Add information on new git-gui and gitk command-line options, configuration variables, and the encoding attribute. Signed-off-by: Alexander Gavrilov <angavrilov@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/config.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/git-gui.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ Documentation/gitk.txt | 5 +++++ 4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 965ed74..2223dc4 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -796,6 +796,14 @@ gui.diffcontext:: Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5". +gui.encoding:: + Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of + file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1]. + It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute + for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). + If this option is not set, the tools default to the + locale encoding. + gui.matchtrackingbranch:: Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should default to tracking remote branches with matching names or @@ -818,6 +826,22 @@ gui.spellingdictionary:: the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned off. +gui.fastcopyblame:: + If true, 'git gui blame' uses '-C' instead of '-C -C' for original + location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge + repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection. + +gui.copyblamethreshold:: + Specifies the theshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location + detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the + linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection. + +gui.blamehistoryctx:: + Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in + linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History + Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this + variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown. + help.browser:: Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1]. diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt index 0e650f4..d0bc98b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt @@ -65,9 +65,28 @@ git gui blame v0.99.8 Makefile:: example the file is read from the object database and not the working directory. +git gui blame --line=100 Makefile:: + + Loads annotations as described above and automatically + scrolls the view to center on line '100'. + git gui citool:: Make one commit and return to the shell when it is complete. + This command returns a non-zero exit code if the window was + closed in any way other than by making a commit. + +git gui citool --amend:: + + Automatically enter the 'Amend Last Commit' mode of + the interface. + +git gui citool --nocommit:: + + Behave as normal citool, but instead of making a commit + simply terminate with a zero exit code. It still checks + that the index does not contain any unmerged entries, so + you can use it as a GUI version of linkgit:git-mergetool[1] git citool:: diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index eb64841..e02899f 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -495,6 +495,23 @@ in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the commit hash. +Viewing files in GUI tools +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`encoding` +^^^^^^^^^^ + +The value of this attribute specifies the character encoding that should +be used by GUI tools (e.g. linkgit:gitk[1] and linkgit:git-gui[1]) to +display the contents of the relevant file. Note that due to performance +considerations linkgit:gitk[1] does not use this attribute unless you +manually enable per-file encodings in its options. + +If this attribute is not set or has an invalid value, the value of the +`gui.encoding` configuration variable is used instead +(See linkgit:git-config[1]). + + USING ATTRIBUTE MACROS ---------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index ae29a00..317f631 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ frequently used options. Use this instead of explicitly specifying <revs> if the set of commits to show may vary between refreshes. +--select-commit=<ref>:: + + Automatically select the specified commit after loading the graph. + Default behavior is equivalent to specifying '--select-commit=HEAD'. + <revs>:: Limit the revisions to show. This can be either a single revision -- 1.6.0.3.15.gb8d36 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
