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[PATCH] git-rebase -i: improve usage message

From
Brian Ewins <brian.ewins@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 29, 2009, 00:02 UTC
Message-ID
<1256774549-8191-1-git-send-email-brian.ewins@gmail.com>

The usage message was confusing as it implied that interactive mode was optional but the default. Change the message to more appropriately report usage when the -i flag is supplied. In addition, use the same division into 3 command formats as the man page.

Signed-off-by: Brian Ewins <brian.ewins@gmail.com>
---
 git-rebase--interactive.sh |   13 +++++++------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index a1879e3..b988c30 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -12,22 +12,23 @@
 
 OPTIONS_KEEPDASHDASH=
 OPTIONS_SPEC="\
-git-rebase [-i] [options] [--] <upstream> [<branch>]
-git-rebase [-i] (--continue | --abort | --skip)
+git rebase -i [options] [--onto <newbase>] [--] <upstream> [<branch>]
+git rebase -i [options] --onto <newbase> --root [--] [<branch>]
+git rebase (--continue | --abort | --skip)
 --
  Available options are
 v,verbose          display a diffstat of what changed upstream
 onto=              rebase onto given branch instead of upstream
 p,preserve-merges  try to recreate merges instead of ignoring them
 s,strategy=        use the given merge strategy
-m,merge            always used (no-op)
-i,interactive      always used (no-op)
+i,interactive      interactively edit commits. Implies -m.
+m,merge            use merging strategies
+no-verify          override pre-rebase hook from stopping the operation
+root               rebase all reachable commmits up to the root(s)
  Actions:
 continue           continue rebasing process
 abort              abort rebasing process and restore original branch
 skip               skip current patch and continue rebasing process
-no-verify          override pre-rebase hook from stopping the operation
-root               rebase all reachable commmits up to the root(s)
 "
 
 . git-sh-setup
-- 
1.6.5
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