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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-gui.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt5
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 32dcd643d2..d536732217 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -796,6 +796,14 @@ gui.diffcontext::
Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
+gui.encoding::
+ Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
+ file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
+ It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
+ for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
+ If this option is not set, the tools default to the
+ locale encoding.
+
gui.matchtrackingbranch::
Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
@@ -818,6 +826,22 @@ gui.spellingdictionary::
the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
off.
+gui.fastcopyblame::
+ If true, 'git gui blame' uses '-C' instead of '-C -C' for original
+ location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
+ repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
+
+gui.copyblamethreshold::
+ Specifies the theshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
+ detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
+ linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
+
+gui.blamehistoryctx::
+ Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
+ linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
+ Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
+ variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
+
help.browser::
Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt
index 0e650f497b..d0bc98b852 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt
@@ -65,9 +65,28 @@ git gui blame v0.99.8 Makefile::
example the file is read from the object database and not
the working directory.
+git gui blame --line=100 Makefile::
+
+ Loads annotations as described above and automatically
+ scrolls the view to center on line '100'.
+
git gui citool::
Make one commit and return to the shell when it is complete.
+ This command returns a non-zero exit code if the window was
+ closed in any way other than by making a commit.
+
+git gui citool --amend::
+
+ Automatically enter the 'Amend Last Commit' mode of
+ the interface.
+
+git gui citool --nocommit::
+
+ Behave as normal citool, but instead of making a commit
+ simply terminate with a zero exit code. It still checks
+ that the index does not contain any unmerged entries, so
+ you can use it as a GUI version of linkgit:git-mergetool[1]
git citool::
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index a172baf993..8af22eccac 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -535,6 +535,23 @@ in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
commit hash.
+Viewing files in GUI tools
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`encoding`
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The value of this attribute specifies the character encoding that should
+be used by GUI tools (e.g. linkgit:gitk[1] and linkgit:git-gui[1]) to
+display the contents of the relevant file. Note that due to performance
+considerations linkgit:gitk[1] does not use this attribute unless you
+manually enable per-file encodings in its options.
+
+If this attribute is not set or has an invalid value, the value of the
+`gui.encoding` configuration variable is used instead
+(See linkgit:git-config[1]).
+
+
USING ATTRIBUTE MACROS
----------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index ae29a00d59..317f6317c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ frequently used options.
Use this instead of explicitly specifying <revs> if the set of
commits to show may vary between refreshes.
+--select-commit=<ref>::
+
+ Automatically select the specified commit after loading the graph.
+ Default behavior is equivalent to specifying '--select-commit=HEAD'.
+
<revs>::
Limit the revisions to show. This can be either a single revision