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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 5eacab08dc..c66af7c876 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -481,8 +481,9 @@ It is recommended that `<path>` always be encoded using UTF-8. `filedelete` ^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Included in a `commit` command to remove a file from the branch. -If the file removal makes its directory empty, the directory will +Included in a `commit` command to remove a file or recursively +delete an entire directory from the branch. If the file or directory +removal makes its parent directory empty, the parent directory will be automatically removed too. This cascades up the tree until the first non-empty directory or the root is reached. @@ -490,7 +491,8 @@ first non-empty directory or the root is reached. 'D' SP <path> LF .... -here `<path>` is the complete path of the file to be removed. +here `<path>` is the complete path of the file or subdirectory to +be removed from the branch. See `filemodify` above for a detailed description of `<path>`. `filedeleteall` |