[PATCH v2 0/9] doc: convert git log man page to new synopsis format
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- Jun 29, 2025, 13:20 UTC
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This series converts the man page of git log to the synopsis format style. Git log is the second largest manpage after git config, which makes the changes quite large.
A special note about the log format description which required escaping the synopsis processing of parentheses.
Changes since V1:
* rework the grammar style when refering to plural placeholders . The text is more descriptive and does not rely on puns. Puns may be difficult to understand and to translate. * change commit message to reflect the conversion of inline description of several option to a list.
Jean-Noël Avila (9): doc: convert git-log to new documentation format doc: git-log convert rev-list-description to new doc format doc: git-log: convert line range options to new doc format doc: git-log: convert line range format to new doc format doc: git-log: convert rev list options to new doc format doc: git-log: convert pretty options to new doc format doc: git-log: convert pretty formats to new doc format doc: git-log: convert diff options to new doc format doc: git-log: convert log config to new doc format
Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in | 2 +- Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in | 4 +- Documentation/config/log.adoc | 47 +-- Documentation/diff-options.adoc | 40 ++- Documentation/git-log.adoc | 86 ++--- Documentation/line-range-format.adoc | 26 +- Documentation/line-range-options.adoc | 10 +- Documentation/pretty-formats.adoc | 283 +++++++-------- Documentation/pretty-options.adoc | 71 ++-- Documentation/rev-list-description.adoc | 6 +- Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc | 390 ++++++++++----------- 11 files changed, 493 insertions(+), 472 deletions(-)
base-commit: cf6f63ea6bf35173e02e18bdc6a4ba41288acff9 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1933%2Fjnavila%2Fdoc_git_log-v2 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1933/jnavila/doc_git_log-v2 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1933
Range-diff vs v1:
1: 1ce06a18481 ! 1: f2b69588195 doc: convert git-log to new documentation format
@@ Commit message
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.
+ We also transform inline descriptions of possible values of option
+ --decorate into a list, which is more readable and extensible.
+
Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
## Documentation/git-log.adoc ##
@@ Documentation/git-log.adoc: each commit introduces are shown.
For each candidate reference, do not use it for decoration if it
- matches any patterns given to `--decorate-refs-exclude` or if it
- doesn't match any of the patterns given to `--decorate-refs`. The
-+ matches any of _<pattern>_ given to `--decorate-refs-exclude` or if it
-+ doesn't match any of _<pattern>_ given to `--decorate-refs`. The
- `log.excludeDecoration` config option allows excluding refs from
+- `log.excludeDecoration` config option allows excluding refs from
++ matches any of the _<pattern>_ parameters given to
++ `--decorate-refs-exclude` or if it doesn't match any of the
++ _<pattern>_ parameters given to `--decorate-refs`.
++ The `log.excludeDecoration` config option allows excluding refs from
the decorations, but an explicit `--decorate-refs` pattern will
override a match in `log.excludeDecoration`.
+ +
@@ Documentation/git-log.adoc: If none of these options or config settings are given, then references are
used as decoration if they match `HEAD`, `refs/heads/`, `refs/remotes/`,
`refs/stash/`, or `refs/tags/`.
2: ff22d0f1adf = 2: 1f6c951726b doc: git-log convert rev-list-description to new doc format
3: 3992c1786ef = 3: 7bab515e136 doc: git-log: convert line range options to new doc format
4: d451d7f6c0a = 4: 384a7d23563 doc: git-log: convert line range format to new doc format
5: 71d9a374102 = 5: c2e857105d4 doc: git-log: convert rev list options to new doc format
6: 5004a622c3f ! 6: 01835272c2e doc: git-log: convert pretty options to new doc format
@@ Documentation/pretty-options.adoc: people using 80-column terminals.
+`--notes[=<ref>]`::
Show the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) that annotate the
commit, when showing the commit log message. This is the default
- for `git log`, `git show` and `git whatchanged` commands when
+ ifndef::with-breaking-changes[]
@@ Documentation/pretty-options.adoc: to display. The ref can specify the full refname when it begins
with `refs/notes/`; when it begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise
`refs/notes/` is prefixed to form the full name of the ref.
7: d54e297567a = 7: d5490f7d868 doc: git-log: convert pretty formats to new doc format
8: 9f9ce432bd6 = 8: c2346eb580c doc: git-log: convert diff options to new doc format
9: fa91d919fa0 ! 9: b12b8294b86 doc: git-log: convert log config to new doc format
@@ Commit message
## Documentation/config/log.adoc ##
@@
-log.abbrevCommit::
+- If true, makes
+`log.abbrevCommit`::
- If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
- linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
++ If `true`, make
+ ifndef::with-breaking-changes[]
+ linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]
+@@ Documentation/config/log.adoc: endif::with-breaking-changes[]
+ assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
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