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[git.git] / Documentation / git.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 24ca55da684265b5e14f0e60c00917c3d623fcbc..2135b65516b372587a9a4fa13daf21df05a5d1ce 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git - the stupid content tracker
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
+[verse]
+'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [-p|--paginate]
+    [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of commands, and
 "man git-commandname" for documentation of each command.  CVS users may
 also want to read link:cvs-migration.html[CVS migration].
 
+The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
+as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-repo-config[1]).
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 --version::
@@ -38,6 +43,15 @@ OPTIONS
        environment variable. If no path is given 'git' will print
        the current setting and then exit.
 
+-p|--paginate::
+       Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER).
+
+--git-dir=<path>::
+       Set the path to the repository. This can also be controlled by
+       setting the GIT_DIR environment variable.
+
+--bare::
+       Same as --git-dir=`pwd`.
 
 FURTHER DOCUMENTATION
 ---------------------
@@ -189,10 +203,6 @@ the working tree.
 Synching repositories
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-gitlink:git-clone-pack[1]::
-       Clones a repository into the current repository (engine
-       for ssh and local transport).
-
 gitlink:git-fetch-pack[1]::
        Updates from a remote repository (engine for ssh and
        local transport).
@@ -234,7 +244,7 @@ gitlink:git-update-server-info[1]::
        clients discover references and packs on it.
 
 gitlink:git-upload-pack[1]::
-       Invoked by 'git-clone-pack' and 'git-fetch-pack' to push
+       Invoked by 'git-fetch-pack' to push
        what are asked for.
 
 
@@ -256,6 +266,9 @@ gitlink:git-am[1]::
 gitlink:git-applymbox[1]::
        Apply patches from a mailbox, original version by Linus.
 
+gitlink:git-archive[1]::
+       Creates an archive of files from a named tree.
+
 gitlink:git-bisect[1]::
        Find the change that introduced a bug by binary search.
 
@@ -289,6 +302,9 @@ gitlink:git-format-patch[1]::
 gitlink:git-grep[1]::
        Print lines matching a pattern.
 
+gitlink:gitk[1]::
+       The git repository browser.
+
 gitlink:git-log[1]::
        Shows commit logs.
 
@@ -378,9 +394,15 @@ gitlink:git-merge-one-file[1]::
 gitlink:git-prune[1]::
        Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database.
 
+gitlink:git-quiltimport[1]::
+       Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch.
+
 gitlink:git-relink[1]::
        Hardlink common objects in local repositories.
 
+gitlink:git-svn[1]::
+       Bidirectional operation between a single Subversion branch and git.
+
 gitlink:git-svnimport[1]::
        Import a SVN repository into git.
 
@@ -426,6 +448,9 @@ gitlink:git-get-tar-commit-id[1]::
 gitlink:git-imap-send[1]::
        Dump a mailbox from stdin into an imap folder.
 
+gitlink:git-instaweb[1]::
+       Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb.
+
 gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]::
        Extracts patch and authorship information from a single
        e-mail message, optionally transliterating the commit
@@ -460,19 +485,12 @@ gitlink:git-stripspace[1]::
        Filter out empty lines.
 
 
-Commands not yet documented
----------------------------
-
-gitlink:gitk[1]::
-       The gitk repository browser.
-
-
 Configuration Mechanism
 -----------------------
 
 Starting from 0.99.9 (actually mid 0.99.8.GIT), `.git/config` file
 is used to hold per-repository configuration options.  It is a
-simple text file modelled after `.ini` format familiar to some
+simple text file modeled after `.ini` format familiar to some
 people.  Here is an example:
 
 ------------
@@ -609,6 +627,25 @@ git Diffs
        gitlink:git-diff-files[1];
        gitlink:git-diff-tree[1]
 
+other
+~~~~~
+'GIT_PAGER'::
+       This environment variable overrides `$PAGER`.
+
+'GIT_TRACE'::
+       If this variable is set to "1", "2" or "true" (comparison
+       is case insensitive), git will print `trace:` messages on
+       stderr telling about alias expansion, built-in command
+       execution and external command execution.
+       If this variable is set to an integer value greater than 1
+       and lower than 10 (strictly) then git will interpret this
+       value as an open file descriptor and will try to write the
+       trace messages into this file descriptor.
+       Alternatively, if this variable is set to an absolute path
+       (starting with a '/' character), git will interpret this
+       as a file path and will try to write the trace messages
+       into it.
+
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