Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] doc: replay: fix config link

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 18:04:21 +0200

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <[email-masked]>

Topic name (applied): kh/doc-replay-config

Topic summary: link to the config for git-replay(1) (one variable) in
git-replay(1) and git-config(1). Also improve the doc for that config
variable and `--ref-action`.

§ Changes in v2

See the notes on the patches for more points and details.

• Keep the description list for `replay.refAction` (Junio)
• Add a comment on both description lists about the fact that
  the two are similar

[1/4] doc: link to config for git-replay(1)
[2/4] doc: replay: improve config description
[3/4] doc: replay: use a nested description list
[4/4] doc: replay: move “default” to the right-hand side

 Documentation/config.adoc        |  2 ++
 Documentation/config/replay.adoc | 19 +++++++++++++------
 Documentation/git-replay.adoc    | 16 ++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Interdiff against v1:
diff --git a/Documentation/config/replay.adoc b/Documentation/config/replay.adoc
index 42e521694d1..40d1695782a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/replay.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/replay.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 replay.refAction::
-	Specifies the default mode for handling reference updates. Either `update` or `print`.
+	Specifies the default mode for handling reference updates.
+	The value can be:
++
+--
+////
+These use the first sentences from the description list in git-replay(1).
+////
+`update`;; (default) Update refs directly using an atomic transaction.
+`print`;; Output update-ref commands for pipeline use.
+--
++
 ifdef::git-replay[]
 See `--ref-action`.
 endif::git-replay[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replay.adoc b/Documentation/git-replay.adoc
index 39ecc2e1876..ea4d14baddb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replay.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-replay.adoc
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ incompatible with `--contained` (which is a modifier for `--onto` only).
 	Control how references are updated. The mode can be:
 +
 --
+////
+Expanded description list compared to 'replay.refAction'.
+////
 `update`;; (default) Update refs directly using an atomic transaction.
 	All refs are updated or none are (all-or-nothing behavior).
 `print`;; Output update-ref commands for pipeline use. This is the
Range-diff against v1:
1:  ef8212a076a = 1:  ef8212a076a doc: link to config for git-replay(1)
2:  7e915e331b5 ! 2:  b60e2e02826 doc: replay: simplify replay.refAction description
    @@ Metadata
     Author: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <[email-masked]>
     
      ## Commit message ##
    -    doc: replay: simplify replay.refAction description
    +    doc: replay: improve config description
     
    -    We don’t need to list what each argument does since the documentation
    -    for `--ref-action` does that. So let’s simplify the `replay.refAction`
    -    description by referring to git-replay(1).
    +    First of all, this bullet list for `--ref-action` introduces a term with
    +    a colon.  This is exactly what a description list is, structurally. Let’s
    +    be sylistically consistent and use the description list markup
    +    construct. Let’s also drop the harmless but unneeded indentation.
     
    -    Also make sure to not self-link for the git-replay(1) inclusion.
    +    Second, let’s replace the inline-verbatim `git replay` with a link
    +    to git-replay(1), since we are naming the command. But make that
    +    conditional so that we avoid a self-link inside git-replay(1).[1]
    +
    +    † 1: See e.g. e7b3a768 (doc: git-init: rework config item
    +         init.templateDir, 2024-03-10) for another example of
    +         avoiding self-linking
     
         Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <[email-masked]>
     
    @@ Documentation/config/replay.adoc
      replay.refAction::
     -	Specifies the default mode for handling reference updates in
     -	`git replay`. The value can be:
    --+
    ----
    ++	Specifies the default mode for handling reference updates.
    ++	The value can be:
    + +
    + --
     -	* `update`: Update refs directly using an atomic transaction (default behavior).
     -	* `print`: Output update-ref commands for pipeline use.
    ----
    --+
    ++`update`;; Update refs directly using an atomic transaction (default behavior).
    ++`print`;; Output update-ref commands for pipeline use.
    + --
    + +
     -This setting can be overridden with the `--ref-action` command-line option.
     -When not configured, `git replay` defaults to `update` mode.
    -+	Specifies the default mode for handling reference updates. Either `update` or `print`.
     +ifdef::git-replay[]
     +See `--ref-action`.
     +endif::git-replay[]
3:  30952387f35 ! 3:  d13cd39cb36 doc: replay: use a nested definition list
    @@ Metadata
     Author: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <[email-masked]>
     
      ## Commit message ##
    -    doc: replay: use a nested definition list
    +    doc: replay: use a nested description list
     
         This bullet list for `--ref-action` introduces a term with a colon.
    -    This is exactly what a definition list is, structurally. Let’s be
    -    sylistically consistent and use the definition list markup construct.
    +    This is exactly what a description list is, structurally. Let’s be
    +    sylistically consistent and use the desc. list markup construct.[1]
     
         We can reuse the `::` delimiter since we use an open block.
    -    But for consistency use the typical nested definition list
    +    But for consistency use the typical nested description list
         delimiter, namely `;;`.
     
         Also drop the harmless but unneeded indentation.
     
    +    † 1: Same explanation as in the previous commit
    +
         Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <[email-masked]>
     
      ## Documentation/git-replay.adoc ##
4:  71a61bc0ed4 < -:  ----------- doc: replay: move “default” to the right-hand-side
-:  ----------- > 4:  17804ea7afa doc: replay: move “default” to the right-hand side

base-commit: a89346e34a937f001e5d397ee62224e3e9852040
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2.54.0.22.g9e26862b904