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diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc b/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc index 82992e35fc..9999f164b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OPTIONS ------- `--verbatim`:: - Calculate the patch-id of the input as it is given, do not strip + Calculate the patch ID of the input as it is given, do not strip any whitespace. + This is the default if `patchid.verbatim` is `true`. @@ -51,18 +51,18 @@ This is the default if `patchid.verbatim` is `true`. 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 + 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 + 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. |