Add some more index entries to the manual.

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Adam Spiers 2012-02-18 15:45:49 +00:00
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@ -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}.