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diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt index f0b75c7e62..38e59afb34 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-bundle - Move objects and refs by archive SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git bundle' create <file> <git-rev-list args> +'git bundle' create <file> <git-rev-list-args> 'git bundle' verify <file> 'git bundle' list-heads <file> [refname...] 'git bundle' unbundle <file> [refname...] @@ -34,45 +34,46 @@ OPTIONS ------- create <file>:: - Used to create a bundle named 'file'. This requires the - 'git rev-list' arguments to define the bundle contents. + Used to create a bundle named 'file'. This requires the + 'git-rev-list-args' arguments to define the bundle contents. verify <file>:: - Used to check that a bundle file is valid and will apply - cleanly to the current repository. This includes checks on the - bundle format itself as well as checking that the prerequisite - commits exist and are fully linked in the current repository. - 'git bundle' prints a list of missing commits, if any, and exits - with a non-zero status. + Used to check that a bundle file is valid and will apply + cleanly to the current repository. This includes checks on the + bundle format itself as well as checking that the prerequisite + commits exist and are fully linked in the current repository. + 'git bundle' prints a list of missing commits, if any, and exits + with a non-zero status. list-heads <file>:: - Lists the references defined in the bundle. If followed by a - list of references, only references matching those given are - printed out. + Lists the references defined in the bundle. If followed by a + list of references, only references matching those given are + printed out. unbundle <file>:: - Passes the objects in the bundle to 'git index-pack' - for storage in the repository, then prints the names of all - defined references. If a list of references is given, only - references matching those in the list are printed. This command is - really plumbing, intended to be called only by 'git fetch'. - -[git-rev-list-args...]:: - A list of arguments, acceptable to 'git rev-parse' and - 'git rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references - to transport. For example, `master~10..master` causes the - current master reference to be packaged along with all objects - added since its 10th ancestor commit. There is no explicit - limit to the number of references and objects that may be - packaged. + Passes the objects in the bundle to 'git index-pack' + for storage in the repository, then prints the names of all + defined references. If a list of references is given, only + references matching those in the list are printed. This command is + really plumbing, intended to be called only by 'git fetch'. + +<git-rev-list-args>:: + A list of arguments, acceptable to 'git rev-parse' and + 'git rev-list' (and containg a named ref, see SPECIFYING REFERENCES + below), that specifies the specific objects and references + to transport. For example, `master{tilde}10..master` causes the + current master reference to be packaged along with all objects + added since its 10th ancestor commit. There is no explicit + limit to the number of references and objects that may be + packaged. [refname...]:: - A list of references used to limit the references reported as - available. This is principally of use to 'git fetch', which - expects to receive only those references asked for and not - necessarily everything in the pack (in this case, 'git bundle' acts - like 'git fetch-pack'). + A list of references used to limit the references reported as + available. This is principally of use to 'git fetch', which + expects to receive only those references asked for and not + necessarily everything in the pack (in this case, 'git bundle' acts + like 'git fetch-pack'). SPECIFYING REFERENCES --------------------- @@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ machineB$ git pull If you know up to what commit the intended recipient repository should have the necessary objects, you can use that knowledge to specify the basis, giving a cut-off point to limit the revisions and objects that go -in the resulting bundle. The previous example used lastR2bundle tag +in the resulting bundle. The previous example used the lastR2bundle tag for this purpose, but you can use any other options that you would give to the linkgit:git-log[1] command. Here are more examples: @@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ references when fetching: $ git fetch mybundle master:localRef ---------------- -You can also see what references it offers. +You can also see what references it offers: ---------------- $ git ls-remote mybundle |