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diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt index 5e5f1c8964..5d709d02c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-sh-setup(1) NAME ---- -git-sh-setup - Common git shell script setup code +git-sh-setup - Common Git shell script setup code SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones. The 'git sh-setup' scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using `.`) by other shell scripts to set up some variables pointing at -the normal git directories and a few helper shell functions. +the normal Git directories and a few helper shell functions. Before sourcing it, your script should set up a few variables; `USAGE` (and `LONG_USAGE`, if any) is used to define message @@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ get_author_ident_from_commit:: outputs code for use with eval to set the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL and GIT_AUTHOR_DATE variables for a given commit. +create_virtual_base:: + modifies the first file so only lines in common with the + second file remain. If there is insufficient common material, + then the first file is left empty. The result is suitable + as a virtual base input for a 3-way merge. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |