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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 5013daa6ef..6b8ca085aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -212,6 +212,18 @@ Options for Files Only the names of the variables are listed, not their value, even if they are set. +--path-format=(absolute|relative):: + Controls the behavior of certain other options. If specified as absolute, the + paths printed by those options will be absolute and canonical. If specified as + relative, the paths will be relative to the current working directory if that + is possible. The default is option specific. ++ +This option may be specified multiple times and affects only the arguments that +follow it on the command line, either to the end of the command line or the next +instance of this option. + +The following options are modified by `--path-format`: + --git-dir:: Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined. Otherwise show the path to the .git directory. The path shown, when relative, is @@ -221,27 +233,9 @@ If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory is not detected to lie in a Git repository or work tree print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status. ---absolute-git-dir:: - Like `--git-dir`, but its output is always the canonicalized - absolute path. - --git-common-dir:: Show `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` if defined, else `$GIT_DIR`. ---is-inside-git-dir:: - When the current working directory is below the repository - directory print "true", otherwise "false". - ---is-inside-work-tree:: - When the current working directory is inside the work tree of the - repository print "true", otherwise "false". - ---is-bare-repository:: - When the repository is bare print "true", otherwise "false". - ---is-shallow-repository:: - When the repository is shallow print "true", otherwise "false". - --resolve-git-dir <path>:: Check if <path> is a valid repository or a gitfile that points at a valid repository, and print the location of the @@ -255,19 +249,9 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status. $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY is set to /foo/bar then "git rev-parse --git-path objects/abc" returns /foo/bar/abc. ---show-cdup:: - When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the - path of the top-level directory relative to the current - directory (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string). - ---show-prefix:: - When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the - path of the current directory relative to the top-level - directory. - --show-toplevel:: - Show the absolute path of the top-level directory of the working - tree. If there is no working tree, report an error. + Show the (by default, absolute) path of the top-level directory + of the working tree. If there is no working tree, report an error. --show-superproject-working-tree:: Show the absolute path of the root of the superproject's @@ -279,6 +263,36 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status. Show the path to the shared index file in split index mode, or empty if not in split-index mode. +The following options are unaffected by `--path-format`: + +--absolute-git-dir:: + Like `--git-dir`, but its output is always the canonicalized + absolute path. + +--is-inside-git-dir:: + When the current working directory is below the repository + directory print "true", otherwise "false". + +--is-inside-work-tree:: + When the current working directory is inside the work tree of the + repository print "true", otherwise "false". + +--is-bare-repository:: + When the repository is bare print "true", otherwise "false". + +--is-shallow-repository:: + When the repository is shallow print "true", otherwise "false". + +--show-cdup:: + When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the + path of the top-level directory relative to the current + directory (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string). + +--show-prefix:: + When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the + path of the current directory relative to the top-level + directory. + --show-object-format[=(storage|input|output)]:: Show the object format (hash algorithm) used for the repository for storage inside the `.git` directory, input, or output. For |