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2.8 KiB
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171 lines
2.8 KiB
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Git is an example of several common subcommand patterns.
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```console
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$ git
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? failed
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A fictional versioning CLI
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Usage: git[EXE] <COMMAND>
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Commands:
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clone Clones repos
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diff Compare two commits
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push pushes things
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add adds things
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stash
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help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
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Options:
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-h, --help Print help
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$ git help
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A fictional versioning CLI
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Usage: git[EXE] <COMMAND>
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Commands:
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clone Clones repos
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diff Compare two commits
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push pushes things
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add adds things
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stash
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help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
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Options:
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-h, --help Print help
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$ git help add
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adds things
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Usage: git[EXE] add <PATH>...
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Arguments:
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<PATH>... Stuff to add
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Options:
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-h, --help Print help
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```
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A basic argument:
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```console
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$ git add
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adds things
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Usage: git[EXE] add <PATH>...
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Arguments:
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<PATH>... Stuff to add
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Options:
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-h, --help Print help
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$ git add Cargo.toml Cargo.lock
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Adding ["Cargo.toml", "Cargo.lock"]
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```
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Default subcommand:
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```console
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$ git stash -h
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Usage: git[EXE] stash [OPTIONS]
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git[EXE] stash push [OPTIONS]
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git[EXE] stash pop [STASH]
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git[EXE] stash apply [STASH]
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git[EXE] stash help [COMMAND]...
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Options:
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-m, --message <MESSAGE>
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-h, --help Print help
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git[EXE] stash push:
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-m, --message <MESSAGE>
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-h, --help Print help
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git[EXE] stash pop:
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-h, --help Print help
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[STASH]
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git[EXE] stash apply:
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-h, --help Print help
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[STASH]
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git[EXE] stash help:
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Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
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[COMMAND]... Print help for the subcommand(s)
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$ git stash push -h
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Usage: git[EXE] stash push [OPTIONS]
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Options:
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-m, --message <MESSAGE>
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-h, --help Print help
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$ git stash pop -h
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Usage: git[EXE] stash pop [STASH]
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Arguments:
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[STASH]
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Options:
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-h, --help Print help
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$ git stash -m "Prototype"
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Pushing Some("Prototype")
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$ git stash pop
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Popping None
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$ git stash push -m "Prototype"
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Pushing Some("Prototype")
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$ git stash pop
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Popping None
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```
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External subcommands:
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```console
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$ git custom-tool arg1 --foo bar
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Calling out to "custom-tool" with ["arg1", "--foo", "bar"]
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```
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Last argument:
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```console
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$ git diff --help
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Compare two commits
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Usage: git[EXE] diff [OPTIONS] [COMMIT] [COMMIT] [-- <PATH>]
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Arguments:
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[COMMIT]
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[COMMIT]
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[PATH]
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Options:
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--color[=<WHEN>] [default: auto] [possible values: always, auto, never]
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-h, --help Print help
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$ git diff
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Diffing stage..worktree (color=auto)
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$ git diff ./src
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Diffing stage..worktree ./src (color=auto)
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$ git diff HEAD ./src
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Diffing HEAD..worktree ./src (color=auto)
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$ git diff HEAD~~ -- HEAD
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Diffing HEAD~~..worktree HEAD (color=auto)
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$ git diff --color
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Diffing stage..worktree (color=always)
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$ git diff --color=never
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Diffing stage..worktree (color=never)
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```
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