delta/git.git/Documentation/git-init.txt, branch ss/userdiff-update-csharp-java

Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git'

2013-02-01T21:53:33+00:00

Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann 
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Documentation: use [verse] for SYNOPSIS sections

2011-07-06T21:26:26+00:00

The SYNOPSIS sections of most commands that span several lines already
use [verse] to retain line breaks. Most commands that don't span
several lines seem not to use [verse]. In the HTML output, [verse]
does not only preserve line breaks, but also makes the section
indented, which causes a slight inconsistency between commands that
use [verse] and those that don't. Use [verse] in all SYNOPSIS sections
for consistency.

Also remove the blank lines from git-fetch.txt and git-rebase.txt to
align with the other man pages. In the case of git-rebase.txt, which
already uses [verse], the blank line makes the [verse] not apply to
the last line, so removing the blank line also makes the formatting
within the document more consistent.

While at it, add single quotes to 'git cvsimport' for consistency with
other commands.

Signed-off-by: Martin von Zweigbergk 
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

init/clone: remove short option -L and document --separate-git-dir

2011-05-25T16:30:26+00:00

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy 
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

init, clone: support --separate-git-dir for .git file

2011-03-20T04:48:19+00:00

--separate-git-dir tells git to create git dir at the specified
location, instead of where it is supposed to be. A .git file that
points to that location will be put in place so that it appears normal
to repo discovery process.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy 
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

git-init.txt: move description section up

2011-03-20T04:48:19+00:00

It's more or less standard that synopsis is followed by description,
then options.

This is not just a clean move though:

 - The paragraphs are realigned a bit
 - The text mentioning git-init-db is dropped. init-db is
   deprecated, no need to confuse new users

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy 
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pages

2011-03-11T15:59:16+00:00

The point of these sections is generally to:

  1. Give credit where it is due.

  2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or
     file bug reports.

But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they
are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer
can be gotten through shortlog or blame.  For (2), the
correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you
wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and
incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody
useless.

So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except
git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list
for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section
to give credit to the major contributors and point to
shortlog and blame for more information.

Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can
follow that to the main git manpage.

Use parentheses and `...' where appropriate

2010-10-08T19:31:07+00:00

Remove some stray usage of other bracket types and asterisks for the
same purpose.

Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec 
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder 
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Add a "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section to git-init[1].

2010-02-17T20:17:53+00:00

Create a more inoformative section to describe template directory and
refer to it in config.txt and with the '--template' option of git-init
and git-clone commands.

Signed-off-by: Steven Drake 
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout

2010-01-10T12:01:28+00:00

The documentation was quite inconsistent when spelling 'git cmd' if it
only refers to the program, not to some specific invocation syntax:
both 'git-cmd' and 'git cmd' spellings exist.

The current trend goes towards dashless forms, and there is precedent
in 647ac70 (git-svn.txt: stop using dash-form of commands.,
2009-07-07) to actively eliminate the dashed variants.

Replace 'git-cmd' with 'git cmd' throughout, except where git-shell,
git-cvsserver, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack, and
git-upload-archive are concerned, because those really live in the
$PATH.

git init: optionally allow a directory argument

2009-07-25T09:17:54+00:00

When starting a new repository, I see my students often say

    % git init newrepo

and curse git.  They could say

    % mkdir newrepo; cd newrepo; git init

but allowing it as an obvious short-cut may be nicer.

Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi 
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano