Merge branch 'bw/push-options-recursively-to-submodules' into next

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index b6c6326cdc7bb42993cf16fcae0d492944720e51..b1293f24bb46f71238f3dee4700340a79b90fca8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ repository.  For example:
 ----
 prefix=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix)
 cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")"
+# rev-parse provides the -- needed for 'set'
+eval "set $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" -- "$@")"
 ----
 
 --verify::
@@ -125,6 +126,12 @@ can be used.
        'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
        the command input is still interpreted as usual.
 
+--short[=length]::
+       Same as `--verify` but shortens the object name to a unique
+       prefix with at least `length` characters. The minimum length
+       is 4, the default is the effective value of the `core.abbrev`
+       configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
+
 --not::
        When showing object names, prefix them with '{caret}' and
        strip '{caret}' prefix from the object names that already have
@@ -135,12 +142,6 @@ can be used.
        The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
        abbreviation mode.
 
---short::
---short=number::
-       Instead of outputting the full SHA-1 values of object names try to
-       abbreviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
-       7 is used. The minimum length is 4.
-
 --symbolic::
        Usually the object names are output in SHA-1 form (with
        possible '{caret}' prefix); this option makes them output in a
@@ -216,6 +217,10 @@ If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory
 is not detected to lie in a Git repository or work tree
 print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
 
+--absolute-git-dir::
+       Like `--git-dir`, but its output is always the canonicalized
+       absolute path.
+
 --git-common-dir::
        Show `$GIT_COMMON_DIR` if defined, else `$GIT_DIR`.
 
@@ -256,6 +261,12 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
 --show-toplevel::
        Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.
 
+--show-superproject-working-tree
+       Show the absolute path of the root of the superproject's
+       working tree (if exists) that uses the current repository as
+       its submodule.  Outputs nothing if the current repository is
+       not used as a submodule by any project.
+
 --shared-index-path::
        Show the path to the shared index file in split index mode, or
        empty if not in split-index mode.