doc: commit: link to git-status(1) on all format options
`--branch` and `--long` refer to git-status(1) options but they don’t tell us what `short-format` and `long-format` are, respectively. And `--null` mentions “status” but does not link to the command. Refer to git-config(1) on `--branch` like `--short` does. `long-format` is the git-status(1) output. So we can just say that directly. Replace “status” with a `linkgit` on `--null`. Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ See linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details.
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linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies `--dry-run`.
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`--branch`::
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- Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
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+ Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format. See
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+ linkgit:git-status[1] for details.
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`--porcelain`::
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When doing a dry-run, give the output in a porcelain-ready
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`--dry-run`.
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`--long`::
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- When doing a dry-run, give the output in the long-format.
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- Implies `--dry-run`.
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+ When doing a dry-run, give the output in the long-format. This
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+ is the default output of linkgit:git-status[1]. Implies
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+ `--dry-run`.
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`-z`::
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`--null`::
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- When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, print the
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+ When showing `short` or `porcelain` linkgit:git-status[1] output, print the
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filename verbatim and terminate the entries with _NUL_, instead of _LF_.
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If no format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format.
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Without the `-z` option, filenames with "unusual" characters are