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Re: [PATCH] Fix synopsis for git-tag

From
Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Date
May 4, 2012, 13:19 UTC
Message-ID
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On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 09:04 -0400, Horst H. von Brand wrote:
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> From: "Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-tag.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
> index e36a7c3..ff7fa28 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>  	<tagname> [<commit> | <object>]
>  'git tag' -d <tagname>...
>  'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]
> -	[--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [<pattern>...]
> +	[--column[=<options> | --no-column] [<pattern>...]

This removes the closing bracket for --column=[=<options]. Your text says that --column--no-column is valid and makes the [<pattern...] part of the continuation of --column.

How is this a fix? Why is this necessary? The subject doesn't explain any of this.

   cmn
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  1. Fix synopsis for git-tagHorst H. von Brand, May 4, 2012
  2. Carlos Martín NietoMay 4, 2012

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