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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, christian.couder@gmail.com,
	phillip.wood123@gmail.com,
	Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>,
	Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup[amend|reword] options
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:23:17 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqlfblfae2.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210217073725.16656-6-charvi077@gmail.com> (Charvi Mendiratta's message of "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:07:25 +0530")

Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com> writes:

> Mentored-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
> Mentored-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-commit.txt | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 21 ++++++++++---------
>  2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> index 17150fa7ea..9a60876845 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>  --------
>  [verse]
>  'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
> -	   [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>]
> +	   [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --squash) <commit> | --fixup [(amend|reword):]<commit>)]
>  	   [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
>  	   [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
>  	   [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status]
> @@ -86,11 +86,38 @@ OPTIONS
>  	Like '-C', but with `-c` the editor is invoked, so that
>  	the user can further edit the commit message.
>  
> ---fixup=<commit>::
> -	Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`.
> -	The commit message will be the subject line from the specified
> -	commit with a prefix of "fixup! ".  See linkgit:git-rebase[1]
> -	for details.
> +--fixup=[(amend|reword):]<commit>::
> +	When used without options, lets's say `git commit --fixup=<commit>`,
> +	it creates a "fixup!" commit where the commit message will be
> +	the subject line from the specified commit with a prefix of
> +	"fixup! ". The resulting "fixup!" commit is further used with
> +	`git rebase --autosquash` to fixup the content of the specified
> +	commit.
> +
> +	When used with option `amend`, let's say
> +	`git commit --fixup=amend:<commit>`, it creates a "amend!" commit
> +	to fixup both the content and the commit log message of the
> +	specified commit. The resulting "amend!" commit's commit message
> +	subject will be the subject line from the specified commit with a
> +	prefix of "amend! " and the message body will be commit log message
> +	of the specified commit. It also invokes an editor seeded with the
> +	"amend!" commit log message to allow to edit further. And it denies
> +	to create "amend!" commit if it's commit message body is empty unless
> +	used with `allow-empty-message` option. "amend!" commit when rebased
> +	with `--autosquash` will fixup the contents and replace the commit
> +	message of the specified commit with the "amend!" commit's message
> +	body.
> +
> +	When used with alternative option `reword`, let's say
> +	`git commit --fixup=reword:<commit>`, it works similar to `amend`
> +	option, but here it creates an empty "amend!" commit, i.e it does
> +	not take any staged changes and only allows to fixup the commit
> +	message of the specified commit. It will reword the specified
> +	commit when it is rebased with `--autosquash`.
> +
> +	`--fixup`, with or without option, can be used with additional
> +	commit message option `-m` but not with `-F`/`-c`/`-C`. See
> +	linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details.

You must dedent the second and the subsequent paragraphs and replace
each of these blank lines that mark inter-paragraph breaks with a
line with a single plus '+' sign on it.  See how "is mutually
exclusive" explanation is appended to the description of "-m" as its
second paragraph.

Side note.  It probably needs "exclusive -> incompatible".

The description in git-rebase.txt you touched is another good
example.  Mimic the way its second paragraph "If the autosquash is
enabled..."  is formatted.

Thanks.

>  --squash=<commit>::
>  	Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`.
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> index 8bfa5a9272..ffea76e53b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> @@ -593,16 +593,17 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
>  
>  --autosquash::
>  --no-autosquash::
> -	When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or
> -	"fixup! ..."), and there is already a commit in the todo list that
> -	matches the same `...`, automatically modify the todo list of rebase
> -	-i so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after the
> -	commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved commit
> -	from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup`).  A commit matches the `...` if
> -	the commit subject matches, or if the `...` refers to the commit's
> -	hash. As a fall-back, partial matches of the commit subject work,
> -	too.  The recommended way to create fixup/squash commits is by using
> -	the `--fixup`/`--squash` options of linkgit:git-commit[1].
> +	When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or "fixup! ..."
> +	or "amend! ..."), and there is already a commit in the todo list that
> +	matches the same `...`, automatically modify the todo list of
> +	`rebase -i`, so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after
> +	the commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved commit
> +	from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup` or `fixup -C`) respectively. A commit
> +	matches the `...` if the commit subject matches, or if the `...` refers
> +	to the commit's hash. As a fall-back, partial matches of the commit
> +	subject work, too. The recommended way to create fixup/squash/amend
> +	commits is by using the `--fixup=[amend|reword]`/`--squash` options of
> +	linkgit:git-commit[1].
>  +
>  If the `--autosquash` option is enabled by default using the
>  configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-18 19:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-17  7:29 [PATCH 0/6][Outreachy] commit: Implementation of "amend!" commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17  7:37 ` [PATCH 1/6] sequencer: export subject_length() Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17  7:37   ` [PATCH 2/6] commit: add amend suboption to --fixup to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17 19:49     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-18 10:13       ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-18 19:18         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-18 20:37           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-19  6:10             ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-19  6:09           ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-20  3:15             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-21  6:35               ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-21  7:05                 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-21  9:20                   ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-22 17:35                     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-23  6:05                       ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17  7:37   ` [PATCH 3/6] commit: add a reword suboption to --fixup Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17 19:56     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-18 10:14       ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17  7:37   ` [PATCH 4/6] t7500: add tests for --fixup[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17 19:59     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-18 10:15       ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-18 19:26         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-19  6:10           ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17  7:37   ` [PATCH 5/6] t3437: use --fixup with options to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-17  7:37   ` [PATCH 6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-18 19:23     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-02-19  6:09       ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-23 19:55 ` [PATCH 0/6][Outreachy] commit: Implementation of "amend!" commit Junio C Hamano
2021-02-24  5:54   ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 10:08 ` [PATCH v2 " Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 10:08 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] sequencer: export subject_length() Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 10:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] commit: add amend suboption to --fixup to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 21:00   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-26 10:38     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-26 19:32       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-27  4:56         ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 10:08 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] commit: add a reword suboption to --fixup Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 20:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-26 10:35     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 10:09 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] t7500: add tests for --fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 10:09 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] t3437: use --fixup with options to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 10:09 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-02-25 20:48   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-26 10:36     ` Charvi Mendiratta

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