See “Date Formats” above for the set of supported formats, and\r
their syntax.</p>\r
<h4><tt>from</tt></h4>\r
-<p>Only valid for the first commit made on this branch by this\r
-fast-import process. The <tt>from</tt> command is used to specify the commit\r
-to initialize this branch from. This revision will be the first\r
-ancestor of the new commit.</p>\r
-<p>Omitting the <tt>from</tt> command in the first commit of a new branch will\r
-cause fast-import to create that commit with no ancestor. This tends to be\r
-desired only for the initial commit of a project. Omitting the\r
-<tt>from</tt> command on existing branches is required, as the current\r
-commit on that branch is automatically assumed to be the first\r
-ancestor of the new commit.</p>\r
+<p>The <tt>from</tt> command is used to specify the commit to initialize\r
+this branch from. This revision will be the first ancestor of the\r
+new commit.</p>\r
+<p>Omitting the <tt>from</tt> command in the first commit of a new branch\r
+will cause fast-import to create that commit with no ancestor. This\r
+tends to be desired only for the initial commit of a project.\r
+Omitting the <tt>from</tt> command on existing branches is usually desired,\r
+as the current commit on that branch is automatically assumed to\r
+be the first ancestor of the new commit.</p>\r
<p>As <tt>LF</tt> is not valid in a Git refname or SHA-1 expression, no\r
quoting or escaping syntax is supported within <tt><committish></tt>.</p>\r
<p>Here <tt><committish></tt> is any of the following:</p>\r
</div>\r
<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 12-Feb-2007 07:15:19 UTC\r
+Last updated 13-Feb-2007 05:16:08 UTC\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</body>\r
`from`
^^^^^^
-Only valid for the first commit made on this branch by this
-fast-import process. The `from` command is used to specify the commit
-to initialize this branch from. This revision will be the first
-ancestor of the new commit.
-
-Omitting the `from` command in the first commit of a new branch will
-cause fast-import to create that commit with no ancestor. This tends to be
-desired only for the initial commit of a project. Omitting the
-`from` command on existing branches is required, as the current
-commit on that branch is automatically assumed to be the first
-ancestor of the new commit.
+The `from` command is used to specify the commit to initialize
+this branch from. This revision will be the first ancestor of the
+new commit.
+
+Omitting the `from` command in the first commit of a new branch
+will cause fast-import to create that commit with no ancestor. This
+tends to be desired only for the initial commit of a project.
+Omitting the `from` command on existing branches is usually desired,
+as the current commit on that branch is automatically assumed to
+be the first ancestor of the new commit.
As `LF` is not valid in a Git refname or SHA-1 expression, no
quoting or escaping syntax is supported within `<committish>`.
<div class="sectionbody">\r
<div class="verseblock">\r
<div class="content"><em>git-merge</em> [-n] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]…\r
- -m=<msg> <remote> <remote>…</div></div>\r
+ [-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>…</div></div>\r
</div>\r
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>\r
<div class="sectionbody">\r
</div>\r
<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 19-Jan-2007 00:37:25 UTC\r
+Last updated 13-Feb-2007 05:16:09 UTC\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</body>\r
--------
[verse]
'git-merge' [-n] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
- -m=<msg> <remote> <remote>...
+ [-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
</div>\r
<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 12-Feb-2007 07:15:22 UTC\r
+Last updated 13-Feb-2007 05:16:10 UTC\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</body>\r