After you mastered the basic concepts, you can come back to this
page to learn what commands Git offers. You can learn more about
individual Git commands with "git help command". linkgit:gitcli[7]
-manual page gives you an overview of the command line command syntax.
+manual page gives you an overview of the command-line command syntax.
Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest Git documentation
can be viewed at `http://git-htmldocs.googlecode.com/git/git.html`.
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You are reading the documentation for the latest (possibly
-unreleased) version of Git, that is available from 'master'
+unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v2.0.0/git.html[documentation for release 2.0]
+* link:v2.0.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.0.1]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.0.1.txt[2.0.1],
link:RelNotes/2.0.0.txt[2.0.0].
* link:v1.9.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.9.4]
'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'::
'GIT_ASKPASS'::
If this environment variable is set, then Git commands which need to
acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication)
- will call this program with a suitable prompt as command line argument
+ will call this program with a suitable prompt as command-line argument
and read the password from its STDOUT. See also the 'core.askpass'
option in linkgit:git-config[1].