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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-08-02 21:02:16 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-08-02 21:02:16 +0200
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Merge branch 'maint'
* maint: test-lib: Remove 3 year old no-op --no-python option test-lib: Ignore --quiet under a TAP harness Documentation/rev-parse: quoting is required with --parseopt Documentation: reporting bugs Fix git rebase --continue to work with touched files Document ls-files -t as semi-obsolete.
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@@ -106,8 +106,16 @@ OPTIONS
with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense.
-t::
- Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by
- a space) at the start of each line:
+ This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose,
+ linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and
+ linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always
+ superior alternatives, and users should look at
+ linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1]
+ `--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives.
++
+This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by
+a space) at the start of each line:
+
H:: cached
S:: skip-worktree
M:: unmerged