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 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[=]:: 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=. + digits can be specified with `--abbrev=`. -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:: - -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 . @@ -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 . To apply the second rule, i.e., format everything since the beginning of -history up until , use the '\--root' option: "git format-patch -\--root ". If you want to format only itself, you -can do this with "git format-patch -1 ". +history up until , use the '\--root' option: `git format-patch +\--root `. If you want to format only itself, you +can do this with `git format-patch -1 `. 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 . Otherwise +If `-o` is specified, output files are created in . 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[=]:: 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[=]:: 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[=