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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt14
5 files changed, 40 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
index 822ad593af..998f52d3df 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-upload-pack' [--[no-]strict] [--timeout=<n>] [--stateless-rpc]
[--advertise-refs] <directory>
+
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Invoked by 'git fetch-pack', learns what
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index dba7f0c18e..495b9163ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -402,11 +402,11 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end.
of Git object directories which can be used to search for Git
objects. New objects will not be written to these directories.
+
- Entries that begin with `"` (double-quote) will be interpreted
- as C-style quoted paths, removing leading and trailing
- double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
- `"path-with-\"-and-:-in-it":vanilla-path` has two paths:
- `path-with-"-and-:-in-it` and `vanilla-path`.
+Entries that begin with `"` (double-quote) will be interpreted
+as C-style quoted paths, removing leading and trailing
+double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
+`"path-with-\"-and-:-in-it":vanilla-path` has two paths:
+`path-with-"-and-:-in-it` and `vanilla-path`.
`GIT_DIR`::
If the `GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 92010b062e..b8392fc330 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -303,21 +303,21 @@ number of pitfalls:
attribute. If you decide to use the `working-tree-encoding` attribute
in your repository, then it is strongly recommended to ensure that all
clients working with the repository support it.
-
- For example, Microsoft Visual Studio resources files (`*.rc`) or
- PowerShell script files (`*.ps1`) are sometimes encoded in UTF-16.
- If you declare `*.ps1` as files as UTF-16 and you add `foo.ps1` with
- a `working-tree-encoding` enabled Git client, then `foo.ps1` will be
- stored as UTF-8 internally. A client without `working-tree-encoding`
- support will checkout `foo.ps1` as UTF-8 encoded file. This will
- typically cause trouble for the users of this file.
-
- If a Git client, that does not support the `working-tree-encoding`
- attribute, adds a new file `bar.ps1`, then `bar.ps1` will be
- stored "as-is" internally (in this example probably as UTF-16).
- A client with `working-tree-encoding` support will interpret the
- internal contents as UTF-8 and try to convert it to UTF-16 on checkout.
- That operation will fail and cause an error.
++
+For example, Microsoft Visual Studio resources files (`*.rc`) or
+PowerShell script files (`*.ps1`) are sometimes encoded in UTF-16.
+If you declare `*.ps1` as files as UTF-16 and you add `foo.ps1` with
+a `working-tree-encoding` enabled Git client, then `foo.ps1` will be
+stored as UTF-8 internally. A client without `working-tree-encoding`
+support will checkout `foo.ps1` as UTF-8 encoded file. This will
+typically cause trouble for the users of this file.
++
+If a Git client, that does not support the `working-tree-encoding`
+attribute, adds a new file `bar.ps1`, then `bar.ps1` will be
+stored "as-is" internally (in this example probably as UTF-16).
+A client with `working-tree-encoding` support will interpret the
+internal contents as UTF-8 and try to convert it to UTF-16 on checkout.
+That operation will fail and cause an error.
- Reencoding content to non-UTF encodings can cause errors as the
conversion might not be UTF-8 round trip safe. If you suspect your
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 4d63def206..312b6f9259 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
submodule.<name>.ignore::
Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
a submodule as modified. The following values are supported:
-
++
+--
all;; The submodule will never be considered modified (but will
nonetheless show up in the output of status and commit when it has
been staged).
@@ -84,12 +85,14 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
differences, and modifications to tracked and untracked files are
shown. This is the default option.
- If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config
- of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
- .gitmodules.
- Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
- "--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
- affected by this setting.
+If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config
+of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
+.gitmodules.
+
+Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
+"--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
+affected by this setting.
+--
submodule.<name>.shallow::
When set to true, a clone of this submodule will be performed as a
diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 504c5f1a88..57999e9f36 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -169,11 +169,15 @@ ACTIVE SUBMODULES
A submodule is considered active,
- (a) if `submodule.<name>.active` is set to `true`
- or
- (b) if the submodule's path matches the pathspec in `submodule.active`
- or
- (c) if `submodule.<name>.url` is set.
+ a. if `submodule.<name>.active` is set to `true`
++
+or
+
+ b. if the submodule's path matches the pathspec in `submodule.active`
++
+or
+
+ c. if `submodule.<name>.url` is set.
and these are evaluated in this order.