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[PATCH v2 0/2] Update git-clone doc: refer to long form of the options and list short form of the options first

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QGQuentin Nerden via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 2, 2019, 14:37 UTC
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To make doc of git-clone easier to read, refer to the long version of the options (it is easier to guess what --verbose is doing than -v).

Also: put the short options first, to match the doc of git-add, git-commit,
git-clean, git-branch...
Quentin Nerden (2):
  docs: git-clone: refer to long form of options
  docs: git-clone: list short form of options first
 Documentation/git-clone.txt | 34 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
base-commit: 8dca754b1e874719a732bc9ab7b0e14b21b1bc10
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-277%2Fkenden%2Fpatch-1-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-277/kenden/patch-1-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/277
Range-diff vs v1:
 -:  ---------- > 1:  d2f5540ea1 docs: git-clone: refer to long form of options
 1:  0dd1b01769 ! 2:  c562cf681f docs: update git-clone doc: refer to long options
     @@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
     -Author: Quentin Nerden <quentin.nerden@gmail.com>
     +Author: Quentin Nerden <quentin.nerden@intel.com>
      
     -    docs: update git-clone doc: refer to long options
     +    docs: git-clone: list short form of options first
      
     -    To make the doc of git-clone easier to read,
     -    refer to the long version of the options
     -    (it is easier to guess what --verbose is doing than -v).
     -
     -    Also:
     -    put the short options first, to match the doc of git-add, git-commit, git-clean, git-branch...
     +    List the short form of options (e.g.: '-l') before the long form (e.g.
     +    '--local').
     +    This is to match the doc of git-add, git-commit, git-clean, git-branch...
      
          Signed-off-by: Quentin Nerden <quentin.nerden@gmail.com>
      
     @@ -34,19 +31,6 @@
       	When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
       	instead of using hard links, automatically setup
       	`.git/objects/info/alternates` to share the objects
     -@@
     - If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository,
     - then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
     - +
     --Note that running `git repack` without the `-l` option in a repository
     -+Note that running `git repack` without the `--local` option in a repository
     - cloned with `-s` will copy objects from the source repository into a pack
     - in the cloned repository, removing the disk space savings of `clone -s`.
     --It is safe, however, to run `git gc`, which uses the `-l` option by
     -+It is safe, however, to run `git gc`, which uses the `--local` option by
     - default.
     - +
     - If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `-s` on
      @@
       	same repository, and this option can be used to stop the
       	borrowing.
     @@ -63,13 +47,6 @@
       	Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status
       	to the standard error stream.
       
     - --progress::
     - 	Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
     --	by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q
     -+	by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless `--quiet`
     - 	is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
     - 	standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
     - 
      @@
       	When multiple `--server-option=<option>` are given, they are all
       	sent to the other side in the order listed on the command line.
     @@ -80,14 +57,6 @@
       	No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
       
       --bare::
     - 	Make a 'bare' Git repository.  That is, instead of
     - 	creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
     - 	files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
     --	itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This obviously implies the `-n`
     -+	itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This obviously implies `--no-checkout`
     - 	because there is nowhere to check out the working tree.
     - 	Also the branch heads at the remote are copied directly
     - 	to corresponding local branch heads, without mapping
      @@
       	that all these refs are overwritten by a `git remote update` in the
       	target repository.
     @@ -124,13 +93,3 @@
       	Set a configuration variable in the newly-created repository;
       	this takes effect immediately after the repository is
       	initialized, but before the remote history is fetched or any
     -@@
     - 	The result is Git repository can be separated from working
     - 	tree.
     - 
     ---j <n>::
     - --jobs <n>::
     -+-j <n>::
     - 	The number of submodules fetched at the same time.
     - 	Defaults to the `submodule.fetchJobs` option.
     - 
-- 
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Message 5 of 8 in “Update git-clone doc: refer to long option”
  1. 0/1 Update git-clone doc: refer to long optionQuentin Nerden via GitGitGadget, Jun 27, 2019
  2. 1/1 docs: update git-clone doc: refer to long optionsQuentin Nerden via GitGitGadget, Jun 27, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2019
  4. Johannes SchindelinJun 28, 2019
  5. 0/2 Update git-clone doc: refer to long form of the options and list short form of the options firstQuentin Nerden via GitGitGadget, Jul 2, 2019
  6. 1/2 docs: git-clone: refer to long form of optionsQuentin Nerden via GitGitGadget, Jul 2, 2019
  7. 2/2 docs: git-clone: list short form of options firstQuentin Nerden via GitGitGadget, Jul 2, 2019
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2019

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