git-stash.txt: better docs for '--patch'

Describe '-p' as a short form of '--patch' in synopsis and options.  Also
refer the reader to the patch mode description of git-add documentation.

Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Valentin Haenel 2011-05-05 20:48:47 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>]
'git stash' [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]]
'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]]
'git stash' clear
'git stash' create
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ is also possible).
OPTIONS
-------
save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset
--hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives
@ -54,12 +54,13 @@ save [--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the
index are left intact.
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With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from in the diff
With `--patch`, you can interactively select hunks from the diff
between HEAD and the working tree to be stashed. The stash entry is
constructed such that its index state is the same as the index state
of your repository, and its worktree contains only the changes you
selected interactively. The selected changes are then rolled back
from your worktree.
from your worktree. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of
linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode.
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The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use
`--no-keep-index` to override this.