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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt | 40 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-show-ref.txt | 6 |
3 files changed, 42 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 71ddb6c171..ba9639c7bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1560,12 +1560,12 @@ push.default:: no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command line. Possible values are: + -* `nothing` do not push anything. -* `matching` push all matching branches. +* `nothing` - do not push anything. +* `matching` - push all matching branches. All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be matching. This is the default. -* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch. -* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name. +* `tracking` - push the current branch to its upstream branch. +* `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name. rebase.stat:: Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last @@ -1765,9 +1765,9 @@ status.showUntrackedFiles:: the untracked files. Possible values are: + -- - - 'no' - Show no untracked files - - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories - - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories. +* `no` - Show no untracked files. +* `normal` - Show untracked files and directories. +* `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories. -- + If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt index 8f9a2412fd..3ac2beac62 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt @@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ patch file. You can customize the creation of such patches via the GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF and the GIT_DIFF_OPTS environment variables. What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional -diff format. +diff format: -1. It is preceded with a "git diff" header, that looks like - this: +1. It is preceded with a "git diff" header that looks like this: diff --git a/file1 b/file2 + The `a/` and `b/` filenames are the same unless rename/copy is involved. Especially, even for a creation or a deletion, -`/dev/null` is _not_ used in place of `a/` or `b/` filenames. +`/dev/null` is _not_ used in place of the `a/` or `b/` filenames. + When rename/copy is involved, `file1` and `file2` show the name of the source file of the rename/copy and the name of @@ -37,18 +36,39 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively. similarity index <number> dissimilarity index <number> index <hash>..<hash> <mode> - -3. TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames - are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively. - If there is need for such substitution then the whole - pathname is put in double quotes. - ++ +File modes are printed as 6-digit octal numbers including the file type +and file permission bits. ++ +Path names in extended headers do not include the `a/` and `b/` prefixes. ++ The similarity index is the percentage of unchanged lines, and the dissimilarity index is the percentage of changed lines. It is a rounded down integer, followed by a percent sign. The similarity index value of 100% is thus reserved for two equal files, while 100% dissimilarity means that no line from the old file made it into the new one. ++ +The index line includes the SHA-1 checksum before and after the change. +The <mode> is included if the file mode does not change; otherwise, +separate lines indicate the old and the new mode. + +3. TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames + are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively. + If there is need for such substitution then the whole + pathname is put in double quotes. + +4. All the `file1` files in the output refer to files before the + commit, and all the `file2` files refer to files after the commit. + It is incorrect to apply each change to each file sequentially. For + example, this patch will swap a and b: + + diff --git a/a b/b + rename from a + rename to b + diff --git a/b b/a + rename from b + rename to a combined diff format diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt index 4696af7433..be0ec189af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt @@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ OPTIONS <pattern>...:: - Show references matching one or more patterns. + Show references matching one or more patterns. Patterns are matched from + the end of the full name, and only complete parts are matched, e.g. + 'master' matches 'refs/heads/master', 'refs/remotes/origin/master', + 'refs/tags/jedi/master' but not 'refs/heads/mymaster' nor + 'refs/remotes/master/jedi'. OUTPUT ------ |