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author | Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> | |
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:53:07 +0000 (10:53 +0100) | ||
committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:38:21 +0000 (11:38 -0800) |
Format git commands and options consistently using back quotes
(i.e. a fixed font in the resulting HTML document).
Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
(i.e. a fixed font in the resulting HTML document).
Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/diff-options.txt | patch | blob | history | |
Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | patch | blob | history |
index a03f1a793ca2099b749c10f9286d0ebec816e727..9398329706e64d6f0de6d209f88d33738aad7ad4 100644 (file)
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
the usual three.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
- Implies "-p".
+ Implies `-p`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--patch-with-raw::
- Synonym for "-p --raw".
+ Synonym for `-p --raw`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--patience::
--stat[=width[,name-width]]::
Generate a diffstat. You can override the default
- output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width".
+ output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=width`.
The width of the filename part can be controlled by
giving another width to it separated by a comma.
--numstat::
- Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and
+ Similar to `\--stat`, but shows number of added and
deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For
binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying
`0 0`.
--shortstat::
- Output only the last line of the --stat format containing total
+ Output only the last line of the `--stat` format containing total
number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or
removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below
a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent
- can be set with "--dirstat=limit". Changes in a child directory is not
- counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used.
+ can be set with `--dirstat=limit`. Changes in a child directory is not
+ counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used.
--dirstat-by-file[=limit]::
- Same as --dirstat, but counts changed files instead of lines.
+ Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines.
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--patch-with-stat::
- Synonym for "-p --stat".
+ Synonym for `-p --stat`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
-z::
- NUL-line termination on output. This affects the --raw
+ NUL-line termination on output. This affects the `--raw`
output field terminator. Also output from commands such
- as "git-log" will be delimited with NUL between commits.
+ as `git-log` will be delimited with NUL between commits.
--name-only::
Show only names of changed files.
line when generating patch format output.
--binary::
- In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
- can be applied with "git apply".
+ In addition to `--full-index`, output a binary diff that
+ can be applied with `git-apply`.
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
lines, show only a partial prefix. This is
- independent of --full-index option above, which controls
+ independent of the `--full-index` option above, which controls
the diff-patch output format. Non default number of
- digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+ digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`.
-B::
Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
`-C` option has the same effect.
-l<num>::
- -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n
+ The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n
is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This
option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details.
--pickaxe-all::
- When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
+ When `-S` finds a change, show all the changes in that
changeset, not just the files that contain the change
in <string>.
0 means no differences.
--quiet::
- Disable all output of the program. Implies --exit-code.
+ Disable all output of the program. Implies `--exit-code`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--ext-diff::
index 687e66759817bc2f349e8a5a89aa2c6731237b23..f1fd0df08ae3067f8f5b41797e5575d465a859af 100644 (file)
The first rule takes precedence in the case of a single <commit>. To
apply the second rule, i.e., format everything since the beginning of
-history up until <commit>, use the '\--root' option: "git format-patch
-\--root <commit>". If you want to format only <commit> itself, you
-can do this with "git format-patch -1 <commit>".
+history up until <commit>, use the '\--root' option: `git format-patch
+\--root <commit>`. If you want to format only <commit> itself, you
+can do this with `git format-patch -1 <commit>`.
By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as
-the filename. With the --numbered-files option, the output file names
+the filename. With the `--numbered-files` option, the output file names
will only be numbers, without the first line of the commit appended.
The names of the output files are printed to standard
-output, unless the --stdout option is specified.
+output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified.
-If -o is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise
+If `-o` is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise
they are created in the current working directory.
By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] First Line" and
the subject when multiple patches are output is "[PATCH n/m] First
-Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use -n. To omit
-patch numbers from the subject, use -N
+Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use `-n`. To omit
+patch numbers from the subject, use `-N`.
-If given --thread, 'git-format-patch' will generate In-Reply-To and
-References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
-as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message-Id header to
+If given `--thread`, `git-format-patch` will generate `In-Reply-To` and
+`References` headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
+as replies to the first mail; this also generates a `Message-Id` header to
reference.
OPTIONS
--attach[=<boundary>]::
Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
- second part, with "Content-Disposition: attachment".
+ second part, with `Content-Disposition: attachment`.
--no-attach::
Disable the creation of an attachment, overriding the
--inline[=<boundary>]::
Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
- second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline".
+ second part, with `Content-Disposition: inline`.
--thread[=<style>]::
--no-thread::
- Controls addition of In-Reply-To and References headers to
+ Controls addition of `In-Reply-To` and `References` headers to
make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the
- first. Also controls generation of the Message-Id header to
+ first. Also controls generation of the `Message-Id` header to
reference.
+
The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`.
`\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. 'deep'
threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
+
-The default is --no-thread, unless the 'format.thread' configuration
-is set. If --thread is specified without a style, it defaults to the
+The default is `--no-thread`, unless the 'format.thread' configuration
+is set. If `--thread` is specified without a style, it defaults to the
style specified by 'format.thread' if any, or else `shallow`.
+
Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails
-itself. If you want 'git format-patch' to take care of hreading, you
-will want to ensure that threading is disabled for 'git send-email'.
+itself. If you want `git format-patch` to take care of threading, you
+will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
--in-reply-to=Message-Id::
- Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a
+ Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a
reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to
provide a new patch series.
Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This
allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
- combined with the --numbered option.
+ combined with the `--numbered` option.
--cc=<email>::
- Add a "Cc:" header to the email headers. This is in addition
+ Add a `Cc:` header to the email headers. This is in addition
to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
--add-header=<header>::
Add an arbitrary header to the email headers. This is in addition
to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
- For example, --add-header="Organization: git-foo"
+ For example, `--add-header="Organization: git-foo"`
--cover-letter::
In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file