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26 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="head" role="doc-pageheader" aria-label="Manual header
27 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp line"><span class="head-ltitle">GOT(1)</span> <span class="head-vol">General
28 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp Commands Manual</span> <span class="head-rtitle">GOT(1)</span></div>
29 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <main class="manual-text">
30 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
31 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h2>
32 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">got</code> —
33 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <span class="Nd" role="doc-subtitle">Game of Trees</span></p>
35 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
36 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h2>
37 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Nm">
39 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td><code class="Nm">got</code></td>
40 742bb3a1 2022-10-24 stsp <td>[<code class="Fl">-hV</code>] <var class="Ar">command</var>
41 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp [<var class="Ar">arg ...</var>]</td>
45 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
46 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h2>
47 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">got</code> is a version control system which
48 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp stores the history of tracked files in a Git repository, as used by the Git
49 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp version control system. This repository format is described in
50 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-repository, section
51 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 5">git-repository(5)</a>.</p>
52 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">got</code> is a “distributed”
53 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp version control system because every copy of a repository is writeable.
54 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp Modifications made to files can be synchronized between repositories at any
56 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <p class="Pp" id="work">Files managed by <code class="Nm">got</code> must be
57 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp checked out from the repository for modification. Checked out files are
58 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp stored in a <a class="permalink" href="#work"><i class="Em">work
59 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp tree</i></a> which can be placed at an arbitrary directory in the filesystem
60 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp hierarchy. The on-disk format of this work tree is described in
61 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got-worktree, section 5">got-worktree(5)</a>.</p>
62 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">got</code> provides global and command-specific
63 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp options. Global options must precede the command name, and are as
64 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
65 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
66 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="h"><a class="permalink" href="#h"><code class="Fl">-h</code></a></dt>
67 ae520cae 2019-08-05 stsp <dd>Display usage information and exit immediately.</dd>
68 56dd4d48 2021-04-05 stsp <dt id="V"><a class="permalink" href="#V"><code class="Fl">-V</code></a>,
69 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <code class="Fl">--version</code></dt>
70 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Display program version and exit immediately.</dd>
72 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The commands for <code class="Nm">got</code> are as follows:</p>
73 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
74 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="im"><a class="permalink" href="#import"><code class="Cm" id="import">import</code></a>
75 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp [<code class="Fl">-b</code> <var class="Ar">branch</var>]
76 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-I</code> <var class="Ar">pattern</var>]
77 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp [<code class="Fl">-m</code> <var class="Ar">message</var>]
78 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp [<code class="Fl">-r</code> <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>]
79 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">directory</var></dt>
81 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
82 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">im</code>)</code></div>
83 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Create an initial commit in a repository from the file hierarchy within the
84 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp specified <var class="Ar">directory</var>. The created commit will not
85 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp have any parent commits, i.e. it will be a root commit. Also create a new
86 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp reference which provides a branch name for the newly created commit. Show
87 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the path of each imported file to indicate progress.
88 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Cm">got import</code> command requires the
89 c2a52be5 2019-09-08 stsp <code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code> environment variable to be set,
90 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp unless an author has been configured in
91 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> or Git's
92 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Dv">user.name</code> and <code class="Dv">user.email</code>
93 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp configuration settings can be obtained from the repository's
94 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <span class="Pa">.git/config</span> file or from Git's global
95 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <span class="Pa">~/.gitconfig</span> configuration file.</p>
96 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got import</code> are as
97 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
98 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
99 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="b"><a class="permalink" href="#b"><code class="Fl">-b</code></a>
100 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var></dt>
101 3cde8558 2022-09-23 stsp <dd>Create the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var>. If this option is
102 3cde8558 2022-09-23 stsp not specified, a branch corresponding to the repository's HEAD
103 3cde8558 2022-09-23 stsp reference will be used. Use of this option is required if the branch
104 3cde8558 2022-09-23 stsp resolved via the repository's HEAD reference already exists.</dd>
105 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="I"><a class="permalink" href="#I"><code class="Fl">-I</code></a>
106 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">pattern</var></dt>
107 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Ignore files or directories with a name which matches the specified
108 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">pattern</var>. This option may be specified multiple
109 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp times to build a list of ignore patterns. The
110 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">pattern</var> follows the globbing rules documented in
111 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="glob, section 7">glob(7)</a>. Ignore
112 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp patterns which end with a slash, “/”, will only match
113 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp directories.</dd>
114 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="m"><a class="permalink" href="#m"><code class="Fl">-m</code></a>
115 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">message</var></dt>
116 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Use the specified log message when creating the new commit. Without
117 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the <code class="Fl">-m</code> option, <code class="Cm">got
118 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp import</code> opens a temporary file in an editor where a log message
119 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp can be written. Quitting the editor without saving the file will abort
120 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the import operation.</dd>
121 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="r"><a class="permalink" href="#r"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
122 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
123 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
124 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory.</dd>
127 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="cl"><a class="permalink" href="#clone"><code class="Cm" id="clone">clone</code></a>
128 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-almqv</code>] [<code class="Fl">-b</code>
129 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var>] [<code class="Fl">-R</code>
130 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">reference</var>] <var class="Ar">repository-URL</var>
131 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp [<var class="Ar">directory</var>]</dt>
133 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
134 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">cl</code>)</code></div>
135 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Clone a Git repository at the specified <var class="Ar">repository-URL</var>
136 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp into the specified <var class="Ar">directory</var>. If no
137 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">directory</var> is specified, the directory name will be
138 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp derived from the name of the cloned repository. <code class="Cm">got
139 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp clone</code> will refuse to run if the <var class="Ar">directory</var>
140 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp already exists.
141 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The <var class="Ar">repository-URL</var> specifies a protocol
142 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp scheme, a server hostname, an optional port number separated from the
143 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp hostname by a colon, and a path to the repository on the server:
144 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <a class="Lk" href="scheme://hostname:port/path/to/repository">scheme://hostname:port/path/to/repository</a></p>
145 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The following protocol schemes are supported:</p>
146 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
147 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dt>git</dt>
148 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <dd>The Git protocol as implemented by the
149 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-daemon, section 1">git-daemon(1)</a>
150 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp server. Use of this protocol is discouraged since it supports neither
151 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp authentication nor encryption.</dd>
152 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dt>git+ssh</dt>
153 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>The Git protocol wrapped in an authenticated and encrypted
154 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh, section 1">ssh(1)</a> tunnel. With this
155 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp protocol the hostname may contain an embedded username for
156 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh, section 1">ssh(1)</a> to use:
157 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <a class="Mt" href="mailto:user@hostname">user@hostname</a></dd>
158 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dt>ssh</dt>
159 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Short alias for git+ssh.</dd>
161 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Objects in the cloned repository are stored in a pack file
162 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp which is downloaded from the server. This pack file will then be indexed
163 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp to facilitate access to the objects stored within. If any objects in the
164 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp pack file are stored in deltified form, all deltas will be fully
165 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp resolved in order to compute the ID of such objects. This can take some
166 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp time. More details about the pack file format are documented in
167 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-repository, section
168 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 5">git-repository(5)</a>.</p>
169 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got clone</code> creates a remote repository
170 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp entry in the <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section
171 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 5">got.conf(5)</a> and <span class="Pa">config</span> files of the
172 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp cloned repository to store the <var class="Ar">repository-url</var> and
173 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp any <var class="Ar">branch</var> or <var class="Ar">reference</var>
174 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp arguments for future use by <code class="Cm">got fetch</code> or
175 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-fetch, section 1">git-fetch(1)</a>.</p>
176 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got clone</code> are as
177 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp follows:</p>
178 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
179 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="a"><a class="permalink" href="#a"><code class="Fl">-a</code></a></dt>
180 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Fetch all branches from the remote repository's
181 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp “refs/heads/” reference namespace and set
182 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Cm">fetch_all_branches</code> in the cloned repository's
183 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> file
184 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp for future use by <code class="Cm">got fetch</code>. If this option is
185 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp not specified, a branch resolved via the remote repository's HEAD
186 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp reference will be fetched. Cannot be used together with the
187 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Fl">-b</code> option.</dd>
188 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="b~2"><a class="permalink" href="#b~2"><code class="Fl">-b</code></a>
189 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var></dt>
190 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Fetch the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> from the remote
191 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp repository's “refs/heads/” reference namespace. This
192 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp option may be specified multiple times to build a list of branches to
193 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp fetch. If the branch corresponding to the remote repository's HEAD
194 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp reference is not in this list, the cloned repository's HEAD reference
195 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp will be set to the first branch which was fetched. If this option is
196 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp not specified, a branch resolved via the remote repository's HEAD
197 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp reference will be fetched. Cannot be used together with the
198 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <code class="Fl">-a</code> option.</dd>
199 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="l"><a class="permalink" href="#l"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
200 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>List branches and tags available for fetching from the remote
201 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp repository and exit immediately. Cannot be used together with any of
202 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp the other options except <code class="Fl">-q</code> and
203 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-v</code>.</dd>
204 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="m~2"><a class="permalink" href="#m~2"><code class="Fl">-m</code></a></dt>
205 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Create the cloned repository as a mirror of the original repository.
206 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp This is useful if the cloned repository will not be used to store
207 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp locally created commits.
208 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The repository's <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf,
209 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp section 5">got.conf(5)</a> and <span class="Pa">config</span> files
210 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp will be set up with the “mirror” option enabled, such
211 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp that <code class="Cm">got fetch</code> or
212 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-fetch, section 1">git-fetch(1)</a>
213 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp will write incoming changes directly to branches in the
214 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/heads/” reference namespace, rather than to
215 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp branches in the “refs/remotes/” namespace. This avoids
216 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp the usual requirement of having to run <code class="Cm">got
217 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp rebase</code> or <code class="Cm">got merge</code> after
218 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Cm">got fetch</code> in order to make incoming changes
219 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appear on branches in the “refs/heads/” namespace. But
220 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp maintaining custom changes in the cloned repository becomes
221 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp difficult since such changes will be at risk of being discarded
222 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp whenever incoming changes are fetched.</p>
224 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="q"><a class="permalink" href="#q"><code class="Fl">-q</code></a></dt>
225 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Suppress progress reporting output. The same option will be passed to
226 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh, section 1">ssh(1)</a> if
227 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp applicable.</dd>
228 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="R"><a class="permalink" href="#R"><code class="Fl">-R</code></a>
229 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">reference</var></dt>
230 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>In addition to the branches and tags that will be fetched, fetch an
231 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp arbitrary <var class="Ar">reference</var> from the remote repository's
232 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/” namespace. This option may be specified multiple
233 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp times to build a list of additional references to fetch. The specified
234 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">reference</var> may either be a path to a specific
235 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp reference, or a reference namespace which will cause all references in
236 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp this namespace to be fetched.
237 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Each reference will be mapped into the cloned repository's
238 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/remotes/” namespace, unless the
239 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <code class="Fl">-m</code> option is used to mirror references
240 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp directly into the cloned repository's “refs/”
241 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp namespace.</p>
242 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got clone</code> will refuse to fetch
243 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp references from the remote repository's
244 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/remotes/” or “refs/got/”
245 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp namespace.</p>
247 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="v"><a class="permalink" href="#v"><code class="Fl">-v</code></a></dt>
248 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Verbose mode. Causes <code class="Cm">got clone</code> to print
249 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp debugging messages to standard error output. This option will be
250 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp passed to <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh, section 1">ssh(1)</a> if
251 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp applicable. Multiple -v options increase the verbosity. The maximum is
255 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="fe"><a class="permalink" href="#fetch"><code class="Cm" id="fetch">fetch</code></a>
256 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-adlqtvX</code>] [<code class="Fl">-b</code>
257 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var>] [<code class="Fl">-R</code>
258 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">reference</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
259 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>]
260 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<var class="Ar">remote-repository</var>]</dt>
262 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
263 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">fe</code>)</code></div>
264 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Fetch new changes from a remote repository. If no
265 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">remote-repository</var> is specified,
266 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “origin” will be used. The remote repository's URL is
267 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp obtained from the corresponding entry in
268 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> or Git's
269 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <span class="Pa">config</span> file of the local repository, as created by
270 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got clone</code>.
271 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <p class="Pp">By default, any branches configured in
272 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> for the
273 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <var class="Ar">remote-repository</var> will be fetched. If
274 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <code class="Cm">got fetch</code> is invoked in a work tree then this
275 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp work tree's current branch will be fetched, too, provided it is present
276 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp on the server. If no branches to fetch can be found in
277 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> or via a
278 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp work tree, or said branches are not found on the server, a branch
279 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp resolved via the remote repository's HEAD reference will be fetched.
280 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp Likewise, if a HEAD reference for the
281 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <var class="Ar">remote-repository</var> exists but its target no longer
282 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp matches the remote HEAD, then the new target branch will be fetched.
283 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp This default behaviour can be overridden with the
284 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-a</code> and <code class="Fl">-b</code> options.</p>
285 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">New changes will be stored in a separate pack file downloaded
286 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp from the server. Optionally, separate pack files stored in the
287 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp repository can be combined with <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-repack,
288 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp section 1">git-repack(1)</a>.</p>
289 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">By default, branch references in the
290 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/remotes/” reference namespace will be updated to
291 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp point at the newly fetched commits. The <code class="Cm">got
292 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp rebase</code> or <code class="Cm">got merge</code> command can then be
293 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp used to make new changes visible on branches in the
294 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp “refs/heads/” namespace, merging incoming changes with the
295 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp changes on those branches as necessary.</p>
296 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If the repository was created as a mirror with
297 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got clone -m</code>, then all branches in the
298 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/heads/” namespace will be updated directly to match
299 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp the corresponding branches in the remote repository. If those branches
300 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp contained local commits, these commits will no longer be reachable via a
301 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp reference and will therefore be at risk of being discarded by Git's
302 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp garbage collector or <code class="Cm">gotadmin cleanup</code>.
303 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp Maintaining custom changes in a mirror repository is therefore
304 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp discouraged.</p>
305 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">In any case, references in the “refs/tags/”
306 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp namespace will always be fetched and mapped directly to local references
307 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp in the same namespace.</p>
308 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got fetch</code> are as
309 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp follows:</p>
310 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
311 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="a~2"><a class="permalink" href="#a~2"><code class="Fl">-a</code></a></dt>
312 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Fetch all branches from the remote repository's
313 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp “refs/heads/” reference namespace. This option can be
314 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp enabled by default for specific repositories in
315 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a>. Cannot
316 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp be used together with the <code class="Fl">-b</code> option.</dd>
317 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="b~3"><a class="permalink" href="#b~3"><code class="Fl">-b</code></a>
318 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var></dt>
319 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Fetch the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> from the remote
320 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp repository's “refs/heads/” reference namespace. This
321 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp option may be specified multiple times to build a list of branches to
322 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp fetch. Cannot be used together with the <code class="Fl">-a</code>
323 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp option.</dd>
324 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="d"><a class="permalink" href="#d"><code class="Fl">-d</code></a></dt>
325 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Delete branches and tags from the local repository which are no longer
326 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp present in the remote repository. Only references are deleted. Any
327 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp commit, tree, tag, and blob objects belonging to deleted branches or
328 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp tags remain in the repository and may be removed separately with Git's
329 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp garbage collector or <code class="Cm">gotadmin cleanup</code>.</dd>
330 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="l~2"><a class="permalink" href="#l~2"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
331 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>List branches and tags available for fetching from the remote
332 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp repository and exit immediately. Cannot be used together with any of
333 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp the other options except <code class="Fl">-v</code>,
334 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-q</code>, and <code class="Fl">-r</code>.</dd>
335 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="q~2"><a class="permalink" href="#q~2"><code class="Fl">-q</code></a></dt>
336 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Suppress progress reporting output. The same option will be passed to
337 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh, section 1">ssh(1)</a> if
338 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp applicable.</dd>
339 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="R~2"><a class="permalink" href="#R~2"><code class="Fl">-R</code></a>
340 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">reference</var></dt>
341 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>In addition to the branches and tags that will be fetched, fetch an
342 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp arbitrary <var class="Ar">reference</var> from the remote repository's
343 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/” namespace. This option may be specified multiple
344 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp times to build a list of additional references to fetch. The specified
345 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">reference</var> may either be a path to a specific
346 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp reference, or a reference namespace which will cause all references in
347 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp this namespace to be fetched.
348 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Each reference will be mapped into the local repository's
349 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/remotes/” namespace, unless the local repository
350 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp was created as a mirror with <code class="Cm">got clone -m</code> in
351 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp which case references will be mapped directly into the local
352 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp repository's “refs/” namespace.</p>
353 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp <p class="Pp">Once a reference has been fetched, a branch based on it
354 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp can be created with <code class="Cm">got branch</code> if
355 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp needed.</p>
356 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got fetch</code> will refuse to fetch
357 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp references from the remote repository's
358 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “refs/remotes/” or “refs/got/”
359 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp namespace.</p>
361 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="r~2"><a class="permalink" href="#r~2"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
362 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
363 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
364 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
365 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
366 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
367 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="t"><a class="permalink" href="#t"><code class="Fl">-t</code></a></dt>
368 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Allow existing references in the “refs/tags” namespace
369 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp to be updated if they have changed on the server. If not specified,
370 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp only new tag references will be created.</dd>
371 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="v~2"><a class="permalink" href="#v~2"><code class="Fl">-v</code></a></dt>
372 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Verbose mode. Causes <code class="Cm">got fetch</code> to print
373 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp debugging messages to standard error output. The same option will be
374 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp passed to <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh, section 1">ssh(1)</a> if
375 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp applicable. Multiple -v options increase the verbosity. The maximum is
377 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <dt id="X"><a class="permalink" href="#X"><code class="Fl">-X</code></a></dt>
378 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <dd>Delete all references which correspond to a particular
379 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <var class="Ar">remote-repository</var> instead of fetching new
380 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp changes. This can be useful when a remote repository is being removed
381 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp from <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a>.
382 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <p class="Pp">With <code class="Fl">-X</code>, the
383 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <var class="Ar">remote-repository</var> argument is mandatory and no
384 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp other options except <code class="Fl">-r</code>,
385 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <code class="Fl">-v</code>, and <code class="Fl">-q</code> are
386 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp allowed.</p>
387 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <p class="Pp">Only references are deleted. Any commit, tree, tag, and
388 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp blob objects fetched from a remote repository will generally be
389 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp stored in pack files and may be removed separately with
390 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-repack, section 1">git-repack(1)</a>
391 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp and Git's garbage collector.</p>
395 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="co"><a class="permalink" href="#checkout"><code class="Cm" id="checkout">checkout</code></a>
396 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-Eq</code>] [<code class="Fl">-b</code>
397 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
398 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<code class="Fl">-p</code>
399 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">path-prefix</var>] <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>
400 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp [<var class="Ar">work-tree-path</var>]</dt>
402 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
403 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">co</code>)</code></div>
404 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Copy files from a repository into a new work tree. Show the status of each
405 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp affected file, using the following status codes:
406 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
409 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
413 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <td>file already exists in work tree's meta-data</td>
416 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <p class="Pp">If the <var class="Ar">work tree path</var> is not specified,
417 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp either use the last component of <var class="Ar">repository path</var>,
418 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp or if a <var class="Ar">path prefix</var> was specified use the last
419 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp component of <var class="Ar">path prefix</var>.</p>
420 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got checkout</code> are as
421 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
422 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
423 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="b~4"><a class="permalink" href="#b~4"><code class="Fl">-b</code></a>
424 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var></dt>
425 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Check out files from a commit on the specified
426 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var>. If this option is not specified, a
427 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp branch resolved via the repository's HEAD reference will be used.</dd>
428 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="c"><a class="permalink" href="#c"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
429 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
430 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Check out files from the specified <var class="Ar">commit</var> on the
431 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp selected branch. If this option is not specified, the most recent
432 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit on the selected branch will be used.
433 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp">The expected <var class="Ar">commit</var> argument is a
434 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit ID SHA1 hash, or a reference name or a keyword which will be
435 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp resolved to a commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument will be
436 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp expanded to a full SHA1 hash automatically, provided the
437 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviation is unique. The keywords ":base" and
438 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":head" resolve to the repository's HEAD reference, or, if
439 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the <code class="Fl">-b</code> option is used, the head of the
440 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp checked-out <var class="Ar">branch</var>. Keywords and reference
441 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp names may be appended with ":+" or ":-"
442 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifiers and an optional integer N to denote the Nth descendant or
443 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp antecedent by first parent traversal, respectively; for example,
444 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the work tree branch head's 2nd
445 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation ancestor, and <b class="Sy">foo:-3</b> will denote the
446 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp 3rd generation ancestor of the commit resolved by the
447 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp "foo" reference. If an integer does not follow the
448 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":+" or ":-" modifier, a "1" is
449 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp implicitly appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:head:-</b> is equivalent
450 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to <b class="Sy">:head:-1</b>).</p>
451 ae803b74 2020-03-06 stsp <p class="Pp">If the specified <var class="Ar">commit</var> is not
452 ae803b74 2020-03-06 stsp contained in the selected branch, a different branch which contains
453 ae803b74 2020-03-06 stsp this commit must be specified with the <code class="Fl">-b</code>
454 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp option. If no such branch is known, a new branch must be created for
455 ae803b74 2020-03-06 stsp this commit with <code class="Cm">got branch</code> before
456 ae803b74 2020-03-06 stsp <code class="Cm">got checkout</code> can be used. Checking out work
457 ae803b74 2020-03-06 stsp trees with an unknown branch is intentionally not supported.</p>
459 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="E"><a class="permalink" href="#E"><code class="Fl">-E</code></a></dt>
460 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Proceed with the checkout operation even if the directory at
461 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">work-tree-path</var> is not empty. Existing files will
462 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp be left intact.</dd>
463 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="p"><a class="permalink" href="#p"><code class="Fl">-p</code></a>
464 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">path-prefix</var></dt>
465 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Restrict the work tree to a subset of the repository's tree hierarchy.
466 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp Only files beneath the specified <var class="Ar">path-prefix</var>
467 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp will be checked out.</dd>
468 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp <dt id="q~3"><a class="permalink" href="#q~3"><code class="Fl">-q</code></a></dt>
469 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp <dd>Silence progress output.</dd>
472 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="up"><a class="permalink" href="#update"><code class="Cm" id="update">update</code></a>
473 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-q</code>] [<code class="Fl">-b</code>
474 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
475 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<var class="Ar">path ...</var>]</dt>
477 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
478 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">up</code>)</code></div>
479 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Update an existing work tree to a different <var class="Ar">commit</var>.
480 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp Change existing files in the work tree as necessary to match file contents
481 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp of this commit. Preserve any local changes in the work tree and merge them
482 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp with the incoming changes.
483 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp <p class="Pp">Files which already contain merge conflicts will not be
484 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp updated to avoid further complications. Such files will be updated when
485 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp <code class="Cm">got update</code> is run again after merge conflicts
486 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp have been resolved. If the conflicting changes are no longer needed,
487 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp affected files can be reverted with <code class="Cm">got revert</code>
488 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp before running <code class="Cm">got update</code> again.</p>
489 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
490 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp status codes:</p>
491 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
494 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was updated and contained no local changes</td>
498 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was updated and local changes were merged cleanly</td>
502 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was updated and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
506 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
510 86b2b9f3 2023-03-12 stsp <td>file's deletion was prevented by local modifications</td>
514 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
518 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>versioned file is obstructed by a non-regular file</td>
522 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>a missing versioned file was restored</td>
526 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp <td>file was not updated because it contains merge conflicts</td>
530 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>changes destined for an unversioned file were not merged</td>
533 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">If no <var class="Ar">path</var> is specified, update the
534 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp entire work tree. Otherwise, restrict the update operation to files at
535 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp or within the specified paths. Each path is required to exist in the
536 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp update operation's target commit. Files in the work tree outside
537 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp specified paths will remain unchanged and will retain their previously
538 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp recorded base commit. Some <code class="Nm">got</code> commands may
539 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp refuse to run while the work tree contains files from multiple base
540 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp commits. The base commit of such a work tree can be made consistent by
541 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp running <code class="Cm">got update</code> across the entire work tree.
542 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp Specifying a <var class="Ar">path</var> is incompatible with the
543 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Fl">-b</code> option.</p>
544 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got update</code> cannot update paths with
545 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp staged changes. If changes have been staged with <code class="Cm">got
546 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp stage</code>, these changes must first be committed with
547 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code> or unstaged with <code class="Cm">got
548 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp unstage</code>.</p>
549 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got update</code> are as
550 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
551 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
552 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="b~5"><a class="permalink" href="#b~5"><code class="Fl">-b</code></a>
553 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var></dt>
554 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Switch the work tree's branch reference to the specified
555 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> before updating the work tree. This
556 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp option requires that all paths in the work tree are updated.
557 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp <p class="Pp">As usual, any local changes in the work tree will be
558 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp preserved. This can be useful when switching to a newly created
559 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp branch in order to commit existing local changes to this branch.</p>
560 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp <p class="Pp">Any local changes must be dealt with separately in order
561 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp to obtain a work tree with pristine file contents corresponding
562 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp exactly to the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var>. Such changes
563 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp could first be committed to a different branch with
564 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code>, or could be discarded with
565 9e67ab87 2020-04-14 stsp <code class="Cm">got revert</code>.</p>
567 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="c~2"><a class="permalink" href="#c~2"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
568 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
569 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <dd>Update the work tree to the specified <var class="Ar">commit</var>. If
570 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp this option is not specified, the most recent commit on the work
571 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tree's branch will be used.
572 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp">The expected <var class="Ar">commit</var> argument is a
573 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit ID SHA1 hash, or a reference name or a keyword which will be
574 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp resolved to a commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument will be
575 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp expanded to a full SHA1 hash automatically, provided the
576 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviation is unique. The keywords ":base" and
577 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":head" resolve to the work tree's base commit and branch
578 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp head, respectively. Keywords and reference names may be appended
579 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp with ":+" or ":-" modifiers and an optional
580 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp integer N to denote the Nth descendant or antecedent, respectively,
581 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp by first parent traversal; for example, <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b>
582 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp denotes the work tree branch head's 2nd generation ancestor, and
583 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th generation descendant of
584 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the work tree's base commit. Similarly, <b class="Sy">foo:-3</b>
585 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 3rd generation ancestor of the commit resolved by
586 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the "foo" reference. If an integer does not follow the
587 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":+" or ":-" modifier, a "1" is
588 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp implicitly appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:head:-</b> is equivalent
589 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to <b class="Sy">:head:-1</b>).</p>
591 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp <dt id="q~4"><a class="permalink" href="#q~4"><code class="Fl">-q</code></a></dt>
592 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp <dd>Silence progress output.</dd>
595 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="st"><a class="permalink" href="#status"><code class="Cm" id="status">status</code></a>
596 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-I</code>] [<code class="Fl">-S</code>
597 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var>] [<code class="Fl">-s</code>
598 cb0c453b 2021-09-15 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var>] [<var class="Ar">path ...</var>]</dt>
600 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
601 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">st</code>)</code></div>
602 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Show the current modification status of files in a work tree, using the
603 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp following status codes:
604 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
607 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>modified file</td>
611 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file scheduled for addition in next commit</td>
615 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file scheduled for deletion in next commit</td>
619 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>modified or added file which contains merge conflicts</td>
623 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>versioned file was expected on disk but is missing</td>
627 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>versioned file is obstructed by a non-regular file</td>
631 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>unversioned item not tracked by <code class="Nm">got</code></td>
635 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>modified file modes (executable bit only)</td>
639 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp <td>non-existent <var class="Ar">path</var> specified on the command
643 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">If no <var class="Ar">path</var> is specified, show
644 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp modifications in the entire work tree. Otherwise, show modifications at
645 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp or within the specified paths.</p>
646 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">If changes have been staged with <code class="Cm">got
647 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp stage</code>, staged changes are shown in the second output column,
648 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp using the following status codes:</p>
649 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
652 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file modification is staged</td>
656 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file addition is staged</td>
660 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file deletion is staged</td>
663 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp <p class="Pp">Changes created on top of staged changes are indicated in the
664 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp first column:</p>
665 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
667 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>MM</td>
668 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp <td>file was modified after earlier changes have been staged</td>
671 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>MA</td>
672 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp <td>file was modified after having been staged for addition</td>
675 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got status</code> are as
676 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp follows:</p>
677 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
678 a954aa0a 2021-06-22 stsp <dt id="I~2"><a class="permalink" href="#I~2"><code class="Fl">-I</code></a></dt>
679 a954aa0a 2021-06-22 stsp <dd>Show unversioned files even if they match an ignore pattern.</dd>
680 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp <dt id="S"><a class="permalink" href="#S"><code class="Fl">-S</code></a>
681 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var></dt>
682 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp <dd>Suppress the output of files with a modification status matching any
683 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp of the single-character status codes contained in the
684 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var> argument. Any combination of codes
685 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp from the above list of possible status codes may be specified. For
686 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp staged files, status codes displayed in either column will be matched.
687 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp Cannot be used together with the <code class="Fl">-s</code>
688 4448c231 2021-09-15 stsp option.</dd>
689 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="s"><a class="permalink" href="#s"><code class="Fl">-s</code></a>
690 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var></dt>
691 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Only show files with a modification status matching any of the
692 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp single-character status codes contained in the
693 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var> argument. Any combination of codes
694 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp from the above list of possible status codes may be specified. For
695 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp staged files, status codes displayed in either column will be matched.
696 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp Cannot be used together with the <code class="Fl">-S</code>
697 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp option.</dd>
699 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <p class="Pp">For compatibility with <a class="Xr" aria-label="cvs, section
700 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 1">cvs(1)</a> and <a class="Xr" aria-label="git, section 1">git(1)</a>,
701 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got status</code> reads <a class="Xr" aria-label="glob,
702 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp section 7">glob(7)</a> patterns from <span class="Pa">.cvsignore</span>
703 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp and <span class="Pa">.gitignore</span> files in each traversed directory
704 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp and will not display unversioned files which match these patterns.
705 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp Ignore patterns which end with a slash, “/”, will only
706 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp match directories. As an extension to <a class="Xr" aria-label="glob,
707 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp section 7">glob(7)</a> matching rules, <code class="Cm">got
708 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp status</code> supports consecutive asterisks, “**”, which
709 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp will match an arbitrary amount of directories. Unlike
710 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="cvs, section 1">cvs(1)</a>,
711 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <code class="Cm">got status</code> only supports a single ignore pattern
712 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp per line. Unlike <a class="Xr" aria-label="git, section 1">git(1)</a>,
713 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <code class="Cm">got status</code> does not support negated ignore
714 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp patterns prefixed with “!”, and gives no special
715 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp significance to the location of path component separators,
716 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp “/”, in a pattern.</p>
718 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="log"><a class="permalink" href="#log"><code class="Cm">log</code></a>
719 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp [<code class="Fl">-bdPpRs</code>] [<code class="Fl">-C</code>
720 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">number</var>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
721 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<code class="Fl">-l</code>
722 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">N</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
723 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>] [<code class="Fl">-S</code>
724 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">search-pattern</var>] [<code class="Fl">-x</code>
725 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<var class="Ar">path</var>]</dt>
726 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Display history of a repository. If a <var class="Ar">path</var> is
727 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp specified, show only commits which modified this path. If invoked in a
728 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp work tree, the <var class="Ar">path</var> is interpreted relative to the
729 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp current working directory, and the work tree's path prefix is implicitly
730 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp prepended. Otherwise, the path is interpreted relative to the repository
732 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got log</code> are as
733 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
734 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
735 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="b~6"><a class="permalink" href="#b~6"><code class="Fl">-b</code></a></dt>
736 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <dd>Display individual commits which were merged into the current branch
737 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp from other branches. By default, <code class="Cm">got log</code> shows
738 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp the linear history of the current branch only.</dd>
739 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="C"><a class="permalink" href="#C"><code class="Fl">-C</code></a>
740 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">number</var></dt>
741 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Set the number of context lines shown in diffs with
742 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Fl">-p</code>. By default, 3 lines of context are
743 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp shown.</dd>
744 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="c~3"><a class="permalink" href="#c~3"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
745 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
746 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Start traversing history at the specified
747 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>. If this option is not specified, default
748 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to the work tree's current branch if invoked in a work tree, or to the
749 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp repository's HEAD reference.
750 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp" id="bar:+3">The expected <var class="Ar">commit</var>
751 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp argument is a commit ID SHA1 hash, or a reference name or a keyword
752 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp which will be resolved to a commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument
753 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash automatically, provided the
754 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviation is unique. The keywords ":base" and
755 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":head" resolve to the work tree's base commit and branch
756 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp head, respectively. The former is only valid if invoked in a work
757 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tree, while the latter will resolve to the tip of the work tree's
758 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp current branch if invoked in a work tree, otherwise it will resolve
759 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to the repository's HEAD reference. Keywords and references may be
760 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended with ":+" or ":-" modifiers and an
761 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp optional integer N to denote the Nth descendant or antecedent,
762 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp respectively, by first parent traversal; for example,
763 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the HEAD reference's 2nd
764 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation ancestor, and <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th
765 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation descendant of the work tree's base commit. Similarly,
766 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#bar:+3"><b class="Sy">bar:+3</b></a>
767 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 3rd generation descendant of the commit resolved by
768 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the "bar" reference. A ":+" or ":-"
769 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifier without a trailing integer has an implicit "1"
770 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
771 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</p>
773 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <dt id="d~2"><a class="permalink" href="#d~2"><code class="Fl">-d</code></a></dt>
774 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <dd>Display diffstat of changes introduced in each commit. Cannot be used
775 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp with the <code class="Fl">-s</code> option. Implies the
776 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp <code class="Fl">-P</code> option (diffstat displays a list of changed
777 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp paths).</dd>
778 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="l~3"><a class="permalink" href="#l~3"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a>
779 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">N</var></dt>
780 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp <dd>Limit history traversal to a given number of commits. If this option
781 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp is not specified, a default limit value of zero is used, which is
782 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp treated as an unbounded limit. The
783 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp <code class="Ev">GOT_LOG_DEFAULT_LIMIT</code> environment variable may
784 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp be set to change this default value.</dd>
785 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="P"><a class="permalink" href="#P"><code class="Fl">-P</code></a></dt>
786 ec51d4a3 2020-05-05 stsp <dd>Display the list of file paths changed in each commit, using the
787 ec51d4a3 2020-05-05 stsp following status codes:
788 ec51d4a3 2020-05-05 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
791 ec51d4a3 2020-05-05 stsp <td>modified file</td>
795 ec51d4a3 2020-05-05 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
799 ec51d4a3 2020-05-05 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
803 ec51d4a3 2020-05-05 stsp <td>modified file modes (executable bit only)</td>
806 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp <p class="Pp">Cannot be used with the <code class="Fl">-s</code>
807 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp option.</p>
809 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="p~2"><a class="permalink" href="#p~2"><code class="Fl">-p</code></a></dt>
810 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Display the patch of modifications made in each commit. If a
811 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var> is specified, only show the patch of
812 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp modifications at or within this path. Cannot be used with the
813 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Fl">-s</code> option.</dd>
814 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="R~3"><a class="permalink" href="#R~3"><code class="Fl">-R</code></a></dt>
815 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Determine a set of commits to display as usual, but display these
816 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp commits in reverse order.</dd>
817 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="r~3"><a class="permalink" href="#r~3"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
818 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
819 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
820 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
821 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
822 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
823 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp <dt id="S~2"><a class="permalink" href="#S~2"><code class="Fl">-S</code></a>
824 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <var class="Ar">search-pattern</var></dt>
825 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp <dd>If specified, show only commits with a log message, author name,
826 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp committer name, or ID SHA1 hash matched by the extended regular
827 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp expression <var class="Ar">search-pattern</var>. Lines in committed
828 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp patches will be matched if <code class="Fl">-p</code> is specified.
829 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp File paths changed by a commit will be matched if
830 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp <code class="Fl">-P</code> is specified. Regular expression syntax is
831 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp documented in <a class="Xr" aria-label="re_format, section
832 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 7">re_format(7)</a>.</dd>
833 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="s~2"><a class="permalink" href="#s~2"><code class="Fl">-s</code></a></dt>
834 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Display a short one-line summary of each commit, instead of the
835 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp default history format. Cannot be used together with the
836 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Fl">-p</code> or <code class="Fl">-P</code> option.</dd>
837 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="x"><a class="permalink" href="#x"><code class="Fl">-x</code></a>
838 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
839 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dd>Stop traversing commit history immediately after the specified
840 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var> has been traversed. Like
841 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp <code class="Fl">-c</code>, the expected <var class="Ar">commit</var>
842 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp argument is a commit ID SHA1 hash, or a reference name or a keyword
843 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp which will be resolved to a commit ID. This option has no effect if
844 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp the specified <var class="Ar">commit</var> is never traversed.</dd>
847 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="di"><a class="permalink" href="#diff"><code class="Cm" id="diff">diff</code></a>
848 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp [<code class="Fl">-adPsw</code>] [<code class="Fl">-C</code>
849 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">number</var>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
850 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
851 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>] [<var class="Ar">object1</var>
852 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">object2</var> | <var class="Ar">path ...</var>]</dt>
854 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
855 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">di</code>)</code></div>
856 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp When invoked within a work tree without any arguments, display all local
857 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp changes in the work tree. If one or more <var class="Ar">path</var>
858 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp arguments are specified, only show changes within the specified paths.
859 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">If two arguments are provided, treat each argument as a
860 7fe2a942 2019-08-11 stsp reference, a tag name, or an object ID SHA1 hash, and display
861 7fe2a942 2019-08-11 stsp differences between the corresponding objects. Both objects must be of
862 7fe2a942 2019-08-11 stsp the same type (blobs, trees, or commits). An abbreviated hash argument
863 7fe2a942 2019-08-11 stsp will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash automatically, provided the
864 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp abbreviation is unique. If none of these interpretations produce a valid
865 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp result or if the <code class="Fl">-P</code> option is used, and if
866 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <code class="Cm">got diff</code> is running in a work tree, attempt to
867 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp interpret the two arguments as paths.</p>
868 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got diff</code> are as
869 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
870 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
871 1b792db0 2020-12-13 stsp <dt id="a~3"><a class="permalink" href="#a~3"><code class="Fl">-a</code></a></dt>
872 1b792db0 2020-12-13 stsp <dd>Treat file contents as ASCII text even if binary data is
873 1b792db0 2020-12-13 stsp detected.</dd>
874 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="C~2"><a class="permalink" href="#C~2"><code class="Fl">-C</code></a>
875 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">number</var></dt>
876 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Set the number of context lines shown in the diff. By default, 3 lines
877 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp of context are shown.</dd>
878 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="c~4"><a class="permalink" href="#c~4"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
879 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
880 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Show differences between commits in the repository. This option may be
881 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp used up to two times. When used only once, show differences between
882 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp the specified <var class="Ar">commit</var> and its first parent
883 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp commit. When used twice, show differences between the two specified
885 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <p class="Pp">If the <code class="Fl">-c</code> option is used, all
886 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp non-option arguments will be interpreted as paths. If one or more
887 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp such <var class="Ar">path</var> arguments are provided, only show
888 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp differences for the specified paths.</p>
889 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp" id="baz:+8">The expected <var class="Ar">commit</var>
890 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp argument is a commit ID SHA1 hash, or a reference name or a keyword
891 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp which will be resolved to a commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument
892 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash automatically, provided the
893 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviation is unique. The keywords ":base" and
894 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":head" resolve to the work tree's base commit and branch
895 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp head, respectively. The former is only valid if invoked in a work
896 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tree, while the latter will resolve to the tip of the work tree's
897 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp current branch if invoked in a work tree, otherwise it will resolve
898 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to the repository's HEAD reference. Keywords and references may be
899 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended with ":+" or ":-" modifiers and an
900 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp optional integer N to denote the Nth descendant or antecedent,
901 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp respectively, by first parent traversal; for example,
902 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the HEAD reference's 2nd
903 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation ancestor, and <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th
904 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation descendant of the work tree's base commit. Similarly,
905 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#baz:+8"><b class="Sy">baz:+8</b></a>
906 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 8th generation descendant of the commit resolved by
907 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the "baz" reference. If an integer does not follow the
908 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":+" or ":-" modifier, a "1" is
909 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp implicitly appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:head:-</b> is equivalent
910 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to <b class="Sy">:head:-1</b>).</p>
911 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <p class="Pp">Cannot be used together with the
912 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <code class="Fl">-P</code> option.</p>
914 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <dt id="d~3"><a class="permalink" href="#d~3"><code class="Fl">-d</code></a></dt>
915 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <dd>Display diffstat of changes before the actual diff by annotating each
916 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp file path or blob hash being diffed with the total number of lines
917 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp added and removed. A summary line will display the total number of
918 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp changes across all files.</dd>
919 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="P~2"><a class="permalink" href="#P~2"><code class="Fl">-P</code></a></dt>
920 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Interpret all arguments as paths only. This option can be used to
921 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp resolve ambiguity in cases where paths look like tag names, reference
922 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp names, or object IDs. This option is only valid when
923 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Cm">got diff</code> is invoked in a work tree.</dd>
924 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="r~4"><a class="permalink" href="#r~4"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
925 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
926 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
927 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
928 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
929 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
930 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dt id="s~3"><a class="permalink" href="#s~3"><code class="Fl">-s</code></a></dt>
931 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Show changes staged with <code class="Cm">got stage</code> instead of
932 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp showing local changes in the work tree. This option is only valid when
933 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got diff</code> is invoked in a work tree.</dd>
934 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="w"><a class="permalink" href="#w"><code class="Fl">-w</code></a></dt>
935 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <dd>Ignore whitespace-only changes.</dd>
938 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="bl"><a class="permalink" href="#blame"><code class="Cm" id="blame">blame</code></a>
939 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp [<code class="Fl">-c</code> <var class="Ar">commit</var>]
940 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp [<code class="Fl">-r</code> <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>]
941 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var></dt>
943 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
944 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">bl</code>)</code></div>
945 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Display line-by-line history of a file at the specified path.
946 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got blame</code> are as
947 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
948 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
949 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="c~5"><a class="permalink" href="#c~5"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
950 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
951 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Start traversing history at the specified
952 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>. The expected argument is a commit ID
953 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp SHA1 hash, or a reference name or a keyword which will be resolved to
954 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp a commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full
955 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp SHA1 hash automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique. The
956 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp keywords ":base" and ":head" resolve to the work
957 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tree's base commit and branch head, respectively. The former is only
958 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp valid if invoked in a work tree, while the latter will resolve to the
959 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tip of the work tree's current branch if invoked in a work tree,
960 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp otherwise it will resolve to the repository's HEAD reference. Keywords
961 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp and references may be appended with ":+" or ":-"
962 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifiers and an optional integer N to denote the Nth descendant or
963 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp antecedent by first parent traversal, respectively; for example,
964 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the work tree branch head's 2nd
965 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation ancestor, and <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th
966 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation descendant of the work tree's base commit. Similarly,
967 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#xyz:-5"><b class="Sy" id="xyz:-5">xyz:-5</b></a>
968 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 5th generation ancestor of the commit resolved by the
969 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp "xyz" reference. A ":+" or ":-" modifier
970 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp without a trailing integer has an implicit "1" appended
971 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp (e.g., <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
972 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</dd>
973 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="r~5"><a class="permalink" href="#r~5"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
974 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
975 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
976 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
977 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
978 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
981 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="tr"><a class="permalink" href="#tree"><code class="Cm" id="tree">tree</code></a>
982 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-iR</code>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
983 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
984 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>] [<var class="Ar">path</var>]</dt>
986 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
987 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">tr</code>)</code></div>
988 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Display a listing of files and directories at the specified directory path
989 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp in the repository. Entries shown in this listing may carry one of the
990 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp following trailing annotations:
991 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
994 e8022e04 2019-08-13 stsp <td>entry is a symbolic link</td>
998 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>entry is a directory</td>
1001 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>*</td>
1002 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>entry is an executable file</td>
1005 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp <td>$</td>
1006 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp <td>entry is a Git submodule</td>
1009 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Symbolic link entries are also annotated with the target path
1010 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp of the link.</p>
1011 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">If no <var class="Ar">path</var> is specified, list the
1012 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp repository path corresponding to the current directory of the work tree,
1013 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp or the root directory of the repository if there is no work tree.</p>
1014 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got tree</code> are as
1015 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
1016 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1017 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="c~6"><a class="permalink" href="#c~6"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
1018 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
1019 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>List files and directories as they appear in the specified
1020 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>.
1021 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp" id="spam:-3">The expected argument is a commit ID SHA1
1022 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp hash, or a reference name or a keyword which will be resolved to a
1023 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full
1024 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp SHA1 hash automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique. The
1025 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp keywords ":base" and ":head" resolve to the work
1026 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tree's base commit and branch head, respectively. The former is only
1027 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp valid if invoked in a work tree, while the latter will resolve to
1028 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the tip of the work tree's current branch if invoked in a work tree,
1029 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp otherwise it will resolve to the repository's HEAD reference.
1030 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp Keywords and references may be appended with ":+" or
1031 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":-" modifiers and an optional integer N to denote the Nth
1032 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp descendant or antecedent by first parent traversal, respectively;
1033 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp for example, <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the work tree branch
1034 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp head's 2nd generation ancestor, and <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b>
1035 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp denotes the 4th generation descendant of the work tree's base
1036 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit. Similarly,
1037 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#spam:-3"><b class="Sy">spam:-3</b></a>
1038 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 3rd generation ancestor of the commit resolved by
1039 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the "spam" reference. A ":+" or ":-"
1040 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifier without a trailing integer has an implicit "1"
1041 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
1042 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</p>
1044 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="i"><a class="permalink" href="#i"><code class="Fl">-i</code></a></dt>
1045 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Show object IDs of files (blob objects) and directories (tree
1046 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp objects).</dd>
1047 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="R~4"><a class="permalink" href="#R~4"><code class="Fl">-R</code></a></dt>
1048 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Recurse into sub-directories in the repository.</dd>
1049 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="r~6"><a class="permalink" href="#r~6"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
1050 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
1051 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
1052 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
1053 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
1054 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
1057 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="ref"><a class="permalink" href="#ref"><code class="Cm">ref</code></a>
1058 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-dlt</code>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
1059 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">object</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
1060 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>] [<code class="Fl">-s</code>
1061 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">reference</var>] [<var class="Ar">name</var>]</dt>
1062 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Manage references in a repository.
1063 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">References may be listed, created, deleted, and changed. When
1064 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp creating, deleting, or changing a reference the specified
1065 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">name</var> must be an absolute reference name, i.e. it
1066 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp must begin with “refs/”.</p>
1067 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got ref</code> are as
1068 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
1069 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1070 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="c~7"><a class="permalink" href="#c~7"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
1071 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">object</var></dt>
1072 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Create a reference or change an existing reference. The reference with
1073 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp the specified <var class="Ar">name</var> will point at the specified
1074 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <var class="Ar">object</var>.
1075 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp" id="tagged:-3">The expected <var class="Ar">object</var>
1076 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp argument is an ID SHA1 hash or an existing reference or tag name or
1077 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp a keyword which will be resolved to the ID of a corresponding
1078 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit, tree, tag, or blob object. An abbreviated hash argument will
1079 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp be expanded to a full SHA1 hash automatically, provided the
1080 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviation is unique. The keywords ":base" and
1081 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":head" resolve to the work tree's base commit and branch
1082 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp head, respectively. The former is only valid if invoked in a work
1083 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tree, while the latter will resolve to the tip of the work tree's
1084 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp current branch if invoked in a work tree, otherwise it will resolve
1085 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to the repository's HEAD reference. Keywords and reference names may
1086 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp be appended with ":+" or ":-" modifiers and an
1087 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp optional integer N to denote the Nth descendant or antecedent by
1088 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp first parent traversal, respectively; for example,
1089 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the work tree branch head's 2nd
1090 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation ancestor, and
1091 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#tagged:-3"><b class="Sy">tagged:-3</b></a>
1092 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 3rd generation ancestor of the commit resolved by
1093 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the "tagged" reference. If an integer does not follow the
1094 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":+" or ":-" modifier, a "1" is
1095 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp implicitly appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:head:-</b> is equivalent
1096 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to <b class="Sy">:head:-1</b>).</p>
1097 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp">Cannot be used together with any other options except
1098 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Fl">-r</code>.</p>
1100 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <dt id="d~4"><a class="permalink" href="#d~4"><code class="Fl">-d</code></a></dt>
1101 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Delete the reference with the specified <var class="Ar">name</var>
1102 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp from the repository. Any commit, tree, tag, and blob objects belonging
1103 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp to deleted references remain in the repository and may be removed
1104 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp separately with Git's garbage collector or <code class="Cm">gotadmin
1105 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp cleanup</code>. Cannot be used together with any other options except
1106 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Fl">-r</code>.</dd>
1107 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="l~4"><a class="permalink" href="#l~4"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
1108 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>List references in the repository. If no <var class="Ar">name</var> is
1109 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp specified, list all existing references in the repository. If
1110 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">name</var> is a reference namespace, list all
1111 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp references in this namespace. Otherwise, show only the reference with
1112 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp the given <var class="Ar">name</var>. Cannot be used together with any
1113 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp other options except <code class="Fl">-r</code> and
1114 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Fl">-t</code>.</dd>
1115 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="r~7"><a class="permalink" href="#r~7"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
1116 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
1117 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
1118 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
1119 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
1120 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
1121 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dt id="s~4"><a class="permalink" href="#s~4"><code class="Fl">-s</code></a>
1122 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">reference</var></dt>
1123 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <dd>Create a symbolic reference, or change an existing symbolic reference.
1124 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp The symbolic reference with the specified <var class="Ar">name</var>
1125 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp will point at the specified <var class="Ar">reference</var> which must
1126 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp already exist in the repository. Care should be taken not to create
1127 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp loops between references when this option is used. Cannot be used
1128 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp together with any other options except
1129 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <code class="Fl">-r</code>.</dd>
1130 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="t~2"><a class="permalink" href="#t~2"><code class="Fl">-t</code></a></dt>
1131 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Sort listed references by modification time (most recently modified
1132 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp first) instead of sorting by lexicographical order. Use of this option
1133 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp requires the <code class="Fl">-l</code> option to be used as
1134 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp well.</dd>
1137 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="br"><a class="permalink" href="#branch"><code class="Cm" id="branch">branch</code></a>
1138 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-lnt</code>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
1139 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<code class="Fl">-d</code>
1140 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">name</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
1141 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>] [<var class="Ar">name</var>]</dt>
1143 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
1144 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">br</code>)</code></div>
1145 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Create, list, or delete branches.
1146 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">Local branches are managed via references which live in the
1147 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp “refs/heads/” reference namespace. The
1148 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Cm">got branch</code> command creates references in this
1149 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp namespace only.</p>
1150 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">When deleting branches, the specified
1151 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <var class="Ar">name</var> is searched in the “refs/heads”
1152 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp reference namespace first. If no corresponding branch is found, the
1153 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “refs/remotes” namespace will be searched next.</p>
1154 2b499410 2019-10-06 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree without any arguments, print the
1155 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp name of the work tree's current branch.</p>
1156 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">If a <var class="Ar">name</var> argument is passed, attempt to
1157 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp create a branch reference with the given name. By default the new branch
1158 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp reference will point at the latest commit on the work tree's current
1159 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp branch if invoked in a work tree, and otherwise to a commit resolved via
1160 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp the repository's HEAD reference.</p>
1161 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree, once the branch was created
1162 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp successfully switch the work tree's head reference to the newly created
1163 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp branch and update files across the entire work tree, just like
1164 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <code class="Cm">got update -b</code> <var class="Ar">name</var> would
1165 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp do. Show the status of each affected file, using the following status
1166 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp codes:</p>
1167 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
1169 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>U</td>
1170 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>file was updated and contained no local changes</td>
1173 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>G</td>
1174 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>file was updated and local changes were merged cleanly</td>
1177 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>C</td>
1178 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>file was updated and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
1181 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>D</td>
1182 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
1185 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>A</td>
1186 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
1189 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>~</td>
1190 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>versioned file is obstructed by a non-regular file</td>
1193 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>!</td>
1194 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <td>a missing versioned file was restored</td>
1197 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got branch</code> are as
1198 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
1199 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1200 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="c~8"><a class="permalink" href="#c~8"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
1201 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
1202 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp <dd>Make a newly created branch reference point at the specified
1203 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>. The expected argument is a commit ID
1204 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp SHA1 hash, or a reference name or keyword which will be resolved to a
1205 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full
1206 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp SHA1 hash automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique. The
1207 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp keywords ":base" and ":head" resolve to the work
1208 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tree's base commit and branch head, respectively. The former is only
1209 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp valid if invoked in a work tree, while the latter will resolve to the
1210 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tip of the work tree's current branch if invoked in a work tree,
1211 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp otherwise it will resolve to the repository's HEAD reference. Keywords
1212 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp and references may be appended with ":+" or ":-"
1213 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifiers and an optional integer N to denote the Nth descendant or
1214 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp antecedent by first parent traversal, respectively; for example,
1215 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the work tree branch head's 2nd
1216 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation ancestor, and <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th
1217 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation descendant of the work tree's base commit. Similarly,
1218 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#foobar:+3"><b class="Sy" id="foobar:+3">foobar:+3</b></a>
1219 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 3rd generation descendant of the commit resolved by
1220 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the "foobar" reference. A ":+" or ":-"
1221 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifier without a trailing integer has an implicit "1"
1222 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
1223 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</dd>
1224 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <dt id="d~5"><a class="permalink" href="#d~5"><code class="Fl">-d</code></a>
1225 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">name</var></dt>
1226 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Delete the branch with the specified <var class="Ar">name</var> from
1227 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp the “refs/heads” or “refs/remotes”
1228 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp reference namespace.
1229 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">Only the branch reference is deleted. Any commit, tree,
1230 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp and blob objects belonging to the branch remain in the repository
1231 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp and may be removed separately with Git's garbage collector or
1232 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Cm">gotadmin cleanup</code>.</p>
1234 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="l~5"><a class="permalink" href="#l~5"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
1235 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dd>List all existing branches in the repository, including copies of
1236 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp remote repositories' branches in the “refs/remotes/”
1237 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp reference namespace.
1238 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree, the work tree's current branch
1239 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp is shown with one of the following annotations:</p>
1240 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
1242 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>*</td>
1243 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp <td>work tree's base commit and the base commit of all tracked files
1244 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp matches the branch tip</td>
1247 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>~</td>
1248 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp <td>work tree comprises mixed commits or its base commit is
1249 a8f7f066 2023-08-29 stsp out-of-date</td>
1253 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="n"><a class="permalink" href="#n"><code class="Fl">-n</code></a></dt>
1254 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Do not switch and update the work tree after creating a new
1255 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp branch.</dd>
1256 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="r~8"><a class="permalink" href="#r~8"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
1257 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
1258 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
1259 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
1260 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
1261 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
1262 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <dt id="t~3"><a class="permalink" href="#t~3"><code class="Fl">-t</code></a></dt>
1263 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <dd>Sort listed branches by modification time (most recently modified
1264 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp first) instead of sorting by lexicographical order. Branches in the
1265 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp “refs/heads/” reference namespace are listed before
1266 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp branches in “refs/remotes/” regardless. Use of this
1267 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp option requires the <code class="Fl">-l</code> option to be used as
1268 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp well.</dd>
1271 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="tag"><a class="permalink" href="#tag"><code class="Cm">tag</code></a>
1272 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-lVv</code>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
1273 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<code class="Fl">-m</code>
1274 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">message</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
1275 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>] [<code class="Fl">-s</code>
1276 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">signer-id</var>] <var class="Ar">name</var></dt>
1277 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <dd>Manage tags in a repository.
1278 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Tags are managed via references which live in the
1279 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp “refs/tags/” reference namespace. The <code class="Cm">got
1280 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp tag</code> command operates on references in this namespace only.
1281 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp References in this namespace point at tag objects which contain a
1282 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp pointer to another object, a tag message, as well as author and
1283 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp timestamp information.</p>
1284 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">Attempt to create a tag with the given
1285 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <var class="Ar">name</var>, and make this tag point at the given
1286 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>. If no commit is specified, default to the
1287 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp latest commit on the work tree's current branch if invoked in a work
1288 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp tree, and to a commit resolved via the repository's HEAD reference
1289 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp otherwise.</p>
1290 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got tag</code> are as
1291 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp follows:</p>
1292 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1293 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="c~9"><a class="permalink" href="#c~9"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
1294 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
1295 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <dd>Make the newly created tag reference point at the specified
1296 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>. The expected
1297 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var> argument is a commit ID SHA1 hash, or a
1298 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp reference or keyword which will be resolved to a commit ID. An
1299 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash
1300 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique. The keywords
1301 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":base" and ":head" resolve to the work tree's
1302 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp base commit and branch head, respectively. The former is only valid if
1303 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp invoked in a work tree, while the latter will resolve to the tip of
1304 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the work tree's current branch if invoked in a work tree, otherwise it
1305 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will resolve to the repository's HEAD reference. Keywords and
1306 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp references may be appended with ":+" or ":-"
1307 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifiers and an optional integer N to denote the Nth descendant or
1308 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp antecedent by first parent traversal, respectively; for example,
1309 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the work tree branch head's 2nd
1310 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation ancestor, and <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th
1311 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp generation descendant of the work tree's base commit. Similarly,
1312 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#eggs:-3"><b class="Sy" id="eggs:-3">eggs:-3</b></a>
1313 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 3rd generation ancestor of the commit resolved by the
1314 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp "eggs" reference. A ":+" or ":-"
1315 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifier without a trailing integer has an implicit "1"
1316 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
1317 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</dd>
1318 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="l~6"><a class="permalink" href="#l~6"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
1319 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>List all existing tags in the repository instead of creating a new
1320 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp tag. If a <var class="Ar">name</var> argument is passed, show only the
1321 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp tag with the given <var class="Ar">name</var>.</dd>
1322 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="m~3"><a class="permalink" href="#m~3"><code class="Fl">-m</code></a>
1323 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <var class="Ar">message</var></dt>
1324 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <dd>Use the specified tag message when creating the new tag. Without the
1325 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp <code class="Fl">-m</code> option, <code class="Cm">got tag</code>
1326 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp opens a temporary file in an editor where a tag message can be
1327 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp written. Quitting the editor without saving the file will abort the
1328 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tag operation.</dd>
1329 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="r~9"><a class="permalink" href="#r~9"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
1330 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
1331 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
1332 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
1333 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
1334 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
1335 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <dt id="s~5"><a class="permalink" href="#s~5"><code class="Fl">-s</code></a>
1336 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <var class="Ar">signer-id</var></dt>
1337 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <dd>While creating a new tag, sign this tag with the identity given in
1338 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <var class="Ar">signer-id</var>.
1339 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <p class="Pp">For SSH-based signatures, <var class="Ar">signer-id</var>
1340 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp is the path to a file which may refer to either a private SSH key,
1341 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp or a public SSH key with the private half available via
1342 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh-agent, section 1">ssh-agent(1)</a>.
1343 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got tag</code> will sign the tag object by invoking
1344 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh-keygen, section 1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
1345 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp with the <code class="Fl">-Y</code> <code class="Cm">sign</code>
1346 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp command, using the signature namespace “git” for
1347 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp compatibility with <a class="Xr" aria-label="git, section
1348 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 1">git(1)</a>.</p>
1350 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <dt id="V~2"><a class="permalink" href="#V~2"><code class="Fl">-V</code></a></dt>
1351 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <dd>Verify tag object signatures. If a <var class="Ar">name</var> is
1352 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp specified, show and verify the tag object with the provided name.
1353 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp Otherwise, list all tag objects and verify signatures where present.
1354 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got tag</code> verifies SSH-based
1355 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp signatures by invoking <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh-keygen, section
1356 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 1">ssh-keygen(1)</a> with the options <code class="Fl">-Y</code>
1357 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Cm">verify</code> <code class="Fl">-f</code>
1358 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <var class="Ar">allowed_signers</var>. A path to the
1359 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <var class="Ar">allowed_signers</var> file must be set in
1360 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a>,
1361 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp otherwise verification is impossible.</p>
1363 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="v~3"><a class="permalink" href="#v~3"><code class="Fl">-v</code></a></dt>
1364 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Verbose mode. During SSH signature creation and verification this
1365 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp option will be passed to <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh-keygen, section
1366 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp 1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>. Multiple -v options increase the verbosity. The
1367 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp maximum is 3.</dd>
1369 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <p class="Pp">By design, the <code class="Cm">got tag</code> command will
1370 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp not delete tags or change existing tags. If a tag must be deleted, the
1371 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got ref</code> command may be used to delete a tag's
1372 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp reference. This should only be done if the tag has not already been
1373 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp copied to another repository.</p>
1375 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="add"><a class="permalink" href="#add"><code class="Cm">add</code></a>
1376 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-IR</code>] <var class="Ar">path ...</var></dt>
1377 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Schedule unversioned files in a work tree for addition to the repository
1378 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp in the next commit. By default, files which match a <code class="Cm">got
1379 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp status</code> ignore pattern will not be added.
1380 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If a <var class="Ar">path</var> mentioned in the command line
1381 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp is not an unversioned file then <code class="Cm">got add</code> may
1382 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp raise an error. To avoid unnecessary errors from paths picked up by file
1383 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp globbing patterns in the shell, paths in the argument list will be
1384 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp silently ignored if they are not reported by <code class="Cm">got
1385 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp status</code> at all, or if they are reported with one of the following
1386 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp status codes and do not have changes staged via <code class="Cm">got
1387 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp stage</code>:</p>
1388 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
1390 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <td>M</td>
1391 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <td>modified file</td>
1394 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <td>A</td>
1395 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <td>file scheduled for addition in next commit</td>
1398 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <td>C</td>
1399 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <td>modified or added file which contains merge conflicts</td>
1402 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <td>m</td>
1403 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <td>modified file modes (executable bit only)</td>
1406 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got add</code> are as
1407 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp follows:</p>
1408 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1409 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="I~3"><a class="permalink" href="#I~3"><code class="Fl">-I</code></a></dt>
1410 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Add files even if they match a <code class="Cm">got status</code>
1411 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp ignore pattern.</dd>
1412 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="R~5"><a class="permalink" href="#R~5"><code class="Fl">-R</code></a></dt>
1413 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp <dd>Permit recursion into directories. If this option is not specified,
1414 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp <code class="Cm">got add</code> will refuse to run if a specified
1415 cc85973b 2019-11-27 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var> is a directory.</dd>
1418 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="rm"><a class="permalink" href="#remove"><code class="Cm" id="remove">remove</code></a>
1419 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-fkR</code>] [<code class="Fl">-s</code>
1420 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var>] <var class="Ar">path ...</var></dt>
1422 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
1423 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">rm</code>)</code></div>
1424 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Remove versioned files from a work tree and schedule them for deletion from
1425 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp the repository in the next commit.
1426 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got remove</code> are as
1427 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
1428 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1429 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="f"><a class="permalink" href="#f"><code class="Fl">-f</code></a></dt>
1430 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <dd>Perform the operation even if a file contains local modifications, and
1431 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp do not raise an error if a specified <var class="Ar">path</var> does
1432 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp not exist on disk.</dd>
1433 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="k"><a class="permalink" href="#k"><code class="Fl">-k</code></a></dt>
1434 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <dd>Keep affected files on disk.</dd>
1435 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="R~6"><a class="permalink" href="#R~6"><code class="Fl">-R</code></a></dt>
1436 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <dd>Permit recursion into directories. If this option is not specified,
1437 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <code class="Cm">got remove</code> will refuse to run if a specified
1438 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var> is a directory.</dd>
1439 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <dt id="s~6"><a class="permalink" href="#s~6"><code class="Fl">-s</code></a>
1440 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var></dt>
1441 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dd>Only delete files with a modification status matching one of the
1442 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp single-character status codes contained in the
1443 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <var class="Ar">status-codes</var> argument. The following status
1444 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp codes may be specified:
1445 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
1447 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <td>M</td>
1448 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <td>modified file (this implies the <code class="Fl">-f</code>
1449 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp option)</td>
1452 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <td>!</td>
1453 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <td>versioned file expected on disk but missing</td>
1459 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <dt id="pa"><a class="permalink" href="#patch"><code class="Cm" id="patch">patch</code></a>
1460 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-nR</code>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
1461 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<code class="Fl">-p</code>
1462 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">strip-count</var>] [<var class="Ar">patchfile</var>]</dt>
1464 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
1465 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <code class="Cm">pa</code>)</code></div>
1466 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp Apply changes from <var class="Ar">patchfile</var> to files in a work tree.
1467 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp Files added or removed by a patch will be scheduled for addition or
1468 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp removal in the work tree.
1469 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The patch must be in the unified diff format as produced by
1470 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got diff</code>, <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-diff,
1471 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp section 1">git-diff(1)</a>, or by <a class="Xr" aria-label="diff,
1472 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp section 1">diff(1)</a> and <a class="Xr" aria-label="cvs, section
1473 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 1">cvs(1)</a> diff when invoked with their <code class="Fl">-u</code>
1474 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp options. If no <var class="Ar">patchfile</var> argument is provided,
1475 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp read unified diff data from standard input instead.</p>
1476 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If the <var class="Ar">patchfile</var> contains multiple
1477 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp patches, then attempt to apply each of them in sequence.</p>
1478 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
1479 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp status codes:</p>
1480 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
1482 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <td>M</td>
1483 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <td>file was modified</td>
1486 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <td>G</td>
1487 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <td>file was merged using a merge-base found in the repository</td>
1490 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <td>C</td>
1491 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <td>file was merged and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
1494 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <td>D</td>
1495 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
1498 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <td>A</td>
1499 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <td>file was added</td>
1502 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <td>#</td>
1503 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <td>failed to patch the file</td>
1506 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If a change does not match at its exact line number, attempt
1507 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp to apply it somewhere else in the file if a good spot can be found.
1508 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp Otherwise, the patch will fail to apply.</p>
1509 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">got</code> <code class="Cm">patch</code> will
1510 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp refuse to apply a patch if certain preconditions are not met. Files to
1511 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp be deleted must already be under version control, and must not have been
1512 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp scheduled for deletion already. Files to be added must not yet be under
1513 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp version control and must not already be present on disk. Files to be
1514 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp modified must already be under version control and may not contain
1515 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp conflict markers.</p>
1516 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If an error occurs, the <code class="Cm">patch</code>
1517 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp operation will be aborted. Any changes made to the work tree up to this
1518 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp point will be left behind. Such changes can be viewed with
1519 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got diff</code> and can be reverted with
1520 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got revert</code> if needed.</p>
1521 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got patch</code> are as
1522 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp follows:</p>
1523 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1524 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="c~10"><a class="permalink" href="#c~10"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
1525 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
1526 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Attempt to locate files within the specified
1527 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var> for use as a merge-base for 3-way merges.
1528 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">If the <code class="Fl">-c</code> option is not used then
1529 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Cm">got patch</code> will attempt to locate merge-bases
1530 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp via object IDs found in <var class="Ar">patchfile</var> meta-data,
1531 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp such as produced by <code class="Cm">got diff</code> or
1532 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-diff, section 1">git-diff(1)</a>. Use
1533 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp of the <code class="Fl">-c</code> option is only recommended in the
1534 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp absence of such meta-data.</p>
1535 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp">Ideally, the specified <var class="Ar">commit</var> should
1536 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp contain versions of files which the changes contained in the
1537 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <var class="Ar">patchfile</var> were based on. Files will be located
1538 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp by path, relative to the repository root. If the
1539 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Fl">-p</code> option is used then leading path
1540 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp components will be stripped before paths are looked up in the
1541 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp repository.</p>
1542 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">In case no merge-base is available for a file, changes
1543 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp will be applied without doing a 3-way merge. Changes which do not
1544 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp apply cleanly may then be rejected entirely, rather than producing
1545 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp merge conflicts in the patched target file.</p>
1546 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp" id="flan:+3">The expected <var class="Ar">commit</var>
1547 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp argument is a commit ID SHA1 hash, or a reference name or a keyword
1548 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp which will be resolved to a commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument
1549 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash automatically, provided the
1550 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviation is unique. The keywords ":base" and
1551 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":head" resolve to the work tree's base commit and branch
1552 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp head, respectively. Keywords and references may be appended with
1553 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":+" or ":-" modifiers and an optional integer N
1554 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to denote the Nth descendant or antecedent by first parent
1555 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp traversal, respectively; for example, <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b>
1556 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp denotes the work tree branch head's 2nd generation ancestor, and
1557 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th generation descendant of
1558 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the work tree's base commit. Similarly,
1559 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#flan:+3"><b class="Sy">flan:+3</b></a>
1560 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 3rd generation descendant of the commit resolved by
1561 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the "flan" reference. A ":+" or ":-"
1562 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifier without a trailing integer has an implicit "1"
1563 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
1564 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</p>
1566 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <dt id="n~2"><a class="permalink" href="#n~2"><code class="Fl">-n</code></a></dt>
1567 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <dd>Do not make any modifications to the work tree. This can be used to
1568 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp check whether a patch would apply without issues. If the
1569 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <var class="Ar">patchfile</var> contains diffs that affect the same
1570 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp file multiple times, the results displayed may be incorrect.</dd>
1571 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <dt id="p~3"><a class="permalink" href="#p~3"><code class="Fl">-p</code></a>
1572 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <var class="Ar">strip-count</var></dt>
1573 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <dd>Specify the number of leading path components to strip from paths
1574 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp parsed from <var class="Ar">patchfile</var>. If the
1575 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <code class="Fl">-p</code> option is not used, ‘a/’ and
1576 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp ‘b/’ path prefixes generated by
1577 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-diff, section 1">git-diff(1)</a> will be
1578 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp recognized and stripped automatically.</dd>
1579 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <dt id="R~7"><a class="permalink" href="#R~7"><code class="Fl">-R</code></a></dt>
1580 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <dd>Reverse the patch before applying it.</dd>
1583 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="rv"><a class="permalink" href="#revert"><code class="Cm" id="revert">revert</code></a>
1584 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-pR</code>] [<code class="Fl">-F</code>
1585 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">response-script</var>] <var class="Ar">path ...</var></dt>
1587 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
1588 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">rv</code>)</code></div>
1589 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Revert any local changes in files at the specified paths in a work tree.
1590 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp File contents will be overwritten with those contained in the work tree's
1591 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp base commit. There is no way to bring discarded changes back after
1592 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got revert</code>!
1593 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If a file was added with <code class="Cm">got add</code>, it
1594 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp will become an unversioned file again. If a file was deleted with
1595 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got remove</code>, it will be restored.</p>
1596 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got revert</code> are as
1597 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp follows:</p>
1598 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1599 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="F"><a class="permalink" href="#F"><code class="Fl">-F</code></a>
1600 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">response-script</var></dt>
1601 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>With the <code class="Fl">-p</code> option, read “y”,
1602 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “n”, and “q” responses line-by-line from
1603 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp the specified <var class="Ar">response-script</var> file instead of
1604 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp prompting interactively.</dd>
1605 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <dt id="p~4"><a class="permalink" href="#p~4"><code class="Fl">-p</code></a></dt>
1606 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <dd>Instead of reverting all changes in files, interactively select or
1607 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp reject changes to revert based on “y” (revert change),
1608 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp “n” (keep change), and “q” (quit reverting
1609 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp this file) responses. If a file is in modified status, individual
1610 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp patches derived from the modified file content can be reverted. Files
1611 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp in added or deleted status may only be reverted in their
1612 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp entirety.</dd>
1613 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <dt id="R~8"><a class="permalink" href="#R~8"><code class="Fl">-R</code></a></dt>
1614 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <dd>Permit recursion into directories. If this option is not specified,
1615 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <code class="Cm">got revert</code> will refuse to run if a specified
1616 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var> is a directory.</dd>
1619 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="ci"><a class="permalink" href="#commit"><code class="Cm" id="commit">commit</code></a>
1620 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp [<code class="Fl">-CNnS</code>] [<code class="Fl">-A</code>
1621 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">author</var>] [<code class="Fl">-F</code>
1622 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var>] [<code class="Fl">-m</code>
1623 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">message</var>] [<var class="Ar">path ...</var>]</dt>
1625 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
1626 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">ci</code>)</code></div>
1627 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Create a new commit in the repository from changes in a work tree and use
1628 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp this commit as the new base commit for the work tree. If no
1629 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var> is specified, commit all changes in the work
1630 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp tree. Otherwise, commit changes at or within the specified paths.
1631 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">If changes have been explicitly staged for commit with
1632 4967d3c2 2019-08-12 stsp <code class="Cm">got stage</code>, only commit staged changes and reject
1633 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp any specified paths which have not been staged.</p>
1634 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got commit</code> opens a temporary file in
1635 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp an editor where a log message can be written unless the
1636 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-m</code> option is used or the
1637 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-F</code> and <code class="Fl">-N</code> options are
1638 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp used together. Quitting the editor without saving the file will abort
1639 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the commit operation.</p>
1640 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
1641 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp status codes:</p>
1642 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
1644 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>M</td>
1645 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>modified file</td>
1648 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>D</td>
1649 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
1652 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>A</td>
1653 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
1656 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>m</td>
1657 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>modified file modes (executable bit only)</td>
1660 ae520cae 2019-08-05 stsp <p class="Pp">Files which are not part of the new commit will retain their
1661 ae520cae 2019-08-05 stsp previously recorded base commit. Some <code class="Nm">got</code>
1662 ae520cae 2019-08-05 stsp commands may refuse to run while the work tree contains files from
1663 ae520cae 2019-08-05 stsp multiple base commits. The base commit of such a work tree can be made
1664 ae520cae 2019-08-05 stsp consistent by running <code class="Cm">got update</code> across the
1665 ae520cae 2019-08-05 stsp entire work tree.</p>
1666 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Cm">got commit</code> command requires the
1667 c2a52be5 2019-09-08 stsp <code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code> environment variable to be set,
1668 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp unless an author has been configured in
1669 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> or Git's
1670 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Dv">user.name</code> and <code class="Dv">user.email</code>
1671 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp configuration settings can be obtained from the repository's
1672 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <span class="Pa">.git/config</span> file or from Git's global
1673 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <span class="Pa">~/.gitconfig</span> configuration file.</p>
1674 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got commit</code> are as
1675 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
1676 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1677 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="A"><a class="permalink" href="#A"><code class="Fl">-A</code></a>
1678 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">author</var></dt>
1679 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Set author information in the newly created commit to
1680 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">author</var>. This is useful when committing changes
1681 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp on behalf of someone else. The <var class="Ar">author</var> argument
1682 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp must use the same format as the <code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code>
1683 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp environment variable.
1684 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">In addition to storing author information, the newly
1685 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp created commit object will retain “committer”
1686 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp information which is obtained, as usual, from the
1687 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code> environment variable, or
1688 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a>, or
1689 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp Git configuration settings.</p>
1691 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dt id="C~3"><a class="permalink" href="#C~3"><code class="Fl">-C</code></a></dt>
1692 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dd>Allow committing files in conflicted status.
1693 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <p class="Pp">Committing files with conflict markers should generally be
1694 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp avoided. Cases where conflict markers must be stored in the
1695 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp repository for some legitimate reason should be very rare. There are
1696 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp usually ways to avoid storing conflict markers verbatim by applying
1697 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp appropriate programming tricks.</p>
1699 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dt id="F~2"><a class="permalink" href="#F~2"><code class="Fl">-F</code></a>
1700 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var></dt>
1701 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dd>Use the prepared log message stored in the file found at
1702 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var> when creating the new commit.
1703 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code> opens a temporary file in an editor
1704 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp where the prepared log message can be reviewed and edited further if
1705 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp needed. Cannot be used together with the <code class="Fl">-m</code>
1706 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp option.</dd>
1707 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="m~4"><a class="permalink" href="#m~4"><code class="Fl">-m</code></a>
1708 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">message</var></dt>
1709 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dd>Use the specified log message when creating the new commit. Cannot be
1710 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp used together with the <code class="Fl">-F</code> option.</dd>
1711 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dt id="N"><a class="permalink" href="#N"><code class="Fl">-N</code></a></dt>
1712 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dd>This option prevents <code class="Cm">got commit</code> from opening
1713 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp the commit message in an editor. It has no effect unless it is used
1714 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp together with the <code class="Fl">-F</code> option and is intended
1715 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp for non-interactive use such as scripting.</dd>
1716 fd9580e1 2022-11-03 stsp <dt id="n~3"><a class="permalink" href="#n~3"><code class="Fl">-n</code></a></dt>
1717 fd9580e1 2022-11-03 stsp <dd>This option prevents <code class="Cm">got commit</code> from
1718 fd9580e1 2022-11-03 stsp generating a diff of the to-be-committed changes in a temporary file
1719 fd9580e1 2022-11-03 stsp which can be viewed while editing a commit message.</dd>
1720 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp <dt id="S~3"><a class="permalink" href="#S~3"><code class="Fl">-S</code></a></dt>
1721 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <dd>Allow the addition of symbolic links which point outside of the path
1722 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp space that is under version control. By default, <code class="Cm">got
1723 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp commit</code> will reject such symbolic links due to safety concerns.
1724 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp As a precaution, <code class="Nm">got</code> may decide to represent
1725 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp such a symbolic link as a regular file which contains the link's
1726 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp target path, rather than creating an actual symbolic link which points
1727 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp outside of the work tree. Use of this option is discouraged because
1728 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp external mechanisms such as “make obj” are better suited
1729 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp for managing symbolic links to paths not under version control.</dd>
1731 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got commit</code> will refuse to run if
1732 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp certain preconditions are not met. If the work tree's current branch is
1733 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp not in the “refs/heads/” reference namespace, new commits
1734 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp may not be created on this branch. Local changes may only be committed
1735 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp if they are based on file content found in the most recent commit on the
1736 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp work tree's branch. If a path is found to be out of date,
1737 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got update</code> must be used first in order to merge
1738 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp local changes with changes made in the repository.</p>
1740 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="se"><a class="permalink" href="#send"><code class="Cm" id="send">send</code></a>
1741 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-afqTv</code>] [<code class="Fl">-b</code>
1742 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var>] [<code class="Fl">-d</code>
1743 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
1744 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>] [<code class="Fl">-t</code>
1745 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">tag</var>] [<var class="Ar">remote-repository</var>]</dt>
1747 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
1748 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">se</code>)</code></div>
1749 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Send new changes to a remote repository. If no
1750 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <var class="Ar">remote-repository</var> is specified,
1751 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “origin” will be used. The remote repository's URL is
1752 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp obtained from the corresponding entry in
1753 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> or Git's
1754 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <span class="Pa">config</span> file of the local repository, as created by
1755 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got clone</code>.
1756 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">All objects corresponding to new changes will be written to a
1757 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp temporary pack file which is then uploaded to the server. Upon success,
1758 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp references in the “refs/remotes/” reference namespace of
1759 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp the local repository will be updated to point at the commits which have
1760 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp been sent.</p>
1761 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">By default, changes will only be sent if they are based on
1762 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp up-to-date copies of relevant branches in the remote repository. If any
1763 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp changes to be sent are based on out-of-date copies or would otherwise
1764 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp break linear history of existing branches, new changes must be fetched
1765 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp from the server with <code class="Cm">got fetch</code> and local
1766 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp branches must be rebased with <code class="Cm">got rebase</code> before
1767 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Cm">got send</code> can succeed. The
1768 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Fl">-f</code> option can be used to make exceptions to
1769 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp these requirements.</p>
1770 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got send</code> are as
1771 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp follows:</p>
1772 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1773 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dt id="a~4"><a class="permalink" href="#a~4"><code class="Fl">-a</code></a></dt>
1774 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dd>Send all branches from the local repository's
1775 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “refs/heads/” reference namespace. The
1776 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Fl">-a</code> option is equivalent to listing all
1777 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp branches with multiple <code class="Fl">-b</code> options. Cannot be
1778 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp used together with the <code class="Fl">-b</code> option.</dd>
1779 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dt id="b~7"><a class="permalink" href="#b~7"><code class="Fl">-b</code></a>
1780 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var></dt>
1781 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dd>Send the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> from the local
1782 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp repository's “refs/heads/” reference namespace. This
1783 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp option may be specified multiple times to build a list of branches to
1784 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp send. If this option is not specified, default to the work tree's
1785 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp current branch if invoked in a work tree, or to the repository's HEAD
1786 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp reference. Cannot be used together with the <code class="Fl">-a</code>
1787 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp option.</dd>
1788 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <dt id="d~6"><a class="permalink" href="#d~6"><code class="Fl">-d</code></a>
1789 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var></dt>
1790 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dd>Delete the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> from the remote
1791 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp repository's “refs/heads/” reference namespace. This
1792 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp option may be specified multiple times to build a list of branches to
1794 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Only references are deleted. Any commit, tree, tag, and
1795 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp blob objects belonging to deleted branches may become subject to
1796 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp deletion by Git's garbage collector running on the server.</p>
1797 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Requesting deletion of branches results in an error if the
1798 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp server does not support this feature or disallows the deletion of
1799 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp branches based on its configuration.</p>
1801 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dt id="f~2"><a class="permalink" href="#f~2"><code class="Fl">-f</code></a></dt>
1802 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dd>Attempt to force the server to overwrite existing branches or tags in
1803 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the remote repository, even when <code class="Cm">got fetch</code>
1804 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp followed by <code class="Cm">got rebase</code> or <code class="Cm">got
1805 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp merge</code> would usually be required before changes can be sent. The
1806 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp server may reject forced requests regardless, depending on its
1807 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp configuration.
1808 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Any commit, tree, tag, and blob objects belonging to
1809 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp overwritten branches or tags may become subject to deletion by Git's
1810 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp garbage collector running on the server.</p>
1811 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">The “refs/tags” reference namespace is
1812 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp globally shared between all repositories. Use of the
1813 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Fl">-f</code> option to overwrite tags is discouraged
1814 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp because it can lead to inconsistencies between the tags present in
1815 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp different repositories. In general, creating a new tag with a
1816 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp different name is recommended instead of overwriting an existing
1818 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Use of the <code class="Fl">-f</code> option is
1819 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp particularly discouraged if changes being sent are based on an
1820 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp out-of-date copy of a branch in the remote repository. Instead of
1821 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp using the <code class="Fl">-f</code> option, new changes should be
1822 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp fetched with <code class="Cm">got fetch</code> and local branches
1823 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp should be rebased with <code class="Cm">got rebase</code> or merged
1824 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp with <code class="Cm">got merge</code>, followed by another attempt
1825 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp to send the changes.</p>
1826 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Fl">-f</code> option should only be
1827 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp needed in situations where the remote repository's copy of a branch
1828 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp or tag is known to be out-of-date and is considered disposable. The
1829 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp risks of creating inconsistencies between different repositories
1830 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp should also be taken into account.</p>
1832 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="q~5"><a class="permalink" href="#q~5"><code class="Fl">-q</code></a></dt>
1833 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Suppress progress reporting output. The same option will be passed to
1834 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh, section 1">ssh(1)</a> if
1835 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp applicable.</dd>
1836 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dt id="r~10"><a class="permalink" href="#r~10"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
1837 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
1838 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
1839 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
1840 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
1841 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
1842 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="T"><a class="permalink" href="#T"><code class="Fl">-T</code></a></dt>
1843 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Attempt to send all tags from the local repository's
1844 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “refs/tags/” reference namespace. The
1845 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Fl">-T</code> option is equivalent to listing all tags
1846 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp with multiple <code class="Fl">-t</code> options. Cannot be used
1847 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp together with the <code class="Fl">-t</code> option.</dd>
1848 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <dt id="t~4"><a class="permalink" href="#t~4"><code class="Fl">-t</code></a>
1849 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <var class="Ar">tag</var></dt>
1850 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dd>Send the specified <var class="Ar">tag</var> from the local
1851 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp repository's “refs/tags/” reference namespace, in
1852 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp addition to any branches that are being sent. The
1853 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Fl">-t</code> option may be specified multiple times to
1854 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp build a list of tags to send. No tags will be sent if the
1855 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Fl">-t</code> option is not used.
1856 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Raise an error if the specified <var class="Ar">tag</var>
1857 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp already exists in the remote repository, unless the
1858 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Fl">-f</code> option is used to overwrite the server's
1859 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp copy of the tag. In general, creating a new tag with a different
1860 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp name is recommended instead of overwriting an existing tag.</p>
1861 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Cannot be used together with the
1862 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Fl">-T</code> option.</p>
1864 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <dt id="v~4"><a class="permalink" href="#v~4"><code class="Fl">-v</code></a></dt>
1865 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dd>Verbose mode. Causes <code class="Cm">got send</code> to print
1866 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp debugging messages to standard error output. The same option will be
1867 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp passed to <a class="Xr" aria-label="ssh, section 1">ssh(1)</a> if
1868 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp applicable. Multiple -v options increase the verbosity. The maximum is
1872 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="cy"><a class="permalink" href="#cherrypick"><code class="Cm" id="cherrypick">cherrypick</code></a>
1873 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp [<code class="Fl">-lX</code>] [<var class="Ar">commit</var>]</dt>
1875 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
1876 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">cy</code>)</code></div>
1877 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Merge changes from a single <var class="Ar">commit</var> into the work tree.
1878 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp The specified <var class="Ar">commit</var> should be on a different branch
1879 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp than the work tree's base commit.
1880 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp" id="barbaz:+3">The expected argument is a commit ID SHA1 hash,
1881 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp or a reference name or keyword which will be resolved to a commit ID. An
1882 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash
1883 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique. The keywords
1884 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":base" and ":head" resolve to the work tree's base
1885 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit and branch head, respectively. Keywords and references may be
1886 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended with ":+" or ":-" modifiers and an optional
1887 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp integer N to denote the Nth descendant or antecedent by first parent
1888 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp traversal, respectively; for example, <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes
1889 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the work tree branch head's 2nd generation ancestor, and
1890 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th generation descendant of the
1891 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp work tree's base commit. Similarly,
1892 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#barbaz:+3"><b class="Sy">barbaz:+3</b></a>
1893 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 3rd generation descendant of the commit resolved by the
1894 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp "barbaz" reference. A ":+" or ":-"
1895 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifier without a trailing integer has an implicit "1"
1896 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
1897 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</p>
1898 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
1899 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp status codes:</p>
1900 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
1902 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>G</td>
1903 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was merged</td>
1906 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>C</td>
1907 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was merged and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
1910 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>!</td>
1911 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a missing file were not merged</td>
1914 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>D</td>
1915 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
1918 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>d</td>
1919 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file's deletion was prevented by local modifications</td>
1922 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>A</td>
1923 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
1926 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>~</td>
1927 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a non-regular file were not merged</td>
1930 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>?</td>
1931 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>changes destined for an unversioned file were not merged</td>
1934 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The merged changes will appear as local changes in the work
1935 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp tree, which may be viewed with <code class="Cm">got diff</code>, amended
1936 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp manually or with further <code class="Cm">got cherrypick</code>
1937 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp commands, committed with <code class="Cm">got commit</code>.</p>
1938 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree where no
1939 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">rebase</code>, <code class="Cm">histedit</code>, or
1940 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">merge</code> operation is taking place,
1941 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">got cherrypick</code> creates a record of commits which
1942 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp have been merged into the work tree. When a file changed by
1943 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">got cherrypick</code> is committed with
1944 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code>, the log messages of relevant merged
1945 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp commits will then appear in the editor, where the messages should be
1946 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp further adjusted to convey the reasons for cherrypicking the changes.
1947 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp Upon exiting the editor, if the time stamp of the log message file is
1948 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp unchanged or the log message is empty, <code class="Cm">got
1949 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp commit</code> will fail with an unmodified or empty log message
1950 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp error.</p>
1951 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <p class="Pp">If all the changes in all files touched by a given commit are
1952 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp discarded, e.g. with <code class="Cm">got revert</code>, this commit's
1953 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp log message record will also disappear.</p>
1954 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got cherrypick</code> will refuse to run if
1955 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp certain preconditions are not met. If the work tree contains multiple
1956 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp base commits, it must first be updated to a single base commit with
1957 1e80276a 2021-09-03 stsp <code class="Cm">got update</code>. If any relevant files already
1958 1e80276a 2021-09-03 stsp contain merge conflicts, these conflicts must be resolved first.</p>
1959 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Nm">got</code>
1960 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">cherrypick</code> are as follows:</p>
1961 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
1962 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="l~7"><a class="permalink" href="#l~7"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
1963 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dd>Display a list of commit log messages recorded by cherrypick
1964 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp operations, represented by references in the
1965 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp “refs/got/worktree” reference namespace. If a
1966 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var> is specified, only show the log message
1967 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp of the specified commit.
1968 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree, only log messages recorded by
1969 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp cherrypick operations in the current work tree will be displayed.
1970 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp Otherwise, all commit log messages will be displayed irrespective of
1971 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp the work tree in which they were created. This option cannot be used
1972 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp with <code class="Fl">-X</code>.</p>
1974 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="X~2"><a class="permalink" href="#X~2"><code class="Fl">-X</code></a></dt>
1975 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dd>Delete log messages created by previous cherrypick operations,
1976 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp represented by references in the “refs/got/worktree”
1977 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp reference namespace. If a <var class="Ar">commit</var> is specified,
1978 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp only delete the log message of the specified commit.
1979 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree, only log messages recorded by
1980 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp cherrypick operations in the current work tree will be deleted.
1981 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp Otherwise, all commit log messages will be deleted irrespective of
1982 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp the work tree in which they were created. This option cannot be used
1983 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp with <code class="Fl">-l</code>.</p>
1986 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
1988 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="bo"><a class="permalink" href="#backout"><code class="Cm" id="backout">backout</code></a>
1989 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp [<code class="Fl">-lX</code>] [<var class="Ar">commit</var>]</dt>
1991 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
1992 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">bo</code>)</code></div>
1993 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Reverse-merge changes from a single <var class="Ar">commit</var> into the
1994 1e80276a 2021-09-03 stsp work tree. The specified <var class="Ar">commit</var> should be on the
1995 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp same branch as the work tree's base commit.
1996 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp" id="wip:+5">The expected argument is a commit ID SHA1 hash, or
1997 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp a reference name or keyword which will be resolved to a commit ID. An
1998 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash
1999 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique. The keywords
2000 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":base" and ":head" resolve to the work tree's base
2001 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit and branch head, respectively. Keywords and references may be
2002 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended with ":+" or ":-" modifiers and an optional
2003 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp integer N to denote the Nth descendant or antecedent by first parent
2004 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp traversal, respectively; for example, <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes
2005 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the work tree branch head's 2nd generation ancestor, and
2006 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b> denotes the 4th generation descendant of the
2007 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp work tree's base commit. Similarly,
2008 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#wip:+5"><b class="Sy">wip:+5</b></a> will
2009 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp denote the 5th generation descendant of the commit resolved by the
2010 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp "wip" reference. A ":+" or ":-" modifier
2011 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp without a trailing integer has an implicit "1" appended (e.g.,
2012 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
2013 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</p>
2014 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
2015 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp status codes:</p>
2016 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
2018 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>G</td>
2019 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was merged</td>
2022 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>C</td>
2023 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was merged and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
2026 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>!</td>
2027 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a missing file were not merged</td>
2030 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>D</td>
2031 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
2034 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>d</td>
2035 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file's deletion was prevented by local modifications</td>
2038 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>A</td>
2039 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
2042 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>~</td>
2043 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a non-regular file were not merged</td>
2046 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>?</td>
2047 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>changes destined for an unversioned file were not merged</td>
2050 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The reverse-merged changes will appear as local changes in the
2051 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp work tree, which may be viewed with <code class="Cm">got diff</code>,
2052 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp amended manually or with further <code class="Cm">got backout</code>
2053 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp commands, committed with <code class="Cm">got commit</code>.</p>
2054 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree where no
2055 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">rebase</code>, <code class="Cm">histedit</code>, or
2056 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">merge</code> operation is taking place,
2057 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">got backout</code> creates a record of commits which
2058 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp have been reverse-merged into the work tree. When a file changed by
2059 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">got backout</code> is committed with
2060 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code>, the log messages of relevant
2061 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp reverse-merged commits will then appear in the editor, where the
2062 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp messages should be further adjusted to convey the reasons for backing
2063 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp out the changes. Upon exiting the editor, if the time stamp of the log
2064 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp message file is unchanged or the log message is empty,
2065 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code> will fail with an unmodified or empty
2066 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp log message error.</p>
2067 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <p class="Pp">If all the changes in all files touched by a given commit are
2068 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp discarded, e.g. with <code class="Cm">got revert</code>, this commit's
2069 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp log message record will also disappear.</p>
2070 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got backout</code> will refuse to run if
2071 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp certain preconditions are not met. If the work tree contains multiple
2072 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp base commits, it must first be updated to a single base commit with
2073 1e80276a 2021-09-03 stsp <code class="Cm">got update</code>. If any relevant files already
2074 1e80276a 2021-09-03 stsp contain merge conflicts, these conflicts must be resolved first.</p>
2075 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Nm">got</code>
2076 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <code class="Cm">backout</code> are as follows:</p>
2077 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
2078 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="l~8"><a class="permalink" href="#l~8"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
2079 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dd>Display a list of commit log messages recorded by backout operations,
2080 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp represented by references in the “refs/got/worktree”
2081 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp reference namespace. If a <var class="Ar">commit</var> is specified,
2082 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp only show the log message of the specified commit.
2083 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree, only log messages recorded by
2084 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp backout operations in the current work tree will be displayed.
2085 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp Otherwise, all commit log messages will be displayed irrespective of
2086 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp the work tree in which they were created. This option cannot be used
2087 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp with <code class="Fl">-X</code>.</p>
2089 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="X~3"><a class="permalink" href="#X~3"><code class="Fl">-X</code></a></dt>
2090 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dd>Delete log messages created by previous backout operations,
2091 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp represented by references in the “refs/got/worktree”
2092 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp reference namespace. If a <var class="Ar">commit</var> is specified,
2093 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp only delete the log message of the specified commit.
2094 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp">If invoked in a work tree, only log messages recorded by
2095 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp backout operations in the current work tree will be deleted.
2096 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp Otherwise, all commit log messages will be deleted irrespective of
2097 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp the work tree in which they were created. This option cannot be used
2098 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp with <code class="Fl">-l</code>.</p>
2101 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
2103 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="rb"><a class="permalink" href="#rebase"><code class="Cm" id="rebase">rebase</code></a>
2104 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp [<code class="Fl">-aCclX</code>] [<var class="Ar">branch</var>]</dt>
2106 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
2107 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">rb</code>)</code></div>
2108 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Rebase commits on the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> onto the tip of
2109 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp the current branch of the work tree. The <var class="Ar">branch</var> must
2110 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp share common ancestry with the work tree's current branch. Rebasing begins
2111 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp with the first descendant commit of the youngest common ancestor commit
2112 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp shared by the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> and the work tree's
2113 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp current branch, and stops once the tip commit of the specified
2114 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> has been rebased.
2115 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">When <code class="Cm">got rebase</code> is used as intended,
2116 a43c0256 2020-02-25 stsp the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> represents a local commit
2117 a43c0256 2020-02-25 stsp history and may already contain changes that are not yet visible in any
2118 a43c0256 2020-02-25 stsp other repositories. The work tree's current branch, which must be set
2119 a43c0256 2020-02-25 stsp with <code class="Cm">got update -b</code> before starting the
2120 a43c0256 2020-02-25 stsp <code class="Cm">rebase</code> operation, represents a branch from a
2121 a43c0256 2020-02-25 stsp remote repository which shares a common history with the specified
2122 a43c0256 2020-02-25 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> but has progressed, and perhaps diverged,
2123 a43c0256 2020-02-25 stsp due to commits added to the remote repository.</p>
2124 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Rebased commits are accumulated on a temporary branch which
2125 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the work tree will remain switched to throughout the entire rebase
2126 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp operation. Commits on this branch represent the same changes with the
2127 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp same log messages as their counterparts on the original
2128 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var>, but with different commit IDs. Once
2129 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp rebasing has completed successfully, the temporary branch becomes the
2130 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp new version of the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> and the work
2131 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp tree is automatically switched to it. If author information is available
2132 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp via the <code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code> environment variable,
2133 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> or Git's
2134 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Dv">user.name</code> and <code class="Dv">user.email</code>
2135 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp configuration settings, this author information will be used to identify
2136 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp the “committer” of rebased commits.</p>
2137 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">Old commits in their pre-rebase state are automatically backed
2138 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp up in the “refs/got/backup/rebase” reference namespace. As
2139 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp long as these references are not removed older versions of rebased
2140 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp commits will remain in the repository and can be viewed with the
2141 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Cm">got rebase -l</code> command. Removal of these
2142 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp references makes objects which become unreachable via any reference
2143 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp subject to removal by Git's garbage collector or
2144 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <code class="Cm">gotadmin cleanup</code>.</p>
2145 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">While rebasing commits, show the status of each affected file,
2146 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp using the following status codes:</p>
2147 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
2149 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>G</td>
2150 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was merged</td>
2153 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>C</td>
2154 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was merged and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
2157 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>!</td>
2158 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a missing file were not merged</td>
2161 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>D</td>
2162 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
2165 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>d</td>
2166 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file's deletion was prevented by local modifications</td>
2169 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>A</td>
2170 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
2173 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>~</td>
2174 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a non-regular file were not merged</td>
2177 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>?</td>
2178 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>changes destined for an unversioned file were not merged</td>
2181 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If merge conflicts occur, the rebase operation is interrupted
2182 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp and may be continued once conflicts have been resolved. If any files
2183 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp with destined changes are found to be missing or unversioned, or if
2184 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp files could not be deleted due to differences in deleted content, the
2185 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp rebase operation will be interrupted to prevent potentially incomplete
2186 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp changes from being committed to the repository without user
2187 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp intervention. The work tree may be modified as desired and the rebase
2188 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp operation can be continued once the changes present in the work tree are
2189 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp considered complete. Alternatively, the rebase operation may be aborted
2190 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp which will leave <var class="Ar">branch</var> unmodified and the work
2191 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp tree switched back to its original branch.</p>
2192 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">If a merge conflict is resolved in a way which renders the
2193 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp merged change into a no-op change, the corresponding commit will be
2194 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp elided when the rebase operation continues.</p>
2195 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got rebase</code> will refuse to run if
2196 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp certain preconditions are not met. If the <var class="Ar">branch</var>
2197 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp is not in the “refs/heads/” reference namespace, the
2198 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp branch may not be rebased. If the work tree is not yet fully updated to
2199 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp the tip commit of its branch, then the work tree must first be updated
2200 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp with <code class="Cm">got update</code>. If changes have been staged
2201 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp with <code class="Cm">got stage</code>, these changes must first be
2202 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp committed with <code class="Cm">got commit</code> or unstaged with
2203 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got unstage</code>. If the work tree contains local
2204 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp changes, these changes must first be committed with <code class="Cm">got
2205 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp commit</code> or reverted with <code class="Cm">got revert</code>. If
2206 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the <var class="Ar">branch</var> contains changes to files outside of
2207 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the work tree's path prefix, the work tree cannot be used to rebase this
2208 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp branch.</p>
2209 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Cm">got update</code>, <code class="Cm">got
2210 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp integrate</code>, <code class="Cm">got merge</code>,
2211 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code>, and <code class="Cm">got
2212 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp histedit</code> commands will refuse to run while a rebase operation is
2213 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp in progress. Other commands which manipulate the work tree may be used
2214 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp for conflict resolution purposes.</p>
2215 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> is already based
2216 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp on the work tree's current branch, then no commits need to be rebased
2217 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp and <code class="Cm">got rebase</code> will simply switch the work tree
2218 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp to the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> and update files in the
2219 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp work tree accordingly.</p>
2220 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got rebase</code> are as
2221 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
2222 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
2223 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dt id="a~5"><a class="permalink" href="#a~5"><code class="Fl">-a</code></a></dt>
2224 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Abort an interrupted rebase operation. If this option is used, no
2225 9b0c768d 2019-08-08 stsp other command-line arguments are allowed.</dd>
2226 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dt id="C~4"><a class="permalink" href="#C~4"><code class="Fl">-C</code></a></dt>
2227 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dd>Allow a rebase operation to continue with files in conflicted status.
2228 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp This option should generally be avoided, and can only be used with the
2229 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-c</code> option.</dd>
2230 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="c~11"><a class="permalink" href="#c~11"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a></dt>
2231 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Continue an interrupted rebase operation. If this option is used, no
2232 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp other command-line arguments are allowed except
2233 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Fl">-C</code>.</dd>
2234 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="l~9"><a class="permalink" href="#l~9"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
2235 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dd>Show a list of past rebase operations, represented by references in
2236 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp the “refs/got/backup/rebase” reference namespace.
2237 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">Display the author, date, and log message of each backed
2238 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp up commit, the object ID of the corresponding post-rebase commit,
2239 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp and the object ID of their common ancestor commit. Given these
2240 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp object IDs, the <code class="Cm">got log</code> command with the
2241 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-c</code> and <code class="Fl">-x</code> options
2242 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp can be used to examine the history of either version of the branch,
2243 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp and the <code class="Cm">got branch</code> command with the
2244 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-c</code> option can be used to create a new branch
2245 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp from a pre-rebase state if desired.</p>
2246 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">If a <var class="Ar">branch</var> is specified, only show
2247 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp commits which at some point in time represented this branch.
2248 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp Otherwise, list all backed up commits for any branches.</p>
2249 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">If this option is used, <code class="Cm">got rebase</code>
2250 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp does not require a work tree. None of the other options can be used
2251 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp together with <code class="Fl">-l</code>.</p>
2253 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="X~4"><a class="permalink" href="#X~4"><code class="Fl">-X</code></a></dt>
2254 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <dd>Delete backups created by past rebase operations, represented by
2255 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp references in the “refs/got/backup/rebase” reference
2256 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp namespace.
2257 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <p class="Pp">If a <var class="Ar">branch</var> is specified, only
2258 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp delete backups which at some point in time represented this branch.
2259 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp Otherwise, delete all references found within
2260 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp “refs/got/backup/rebase”.</p>
2261 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <p class="Pp">Any commit, tree, tag, and blob objects belonging to
2262 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp deleted backups remain in the repository and may be removed
2263 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp separately with Git's garbage collector or <code class="Cm">gotadmin
2264 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp cleanup</code>.</p>
2265 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <p class="Pp">If this option is used, <code class="Cm">got rebase</code>
2266 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp does not require a work tree. None of the other options can be used
2267 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp together with <code class="Fl">-X</code>.</p>
2271 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="he"><a class="permalink" href="#histedit"><code class="Cm" id="histedit">histedit</code></a>
2272 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp [<code class="Fl">-aCcdeflmX</code>] [<code class="Fl">-F</code>
2273 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">histedit-script</var>] [<var class="Ar">branch</var>]</dt>
2275 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
2276 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">he</code>)</code></div>
2277 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Edit commit history between the work tree's current base commit and the tip
2278 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp commit of the work tree's current branch.
2279 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Cm">got histedit</code> command requires the
2280 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code> environment variable to be set,
2281 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp unless an author has been configured in
2282 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a> or Git's
2283 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Dv">user.name</code> and <code class="Dv">user.email</code>
2284 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp configuration settings can be obtained from the repository's
2285 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <span class="Pa">.git/config</span> file or from Git's global
2286 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <span class="Pa">~/.gitconfig</span> configuration file.</p>
2287 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Before starting a <code class="Cm">histedit</code> operation,
2288 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp the work tree's current branch must be set with <code class="Cm">got
2289 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp update -b</code> to the branch which should be edited, unless this
2290 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp branch is already the current branch of the work tree. The tip of this
2291 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp branch represents the upper bound (inclusive) of commits touched by the
2292 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <code class="Cm">histedit</code> operation.</p>
2293 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">Furthermore, the work tree's base commit must be set with
2294 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <code class="Cm">got update -c</code> to a point in this branch's commit
2295 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp history where editing should begin. This commit represents the lower
2296 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp bound (non-inclusive) of commits touched by the
2297 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <code class="Cm">histedit</code> operation.</p>
2298 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Editing of commit history is controlled via a
2299 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <var class="Ar">histedit script</var> which can be written in an editor
2300 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp based on a template, passed on the command line, or generated with the
2301 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp <code class="Fl">-d</code>, <code class="Fl">-e</code>,
2302 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Fl">-f</code>, or <code class="Fl">-m</code> options.
2303 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp Quitting the editor without saving the file will abort the histedit
2304 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp operation.</p>
2305 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">The format of the histedit script is line-based. Each line in
2306 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp the script begins with a command name, followed by whitespace and an
2307 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp argument. For most commands, the expected argument is a commit ID SHA1
2308 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp hash. Any remaining text on the line is ignored. Lines which begin with
2309 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp the ‘#’ character are ignored entirely.</p>
2310 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <p class="Pp">The available histedit script commands are as follows:</p>
2311 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
2312 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <tr id="pick">
2313 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <td><a class="permalink" href="#pick"><code class="Cm">pick</code></a>
2314 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></td>
2315 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>Use the specified commit as it is.</td>
2317 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <tr id="edit">
2318 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <td><a class="permalink" href="#edit"><code class="Cm">edit</code></a>
2319 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></td>
2320 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp <td>Apply the changes from the specified commit, but then interrupt the
2321 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp histedit operation for amending, without creating a commit. While the
2322 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp histedit operation is interrupted arbitrary files may be edited, and
2323 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp commands which manipulate the work tree can be used freely. The
2324 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp <code class="Cm">got add</code> and <code class="Cm">got remove</code>
2325 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp commands can be used to add new files or remove existing ones. The
2326 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp <code class="Cm">got revert -p</code> command can be used to eliminate
2327 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp arbitrary changes from files in the work tree. The
2328 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp <code class="Cm">got stage -p</code> command may be used to prepare a
2329 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp subset of changes for inclusion in the next commit. Finally, the
2330 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code> command can be used to insert
2331 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp arbitrary commits into the edited history. Regular editing of history
2332 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp must eventually be resumed by running <code class="Cm">got histedit
2333 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp -c</code>.</td>
2335 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <tr id="fold">
2336 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <td><a class="permalink" href="#fold"><code class="Cm">fold</code></a>
2337 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></td>
2338 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>Combine the specified commit with the next commit listed further
2339 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp below that will be used.</td>
2341 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <tr id="drop">
2342 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <td><a class="permalink" href="#drop"><code class="Cm">drop</code></a>
2343 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></td>
2344 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>Remove this commit from the edited history.</td>
2346 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <tr id="mesg">
2347 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <td><a class="permalink" href="#mesg"><code class="Cm">mesg</code></a>
2348 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></td>
2349 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp <td>Open an editor to create a new log message for this commit.</td>
2352 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Every commit in the history being edited must be mentioned in
2353 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the script. Lines may be re-ordered to change the order of commits in
2354 ae803b74 2020-03-06 stsp the edited history. No commit may be listed more than once.</p>
2355 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Edited commits are accumulated on a temporary branch which the
2356 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp work tree will remain switched to throughout the entire histedit
2357 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp operation. Once history editing has completed successfully, the
2358 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp temporary branch becomes the new version of the work tree's branch and
2359 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the work tree is automatically switched to it.</p>
2360 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">Old commits in their pre-histedit state are automatically
2361 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp backed up in the “refs/got/backup/histedit” reference
2362 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp namespace. As long as these references are not removed older versions of
2363 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp edited commits will remain in the repository and can be viewed with the
2364 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Cm">got histedit -l</code> command. Removal of these
2365 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp references makes objects which become unreachable via any reference
2366 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp subject to removal by Git's garbage collector or
2367 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <code class="Cm">gotadmin cleanup</code>.</p>
2368 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">While merging commits, show the status of each affected file,
2369 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp using the following status codes:</p>
2370 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
2372 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>G</td>
2373 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was merged</td>
2376 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>C</td>
2377 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was merged and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
2380 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>!</td>
2381 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a missing file were not merged</td>
2384 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>D</td>
2385 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
2388 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>d</td>
2389 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file's deletion was prevented by local modifications</td>
2392 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>A</td>
2393 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
2396 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>~</td>
2397 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a non-regular file were not merged</td>
2400 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>?</td>
2401 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <td>changes destined for an unversioned file were not merged</td>
2404 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If merge conflicts occur, the histedit operation is
2405 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp interrupted and may be continued once conflicts have been resolved. If
2406 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp any files with destined changes are found to be missing or unversioned,
2407 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp or if files could not be deleted due to differences in deleted content,
2408 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp the histedit operation will be interrupted to prevent potentially
2409 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp incomplete changes from being committed to the repository without user
2410 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp intervention. The work tree may be modified as desired and the histedit
2411 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp operation can be continued once the changes present in the work tree are
2412 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp considered complete. Alternatively, the histedit operation may be
2413 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp aborted which will leave the work tree switched back to its original
2414 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp branch.</p>
2415 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">If a merge conflict is resolved in a way which renders the
2416 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp merged change into a no-op change, the corresponding commit will be
2417 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp elided when the histedit operation continues.</p>
2418 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got histedit</code> will refuse to run if
2419 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp certain preconditions are not met. If the work tree's current branch is
2420 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp not in the “refs/heads/” reference namespace, the history
2421 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp of the branch may not be edited. If the work tree contains multiple base
2422 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp commits, it must first be updated to a single base commit with
2423 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got update</code>. If changes have been staged with
2424 91b3da3f 2019-08-18 stsp <code class="Cm">got stage</code>, these changes must first be committed
2425 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp with <code class="Cm">got commit</code> or unstaged with
2426 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got unstage</code>. If the work tree contains local
2427 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp changes, these changes must first be committed with <code class="Cm">got
2428 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp commit</code> or reverted with <code class="Cm">got revert</code>. If
2429 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the edited history contains changes to files outside of the work tree's
2430 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp path prefix, the work tree cannot be used to edit the history of this
2431 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp branch.</p>
2432 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Cm">got update</code>, <code class="Cm">got
2433 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp rebase</code>, <code class="Cm">got merge</code>, and
2434 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <code class="Cm">got integrate</code> commands will refuse to run while
2435 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp a histedit operation is in progress. Other commands which manipulate the
2436 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp work tree may be used, and the <code class="Cm">got commit</code>
2437 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp command may be used to commit arbitrary changes to the temporary branch
2438 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp while the histedit operation is interrupted.</p>
2439 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got histedit</code> are as
2440 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
2441 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
2442 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dt id="a~6"><a class="permalink" href="#a~6"><code class="Fl">-a</code></a></dt>
2443 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Abort an interrupted histedit operation. If this option is used, no
2444 9b0c768d 2019-08-08 stsp other command-line arguments are allowed.</dd>
2445 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dt id="C~5"><a class="permalink" href="#C~5"><code class="Fl">-C</code></a></dt>
2446 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dd>Allow a histedit operation to continue with files in conflicted
2447 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp status. This option should generally be avoided, and can only be used
2448 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp with the <code class="Fl">-c</code> option.</dd>
2449 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="c~12"><a class="permalink" href="#c~12"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a></dt>
2450 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Continue an interrupted histedit operation. If this option is used, no
2451 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp other command-line arguments are allowed except
2452 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Fl">-C</code>.</dd>
2453 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dt id="d~7"><a class="permalink" href="#d~7"><code class="Fl">-d</code></a></dt>
2454 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dd>Drop all commits. This option is a quick equivalent to a histedit
2455 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp script which drops all commits. The <code class="Fl">-d</code> option
2456 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp can only be used when starting a new histedit operation. If this
2457 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp option is used, no other command-line arguments are allowed.</dd>
2458 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <dt id="e"><a class="permalink" href="#e"><code class="Fl">-e</code></a></dt>
2459 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <dd>Interrupt the histedit operation for editing after merging each
2460 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp commit. This option is a quick equivalent to a histedit script which
2461 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp uses the <code class="Cm">edit</code> command for all commits. The
2462 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <code class="Fl">-e</code> option can only be used when starting a new
2463 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp histedit operation. If this option is used, no other command-line
2464 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp arguments are allowed.</dd>
2465 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dt id="F~3"><a class="permalink" href="#F~3"><code class="Fl">-F</code></a>
2466 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <var class="Ar">histedit-script</var></dt>
2467 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <dd>Use the specified <var class="Ar">histedit-script</var> instead of
2468 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp opening a temporary file in an editor where a histedit script can be
2469 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp written.</dd>
2470 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="f~3"><a class="permalink" href="#f~3"><code class="Fl">-f</code></a></dt>
2471 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Fold all commits into a single commit. This option is a quick
2472 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp equivalent to a histedit script which folds all commits, combining
2473 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp them all into one commit. The <code class="Fl">-f</code> option can
2474 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp only be used when starting a new histedit operation. If this option is
2475 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp used, no other command-line arguments are allowed.</dd>
2476 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="l~10"><a class="permalink" href="#l~10"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
2477 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <dd>Show a list of past histedit operations, represented by references in
2478 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp the “refs/got/backup/histedit” reference namespace.
2479 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">Display the author, date, and log message of each backed
2480 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp up commit, the object ID of the corresponding post-histedit commit,
2481 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp and the object ID of their common ancestor commit. Given these
2482 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp object IDs, the <code class="Cm">got log</code> command with the
2483 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-c</code> and <code class="Fl">-x</code> options
2484 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp can be used to examine the history of either version of the branch,
2485 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp and the <code class="Cm">got branch</code> command with the
2486 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-c</code> option can be used to create a new branch
2487 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp from a pre-histedit state if desired.</p>
2488 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">If a <var class="Ar">branch</var> is specified, only show
2489 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp commits which at some point in time represented this branch.
2490 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp Otherwise, list all backed up commits for any branches.</p>
2491 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <p class="Pp">If this option is used, <code class="Cm">got
2492 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp histedit</code> does not require a work tree. None of the other
2493 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp options can be used together with <code class="Fl">-l</code>.</p>
2495 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="m~5"><a class="permalink" href="#m~5"><code class="Fl">-m</code></a></dt>
2496 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Edit log messages only. This option is a quick equivalent to a
2497 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp histedit script which edits only log messages but otherwise leaves
2498 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp every picked commit as-is. The <code class="Fl">-m</code> option can
2499 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp only be used when starting a new histedit operation. If this option is
2500 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp used, no other command-line arguments are allowed.</dd>
2501 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="X~5"><a class="permalink" href="#X~5"><code class="Fl">-X</code></a></dt>
2502 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <dd>Delete backups created by past histedit operations, represented by
2503 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp references in the “refs/got/backup/histedit” reference
2504 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp namespace.
2505 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <p class="Pp">If a <var class="Ar">branch</var> is specified, only
2506 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp delete backups which at some point in time represented this branch.
2507 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp Otherwise, delete all references found within
2508 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp “refs/got/backup/histedit”.</p>
2509 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <p class="Pp">Any commit, tree, tag, and blob objects belonging to
2510 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp deleted backups remain in the repository and may be removed
2511 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp separately with Git's garbage collector or <code class="Cm">gotadmin
2512 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp cleanup</code>.</p>
2513 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp <p class="Pp">If this option is used, <code class="Cm">got
2514 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp histedit</code> does not require a work tree. None of the other
2515 16cd1323 2021-07-26 stsp options can be used together with <code class="Fl">-X</code>.</p>
2519 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="ig"><a class="permalink" href="#integrate"><code class="Cm" id="integrate">integrate</code></a>
2520 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var></dt>
2522 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
2523 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">ig</code>)</code></div>
2524 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Integrate the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> into the work tree's
2525 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp current branch. Files in the work tree are updated to match the contents
2526 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp on the integrated <var class="Ar">branch</var>, and the reference of the
2527 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp work tree's branch is changed to point at the head commit of the
2528 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp integrated <var class="Ar">branch</var>.
2529 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <p class="Pp">Both branches can be considered equivalent after integration
2530 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp since they will be pointing at the same commit. Both branches remain
2531 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp available for future work, if desired. In case the integrated
2532 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> is no longer needed it may be deleted with
2533 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <code class="Cm">got branch -d</code>.</p>
2534 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
2535 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp status codes:</p>
2536 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
2538 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>U</td>
2539 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>file was updated</td>
2542 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>D</td>
2543 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
2546 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>A</td>
2547 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
2550 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>~</td>
2551 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>versioned file is obstructed by a non-regular file</td>
2554 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>!</td>
2555 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <td>a missing versioned file was restored</td>
2558 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got integrate</code> will refuse to run if
2559 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp certain preconditions are not met. Most importantly, the
2560 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> must have been rebased onto the work tree's
2561 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp current branch with <code class="Cm">got rebase</code> before it can be
2562 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp integrated, in order to linearize commit history and resolve merge
2563 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp conflicts. If the work tree contains multiple base commits, it must
2564 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp first be updated to a single base commit with <code class="Cm">got
2565 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp update</code>. If changes have been staged with <code class="Cm">got
2566 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp stage</code>, these changes must first be committed with
2567 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <code class="Cm">got commit</code> or unstaged with <code class="Cm">got
2568 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp unstage</code>. If the work tree contains local changes, these changes
2569 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp must first be committed with <code class="Cm">got commit</code> or
2570 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp reverted with <code class="Cm">got revert</code>.</p>
2572 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="mg"><a class="permalink" href="#merge"><code class="Cm" id="merge">merge</code></a>
2573 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp [<code class="Fl">-aCcMn</code>] [<var class="Ar">branch</var>]</dt>
2575 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
2576 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">mg</code>)</code></div>
2577 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp Merge the specified <var class="Ar">branch</var> into the current branch of
2578 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp the work tree. If the branches have diverged, merge changes into the work
2579 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp tree and create a merge commit. Otherwise, if the specified
2580 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> is already based on the work tree's current
2581 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp branch, make the work tree's current branch equivalent to the specified
2582 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> and update files in the work tree
2583 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp accordingly.
2584 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <p class="Pp">Merge commits are commits based on multiple parent commits.
2585 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp The tip commit of the work tree's current branch will be used as the
2586 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp first parent. The tip commit of the specified
2587 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> will be used as the second parent. The work
2588 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp tree's current branch must be in the “refs/heads/”
2589 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp reference namespace and can be set with <code class="Cm">got update
2590 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp -b</code> before starting the <code class="Cm">merge</code>
2591 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp operation.</p>
2592 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <p class="Pp">No ancestral relationship between the two branches is
2593 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp required. If the two branches have already been merged previously, only
2594 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp new changes will be merged.</p>
2595 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <p class="Pp">It is not possible to create merge commits with more than two
2596 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp parents. If more than one branch needs to be merged, then multiple merge
2597 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp commits with two parents each can be created in sequence.</p>
2598 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp <p class="Pp">If a linear project history is desired, then use of
2599 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp <code class="Cm">got rebase</code> should generally be preferred over
2600 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp <code class="Cm">got merge</code>. However, even strictly linear
2601 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp projects may require occasional merge commits, for example in order to
2602 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp merge in new versions of third-party code stored on
2603 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp “vendor” branches created with <code class="Cm">got
2604 c8cf51c9 2023-11-29 stsp import</code>.</p>
2605 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <p class="Pp">While merging changes found on the
2606 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <var class="Ar">branch</var> into the work tree, show the status of each
2607 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp affected file, using the following status codes:</p>
2608 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
2610 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>G</td>
2611 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file was merged</td>
2614 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>C</td>
2615 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file was merged and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
2618 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>!</td>
2619 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>changes destined for a missing file were not merged</td>
2622 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>D</td>
2623 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file was deleted</td>
2626 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>d</td>
2627 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file's deletion was prevented by local modifications</td>
2630 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>A</td>
2631 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>new file was added</td>
2634 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>~</td>
2635 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>changes destined for a non-regular file were not merged</td>
2638 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>?</td>
2639 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>changes destined for an unversioned file were not merged</td>
2642 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <p class="Pp">If merge conflicts occur, the merge operation is interrupted
2643 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp and conflicts must be resolved before the merge operation can continue.
2644 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp If any files with destined changes are found to be missing or
2645 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp unversioned, or if files could not be deleted due to differences in
2646 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp deleted content, the merge operation will be interrupted to prevent
2647 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp potentially incomplete changes from being committed to the repository
2648 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp without user intervention. The work tree may be modified as desired and
2649 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp the merge can be continued once the changes present in the work tree are
2650 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp considered complete. Alternatively, the merge operation may be aborted
2651 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp which will leave the work tree's current branch unmodified.</p>
2652 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got merge</code> will refuse to run if
2653 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp certain preconditions are not met. If the work tree's current branch is
2654 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp not in the “refs/heads/” reference namespace then the work
2655 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp tree must first be switched to a branch in the
2656 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp “refs/heads/” namespace with <code class="Cm">got update
2657 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp -b</code>. If the work tree is not yet fully updated to the tip commit
2658 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp of its branch, then the work tree must first be updated with
2659 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got update</code>. If the work tree contains multiple
2660 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp base commits, it must first be updated to a single base commit with
2661 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got update</code>. If changes have been staged with
2662 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got stage</code>, these changes must first be committed
2663 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp with <code class="Cm">got commit</code> or unstaged with
2664 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got unstage</code>. If the work tree contains local
2665 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp changes, these changes must first be committed with <code class="Cm">got
2666 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp commit</code> or reverted with <code class="Cm">got revert</code>. If
2667 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp the <var class="Ar">branch</var> contains changes to files outside of
2668 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp the work tree's path prefix, the work tree cannot be used to merge this
2669 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp branch.</p>
2670 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Cm">got update</code>, <code class="Cm">got
2671 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp commit</code>, <code class="Cm">got rebase</code>, <code class="Cm">got
2672 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp histedit</code>, <code class="Cm">got integrate</code>, and
2673 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <code class="Cm">got stage</code> commands will refuse to run while a
2674 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp merge operation is in progress. Other commands which manipulate the work
2675 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp tree may be used for conflict resolution purposes.</p>
2676 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got merge</code> are as
2677 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp follows:</p>
2678 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
2679 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <dt id="a~7"><a class="permalink" href="#a~7"><code class="Fl">-a</code></a></dt>
2680 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <dd>Abort an interrupted merge operation. If this option is used, no other
2681 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp command-line arguments are allowed.</dd>
2682 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dt id="C~6"><a class="permalink" href="#C~6"><code class="Fl">-C</code></a></dt>
2683 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <dd>Allow a merge operation to continue with files in conflicted status.
2684 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp This option should generally be avoided, and can only be used with the
2685 f6a6fa94 2023-02-22 stsp <code class="Fl">-c</code> option.</dd>
2686 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="c~13"><a class="permalink" href="#c~13"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a></dt>
2687 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <dd>Continue an interrupted merge operation. If this option is used, no
2688 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp other command-line arguments are allowed except
2689 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Fl">-C</code>.</dd>
2690 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <dt id="M"><a class="permalink" href="#M"><code class="Fl">-M</code></a></dt>
2691 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <dd>Create a merge commit even if the branches have not diverged.</dd>
2692 fd9580e1 2022-11-03 stsp <dt id="n~4"><a class="permalink" href="#n~4"><code class="Fl">-n</code></a></dt>
2693 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <dd>Merge changes into the work tree as usual but do not create a merge
2694 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp commit immediately. The merge result can be adjusted as desired before
2695 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp a merge commit is created with <code class="Cm">got merge -c</code>.
2696 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp Alternatively, the merge may be aborted with <code class="Cm">got
2697 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp merge -a</code>.</dd>
2700 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="sg"><a class="permalink" href="#stage"><code class="Cm" id="stage">stage</code></a>
2701 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-lpS</code>] [<code class="Fl">-F</code>
2702 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">response-script</var>] [<var class="Ar">path ...</var>]</dt>
2704 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
2705 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">sg</code>)</code></div>
2706 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Stage local changes for inclusion in the next commit. If no
2707 e0ed36ae 2019-08-07 stsp <var class="Ar">path</var> is specified, stage all changes in the work
2708 e0ed36ae 2019-08-07 stsp tree. Otherwise, stage changes at or within the specified paths. Paths may
2709 e0ed36ae 2019-08-07 stsp be staged if they are added, modified, or deleted according to
2710 e0ed36ae 2019-08-07 stsp <code class="Cm">got status</code>.
2711 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
2712 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp status codes:</p>
2713 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
2715 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <td>A</td>
2716 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <td>file addition has been staged</td>
2719 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <td>M</td>
2720 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <td>file modification has been staged</td>
2723 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <td>D</td>
2724 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <td>file deletion has been staged</td>
2727 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp <p class="Pp">Staged file contents are saved in newly created blob objects
2728 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp in the repository. These blobs will be referred to by tree objects once
2729 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp staged changes have been committed.</p>
2730 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Staged changes affect the behaviour of <code class="Cm">got
2731 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp commit</code>, <code class="Cm">got status</code>, and
2732 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">got diff</code>. While paths with staged changes exist,
2733 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the <code class="Cm">got commit</code> command will refuse to commit any
2734 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp paths which do not have staged changes. Local changes created on top of
2735 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp staged changes can only be committed if the path is staged again, or if
2736 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the staged changes are committed first. The <code class="Cm">got
2737 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp status</code> command will show both local changes and staged changes.
2738 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp The <code class="Cm">got diff</code> command is able to display local
2739 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp changes relative to staged changes, and to display staged changes
2740 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp relative to the repository. The <code class="Cm">got revert</code>
2741 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp command cannot revert staged changes but may be used to revert local
2742 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp changes created on top of staged changes.</p>
2743 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got stage</code> are as
2744 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp follows:</p>
2745 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
2746 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="F~4"><a class="permalink" href="#F~4"><code class="Fl">-F</code></a>
2747 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">response-script</var></dt>
2748 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>With the <code class="Fl">-p</code> option, read “y”,
2749 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “n”, and “q” responses line-by-line from
2750 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp the specified <var class="Ar">response-script</var> file instead of
2751 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp prompting interactively.</dd>
2752 7985a487 2023-01-30 stsp <dt id="l~11"><a class="permalink" href="#l~11"><code class="Fl">-l</code></a></dt>
2753 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dd>Instead of staging new changes, list paths which are already staged,
2754 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp along with the IDs of staged blob objects and stage status codes. If
2755 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp paths were provided on the command line, show the staged paths among
2756 00261839 2019-08-05 stsp the specified paths. Otherwise, show all staged paths.</dd>
2757 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <dt id="p~5"><a class="permalink" href="#p~5"><code class="Fl">-p</code></a></dt>
2758 e0ed36ae 2019-08-07 stsp <dd>Instead of staging the entire content of a changed file, interactively
2759 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp select or reject changes for staging based on “y” (stage
2760 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp change), “n” (reject change), and “q”
2761 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp (quit staging this file) responses. If a file is in modified status,
2762 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp individual patches derived from the modified file content can be
2763 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp staged. Files in added or deleted status may only be staged or
2764 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp rejected in their entirety.</dd>
2765 a701a2ae 2022-06-17 stsp <dt id="S~4"><a class="permalink" href="#S~4"><code class="Fl">-S</code></a></dt>
2766 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <dd>Allow staging of symbolic links which point outside of the path space
2767 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp that is under version control. By default, <code class="Cm">got
2768 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp stage</code> will reject such symbolic links due to safety concerns.
2769 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp As a precaution, <code class="Nm">got</code> may decide to represent
2770 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp such a symbolic link as a regular file which contains the link's
2771 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp target path, rather than creating an actual symbolic link which points
2772 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp outside of the work tree. Use of this option is discouraged because
2773 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp external mechanisms such as “make obj” are better suited
2774 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp for managing symbolic links to paths not under version control.</dd>
2776 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got stage</code> will refuse to run if
2777 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp certain preconditions are not met. If a file contains merge conflicts,
2778 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp these conflicts must be resolved first. If a file is found to be out of
2779 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp date relative to the head commit on the work tree's current branch, the
2780 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp file must be updated with <code class="Cm">got update</code> before it
2781 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp can be staged (however, this does not prevent the file from becoming
2782 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp out-of-date at some point after having been staged).</p>
2783 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Cm">got update</code>, <code class="Cm">got
2784 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp rebase</code>, <code class="Cm">got merge</code>, and
2785 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Cm">got histedit</code> commands will refuse to run while
2786 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp staged changes exist. If staged changes cannot be committed because a
2787 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp staged path is out of date, the path must be unstaged with
2788 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Cm">got unstage</code> before it can be updated with
2789 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <code class="Cm">got update</code>, and may then be staged again if
2790 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp necessary.</p>
2792 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <dt id="ug"><a class="permalink" href="#unstage"><code class="Cm" id="unstage">unstage</code></a>
2793 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp [<code class="Fl">-p</code>] [<code class="Fl">-F</code>
2794 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp <var class="Ar">response-script</var>] [<var class="Ar">path ...</var>]</dt>
2796 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">(alias:
2797 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp <code class="Cm">ug</code>)</code></div>
2798 46043f6f 2021-11-23 stsp Merge staged changes back into the work tree and put affected paths back
2799 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp into non-staged status. If no <var class="Ar">path</var> is specified,
2800 e0ed36ae 2019-08-07 stsp unstage all staged changes across the entire work tree. Otherwise, unstage
2801 e0ed36ae 2019-08-07 stsp changes at or within the specified paths.
2802 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
2803 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp status codes:</p>
2804 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <table class="Bl-column">
2806 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>G</td>
2807 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was unstaged</td>
2810 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>C</td>
2811 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was unstaged and conflicts occurred during merge</td>
2814 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>!</td>
2815 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a missing file were not merged</td>
2818 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>D</td>
2819 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>file was staged as deleted and still is deleted</td>
2822 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>d</td>
2823 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <td>file's deletion was prevented by local modifications</td>
2826 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>~</td>
2827 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <td>changes destined for a non-regular file were not merged</td>
2830 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got unstage</code> are as
2831 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp follows:</p>
2832 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
2833 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="F~5"><a class="permalink" href="#F~5"><code class="Fl">-F</code></a>
2834 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">response-script</var></dt>
2835 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>With the <code class="Fl">-p</code> option, read “y”,
2836 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “n”, and “q” responses line-by-line from
2837 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp the specified <var class="Ar">response-script</var> file instead of
2838 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp prompting interactively.</dd>
2839 15ba8349 2022-04-24 stsp <dt id="p~6"><a class="permalink" href="#p~6"><code class="Fl">-p</code></a></dt>
2840 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp <dd>Instead of unstaging the entire content of a changed file,
2841 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp interactively select or reject changes for unstaging based on
2842 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp “y” (unstage change), “n” (keep change
2843 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp staged), and “q” (quit unstaging this file) responses.
2844 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp If a file is staged in modified status, individual patches derived
2845 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp from the staged file content can be unstaged. Files staged in added or
2846 fc62dacd 2019-08-08 stsp deleted status may only be unstaged in their entirety.</dd>
2849 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="cat"><a class="permalink" href="#cat"><code class="Cm">cat</code></a>
2850 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp [<code class="Fl">-P</code>] [<code class="Fl">-c</code>
2851 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var>] [<code class="Fl">-r</code>
2852 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>] <var class="Ar">arg ...</var></dt>
2853 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp <dd>Parse and print contents of objects to standard output in a line-based
2854 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp text format. Content of commit, tree, and tag objects is printed in a way
2855 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp similar to the actual content stored in such objects. Blob object contents
2856 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp are printed as they would appear in files on disk.
2857 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp <p class="Pp">Attempt to interpret each argument as a reference, a tag name,
2858 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp or an object ID SHA1 hash. References will be resolved to an object ID.
2859 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp Tag names will resolved to a tag object. An abbreviated hash argument
2860 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp will be expanded to a full SHA1 hash automatically, provided the
2861 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp abbreviation is unique.</p>
2862 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp <p class="Pp">If none of the above interpretations produce a valid result,
2863 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp or if the <code class="Fl">-P</code> option is used, attempt to
2864 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp interpret the argument as a path which will be resolved to the ID of an
2865 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp object found at this path in the repository.</p>
2866 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The options for <code class="Cm">got cat</code> are as
2867 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp follows:</p>
2868 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
2869 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="c~14"><a class="permalink" href="#c~14"><code class="Fl">-c</code></a>
2870 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp <var class="Ar">commit</var></dt>
2871 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp <dd>Look up paths in the specified <var class="Ar">commit</var>. If this
2872 ba0a4168 2019-08-26 stsp option is not used, paths are looked up in the commit resolved via the
2873 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp repository's HEAD reference.
2874 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <p class="Pp" id="quux:-8">The expected argument is a commit ID SHA1
2875 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp hash, or a reference name or keyword which will be resolved to a
2876 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit ID. An abbreviated hash argument will be expanded to a full
2877 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp SHA1 hash automatically, provided the abbreviation is unique. The
2878 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp keywords ":base" and ":head" resolve to the work
2879 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp tree's base commit and branch head, respectively. The former is only
2880 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp valid if invoked in a work tree, while the latter will resolve to
2881 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the tip of the work tree's current branch if invoked in a work tree,
2882 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp otherwise it will resolve to the repository's HEAD reference.
2883 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp Keywords and references may be appended with ":+" or
2884 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp ":-" modifiers and an optional integer N to denote the Nth
2885 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp descendant or antecedent by first parent traversal, respectively;
2886 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp for example, <b class="Sy">:head:-2</b> denotes the work tree branch
2887 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp head's 2nd generation ancestor, and <b class="Sy">:base:+4</b>
2888 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp denotes the 4th generation descendant of the work tree's base
2889 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp commit. Similarly,
2890 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <a class="permalink" href="#quux:-8"><b class="Sy">quux:-8</b></a>
2891 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp will denote the 8th generation ancestor of the commit resolved by
2892 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp the "quux" reference. A ":+" or ":-"
2893 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp modifier without a trailing integer has an implicit "1"
2894 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp appended (e.g., <b class="Sy">:base:+</b> is equivalent to
2895 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp <b class="Sy">:base:+1</b>).</p>
2897 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dt id="P~3"><a class="permalink" href="#P~3"><code class="Fl">-P</code></a></dt>
2898 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <dd>Interpret all arguments as paths only. This option can be used to
2899 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp resolve ambiguity in cases where paths look like tag names, reference
2900 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp names, or object IDs.</dd>
2901 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <dt id="r~11"><a class="permalink" href="#r~11"><code class="Fl">-r</code></a>
2902 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <var class="Ar">repository-path</var></dt>
2903 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <dd>Use the repository at the specified path. If not specified, assume the
2904 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp repository is located at or above the current working directory. If
2905 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp this directory is a <code class="Nm">got</code> work tree, use the
2906 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp repository path associated with this work tree.</dd>
2909 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <dt id="info"><a class="permalink" href="#info"><code class="Cm">info</code></a>
2910 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp [<var class="Ar">path ...</var>]</dt>
2911 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <dd>Display meta-data stored in a work tree. See
2912 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got-worktree, section 5">got-worktree(5)</a> for
2914 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <p class="Pp">The work tree to use is resolved implicitly by walking upwards
2915 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp from the current working directory.</p>
2916 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <p class="Pp">If one or more <var class="Ar">path</var> arguments are
2917 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp specified, show additional per-file information for tracked files
2918 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp located at or within these paths. If a <var class="Ar">path</var>
2919 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp argument corresponds to the work tree's root directory, display
2920 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp information for all tracked files.</p>
2923 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp </section>
2924 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
2925 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="ENVIRONMENT"><a class="permalink" href="#ENVIRONMENT">ENVIRONMENT</a></h2>
2926 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag">
2927 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="GOT_AUTHOR"><a class="permalink" href="#GOT_AUTHOR"><code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code></a></dt>
2928 865e5ba9 2024-02-13 stsp <dd>The author's name and email address, such as "<span class="An">Flan
2929 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp Hacker</span>
2930 865e5ba9 2024-02-13 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:flan_hacker@openbsd.org">flan_hacker@openbsd.org</a>>".
2931 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp Used by the <code class="Cm">got commit</code>, <code class="Cm">got
2932 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp import</code>, <code class="Cm">got rebase</code>, <code class="Cm">got
2933 461d9094 2023-07-19 stsp merge</code>, and <code class="Cm">got histedit</code> commands. Because
2934 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git, section 1">git(1)</a> may fail to parse
2935 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp commits without an email address in author data,
2936 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Nm">got</code> attempts to reject
2937 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code> environment variables with a missing
2938 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp email address.
2939 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR will be overridden by
2940 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp configuration settings in</code> <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf,
2941 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp section 5">got.conf(5)</a> or by Git's <code class="Dv">user.name</code>
2942 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp and <code class="Dv">user.email</code> configuration settings in the
2943 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp repository's <span class="Pa">.git/config</span> file. The
2944 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <code class="Dv">user.name</code> and <code class="Dv">user.email</code>
2945 c2a52be5 2019-09-08 stsp configuration settings contained in Git's global
2946 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <span class="Pa">~/.gitconfig</span> configuration file will only be
2947 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp used if neither <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section
2948 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 5">got.conf(5)</a> nor the <code class="Ev">GOT_AUTHOR</code>
2949 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp environment variable provide author information.</p>
2951 47fa70d4 2023-01-23 stsp <dt id="GOT_IGNORE_GITCONFIG"><a class="permalink" href="#GOT_IGNORE_GITCONFIG"><code class="Ev">GOT_IGNORE_GITCONFIG</code></a></dt>
2952 47fa70d4 2023-01-23 stsp <dd>If this variable is set then any remote repository definitions or author
2953 47fa70d4 2023-01-23 stsp information found in Git configuration files will be ignored.</dd>
2954 47fa70d4 2023-01-23 stsp <dt id="GOT_LOG_DEFAULT_LIMIT"><a class="permalink" href="#GOT_LOG_DEFAULT_LIMIT"><code class="Ev">GOT_LOG_DEFAULT_LIMIT</code></a></dt>
2955 47fa70d4 2023-01-23 stsp <dd>The default limit on the number of commits traversed by
2956 47fa70d4 2023-01-23 stsp <code class="Cm">got log</code>. If set to zero, the limit is unbounded.
2957 47fa70d4 2023-01-23 stsp This variable will be silently ignored if it is set to a non-numeric
2958 47fa70d4 2023-01-23 stsp value.</dd>
2959 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <dt id="VISUAL"><a class="permalink" href="#VISUAL"><code class="Ev">VISUAL</code></a>,
2960 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Ev">EDITOR</code></dt>
2961 f447d26b 2019-08-23 stsp <dd>The editor spawned by <code class="Cm">got commit</code>,
2962 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <code class="Cm">got histedit</code>, <code class="Cm">got import</code>,
2963 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp or <code class="Cm">got tag</code>. If not set, the
2964 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="vi, section 1">vi(1)</a> text editor will be
2965 297acb86 2023-03-07 stsp spawned.</dd>
2967 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp </section>
2968 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
2969 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="FILES"><a class="permalink" href="#FILES">FILES</a></h2>
2970 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact">
2971 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dt><span class="Pa">got.conf</span></dt>
2972 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dd>Repository-wide configuration settings for <code class="Nm">got</code>. If
2973 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp present, a <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a>
2974 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp configuration file located in the root directory of a Git repository
2975 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp supersedes any relevant settings in Git's <span class="Pa">config</span>
2977 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
2979 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dt><span class="Pa">.got/got.conf</span></dt>
2980 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <dd>Worktree-specific configuration settings for <code class="Nm">got</code>.
2981 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp If present, a <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section
2982 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 5">got.conf(5)</a> configuration file in the <span class="Pa">.got</span>
2983 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp meta-data directory of a work tree supersedes any relevant settings in the
2984 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp repository's <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section
2985 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 5">got.conf(5)</a> configuration file and Git's
2986 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <span class="Pa">config</span> file.</dd>
2988 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp </section>
2989 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <section class="Sh">
2990 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="EXIT_STATUS"><a class="permalink" href="#EXIT_STATUS">EXIT
2991 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp STATUS</a></h2>
2992 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">got</code> utility exits 0 on success,
2993 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp and >0 if an error occurs.</p>
2994 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp </section>
2995 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
2996 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="EXAMPLES"><a class="permalink" href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></h2>
2997 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Enable tab-completion of <code class="Nm">got</code> command names
2998 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp in <a class="Xr" aria-label="ksh, section 1">ksh(1)</a>:</p>
2999 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3000 1e80276a 2021-09-03 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ set -A complete_got_1 -- $(got -h
3001 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp 2>&1 | sed -n s/commands://p)</code></div>
3002 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <p class="Pp">Clone an existing Git repository for use with
3003 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <code class="Nm">got</code>:</p>
3004 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3005 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /var/git/</code></div>
3006 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got clone
3007 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp ssh://git@github.com/openbsd/src.git</code></div>
3008 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Unfortunately, many of the popular Git hosting sites do not offer
3009 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp anonymous access via SSH. Such sites will require an account to be created,
3010 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp and a public SSH key to be uploaded to this account, before repository
3011 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp access via ssh:// URLs will work.</p>
3012 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Use of HTTP URLs currently requires <a class="Xr" aria-label="git,
3013 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp section 1">git(1)</a>:</p>
3014 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3015 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /var/git/</code></div>
3016 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ git clone --bare
3017 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp https://github.com/openbsd/src.git</code></div>
3018 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Alternatively, for quick and dirty local testing of
3019 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Nm">got</code> a new Git repository could be created and
3020 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp populated with files, e.g. from a temporary CVS checkout located at
3021 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <span class="Pa">/tmp/src</span>:</p>
3022 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3023 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ gotadmin init
3024 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp /var/git/src.git</code></div>
3025 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got import -r /var/git/src.git -I
3026 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp CVS -I obj /tmp/src</code></div>
3027 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Check out a work tree from the Git repository to /usr/src:</p>
3028 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3029 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got checkout /var/git/src.git
3030 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp /usr/src</code></div>
3031 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">View local changes in a work tree directory:</p>
3032 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3033 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got diff | less</code></div>
3034 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <p class="Pp">In a work tree, display files in a potentially problematic
3035 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp state:</p>
3036 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3037 feee6923 2020-09-17 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got status -s 'C!~?'</code></div>
3038 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <p class="Pp">Interactively revert selected local changes in a work tree
3039 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp directory:</p>
3040 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3041 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got revert -p
3042 7da3b7f6 2019-08-08 stsp -R .</code></div>
3043 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">In a work tree or a git repository directory, list all branch
3044 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp references:</p>
3045 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3046 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got branch -l</code></div>
3047 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <p class="Pp">As above, but list the most recently modified branches only:</p>
3048 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3049 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got branch -lt | head</code></div>
3050 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">In a work tree or a git repository directory, create a new branch
3051 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp called “unified-buffer-cache” which is forked off the
3052 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp “master” branch:</p>
3053 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3054 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got branch -c master
3055 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp unified-buffer-cache</code></div>
3056 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Switch an existing work tree to the branch
3057 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp “unified-buffer-cache”. Local changes in the work tree will be
3058 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp preserved and merged if necessary:</p>
3059 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3060 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b
3061 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp unified-buffer-cache</code></div>
3062 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Create a new commit from local changes in a work tree directory.
3063 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp This new commit will become the head commit of the work tree's current
3064 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp branch:</p>
3065 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3066 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got commit</code></div>
3067 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">In a work tree or a git repository directory, view changes
3068 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp committed in the 3 most recent commits to the work tree's branch, or the
3069 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp branch resolved via the repository's HEAD reference, respectively:</p>
3070 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3071 8b679b4b 2020-02-17 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got log -p -l 3</code></div>
3072 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp <p class="Pp">As above, but display changes in the order in which
3073 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="patch, section 1">patch(1)</a> could apply them in
3074 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp sequence:</p>
3075 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3076 a462773e 2020-04-19 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got log -p -l 3 -R</code></div>
3077 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">In a work tree or a git repository directory, log the history of a
3078 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp subdirectory:</p>
3079 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3080 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got log sys/uvm</code></div>
3081 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">While operating inside a work tree, paths are specified relative
3082 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp to the current working directory, so this command will log the subdirectory
3083 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <span class="Pa">sys/uvm</span>:</p>
3084 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3085 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd sys/uvm && got
3086 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp log .</code></div>
3087 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">And this command has the same effect:</p>
3088 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3089 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd sys/dev/usb && got log
3090 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp ../../uvm</code></div>
3091 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <p class="Pp">And this command displays work tree meta-data about all tracked
3092 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp files:</p>
3093 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3094 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /usr/src</code></div>
3095 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got info . |
3096 1554b334 2020-08-02 stsp less</code></div>
3097 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Add new files and remove obsolete files in a work tree
3098 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp directory:</p>
3099 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3100 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got add
3101 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp sys/uvm/uvm_ubc.c</code></div>
3102 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got remove
3103 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp sys/uvm/uvm_vnode.c</code></div>
3104 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Create a new commit from local changes in a work tree directory
3105 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp with a pre-defined log message.</p>
3106 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3107 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got commit -m 'unify the buffer
3108 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp cache'</code></div>
3109 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Alternatively, create a new commit from local changes in a work
3110 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp tree directory with a log message that has been prepared in the file
3111 56dd4d48 2021-04-05 stsp <span class="Pa">/tmp/msg</span>:</p>
3112 2dbbbc3a 2020-07-23 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3113 039953c9 2021-03-22 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got commit -F /tmp/msg</code></div>
3114 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Update any work tree checked out from the
3115 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp “unified-buffer-cache” branch to the latest commit on this
3116 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp branch:</p>
3117 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3118 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update</code></div>
3119 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Roll file content on the unified-buffer-cache branch back by one
3120 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp commit, and then fetch the rolled-back change into the work tree as a local
3121 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp change to be amended and perhaps committed again:</p>
3122 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3123 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got backout
3124 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp unified-buffer-cache</code></div>
3125 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got commit -m 'roll back
3126 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp previous'</code></div>
3127 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ # now back out the previous backout
3128 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp :-)</code></div>
3129 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got backout
3130 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp unified-buffer-cache</code></div>
3131 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Fetch new changes on the remote repository's
3132 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “master” branch, making them visible on the local repository's
3133 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “origin/master” branch:</p>
3134 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3135 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /usr/src</code></div>
3136 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got fetch</code></div>
3137 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">In a repository created with a HTTP URL and <code class="Cm">git
3138 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp clone --bare</code> the <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-fetch, section
3139 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 1">git-fetch(1)</a> command must be used instead:</p>
3140 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3141 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /var/git/src.git</code></div>
3142 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ git fetch origin
3143 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp master:refs/remotes/origin/master</code></div>
3144 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Rebase the local “master” branch to merge the new
3145 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp changes that are now visible on the “origin/master”
3146 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp branch:</p>
3147 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3148 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /usr/src</code></div>
3149 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b
3150 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp origin/master</code></div>
3151 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got rebase master</code></div>
3152 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Rebase the “unified-buffer-cache” branch on top of
3153 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp the new head commit of the “master” branch.</p>
3154 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3155 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b master</code></div>
3156 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got rebase
3157 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp unified-buffer-cache</code></div>
3158 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Create a patch from all changes on the unified-buffer-cache
3159 4967d3c2 2019-08-12 stsp branch. The patch can be mailed out for review and applied to
3160 4967d3c2 2019-08-12 stsp <span class="Ux">OpenBSD</span>'s CVS tree:</p>
3161 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3162 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got diff master
3163 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp unified-buffer-cache > /tmp/ubc.diff</code></div>
3164 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Edit the entire commit history of the
3165 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp “unified-buffer-cache” branch:</p>
3166 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3167 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b
3168 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp unified-buffer-cache</code></div>
3169 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -c master</code></div>
3170 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got histedit</code></div>
3171 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Before working against existing branches in a repository cloned
3172 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp with <code class="Cm">git clone --bare</code> instead of
3173 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Cm">got clone</code>, a Git “refspec” must be
3174 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp configured to map all references in the remote repository into the
3175 56dd4d48 2021-04-05 stsp “refs/remotes” namespace of the local repository. This can be
3176 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp achieved by setting Git's <span class="Pa">remote.origin.fetch</span>
3177 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp configuration variable to the value
3178 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp “+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*” with the
3179 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <code class="Cm">git config</code> command:</p>
3180 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3181 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /var/git/repo</code></div>
3182 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ git config remote.origin.fetch
3183 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'</code></div>
3184 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">Additionally, the “mirror” option must be
3185 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp disabled:</p>
3186 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3187 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /var/git/repo</code></div>
3188 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ git config remote.origin.mirror
3189 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp false</code></div>
3190 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <p class="Pp">Alternatively, the following <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-fetch,
3191 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp section 1">git-fetch(1)</a> configuration item can be added manually to the
3192 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp Git repository's <span class="Pa">config</span> file:</p>
3193 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3194 a954aa0a 2021-06-22 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">[remote
3195 a954aa0a 2021-06-22 stsp "origin"]</code></div>
3196 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">url = ...</code></div>
3197 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">fetch =
3198 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*</code></div>
3199 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">mirror = false</code></div>
3200 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp">This configuration leaves the local repository's
3201 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp “refs/heads” namespace free for use by local branches checked
3202 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp out with <code class="Cm">got checkout</code> and, if needed, created with
3203 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Cm">got branch</code>. Branches in the
3204 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “refs/remotes/origin” namespace can now be updated with
3205 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp incoming changes from the remote repository with <code class="Cm">got
3206 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp fetch</code> or <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-fetch, section
3207 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp 1">git-fetch(1)</a> without extra command line arguments. Newly fetched
3208 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp changes can be examined with <code class="Cm">got log</code>.</p>
3209 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Display changes on the remote repository's version of the
3210 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “master” branch, as of the last time <code class="Cm">got
3211 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp fetch</code> was run:</p>
3212 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3213 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got log -c origin/master |
3214 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp less</code></div>
3215 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">As shown here, most commands accept abbreviated reference names
3216 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp such as “origin/master” instead of
3217 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “refs/remotes/origin/master”. The latter is only needed in
3218 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp case of ambiguity.</p>
3219 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got rebase</code> can be used to merge changes
3220 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp which are visible on the “origin/master” branch into the
3221 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “master” branch. This will also merge local changes, if any,
3222 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp with the incoming changes:</p>
3223 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3224 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b
3225 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp origin/master</code></div>
3226 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got rebase master</code></div>
3227 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">In order to make changes committed to the
3228 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “unified-buffer-cache” visible on the “master”
3229 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp branch, the “unified-buffer-cache” branch can be rebased onto
3230 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp the “master” branch:</p>
3231 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3232 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b master</code></div>
3233 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got rebase
3234 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp unified-buffer-cache</code></div>
3235 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp">Changes on the “unified-buffer-cache” branch can now
3236 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp be made visible on the “master” branch with
3237 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <code class="Cm">got integrate</code>. Because the rebase operation switched
3238 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp the work tree to the “unified-buffer-cache” branch, the work
3239 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp tree must be switched back to the “master” branch first:</p>
3240 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3241 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b master</code></div>
3242 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got integrate
3243 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp unified-buffer-cache</code></div>
3244 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp">On the “master” branch, log messages for local
3245 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp changes can now be amended with “OK” by other developers and
3246 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp any other important new information:</p>
3247 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3248 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -c
3249 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp origin/master</code></div>
3250 7c3b4ab8 2020-02-25 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got histedit -m</code></div>
3251 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If the remote repository offers write access, local changes on the
3252 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “master” branch can be sent to the remote repository with
3253 63b69821 2021-10-16 stsp <code class="Cm">got send</code>. Usually, <code class="Cm">got send</code>
3254 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp can be run without further arguments. The arguments shown here match
3255 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp defaults, provided the work tree's current branch is the
3256 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp “master” branch:</p>
3257 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3258 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got send -b master
3259 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp origin</code></div>
3260 b078d5c4 2022-03-23 stsp <p class="Pp">If the remote repository requires the HTTPS protocol, the
3261 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-push, section 1">git-push(1)</a> command must
3262 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp be used instead:</p>
3263 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3264 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ cd /var/git/src.git</code></div>
3265 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ git push origin master</code></div>
3266 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">When making contributions to projects which use the “pull
3267 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp request” workflow, SSH protocol repository access needs to be set up
3268 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp first. Once an account has been created on a Git hosting site it should be
3269 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp possible to upload a public SSH key for repository access
3270 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp authentication.</p>
3271 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">The “pull request” workflow will usually involve two
3272 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp remote repositories. In the real-life example below, the
3273 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “origin” repository was forked from the
3274 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “upstream” repository by using the Git hosting site's web
3275 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp interface. The <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section
3276 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp 5">got.conf(5)</a> file in the local repository describes both remote
3277 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repositories:</p>
3278 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li">
3279 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <pre># Jelmers's repository, which accepts pull requests
3280 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp remote "upstream" {
3281 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp server git@github.com
3282 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp protocol ssh
3283 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository "/jelmer/dulwich"
3284 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp branch { "master" }
3287 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp # Stefan's fork, used as the default remote repository
3288 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp remote "origin" {
3289 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp server git@github.com
3290 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp protocol ssh
3291 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp repository "/stspdotname/dulwich"
3292 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp branch { "master" }
3295 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">With this configuration, Stefan can create commits on
3296 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “refs/heads/master” and send them to the
3297 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “origin” repository by running:</p>
3298 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3299 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got send -b master
3300 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp origin</code></div>
3301 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">The changes can now be proposed to Jelmer by opening a pull
3302 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp request via the Git hosting site's web interface. If Jelmer requests further
3303 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp changes to be made, additional commits can be created on the
3304 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “master” branch and be added to the pull request by running
3305 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Cd">got send</code> again.</p>
3306 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">If Jelmer prefers additional commits to be
3307 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “squashed” then the following commands can be used to achieve
3309 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3310 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b master</code></div>
3311 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -c
3312 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp origin/master</code></div>
3313 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got histedit -f</code></div>
3314 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got send -f -b master
3315 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp origin</code></div>
3316 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp <p class="Pp">In addition to reviewing the pull request in the web user
3317 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp interface, Jelmer can fetch the pull request's branch into his local
3318 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp repository and create a local branch which contains the proposed
3319 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp changes:</p>
3320 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3321 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got fetch -R refs/pull/1046/head
3322 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp origin</code></div>
3323 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got branch -c
3324 e68eaba8 2023-04-20 stsp refs/remotes/origin/pull/1046/head pr1046</code></div>
3325 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">Once Jelmer has accepted the pull request, Stefan can fetch the
3326 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp merged changes, and possibly several other new changes, by running:</p>
3327 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3328 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got fetch upstream</code></div>
3329 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">The merged changes will now be visible under the reference
3330 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “refs/remotes/upstream/master”. The local
3331 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “master” branch can now be rebased on top of the latest
3332 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp changes from upstream:</p>
3333 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3334 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b
3335 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp upstream/master</code></div>
3336 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got rebase master</code></div>
3337 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <p class="Pp">As an alternative to <code class="Cm">got rebase</code>, branches
3338 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp can be merged with <code class="Cm">got merge</code>:</p>
3339 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3340 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got update -b master</code></div>
3341 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got merge
3342 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp upstream/master</code></div>
3343 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp <p class="Pp">The question of whether to rebase or merge branches is
3344 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp philosophical. When in doubt, refer to the software project's policies set
3345 41ae98c9 2023-06-23 stsp by project maintainers.</p>
3346 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">As a final step, the forked repository's copy of the master branch
3347 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp needs to be kept in sync by sending the new changes there:</p>
3348 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp"></p>
3349 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">$ got send -f -b master
3350 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp origin</code></div>
3351 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <p class="Pp">If multiple pull requests need to be managed in parallel, a
3352 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp separate branch must be created for each pull request with
3353 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <code class="Cm">got branch</code>. Each such branch can then be used as
3354 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp above, in place of “refs/heads/master”. Changes for any
3355 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp accepted pull requests will still appear under
3356 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp “refs/remotes/upstream/master,” regardless of which branch was
3357 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp used in the forked repository to create a pull request.</p>
3358 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp </section>
3359 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
3360 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
3361 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp ALSO</a></h2>
3362 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <p class="Pp"><a class="Xr" aria-label="gotadmin, section 1">gotadmin(1)</a>,
3363 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="tog, section 1">tog(1)</a>,
3364 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-repository, section 5">git-repository(5)</a>,
3365 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got-worktree, section 5">got-worktree(5)</a>,
3366 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="got.conf, section 5">got.conf(5)</a>,
3367 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotwebd, section 8">gotwebd(8)</a></p>
3368 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp </section>
3369 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
3370 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h2>
3371 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <p class="Pp"><span class="An">Anthony J. Bentley</span>
3372 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:bentley@openbsd.org">bentley@openbsd.org</a>>
3374 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Christian Weisgerber</span>
3375 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:naddy@openbsd.org">naddy@openbsd.org</a>>
3377 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Hiltjo Posthuma</span>
3378 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:hiltjo@codemadness.org">hiltjo@codemadness.org</a>>
3380 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Josh Rickmar</span>
3381 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:jrick@zettaport.com">jrick@zettaport.com</a>>
3383 d8e62599 2019-10-21 stsp <span class="An">Joshua Stein</span>
3384 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:jcs@openbsd.org">jcs@openbsd.org</a>>
3386 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Klemens Nanni</span>
3387 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:kn@openbsd.org">kn@openbsd.org</a>>
3389 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Martin Pieuchot</span>
3390 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:mpi@openbsd.org">mpi@openbsd.org</a>>
3392 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Neels Hofmeyr</span>
3393 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:neels@hofmeyr.de">neels@hofmeyr.de</a>>
3395 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Omar Polo</span>
3396 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:op@openbsd.org">op@openbsd.org</a>>
3398 b213cbf7 2020-03-23 stsp <span class="An">Ori Bernstein</span>
3399 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:ori@openbsd.org">ori@openbsd.org</a>>
3401 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Sebastien Marie</span>
3402 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:semarie@openbsd.org">semarie@openbsd.org</a>>
3404 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Stefan Sperling</span>
3405 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:stsp@openbsd.org">stsp@openbsd.org</a>>
3407 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Steven McDonald</span>
3408 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:steven@steven-mcdonald.id.au">steven@steven-mcdonald.id.au</a>>
3410 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Theo Buehler</span>
3411 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:tb@openbsd.org">tb@openbsd.org</a>>
3413 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Thomas Adam</span>
3414 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:thomas@xteddy.org">thomas@xteddy.org</a>>
3416 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Tracey Emery</span>
3417 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:tracey@traceyemery.net">tracey@traceyemery.net</a>>
3419 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Yang Zhong</span>
3420 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:yzhong@freebsdfoundation.org">yzhong@freebsdfoundation.org</a>></p>
3421 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <p class="Pp">Parts of <code class="Nm">got</code>,
3422 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="tog, section 1">tog(1)</a>, and
3423 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotwebd, section 8">gotwebd(8)</a> were derived
3424 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp from code under copyright by:</p>
3425 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <p class="Pp">
3427 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <span class="An">Caldera International</span>
3429 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Daniel Hartmeier</span>
3431 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Esben Norby</span>
3433 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Henning Brauer</span>
3435 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Håkan Olsson</span>
3437 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Ingo Schwarze</span>
3439 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Jean-Francois Brousseau</span>
3441 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Joris Vink</span>
3443 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Jyri J. Virkki</span>
3445 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Larry Wall</span>
3447 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Markus Friedl</span>
3449 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Niall O'Higgins</span>
3451 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Niklas Hallqvist</span>
3453 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Ray Lai</span>
3455 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Ryan McBride</span>
3457 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Theo de Raadt</span>
3459 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Todd C. Miller</span>
3461 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <span class="An">Xavier Santolaria</span></p>
3462 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">got</code> contains code contributed to the
3463 51683866 2022-07-14 stsp public domain by
3465 47f19dd5 2023-01-17 stsp <span class="An">Austin Appleby</span>.</p>
3466 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp </section>
3467 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp <section class="Sh">
3468 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <h2 class="Sh" id="CAVEATS"><a class="permalink" href="#CAVEATS">CAVEATS</a></h2>
3469 bbf83bf8 2020-12-27 stsp <p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">got</code> is a work-in-progress and some
3470 bbf83bf8 2020-12-27 stsp features remain to be implemented.</p>
3471 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <p class="Pp">At present, the user has to fall back on
3472 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git, section 1">git(1)</a> to perform some tasks.
3473 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp In particular:</p>
3474 bbf83bf8 2020-12-27 stsp <ul class="Bl-bullet">
3475 bbf83bf8 2020-12-27 stsp <li>Reading from remote repositories over HTTP or HTTPS protocols requires
3476 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-clone, section 1">git-clone(1)</a> and
3477 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-fetch, section 1">git-fetch(1)</a>.</li>
3478 def5be4a 2021-08-31 stsp <li>Writing to remote repositories over HTTP or HTTPS protocols requires
3479 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-push, section 1">git-push(1)</a>.</li>
3480 417cb057 2021-10-03 stsp <li>The creation of merge commits with more than two parent commits requires
3481 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-merge, section 1">git-merge(1)</a>.</li>
3482 bbf83bf8 2020-12-27 stsp <li>In situations where files or directories were moved around
3483 bbf83bf8 2020-12-27 stsp <code class="Cm">got</code> will not automatically merge changes to new
3484 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp locations and <a class="Xr" aria-label="git, section 1">git(1)</a> will
3485 376d4d52 2022-07-04 stsp usually produce better results.</li>
3487 8797b228 2019-08-04 stsp </section>
3489 63657f42 2022-09-07 stsp <div class="foot" role="doc-pagefooter" aria-label="Manual footer
3490 2b1d45b9 2024-03-11 stsp line"><span class="foot-left"></span><span class="foot-date">March 11,
3491 2b1d45b9 2024-03-11 stsp 2024</span> <span class="foot-os">OpenBSD 7.5</span></div>
