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[PATCH] Documentation: update-index: -z applies also to --index-info

From
Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Date
Oct 7, 2010, 18:59 UTC
Message-ID
<081ad1459d5b1584cbe474581bd3a01d0d58d11d.1286477945.git.bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
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Also mention, that --stdin and --index-info needs to be the last option supplied and indicate this in the usage string.

Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-update-index.txt |   13 +++++++------
 builtin/update-index.c             |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 74d1d49..022c0fc 100644 Documentation/git-update-index.txt
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	     [--skip-worktree | --no-skip-worktree]
 	     [--ignore-submodules]
 	     [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
-	     [--info-only] [--index-info]
-	     [-z] [--stdin]
+	     [--info-only]
 	     [--verbose]
-	     [--] [<file>]*
+	     [[-z] --stdin | --index-info]
+	     [--] [<file>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	Directly insert the specified info into the index.
 
 --index-info::
-        Read index information from stdin.
+        Read index information from stdin. (Must be the last option.)
 
 --chmod=(+|-)x::
         Set the execute permissions on the updated files.
@@ -139,13 +139,14 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually.
 	Instead of taking list of paths from the command line,
 	read list of paths from the standard input.  Paths are
 	separated by LF (i.e. one path per line) by default.
+	(Must be the last option.)
 
 --verbose::
         Report what is being added and removed from index.
 
 -z::
-	Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with
-	NUL character instead of LF.
+	Only meaningful with `--stdin` or `--index-info`; paths are
+	separated with NUL character instead of LF.
 
 \--::
 	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index 3ab214d..2c1a81e 100644 builtin/update-index.c
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void read_index_info(int line_termination)
 }
 
 static const char update_index_usage[] =
-"git update-index [-q] [--add] [--replace] [--remove] [--unmerged] [--refresh] [--really-refresh] [--cacheinfo] [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged] [--skip-worktree|--no-skip-worktree] [--info-only] [--force-remove] [--stdin] [--index-info] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--ignore-missing] [-z] [--verbose] [--] <file>...";
+"git update-index [-q] [--add] [--replace] [--remove] [--unmerged] [--refresh] [--really-refresh] [--cacheinfo] [--chmod=(+|-)x] [--assume-unchanged] [--skip-worktree|--no-skip-worktree] [--info-only] [--force-remove] [--unresolve] [--again | -g] [--ignore-missing] [--verbose] [[-z] --stdin | --index-info] [--] <file>...";
 
 static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
 static unsigned char merge_head_sha1[20];
-- 
1.7.1.1067.g5aeb7
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  3. Bert WesargOct 7, 2010
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