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2010-01-10Documentation: format full commands in typewriter fontLibravatar Thomas Rast1-1/+1
Use `code snippet` style instead of 'emphasis' for `git cmd ...` according to the following rules: * The SYNOPSIS sections are left untouched. * If the intent is that the user type the command exactly as given, it is `code`. If the user is only loosely referred to a command and/or option, it remains 'emphasised'. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
2009-12-07git-add/rm doc: Consistently back-quoteLibravatar Björn Gustavsson1-12/+12
Consistently back-quote commands, options and file names. Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-12-07Documentation: 'git add -A' can remove filesLibravatar Björn Gustavsson1-13/+20
The current documentation fails to mention that 'git add -A/--all' can remove files as well as add them, and it also does not say anything about filepatterns (whether they are allowed, mandatory, or optional). It is also not clear what the similarities and differences to the -u option are. Update the intro paragraph (as suggested by Junio, with some minor edits) to make it clear that 'git add' is able to delete and to also cover the -p option. Reword the description of -u to make it clearer (based on Björn Steinbrink's suggestion). Simplify the description of -A by saying "Like -u" and then describe the differences (based on the suggestions by Björn Steinbrink and Junio). Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-14git-add.txt: fix formatting of --patch sectionLibravatar Stephen Boyd1-4/+4
Extra paragraphs should be prefixed with a plus sign. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-13Improve --patch option documentation in git-addLibravatar Jari Aalto1-3/+8
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-08-12Documentation: add: <filepattern>... is optionalLibravatar Paul Bolle1-1/+1
<filepattern>... is optional (e.g. when the --all or --update options are used) so use square brackets in the synopsis. Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-05-18Merge branch 'js/add-edit'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+10
* js/add-edit: t3702: fix reliance on SHELL_PATH being '/bin/sh' git-add: introduce --edit (to edit the diff vs. the index)
2009-04-16Update git-add.txt according to the new possibilities of 'git add -p'.Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-1/+3
The text is merely cut-and-pasted from git-add--interactive.perl. The cut-and-paste also fixes a typo. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-04-15git add -p: new "quit" command at the prompt.Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-0/+1
There's already 'd' to stop staging hunks in a file, but no explicit command to stop the interactive staging (for the current files and the remaining ones). Of course you can do 'd' and then ^C, but it would be more intuitive to allow 'quit' action. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-04-12git-add: introduce --edit (to edit the diff vs. the index)Libravatar Johannes Schindelin1-1/+10
With "git add -e [<files>]", Git will fire up an editor with the current diff relative to the index (i.e. what you would get with "git diff [<files>]"). Now you can edit the patch as much as you like, including adding/removing lines, editing the text, whatever. Make sure, though, that the first character of the hunk lines is still a space, a plus or a minus. After you closed the editor, Git will adjust the line counts of the hunks if necessary, thanks to the --recount option of apply, and commit the patch. Except if you deleted everything, in which case nothing happens (for obvious reasons). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-03-05Merge branch 'jc/add-p-unquote'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+0
* jc/add-p-unquote: git-add -i/-p: learn to unwrap C-quoted paths
2009-02-28Documentation: minor grammatical fixes.Libravatar David J. Mellor1-6/+6
Signed-off-by: David J. Mellor <dmellor@whistlingcat.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-02-18git-add -i/-p: learn to unwrap C-quoted pathsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-7/+0
The underlying plumbing commands are not run with -z option, so the paths returned from them need to be unquoted as needed. Remove the now stale BUGS section from git-add documentaiton as suggested by Teemu Likonen. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-11-27Fix typos in the documentation.Libravatar Ralf Wildenhues1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-10-20document "intent to add" option to git-addLibravatar Jeff King1-2/+11
This was added by 3942581 but never documented. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-19git-add --all: documentationLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+7
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-15Make git-add -i accept ranges like 7-Libravatar Ciaran McCreesh1-2/+3
git-add -i ranges expect number-number. But for the supremely lazy, typing in that second number when selecting "from patch 7 to the end" is wasted effort. So treat an empty second number in a range as "until the last item". Signed-off-by: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-02git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing modeLibravatar Thomas Rast1-0/+1
Adds a new option 'e' to the 'add -p' command loop that lets you edit the current hunk in your favourite editor. If the resulting patch applies cleanly, the edited hunk will immediately be marked for staging. If it does not apply cleanly, you will be given an opportunity to edit again. If all lines of the hunk are removed, then the edit is aborted and the hunk is left unchanged. Applying the changed hunk(s) relies on Johannes Schindelin's new --recount option for git-apply. Note that the "real patch" test intentionally uses (echo e; echo n; echo d) | git add -p even though the 'n' and 'd' are superfluous at first sight. They serve to get out of the interaction loop if git add -p wrongly concludes the patch does not apply. Many thanks to Jeff King <peff@peff.net> for lots of help and suggestions. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Documentation: be consistent about "git-" versus "git "Libravatar Jonathan Nieder1-1/+1
Since the git-* commands are not installed in $(bindir), using "git-command <parameters>" in examples in the documentation is not a good idea. On the other hand, it is nice to be able to refer to each command using one hyphenated word. (There is no escaping it, anyway: man page names cannot have spaces in them.) This patch retains the dash in naming an operation, command, program, process, or action. Complete command lines that can be entered at a shell (i.e., without options omitted) are made to use the dashless form. The changes consist only of replacing some spaces with hyphens and vice versa. After a "s/ /-/g", the unpatched and patched versions are identical. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Documentation: fix links to tutorials and other new manual pagesLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-1/+1
With the conversion of HTML documentation to man pages tutorial.html -> gittutorial (7) tutorial-2.html -> gittutorial-2 (7) cvs-migration.html -> gitcvs-migration (7) diffcore.html -> gitdiffcore (7) repository-layout.html -> gitrepository-layout (5) hooks.html -> githooks (5) glossary.html -> gitglossary (7) core-tutorial.html -> gitcore-tutorial (7) and the automatic update of references to these pages, a little debris was left behind. We clear it away. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-14git add: add long equivalents of '-u' and '-f' optionsLibravatar SZEDER Gábor1-2/+5
The option -u stands for --update and it is a good idea to make it clear especially because this is the only mode of operation of "git add" that does something different from "adding". Give longer --force synonym to -f while we are at it as well. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-08Docs: Use "-l::\n--long\n" format in OPTIONS sectionsLibravatar Stephan Beyer1-6/+10
The OPTIONS section of a documentation file contains a list of the options a git command accepts. Currently there are several variants to describe the case that different options (almost) do the same in the OPTIONS section. Some are: -f, --foo:: -f|--foo:: -f | --foo:: But AsciiDoc has the special form: -f:: --foo:: This patch applies this form to the documentation of the whole git suite, and removes useless em-dash prevention, so \--foo becomes --foo. Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-06documentation: move git(7) to git(1)Libravatar Christian Couder1-1/+1
As the "git" man page describes the "git" command at the end-user level, it seems better to move it to man section 1. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-06-06documentation: convert "diffcore" and "repository-layout" to man pagesLibravatar Christian Couder1-1/+1
This patch renames the following documents and at the same time converts them to the man format: diffcore.txt -> gitdiffcore.txt (man section 7) repository-layout.txt -> gitrepository-layout.txt (man section 5) Other documents that reference the above ones are changed accordingly. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-28Manual subsection to refer to other pages is SEE ALSOLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Consistently say so in all caps as it is customary to do so. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-12Add --ignore-errors to git-add to allow it to skip files with read errorsLibravatar Alex Riesen1-1/+6
Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-08Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
* maint: Documentation/config.txt: Mention branch.<name>.rebase applies to "git pull" doc: clarify definition of "update" for git-add -u
2008-05-08Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
* maint-1.5.4: Documentation/config.txt: Mention branch.<name>.rebase applies to "git pull" doc: clarify definition of "update" for git-add -u
2008-05-08doc: clarify definition of "update" for git-add -uLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+3
The "-u" option is described only in terms of "updating" files, which in turn is described only as "similar to what git commit -a does". Let's be a little more specific about what updating entails. Suggested by Geoffrey Irving. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-05-06Documentation: improve "add", "pull" and "format-patch" examplesLibravatar Christian Couder1-9/+15
Before this patch in "git-add.txt" and "git-format-patch.txt", the commands used in the examples were "git-CMD" instead of "git CMD". This patch fixes that. In "git-pull.txt" only the last example had the code sample in an asciidoc "Listing Block", and in the other two files, none. This patch fixes that by putting all code samples in listing blocks. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-04-02Describe the bug in handling filenames with funny characters in 'git add -i'Libravatar Teemu Likonen1-0/+6
The interactive mode does not work with files whose names contain characters that need C-quoting. `core.quotepath` configuration can be used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash, double-quote and control characters will still have problems. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-03-13Minor wording changes in the keyboard descriptions in git-add --interactive.Libravatar Vineet Kumar1-10/+8
The wording of the interactive help text from git-add--interactive.perl is clearer. Just duplicate that text here. Signed-off-by: Vineet Kumar <vineet@doorstop.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-02-20Clarified the meaning of git-add -u in the documentationLibravatar Pekka Kaitaniemi1-2/+2
The git-add documentation did not state clearly that the -u switch updates only the tracked files that are in the current directory and its subdirectories. Signed-off-by: Pekka Kaitaniemi <kaitanie@cc.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-01-06Documentation: rename gitlink macro to linkgitLibravatar Dan McGee1-8/+8
Between AsciiDoc 8.2.2 and 8.2.3, the following change was made to the stock Asciidoc configuration: @@ -149,7 +153,10 @@ # Inline macros. # Backslash prefix required for escape processing. # (?s) re flag for line spanning. -(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>\w(\w|-)*?):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + +# Explicit so they can be nested. +(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>(http|https|ftp|file|mailto|callto|image|link)):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + # Anchor: [[[id]]]. Bibliographic anchor. (?su)[\\]?\[\[\[(?P<attrlist>[\w][\w-]*?)\]\]\]=anchor3 # Anchor: [[id,xreflabel]] This default regex now matches explicit values, and unfortunately in this case gitlink was being matched by just 'link', causing the wrong inline macro template to be applied. By renaming the macro, we can avoid being matched by the wrong regex. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-12-10Fix mis-markup of the -p, --patch option in git-add(1)Libravatar Eyvind Bernhardsen1-1/+1
An item in a bulletted list in AsciiDoc is followed with two colons, not just one. Signed-off-by: Eyvind Bernhardsen <eyvind-git@orakel.ntnu.no> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-12-05Documentation: add --patch option to synopsis of git-addLibravatar Matthias Kestenholz1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Matthias Kestenholz <matthias@spinlock.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-11-28Document all help keys in "git add -i" patch mode.Libravatar Ralf Wildenhues1-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-11-25Add "--patch" option to git-add--interactiveLibravatar Wincent Colaiuta1-1/+8
When the "--patch" option is supplied, the patch_update_cmd() function is called bypassing the main_loop() and exits. Seeing as builtin-add is the only caller of git-add--interactive we can impose a strict requirement on the format of the arguments to avoid possible ambiguity: an "--" argument must be used whenever any pathspecs are passed, both with the "--patch" option and without it. Signed-off-by: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
2007-11-14Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
* maint: git-clean: honor core.excludesfile Documentation: Fix man page breakage with DocBook XSL v1.72 git-remote.txt: fix typo core-tutorial.txt: Fix argument mistake in an example. replace reference to git-rm with git-reset in git-commit doc Grammar fixes for gitattributes documentation Don't allow fast-import tree delta chains to exceed maximum depth revert/cherry-pick: allow starting from dirty work tree. t/t3404: fix test for a bogus todo file. Conflicts: fast-import.c
2007-11-14replace reference to git-rm with git-reset in git-commit docLibravatar Jing Xue1-0/+1
The message in git-commit suggesting to use 'git rm --cached' to unstage is just plain wrong. It really should mention 'git reset'. Suggested by Jan Hudec. Signed-off-by: Jing Xue <jingxue@digizenstudio.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-10-29Update manpages to reflect new short and long option aliasesLibravatar Jonas Fonseca1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2007-08-28git-add: Make the filename globbing note a bit clearerLibravatar Petr Baudis1-3/+3
I think the trick with Git-side filename globbing is important and perhaps not that well known. Clarify a bit in git-add documentation what it means. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-08-25Make usage documentation for git-add consistent.Libravatar Brian Hetro1-2/+4
The usage string for the executable was missing --refresh. In addition, the documentation referred to "file", but the usage string referred to "filepattern". Updated the documentation to "filepattern", as git-add does handle patterns. Signed-off-by: Brian Hetro <whee@smaertness.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-08-16Clarify actual behavior of 'git add' and ignored filesLibravatar Brian Downing1-4/+6
Signed-off-by: Brian Downing <bdowning@lavos.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-08-13git-add: Add support for --refresh option.Libravatar Alexandre Julliard1-1/+5
This allows to refresh only a subset of the project files, based on the specified pathspecs. Signed-off-by: Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-08-05Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar J. Bruce Fields1-19/+22
2007-08-05documentation: use the word "index" in the git-add manual pageLibravatar J. Bruce Fields1-19/+22
It was a neat trick to show that you could introduce the git-add manual page without using the word "index", and it was certainly an improvement over the previous man page (which started out "A simple wrapper for git-update-index to add files to the index..."). But it's possible to use the standard terminology without sacrificing user-friendliness. So, rewrite to use the word "index" when appropriate. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
2007-06-07War on whitespaceLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+0
This uses "git-apply --whitespace=strip" to fix whitespace errors that have crept in to our source files over time. There are a few files that need to have trailing whitespaces (most notably, test vectors). The results still passes the test, and build result in Documentation/ area is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-05-17Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+9
* maint: Document core.excludesfile for git-add git-send-email: allow leading white space on mutt aliases
2007-05-17Document core.excludesfile for git-addLibravatar Michael Hendricks1-0/+9
During the discussion of core.excludesfile in the user-manual, I realized that the configuration wasn't mentioned in the man pages. Signed-off-by: Michael Hendricks <michael@ndrix.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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