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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-07-13 11:24:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-07-13 11:24:14 -0700 |
| commit | ce18123cec7674b58bb57272fdfa28de6ecc6b18 (patch) | |
| tree | fce7f39f74bb41dd3dc6d730752c24fc4ddda2c9 | |
| parent | fc8a3a607227297a5ec7b0ac60173a82b84b248f (diff) | |
| parent | 661c3e9bc064564a492281364413dc805eaddf95 (diff) | |
| download | git-ce18123cec7674b58bb57272fdfa28de6ecc6b18.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt'
More mark-up updates to typeset strings that are expected to
literally typed by the end user in fixed-width font.
* mm/doc-tt:
doc: typeset HEAD and variants as literal
CodingGuidelines: formatting HEAD in documentation
doc: typeset long options with argument as literal
doc: typeset '--' as literal
doc: typeset long command-line options as literal
doc: typeset short command-line options as literal
Documentation/git-mv.txt: fix whitespace indentation
62 files changed, 228 insertions, 227 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 7f4769a02c..4cd95da6b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -527,12 +527,13 @@ Writing Documentation: or commands: Literal examples (e.g. use of command-line options, command names, - configuration and environment variables) must be typeset in monospace (i.e. - wrapped with backticks): + branch names, configuration and environment variables) must be + typeset in monospace (i.e. wrapped with backticks): `--pretty=oneline` `git rev-list` `remote.pushDefault` `GIT_DIR` + `HEAD` An environment variable must be prefixed with "$" only when referring to its value and not when referring to the variable itself, in this case there is diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index db05dec743..16dc22d9cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ boolean:: false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`, `false`, or `0`. + -When converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type +When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" (spelled in lowercase). @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ core.worktree:: If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree. This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment - variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option. + variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option. The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered. @@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ core.abbrev:: add.ignoreErrors:: add.ignore-errors (deprecated):: Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be - added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' + added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors` option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated, as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration variables. @@ -812,9 +812,9 @@ from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. am.keepcr:: If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format - with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will + with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden - by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line. + by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line. See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. am.threeWay:: @@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ am.threeWay:: apply.ignoreWhitespace:: When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in - whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change' + whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change` option. When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to respect all whitespace differences. @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ apply.ignoreWhitespace:: apply.whitespace:: Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way - as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. + as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. branch.autoSetupMerge:: Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches @@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ browser.<tool>.cmd:: browser.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool that may be used to - browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a + browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]). clean.requireForce:: @@ -1436,9 +1436,9 @@ gitcvs.logFile:: gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion - attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If + attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If the attributes force Git to treat a file as text, - the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will + the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow @@ -1508,16 +1508,16 @@ gitweb.snapshot:: See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description. grep.lineNumber:: - If set to true, enable '-n' option by default. + If set to true, enable `-n` option by default. grep.patternType:: Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', - 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp', - '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the + 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, + `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. grep.extendedRegexp:: - If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This + If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value other than 'default'. @@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ log.decorate:: specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref - names are shown. This is the same as the '--decorate' option + names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option of the `git log`. log.follow:: @@ -2357,16 +2357,16 @@ new default). -- push.followTags:: - If set to true enable '--follow-tags' option by default. You + If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You may override this configuration at time of push by specifying - '--no-follow-tags'. + `--no-follow-tags`. push.gpgSign:: May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true - value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if '--signed' is + value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if - '--signed=if-asked' is passed to 'git push'. A false value may + `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit command-line flag always overrides this config option. @@ -2389,7 +2389,7 @@ rebase.stat:: rebase. False by default. rebase.autoSquash:: - If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default. + If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default. rebase.autoStash:: When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt index f1101c7b21..d5a5b17d50 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ diff.orderFile:: diff.renameLimit:: The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename - detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'. + detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option `-l`. diff.renames:: Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false", diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt index 85b08909ce..cf5262622f 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ That is, from the left to the right: . sha1 for "dst"; 0\{40\} if creation, unmerged or "look at work tree". . a space. . status, followed by optional "score" number. -. a tab or a NUL when '-z' option is used. +. a tab or a NUL when `-z` option is used. . path for "src" -. a tab or a NUL when '-z' option is used; only exists for C or R. +. a tab or a NUL when `-z` option is used; only exists for C or R. . path for "dst"; only exists for C or R. -. an LF or a NUL when '-z' option is used, to terminate the record. +. an LF or a NUL when `-z` option is used, to terminate the record. Possible status letters are: @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ diff format for merges ---------------------- "git-diff-tree", "git-diff-files" and "git-diff --raw" -can take '-c' or '--cc' option +can take `-c` or `--cc` option to generate diff output also for merge commits. The output differs from the format described above in the following way: diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt index c91afee21c..d2a7ff56e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Generating patches with -p -------------------------- When "git-diff-index", "git-diff-tree", or "git-diff-files" are run -with a '-p' option, "git diff" without the '--raw' option, or +with a `-p` option, "git diff" without the `--raw` option, or "git log" with the "-p" option, they do not produce the output described above; instead they produce a patch file. You can customize the creation of such patches via the @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ index fabadb8,cc95eb0..4866510 ------------ 1. It is preceded with a "git diff" header, that looks like - this (when '-c' option is used): + this (when `-c` option is used): diff --combined file + -or like this (when '--cc' option is used): +or like this (when `--cc` option is used): diff --cc file diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index b05a8341e8..9eab1f5fa4 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] to whatever else would otherwise be fetched. Using this option alone does not subject tags to pruning, even if --prune is used (though tags may be pruned anyway if they are also the - destination of an explicit refspec; see '--prune'). + destination of an explicit refspec; see `--prune`). --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] --no-recurse-submodules:: Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as - using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option). + using the `--recurse-submodules=no` option). --submodule-prefix=<path>:: Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ endif::git-pull[] --upload-pack <upload-pack>:: When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled - by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to + by 'git fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to the command to specify non-default path for the command run on the other end. diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 6348c29fea..12879e4029 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ When initially invoking `git am`, you give it the names of the mailboxes to process. Upon seeing the first patch that does not apply, it aborts in the middle. You can recover from this in one of two ways: -. skip the current patch by re-running the command with the '--skip' +. skip the current patch by re-running the command with the `--skip` option. . hand resolve the conflict in the working directory, and update the index file to bring it into a state that the patch should - have produced. Then run the command with the '--continue' option. + have produced. Then run the command with the `--continue` option. The command refuses to process new mailboxes until the current operation is finished, so if you decide to start over from scratch, diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index d9f960b509..2bb9a577a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ OPTIONS --no-checkout:: + Do not checkout the new working tree at each iteration of the bisection -process. Instead just update a special reference named 'BISECT_HEAD' to make +process. Instead just update a special reference named `BISECT_HEAD` to make it point to the commit that should be tested. + This option may be useful when the test you would perform in each step diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 4a7037f1c8..1fe73448f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ named commit). With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named commit) will be listed. With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into the named commit will be listed. If the <commit> argument is missing it -defaults to 'HEAD' (i.e. the tip of the current branch). +defaults to `HEAD` (i.e. the tip of the current branch). The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname> -which points to the current 'HEAD', or <start-point> if given. +which points to the current `HEAD`, or <start-point> if given. Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode. + This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. Set the branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable to `false` if you -want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' +want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if `--no-track` were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt index eb3d6945a9..18d03d8e8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- In its first form, the command provides the content or the type of an object in -the repository. The type is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the -object type, or '-s' is used to find the object size, or '--textconv' is used +the repository. The type is required unless `-t` or `-p` is used to find the +object type, or `-s` is used to find the object size, or `--textconv` is used (which implies type "blob"). In the second form, a list of objects (separated by linefeeds) is provided on @@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ respectively print: OUTPUT ------ -If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>. +If `-t` is specified, one of the <type>. -If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes. +If `-s` is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes. -If '-e' is specified, no output. +If `-e` is specified, no output. -If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed. +If `-p` is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed. If <type> is specified, the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will be returned. diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt index 5e5273e073..7a2201b051 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ of it"). When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. See "--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. + -If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be +If no `-b` option is given, the name of the new branch will be derived from the remote-tracking branch, by looking at the local part of the refspec configured for the corresponding remote, and then stripping the initial part up to the "*". @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching off of "origin/hack" (or "remotes/origin/hack", or even "refs/remotes/origin/hack"). If the given name has no slash, or the above guessing results in an empty name, the guessing is aborted. You can -explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case. +explicitly give a name with `-b` in such a case. --no-track:: Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index c104a594af..d35d771fc8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ OPTIONS For a more complete list of ways to spell commits, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. Sets of commits can be passed but no traversal is done by - default, as if the '--no-walk' option was specified, see + default, as if the `--no-walk` option was specified, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. Note that specifying a range will feed all <commit>... arguments to a single revision walk (see a later example that uses 'maint master..next'). diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 51a7e26a8e..03056dad0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not under version control, starting from the current directory. -Normally, only files unknown to Git are removed, but if the '-x' +Normally, only files unknown to Git are removed, but if the `-x` option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for example, be useful to remove all build products. diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt index cb69faab68..002dae625e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS An existing tree object -p <parent>:: - Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object. + Each `-p` indicates the id of a parent commit object. -m <message>:: A paragraph in the commit log message. This can be given more than diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index e7049537d9..b0a294d3b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ OPTIONS -c <commit>:: --reedit-message=<commit>:: - Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that + Like '-C', but with `-c` the editor is invoked, so that the user can further edit the commit message. --fixup=<commit>:: @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].) staged for other paths. This is the default mode of operation of 'git commit' if any paths are given on the command line, in which case this option can be omitted. - If this option is specified together with '--amend', then + If this option is specified together with `--amend`, then no paths need to be specified, which can be used to amend the last commit without committing changes that have already been staged. diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index a89c304916..f163113a6f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -31,29 +31,29 @@ You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be escaped. -Multiple lines can be added to an option by using the '--add' option. +Multiple lines can be added to an option by using the `--add` option. If you want to update or unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>). -The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', to make +The type specifier can be either `--int` or `--bool`, to make 'git config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, -a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some -path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no +a "true" or "false" string for bool), or `--path`, which does some +path expansion (see `--path` below). If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value. When reading, the values are read from the system, global and repository local configuration files by default, and options -'--system', '--global', '--local' and '--file <filename>' can be +`--system`, `--global`, `--local` and `--file <filename>` can be used to tell the command to read from only that location (see <<FILES>>). When writing, the new value is written to the repository local -configuration file by default, and options '--system', '--global', -'--file <filename>' can be used to tell the command to write to -that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default). +configuration file by default, and options `--system`, `--global`, +`--file <filename>` can be used to tell the command to write to +that location (you can say `--local` but that is the default). This command will fail with non-zero status upon error. Some exit codes are: @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>. Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG. --blob blob:: - Similar to '--file' but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g. + Similar to `--file` but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g. you can use 'master:.gitmodules' to read values from the file '.gitmodules' in the master branch. See "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for a more complete list of @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>. -e:: --edit:: Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either - '--system', '--global', or repository (default). + `--system`, `--global`, or repository (default). --[no-]includes:: Respect `include.*` directives in config files when looking up @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>. FILES ----- -If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where +If not set explicitly with `--file`, there are four files where 'git config' will search for configuration options: $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: @@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ precedence over values read earlier. When multiple values are taken then all values of a key from all files will be used. All writing options will per default write to the repository specific -configuration file. Note that this also affects options like '--replace-all' -and '--unset'. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*. +configuration file. Note that this also affects options like `--replace-all` +and `--unset`. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*. You can override these rules either by command-line options or by environment -variables. The '--global' and the '--system' options will limit the file used +variables. The `--global` and the `--system` options will limit the file used to the global or system-wide file respectively. The `GIT_CONFIG` environment variable has a similar effect, but you can specify any filename you want. diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt index e3c8f276b1..25fb963f4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS FILES ----- -If not set explicitly with '--file', there are two files where +If not set explicitly with `--file`, there are two files where git-credential-store will search for credentials in order of precedence: ~/.git-credentials:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index 00a0679a28..41207a24b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ OPTIONS akin to the way 'git clone' uses 'origin' by default. -o <branch-for-HEAD>:: - When no remote is specified (via -r) the 'HEAD' branch + When no remote is specified (via -r) the `HEAD` branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within the Git - repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for Git. - When a remote is specified the 'HEAD' branch is named + repository, as `HEAD` already has a special meaning for Git. + When a remote is specified the `HEAD` branch is named remotes/<remote>/master mirroring 'git clone' behaviour. Use this option if you want to import into a different branch. @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ the old cvs2git tool. -p <options-for-cvsps>:: Additional options for cvsps. - The options '-u' and '-A' are implicit and should not be used here. + The options `-u` and '-A' are implicit and should not be used here. + If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma. @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma. -M <regex>:: Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom - regex. It can be used with '-m' to enable the default regexes + regex. It can be used with `-m` to enable the default regexes as well. You must escape forward slashes. + The regex must capture the source branch name in $1. @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ messages, bug-tracking systems, email archives, and the like. OUTPUT ------ -If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing. +If `-v` is specified, the script reports what it is doing. Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with a zero exit status. diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index db4d7a917c..a336ae5f6f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Print usage information and exit You can specify a list of allowed directories. If no directories are given, all are allowed. This is an additional restriction, gitcvs access still needs to be enabled by the `gitcvs.enabled` config option -unless '--export-all' was given, too. +unless `--export-all` was given, too. DESCRIPTION @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ To get a checkout with the Eclipse CVS client: 3. Browse the 'modules' available. It will give you a list of the heads in the repository. You will not be able to browse the tree from there. Only the heads. -4. Pick 'HEAD' when it asks what branch/tag to check out. Untick the +4. Pick `HEAD` when it asks what branch/tag to check out. Untick the "launch commit wizard" to avoid committing the .project file. Protocol notes: If you are using anonymous access via pserver, just select that. @@ -402,12 +402,12 @@ Exports and tagging (tags and branches) are not supported at this stage. CRLF Line Ending Conversions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -By default the server leaves the '-k' mode blank for all files, +By default the server leaves the `-k` mode blank for all files, which causes the CVS client to treat them as a text files, subject to end-of-line conversion on some platforms. You can make the server use the end-of-line conversion attributes to -set the '-k' modes for files by setting the `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` +set the `-k` modes for files by setting the `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` config variable. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information about end-of-line conversion. @@ -415,9 +415,9 @@ Alternatively, if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` config is not enabled or the attributes do not allow automatic detection for a filename, then the server uses the `gitcvs.allBinary` config for the default setting. If `gitcvs.allBinary` is set, then file not otherwise -specified will default to '-kb' mode. Otherwise the '-k' mode +specified will default to '-kb' mode. Otherwise the `-k` mode is left blank. But if `gitcvs.allBinary` is set to "guess", then -the correct '-k' mode will be guessed based on the contents of +the correct `-k` mode will be guessed based on the contents of the file. For best consistency with 'cvs', it is probably best to override the diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index dc20275825..3c91db7bed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ that service if it is enabled. It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any Git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked -for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you +for export this way (unless the `--export-all` parameter is specified). If you pass some directory paths as 'git daemon' arguments, you can further restrict the offers to a whitelist comprising of those. @@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ OPTIONS is not supported, then --listen=hostname is also not supported and --listen must be given an IPv4 address. Can be given more than once. - Incompatible with '--inetd' option. + Incompatible with `--inetd` option. --port=<n>:: - Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with '--inetd' option. + Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with `--inetd` option. --init-timeout=<n>:: Timeout (in seconds) between the moment the connection is established @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ they correspond to these IP addresses. selectively enable/disable services per repository:: To enable 'git archive --remote' and disable 'git fetch' against a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the - repository (that is the file 'config' next to 'HEAD', 'refs' and + repository (that is the file 'config' next to `HEAD`, 'refs' and 'objects'). + ---------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index c8f28c8c86..e4ac448ff5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ is found, its name will be output and searching will stop. If an exact match was not found, 'git describe' will walk back through the commit history to locate an ancestor commit which has been tagged. The ancestor's tag will be output along with an -abbreviation of the input commit-ish's SHA-1. If '--first-parent' was +abbreviation of the input commit-ish's SHA-1. If `--first-parent` was specified then the walk will only consider the first parent of each commit. diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt index a86cf62e68..a171506952 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ include::diff-format.txt[] Operating Modes --------------- You can choose whether you want to trust the index file entirely -(using the '--cached' flag) or ask the diff logic to show any files +(using the `--cached` flag) or ask the diff logic to show any files that don't match the stat state as being "tentatively changed". Both of these operations are very useful indeed. Cached Mode ----------- -If '--cached' is specified, it allows you to ask: +If `--cached` is specified, it allows you to ask: show me the differences between HEAD and the current index contents (the ones I'd write using 'git write-tree') diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 1439486e40..7870e175b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] show tree entry itself as well as subtrees. Implies -r. --root:: - When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be shown as a big + When `--root` is specified the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree. --stdin:: - When '--stdin' is specified, the command does not take + When `--stdin` is specified, the command does not take <tree-ish> arguments from the command line. Instead, it reads lines containing either two <tree>, one <commit>, or a list of <commit> from its standard input. (Use a single space @@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ commits (but not trees). By default, 'git diff-tree --stdin' does not show differences for merge commits. With this flag, it shows differences to that commit from all of its parents. See - also '-c'. + also `-c`. -s:: By default, 'git diff-tree --stdin' shows differences, - either in machine-readable form (without '-p') or in patch - form (with '-p'). This output can be suppressed. It is - only useful with '-v' flag. + either in machine-readable form (without `-p`) or in patch + form (with `-p`). This output can be suppressed. It is + only useful with `-v` flag. -v:: This flag causes 'git diff-tree --stdin' to also show @@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[] -c:: This flag changes the way a merge commit is displayed (which means it is useful only when the command is given - one <tree-ish>, or '--stdin'). It shows the differences + one <tree-ish>, or `--stdin`). It shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent and the - result one at a time (which is what the '-m' option does). + result one at a time (which is what the `-m` option does). Furthermore, it lists only files which were modified from all parents. --cc:: This flag changes the way a merge commit patch is displayed, - in a similar way to the '-c' option. It implies the '-c' - and '-p' options and further compresses the patch output + in a similar way to the `-c` option. It implies the `-c` + and `-p` options and further compresses the patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose the contents in the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks one of them without modification. When all hunks are uninteresting, the commit diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 333cf6ff91..224fb3090b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows. invoked diff tool returns a non-zero exit code. + 'git-difftool' will forward the exit code of the invoked tool when -'--trust-exit-code' is used. +`--trust-exit-code` is used. See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 644df993f9..2b762654bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ relative-marks:: no-relative-marks:: force:: Act as though the corresponding command-line option with - a leading '--' was passed on the command line + a leading `--` was passed on the command line (see OPTIONS, above). import-marks:: @@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ options the user may specify to git fast-import itself. The `<option>` part of the command may contain any of the options listed in the OPTIONS section that do not change import semantics, -without the leading '--' and is treated in the same way. +without the leading `--` and is treated in the same way. Option commands must be the first commands on the input (not counting feature commands), to give an option command after any non-option diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt index 239623cc24..24417ee3a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt @@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ OPTIONS option, then the refs from stdin are processed after those on the command line. + -If '--stateless-rpc' is specified together with this option then +If `--stateless-rpc` is specified together with this option then the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet. -q:: --quiet:: - Pass '-q' flag to 'git unpack-objects'; this makes the + Pass `-q` flag to 'git unpack-objects'; this makes the cloning process less verbose. -k:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index bd560d38d9..0a09698c03 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if different from the rewritten ones, will be stored in the namespace Note that since this operation is very I/O expensive, it might be a good idea to redirect the temporary directory off-disk with the -'-d' option, e.g. on tmpfs. Reportedly the speedup is very noticeable. +`-d` option, e.g. on tmpfs. Reportedly the speedup is very noticeable. Filters @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit. untouched. This switch allow git-filter-branch to ignore such commits. Though, this switch only applies for commits that have one and only one parent, it will hence keep merges points. Also, this - option is not compatible with the use of '--commit-filter'. Though you + option is not compatible with the use of `--commit-filter`. Though you just need to use the function 'git_commit_non_empty_tree "$@"' instead of the `git commit-tree "$@"` idiom in your commit filter to make that happen. @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit. <rev-list options>...:: Arguments for 'git rev-list'. All positive refs included by these options are rewritten. You may also specify options - such as '--all', but you must use '--' to separate them from + such as `--all`, but you must use `--` to separate them from the 'git filter-branch' options. Implies <<Remap_to_ancestor>>. diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index d9d406dcfb..f57e69bc83 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ align:: <width> and <position> used instead. For instance, `%(align:<width>,<position>)`. If the contents length is more than the width then no alignment is performed. If used with - '--quote' everything in between %(align:...) and %(end) is + `--quote` everything in between %(align:...) and %(end) is quoted, but if nested then only the topmost level performs quoting. diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index 84ee92e158..7fc68eb319 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ DISCUSSION git-fsck tests SHA-1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the -'--unreachable' flag it will also print out objects that exist but that +`--unreachable` flag it will also print out objects that exist but that aren't reachable from any of the specified head nodes (or the default set, as mentioned above). diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 40cfe37d00..0ecea6e491 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ CONFIGURATION ------------- grep.lineNumber:: - If set to true, enable '-n' option by default. + If set to true, enable `-n` option by default. grep.patternType:: Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', - 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp', - '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the + 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, + `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. grep.extendedRegexp:: - If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This + If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value other than 'default'. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ grep.threads:: 8 threads are used by default (for now). grep.fullName:: - If set to true, enable '--full-name' option by default. + If set to true, enable `--full-name` option by default. grep.fallbackToNoIndex:: If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt index 8144527ae0..c1a3e8bf07 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ blame:: browser:: Start a tree browser showing all files in the specified - commit (or 'HEAD' by default). Files selected through the + commit (or `HEAD` by default). Files selected through the browser are opened in the blame viewer. citool:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 338b8d61ce..40d328a4b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ With no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the 'git' command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed on the standard output. -If the option '--all' or '-a' is given, all available commands are +If the option `--all` or `-a` is given, all available commands are printed on the standard output. -If the option '--guide' or '-g' is given, a list of the useful +If the option `--guide` or `-g` is given, a list of the useful Git guides is also printed on the standard output. If a command, or a guide, is given, a manual page for that command or @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Note about git config --global ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note that all these configuration variables should probably be set -using the '--global' flag, for example like this: +using the `--global` flag, for example like this: ------------------------------------------------ $ git config --global help.format web diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt index 2e67362bd4..2aceb6f26d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt @@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ destination side. exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src> locally is used as the name of the destination. -Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if +Without `--force`, the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if <dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check", is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there. -With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. +With `--force`, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref. diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt index a77b901f1d..93d1db6528 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Alice <alice@example.com> Signed-off-by: Bob <bob@example.com> ------------ -* Use the '--in-place' option to edit a message file in place: +* Use the `--in-place` option to edit a message file in place: + ------------ $ cat msg.txt diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 75c3f4157d..078b556665 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>"). Output ------ -'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless '--stage' is specified in +'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless `--stage` is specified in which case it outputs: [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file> diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index 16e87fd6dd..dbc91f98ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ in the current working directory. Note that: - the behaviour is slightly different from that of "/bin/ls" in that the '<path>' denotes just a list of patterns to match, e.g. so specifying - directory name (without '-r') will behave differently, and order of the + directory name (without `-r`) will behave differently, and order of the arguments does not matter. - the behaviour is similar to that of "/bin/ls" in that the '<path>' is taken as relative to the current working directory. E.g. when you are in a directory 'sub' that has a directory 'dir', you can run 'git ls-tree -r HEAD dir' to list the contents of the tree (that is - 'sub/dir' in 'HEAD'). You don't want to give a tree that is not at the + 'sub/dir' in `HEAD`). You don't want to give a tree that is not at the root level (e.g. `git ls-tree -r HEAD:sub dir`) in this case, as that - would result in asking for 'sub/sub/dir' in the 'HEAD' commit. + would result in asking for 'sub/sub/dir' in the `HEAD` commit. However, the current working directory can be ignored by passing --full-tree option. @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ OPTIONS -t:: Show tree entries even when going to recurse them. Has no effect - if '-r' was not passed. '-d' implies '-t'. + if `-r` was not passed. `-d` implies `-t`. -l:: --long:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt index 5c6ebdfad9..c3616e7711 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ OPTIONS --batch:: Allow building of more than one tree object before exiting. Each tree is separated by as single blank line. The final new-line is - optional. Note - if the '-z' option is used, lines are terminated + optional. Note - if the `-z` option is used, lines are terminated with NUL. GIT diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt index e4531325cd..79449bf98f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt @@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ OPTIONS --force:: Force renaming or moving of a file even if the target exists -k:: - Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error + 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. + file unless `-f` is given. -n:: --dry-run:: Do nothing; only show what would happen diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index 02a10bc3b6..be7db3048d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ OPTIONS -c <object>:: --reedit-message=<object>:: - Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that + Like '-C', but with `-c` the editor is invoked, so that the user can further edit the note message. --allow-empty:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt index 9d4f1519e7..c83aaf39c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ $ git p4 sync //path/in/your/perforce/depot ------------ This imports the specified depot into 'refs/remotes/p4/master' in an existing Git repository. The -'--branch' option can be used to specify a different branch to +`--branch` option can be used to specify a different branch to be used for the p4 content. If a Git repository includes branches 'refs/remotes/origin/p4', these @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ from a Git remote, this can be useful in a multi-developer environment. If there are multiple branches, doing 'git p4 sync' will automatically use the "BRANCH DETECTION" algorithm to try to partition new changes -into the right branch. This can be overridden with the '--branch' +into the right branch. This can be overridden with the `--branch` option to specify just a single branch to update. @@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ $ git p4 submit topicbranch ------------ The upstream reference is generally 'refs/remotes/p4/master', but can -be overridden using the '--origin=' command-line option. +be overridden using the `--origin=` command-line option. The p4 changes will be created as the user invoking 'git p4 submit'. The -'--preserve-user' option will cause ownership to be modified +`--preserve-user` option will cause ownership to be modified according to the author of the Git commit. This option requires admin privileges in p4, which can be granted using 'p4 protect'. @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Git repository: where they will be treated as remote-tracking branches by linkgit:git-branch[1] and other commands. This option instead puts p4 branches in 'refs/heads/p4/'. Note that future - sync operations must specify '--import-local' as well so that + sync operations must specify `--import-local` as well so that they can find the p4 branches in refs/heads. --max-changes <n>:: @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Git repository: default, involves removing the entire depot path. With this option, the full p4 depot path is retained in Git. For example, path '//depot/main/foo/bar.c', when imported from - '//depot/main/', becomes 'foo/bar.c'. With '--keep-path', the + '//depot/main/', becomes 'foo/bar.c'. With `--keep-path`, the Git path is instead 'depot/main/foo/bar.c'. --use-client-spec:: @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ These options can be used to modify 'git p4 submit' behavior. --origin <commit>:: Upstream location from which commits are identified to submit to p4. By default, this is the most recent p4 commit reachable - from 'HEAD'. + from `HEAD`. -M:: Detect renames. See linkgit:git-diff[1]. Renames will be @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ p4 revision specifier on the end: Import all changes from both named depot paths into a single repository. Only files below these directories are included. There is not a subdirectory in Git for each "proj1" and "proj2". - You must use the '--destination' option when specifying more + You must use the `--destination` option when specifying more than one depot path. The revision specifier must be specified identically on each depot path. If there are files in the depot paths with the same name, the path with the most recently @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ CLIENT SPEC The p4 client specification is maintained with the 'p4 client' command and contains among other fields, a View that specifies how the depot is mapped into the client repository. The 'clone' and 'sync' commands -can consult the client spec when given the '--use-client-spec' option or +can consult the client spec when given the `--use-client-spec` option or when the useClientSpec variable is true. After 'git p4 clone', the useClientSpec variable is automatically set in the repository configuration file. This allows future 'git p4 submit' commands to @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ different areas in the tree, and indicate related content. 'git p4' can use these mappings to determine branch relationships. If you have a repository where all the branches of interest exist as -subdirectories of a single depot path, you can use '--detect-branches' +subdirectories of a single depot path, you can use `--detect-branches` when cloning or syncing to have 'git p4' automatically find subdirectories in p4, and to generate these as branches in Git. @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ git-p4.labelImportRegexp:: git-p4.useClientSpec:: Specify that the p4 client spec should be used to identify p4 depot paths of interest. This is equivalent to specifying the - option '--use-client-spec'. See the "CLIENT SPEC" section above. + option `--use-client-spec`. See the "CLIENT SPEC" section above. This variable is a boolean, not the name of a p4 client. git-p4.pathEncoding:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 19f46b64d3..93c3527f0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ origin +master` to force a push to the `master` branch). See the all submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. A value of - 'no' or using '--no-recurse-submodules' can be used to override the + 'no' or using `--no-recurse-submodules` can be used to override the push.recurseSubmodules configuration variable when no submodule recursion is required. diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 0387b40e0a..de222c81af 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ rebase.stat:: rebase. False by default. rebase.autoSquash:: - If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default. + If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default. rebase.autoStash:: - If set to true enable '--autostash' option by default. + If set to true enable `--autostash` option by default. rebase.missingCommitsCheck:: If set to "warn", print warnings about removed commits in @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ rebase.missingCommitsCheck:: done. "ignore" by default. rebase.instructionFormat:: - Custom commit list format to use during an '--interactive' rebase. + Custom commit list format to use during an `--interactive` rebase. OPTIONS ------- @@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ without an explicit `--interactive`. "fixup! " or "squash! " after the first, in case you referred to an earlier fixup/squash with `git commit --fixup/--squash`. + -This option is only valid when the '--interactive' option is used. +This option is only valid when the `--interactive` option is used. + -If the '--autosquash' option is enabled by default using the +If the `--autosquash` option is enabled by default using the configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be used to override and disable this setting. diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt index 1d7eceaa93..577b969c1b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt @@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ branches, adds to that list. Retrieves the URLs for a remote. Configurations for `insteadOf` and `pushInsteadOf` are expanded here. By default, only the first URL is listed. + -With '--push', push URLs are queried rather than fetch URLs. +With `--push`, push URLs are queried rather than fetch URLs. + -With '--all', all URLs for the remote will be listed. +With `--all`, all URLs for the remote will be listed. 'set-url':: @@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ Changes URLs for the remote. Sets first URL for remote <name> that matches regex <oldurl> (first URL if no <oldurl> is given) to <newurl>. If <oldurl> doesn't match any URL, an error occurs and nothing is changed. + -With '--push', push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs. +With `--push`, push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs. + -With '--add', instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added. +With `--add`, instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added. + -With '--delete', instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching +With `--delete`, instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching regex <url> are deleted for remote <name>. Trying to delete all non-push URLs is an error. + diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt index b58b6b5972..c5975234f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ OPTIONS pack everything referenced into a single pack. Especially useful when packing a repository that is used for private development. Use - with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune` + with `-d`. This will clean up the objects that `git prune` leaves behind, but `git fsck --full --dangling` shows as dangling. + @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ whole new pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how many other objects in that pack they already have locally. -A:: - Same as `-a`, unless '-d' is used. Then any unreachable + Same as `-a`, unless `-d` is used. Then any unreachable objects in a previous pack become loose, unpacked objects, instead of being left in the old pack. Unreachable objects are never intentionally added to a pack, even when repacking. diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index 573616a04a..837707a8fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from the HEAD commit). Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one). If you want to throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you -should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If +should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the `--hard` option. If you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout <commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by - default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk' + default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its `--no-walk` option. -e:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index d0b38b4b10..642d0ef199 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This option may be specified multiple times. Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1]) to edit an introductory message for the patch series. + -When '--compose' is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and +When `--compose` is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message (what you type after the headers and a blank line) only contains blank (or Git: prefixed) lines, the summary won't be sent, but From, Subject, @@ -182,19 +182,19 @@ $ git send-email --smtp-auth="PLAIN LOGIN GSSAPI" ... + If at least one of the specified mechanisms matches the ones advertised by the SMTP server and if it is supported by the utilized SASL library, the mechanism -is used for authentication. If neither 'sendemail.smtpAuth' nor '--smtp-auth' +is used for authentication. If neither 'sendemail.smtpAuth' nor `--smtp-auth` is specified, all mechanisms supported by the SASL library can be used. --smtp-pass[=<password>]:: Password for SMTP-AUTH. The argument is optional: If no argument is specified, then the empty string is used as the password. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpPass`, - however '--smtp-pass' always overrides this value. + however `--smtp-pass` always overrides this value. + Furthermore, passwords need not be specified in configuration files or on the command line. If a username has been specified (with -'--smtp-user' or a `sendemail.smtpUser`), but no password has been -specified (with '--smtp-pass' or `sendemail.smtpPass`), then +`--smtp-user` or a `sendemail.smtpUser`), but no password has been +specified (with `--smtp-pass` or `sendemail.smtpPass`), then a password is obtained using 'git-credential'. --smtp-server=<host>:: @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ must be used for each option. --smtp-user=<user>:: Username for SMTP-AUTH. Default is the value of `sendemail.smtpUser`; - if a username is not specified (with '--smtp-user' or `sendemail.smtpUser`), + if a username is not specified (with `--smtp-user` or `sendemail.smtpUser`), then authentication is not attempted. --smtp-debug=0|1:: @@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. --[no-]format-patch:: When an argument may be understood either as a reference or as a file name, - choose to understand it as a format-patch argument ('--format-patch') - or as a file name ('--no-format-patch'). By default, when such a conflict + choose to understand it as a format-patch argument (`--format-patch`) + or as a file name (`--no-format-patch`). By default, when such a conflict occurs, git send-email will fail. --quiet:: @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ have been specified, in which case default to 'compose'. -- + Default is the value of `sendemail.validate`; if this is not set, -default to '--validate'. +default to `--validate`. --force:: Send emails even if safety checks would prevent it. @@ -428,13 +428,13 @@ sendmail;; sendemail.multiEdit:: If true (default), a single editor instance will be spawned to edit - files you have to edit (patches when '--annotate' is used, and the - summary when '--compose' is used). If false, files will be edited one + files you have to edit (patches when `--annotate` is used, and the + summary when `--compose` is used). If false, files will be edited one after the other, spawning a new editor each time. sendemail.confirm:: Sets the default for whether to confirm before sending. Must be - one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See '--confirm' + one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See `--confirm` in the previous section for the meaning of these values. EXAMPLE diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt index 6aa91e830c..a831dd0288 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS option, then the refs from stdin are processed after those on the command line. + -If '--stateless-rpc' is specified together with this option then +If `--stateless-rpc` is specified together with this option then the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet. @@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ Specifying the Refs There are three ways to specify which refs to update on the remote end. -With '--all' flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred to +With `--all` flag, all refs that exist locally are transferred to the remote side. You cannot specify any '<ref>' if you use this flag. -Without '--all' and without any '<ref>', the heads that exist +Without `--all` and without any '<ref>', the heads that exist both on the local side and on the remote side are updated. When one or more '<ref>' are specified explicitly (whether on the @@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ name. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. exist in the set of remote refs; the ref matched <src> locally is used as the name of the destination. -Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if +Without `--force`, the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if <dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check", is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there. -With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. +With `--force`, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs. Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref. diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index e4bdd2235c..2e30a3e42d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ named `git-shell-commands` in the user's home directory. COMMANDS -------- -'git shell' accepts the following commands after the '-c' option: +'git shell' accepts the following commands after the `-c` option: 'git receive-pack <argument>':: 'git upload-pack <argument>':: @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ directory. INTERACTIVE USE --------------- -By default, the commands above can be executed only with the '-c' +By default, the commands above can be executed only with the `-c` option; the shell is not interactive. If a `~/git-shell-commands` directory is present, 'git shell' diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index b91d4e545b..7818e0f098 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS are shown before their parents). --date-order:: - This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no + This option is similar to `--topo-order` in the sense that no parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise commits are ordered according to their commit date. diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt index 3a32451984..c0aa871c9e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS Enable stricter reference checking by requiring an exact ref path. Aside from returning an error code of 1, it will also print an error - message if '--quiet' was not specified. + message if `--quiet` was not specified. --abbrev[=<n>]:: @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ OPTIONS -q:: --quiet:: - Do not print any results to stdout. When combined with '--verify' this + Do not print any results to stdout. When combined with `--verify` this can be used to silently check if a reference exists. --exclude-existing[=<pattern>]:: @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ use: This will show "refs/heads/master" but also "refs/remote/other-repo/master", if such references exists. -When using the '--verify' flag, the command requires an exact path: +When using the `--verify` flag, the command requires an exact path: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- git show-ref --verify refs/heads/master diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 698a6685f6..7e17cade7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37). --ignore-paths=<regex>;; When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description - of '--ignore-paths'. + of `--ignore-paths`. --include-paths=<regex>;; When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description - of '--include-paths'. + of `--include-paths`. --no-minimize-url;; When tracking multiple directories (using --stdlayout, --branches, or --tags options), git svn will attempt to connect @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37). repository. This default allows better tracking of history if entire projects are moved within a repository, but may cause issues on repositories where read access restrictions are in - place. Passing '--no-minimize-url' will allow git svn to + place. Passing `--no-minimize-url` will allow git svn to accept URLs as-is without attempting to connect to a higher level directory. This option is off by default when only one URL/branch is tracked (it would do little good). @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ the same local time zone. --ignore-paths=<regex>;; This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN. - The '--ignore-paths' option should match for every 'fetch' + The `--ignore-paths` option should match for every 'fetch' (including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit', 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. + @@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;; --include-paths=<regex>;; This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will cause the inclusion of only matching paths from checkout from SVN. - The '--include-paths' option should match for every 'fetch' + The `--include-paths` option should match for every 'fetch' (including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit', - 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. '--ignore-paths' takes - precedence over '--include-paths'. + 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. `--ignore-paths` takes + precedence over `--include-paths`. + [verse] config key: svn-remote.<name>.include-paths @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ config key: svn-remote.<name>.include-paths or if a second argument is passed; it will create a directory and work within that. It accepts all arguments that the 'init' and 'fetch' commands accept; with the exception of - '--fetch-all' and '--parent'. After a repository is cloned, + `--fetch-all` and `--parent`. After a repository is cloned, the 'fetch' command will be able to update revisions without affecting the working tree; and the 'rebase' command will be able to update the working tree with the latest changes. @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ it preserves linear history with 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge' for ease of dcommitting with 'git svn'. + This accepts all options that 'git svn fetch' and 'git rebase' -accept. However, '--fetch-all' only fetches from the current +accept. However, `--fetch-all` only fetches from the current [svn-remote], and not all [svn-remote] definitions. + Like 'git rebase'; this requires that the working tree be clean @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ parent of the branch. However, it is possible that there is no suitable Git commit to serve as parent. This will happen, among other reasons, if the SVN branch is a copy of a revision that was not fetched by 'git svn' (e.g. because it is an old revision that was skipped with -'--revision'), or if in SVN a directory was copied that is not tracked +`--revision`), or if in SVN a directory was copied that is not tracked by 'git svn' (such as a branch that is not tracked at all, or a subdirectory of a tracked branch). In these cases, 'git svn' will still create a Git branch, but instead of using an existing Git commit as the @@ -996,12 +996,12 @@ directories in the working copy. While this is the easiest way to get a copy of a complete repository, for projects with many branches it will lead to a working copy many times larger than just the trunk. Thus for projects using the standard directory structure (trunk/branches/tags), -it is recommended to clone with option '--stdlayout'. If the project +it is recommended to clone with option `--stdlayout`. If the project uses a non-standard structure, and/or if branches and tags are not required, it is easiest to only clone one directory (typically trunk), without giving any repository layout options. If the full history with -branches and tags is required, the options '--trunk' / '--branches' / -'--tags' must be used. +branches and tags is required, the options `--trunk` / `--branches` / +`--tags` must be used. When using multiple --branches or --tags, 'git svn' does not automatically handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt index 6b89393746..7ecca8e247 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines. --[no-]merged [<commit>]:: Only list tags whose tips are reachable, or not reachable - if '--no-merged' is used, from the specified commit ('HEAD' + if `--no-merged` is used, from the specified commit (`HEAD` if not specified). CONFIGURATION diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index c6cbed189c..7386c93162 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ thus, in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream, you will need to handle the situation manually. --really-refresh:: - Like '--refresh', but checks stat information unconditionally, + Like `--refresh`, but checks stat information unconditionally, without regard to the "assume unchanged" setting. --[no-]skip-worktree:: @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ will remove the intended effect of the option. Using --refresh --------------- -'--refresh' does not calculate a new sha1 file or bring the index +`--refresh` does not calculate a new sha1 file or bring the index up-to-date for mode/content changes. But what it *does* do is to "re-match" the stat information of a file with the index, so that you can refresh the index for a file that hasn't been changed but where @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ up the stat index details with the proper files. Using --cacheinfo or --info-only -------------------------------- -'--cacheinfo' is used to register a file that is not in the +`--cacheinfo` is used to register a file that is not in the current working directory. This is useful for minimum-checkout merging. @@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ To pretend you have a file with mode and sha1 at path, say: $ git update-index --cacheinfo <mode>,<sha1>,<path> ---------------- -'--info-only' is used to register files without placing them in the object +`--info-only` is used to register files without placing them in the object database. This is useful for status-only repositories. -Both '--cacheinfo' and '--info-only' behave similarly: the index is updated -but the object database isn't. '--cacheinfo' is useful when the object is -in the database but the file isn't available locally. '--info-only' is +Both `--cacheinfo` and `--info-only` behave similarly: the index is updated +but the object database isn't. `--cacheinfo` is useful when the object is +in the database but the file isn't available locally. `--info-only` is useful when the file is available, but you do not wish to update the object database. diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index 7daa28fd94..2d6b09a43c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Note about git-config --global ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using -the '--global' flag, for example like this: +the `--global` flag, for example like this: ------------------------------------------------ $ git config --global web.browser firefox diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index bb32435874..c461701f57 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ OPTIONS --help:: Prints the synopsis and a list of the most commonly used - commands. If the option '--all' or '-a' is given then all + commands. If the option `--all` or `-a` is given then all available commands are printed. If a Git command is named this option will bring up the manual page for that command. + @@ -856,16 +856,16 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end. If the `GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of the default `.git` for the base of the repository. - The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value. + The `--git-dir` command-line option also sets this value. `GIT_WORK_TREE`:: Set the path to the root of the working tree. - This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command-line + This can also be controlled by the `--work-tree` command-line option and the core.worktree configuration variable. `GIT_NAMESPACE`:: Set the Git namespace; see linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for details. - The '--namespace' command-line option also sets this value. + The `--namespace` command-line option also sets this value. `GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES`:: This should be a colon-separated list of absolute paths. If @@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ other The command will be given exactly two or four arguments: the 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the shell command to execute on that remote system, optionally preceded by - '-p' (literally) and the 'port' from the URL when it specifies + `-p` (literally) and the 'port' from the URL when it specifies something other than the default SSH port. + `$GIT_SSH_COMMAND` takes precedence over `$GIT_SSH`, and is interpreted diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index 15b3bfa8db..4546fa0d75 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ for details. [NOTE] If there were more commits on the 'master' branch after the merge, the merge commit itself would not be shown by 'git show-branch' by -default. You would need to provide '--sparse' option to make the +default. You would need to provide `--sparse` option to make the merge commit visible in this case. Now, let's pretend you are the one who did all the work in diff --git a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt index c579593e55..08cf62278e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitdiffcore.txt @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ The 'git diff-{asterisk}' family works by first comparing two sets of files: - 'git diff-index' compares contents of a "tree" object and the - working directory (when '--cached' flag is not used) or a - "tree" object and the index file (when '--cached' flag is + working directory (when `--cached` flag is not used) or a + "tree" object and the index file (when `--cached` flag is used); - 'git diff-files' compares contents of the index file and the diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index 6ade002176..a68d860fa3 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list. --simplify-merges:: - Additional option to '--full-history' to remove some needless + Additional option to `--full-history` to remove some needless merges from the resulting history, as there are no selected commits contributing to this merge. (See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more detailed diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index ac70eca321..07cdd73ab2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ of linkgit:git-config[1]. The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value is the name of the submodule. The name is set to the path where the -submodule has been added unless it was customized with the '--name' +submodule has been added unless it was customized with the `--name` option of 'git submodule add'. Each submodule section also contains the following required keys: diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt index 1e8659492f..a4de50ad22 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt @@ -210,17 +210,17 @@ the remote repository. 'export-marks' <file>:: This modifies the 'export' capability, instructing Git to dump the internal marks table to <file> when complete. For details, - read up on '--export-marks=<file>' in linkgit:git-fast-export[1]. + read up on `--export-marks=<file>` in linkgit:git-fast-export[1]. 'import-marks' <file>:: This modifies the 'export' capability, instructing Git to load the marks specified in <file> before processing any input. For details, - read up on '--import-marks=<file>' in linkgit:git-fast-export[1]. + read up on `--import-marks=<file>` in linkgit:git-fast-export[1]. 'signed-tags':: This modifies the 'export' capability, instructing Git to pass - '--signed-tags=verbatim' to linkgit:git-fast-export[1]. In the - absence of this capability, Git will use '--signed-tags=warn-strip'. + `--signed-tags=verbatim` to linkgit:git-fast-export[1]. In the + absence of this capability, Git will use `--signed-tags=warn-strip`. @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Supported if the helper has the "fetch" capability. is followed by a blank line). For example, the following would be two batches of 'push', the first asking the remote-helper to push the local ref 'master' to the remote ref 'master' and - the local 'HEAD' to the remote 'branch', and the second + the local `HEAD` to the remote 'branch', and the second asking to push ref 'foo' to ref 'bar' (forced update requested by the '+'). + diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 4f009d4424..c5bd21812d 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[] --stdin:: In addition to the '<commit>' listed on the command - line, read them from the standard input. If a '--' separator is + line, read them from the standard input. If a `--` separator is seen, stop reading commits and start reading paths to limit the result. diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt index 19314e3b7f..abae363983 100644 --- a/Documentation/revisions.txt +++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ blobs contained in a commit. first match in the following rules: . If '$GIT_DIR/<refname>' exists, that is what you mean (this is usually - useful only for 'HEAD', 'FETCH_HEAD', 'ORIG_HEAD', 'MERGE_HEAD' - and 'CHERRY_PICK_HEAD'); + useful only for `HEAD`, `FETCH_HEAD`, `ORIG_HEAD`, `MERGE_HEAD` + and `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`); . otherwise, 'refs/<refname>' if it exists; @@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ blobs contained in a commit. . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>/HEAD' if it exists. + -'HEAD' names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree. -'FETCH_HEAD' records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository +`HEAD` names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree. +`FETCH_HEAD` records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository with your last `git fetch` invocation. -'ORIG_HEAD' is created by commands that move your 'HEAD' in a drastic -way, to record the position of the 'HEAD' before their operation, so that +`ORIG_HEAD` is created by commands that move your `HEAD` in a drastic +way, to record the position of the `HEAD` before their operation, so that you can easily change the tip of the branch back to the state before you ran them. -'MERGE_HEAD' records the commit(s) which you are merging into your branch +`MERGE_HEAD` records the commit(s) which you are merging into your branch when you run `git merge`. -'CHERRY_PICK_HEAD' records the commit which you are cherry-picking +`CHERRY_PICK_HEAD` records the commit which you are cherry-picking when you run `git cherry-pick`. + Note that any of the 'refs/*' cases above may come either from @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ While the ref name encoding is unspecified, UTF-8 is preferred as some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. '@':: - '@' alone is a shortcut for 'HEAD'. + '@' alone is a shortcut for `HEAD`. '<refname>@{<date>}', e.g. 'master@\{yesterday\}', 'HEAD@{5 minutes ago}':: A ref followed by the suffix '@' with a date specification @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. existing log ('$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>'). Note that this looks up the state of your *local* ref at a given time; e.g., what was in your local 'master' branch last week. If you want to look at commits made during - certain times, see '--since' and '--until'. + certain times, see `--since` and `--until`. '<refname>@{<n>}', e.g. 'master@\{1\}':: A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ some output processing may assume ref names in UTF-8. '<branchname>@\{push\}', e.g. 'master@\{push\}', '@\{push\}':: The suffix '@\{push}' reports the branch "where we would push to" if `git push` were run while `branchname` was checked out (or the current - 'HEAD' if no branchname is specified). Since our push destination is + `HEAD` if no branchname is specified). Since our push destination is in a remote repository, of course, we report the local tracking branch that corresponds to that branch (i.e., something in 'refs/remotes/'). + @@ -283,12 +283,12 @@ To summarize: '<rev1>..<rev2>':: Include commits that are reachable from <rev2> but exclude those that are reachable from <rev1>. When either <rev1> or - <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'. + <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to `HEAD`. '<rev1>\...<rev2>':: Include commits that are reachable from either <rev1> or <rev2> but exclude those that are reachable from both. When - either <rev1> or <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to 'HEAD'. + either <rev1> or <rev2> is omitted, it defaults to `HEAD`. '<rev>{caret}@', e.g. 'HEAD{caret}@':: A suffix '{caret}' followed by an at sign is the same as listing |