From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.git@rawuncut.elitemail.org>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/17] Document the [<head>...] and -- arguments to git-prune.
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 01:50:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051209005025.GA8932@puritan.petwork> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vzmnb9m7w.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
> > Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.git@rawuncut.elitemail.org> writes:
> > > The documentation for git-prune was lacking descriptions of the head
> > > arguments and the -- option.
> > >
> > > +<head>...::
> > > + The heads to look for unreachable objects in. This is
> > > + relative to $GIT_DIR (e.g., "HEAD", "refs/heads/master").
> > > + When unspecified, all heads are updated to match the
> > > + remote repository.
> > ? updated to match???
> Come to think of it, why would anybody want to pass heads explicitly?
> It seems to me that it would allow you to _lose_ objects referenced
> only from omitted branches...
Sorry. I have no idea why I pasted in that description. How about:
<head>...::
A head to use for an unreachability trace.
(This mimics the description of <object> in git-fsck-objects.)
nikolai
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-08 23:28 [PATCH 0/17] Documentation fixes in response to my previous listing Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 1/17] Document the --non-empty command-line option to git-pack-objects Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 2/17] Fix the description of --utf8 and --keep to git-am Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 3/17] Use uniform description for the '--' option Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 4/17] Documentation/git-commit.txt: Add long options and -- to documentation Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 5/17] Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt: added documentation for -- Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 6/17] Document the [<head>...] and -- arguments to git-prune Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 7/17] Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt: Fix a slight glitch in description heading Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 8/17] Documentation/git-cherry-pick: Add --replay and --no-commit Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 9/17] Add documentation for git-revert and git-cherry-pick Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 10/17] Add documentation for the --topo-order option to git-show-branch Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 11/17] Documentation/git-format-patch.txt: Add --signoff, --check, and long option-names Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 12/17] Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt: Add -h and -t Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 13/17] Documentation/git-repack.txt: Add -l and -n Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 14/17] Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt: Document the commit-id argument Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 15/17] Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt: Add -f alias for --force to documentation Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 16/17] Documentation/git-tag.txt: Fix the order of sections (DESCRIPTION should come before OPTIONS) Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:28 ` [PATCH 17/17] Documentation/git-read-tree.txt: Add --reset to SYNOPSIS Nikolai Weibull
2005-12-08 23:49 ` [PATCH 6/17] Document the [<head>...] and -- arguments to git-prune Junio C Hamano
2005-12-08 23:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-09 0:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-09 7:25 ` [RFC/PATCH] git-prune: never lose objects reachable from our refs Junio C Hamano
2005-12-09 19:39 ` Peter Eriksen
2005-12-09 20:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-09 0:50 ` Nikolai Weibull [this message]
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