X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=Documentation%2Fgit-mv.txt;h=bff3fbe7459dec090ddb5e5df5ff94cf4b030046;hb=473d33168be9b0984f6281d5613f3b7b84817e99;hp=f2d5882f48759fc463596e5d970e2f19785c5ebc;hpb=302ebfe52192fff9a2c1c612dff22325fd073acc;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt index f2d5882f4..bff3fbe74 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt @@ -3,19 +3,22 @@ git-mv(1) NAME ---- -git-mv - Script used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink. +git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mv' [-f] [-n] -'git-mv' [-f] [-k] [-n] ... +'git-mv' ... ... DESCRIPTION ----------- This script is used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink. + + git-mv [-f] [-n] + git-mv [-f] [-n] [-k] ... + In the first form, it renames , which must exist and be either -a file, symlink or directory, to , which must not exist. +a file, symlink or directory, to . In the second form, the last argument has to be an existing directory; the given sources will be moved into this directory. @@ -25,13 +28,13 @@ committed. OPTIONS ------- -f:: - Force renaming or moving even targets exist + Force renaming or moving of a file even if the target exists -k:: Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error condition. An error happens when a source is neither existing nor controlled by GIT, or when it would overwrite an existing file unless '-f' is given. --n:: +-n, \--dry-run:: Do nothing; only show what would happen @@ -47,5 +50,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list