Some manual pages use teletype font to set command names. We
change them to use italics, instead. This creates a visual
distinction between names of commands and command lines that
can be typed at the command line. It is also more consistent
with other man pages outside Git.
In this patch, the commands named are non-git commands like bash.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
--no-add::
When applying a patch, ignore additions made by the
patch. This can be used to extract the common part between
- two files by first running `diff` on them and applying
+ two files by first running 'diff' on them and applying
the result with this option, which would apply the
deletion part but not addition part.
you don't need to worry about always setting the correct environment
variable. SSH users restricted to 'git-shell' don't need to override the default
with CVS_SERVER (and shouldn't) as 'git-shell' understands `cvs` to mean
-'git-cvsserver' and pretends that the other end runs the real `cvs` better.
+'git-cvsserver' and pretends that the other end runs the real 'cvs' better.
--
2. For each repo that you want accessible from CVS you need to edit config in
the repo and add the following section.
the correct '-k' mode will be guessed based on the contents of
the file.
-For best consistency with `cvs`, it is probably best to override the
+For best consistency with 'cvs', it is probably best to override the
defaults by setting `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` to true,
and `gitcvs.allbinary` to "guess".
do have a valid tree.
Any corrupt objects you will have to find in backups or other archives
-(i.e., you can just remove them and do an `rsync` with some other site in
+(i.e., you can just remove them and do an 'rsync' with some other site in
the hopes that somebody else has the object you have corrupted).
Of course, "valid tree" doesn't mean that it wasn't generated by some
The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of
conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0.
-'git-merge-file' is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS `merge`; that is, it
-implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by
+'git-merge-file' is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS 'merge'; that is, it
+implements all of RCS 'merge''s functionality which is needed by
linkgit:git[1].
distribution.
ALERT ALERT ALERT! The git "merge object order" is different from the
-RCS `merge` program merge object order. In the above ordering, the
+RCS 'merge' program merge object order. In the above ordering, the
original is first. But the argument order to the 3-way merge program
-`merge` is to have the original in the middle. Don't ask me why.
+'merge' is to have the original in the middle. Don't ask me why.
Examples:
This displays diffs for the current state of the resolution. It is
useful for tracking what has changed while the user is resolving
conflicts. Additional arguments are passed directly to the system
-`diff` command installed in PATH.
+'diff' command installed in PATH.
'status'::
'git-clone' does not clone branches under the refs/remotes/ hierarchy or
any 'git-svn' metadata, or config. So repositories created and managed with
-using 'git-svn' should use `rsync` for cloning, if cloning is to be done
+using 'git-svn' should use 'rsync' for cloning, if cloning is to be done
at all.
Since 'dcommit' uses rebase internally, any git branches you 'git-push' to
'GIT_SSH'::
If this environment variable is set then 'git-fetch'
and 'git-push' will use this command instead
- of `ssh` when they need to connect to a remote system.
+ of 'ssh' when they need to connect to a remote system.
The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two arguments:
the 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the
shell command to execute on that remote system.
The text is called 'hunk header', and by default a line that
begins with an alphabet, an underscore or a dollar sign is used,
-which matches what GNU `diff -p` output uses. This default
+which matches what GNU 'diff -p' output uses. This default
selection however is not suited for some contents, and you can
use customized pattern to make a selection.
Set::
Built-in 3-way merge driver is used to merge the
- contents in a way similar to `merge` command of `RCS`
+ contents in a way similar to 'merge' command of `RCS`
suite. This is suitable for ordinary text files.
Unset::
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The `core.whitespace` configuration variable allows you to define what
-`diff` and `apply` should consider whitespace errors for all paths in
+'diff' and 'apply' should consider whitespace errors for all paths in
the project (See linkgit:git-config[1]). This attribute gives you finer
control per path.
which is just git's way of saying that you haven't been doing anything
strange, and that it will have created a local `.git` directory setup for
your new project. You will now have a `.git` directory, and you can
-inspect that with `ls`. For your new empty project, it should show you
+inspect that with 'ls'. For your new empty project, it should show you
three entries, among other things:
- a file called `HEAD`, that has `ref: refs/heads/master` in it.
Note that the second point is true even across machines. You can
duplicate a remote git repository with *any* regular copy mechanism, be it
-`scp`, `rsync` or `wget`.
+'scp', 'rsync' or 'wget'.
When copying a remote repository, you'll want to at a minimum update the
index cache when you do this, and especially with other peoples'
Local directory::
`/path/to/repo.git/`
+
-This transport is the same as SSH transport but uses `sh` to run
+This transport is the same as SSH transport but uses 'sh' to run
both ends on the local machine instead of running other end on
-the remote machine via `ssh`.
+the remote machine via 'ssh'.
git Native::
`git://remote.machine/path/to/repo.git/`
describe those three versions, and is responsible to leave the
merge results in the working tree.
It is a fairly straightforward shell script, and
-eventually calls `merge` program from RCS suite to perform a
-file-level 3-way merge. In this case, `merge` detects
+eventually calls 'merge' program from RCS suite to perform a
+file-level 3-way merge. In this case, 'merge' detects
conflicts, and the merge result with conflict marks is left in
the working tree.. This can be seen if you run `ls-files
--stage` again at this point:
[NOTE]
Many installations of sshd do not invoke your shell as the login
shell when you directly run programs; what this means is that if
-your login shell is `bash`, only `.bashrc` is read and not
+your login shell is 'bash', only `.bashrc` is read and not
`.bash_profile`. As a workaround, make sure `.bashrc` sets up
`$PATH` so that you can run 'git-receive-pack' program.
$ cd my-project
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-and hack away. The equivalent of `cvs update` is
+and hack away. The equivalent of 'cvs update' is
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$ git pull origin
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to "push" those commits to the shared repository. If someone else has
-updated the repository more recently, 'git-push', like `cvs commit`, will
+updated the repository more recently, 'git-push', like 'cvs commit', will
complain, in which case you must pull any changes before attempting the
push again.
The diff commands 'git-diff-index', 'git-diff-files', and 'git-diff-tree'
can be told to manipulate differences they find in
-unconventional ways before showing `diff` output. The manipulation
+unconventional ways before showing 'diff' output. The manipulation
is collectively called "diffcore transformation". This short note
describes what they are and how to use them to produce 'diff' output
that is easier to understand than the conventional kind.