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[PATCH 4/5] git-describe.txt: document --always

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Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
Date
Jun 8, 2008, 01:36 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
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See commit da2478dbb000436b79e813ba7f243d6042f26e66
 Documentation/git-describe.txt |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 3f0b7b2..9f6f483 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	Only consider tags matching the given pattern (can be used to avoid
 	leaking private tags made from the repository).
 
+--always::
+	Show uniquely abbreviated commit object as fallback.
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
-- 
1.5.5.1
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Message 7 of 12 in “git-commit.txt: Correct option alternatives”
  1. 1/2 git-commit.txt: Correct option alternativesStephan Beyer, Jun 7, 2008
  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
  12. Jeff KingJun 8, 2008

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