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[PATCH 05/24] Show usage string for 'git merge-ours -h'

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 9, 2009, 15:04 UTC
Message-ID
<1257779104-23884-5-git-send-email-jrnieder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20091109150235.GA23871@progeny.tock>

This change is strictly about 'git merge-ours -h' without any other options and arguments.

This change cannot break compatibility since merge drivers are always passed '--', among other arguments.

Any usage string for this command is a lie, since it ignored its arguments until now. Still, it makes sense to let the user know the expected usage when asked.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-merge-ours.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-merge-ours.c b/builtin-merge-ours.c
index 8f5bbaf..6844116 100644
--- a/builtin-merge-ours.c
+++ b/builtin-merge-ours.c
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 
+static const char builtin_merge_ours_usage[] =
+	"git merge-ours <base>... -- HEAD <remote>...";
+
 static const char *diff_index_args[] = {
 	"diff-index", "--quiet", "--cached", "HEAD", "--", NULL
 };
@@ -17,6 +20,9 @@ static const char *diff_index_args[] = {
 
 int cmd_merge_ours(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
+		usage(builtin_merge_ours_usage);
+
 	/*
 	 * We need to exit with 2 if the index does not match our HEAD tree,
 	 * because the current index is what we will be committing as the
-- 
1.6.5.2
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  1. Let 'git <command> -h' show usage without a git dirJonathan Nieder, Nov 8, 2009
  2. Show usage string for 'git http-push -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 8, 2009
  3. Tay Ray ChuanNov 9, 2009
  4. Show usage string for 'git http-push -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  5. Tay Ray ChuanNov 9, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2009
  7. Jonathan NiederNov 8, 2009
  8. 00/24 Let 'git <command> -h' show usage without a git dirJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  9. 01/24 Retire fetch--tool helper to contrib/examplesJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  10. 02/24 Show usage string for 'git grep -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  11. 03/24 Show usage string for 'git cherry -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  12. 04/24 Show usage string for 'git commit-tree -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  13. 05/24 Show usage string for 'git merge-ours -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  14. 06/24 Show usage string for 'git show-ref -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  15. 07/24 check-ref-format: update usage stringJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2009
  17. 08/24 Show usage string for 'git check-ref-format -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  18. 09/24 Show usage string for 'git fast-import -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  19. 10/24 Show usage string for 'git get-tar-commit-id -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  20. 11/24 Show usage string for 'git imap-send -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  21. 12/24 Show usage string for 'git mailsplit -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  22. 13/24 Show usage string for 'git merge-one-file -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  23. 14/24 Show usage string for 'git rev-parse -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  24. 15/24 Show usage string for 'git show-index -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  25. 16/24 Show usage string for 'git unpack-file -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  26. 17/24 Show usage string for 'git stripspace -h'Jonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  27. 18/24 merge: do not setup worktree twiceJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  28. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2009
  29. Jonathan NiederNov 11, 2009
  30. 19/24 Let 'git http-fetch -h' show usage outside any git repositoryJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  31. 20/24 http-fetch: add missing initialization of argv0_pathJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  32. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2009
  33. Johannes SixtNov 10, 2009
  34. Jonathan NiederNov 11, 2009
  35. 21/24 Let 'git <command> -h' show usage without a git dirJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  36. 22/24 Let usage() take a printf-style formatJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  37. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2009
  38. 23/24 merge-{recursive,subtree}: use usage() to print usageJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009
  39. 24/24 diff --no-index: make the usage string less scaryJonathan Nieder, Nov 9, 2009

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