[PATCH 4/4] contrib/subtree: update documentation
From: Paul Campbell <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:56:09
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
From 483a644fb40d14f2209116c45c1cb6beab11a181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Campbell <redacted> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:07:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] contrib/subtree: update documentation Signed-off-by: Paul Campbell <redacted> --- contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt
index c5bce41..67dea3f 100644
--- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt
+++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.txt@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git subtree' add -P <prefix> <commit> -'git subtree' pull -P <prefix> <repository> <refspec...> -'git subtree' push -P <prefix> <repository> <refspec...> +'git subtree' pull -P <prefix> [<repository> <refspec...>] +'git subtree' push -P <prefix> [<repository> <refspec...>] 'git subtree' merge -P <prefix> <commit> 'git subtree' split -P <prefix> [OPTIONS] [<commit>]
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ add:: A new commit is created automatically, joining the imported project's history with your own. With '--squash', imports only a single commit from the subproject, rather than its - entire history. + entire history. Details of the <prefix> are added to the + .gitsubtree file, where they will be used as defaults for + 'push' and 'pull'. merge:: Merge recent changes up to <commit> into the <prefix>
@@ -90,13 +92,16 @@ merge:: pull:: Exactly like 'merge', but parallels 'git pull' in that it fetches the given commit from the specified remote - repository. + repository. Default values for <repository> and <refspec> + are taken from the .gitsubtree file. push:: Does a 'split' (see below) using the <prefix> supplied and then does a 'git push' to push the result to the repository and refspec. This can be used to push your subtree to different branches of the remote repository. + Default values for <repository> and <refspec> are taken + from the .gitsubtree file. split:: Extract a new, synthetic project history from the
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