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authorBjörn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com>2009-11-07 12:53:07 +0300
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-11-10 22:38:21 +0300
commitdce5ef142046e107e20aa03ca5a353032bbf9653 (patch)
tree968e80dc50354155712a97037b7ebb9858ce8219 /Documentation
parentd4cb003fffe2af3b868f57d75a352714e7ab03ac (diff)
format-patch documentation: Fix formatting
Format git commands and options consistently using back quotes (i.e. a fixed font in the resulting HTML document). Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt46
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index a03f1a793c..9398329706 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of
the usual three.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
- Implies "-p".
+ Implies `-p`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--patch-with-raw::
- Synonym for "-p --raw".
+ Synonym for `-p --raw`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--patience::
@@ -48,19 +48,19 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--stat[=width[,name-width]]::
Generate a diffstat. You can override the default
- output width for 80-column terminal by "--stat=width".
+ output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=width`.
The width of the filename part can be controlled by
giving another width to it separated by a comma.
--numstat::
- Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and
+ Similar to `\--stat`, but shows number of added and
deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For
binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying
`0 0`.
--shortstat::
- Output only the last line of the --stat format containing total
+ Output only the last line of the `--stat` format containing total
number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
lines.
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or
removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below
a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent
- can be set with "--dirstat=limit". Changes in a child directory is not
- counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used.
+ can be set with `--dirstat=limit`. Changes in a child directory is not
+ counted for the parent directory, unless `--cumulative` is used.
--dirstat-by-file[=limit]::
- Same as --dirstat, but counts changed files instead of lines.
+ Same as `--dirstat`, but counts changed files instead of lines.
--summary::
Output a condensed summary of extended header information
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
--patch-with-stat::
- Synonym for "-p --stat".
+ Synonym for `-p --stat`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
-z::
- NUL-line termination on output. This affects the --raw
+ NUL-line termination on output. This affects the `--raw`
output field terminator. Also output from commands such
- as "git-log" will be delimited with NUL between commits.
+ as `git-log` will be delimited with NUL between commits.
--name-only::
Show only names of changed files.
@@ -139,16 +139,16 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
line when generating patch format output.
--binary::
- In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
- can be applied with "git apply".
+ In addition to `--full-index`, output a binary diff that
+ can be applied with `git-apply`.
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
lines, show only a partial prefix. This is
- independent of --full-index option above, which controls
+ independent of the `--full-index` option above, which controls
the diff-patch output format. Non default number of
- digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+ digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`.
-B::
Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
`-C` option has the same effect.
-l<num>::
- -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n
+ The `-M` and `-C` options require O(n^2) processing time where n
is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This
option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details.
--pickaxe-all::
- When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
+ When `-S` finds a change, show all the changes in that
changeset, not just the files that contain the change
in <string>.
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
0 means no differences.
--quiet::
- Disable all output of the program. Implies --exit-code.
+ Disable all output of the program. Implies `--exit-code`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--ext-diff::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 687e667598..f1fd0df08a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -43,28 +43,28 @@ There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on.
The first rule takes precedence in the case of a single <commit>. To
apply the second rule, i.e., format everything since the beginning of
-history up until <commit>, use the '\--root' option: "git format-patch
-\--root <commit>". If you want to format only <commit> itself, you
-can do this with "git format-patch -1 <commit>".
+history up until <commit>, use the '\--root' option: `git format-patch
+\--root <commit>`. If you want to format only <commit> itself, you
+can do this with `git format-patch -1 <commit>`.
By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as
-the filename. With the --numbered-files option, the output file names
+the filename. With the `--numbered-files` option, the output file names
will only be numbers, without the first line of the commit appended.
The names of the output files are printed to standard
-output, unless the --stdout option is specified.
+output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified.
-If -o is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise
+If `-o` is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise
they are created in the current working directory.
By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] First Line" and
the subject when multiple patches are output is "[PATCH n/m] First
-Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use -n. To omit
-patch numbers from the subject, use -N
+Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use `-n`. To omit
+patch numbers from the subject, use `-N`.
-If given --thread, 'git-format-patch' will generate In-Reply-To and
-References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
-as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message-Id header to
+If given `--thread`, `git-format-patch` will generate `In-Reply-To` and
+`References` headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
+as replies to the first mail; this also generates a `Message-Id` header to
reference.
OPTIONS
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
--attach[=<boundary>]::
Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
- second part, with "Content-Disposition: attachment".
+ second part, with `Content-Disposition: attachment`.
--no-attach::
Disable the creation of an attachment, overriding the
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
--inline[=<boundary>]::
Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
- second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline".
+ second part, with `Content-Disposition: inline`.
--thread[=<style>]::
--no-thread::
- Controls addition of In-Reply-To and References headers to
+ Controls addition of `In-Reply-To` and `References` headers to
make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the
- first. Also controls generation of the Message-Id header to
+ first. Also controls generation of the `Message-Id` header to
reference.
+
The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`.
@@ -136,16 +136,16 @@ series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
`\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. 'deep'
threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
+
-The default is --no-thread, unless the 'format.thread' configuration
-is set. If --thread is specified without a style, it defaults to the
+The default is `--no-thread`, unless the 'format.thread' configuration
+is set. If `--thread` is specified without a style, it defaults to the
style specified by 'format.thread' if any, or else `shallow`.
+
Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails
-itself. If you want 'git format-patch' to take care of hreading, you
-will want to ensure that threading is disabled for 'git send-email'.
+itself. If you want `git format-patch` to take care of threading, you
+will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
--in-reply-to=Message-Id::
- Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a
+ Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a
reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to
provide a new patch series.
@@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for 'git send-email'.
Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This
allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
- combined with the --numbered option.
+ combined with the `--numbered` option.
--cc=<email>::
- Add a "Cc:" header to the email headers. This is in addition
+ Add a `Cc:` header to the email headers. This is in addition
to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
--add-header=<header>::
Add an arbitrary header to the email headers. This is in addition
to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
- For example, --add-header="Organization: git-foo"
+ For example, `--add-header="Organization: git-foo"`
--cover-letter::
In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file