branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v2.9.0/git.html[documentation for release 2.9]
+
+* link:v2.9.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.9.4]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.9.4.txt[2.9.4],
+ link:RelNotes/2.9.3.txt[2.9.3],
+ link:RelNotes/2.9.2.txt[2.9.2],
+ link:RelNotes/2.9.1.txt[2.9.1],
link:RelNotes/2.9.0.txt[2.9].
-* link:v2.8.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.8.4]
+* link:v2.8.5/git.html[documentation for release 2.8.5]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.8.5.txt[2.8.5],
link:RelNotes/2.8.4.txt[2.8.4],
link:RelNotes/2.8.3.txt[2.8.3],
link:RelNotes/2.8.2.txt[2.8.2],
link:RelNotes/2.8.1.txt[2.8.1],
link:RelNotes/2.8.0.txt[2.8].
-* link:v2.7.3/git.html[documentation for release 2.7.3]
+* link:v2.7.5/git.html[documentation for release 2.7.5]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.7.5.txt[2.7.5],
+ link:RelNotes/2.7.4.txt[2.7.4],
link:RelNotes/2.7.3.txt[2.7.3],
link:RelNotes/2.7.2.txt[2.7.2],
link:RelNotes/2.7.1.txt[2.7.1],
link:RelNotes/2.7.0.txt[2.7].
-* link:v2.6.6/git.html[documentation for release 2.6.6]
+* link:v2.6.7/git.html[documentation for release 2.6.7]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.6.7.txt[2.6.7],
link:RelNotes/2.6.6.txt[2.6.6],
link:RelNotes/2.6.5.txt[2.6.5],
link:RelNotes/2.6.4.txt[2.6.4],
link:RelNotes/2.6.1.txt[2.6.1],
link:RelNotes/2.6.0.txt[2.6].
-* link:v2.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.5]
+* link:v2.5.6/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.6]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.5.6.txt[2.5.6],
link:RelNotes/2.5.5.txt[2.5.5],
link:RelNotes/2.5.4.txt[2.5.4],
link:RelNotes/2.5.3.txt[2.5.3],
link:RelNotes/2.5.1.txt[2.5.1],
link:RelNotes/2.5.0.txt[2.5].
-* link:v2.4.11/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.11]
+* link:v2.4.12/git.html[documentation for release 2.4.12]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.4.12.txt[2.4.12],
link:RelNotes/2.4.11.txt[2.4.11],
link:RelNotes/2.4.10.txt[2.4.10],
link:RelNotes/2.4.9.txt[2.4.9],
--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.
+
If the `GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it
specifies a path to use instead of the default `.git`
for the base of the repository.
- The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value.
+ The `--git-dir` command-line option also sets this value.
`GIT_WORK_TREE`::
Set the path to the root of the working tree.
- This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command-line
+ This can also be controlled by the `--work-tree` command-line
option and the core.worktree configuration variable.
`GIT_NAMESPACE`::
Set the Git namespace; see linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for details.
- The '--namespace' command-line option also sets this value.
+ The `--namespace` command-line option also sets this value.
`GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES`::
This should be a colon-separated list of absolute paths. If
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