Re: Query about documentation of git pull -n

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 24, 2008, 11:01 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0801241058330.5731@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <72481CA3A5A6474EA49CFD2CF28A5D5D02CA348A@hektor.iplbath.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Anthony Bolton wrote:

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> Comment from a new user:
>  The git-pull man pages imply that "git pull -n" and "git pull 
> --no-tags" are the same, but -n seems to do something different entirely 
> (same with git fetch). I found this in msysgit but the msysgit boys say 
> that it's actually a problem with core git.

FWIW I am that msysgit boy. And I did not say anything about git-fetch, but only about git-pull. I even said that "-n" means "--no-summary" to git-pull.

> If -n is intended to be different from --no-tags than can you update the 
> documentation please?

That is such a low-hanging fruit. Since you apparently use git yourself, there is not much left to learn in order to fix this bug. IOW this is a perfect occasion to get just a little involved in the git development.

Just look at Documentation/diff-options.txt for an example how to use the "ifdef::" construct, and then use that construct in Documentation/fetch-options.txt.

Hth, Dscho