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diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt index c3a066e60..a5ed8fb05 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ Some workflows require that one or more branches of development on one machine be replicated on another machine, but the two machines cannot be directly connected, and therefore the interactive git protocols (git, ssh, rsync, http) cannot be used. This command provides support for -'git-fetch' and 'git-pull' to operate by packaging objects and references +'git fetch' and 'git pull' to operate by packaging objects and references in an archive at the originating machine, then importing those into -another repository using 'git-fetch' and 'git-pull' +another repository using 'git fetch' and 'git pull' after moving the archive by some means (e.g., by sneakernet). As no direct connection between the repositories exists, the user must specify a basis for the bundle that is held by the destination repository: the @@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ OPTIONS create <file>:: Used to create a bundle named 'file'. This requires the - 'git-rev-list' arguments to define the bundle contents. + 'git rev-list' arguments to define the bundle contents. verify <file>:: Used to check that a bundle file is valid and will apply cleanly to the current repository. This includes checks on the bundle format itself as well as checking that the prerequisite commits exist and are fully linked in the current repository. - 'git-bundle' prints a list of missing commits, if any, and exits + 'git bundle' prints a list of missing commits, if any, and exits with a non-zero status. list-heads <file>:: @@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ list-heads <file>:: printed out. unbundle <file>:: - Passes the objects in the bundle to 'git-index-pack' + Passes the objects in the bundle to 'git index-pack' for storage in the repository, then prints the names of all defined references. If a list of references is given, only references matching those in the list are printed. This command is - really plumbing, intended to be called only by 'git-fetch'. + really plumbing, intended to be called only by 'git fetch'. [git-rev-list-args...]:: - A list of arguments, acceptable to 'git-rev-parse' and - 'git-rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references + A list of arguments, acceptable to 'git rev-parse' and + 'git rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references to transport. For example, `master\~10..master` causes the current master reference to be packaged along with all objects added since its 10th ancestor commit. There is no explicit @@ -69,16 +69,16 @@ unbundle <file>:: [refname...]:: A list of references used to limit the references reported as - available. This is principally of use to 'git-fetch', which + available. This is principally of use to 'git fetch', which expects to receive only those references asked for and not - necessarily everything in the pack (in this case, 'git-bundle' acts - like 'git-fetch-pack'). + necessarily everything in the pack (in this case, 'git bundle' acts + like 'git fetch-pack'). SPECIFYING REFERENCES --------------------- -'git-bundle' will only package references that are shown by -'git-show-ref': this includes heads, tags, and remote heads. References +'git bundle' will only package references that are shown by +'git show-ref': this includes heads, tags, and remote heads. References such as `master\~1` cannot be packaged, but are perfectly suitable for defining the basis. More than one reference may be packaged, and more than one basis can be specified. The objects packaged are those not |