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[PATCH] Subject: [PATCH] Add some documentation.
authorA Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:18:48 +0000 (18:18 -0700)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:53:50 +0000 (20:53 -0700)
Add some documentation.

Text taken from the the commit messages and the command sources.

Documentation/git-add-script.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-branch-script.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-cherry.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-count-objects-script.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-patch-id.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-rebase-script.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-relink-script.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-revert-script.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-sh-setup-script.txt patch | blob | history
Documentation/git-verify-tag-script.txt patch | blob | history

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add-script.txt b/Documentation/git-add-script.txt
index 866d9c2d943d3c6af79ae0363ee31fb7b0af944c..7ad2cfd8809841150abd583d482ded5993c3627e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-add-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add-script.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,21 @@ git-add-script(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-add-script - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-add-script - Add files to the cache.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-add-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-add-script' [<file>]\+
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+A simple wrapper to git-update-cache to add files to the cache for people used
+to do "cvs add".
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
-
+<file>::
+       Files to add to the cache.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch-script.txt b/Documentation/git-branch-script.txt
index fe9a041950ef876c8157efbe77327e28759ec57f..3ace8adc8315d518fb2dcaeb72d833dadc7e2ac1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch-script.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,27 @@ git-branch-script(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-branch-script - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-branch-script - Create a new branch.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-branch-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-branch-script' [<branchname> [start-point]]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
+If no argument is provided, show available branches and mark current
+branch with star. Otherwise, create a new branch of name <branchname>.
 
+If a starting point is also specified, that will be where the branch is
+created, otherwise it will be created at the current HEAD.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
+<branchname>::
+       The name of the branch to create.
 
+start-point::
+       Where to make the branch; defaults to HEAD.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
index 14d0bd51cd6ea23696b8b60d4e804440f408ce1e..9ff7bc25c1e8ccdf8204414536ad4373bd868b89 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,30 @@ git-cherry(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-cherry - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cherry' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-cherry' [-v] <upstream> [<head>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+Each commit between the fork-point and <head> is examined, and compared against
+the change each commit between the fork-point and <upstream> introduces.
+Commits already included in upstream are prefixed with '-' (meaning "drop from
+my local pull"), while commits missing from upstream are prefixed with '+'
+(meaning "add to the updated upstream").
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
+-v::
+       Verbose.
 
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
+<upstream>::
+       Upstream branch to compare against.
 
+<head>::
+       Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects-script.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects-script.txt
index 254361709428679b60450aaa25f2095d8c2322b9..8a3cedfb5f7281e9f488770ac76d746fdf99cf86 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-count-objects-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects-script.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,16 @@ git-count-objects-script(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-count-objects-script - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-count-objects-script - Reports on unpacked objects.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-count-objects-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-count-objects-script'
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
-
-OPTIONS
--------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
-
+This counts the number of unpacked object files and disk space consumed by
+them, to help you decide when it is a good time to repack.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
index 9a4abd124dfd0a6ceea058c3c4105298c81e8f5a..b6fa2a8b399adc80bfa9acbc02c7f5cf5fb88aa6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,25 @@ git-patch-id(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-patch-id - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-patch-id - Generate a patch ID.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-patch-id' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-patch-id' < <patch>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
+A "patch ID" is nothing but a SHA1 of the diff associated with a patch, with
+whitespace and line numbers ignored.  As such, it's "reasonably stable", but at
+the same time also reasonably unique, ie two patches that have the same "patch
+ID" are almost guaranteed to be the same thing.
 
+IOW, you can use this thing to look for likely duplicate commits.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
-
+<patch>::
+       The diff to create the ID of.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase-script.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase-script.txt
index ba7cbb777c5ef5ca8c04337cb1cda55552f5885e..a9e4b21049a005e103adee116944f460375af95b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase-script.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,23 @@ git-rebase-script(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-rebase-script - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-rebase-script - Rebase local commits to new upstream head.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-rebase-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-rebase-script' <upstream> [<head>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+Rebases local commits to the new head of the upstream tree.'
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
+<upstream>::
+       Upstream branch to compare against.
 
+<head>::
+       Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-relink-script.txt b/Documentation/git-relink-script.txt
index 4c2b435d1e1afc037245284cc803e32e52508449..99c05d45124f7f5293ca778f56c6d611e1440252 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-relink-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-relink-script.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,25 @@ git-relink-script(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-relink-script - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-relink-script - Hardlink common objects in local repositories.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-relink-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-relink-script' [--safe] <dir> <dir> [<dir>]\*
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+This will scan 2 or more object repositories and look for common objects, check
+if they are hardlinked, and replace one with a hardlink to the other if not.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
+--safe::
+       Stops if two objects with the same hash exist but have different sizes.
+       Default is to warn and continue.
 
+<dir>::
+       Directories containing a .git/objects/ subdirectory.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert-script.txt b/Documentation/git-revert-script.txt
index 8a532e6d09306974fb2b8bb32e31e00ed10c0a43..727073e27958cfeaff10c0a4db2fb77b5f2ae73c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-revert-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert-script.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,22 @@ git-revert-script(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-revert-script - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-revert-script - Revert an existing commit.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-revert-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-revert-script' <commit>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and record a
+new commit that records it.  This requires your working tree to be clean (no
+modifications from the HEAD commit).
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
-
+<commit>::
+       Commit to revert.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup-script.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup-script.txt
index 92addd71fec5e938eeafc9be98ebb6609e1802e8..5ac613a2c79999b5db08daa77ef3af574e4efa94 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup-script.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,22 @@ git-sh-setup-script(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-sh-setup-script - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-sh-setup-script - Common git shell script setup code.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-sh-setup-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-sh-setup-script'
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
 
-OPTIONS
--------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
+Sets up the normal git environment variables and a few helper functions
+(currently just "die()"), and returns ok if it all looks like a git archive.
+So use it something like
 
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
+       . git-sh-setup-script || die "Not a git archive"
 
+to make the rest of the git scripts more careful and readable.
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag-script.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag-script.txt
index 88a264681f7efe23fb30a7eead730403a8ce7ca5..d5d747cd843862a3e2f04dd8357d0c98c75eb702 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag-script.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag-script.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,20 @@ git-verify-tag-script(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-verify-tag-script - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-verify-tag-script - Check the GPG signature of tag.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-verify-tag-script' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-verify-tag-script' <tag>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+Validates the gpg signature created by git-tag-script.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-       Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
-       Some argument not yet documented.
-
+<tag>::
+       SHA1 identifier of a git tag object.
 
 Author
 ------
Git - the stupid content tracker