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[PATCH 5/7] contrib/subtree: Fix Synopsis

From
David A. Greene <greened@obbligato.org>
Date
Jan 8, 2013, 12:09 UTC
Message-ID
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From: "David A. Greene" <greened@obbligato.org>

Fix the documentation of add to show that a repository can be specified along with a commit.

Suggested by Yann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr>.
Signed-off-by: David A. Greene <greened@obbligato.org>
---
 contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh  |    6 ++++++
 contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
index d53eaee..0e9ea0f 100755
--- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
+++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 OPTS_SPEC="\
 git subtree add   --prefix=<prefix> <commit>
+git subtree add   --prefix=<prefix> <repository> <commit>
 git subtree merge --prefix=<prefix> <commit>
 git subtree pull  --prefix=<prefix> <repository> <refspec...>
 git subtree push  --prefix=<prefix> <repository> <refspec...>
@@ -513,6 +514,11 @@ cmd_add()
 
 	    "cmd_add_commit" "$@"
 	elif [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
+	    # Technically we could accept a refspec here but we're
+	    # just going to turn around and add FETCH_HEAD under the
+	    # specified directory.  Allowing a refspec might be
+	    # misleading because we won't do anything with any other
+	    # branches fetched via the refspec.
 	    git rev-parse -q --verify "$2^{commit}" >/dev/null ||
             die "'$2' does not refer to a commit"
 
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt
index 75aa690..078d4ac 100644
--- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt
+++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-subtree - Merge subtrees together and split repository into subtrees
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git subtree' add   -P <prefix> <commit>
+'git subtree' add   -P <prefix> <refspec>
+'git subtree' add   -P <prefix> <repository> <refspec>
 'git subtree' pull  -P <prefix> <repository> <refspec...>
 'git subtree' push  -P <prefix> <repository> <refspec...>
 'git subtree' merge -P <prefix> <commit>
-- 
1.7.10.4
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Message 20 of 22 in “Revised git-subtree Patches”
  1. David A. GreeneJan 8, 2013
  2. 1/7 Remove Test Number CommentsDavid A. Greene, Jan 8, 2013
  3. 2/7 contrib/subtree: Use %B for Split Subject/BodyDavid A. Greene, Jan 8, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  5. greened@obbligato.orgJan 16, 2013
  6. 郑文辉 (Techlive Zheng)Jan 8, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  8. greened@obbligato.orgJan 16, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  10. greened@obbligato.orgJan 22, 2013
  11. 3/7 contrib/subtree: Add --unannotateDavid A. Greene, Jan 8, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  13. greened@obbligato.orgJan 16, 2013
  14. greened@obbligato.orgJan 16, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  16. greened@obbligato.orgJan 22, 2013
  17. 4/7 contrib/subtree: Better Error Handling for addDavid A. Greene, Jan 8, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2013
  19. greened@obbligato.orgJan 16, 2013
  20. 5/7 contrib/subtree: Fix SynopsisDavid A. Greene, Jan 8, 2013
  21. 6/7 contrib/subtree: Honor DESTDIRDavid A. Greene, Jan 8, 2013
  22. 7/7 contrib/subtree: Make the Manual Directory if NeededDavid A. Greene, Jan 8, 2013

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