From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:16:22 +0000 (-0700) Subject: gitcli: describe abbreviation of long options X-Git-Tag: v1.7.11.6~26^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9c81990bdd9277dc791914c1db7dfadbe3592d3a;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git gitcli: describe abbreviation of long options Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index ea17f7a53b..3e72a5d68e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ scripting git: `git log -1 HEAD` but write `git log -1 HEAD --`; the former will not work if you happen to have a file called `HEAD` in the work tree. + * many commands allow a long option "--option" to be abbreviated + only to their unique prefix (e.g. if there is no other option + whose name begins with "opt", you may be able to spell "--opt" to + invoke the "--option" flag), but you should fully spell them out + when writing your scripts; later versions of Git may introduce a + new option whose name shares the same prefix, e.g. "--optimize", + to make a short prefix that used to be unique no longer unique. + ENHANCED OPTION PARSER ----------------------