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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-09-25 15:24:06 +0900
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-09-25 15:24:06 +0900
commitf5faef852527aebcf13ab5802206c09857131227 (patch)
tree4ec6d0daa6bcf459757d2a4f8246fe30776314da
parentMerge branch 'cc/subprocess-handshake-missing-capabilities' (diff)
parentdoc/for-each-ref: explicitly specify option names (diff)
downloadtgif-f5faef852527aebcf13ab5802206c09857131227.tar.xz
Merge branch 'kd/doc-for-each-ref'
Doc update. * kd/doc-for-each-ref: doc/for-each-ref: explicitly specify option names doc/for-each-ref: consistently use '=' to between argument names and values
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt33
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index bb370c9c7b..66b4e0a405 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git for-each-ref' [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]
[(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
- [--points-at <object>] [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]]
- [--contains [<object>]] [--no-contains [<object>]]
+ [--points-at=<object>]
+ (--merged[=<object>] | --no-merged[=<object>])
+ [--contains[=<object>]] [--no-contains[=<object>]]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -25,19 +26,25 @@ host language allowing their direct evaluation in that language.
OPTIONS
-------
-<count>::
+<pattern>...::
+ If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
+ match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
+ literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the
+ beginning up to a slash.
+
+--count=<count>::
By default the command shows all refs that match
`<pattern>`. This option makes it stop after showing
that many refs.
-<key>::
+--sort=<key>::
A field name to sort on. Prefix `-` to sort in
descending order of the value. When unspecified,
`refname` is used. You may use the --sort=<key> option
multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
key.
-<format>::
+--format=<format>::
A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from a ref being shown
and the object it points at. If `fieldname`
is prefixed with an asterisk (`*`) and the ref points
@@ -50,12 +57,6 @@ OPTIONS
`xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL),
`%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
-<pattern>...::
- If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
- match against at least one pattern, either using fnmatch(3) or
- literally, in the latter case matching completely or from the
- beginning up to a slash.
-
--shell::
--perl::
--python::
@@ -65,24 +66,24 @@ OPTIONS
the specified host language. This is meant to produce
a scriptlet that can directly be `eval`ed.
---points-at <object>::
+--points-at=<object>::
Only list refs which points at the given object.
---merged [<object>]::
+--merged[=<object>]::
Only list refs whose tips are reachable from the
specified commit (HEAD if not specified),
incompatible with `--no-merged`.
---no-merged [<object>]::
+--no-merged[=<object>]::
Only list refs whose tips are not reachable from the
specified commit (HEAD if not specified),
incompatible with `--merged`.
---contains [<object>]::
+--contains[=<object>]::
Only list refs which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
specified).
---no-contains [<object>]::
+--no-contains[=<object>]::
Only list refs which don't contain the specified commit (HEAD
if not specified).