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From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>,
	Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>,
	Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>,
	Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 06/23] Documentation/git-worktree: add high-level 'lock' overview
Date: Fri,  3 Jul 2015 20:17:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1435969052-540-7-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1435969052-540-1-git-send-email-sunshine@sunshineco.com>

Due to the (current) absence of a "git worktree lock" command, locking
a worktree's administrative files to prevent automatic pruning is a
manual task, necessarily requiring low-level understanding of linked
worktree functionality. However, this level of detail does not belong
in the high-level DESCRIPTION section, so add a generalized discussion
of locking to DESCRIPTION and move the technical information to DETAILS.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
---
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 2fdfb3e..410f0b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -37,15 +37,11 @@ at least one git command inside the linked working directory
 (e.g. `git status`) in order to update its administrative files in the
 repository so that they do not get automatically pruned.
 
-To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from from being pruned (which
-can be useful in some situations, such as when the
-entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), add a file named
-'locked' to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in
-plain text. For example, if a linked working tree's `.git` file points
-to `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` then a file named
-`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/locked` will prevent the
-`test-next` entry from being pruned.  See
-linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for details.
+If a linked working tree is stored on a portable device or network share
+which is not always mounted, you can prevent its administrative files from
+being pruned by creating a file named 'lock' alongside the other
+administrative files, optionally containing a plain text reason that
+pruning should be suppressed. See section "DETAILS" for more information.
 
 COMMANDS
 --------
@@ -99,6 +95,16 @@ thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to
 $GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR when you need to directly access something
 inside $GIT_DIR. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path.
 
+To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from from being pruned (which
+can be useful in some situations, such as when the
+entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), add a file named
+'locked' to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in
+plain text. For example, if a linked working tree's `.git` file points
+to `/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next` then a file named
+`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/locked` will prevent the
+`test-next` entry from being pruned.  See
+linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for details.
+
 BUGS
 ----
 Multiple checkout support for submodules is incomplete. It is NOT
-- 
2.5.0.rc1.197.g417e668

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-07-04  0:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-04  0:17 [PATCH v2 00/23] replace "checkout --to" with "worktree add" Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 01/23] Documentation/git-checkout: fix incorrect worktree prune command Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 02/23] Documentation/git-worktree: associate options with commands Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 03/23] Documentation: move linked worktree description from checkout to worktree Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 04/23] Documentation/git-worktree: add BUGS section Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  2:41   ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-04  8:48     ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 05/23] Documentation/git-worktree: split technical info from general description Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 07/23] Documentation/git-worktree: add EXAMPLES section Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  2:23   ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 08/23] checkout: fix bug with --to and relative HEAD Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  2:45   ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-04  8:49     ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 09/23] checkout: relocate --to's "no branch specified" check Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 10/23] checkout: prepare_linked_checkout: drop now-unused 'new' argument Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 11/23] checkout: make --to unconditionally verbose Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 12/23] checkout: drop 'checkout_opts' dependency from prepare_linked_checkout Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 13/23] worktree: introduce "add" command Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  2:53   ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-04  8:54     ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-06  9:24       ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 14/23] worktree: add --force option Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 15/23] worktree: add --detach option Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 16/23] worktree: add -b/-B options Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  3:19   ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-04  8:57     ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 17/23] tests: worktree: retrofit "checkout --to" tests for "worktree add" Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 18/23] checkout: retire --to option Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  3:04   ` Duy Nguyen
2015-07-04  8:59     ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 19/23] checkout: require worktree unconditionally Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  2:33   ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 20/23] worktree: extract basename computation to new function Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 21/23] worktree: add: make -b/-B default to HEAD when <branch> is omitted Eric Sunshine
2015-07-06 19:14   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 22/23] worktree: add: auto-vivify new branch " Eric Sunshine
2015-07-04  0:17 ` [PATCH v2 23/23] checkout: retire --ignore-other-worktrees in favor of --force Eric Sunshine

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