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| author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> | 2007-04-16 00:37:10 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-04-16 01:10:28 -0700 |
| commit | cb1881c6eeb021102a7a0ae87dbddfd52bf1f04f (patch) | |
| tree | 7f76d2d5aa877ae2f699d70eea55a7ef1852af3a /Documentation/git-lost-found.txt | |
| parent | 5f2e1df5c9fa7856e5d7dda7d6c618ed08822b82 (diff) | |
| download | git-cb1881c6eeb021102a7a0ae87dbddfd52bf1f04f.tar.gz | |
Documentation: minor edits of git-lost-found manpage
Minor improvements to grammar and clarity of lost-found manpage.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-lost-found.txt | 23 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt index f52a9d7f68..e48607f008 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt @@ -12,23 +12,22 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and -creates refs to them in .git/lost-found/ directory. Commits and -tags that dereference to commits go to .git/lost-found/commit -and others are stored in .git/lost-found/other directory. +creates refs to them in the .git/lost-found/ directory. Commits and +tags that dereference to commits are stored in .git/lost-found/commit, +and other objects are stored in .git/lost-found/other. OUTPUT ------ -One line description from the commit and tag found along with -their object name are printed on the standard output. - +Prints to standard output the object names and one-line descriptions +of any commits or tags found. EXAMPLE ------- -Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistyped the tag to overwrite. +Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistype the tag to overwrite. The ref to your tag is overwritten, but until you run 'git -prune', it is still there. +prune', the tag itself is still there. ------------ $ git lost-found @@ -36,15 +35,15 @@ $ git lost-found ... ------------ -Also you can use gitk to browse how they relate to each other -and existing (probably old) tags. +Also you can use gitk to browse how any tags found relate to each +other. ------------ $ gitk $(cd .git/lost-found/commit && echo ??*) ------------ -After making sure that it is the object you are looking for, you -can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy. +After making sure you know which the object is the tag you are looking +for, you can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy. ------------ $ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196 |