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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index f0f9021f2a..f9d5a35fa0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git rev-parse' [<options>] <args>... +'git rev-parse' [<options>] <arg>... DESCRIPTION ----------- -Many Git porcelainish commands take mixture of flags +Many Git porcelainish commands take a mixture of flags (i.e. parameters that begin with a dash '-') and parameters meant for the underlying 'git rev-list' command they use internally and flags and parameters for the other commands they use @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Each of these options must appear first on the command line. --sq-quote:: Use 'git rev-parse' in shell quoting mode (see SQ-QUOTE section below). In contrast to the `--sq` option below, this - mode does only quoting. Nothing else is done to command input. + mode only does quoting. Nothing else is done to command input. Options for --parseopt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ for another option. 'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option, the command input is still interpreted as usual. ---short[=length]:: +--short[=<length>]:: Same as `--verify` but shortens the object name to a unique prefix with at least `length` characters. The minimum length is 4, the default is the effective value of the `core.abbrev` @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ for another option. are not refs (i.e. branch or tag names; or more explicitly disambiguating "heads/master" form, when you want to name the "master" branch when there is an - unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full + unfortunately named tag "master"), and shows them as full refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master"). --output-object-format=(sha1|sha256|storage):: @@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ Options for Objects --all:: Show all refs found in `refs/`. ---branches[=pattern]:: ---tags[=pattern]:: ---remotes[=pattern]:: +--branches[=<pattern>]:: +--tags[=<pattern>]:: +--remotes[=<pattern>]:: Show all branches, tags, or remote-tracking branches, respectively (i.e., refs found in `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, or `refs/remotes`, respectively). @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`, `*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/*`. ---glob=pattern:: +--glob=<pattern>:: Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically prepended. If the pattern does not contain a globbing @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ respectively, and they must begin with `refs/` when applied to `--glob` or `--all`. If a trailing '/{asterisk}' is intended, it must be given explicitly. ---exclude-hidden=[fetch|receive|uploadpack]:: +--exclude-hidden=(fetch|receive|uploadpack):: Do not include refs that would be hidden by `git-fetch`, `git-receive-pack` or `git-upload-pack` by consulting the appropriate `fetch.hideRefs`, `receive.hideRefs` or `uploadpack.hideRefs` @@ -319,21 +319,24 @@ The following options are unaffected by `--path-format`: input, multiple algorithms may be printed, space-separated. If not specified, the default is "storage". +--show-ref-format:: + Show the reference storage format used for the repository. + Other Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---since=datestring:: ---after=datestring:: +--since=<datestring>:: +--after=<datestring>:: Parse the date string, and output the corresponding --max-age= parameter for 'git rev-list'. ---until=datestring:: ---before=datestring:: +--until=<datestring>:: +--before=<datestring>:: Parse the date string, and output the corresponding --min-age= parameter for 'git rev-list'. -<args>...:: +<arg>...:: Flags and parameters to be parsed. @@ -395,7 +398,7 @@ Each line of options has this format: dash to separate words in a multi-word argument hint. The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used -as the help associated to the option. +as the help associated with the option. Blank lines are ignored, and lines that don't match this specification are used as option group headers (start the line with a space to create such @@ -410,7 +413,7 @@ some-command [<options>] <args>... some-command does foo and bar! -- -h,help show the help +h,help! show the help foo some nifty option --foo bar= some cool option --bar with an argument @@ -436,10 +439,10 @@ usage: some-command [<options>] <args>... some-command does foo and bar! -h, --help show the help - --foo some nifty option --foo - --bar ... some cool option --bar with an argument - --baz <arg> another cool option --baz with a named argument - --qux[=<path>] qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself + --[no-]foo some nifty option --foo + --[no-]bar ... some cool option --bar with an argument + --[no-]baz <arg> another cool option --baz with a named argument + --[no-]qux[=<path>] qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself An option group Header -C[...] option C with an optional argument |