Merge branch 'nd/maint-work-tree-fix' into maint

[git.git] / Documentation / git-rev-parse.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index ccc66aae7f11bafb6a56e102081020d73b5e4db7..4758c33dee53b21c0e8a489f0da11a30c63cbf48 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ OPTIONS
 --git-dir::
        Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined else show the path to the .git directory.
 
+--is-inside-git-dir::
+       When the current working directory is below the repository
+       directory print "true", otherwise "false".
+
+--is-inside-work-tree::
+       When the current working directory is inside the work tree of the
+       repository print "true", otherwise "false".
+
+--is-bare-repository::
+       When the repository is bare print "true", otherwise "false".
+
 --short, --short=number::
        Instead of outputting the full SHA1 values of object names try to
        abbreviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
@@ -204,7 +215,10 @@ blobs contained in a commit.
 * A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
   colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the
   index at the given path.  Missing stage number (and the colon
-  that follows it) names an stage 0 entry.
+  that follows it) names an stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage
+  1 is the common ancestor, stage 2 is the target branch's version
+  (typically the current branch), and stage 3 is the version from
+  the branch being merged.
 
 Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger.  Both node B and C are
 a commit parents of commit node A.  Parent commits are ordered
@@ -213,7 +227,7 @@ left-to-right.
     G   H   I   J
      \ /     \ /
       D   E   F
-       \  |  / \
+       \  |  / \ 
         \ | /   |
          \|/    |
           B     C
@@ -255,7 +269,7 @@ reachable from `r1` from the set of commits reachable from
 A similar notation "`r1\...r2`" is called symmetric difference
 of `r1` and `r2` and is defined as
 "`r1 r2 --not $(git-merge-base --all r1 r2)`".
-It it the set of commits that are reachable from either one of
+It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of
 `r1` or `r2` but not from both.
 
 Two other shorthands for naming a set that is formed by a commit
@@ -265,14 +279,14 @@ its all parents.
 
 Here are a handful examples:
 
-   D                A B D
-   D F              A B C D F
-   ^A G             B D
-   ^A F             B C F
-   G...I            C D F G I
-   ^B G I           C D F G I
-   F^@              A B C
-   F^! H            D F H
+   D                G H D
+   D F              G H I J D F
+   ^G D             H D
+   ^D B             E I J F B
+   B...C            G H D E B C
+   ^D B C           E I J F B C
+   C^@              I J F
+   F^! D            G H D F
 
 Author
 ------
@@ -286,4 +300,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-