From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:06:41 +0000 (-0700) Subject: doc(stash): clarify the description of `save` X-Git-Tag: v2.24.0-rc0~11^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=57d8f4b4c71fe422ea3fe6d79d3e121426b46f5a;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git doc(stash): clarify the description of `save` The original phrasing of this paragraph made at least one person stumble over the word "from" (thinking that it was a typo and "from" was intended), and other readers chimed in, agreeing that it was confusing: https://public-inbox.org/git/0102016b8d597569-c1f6cfdc-cb45-4428-8737-cb1bc30655d8-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com/#t Let's rewrite that paragraph for clarity. Inspired-by-a-patch-by: Catalin Criste Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 8fbe12c66c..53e1a1205d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] []:: This option is deprecated in favour of 'git stash push'. It - differs from "stash push" in that it cannot take pathspecs, - and any non-option arguments form the message. + differs from "stash push" in that it cannot take pathspecs. + Instead, all non-option arguments are concatenated to form the stash + message. list []::