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[PATCH v3 0/4] Additional FAQ entries

From
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Jul 4, 2024, 00:38 UTC
Message-ID
<20240704003818.750223-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>

This series introduces some additional Git FAQ entries on various topics. They are all things I've seen in my professional life or on Stack Overflow, so I've written documentation.

There were some suggestions in the past that the text "modify, tamper with, or buffer" might be somewhat redundant, but I've chosen to keep the text as it is to avoid arguments like, "Well, buffering the entire request or response isn't really modifying it, so Git should just work in that situation," when we already know that doesn't work.

Changes from v2 (partial):
* Add documentation on proxies to the configuration documentation as
  well.
* Mention some security problems that are known to occur with TLS MITM
  proxies.  This mirrors the similar Git LFS documentation.
* Provide a documentation example about how to use proxies with SSH.
* Recommend running a `git fsck` after syncing with rsync.
Changes from v1:
* Drop the monorepo patch for now; I want to revise it further.
* Reorder the working tree patch to place more warnings up front.
* Mention core.gitproxy and socat.
* Rephrase text in the EOL entry to read correctly and be easier to
  understand.
* Improve the commit message for the working tree FAQ entry to make it
  clearer that users wish to transfer uncommitted changes.
brian m. carlson (4):
  gitfaq: add documentation on proxies
  gitfaq: give advice on using eol attribute in gitattributes
  gitfaq: add entry about syncing working trees
  doc: mention that proxies must be completely transparent
 Documentation/config/http.txt |   5 ++
 Documentation/gitfaq.txt      | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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  1. 0/4 Additional FAQ entriesbrian m. carlson, Jul 4, 2024
  2. 2/4 gitfaq: give advice on using eol attribute in gitattributesbrian m. carlson, Jul 4, 2024
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2024
  4. brian m. carlsonJul 4, 2024
  5. 3/4 gitfaq: add entry about syncing working treesbrian m. carlson, Jul 4, 2024
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2024
  7. brian m. carlsonJul 4, 2024
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2024
  9. 1/4 gitfaq: add documentation on proxiesbrian m. carlson, Jul 4, 2024
  10. 4/4 doc: mention that proxies must be completely transparentbrian m. carlson, Jul 4, 2024
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2024
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2024
  13. brian m. carlsonJul 4, 2024
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2024
  15. brian m. carlsonJul 8, 2024
  16. Jeff KingJul 6, 2024
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2024
  18. 0/4 Additional FAQ entriesbrian m. carlson, Jul 9, 2024
  19. 1/4 gitfaq: add documentation on proxiesbrian m. carlson, Jul 9, 2024
  20. 3/4 gitfaq: add entry about syncing working treesbrian m. carlson, Jul 9, 2024
  21. 4/4 doc: mention that proxies must be completely transparentbrian m. carlson, Jul 9, 2024
  22. 2/4 gitfaq: give advice on using eol attribute in gitattributesbrian m. carlson, Jul 9, 2024

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