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| author | Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de> | 2011-05-05 22:48:47 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-05-05 23:43:11 +0400 |
| commit | f2808a50a62755739a775ed008f01a9a5a053938 (patch) | |
| tree | c985ac1551169b2a06362d6a93bfb29d90c856bf /Documentation/git-stash.txt | |
| parent | c105356ed4636167b96526cd41e2cbaca051432c (diff) | |
git-stash.txt: better docs for '--patch'
Describe '-p' as a short form of '--patch' in synopsis and options. Also
refer the reader to the patch mode description of git-add documentation.
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-stash.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-stash.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 79abc38e50..15f051fa44 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] -'git stash' [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]] +'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]] 'git stash' clear 'git stash' create @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ is also possible). OPTIONS ------- -save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset --hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives @@ -54,12 +54,13 @@ save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the index are left intact. + -With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from in the diff +With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from the diff between HEAD and the working tree to be stashed. The stash entry is constructed such that its index state is the same as the index state of your repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you selected interactively. The selected changes are then rolled back -from your worktree. +from your worktree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of +linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode. + The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use `--no-keep-index` to override this. |