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brian m. carlson 2149b6748f docs: add a FAQ
Git is an enormously flexible and powerful piece of software.  However,
it can be intimidating for many users and there are a set of common
questions that users often ask.  While we already have some new user
documentation, it's worth adding a FAQ to address common questions that
users often have.  Even though some of this is addressed elsewhere in
the documentation, experience has shown that it is difficult for users
to find, so a centralized location is helpful.

Add such a FAQ and fill it with some common questions and answers.
While there are few entries now, we can expand it in the future to cover
more things as we find new questions that users have.  Let's also add
section markers so that people answering questions can directly link
users to the proper answer.

The FAQ also addresses common configuration questions that apply not
only to Git as an independent piece of software but also the ecosystem
of CI tools and hosting providers that people use, since these are the
source of common questions.  An attempt has been made to avoid
mentioning any particular provider or tool, but to nevertheless cover
common configurations that apply to a wide variety of such tools.

Note that the long lines for certain questions are required, since
Asciidoctor does not permit broken lines there.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-03-30 10:39:48 -07:00

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# Guard against environment variables
MAN1_TXT =
MAN5_TXT =
MAN7_TXT =
TECH_DOCS =
ARTICLES =
SP_ARTICLES =
OBSOLETE_HTML =
-include GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS
MAN1_TXT += $(filter-out \
$(patsubst %,%.txt,$(EXCLUDED_PROGRAMS)) \
$(addsuffix .txt, $(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES)), \
$(wildcard git-*.txt))
MAN1_TXT += git.txt
MAN1_TXT += gitk.txt
MAN1_TXT += gitweb.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitattributes.txt
MAN5_TXT += githooks.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitignore.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitmodules.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitrepository-layout.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitweb.conf.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitcli.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitcore-tutorial.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitcredentials.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitcvs-migration.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitdiffcore.txt
MAN7_TXT += giteveryday.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitfaq.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitglossary.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitnamespaces.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitremote-helpers.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitrevisions.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitsubmodules.txt
MAN7_TXT += gittutorial-2.txt
MAN7_TXT += gittutorial.txt
MAN7_TXT += gitworkflows.txt
ifdef MAN_FILTER
MAN_TXT = $(filter $(MAN_FILTER),$(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT))
else
MAN_TXT = $(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT)
MAN_FILTER = $(MAN_TXT)
endif
MAN_XML = $(patsubst %.txt,%.xml,$(MAN_TXT))
MAN_HTML = $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(MAN_TXT))
GIT_MAN_REF = master
OBSOLETE_HTML += everyday.html
OBSOLETE_HTML += git-remote-helpers.html
ARTICLES += howto-index
ARTICLES += git-tools
ARTICLES += git-bisect-lk2009
# with their own formatting rules.
SP_ARTICLES += user-manual
SP_ARTICLES += howto/new-command
SP_ARTICLES += howto/revert-branch-rebase
SP_ARTICLES += howto/using-merge-subtree
SP_ARTICLES += howto/using-signed-tag-in-pull-request
SP_ARTICLES += howto/use-git-daemon
SP_ARTICLES += howto/update-hook-example
SP_ARTICLES += howto/setup-git-server-over-http
SP_ARTICLES += howto/separating-topic-branches
SP_ARTICLES += howto/revert-a-faulty-merge
SP_ARTICLES += howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object
SP_ARTICLES += howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder
SP_ARTICLES += howto/rebuild-from-update-hook
SP_ARTICLES += howto/rebase-from-internal-branch
SP_ARTICLES += howto/keep-canonical-history-correct
SP_ARTICLES += howto/maintain-git
API_DOCS = $(patsubst %.txt,%,$(filter-out technical/api-index-skel.txt technical/api-index.txt, $(wildcard technical/api-*.txt)))
SP_ARTICLES += $(API_DOCS)
TECH_DOCS += MyFirstContribution
TECH_DOCS += MyFirstObjectWalk
TECH_DOCS += SubmittingPatches
TECH_DOCS += technical/hash-function-transition
TECH_DOCS += technical/http-protocol
TECH_DOCS += technical/index-format
TECH_DOCS += technical/long-running-process-protocol
TECH_DOCS += technical/multi-pack-index
TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-format
TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-heuristics
TECH_DOCS += technical/pack-protocol
TECH_DOCS += technical/partial-clone
TECH_DOCS += technical/protocol-capabilities
TECH_DOCS += technical/protocol-common
TECH_DOCS += technical/protocol-v2
TECH_DOCS += technical/racy-git
TECH_DOCS += technical/send-pack-pipeline
TECH_DOCS += technical/shallow
TECH_DOCS += technical/signature-format
TECH_DOCS += technical/trivial-merge
SP_ARTICLES += $(TECH_DOCS)
SP_ARTICLES += technical/api-index
ARTICLES_HTML += $(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES))
HTML_FILTER ?= $(ARTICLES_HTML) $(OBSOLETE_HTML)
DOC_HTML = $(MAN_HTML) $(filter $(HTML_FILTER),$(ARTICLES_HTML) $(OBSOLETE_HTML))
DOC_MAN1 = $(patsubst %.txt,%.1,$(filter $(MAN_FILTER),$(MAN1_TXT)))
DOC_MAN5 = $(patsubst %.txt,%.5,$(filter $(MAN_FILTER),$(MAN5_TXT)))
DOC_MAN7 = $(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(filter $(MAN_FILTER),$(MAN7_TXT)))
prefix ?= $(HOME)
bindir ?= $(prefix)/bin
htmldir ?= $(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc
infodir ?= $(prefix)/share/info
pdfdir ?= $(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc
mandir ?= $(prefix)/share/man
man1dir = $(mandir)/man1
man5dir = $(mandir)/man5
man7dir = $(mandir)/man7
# DESTDIR =
ASCIIDOC = asciidoc
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA =
ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml11
ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook
ASCIIDOC_CONF = -f asciidoc.conf
ASCIIDOC_COMMON = $(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $(ASCIIDOC_CONF) \
-amanversion=$(GIT_VERSION) \
-amanmanual='Git Manual' -amansource='Git'
TXT_TO_HTML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML)
TXT_TO_XML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK)
MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-normal.xsl
XMLTO = xmlto
XMLTO_EXTRA =
INSTALL ?= install
RM ?= rm -f
MAN_REPO = ../../git-manpages
HTML_REPO = ../../git-htmldocs
MAKEINFO = makeinfo
INSTALL_INFO = install-info
DOCBOOK2X_TEXI = docbook2x-texi
DBLATEX = dblatex
ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR = /etc/asciidoc/dblatex
DBLATEX_COMMON = -p $(ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR)/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s $(ASCIIDOC_DBLATEX_DIR)/asciidoc-dblatex.sty
ifndef PERL_PATH
PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
endif
-include ../config.mak.autogen
-include ../config.mak
#
# For docbook-xsl ...
# -1.68.1, no extra settings are needed?
# 1.69.0, set ASCIIDOC_ROFF?
# 1.69.1-1.71.0, set DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP?
# 1.71.1, set ASCIIDOC_ROFF?
# 1.72.0, set DOCBOOK_XSL_172.
# 1.73.0-, no extra settings are needed
#
ifdef DOCBOOK_XSL_172
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff
MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-1.72.xsl
else
ifndef ASCIIDOC_ROFF
# docbook-xsl after 1.72 needs the regular XSL, but will not
# pass-thru raw roff codes from asciidoc.conf, so turn them off.
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff
endif
endif
ifndef NO_MAN_BOLD_LITERAL
XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-bold-literal.xsl
endif
ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP
XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
endif
# Newer DocBook stylesheet emits warning cruft in the output when
# this is not set, and if set it shows an absolute link. Older
# stylesheets simply ignore this parameter.
#
# Distros may want to use MAN_BASE_URL=file:///path/to/git/docs/
# or similar.
ifndef MAN_BASE_URL
MAN_BASE_URL = file://$(htmldir)/
endif
XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-base-url.xsl
# If your target system uses GNU groff, it may try to render
# apostrophes as a "pretty" apostrophe using unicode. This breaks
# cut&paste, so you should set GNU_ROFF to force them to be ASCII
# apostrophes. Unfortunately does not work with non-GNU roff.
ifdef GNU_ROFF
XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-quote-apos.xsl
endif
ifdef USE_ASCIIDOCTOR
ASCIIDOC = asciidoctor
ASCIIDOC_CONF =
ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml5
ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook5
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -acompat-mode -atabsize=8
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -I. -rasciidoctor-extensions
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;'
DBLATEX_COMMON =
XMLTO_EXTRA += --skip-validation
XMLTO_EXTRA += -x manpage.xsl
endif
SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL)
# Shell quote;
SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
ifdef DEFAULT_PAGER
DEFAULT_PAGER_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DEFAULT_PAGER))
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a 'git-default-pager=$(DEFAULT_PAGER_SQ)'
endif
ifdef DEFAULT_EDITOR
DEFAULT_EDITOR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DEFAULT_EDITOR))
ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a 'git-default-editor=$(DEFAULT_EDITOR_SQ)'
endif
QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +$(MAKE) -C # space to separate -C and subdir
QUIET_SUBDIR1 =
ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),w),w)
PRINT_DIR = --no-print-directory
else # "make -w"
NO_SUBDIR = :
endif
ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s)
ifndef V
QUIET_ASCIIDOC = @echo ' ' ASCIIDOC $@;
QUIET_XMLTO = @echo ' ' XMLTO $@;
QUIET_DB2TEXI = @echo ' ' DB2TEXI $@;
QUIET_MAKEINFO = @echo ' ' MAKEINFO $@;
QUIET_DBLATEX = @echo ' ' DBLATEX $@;
QUIET_XSLTPROC = @echo ' ' XSLTPROC $@;
QUIET_GEN = @echo ' ' GEN $@;
QUIET_LINT = @echo ' ' LINT $@;
QUIET_STDERR = 2> /dev/null
QUIET_SUBDIR0 = +@subdir=
QUIET_SUBDIR1 = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo ' ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \
$(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir
export V
endif
endif
all: html man
html: $(DOC_HTML)
man: man1 man5 man7
man1: $(DOC_MAN1)
man5: $(DOC_MAN5)
man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
info: git.info gitman.info
pdf: user-manual.pdf
install: install-man
install-man: man
$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir)
$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN1) $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN5) $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir)
$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN7) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
install-info: info
$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
$(INSTALL) -m 644 git.info gitman.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
if test -r $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; then \
$(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) git.info ;\
$(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) gitman.info ;\
else \
echo "No directory found in $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" >&2 ; \
fi
install-pdf: pdf
$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir)
$(INSTALL) -m 644 user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir)
install-html: html
'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
../GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE
$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) GIT-VERSION-FILE
-include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE
#
# Determine "include::" file references in asciidoc files.
#
docdep_prereqs = \
mergetools-list.made $(mergetools_txt) \
cmd-list.made $(cmds_txt)
doc.dep : $(docdep_prereqs) $(wildcard *.txt) $(wildcard config/*.txt) build-docdep.perl
$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
$(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@+ $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
mv $@+ $@
-include doc.dep
cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt \
cmds-mainporcelain.txt \
cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt \
cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt \
cmds-synchingrepositories.txt \
cmds-synchelpers.txt \
cmds-purehelpers.txt \
cmds-foreignscminterface.txt
$(cmds_txt): cmd-list.made
cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT)
$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \
$(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
date >$@
mergetools_txt = mergetools-diff.txt mergetools-merge.txt
$(mergetools_txt): mergetools-list.made
mergetools-list.made: ../git-mergetool--lib.sh $(wildcard ../mergetools/*)
$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \
$(SHELL_PATH) -c 'MERGE_TOOLS_DIR=../mergetools && \
. ../git-mergetool--lib.sh && \
show_tool_names can_diff "* " || :' >mergetools-diff.txt && \
$(SHELL_PATH) -c 'MERGE_TOOLS_DIR=../mergetools && \
. ../git-mergetool--lib.sh && \
show_tool_names can_merge "* " || :' >mergetools-merge.txt && \
date >$@
TRACK_ASCIIDOCFLAGS = $(subst ','\'',$(ASCIIDOC_COMMON):$(ASCIIDOC_HTML):$(ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK))
GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS: FORCE
@FLAGS='$(TRACK_ASCIIDOCFLAGS)'; \
if test x"$$FLAGS" != x"`cat GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS 2>/dev/null`" ; then \
echo >&2 " * new asciidoc flags"; \
echo "$$FLAGS" >GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS; \
fi
clean:
$(RM) *.xml *.xml+ *.html *.html+ *.1 *.5 *.7
$(RM) *.texi *.texi+ *.texi++ git.info gitman.info
$(RM) *.pdf
$(RM) howto-index.txt howto/*.html doc.dep
$(RM) technical/*.html technical/api-index.txt
$(RM) SubmittingPatches.txt
$(RM) $(cmds_txt) $(mergetools_txt) *.made
$(RM) manpage-base-url.xsl
$(RM) GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
$(MAN_HTML): %.html : %.txt asciidoc.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
$(TXT_TO_HTML) -d manpage -o $@+ $< && \
mv $@+ $@
$(OBSOLETE_HTML): %.html : %.txto asciidoc.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
$(TXT_TO_HTML) -o $@+ $< && \
mv $@+ $@
manpage-base-url.xsl: manpage-base-url.xsl.in
$(QUIET_GEN)sed "s|@@MAN_BASE_URL@@|$(MAN_BASE_URL)|" $< > $@
%.1 %.5 %.7 : %.xml manpage-base-url.xsl $(wildcard manpage*.xsl)
$(QUIET_XMLTO)$(RM) $@ && \
$(XMLTO) -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
%.xml : %.txt asciidoc.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
$(TXT_TO_XML) -d manpage -o $@+ $< && \
mv $@+ $@
user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
$(TXT_TO_XML) -d book -o $@+ $< && \
mv $@+ $@
technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \
technical/api-index.sh $(patsubst %,%.txt,$(API_DOCS))
$(QUIET_GEN)cd technical && '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./api-index.sh
technical/%.html: ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-relative-html-prefix=../
$(patsubst %,%.html,$(API_DOCS) technical/api-index $(TECH_DOCS)): %.html : %.txt \
asciidoc.conf GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_HTML) $*.txt
SubmittingPatches.txt: SubmittingPatches
$(QUIET_GEN) cp $< $@
XSLT = docbook.xsl
XSLTOPTS = --xinclude --stringparam html.stylesheet docbook-xsl.css
user-manual.html: user-manual.xml $(XSLT)
$(QUIET_XSLTPROC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@+ $(XSLT) $< && \
mv $@+ $@
git.info: user-manual.texi
$(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi
user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml
$(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout >$@++ && \
$(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl <$@++ >$@+ && \
rm $@++ && \
mv $@+ $@
user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml
$(QUIET_DBLATEX)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
$(DBLATEX) -o $@+ $(DBLATEX_COMMON) $< && \
mv $@+ $@
gitman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl texi.xsl
$(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
($(foreach xml,$(sort $(MAN_XML)),xsltproc -o $(xml)+ texi.xsl $(xml) && \
$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout $(xml)+ && \
rm $(xml)+ &&) true) > $@++ && \
$(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ <$@++ >$@+ && \
rm $@++ && \
mv $@+ $@
gitman.info: gitman.texi
$(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi
$(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml
$(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $*.xml >$@+ && \
mv $@+ $@
howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt)
$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./howto-index.sh $(sort $(wildcard howto/*.txt)) >$@+ && \
mv $@+ $@
$(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_HTML) $*.txt
WEBDOC_DEST = /pub/software/scm/git/docs
howto/%.html: ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-relative-html-prefix=../
$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard howto/*.txt)): %.html : %.txt GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | \
$(TXT_TO_HTML) - >$@+ && \
mv $@+ $@
install-webdoc : html
'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(WEBDOC_DEST)
# You must have a clone of 'git-htmldocs' and 'git-manpages' repositories
# next to the 'git' repository itself for the following to work.
quick-install: quick-install-man
require-manrepo::
@if test ! -d $(MAN_REPO); \
then echo "git-manpages repository must exist at $(MAN_REPO)"; exit 1; fi
quick-install-man: require-manrepo
'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(MAN_REPO) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir) $(GIT_MAN_REF)
require-htmlrepo::
@if test ! -d $(HTML_REPO); \
then echo "git-htmldocs repository must exist at $(HTML_REPO)"; exit 1; fi
quick-install-html: require-htmlrepo
'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REPO) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir) $(GIT_MAN_REF)
print-man1:
@for i in $(MAN1_TXT); do echo $$i; done
lint-docs::
$(QUIET_LINT)$(PERL_PATH) lint-gitlink.perl
ifeq ($(wildcard po/Makefile),po/Makefile)
doc-l10n install-l10n::
$(MAKE) -C po $@
endif
.PHONY: FORCE