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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-06-22 14:01:18 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-06-22 14:01:18 -0700
commitdef98035d00c57bb8723e7859366536504eb56aa (patch)
tree2f25c86607372632a845313f4e6ddea782c79440 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'maint' (diff)
parentDocumentation: git diff --check respects core.whitespace (diff)
downloadtgif-def98035d00c57bb8723e7859366536504eb56aa.tar.xz
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint: Documentation: git diff --check respects core.whitespace
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index c7ed946357..24f189f96b 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -224,10 +224,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--check::
- Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace
- or an indent that uses a space before a tab. Exits with
- non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with
- --exit-code.
+ Warn if changes introduce whitespace errors. What are
+ considered whitespace errors is controlled by `core.whitespace`
+ configuration. By default, trailing whitespaces (including
+ lines that solely consist of whitespaces) and a space character
+ that is immediately followed by a tab character inside the
+ initial indent of the line are considered whitespace errors.
+ Exits with non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible
+ with --exit-code.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--full-index::