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From: Michael Lyons <git@michael.lyo.nz>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Michael Lyons <git@michael.lyo.nz>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: git-blame: convert blame to new doc format
Date: Mon,  5 Jan 2026 18:02:17 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105230220.519303-1-git@michael.lyo.nz> (raw)

- Use _<placeholder>_ instead of <placeholder> in the description
- Use _underscores_ around sample commits, ranges, and math involving
or associated with <placeholders>
- Use `backticks` for keywords and more complex option
descriptions. The new rendering engine will apply synopsis rules to
these spans.

Signed-off-by: Michael Lyons <git@michael.lyo.nz>
---
 Documentation/blame-options.adoc | 100 +++++++++++++++----------------
 Documentation/git-blame.adoc     |  60 +++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.adoc b/Documentation/blame-options.adoc
index 1fb948fc76..1f5b6ec57d 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.adoc
@@ -1,105 +1,105 @@
--b::
+`-b`::
 	Show blank SHA-1 for boundary commits.  This can also
 	be controlled via the `blame.blankBoundary` config option.
 
---root::
+`--root`::
 	Do not treat root commits as boundaries.  This can also be
 	controlled via the `blame.showRoot` config option.
 
---show-stats::
+`--show-stats`::
 	Include additional statistics at the end of blame output.
 
--L <start>,<end>::
--L :<funcname>::
-	Annotate only the line range given by '<start>,<end>',
-	or by the function name regex '<funcname>'.
+`-L <start>,<end>`::
+`-L :<funcname>`::
+	Annotate only the line range given by _<start>,<end>_,
+	or by the function name regex _<funcname>_.
 	May be specified multiple times. Overlapping ranges are allowed.
 +
-'<start>' and '<end>' are optional. `-L <start>` or `-L <start>,` spans from
-'<start>' to end of file. `-L ,<end>` spans from start of file to '<end>'.
+_<start>_ and _<end>_ are optional. `-L <start>` or `-L <start>,` spans from
+_<start>_ to end of file. `-L ,<end>` spans from start of file to _<end>_.
 +
 include::line-range-format.adoc[]
 
--l::
+`-l`::
 	Show long rev (Default: off).
 
--t::
+`-t`::
 	Show raw timestamp (Default: off).
 
--S <revs-file>::
-	Use revisions from revs-file instead of calling linkgit:git-rev-list[1].
+`-S <revs-file>`::
+	Use revisions from _revs-file_ instead of calling linkgit:git-rev-list[1].
 
---reverse <rev>..<rev>::
+`--reverse <rev>..<rev>`::
 	Walk history forward instead of backward. Instead of showing
 	the revision in which a line appeared, this shows the last
 	revision in which a line has existed. This requires a range of
-	revision like START..END where the path to blame exists in
-	START.  `git blame --reverse START` is taken as `git blame
+	revision like _START..END_ where the path to blame exists in
+	_START_.  `git blame --reverse START` is taken as `git blame
 	--reverse START..HEAD` for convenience.
 
---first-parent::
+`--first-parent`::
 	Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge
 	commit. This option can be used to determine when a line
 	was introduced to a particular integration branch, rather
 	than when it was introduced to the history overall.
 
--p::
---porcelain::
+`-p`::
+`--porcelain`::
 	Show in a format designed for machine consumption.
 
---line-porcelain::
+`--line-porcelain`::
 	Show the porcelain format, but output commit information for
 	each line, not just the first time a commit is referenced.
-	Implies --porcelain.
+	Implies `--porcelain`.
 
---incremental::
+`--incremental`::
 	Show the result incrementally in a format designed for
 	machine consumption.
 
---encoding=<encoding>::
+`--encoding=<encoding>`::
 	Specifies the encoding used to output author names
 	and commit summaries. Setting it to `none` makes blame
 	output unconverted data. For more information see the
 	discussion about encoding in the linkgit:git-log[1]
 	manual page.
 
---contents <file>::
-	Annotate using the contents from the named file, starting from <rev>
-	if it is specified, and HEAD otherwise. You may specify '-' to make
+`--contents <file>`::
+	Annotate using the contents from the named file, starting from _<rev>_
+	if it is specified, and `HEAD` otherwise. You may specify `-` to make
 	the command read from the standard input for the file contents.
 
---date <format>::
-	Specifies the format used to output dates. If --date is not
-	provided, the value of the blame.date config variable is
-	used. If the blame.date config variable is also not set, the
+`--date <format>`::
+	Specifies the format used to output dates. If `--date` is not
+	provided, the value of the `blame.date` config variable is
+	used. If the `blame.date` config variable is also not set, the
 	iso format is used. For supported values, see the discussion
-	of the --date option at linkgit:git-log[1].
+	of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1].
 
---progress::
---no-progress::
+`--progress`::
+`--no-progress`::
 	Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
 	by default when it is attached to a terminal. This flag
 	enables progress reporting even if not attached to a
 	terminal. Can't use `--progress` together with `--porcelain`
 	or `--incremental`.
 
--M[<num>]::
+`-M[<num>]`::
 	Detect moved or copied lines within a file. When a commit
 	moves or copies a block of lines (e.g. the original file
-	has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and then
-	A), the traditional 'blame' algorithm notices only half of
+	has _A_ and then _B_, and the commit changes it to _B_ and then
+	_A_), the traditional `blame` algorithm notices only half of
 	the movement and typically blames the lines that were moved
-	up (i.e. B) to the parent and assigns blame to the lines that
-	were moved down (i.e. A) to the child commit.  With this
+	up (i.e. _B_) to the parent and assigns blame to the lines that
+	were moved down (i.e. _A_) to the child commit.  With this
 	option, both groups of lines are blamed on the parent by
 	running extra passes of inspection.
 +
-<num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
+_<num>_ is optional, but it is the lower bound on the number of
 alphanumeric characters that Git must detect as moving/copying
 within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent
 commit. The default value is 20.
 
--C[<num>]::
+`-C[<num>]`::
 	In addition to `-M`, detect lines moved or copied from other
 	files that were modified in the same commit.  This is
 	useful when you reorganize your program and move code
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ commit. The default value is 20.
 	option is given three times, the command additionally
 	looks for copies from other files in any commit.
 +
-<num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
+_<num>_ is optional, but it is the lower bound on the number of
 alphanumeric characters that Git must detect as moving/copying
 between files for it to associate those lines with the parent
 commit. And the default value is 40. If there are more than one
-`-C` options given, the <num> argument of the last `-C` will
+`-C` options given, the _<num>_ argument of the last `-C` will
 take effect.
 
---ignore-rev <rev>::
+`--ignore-rev <rev>`::
 	Ignore changes made by the revision when assigning blame, as if the
 	change never happened.  Lines that were changed or added by an ignored
 	commit will be blamed on the previous commit that changed that line or
@@ -126,26 +126,26 @@ take effect.
 	another commit will be marked with a `?` in the blame output.  If the
 	`blame.markUnblamableLines` config option is set, then those lines touched
 	by an ignored commit that we could not attribute to another revision are
-	marked with a '*'. In the porcelain modes, we print 'ignored' and
-	'unblamable' on a newline respectively.
+	marked with a `*`. In the porcelain modes, we print _ignored_ and
+	_unblamable_ on a newline respectively.
 
---ignore-revs-file <file>::
-	Ignore revisions listed in `file`, which must be in the same format as an
+`--ignore-revs-file <file>`::
+	Ignore revisions listed in _<file>_, which must be in the same format as an
 	`fsck.skipList`.  This option may be repeated, and these files will be
 	processed after any files specified with the `blame.ignoreRevsFile` config
 	option.  An empty file name, `""`, will clear the list of revs from
 	previously processed files.
 
---color-lines::
+`--color-lines`::
 	Color line annotations in the default format differently if they come from
 	the same commit as the preceding line. This makes it easier to distinguish
 	code blocks introduced by different commits. The color defaults to cyan and
 	can be adjusted using the `color.blame.repeatedLines` config option.
 
---color-by-age::
+`--color-by-age`::
 	Color line annotations depending on the age of the line in the default format.
 	The `color.blame.highlightRecent` config option controls what color is used for
 	each range of age.
 
--h::
+`-h`::
 	Show help message.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.adoc b/Documentation/git-blame.adoc
index adcbb6f5dc..7dc93f90b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.adoc
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ git-blame - Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-[verse]
-'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-p] [-w] [--incremental]
-	    [-L <range>] [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>]
-	    [--ignore-rev <rev>] [--ignore-revs-file <file>]
-	    [--color-lines] [--color-by-age] [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>]
-	    [ --contents <file> ] [<rev> | --reverse <rev>..<rev>] [--] <file>
+[synopsis]
+git blame [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-p] [-w] [--incremental]
+	  [-L <range>] [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>]
+	  [--ignore-rev <rev>] [--ignore-revs-file <file>]
+	  [--color-lines] [--color-by-age] [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>]
+	  [ --contents <file> ] [<rev> | --reverse <rev>..<rev>] [--] <file>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ lines that were copied and pasted from another file, etc., see the
 `-C` and `-M` options.
 
 The report does not tell you anything about lines which have been deleted or
-replaced; you need to use a tool such as 'git diff' or the "pickaxe"
+replaced; you need to use a tool such as `git diff` or the "pickaxe"
 interface briefly mentioned in the following paragraph.
 
 Apart from supporting file annotation, Git also supports searching the
@@ -50,47 +50,47 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 include::blame-options.adoc[]
 
--c::
+`-c`::
 	Use the same output mode as linkgit:git-annotate[1] (Default: off).
 
---score-debug::
+`--score-debug`::
 	Include debugging information related to the movement of
 	lines between files (see `-C`) and lines moved within a
 	file (see `-M`).  The first number listed is the score.
 	This is the number of alphanumeric characters detected
 	as having been moved between or within files.  This must be above
-	a certain threshold for 'git blame' to consider those lines
+	a certain threshold for `git blame` to consider those lines
 	of code to have been moved.
 
--f::
---show-name::
+`-f`::
+`--show-name`::
 	Show the filename in the original commit.  By default
 	the filename is shown if there is any line that came from a
 	file with a different name, due to rename detection.
 
--n::
---show-number::
+`-n`::
+`--show-number`::
 	Show the line number in the original commit (Default: off).
 
--s::
+`-s`::
 	Suppress the author name and timestamp from the output.
 
--e::
---show-email::
+`-e`::
+`--show-email`::
 	Show the author email instead of the author name (Default: off).
 	This can also be controlled via the `blame.showEmail` config
 	option.
 
--w::
+`-w`::
 	Ignore whitespace when comparing the parent's version and
 	the child's to find where the lines came from.
 
 include::diff-algorithm-option.adoc[]
 
---abbrev=<n>::
-	Instead of using the default 7+1 hexadecimal digits as the
-	abbreviated object name, use <m>+1 digits, where <m> is at
-	least <n> but ensures the commit object names are unique.
+`--abbrev=<n>`::
+	Instead of using the default _7+1_ hexadecimal digits as the
+	abbreviated object name, use _<m>+1_ digits, where _<m>_ is at
+	least _<n>_ but ensures the commit object names are unique.
 	Note that 1 column
 	is used for a caret to mark the boundary commit.
 
@@ -124,21 +124,21 @@ header at the minimum has the first line which has:
 This header line is followed by the following information
 at least once for each commit:
 
-- the author name ("author"), email ("author-mail"), time
-  ("author-time"), and time zone ("author-tz"); similarly
+- the author name (`author`), email (`author-mail`), time
+  (`author-time`), and time zone (`author-tz`); similarly
   for committer.
 - the filename in the commit that the line is attributed to.
-- the first line of the commit log message ("summary").
+- the first line of the commit log message (`summary`).
 
 The contents of the actual line are output after the above
-header, prefixed by a TAB. This is to allow adding more
+header, prefixed by a _TAB_. This is to allow adding more
 header elements later.
 
 The porcelain format generally suppresses commit information that has
 already been seen. For example, two lines that are blamed to the same
 commit will both be shown, but the details for that commit will be shown
 only once. Information which is specific to individual lines will not be
-grouped together, like revs to be marked 'ignored' or 'unblamable'. This
+grouped together, like revs to be marked _ignored_ or _unblamable_. This
 is more efficient, but may require more state be kept by the reader. The
 `--line-porcelain` option can be used to output full commit information
 for each line, allowing simpler (but less efficient) usage like:
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ for each line, allowing simpler (but less efficient) usage like:
 SPECIFYING RANGES
 -----------------
 
-Unlike 'git blame' and 'git annotate' in older versions of git, the extent
+Unlike `git blame` and `git annotate` in older versions of git, the extent
 of the annotation can be limited to both line ranges and revision
 ranges. The `-L` option, which limits annotation to a range of lines, may be
 specified multiple times.
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ which limits the annotation to the body of the `hello` subroutine.
 
 When you are not interested in changes older than version
 v2.6.18, or changes older than 3 weeks, you can use revision
-range specifiers similar to 'git rev-list':
+range specifiers similar to `git rev-list`:
 
 	git blame v2.6.18.. -- foo
 	git blame --since=3.weeks -- foo
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ parser (which should be quite natural for most scripting languages).
 +
 [NOTE]
 For people who do parsing: to make it more robust, just ignore any
-lines between the first and last one ("<sha1>" and "filename" lines)
+lines between the first and last one (_<sha1>_ and _filename_ lines)
 where you do not recognize the tag words (or care about that particular
 one) at the beginning of the "extended information" lines. That way, if
 there is ever added information (like the commit encoding or extended
-- 
2.47.3


             reply	other threads:[~2026-01-05 23:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-05 23:02 Michael Lyons [this message]
2026-01-06 18:57 ` [PATCH] doc: git-blame: convert blame to new doc format Jean-Noël AVILA
2026-01-06 21:16   ` Michael Lyons
2026-01-07 18:44     ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2026-01-08 15:30 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Michael Lyons
2026-01-08 15:30   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: blame-options: convert " Michael Lyons
2026-01-08 15:30   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: git-blame: " Michael Lyons
2026-01-08 18:24   ` [PATCH v2 0/2] doc: git-blame: convert blame " Jean-Noël AVILA
2026-01-11 18:24     ` Junio C Hamano

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