git/contrib
Junio C Hamano 2b916ffa18 Merge branch 'jn/update-contrib-example-merge'
* jn/update-contrib-example-merge: (24 commits)
  merge script: learn --[no-]rerere-autoupdate
  merge script: notice @{-1} shorthand
  merge script: handle --no-ff --no-commit correctly
  merge script: --ff-only to disallow true merge
  merge script: handle many-way octopus
  merge script: handle -m --log correctly
  merge script: forbid merge -s index
  merge script: allow custom strategies
  merge script: merge -X<option>
  merge script: improve log message subject
  merge script: refuse to merge during merge
  merge script: tweak unmerged files message to match builtin
  merge script: --squash, --ff from unborn branch are errors
  fmt-merge-msg -m to override merge title
  merge-base --independent to print reduced parent list in a merge
  merge-base --octopus to mimic show-branch --merge-base
  Documentation: add a SEE ALSO section for merge-base
  t6200 (fmt-merge-msg): style nitpicks
  t6010 (merge-base): modernize style
  t7600 (merge): test merge from branch yet to be born
  ...
2010-09-03 09:43:42 -07:00
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buildsystems msvc: Fix an "unrecognized option" linker warning 2010-01-22 16:15:14 -08:00
ciabot Integrate version 3 ciabot scripts into contrib/. 2010-04-02 09:19:17 -07:00
completion Merge branch 'tr/rev-list-count' 2010-06-30 11:55:38 -07:00
continuous
convert-objects
emacs
examples Merge branch 'jn/update-contrib-example-merge' 2010-09-03 09:43:42 -07:00
fast-import Merge branch 'rb/maint-python-path' 2010-04-03 12:28:41 -07:00
gitview
hg-to-git Correct references to /usr/bin/python which does not exist on FreeBSD 2010-03-24 14:33:54 -07:00
hooks Merge branch 'kf/post-receive-sample-hook' 2010-08-18 12:16:50 -07:00
p4import Correct references to /usr/bin/python which does not exist on FreeBSD 2010-03-24 14:33:54 -07:00
patches
stats
svn-fe svn-fe manual: Clarify warning about deltas in dump files 2010-08-14 19:35:38 -07:00
thunderbird-patch-inline
vim
workdir Typos in code comments, an error message, documentation 2010-08-22 13:25:08 -07:00
README
git-resurrect.sh request-pull: protect against OPTIONS_KEEPDASHDASH from environment 2010-05-01 11:02:21 -07:00
remotes2config.sh
rerere-train.sh

README

Contributed Software

Although these pieces are available as part of the official git
source tree, they are in somewhat different status.  The
intention is to keep interesting tools around git here, maybe
even experimental ones, to give users an easier access to them,
and to give tools wider exposure, so that they can be improved
faster.

I am not expecting to touch these myself that much.  As far as
my day-to-day operation is concerned, these subdirectories are
owned by their respective primary authors.  I am willing to help
if users of these components and the contrib/ subtree "owners"
have technical/design issues to resolve, but the initiative to
fix and/or enhance things _must_ be on the side of the subtree
owners.  IOW, I won't be actively looking for bugs and rooms for
enhancements in them as the git maintainer -- I may only do so
just as one of the users when I want to scratch my own itch.  If
you have patches to things in contrib/ area, the patch should be
first sent to the primary author, and then the primary author
should ack and forward it to me (git pull request is nicer).
This is the same way as how I have been treating gitk, and to a
lesser degree various foreign SCM interfaces, so you know the
drill.

I expect that things that start their life in the contrib/ area
to graduate out of contrib/ once they mature, either by becoming
projects on their own, or moving to the toplevel directory.  On
the other hand, I expect I'll be proposing removal of disused
and inactive ones from time to time.

If you have new things to add to this area, please first propose
it on the git mailing list, and after a list discussion proves
there are some general interests (it does not have to be a
list-wide consensus for a tool targeted to a relatively narrow
audience -- for example I do not work with projects whose
upstream is svn, so I have no use for git-svn myself, but it is
of general interest for people who need to interoperate with SVN
repositories in a way git-svn works better than git-svnimport),
submit a patch to create a subdirectory of contrib/ and put your
stuff there.

-jc