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-rw-r--r--docs/ref/contrib/staticfiles.txt24
-rw-r--r--docs/releases/1.4.txt3
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/staticfiles.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/staticfiles.txt
index 4c243a349a..5ab3c1e02f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/staticfiles.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/staticfiles.txt
@@ -143,20 +143,34 @@ specified by the :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` setting.
Some commonly used options are:
-``--noinput``
+.. django-admin-option:: --noinput
+
Do NOT prompt the user for input of any kind.
-``-i PATTERN`` or ``--ignore=PATTERN``
+.. django-admin-option:: -i <pattern>
+.. django-admin-option:: --ignore <pattern>
+
Ignore files or directories matching this glob-style pattern. Use multiple
times to ignore more.
-``-n`` or ``--dry-run``
+.. django-admin-option:: -n
+.. django-admin-option:: --dry-run
+
Do everything except modify the filesystem.
-``-l`` or ``--link``
+.. django-admin-option:: -c
+.. django-admin-option:: --clear
+.. versionadded:: 1.4
+
+ Clear the existing files before trying to copy or link the original file.
+
+.. django-admin-option:: -l
+.. django-admin-option:: --link
+
Create a symbolic link to each file instead of copying.
-``--no-default-ignore``
+.. django-admin-option:: --no-default-ignore
+
Don't ignore the common private glob-style patterns ``'CVS'``, ``'.*'``
and ``'*~'``.
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.txt b/docs/releases/1.4.txt
index 781093123c..55d845305c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.4.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ Django 1.4 also includes several smaller improvements worth noting:
to the :mod:`django.contrib.auth.utils` module. Importing it from the old
location will still work, but you should update your imports.
+* The :djadmin:`collectstatic` management command gained a ``--clear`` option
+ to delete all files at the destination before copying or linking the static
+ files.
.. _backwards-incompatible-changes-1.4: