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diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc b/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc index 92a1af36a2..013e1a6190 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ the same time also reasonably unique, i.e., two patches that have the same The main usecase for this command is to look for likely duplicate commits. -When dealing with `git diff-tree` output, it takes advantage of +When dealing with `git diff-tree --patch` output, it takes advantage of the fact that the patch is prefixed with the object name of the commit, and outputs two 40-byte hexadecimal strings. The first string is the patch ID, and the second string is the commit ID. @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ OPTIONS ------- `--verbatim`:: - Calculate the patch-id of the input as it is given, do not strip - any whitespace. + Calculate the patch ID of the input as it is given, do not strip + any whitespace. Implies `--stable` and forbids `--unstable`. + This is the default if `patchid.verbatim` is `true`. @@ -45,24 +45,24 @@ This is the default if `patchid.verbatim` is `true`. with two different settings for `-O<orderfile>` result in the same patch ID signature, thereby allowing the computed result to be used as a key to index some meta-information about the change between - the two trees; + the two trees. -- Result is different from the value produced by git 1.9 and older +- The result is different from the value produced by Git 1.9 and older or produced when an "unstable" hash (see `--unstable` below) is configured - even when used on a diff output taken without any use of `-O<orderfile>`, thereby making existing databases storing such - "unstable" or historical patch-ids unusable. + "unstable" or historical patch IDs unusable. -- All whitespace within the patch is ignored and does not affect the id. +- All whitespace within the patch is ignored and does not affect the ID. -- + This is the default if `patchid.stable` is set to `true`. `--unstable`:: Use an "unstable" hash as the patch ID. With this option, - the result produced is compatible with the patch-id value produced - by git 1.9 and older and whitespace is ignored. Users with pre-existing - databases storing patch-ids produced by git 1.9 and older (who do not deal + the result produced is compatible with the patch ID value produced + by Git 1.9 and older and whitespace is ignored. Users with pre-existing + databases storing patch IDs produced by Git 1.9 and older (who do not deal with reordered patches) may want to use this option. + This is the default. |