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diff --git a/doc/quilt.1.in b/doc/quilt.1.in index 45e0732..f46f394 100644 --- a/doc/quilt.1.in +++ b/doc/quilt.1.in @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ stack .RB ( "quilt pop" ), and refreshing patches .RB ( "quilt refresh" ). -Files in the \textsf{.pc} directory are automatically removed when they are +Files in the .pc directory are automatically removed when they are no longer needed, so there is no need to clean up manually. .SH QUILT COMMANDS REFERENCE @@ -116,10 +116,39 @@ no longer needed, so there is no need to clean up manually. Please refere to the pdf documentation for an example. -.SH FILES +.SH CONFIGURATION FILE -.IP ~/.quiltrc 4 -Configuration (see pdf documentation for more details). +The file ~/.quiltrc is used by default as configuration file, but that can +be changed with the option --quiltrc. This file is to be sourced by bash. +Here are the existing settings and their effects: + +.IP QUILT_BACKUP 4 + +When set to "yes", the quilt refresh command will create backup files when +refreshing patches. The backup files have "~" appended to the patch file +names. + +.IP QUILT_DIFF_OPTS 4 + +Additional options that quilt shall pass to GNU diff when generating +patches. A useful setting for C source code is "-p", which causes GNU diff +to show in the resulting patch which function a change is in. + +.IP QUILT_NO_DIFF_TIMESTAMPS 4 + +When set to "yes", the quilt diff and quilt refresh commands will not +include file timestamps in patches. + +.IP QUILT_PATCH_OPTS 4 + +Additional options that quilt shall pass to GNU patch when applying patches. +(For example, some versions of GNU patch sup- port the +"unified-reject-files" option for generating reject files in unified diff +style. + +.IP QUILT_PATCHES 4 + +The location of patch files, defaulting to "patches". .SH AUTHORS @@ -136,4 +165,4 @@ the pdf documentation, and in the help messages of each commands. The pdf documentation, which should be under /usr/share/doc/quilt/quilt.pdf. .BR diff ( 1 ), -.BR patch ( 1 ) +.BR patch ( 1 ). |