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authorJohan Herland <johan@herland.net>2009-10-09 12:22:01 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-10-19 18:59:43 -0700
commitd9246d4303f441c0e30614cd3a97a80fbe9354b6 (patch)
tree9222a4d701367e3be3027e2e0d4a3cfe6bd372eb /Documentation
parenta5b0c24f3e9a29f8fe496f49db82f2e3f1b687ce (diff)
downloadgit-d9246d4303f441c0e30614cd3a97a80fbe9354b6.tar.gz
Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
The "-m" and "-F" options are already the established method (in both git-commit and git-tag) to specify a commit/tag message without invoking the editor. This patch teaches "git notes edit" to respect the same options for specifying a notes message without invoking the editor. Multiple "-m" and/or "-F" options are concatenated as separate paragraphs. The patch also updates the "git notes" documentation and adds selftests for the new functionality. Unfortunately, the added selftests include a couple of lines with trailing whitespace (without these the test will fail). This may cause git to warn about "whitespace errors". This patch has been improved by the following contributions: - Thomas Rast: fix trailing whitespace in t3301 Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 7136016c74..94cceb1319 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-notes - Add/inspect commit notes
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-notes' (edit | show) [commit]
+'git-notes' (edit [-F <file> | -m <msg>] | show) [commit]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ show::
Show the notes for a given commit (defaults to HEAD).
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-m <msg>::
+ Use the given note message (instead of prompting).
+ If multiple `-m` (or `-F`) options are given, their
+ values are concatenated as separate paragraphs.
+
+-F <file>::
+ Take the note message from the given file. Use '-' to
+ read the note message from the standard input.
+ If multiple `-F` (or `-m`) options are given, their
+ values are concatenated as separate paragraphs.
+
+
Author
------
Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>