From 2ae90481cbc29362e2eb563633f2e4a52b8dd4b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Spiers Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:45:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some more index entries to the manual. --- doc/stow.texi | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/stow.texi b/doc/stow.texi index eb2f9ae..c560e74 100644 --- a/doc/stow.texi +++ b/doc/stow.texi @@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ pages that are owned by stow and would otherwise cause a conflict. The regular expression is anchored to the beginning of the path relative to the target directory, because this is what you will want to do most of the time. +@cindex adopting existing files @item -a @itemx --adopt @strong{Warning!} This behaviour is specifically intended to alter the @@ -363,12 +364,15 @@ package, then compared by running something like @samp{git diff ...} inside the stow package, and finally either kept (e.g. via @samp{git commit ...}) or discarded (@samp{git checkout HEAD ...}). +@cindex dry run +@cindex simulated run @item -n @itemx --no @itemx --simulate Do not perform any operations that modify the file system; in combination with @option{-v} can be used to merely show what would happen. +@cindex verbosity levels @item -v @itemx --verbose[=@var{n}] Send verbose output to standard error describing what Stow is @@ -622,6 +626,8 @@ tree-folding symlink. @section Tree unfolding @cindex splitting open folded trees @cindex unfolding trees +@cindex tree unfolding +@cindex tree unsplitting The time often comes when a tree-folding symlink has to be undone because another package uses one or more of the folded subdirectories in its installation image. This operation is called @dfn{splitting open} or @@ -655,7 +661,8 @@ the stow directory, or directories that only contain symlinks that stow @emph{in} the stow directory or in any of the packages. @section Conflicts during installation -@cindex conflict +@cindex conflicts +@cindex installation conflicts If Stow needs to create a directory or a symlink in the target tree and it cannot because that name is already in use and is not owned by Stow, then a @dfn{conflict} has arisen. @xref{Conflicts}.