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[PATCH 2/2] add documentation for mailinfo.scissors and '--no-scissors'

From
NSNicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
Date
Sep 11, 2009, 00:09 UTC
Message-ID
<33445216edc4c4e1976cdd81521922042955e6eb.1252626034.git.nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
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<7vtyzexnhm.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
---
 Documentation/git-am.txt       |    2 +-
 Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt |    6 ++++++
 builtin-mailinfo.c             |    2 +-
 git-am.sh                      |    1 +
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 87781f4..8b2897b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	 [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
 	 [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
 	 [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
-	 [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors]
+	 [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors | --no-scissors]
 	 [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
 'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort)
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
index 823ab82..55b8c5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ This is useful if you want to begin your message in a discussion thread
 with comments and suggestions on the message you are responding to, and to
 conclude it with a patch submission, separating the discussion and the
 beginning of the proposed commit log message with a scissors line.
++
+This can enabled by default with the configuration option mailinfo.scissors.
+
+--no-scissors::
+	Do not obey to a scissors line. This is only useful if mailinfo.scissors is
+	enabled (see --scissors).
 
 <msg>::
 	The commit log message extracted from e-mail, usually
diff --git a/builtin-mailinfo.c b/builtin-mailinfo.c
index 7d22fd7..d498b1c 100644
--- a/builtin-mailinfo.c
+++ b/builtin-mailinfo.c
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ static int git_mailinfo_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *unused)
 }
 
 static const char mailinfo_usage[] =
-	"git mailinfo [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--scissors] msg patch < mail >info";
+	"git mailinfo [-k] [-u | --encoding=<encoding> | -n] [--scissors | --no-scissors] msg patch < mail >info";
 
 int cmd_mailinfo(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 26ffe70..f242d1a 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ s,signoff       add a Signed-off-by line to the commit message
 u,utf8          recode into utf8 (default)
 k,keep          pass -k flag to git-mailinfo
 c,scissors      strip everything before a scissors line
+no-scissors     don't obey to a scissors line (default)
 whitespace=     pass it through git-apply
 ignore-space-change pass it through git-apply
 ignore-whitespace pass it through git-apply
-- 
1.6.5.rc0.164.g5f6b0
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  2. Nanako ShiraishiSep 8, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2009
  4. Jakub NarebskiSep 8, 2009
  5. Sverre RabbelierSep 8, 2009
  6. jk/1.7.0-status, was: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2009, #02; Mon, 07)Jeff King, Sep 9, 2009
  7. Daniel BarkalowSep 10, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  9. Daniel BarkalowSep 10, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2009
  11. scissors definition and documentationNicolas Sebrecht, Sep 11, 2009
  12. 1/2 mailinfo: add '--scissors' to usage messageNicolas Sebrecht, Sep 11, 2009
  13. 2/2 add documentation for mailinfo.scissors and '--no-scissors'Nicolas Sebrecht, Sep 11, 2009
  14. add documentation for mailinfo.scissors and '--no-scissors'Nicolas Sebrecht, Sep 11, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  16. Re: add documentation for mailinfo.scissors and '--no-scissors'Nicolas Sebrecht, Sep 11, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  18. Re: add documentation for mailinfo.scissors and '--no-scissors'Nicolas Sebrecht, Sep 11, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  20. Re: add documentation for mailinfo.scissors and '--no-scissors'Nicolas Sebrecht, Sep 12, 2009
  21. 2/2 add documentation for mailinfo.scissors and '--no-scissors'Nicolas Sebrecht, Sep 11, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2009
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2009
  24. Sverre RabbelierSep 12, 2009

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