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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 3cba2420e0..eacaaa2deb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -431,39 +431,7 @@ include::config/url.txt[] include::config/user.txt[] -versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated):: - Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if - `versionsort.suffix` is set. - -versionsort.suffix:: - Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames - with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted - lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing - after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This - variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags - with different suffixes. -+ -By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing -that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if -the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before -"1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of -suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames -with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the -configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any -"1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags -with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix -among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and -"-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags -are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally -"v4.8-bfsX". -+ -If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will -be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in -the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at -that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the -longest of those suffixes. -The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are -in multiple config files. +include::config/versionsort.txt[] web.browser:: Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands. diff --git a/Documentation/config/versionsort.txt b/Documentation/config/versionsort.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6c7cc054fa --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/versionsort.txt @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated):: + Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if + `versionsort.suffix` is set. + +versionsort.suffix:: + Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames + with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted + lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing + after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This + variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags + with different suffixes. ++ +By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing +that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if +the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before +"1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of +suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames +with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the +configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any +"1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags +with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix +among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and +"-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags +are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally +"v4.8-bfsX". ++ +If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will +be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in +the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at +that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the +longest of those suffixes. +The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are +in multiple config files. |