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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-difftool.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-mergetool.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 21 |
6 files changed, 39 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 0cd87ddeff..6ebd512b4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ argument is missing it defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the tip of the current branch). The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname> -which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. +which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. As a +special case, for <start-point>, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for +the merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You +can leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to +`HEAD`. Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 877e5f503a..964f912d29 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`. <start_point>:: The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to HEAD. ++ +As a special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the +merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can +leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`. <tree-ish>:: Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified, diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 96c26e6aa8..484c485fd0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows. When 'git-difftool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option the default diff tool will be read from the configured `diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`. The `--no-gui` - option can be used to override this setting. + option can be used to override this setting. If `diff.guitool` + is not set, we will fallback in the order of `merge.guitool`, + `diff.tool`, `merge.tool` until a tool is found. --[no-]trust-exit-code:: 'git-difftool' invokes a diff tool individually on each file. diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt index 055550b2bc..4da9d24096 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt @@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ to define the operation mode for the functions listed below. FUNCTIONS --------- get_merge_tool:: - returns a merge tool. + returns a merge tool. the return code is 1 if we returned a guessed + merge tool, else 0. '$GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI' may be set to 'true' to + search for the appropriate guitool. get_merge_tool_cmd:: returns the custom command for a merge tool. diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 0c7975a050..6b14702e78 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited. --gui:: When 'git-mergetool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option the default merge tool will be read from the configured - `merge.guitool` variable instead of `merge.tool`. + `merge.guitool` variable instead of `merge.tool`. If + `merge.guitool` is not set, we will fallback to the tool + configured under `merge.tool`. --no-gui:: This overrides a previous `-g` or `--gui` setting and reads the diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 6d1f2fd9ae..72adfcc5e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -660,6 +660,27 @@ of clones and fetches. When a curl trace is enabled (see `GIT_TRACE_CURL` above), do not dump data (that is, only dump info lines and headers). +`GIT_TR2`:: + Enables more detailed trace messages from the "trace2" library. + Output from `GIT_TR2` is a simple text-based format for human + readability. ++ +The `GIT_TR2` variables can take many values. Any value available to +the `GIT_TRACE` variables is also available to `GIT_TR2`. The `GIT_TR2` +variables can also specify a Unix Domain Socket. See +link:technical/api-trace2.html[Trace2 documentation] for full details. + +`GIT_TR2_EVENT`:: + This setting writes a JSON-based format that is suited for machine + interpretation. See link:technical/api-trace2.html[Trace2 documentation] + for full details. + +`GIT_TR2_PERF`:: + In addition to the text-based messages available in `GIT_TR2`, this + setting writes a column-based format for understanding nesting + regions. See link:technical/api-trace2.html[Trace2 documentation] + for full details. + `GIT_REDACT_COOKIES`:: This can be set to a comma-separated list of strings. When a curl trace is enabled (see `GIT_TRACE_CURL` above), whenever a "Cookies:" header |