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2011-03-11doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pagesLibravatar Jeff King1-9/+0
The point of these sections is generally to: 1. Give credit where it is due. 2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or file bug reports. But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody useless. So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section to give credit to the major contributors and point to shortlog and blame for more information. Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can follow that to the main git manpage.
2010-10-08Use parentheses and `...' where appropriateLibravatar Štěpán Němec1-1/+1
Remove some stray usage of other bracket types and asterisks for the same purpose. Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-09-18Merge branch 'js/ls-files-x-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-5/+6
* js/ls-files-x-doc: ls-files documentation: reword for consistency git-ls-files.txt: clarify -x/--exclude option Conflicts: Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
2010-09-15ls-files documentation: reword for consistencyLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+4
Similar to descriptions of other options, state what -x does in imperative mood. Start sentences for -X and --exclude-per-directory options in capital letters. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-09-15git-ls-files.txt: clarify -x/--exclude optionLibravatar Jay Soffian1-2/+3
Since b5227d8, -x/--exclude does not apply to cached files. This is easy to miss unless you read the discussion in the EXCLUDE PATTERNS section. Clarify that the option applies to untracked files and direct the reader to EXCLUDE PATTERNS. Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-08-20Documentation: remove backslashes in manpage synopsesLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-3/+3
For some reason, various manual pages have an asterisk escaped with \ in the synopsis. Since there is no other asterisk to pair it with, Asciidoc does not consider this asterisk escapable, so it passes the backslash through. Each page either uses [verse] or has only one asterisk, so it is safe to drop the backslashes (checked with asciidoc 8.5.2). Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-08-02ls-files: learn a debugging dump formatLibravatar Thomas Rast1-0/+6
Teach git-ls-files a new option --debug that just tacks all available data from the cache onto each file's line. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-07-28Document ls-files -t as semi-obsolete.Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-2/+10
The behavior of "git ls-files -t" is very misleading (see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/126516 and http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/144394/focus=144397 for examples of mislead users) and badly documented, hence we point the users to superior alternatives. The feature is marked as "semi-obsolete" but not "scheduled for removal" since it's a plumbing command, scripts might use it, and Git testsuite already uses it to test the state of the index. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-24Merge branch 'doc-style/for-next' of git://repo.or.cz/git/trastLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* 'doc-style/for-next' of git://repo.or.cz/git/trast: Documentation: merge: use MERGE_HEAD to refer to the remote branch Documentation: simplify How Merge Works Documentation: merge: add a section about fast-forward Documentation: emphasize when git merge terminates early Documentation: merge: add an overview Documentation: merge: move merge strategy list to end Documentation: suggest `reset --merge` in How Merge Works section Documentation: merge: move configuration section to end Documentation: emphasise 'git shortlog' in its synopsis Documentation: show-files is now called git-ls-files Documentation: tiny git config manual tweaks Documentation: git gc packs refs by default now Conflicts: Documentation/config.txt
2010-01-20Merge remote branch 'remotes/trast-doc/for-next'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+3
* remotes/trast-doc/for-next: Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout Documentation: format full commands in typewriter font Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull" Conflicts: Documentation/config.txt Documentation/git-config.txt Documentation/git-merge.txt
2010-01-13Merge branch 'nd/sparse'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
* nd/sparse: (25 commits) t7002: test for not using external grep on skip-worktree paths t7002: set test prerequisite "external-grep" if supported grep: do not do external grep on skip-worktree entries commit: correctly respect skip-worktree bit ie_match_stat(): do not ignore skip-worktree bit with CE_MATCH_IGNORE_VALID tests: rename duplicate t1009 sparse checkout: inhibit empty worktree Add tests for sparse checkout read-tree: add --no-sparse-checkout to disable sparse checkout support unpack-trees(): ignore worktree check outside checkout area unpack_trees(): apply $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout to the final index unpack-trees(): "enable" sparse checkout and load $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout unpack-trees.c: generalize verify_* functions unpack-trees(): add CE_WT_REMOVE to remove on worktree alone Introduce "sparse checkout" dir.c: export excluded_1() and add_excludes_from_file_1() excluded_1(): support exclude files in index unpack-trees(): carry skip-worktree bit over in merged_entry() Read .gitignore from index if it is skip-worktree Avoid writing to buffer in add_excludes_from_file_1() ... Conflicts: .gitignore Documentation/config.txt Documentation/git-update-index.txt Makefile entry.c t/t7002-grep.sh
2010-01-10Documentation: show-files is now called git-ls-filesLibravatar Thomas Rast1-1/+1
Amazingly, a reference to 'show files' survived from the core command documentation introduced in c64b9b8 (Reference documentation for the core git commands., 2005-05-05)! However, the tool is now called git-ls-files. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
2010-01-10Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughoutLibravatar Thomas Rast1-3/+3
The documentation was quite inconsistent when spelling 'git cmd' if it only refers to the program, not to some specific invocation syntax: both 'git-cmd' and 'git cmd' spellings exist. The current trend goes towards dashless forms, and there is precedent in 647ac70 (git-svn.txt: stop using dash-form of commands., 2009-07-07) to actively eliminate the dashed variants. Replace 'git-cmd' with 'git cmd' throughout, except where git-shell, git-cvsserver, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack, and git-upload-archive are concerned, because those really live in the $PATH.
2009-11-10Merge branch 'jk/maint-1.6.3-ls-files-i'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+4
* jk/maint-1.6.3-ls-files-i: ls-files: unbreak "ls-files -i"
2009-10-30ls-files: unbreak "ls-files -i"Libravatar Jeff King1-2/+4
Commit b5227d8 changed the behavior of "ls-files" with respect to includes, but accidentally broke the "-i" option The original behavior was: 1. if no "-i" is given, cull all results according to --exclude* 2. if "-i" is given, show the inverse of (1) The broken behavior was: 1. if no "-i" is given: a. for "-o", cull results according to --exclude* b. for index files, always show all 2. if "-i" is given: a. for "-o", shows the inverse of (1a) b. for index files, always show all The fixed behavior keeps the new (1b) behavior introduced by b5227d8, but fixes the (2b) behavior to show only ignored files, not all files. This patch also tweaks the documentation. The original text was somewhat obscure in the first place, but it is also now inaccurate (the relationship between (1b) and (2b) is not quite a "reverse"). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-08-23Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bitLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-0/+1
Detail about this bit is in Documentation/git-update-index.txt. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-08-06git-ls-files.txt: clarify what "other files" mean for --otherLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-01-13Fix Documentation typos surrounding the word 'handful'.Libravatar Jon Loeliger1-1/+1
Some instances replaced by "handful of", others use the word "few", a couple get a slight rewording. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-28Documentation: clarify what is shown in "git-ls-files -s" outputLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-05manpages: italicize git command names (which were in teletype font)Libravatar Jonathan Nieder1-3/+3
The names of git commands are not meant to be entered at the commandline; they are just names. So we render them in italics, as is usual for command names in manpages. Using doit () { perl -e 'for (<>) { s/\`(git-[^\`.]*)\`/'\''\1'\''/g; print }' } for i in git*.txt config.txt diff*.txt blame*.txt fetch*.txt i18n.txt \ merge*.txt pretty*.txt pull*.txt rev*.txt urls*.txt do doit <"$i" >"$i+" && mv "$i+" "$i" done git diff . Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-01Documentation formatting and cleanupLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-4/+4
Following what appears to be the predominant style, format names of commands and commandlines both as `teletype text`. While we're at it, add articles ("a" and "the") in some places, italicize the name of the command in the manual page synopsis line, and add a comma or two where it seems appropriate. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> 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>
2008-06-08Docs: Use "-l::\n--long\n" format in OPTIONS sectionsLibravatar Stephan Beyer1-10/+20
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>
2008-05-28Manual 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>
2008-01-06Documentation: rename gitlink macro to linkgitLibravatar Dan McGee1-4/+4
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>
2007-12-21Documentation: ls-files -v is about "assume unchanged".Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+2
And refer the reader to update-index documentation. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-11-15git-ls-files: add --exclude-standardLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+5
This provides a way for scripts to get at the new standard exclude function. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-09-14Document ls-files --with-tree=<tree-ish>Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+8
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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>
2007-06-02Create a new manpage for the gitignore format, and reference it elsewhereLibravatar Josh Triplett1-85/+14
Only git-ls-files(1) describes the gitignore format in detail, and it does so with reference to git-ls-files options. Most users don't use the plumbing command git-ls-files directly, and shouldn't have to look in its manpage for information on the gitignore format. Create a new manpage gitignore(5) (Documentation/gitignore.txt), and factor out the gitignore documentation into that file, changing it to refer to .gitignore and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude as used by porcelain commands. Reference gitignore(5) from other relevant manpages and documentation. Remove now-redundant information on exclude patterns from git-ls-files(1), leaving only information on how git-ls-files options specify exclude patterns and what precedence they have. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-26Merge branch 'maint-1.5.1' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
* maint-1.5.1: Fix git-svn to handle svn not reporting the md5sum of a file, and test. More echo "$user_message" fixes. Add tests for the last two fixes. git-commit: use printf '%s\n' instead of echo on user-supplied strings git-am: use printf instead of echo on user-supplied strings Documentation: Add definition of "evil merge" to GIT Glossary Replace the last 'dircache's by 'index' Documentation: Clean up links in GIT Glossary
2007-05-25Replace the last 'dircache's by 'index'Libravatar Jakub Narebski1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-05-07Fix minor documentation errorsLibravatar Michael Spang1-2/+2
- git-ls-files.txt: typo in description of --ignored - git-clean.txt: s/forceRequire/requireForce/ Signed-off-by: Michael Spang <mspang@uwaterloo.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2007-01-18Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page titleLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Also reorders a handful entries to make each list sorted alphabetically. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-07-13Documentation about exclude/ignore filesLibravatar Matthias Lederhofer1-2/+2
Use .git/info/exclude in the example in git-ls-files.txt, instead of .git/ignore, and update the list of commands looking at .git/info/exclude in repository-layout.txt. Signed-off-by: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-06-07Documentation: add another example to git-ls-filesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+14
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-05-05Fix up docs where "--" isn't displayed correctly.Libravatar sean1-1/+1
A bare "--" doesn't show up in man or html pages correctly as two individual dashes unless backslashed as \-- in the asciidoc source. Note, no backslash is needed inside a literal block. Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-03-26Merge branch 'master' into nextLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
* master: Optionally do not list empty directories in git-ls-files --others Document git-rebase behavior on conflicts. Fix error handling for nonexistent names
2006-03-26Optionally do not list empty directories in git-ls-files --othersLibravatar Petr Baudis1-0/+3
Without the --directory flag, git-ls-files wouldn't ever list directories, producing no output for empty directories, which is good since they cannot be added and they bear no content, even untracked one (if Git ever starts tracking directories on their own, this should obviously change since the content notion will change). With the --directory flag however, git-ls-files would list even empty directories. This may be good in some situations but sometimes you want to prevent that. This patch adds a --no-empty-directory option which makes git-ls-files omit empty directories. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
2006-03-17ls-files: add --abbrev[=<n>] optionLibravatar Eric Wong1-2/+7
Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-02-21Merge branch 'jc/nostat'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+6
* jc/nostat: cache_name_compare() compares name and stage, nothing else. "assume unchanged" git: documentation. ls-files: split "show-valid-bit" into a different option. "Assume unchanged" git: --really-refresh fix. ls-files: debugging aid for CE_VALID changes. "Assume unchanged" git: do not set CE_VALID with --refresh "Assume unchanged" git
2006-02-21git-ls-files: Fix, document, and add test for --error-unmatch option.Libravatar Carl Worth1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-02-13Documentation: git-ls-files asciidocco.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Noticed by Jon Nelson. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-02-12"assume unchanged" git: documentation.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+6
This updates documentation to describe the "assume unchanged" behaviour. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-01-21Document git-ls-files --directoryLibravatar Petr Baudis1-0/+4
Add the appropriate bit of documentation. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-29Documentation: spell.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-12-23ls-files --full-name: usage string and documentation.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+8
Somehow this option was not mentioned anywhere in the documentation nor the usage string. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-11-11Change 'cache' to 'index' in the docsLibravatar Lukas_Sandström1-1/+1
This patch makes the documentation refer to the index as index instead of cache, but some references still remain. (e.g. git-update-index.txt) Signed-off-by: Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-10-17Update documentation for C-style quoting.Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>