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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index ea17f7a53b..3e72a5d68e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ scripting git: `git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree. + * many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated + only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option + whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to + invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out + when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a + new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize", + to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique. + ENHANCED OPTION PARSER ---------------------- |