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[PATCH 3/5] Docs: add some long/short options

From
Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
Date
Jun 8, 2008, 01:36 UTC
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Namely:
 git-clean.txt: --dry-run --quiet
 git-count-objects.txt: --verbose
 git-quiltimport.txt: -n
 git-remote.txt: -v --verbose
Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
---
Hi,

this was a kind of semi-automated search to find the options that are not documented in the manual. Besides deprecated or unofficial ones, my search found those listed here and those from the following patches.

Regards,
  Stephan
PS: Because the patches are so tiny, I didn't want to make several ones.
 Documentation/git-clean.txt         |    2 ++
 Documentation/git-count-objects.txt |    1 +
 Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt   |    2 ++
 Documentation/git-remote.txt        |   10 +++++++++-
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index deebf3b..37a82ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	git-clean will refuse to run unless given -f or -n.
 
 -n::
+--dry-run::
 	Don't actually remove anything, just show what would be done.
 
 -q::
+--quiet::
 	Be quiet, only report errors, but not the files that are
 	successfully removed.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
index e1219b3..1ba85a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ them, to help you decide when it is a good time to repack.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -v::
+--verbose::
 	In addition to the number of loose objects and disk
 	space consumed, it reports the number of in-pack
 	objects, number of packs, and number of objects that can be
diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
index d0bc182..0600379 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ preserved as the 1 line subject in the git description.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+
+-n::
 --dry-run::
 	Walk through the patches in the series and warn
 	if we cannot find all of the necessary information to commit
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index e97dc09..782b055 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-remote - manage set of tracked repositories
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-remote'
+'git-remote' [-v | --verbose]
 'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
 'git-remote' rm <name>
 'git-remote' show <name>
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ DESCRIPTION
 Manage the set of repositories ("remotes") whose branches you track.
 
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+	Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name.
+
+
 COMMANDS
 --------
 
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  2. 2/2 git-commit.txt: Add missing long/short optionsStephan Beyer, Jun 7, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2008
  4. 1/5 git-commit.txt: Add missing long/short optionsStephan Beyer, Jun 8, 2008
  5. 2/5 Docs: Use "-l::\n--long\n" format in OPTIONS sectionsStephan Beyer, Jun 8, 2008
  6. 3/5 Docs: add some long/short optionsStephan Beyer, Jun 8, 2008
  7. 4/5 git-describe.txt: document --alwaysStephan Beyer, Jun 8, 2008
  8. 5/5 git-name-rev.txt: document --no-undefined and --alwaysStephan Beyer, Jun 8, 2008
  9. Christian CouderJun 7, 2008
  10. git-commit.txt: Correct option alternativesStephan Beyer, Jun 7, 2008
  11. Jon LoeligerJun 8, 2008
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