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::
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
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',
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::
Tells Git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
. 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:
----------------------
"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:
--------------------------
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
------------
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
+
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
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.
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 "*".
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
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.
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
-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>::
-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.
-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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
-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::
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
-------------
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',
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
- 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
-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::
--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
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
-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::
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.
+
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.
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>'::
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'
--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.
+
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