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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.adoc b/Documentation/gitcli.adoc index 1ea681b59d..ef2a0a399d 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.adoc +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.adoc @@ -216,6 +216,20 @@ $ git describe --abbrev=10 HEAD # correct $ git describe --abbrev 10 HEAD # NOT WHAT YOU MEANT ---------------------------- + +Magic filename options +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Options that take a filename allow a prefix `:(optional)`. For example: + +---------------------------- +git commit -F :(optional)COMMIT_EDITMSG +# if COMMIT_EDITMSG does not exist, equivalent to +git commit +---------------------------- + +Like with configuration values, if the named file is missing Git behaves as if +the option was not given at all. See "Values" in linkgit:git-config[1]. + NOTES ON FREQUENTLY CONFUSED OPTIONS ------------------------------------ |