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authorLibravatar Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de>2011-05-05 20:48:47 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-05-05 12:43:11 -0700
commitf2808a50a62755739a775ed008f01a9a5a053938 (patch)
treec985ac1551169b2a06362d6a93bfb29d90c856bf /Documentation
parentgit-add.txt: document 'interactive.singlekey' (diff)
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git-stash.txt: better docs for '--patch'
Describe '-p' as a short form of '--patch' in synopsis and options. Also refer the reader to the patch mode description of git-add documentation. Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 79abc38e50..15f051fa44 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>]
-'git stash' [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]]
+'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]]
'git stash' clear
'git stash' create
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ is also possible).
OPTIONS
-------
-save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
+save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset
--hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives
@@ -54,12 +54,13 @@ save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the
index are left intact.
+
-With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from in the diff
+With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from the diff
between HEAD and the working tree to be stashed. The stash entry is
constructed such that its index state is the same as the index state
of your repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you
selected interactively. The selected changes are then rolled back
-from your worktree.
+from your worktree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of
+linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode.
+
The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use
`--no-keep-index` to override this.