun-antecedent agreement" errors. Signed-off-by: LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-02The 9th batchJunio C Hamano
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-02Merge branch 'jt/object-file-use-container-of'Junio C Hamano
Code clean-up. * jt/object-file-use-container-of: object-file.c: avoid container_of() of a NULL container object-file: use `container_of()` to convert from base types
2026-03-02Merge branch 'ps/receive-pack-shallow-optim'Junio C Hamano
The code to accept shallow "git push" has been optimized. * ps/receive-pack-shallow-optim: commit: use commit graph in `lookup_commit_reference_gently()` commit: make `repo_parse_commit_no_graph()` more robust commit: avoid parsing non-commits in `lookup_commit_reference_gently()`
2026-03-02Merge branch 'kh/doc-patch-id-4'Junio C Hamano
Doc update. * kh/doc-patch-id-4: doc: patch-id: see also git-cherry(1) doc: patch-id: add script example doc: patch-id: emphasize multi-patch processing
2026-03-02Merge branch 'ps/meson-gitk-git-gui'Junio C Hamano
Plumb gitk/git-gui build and install procedure in meson based builds. * ps/meson-gitk-git-gui: meson: wire up gitk and git-gui