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-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-add.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-help.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rerere.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-pack.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt2
8 files changed, 31 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 83bf54c7ac..de08d094e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient):
- the first line of the commit message should be a short
description and should skip the full stop
- if you want your work included in git.git, add a
- "Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@email.com>" line to the
+ "Signed-off-by: Your Name <you@example.com>" line to the
commit message (or just use the option "-s" when
committing) to confirm that you agree to the Developer's
Certificate of Origin
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 6ae11842e5..0e45ec547c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ clean.requireForce::
color.branch::
A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
- gitlink:git-branch[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
- `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
+ gitlink:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
+ `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
color.branch.<slot>::
@@ -378,9 +378,9 @@ second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
doesn't matter.
color.diff::
- When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
- When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
- colors only when the output is to the terminal.
+ When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
+ When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
+ colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
color.diff.<slot>::
Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ color.pager::
color.status::
A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
- gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
- `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
+ gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
+ `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
color.status.<slot>::
@@ -507,7 +507,9 @@ gc.rerereunresolved::
rerere.enabled::
Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
- be encountered again. See gitlink:git-rerere[1].
+ be encountered again. gitlink:git-rerere[1] command is by
+ default enabled, but can be disabled by setting this option to
+ false.
gitcvs.enabled::
Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 63829d93cc..bf94cd43bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--refresh]
+'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [-u] [--refresh]
[--] <filepattern>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -61,7 +61,14 @@ OPTIONS
-i, \--interactive::
Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to
- the index.
+ the index. Optional path arguments may be supplied to limit
+ operation to a subset of the working tree. See ``Interactive
+ mode'' for details.
+
+-p, \--patch:
+ Similar to Interactive mode but the initial command loop is
+ bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
+ the specified filepatterns before exiting.
-u::
Update only files that git already knows about. This is similar
@@ -210,6 +217,8 @@ patch::
k - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous
undecided hunk
K - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous hunk
+ s - split the current hunk into smaller hunks
+ ? - print help
+
After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk
that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index a2255bc55a..7ddbf467df 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
git-help(1)
-======
+===========
NAME
----
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
index c4d4263238..8ce492c8f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ automerge results and corresponding hand-resolve results on the
initial manual merge, and later by noticing the same automerge
results and applying the previously recorded hand resolution.
-[NOTE]
-You need to set the config variable rerere.enabled to enable this
-command.
-
COMMANDS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index 2fa01d4a3c..a2d9cb61be 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be
pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
-destination side.
+destination side. The rules used to match a ref are the same
+rules used by gitlink:git-rev-parse[1] to resolve a symbolic ref
+name.
- It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
local refs.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 8fd0fc6236..b0cb6bc8b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ OUTPUT
The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
template comments, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
+The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are
+made relative to the current directory, if you are working in a
+subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting).
+
CONFIGURATION
-------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c4e6fc6494..1574ecd77e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ Authors
-------
* git's founding father is Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
* The current git nurse is Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
-* The git potty was written by Andres Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
+* The git potty was written by Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
* General upbringing is handled by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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