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[PATCH v5 1/4] merge: update the usage information to be more modern

From
Jared Hance <jaredhance@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 10, 2011, 23:52 UTC
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Apparantly, merge's usage information was outdated and used old terminology. Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Jared Hance <jaredhance@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/merge.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 42fff38..439d2c7 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ struct strategy {
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_merge_usage[] = {
-	"git merge [options] <remote>...",
-	"git merge [options] <msg> HEAD <remote>",
+	"git merge [options] <branch>...",
+	"git merge [options] <msg> HEAD <branch>",
 	NULL
 };
 
-- 
1.7.4
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Message 2 of 8 in “Updated patch series for default upstream merge”
  1. 0/4 Updated patch series for default upstream mergeJared Hance, Feb 10, 2011
  2. 1/4 merge: update the usage information to be more modernJared Hance, Feb 10, 2011
  3. Drew NorthupFeb 12, 2011
  4. 2/4 merge: introduce setup_merge_commit helper functionJared Hance, Feb 10, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2011
  6. 3/4 merge: introduce per-branch-configuration helper functionJared Hance, Feb 10, 2011
  7. 4/4 merge: add support for merging from upstream by defaultJared Hance, Feb 10, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2011

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