Re: [PATCH v2] Remove --allow-empty from the git-commit synopsis
From: Johannes Sixt <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:34
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH v2] Remove --allow-empty from the git-commit synopsis · Jeff King <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH v2] Remove --allow-empty from the git-commit synopsis · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH v2] Remove --allow-empty from the git-commit synopsis · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
On Mittwoch, 7. April 2010, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend][--dry-run] [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] - [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] - [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] [--] - [[-i | -o ]<file>...] + [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] + [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
IMO the option should not be removed from the synopsis section of the documentation. I would agree that it is removed from the output of 'git commit -h', and I think this was the original intent when someone (Junio?) suggested to remove it. -- Hannes