提交 850844e2 编写于 作者: J Junio C Hamano

Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt: programmer's docs

Clarify that this is not meant for end users, and list what
shell functions are defined.
Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
上级 70551726
...@@ -12,14 +12,51 @@ SYNOPSIS ...@@ -12,14 +12,51 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION
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Sets up the normal git environment variables and a few helper functions This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever.
(currently just "die()"), and returns OK if it all looks like a git archive. This documentation is meant for people who are studying the
So, to make the rest of the git scripts more careful and readable, Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones.
use it as follows:
The `git-sh-setup` scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using
------------------------------------------------- `.`) by other shell scripts to set up some variables pointing at
. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive" the normal git directories and a few helper shell functions.
-------------------------------------------------
Before sourcing it, your script should set up a few variables;
`USAGE` (and `LONG_USAGE`, if any) is used to define message
given by `usage()` shell function. `SUBDIRECTORY_OK` can be set
if the script can run from a subdirectory of the working tree
(some commands do not).
The scriptlet sets `GIT_DIR` and `GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY` shell
variables, but does *not* export them to the environment.
FUNCTIONS
---------
die::
exit after emitting the supplied error message to the
standard error stream.
usage::
die with the usage message.
set_reflog_action::
set the message that will be recorded to describe the
end-user action in the reflog, when the script updates a
ref.
is_bare_repository::
outputs `true` or `false` to the standard output stream
to indicate if the repository is a bare repository
(i.e. without an associated working tree).
cd_to_toplevel::
runs chdir to the toplevel of the working tree.
require_work_tree::
checks if the repository is a bare repository, and dies
if so. Used by scripts that require working tree
(e.g. `checkout`).
Author Author
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