From: David Bremner Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 00:41:38 +0000 (-0500) Subject: doc/notmuch-git: initial documentation X-Git-Tag: 0.37_rc0~87 X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e50a413906b9fadf93b7801c4758b48792bb348f doc/notmuch-git: initial documentation This is mainly derived from the various help outputs from the script, with some massaging of markup and addition of links. --- diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py index e4bad9f1..f01c0058 100644 --- a/doc/conf.py +++ b/doc/conf.py @@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ man_pages = [ u'send mail with notmuch and emacs', [notmuch_authors], 1), + ('man1/notmuch-git', 'notmuch-git', + u'manage notmuch tags with git', + [notmuch_authors], 1), + ('man5/notmuch-hooks', 'notmuch-hooks', u'hooks for notmuch', [notmuch_authors], 5), diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst index fbdcf779..c380ee1d 100644 --- a/doc/index.rst +++ b/doc/index.rst @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Contents: man1/notmuch-dump notmuch-emacs man1/notmuch-emacs-mua + man1/notmuch-git man5/notmuch-hooks man1/notmuch-insert man1/notmuch-new diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-git.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-git.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..86f246b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-git.rst @@ -0,0 +1,271 @@ +.. _notmuch-git(1): + +=========== +notmuch-git +=========== + +SYNOPSIS +======== + +**notmuch** **git** [-h] [-C *repo*] [-p *prefix*] [-v] [-l *log level*] *subcommand* + +DESCRIPTION +=========== + +Manage notmuch tags with Git. + +OPTIONS +------- + +Supported options for `notmuch git` include + +.. program:: notmuch-git + +.. option:: -h, --help + + show help message and exit + +.. option:: -C , --git-dir + + Operate on git repository *repo*. See :ref:`repo_location` for + defaults. + +.. option:: -p , --tag-prefix + + Operate only on tags with prefix *prefix*. See :ref:`prefix_val` for + defaults. + +.. option:: -v, --version + + show notmuch-git's version number and exit + +.. option:: -l , --log-level + + Log verbosity, one of: `critical`, `error`, `warning`, `info`, + `debug`. Defaults to `warning`. + +SUBCOMMANDS +----------- + +For help on a particular subcommand, run: 'notmuch-git ... --help'. + +.. program:: notmuch-git + +.. option:: archive [tree-ish] [arg ...] + +Dump a tar archive of a committed tag set using 'git archive'. See +:any:`format` for details of the archive contents. + + .. describe:: tree-ish + + The tree or commit to produce an archive for. Defaults to 'HEAD'. + + .. describe:: arg + + If present, any optional arguments are passed through to + :manpage:`git-archive(1)`. Arguments to `git-archive` are reordered + so that *tree-ish* comes last. + +.. option:: checkout + +Update the notmuch database from Git. + +This is mainly useful to discard your changes in notmuch relative +to Git. + +.. option:: clone + +Create a local `notmuch git` repository from a remote source. + +This wraps 'git clone', adding some options to avoid creating a +working tree while preserving remote-tracking branches and +upstreams. + + .. describe:: repository + + The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the URLS + section of :manpage:`git-clone(1)` for more information on + specifying repositories. + +.. option:: commit [message] + +Commit prefix-matching tags from the notmuch database to Git. + + .. describe:: message + + Optional text for the commit message. + +.. option:: fetch [remote] + +Fetch changes from the remote repository. + + .. describe:: remote + + Override the default configured in `branch..remote` to fetch + from a particular remote repository (e.g. `origin`). + +.. option:: help + +Show brief help for an `notmuch git` command. + +.. option:: init + +Create an empty `notmuch git` repository. + +This wraps 'git init' with a few extra steps to support subsequent +status and commit commands. + +.. option:: log [arg ...] + +A wrapper for 'git log'. + + .. describe:: arg + + Additional arguments are passed through to 'git log'. + +After running `notmuch git fetch`, you can inspect the changes with + +:: + + $ notmuch git log HEAD..@{upstream} + +.. option:: merge [reference] + +Merge changes from 'reference' into HEAD and load the result into notmuch. + + .. describe:: reference + + Reference, usually other branch heads, to merge into our + branch. Defaults to `@{upstream}`. + +.. option:: pull [repository] [refspec ...] + +Pull (merge) remote repository changes to notmuch. + +**pull** is equivalent to **fetch** followed by **merge**. We use the +Git-configured repository for your current branch +(`branch..repository`, likely `origin`, and `branch..merge`, +likely `master` or `main`). + + .. describe:: repository + + The "remote" repository that is the source of the pull. This parameter + can be either a URL (see the section GIT URLS in :manpage:`git-pull(1)`) or the + name of a remote (see the section REMOTES in :manpage:`git-pull(1)`). + + .. describe:: refspec + + Refspec (usually a branch name) to fetch and merge. See the + *refspec* entry in the OPTIONS section of :manpage:`git-pull(1`) for + other possibilities. + +.. option:: push [repository] [refspec] + +Push the local `notmuch git` Git state to a remote repository. + + .. describe:: repository + + The "remote" repository that is the destination of the push. This + parameter can be either a URL (see the section GIT URLS in + :manpage:`git-push(1)`) or the name of a remote (see the section + REMOTES in :manpage:`git-push(1)`). + + .. describe:: refspec + + Refspec (usually a branch name) to push. See the *refspec* entry in the OPTIONS section of + :manpage:`git-push(1)` for other possibilities. + +.. option:: status + +Show pending updates in notmuch or git repo. + +Prints lines of the form + +| ng Message-Id tag + +where n is a single character representing notmuch database status + + .. describe:: A + + Tag is present in notmuch database, but not committed to nmbug + (equivalently, tag has been deleted in nmbug repo, e.g. by a + pull, but not restored to notmuch database). + + .. describe:: D + + Tag is present in nmbug repo, but not restored to notmuch + database (equivalently, tag has been deleted in notmuch). + + .. describe:: U + + Message is unknown (missing from local notmuch database). + +The second character *g* (if present) represents a difference between +local and upstream branches. Typically `notmuch git fetch` needs to be +run to update this. + + .. describe:: a + + Tag is present in upstream, but not in the local Git branch. + + .. describe:: d + + Tag is present in local Git branch, but not upstream. + +.. _format: + +REPOSITORY CONTENTS +=================== + +The tags are stored in the git repo (and exported) as a set of empty +files. For a message with Message-Id *id*, for each tag *tag*, there +is an empty file with path + + tags/ `encode` (*id*) / `encode` (*tag*) + +The encoding preserves alphanumerics, and the characters `+-_@=.,:`. +All other octets are replaced with `%` followed by a two digit hex +number. + +.. _repo_location: + +REPOSITORY LOCATION +=================== + +:any:`notmuch-git` uses the first of the following with a non-empty +value to locate the git repository. + +- Option :option:`--git-dir`. + +- Environment variable :envvar:`NOTMUCH_GIT_DIR`. + +.. _prefix_val: + +PREFIX VALUE +============ + +:any:`notmuch-git` uses the first of the following with a non-null +value to define the tag prefix. + +- Option :option:`--tag-prefix`. + +- Environment variable :envvar:`NOTMUCH_GIT_PREFIX`. + +ENVIRONMENT +=========== + +.. envvar:: NOTMUCH_GIT_DIR + + Default location of git repository. Overriden by :option:`--git-dir`. + +.. envvar:: NOTMUCH_GIT_PREFIX + + Default tag prefix (filter). Overriden by :option:`--tag-prefix`. + +SEE ALSO +======== + +:any:`notmuch(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-dump(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-restore(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-tag(1)`