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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-annotate.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-blame.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt18
7 files changed, 49 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1ac0ae6adb..9593bfabaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -949,6 +949,23 @@ apply.whitespace::
Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
+blame.showRoot::
+ Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1].
+ This option defaults to false.
+
+blame.blankBoundary::
+ Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in
+ linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false.
+
+blame.showEmail::
+ Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1].
+ This option defaults to false.
+
+blame.date::
+ Specifies the format used to output dates in linkgit:git-blame[1].
+ If unset the iso format is used. For supported values,
+ see the discussion of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1].
+
branch.autoSetupMerge::
Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d4f3d95505..0000000000
--- a/Documentation/diff-heuristic-options.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
---indent-heuristic::
---no-indent-heuristic::
- These are to help debugging and tuning experimental heuristics
- (which are off by default) that shift diff hunk boundaries to
- make patches easier to read.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index a88c76741e..dd0dba5b1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
Synonym for `-p --raw`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
-include::diff-heuristic-options.txt[]
+--indent-heuristic::
+ Enable the heuristic that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches
+ easier to read. This is the default.
+
+--no-indent-heuristic::
+ Disable the indent heuristic.
--minimal::
Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible
diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
index 94be4b85e0..05fd482b74 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ familiar command name for people coming from other SCM systems.
OPTIONS
-------
include::blame-options.txt[]
-include::diff-heuristic-options.txt[]
SEE ALSO
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index fdc3aea30a..16323eb80e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ include::blame-options.txt[]
abbreviated object name, use <n>+1 digits. Note that 1 column
is used for a caret to mark the boundary commit.
-include::diff-heuristic-options.txt[]
-
THE PORCELAIN FORMAT
--------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 92777cef25..cf0a0b7df2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ reference name expressions (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]):
. at-open-brace `@{` is used as a notation to access a reflog entry.
-With the `--branch` option, it expands the ``previous branch syntax''
+With the `--branch` option, the command takes a name and checks if
+it can be used as a valid branch name (e.g. when creating a new
+branch). The rule `git check-ref-format --branch $name` implements
+may be stricter than what `git check-ref-format refs/heads/$name`
+says (e.g. a dash may appear at the beginning of a ref component,
+but it is explicitly forbidden at the beginning of a branch name).
+When run with `--branch` option in a repository, the input is first
+expanded for the ``previous branch syntax''
`@{-n}`. For example, `@{-1}` is a way to refer the last branch you
were on. This option should be used by porcelains to accept this
syntax anywhere a branch name is expected, so they can act as if you
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 7a1d629ca0..463b0eb0f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -709,6 +709,24 @@ of clones and fetches.
the background which do not want to cause lock contention with
other operations on the repository. Defaults to `1`.
+`GIT_REDIRECT_STDIN`::
+`GIT_REDIRECT_STDOUT`::
+`GIT_REDIRECT_STDERR`::
+ Windows-only: allow redirecting the standard input/output/error
+ handles to paths specified by the environment variables. This is
+ particularly useful in multi-threaded applications where the
+ canonical way to pass standard handles via `CreateProcess()` is
+ not an option because it would require the handles to be marked
+ inheritable (and consequently *every* spawned process would
+ inherit them, possibly blocking regular Git operations). The
+ primary intended use case is to use named pipes for communication
+ (e.g. `\\.\pipe\my-git-stdin-123`).
++
+Two special values are supported: `off` will simply close the
+corresponding standard handle, and if `GIT_REDIRECT_STDERR` is
+`2>&1`, standard error will be redirected to the same handle as
+standard output.
+
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