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[PATCH] config.txt: refer to --upload-pack and --receive-pack instead of --exec

From
Uwe Kleine-König <uwe.kleine-koenig@digi.com>
Date
Mar 6, 2008, 20:28 UTC
Message-ID
<1204835287-2852-1-git-send-email-Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@digi.com>

The options --upload-pack (of git-fetch-pack) and --receive-pack (of git-push) do the same as --exec (for both commands). But the former options have the more descriptive name.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@digi.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 4027726..23e1cab 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -864,15 +864,15 @@ remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
 
 remote.<name>.receivepack::
 	The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing.  See
-	option \--exec of linkgit:git-push[1].
+	option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
 
 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
 	The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching.  See
-	option \--exec of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
+	option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
 
 remote.<name>.tagopt::
-	Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when fetching
-	from remote <name>
+	Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
+	fetching from remote <name>
 
 remotes.<group>::
 	The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
-- 
1.5.4.3
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  1. config.txt: refer to --upload-pack and --receive-pack instead of --execUwe Kleine-König, Mar 6, 2008

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