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[PATCH/RFC v2 4/4] rev-parse: update documentation of --flags and --no-flags options

From
Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 25, 2010, 09:04 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt |   10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 341ca90..8fb8f6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -49,10 +49,16 @@ OPTIONS
 	'git rev-list' command.
 
 --flags::
-	Do not output non-flag parameters.
+	Do not output non-flag parameters. All remaining
+	arguments will not be interpreted as options
+	to 'git rev-parse' even if they match options that
+	'git rev-parse' might otherwise recognise. As such,
+	this option, if specified, should always be the
+	last option specified.
 
 --no-flags::
-	Do not output flag parameters.
+	Do not output flag parameters. If specified, this
+	option causes any subsequent `--flags` option to be ignored.
 
 --default <arg>::
 	If there is no parameter given by the user, use `<arg>`

-- 
1.7.3.1.gc81ce.dirty
Previous: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
Message 8 of 8 in “rev-parse: allow --flags to output rev-parse-like flags”
  1. 0/4 rev-parse: allow --flags to output rev-parse-like flagsJon Seymour, Sep 25, 2010
  2. 0/4 *** SUBJECT HERE ***Jon Seymour, Sep 25, 2010
  3. 1/4 rev-parse: stop interpreting flags as options to rev-parse once --flags is specifiedJon Seymour, Sep 25, 2010
  4. 2/4 rev-parse: Don't recognise --flags as an option if --no-flags has been specified.Jon Seymour, Sep 25, 2010
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 25, 2010
  6. 3/4 rev-parse: add tests for git rev-parse --flags.Jon Seymour, Sep 25, 2010
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 25, 2010
  8. 4/4 rev-parse: update documentation of --flags and --no-flags optionsJon Seymour, Sep 25, 2010

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