[PATCH 4/8] doc: stash: split options from description (2)

From: Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 16, 2020, 16:09 UTC
Message-ID: <708363241f4940e5b627af8519345b762deb77ab.1579190965.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.530.git.1579190965.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@syntevo.com>

Together with the previous patch, this brings docs for `git stash` to the common layout used for most other commands (see for example docs for `git add`, `git commit`, `git checkout`, `git reset`) where all options are documented in a separate list.

I have decided to use alphabetical sorting in the list of options. Other docs often sort in order of appearance or order of importance, but in this case it wouldn't be easy to read the list where options from multiple sub-commands are mixed together.

There is some text editing done to make old descriptions better fit into the list-style format.

Signed-off-by: Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@syntevo.com>
---
 Documentation/git-stash.txt | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 2dedc21997..f75b80a720 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ created stash, `stash@{1}` is the one before it, `stash@{2.hours.ago}`
 is also possible). Stashes may also be referenced by specifying just the
 stash index (e.g. the integer `n` is equivalent to `stash@{n}`).
 
-OPTIONS
--------
-
 push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--] [<pathspec>...]::
 
 	Save your local modifications to a new 'stash entry' and roll them
@@ -152,40 +149,51 @@ store::
 	reflog.  This is intended to be useful for scripts.  It is
 	probably not the command you want to use; see "push" above.
 
-If the `--all` option is used instead then the
-ignored files are stashed and cleaned in addition to the untracked files.
-
-If the `--include-untracked` option is used, all untracked files are also
-stashed and then cleaned up with `git clean`, leaving the working directory
-in a very clean state.
-
-If the `--index` option is used, then tries to reinstate not only the working
-tree's changes, but also the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you
-have conflicts (which are stored in the index, where you therefore can no
-longer apply the changes as they were originally).
-
-If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the
-index are left intact.
-
-With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from the diff
-between HEAD and the working tree to be stashed.  The stash entry is
-constructed such that its index state is the same as the index state
-of your repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you
-selected interactively.  The selected changes are then rolled back
-from your worktree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of
-linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-a::
+--all::
+	All ignored and untracked files are also stashed and then cleaned
+	up with `git clean`.
+
+-u::
+--include-untracked::
+	All untracked files are also stashed and then cleaned up with
+	`git clean`.
+
+--index::
+	Tries to reinstate not only the working tree's changes, but also
+	the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you have conflicts
+	(which are stored in the index, where you therefore can no longer
+	apply the changes as they were originally).
+
+-k::
+--keep-index::
+--no-keep-index::
+	All changes already added to the index are left intact.
+
+-p::
+--patch::
+	Interactively select hunks from the diff between HEAD and the
+	working tree to be stashed.  The stash entry is constructed such
+	that its index state is the same as the index state of your
+	repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you selected
+	interactively.  The selected changes are then rolled back from your
+	worktree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of linkgit:git-add[1]
+	to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
 +
 The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`.  You can use 
 `--no-keep-index` to override this.
 
-When pathspec is given to 'git stash push', the new stash entry records the
-modified states only for the files that match the pathspec.  The index
-entries and working tree files are then rolled back to the state in
-HEAD only for these files, too, leaving files that do not match the
-pathspec intact.
+<pathspec>...::
+	The new stash entry records the modified states only for the files
+	that match the pathspec.  The index entries and working tree files
+	are then rolled back to the state in HEAD only for these files,
+	too, leaving files that do not match the pathspec intact.
 
-When no `<stash>` is given, `stash@{0}` is assumed, otherwise `<stash>` must
-be a reference of the form `stash@{<revision>}`.
+<stash>::
+	A reference of the form `stash@{<revision>}`. When no `<stash>` is
+	given, the latest stash is assumed (that is, `stash@{0}`).
 
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