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[PATCH 4/5] Add documentation on the new --rewrite-url option to 'git config'

From
Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Aug 3, 2008, 23:02 UTC
Message-ID
<200808040102.31430.johan@herland.net>
In-Reply-To
<200808040057.00221.johan@herland.net>
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
---
 Documentation/git-config.txt |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 28e1861..154c80b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
 'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
 'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --rewrite-url url
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -157,6 +158,15 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 	output.  The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
 	there is no color configured for `name`.
 
+--rewrite-url url::
+
+	Rewrite `url` according to the longest matching URL rewriting rule
+	(see documentation on `url.<base>.insteadOf` for more information
+	on URL rewriting rules), and output the resulting URL to the
+	standard output. If there is no matching URL rewriting rule, the
+	original `url` is printed on the standard output. In either case,
+	the exit code is 0.
+
 [[FILES]]
 FILES
 -----
-- 
1.6.0.rc1.34.g0fe8c
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Message 6 of 12 in “Fix 'url.*.insteadOf' for submodule URLs”
  1. 0/5 Fix 'url.*.insteadOf' for submodule URLsJohan Herland, Aug 3, 2008
  2. 1/5 Add testcase for 'git submodule' with url.*.insteadOf set in the super-repoJohan Herland, Aug 3, 2008
  3. 1/5 Add testcase for 'git submodule' with url.*.insteadOf set in the super-repoJohan Herland, Aug 3, 2008
  4. 2/5 Teach 'git config' to rewrite URLs according to current url.*.insteadOf rulesJohan Herland, Aug 3, 2008
  5. 3/5 Add selftest for new option '--rewrite-url' to 'git config'Johan Herland, Aug 3, 2008
  6. 4/5 Add documentation on the new --rewrite-url option to 'git config'Johan Herland, Aug 3, 2008
  7. 5/5 Teach 'git submodule' to rewrite submodule URLs according to super-repo's rulesJohan Herland, Aug 3, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinAug 3, 2008
  9. Johan HerlandAug 3, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2008
  11. Johan HerlandAug 4, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2008

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