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* doc: include --guide option description for "git help"Philip Oakley2013-04-031-7/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | Note that the ability to display an individual guide was always possible. Include this in the update. Also tell readers how git(1) can be accessed, especially for Git for Windows users who do not have the 'man' command. Likewise include a commentary on how to access this page (Catch 22). Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git'Thomas Ackermann2013-02-011-3/+3
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: use [verse] for SYNOPSIS sectionsMartin von Zweigbergk2011-07-061-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The SYNOPSIS sections of most commands that span several lines already use [verse] to retain line breaks. Most commands that don't span several lines seem not to use [verse]. In the HTML output, [verse] does not only preserve line breaks, but also makes the section indented, which causes a slight inconsistency between commands that use [verse] and those that don't. Use [verse] in all SYNOPSIS sections for consistency. Also remove the blank lines from git-fetch.txt and git-rebase.txt to align with the other man pages. In the case of git-rebase.txt, which already uses [verse], the blank line makes the [verse] not apply to the last line, so removing the blank line also makes the formatting within the document more consistent. While at it, add single quotes to 'git cvsimport' for consistency with other commands. Signed-off-by: Martin von Zweigbergk <martin.von.zweigbergk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pagesJeff King2011-03-111-11/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The point of these sections is generally to: 1. Give credit where it is due. 2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or file bug reports. But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody useless. So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section to give credit to the major contributors and point to shortlog and blame for more information. Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can follow that to the main git manpage.
* Work around em-dash handling in newer AsciiDocJunio C Hamano2010-08-241-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Older versions of AsciiDoc used to literally pass double dashes when we used them in our linkgit macros and manpage titles, but newer ones (the issue was first reported with AsciiDoc 8.5.2) turn them into em dashes. Define litdd (literal double-dash) custom attribute in asciidoc.conf to work this around. While we are at it, fix a few double-dashes (e.g. the description of "project--devo--version" convention used by tla, among other things) that used to be incorrectly written as em dashes in the body text to also use this attribute. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughoutThomas Rast2010-01-101-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The documentation was quite inconsistent when spelling 'git cmd' if it only refers to the program, not to some specific invocation syntax: both 'git-cmd' and 'git cmd' spellings exist. The current trend goes towards dashless forms, and there is precedent in 647ac70 (git-svn.txt: stop using dash-form of commands., 2009-07-07) to actively eliminate the dashed variants. Replace 'git-cmd' with 'git cmd' throughout, except where git-shell, git-cvsserver, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack, and git-upload-archive are concerned, because those really live in the $PATH.
* builtin-help: fallback to GIT_MAN_VIEWER before manRomain Francoise2008-08-291-1/+3
| | | | | | | | | In some situations it is useful to be able to switch viewers via the environment, e.g. in Emacs shell buffers. So check the GIT_MAN_VIEWER environment variable and try it before falling back to "man". Signed-off-by: Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* manpages: use teletype font for sample command linesJonathan Nieder2008-07-051-1/+1
| | | | | | | | I think that some of these uses of italics were meant to be rendered in quotation marks, anyway. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* manpages: italicize git command names (which were in teletype font)Jonathan Nieder2008-07-051-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The names of git commands are not meant to be entered at the commandline; they are just names. So we render them in italics, as is usual for command names in manpages. Using doit () { perl -e 'for (<>) { s/\`(git-[^\`.]*)\`/'\''\1'\''/g; print }' } for i in git*.txt config.txt diff*.txt blame*.txt fetch*.txt i18n.txt \ merge*.txt pretty*.txt pull*.txt rev*.txt urls*.txt do doit <"$i" >"$i+" && mv "$i+" "$i" done git diff . Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: more "git-" versus "git " changesJonathan Nieder2008-07-051-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | With git-commands moving out of $(bindir), it is useful to make a clearer distinction between the git subcommand 'git-whatever' and the command you type, `git whatever <options>`. So we use a dash after "git" when referring to the former and not the latter. I already sent a patch doing this same thing, but I missed some spots. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation formatting and cleanupJonathan Nieder2008-07-011-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | Following what appears to be the predominant style, format names of commands and commandlines both as `teletype text`. While we're at it, add articles ("a" and "the") in some places, italicize the name of the command in the manual page synopsis line, and add a comma or two where it seems appropriate. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Docs: Use "-l::\n--long\n" format in OPTIONS sectionsStephan Beyer2008-06-081-4/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The OPTIONS section of a documentation file contains a list of the options a git command accepts. Currently there are several variants to describe the case that different options (almost) do the same in the OPTIONS section. Some are: -f, --foo:: -f|--foo:: -f | --foo:: But AsciiDoc has the special form: -f:: --foo:: This patch applies this form to the documentation of the whole git suite, and removes useless em-dash prevention, so \--foo becomes --foo. Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* documentation: move git(7) to git(1)Christian Couder2008-06-061-2/+2
| | | | | | | | As the "git" man page describes the "git" command at the end-user level, it seems better to move it to man section 1. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* documentation: help: add info about "man.<tool>.cmd" config varChristian Couder2008-04-261-5/+43
| | | | | | | | This patch also describes the current behavior for "konqueror" and how to modify it using "man.<tool>.cmd" if needed. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* documentation: help: add "man.<tool>.path" config variableChristian Couder2008-04-261-0/+9
| | | | | | | | This patch documents the "man.<tool>.path" configuration variable. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation/git-help: typofixJunio C Hamano2008-03-131-1/+1
| | | | | | Noticed by Xavier Maillard Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: help: explain 'man.viewer' multiple valuesChristian Couder2008-03-121-1/+28
| | | | | | | Also add titles to paragraphs under "CONFIGURATION VARIABLES". Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: help: describe 'man.viewer' config variableChristian Couder2008-03-111-10/+22
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Tested-by: Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: add 'git-web--browse.txt' and simplify other docs.Christian Couder2008-02-161-21/+3
| | | | | | | | | | 'git-help.txt' and 'git-instaweb.txt' contained duplicated information about 'git-web--browse'. This patch puts this information where it belongs. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Rename 'git-help--browse.sh' to 'git-web--browse.sh'.Christian Couder2008-02-051-3/+3
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: help: specify supported html browsers.Christian Couder2008-01-291-0/+10
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: rename gitlink macro to linkgitDan McGee2008-01-061-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Between AsciiDoc 8.2.2 and 8.2.3, the following change was made to the stock Asciidoc configuration: @@ -149,7 +153,10 @@ # Inline macros. # Backslash prefix required for escape processing. # (?s) re flag for line spanning. -(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>\w(\w|-)*?):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + +# Explicit so they can be nested. +(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>(http|https|ftp|file|mailto|callto|image|link)):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + # Anchor: [[[id]]]. Bibliographic anchor. (?su)[\\]?\[\[\[(?P<attrlist>[\w][\w-]*?)\]\]\]=anchor3 # Anchor: [[id,xreflabel]] This default regex now matches explicit values, and unfortunately in this case gitlink was being matched by just 'link', causing the wrong inline macro template to be applied. By renaming the macro, we can avoid being matched by the wrong regex. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Fix some documentation typos.Ralf Wildenhues2007-12-181-4/+4
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* rename git-browse--help to git-help--browseJeff King2007-12-161-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | The convention for helper scripts has been git-$TOOL--$HELPER. Since this is a "browse" helper for the "help" tool, git-help--browse is a more sensible name. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Rename git-browse-help helper to git-browse--helpJunio C Hamano2007-12-141-3/+3
| | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git-help: add "help.format" config variable.Christian Couder2007-12-141-2/+35
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This config variable makes it possible to choose the default format used to display help. This format will be used only if no option like -a|--all|-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web is passed to "git-help". The following values are possible for this variable: - "man" --> "man" program is used - "info" --> "info" program is used - "web" --> "git-browse-help" is used By default we still show help using "man". This patch also adds -m|--man command line option to use "man" to allow overriding the "help.format" configuration variable. Note that this patch also revert some recent changes in "git-browse-help" because they prevented to look for config variables in the global configuration file. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'master' into cc/helpJunio C Hamano2007-12-101-1/+1
|\ | | | | | | | | This is to primarily pull in MANPATH tweak and help.txt formatting fix from the master branch.
| * Formatting fix for Documentation/git-help.txtJunio C Hamano2007-12-041-1/+1
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Documentation: describe -w/--web option to "git-help".Christian Couder2007-12-091-2/+19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Also explain that "git instaweb" may use "web.browser" config variable. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Documentation: describe -i/--info option to "git-help"Christian Couder2007-12-031-2/+7
|/ | | | | | | | | Option -i|--info for "git-help" is documented only in the new "git-help.txt" man page, but this new man page is referenced from the "--help" option documentation in the "git.txt" man page. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: add a new man page for "git-help"Christian Couder2007-12-031-0/+48
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>