git-sh-setup - Common Git shell script setup code
. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"
This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. This
documentation is meant for people who are studying the Porcelain-ish scripts
and/or are writing new ones.
The git sh-setup scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using
.) by other shell scripts to set up some variables pointing at 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.
die
exit after emitting the supplied error message to the
standard error stream.
usage
die with the usage message.
set_reflog_action
Set GIT_REFLOG_ACTION environment to a given
string (typically the name of the program) unless it is already set. Whenever
the script runs a git command that updates refs, a reflog entry is
created using the value of this string to leave the record of what command
updated the ref.
git_editor
runs an editor of user’s choice (GIT_EDITOR,
core.editor, VISUAL or EDITOR) on a given file, but error out if no editor is
specified and the terminal is dumb.
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 current directory is within the working
tree of the repository, and otherwise dies.
require_work_tree_exists
checks if the working tree associated with the repository
exists, and otherwise dies. Often done before calling cd_to_toplevel, which is
impossible to do if there is no working tree.
require_clean_work_tree <action> [<hint>]
checks that the working tree and index associated with
the repository have no uncommitted changes to tracked files. Otherwise it
emits an error message of the form
Cannot <action>: <reason>.
<hint>, and dies. Example:
require_clean_work_tree rebase "Please commit or stash them."
get_author_ident_from_commit
outputs code for use with eval to set the
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL and GIT_AUTHOR_DATE variables for a given
commit.
create_virtual_base
modifies the first file so only lines in common with the
second file remain. If there is insufficient common material, then the first
file is left empty. The result is suitable as a virtual base input for a 3-way
merge.