[PATCH 66/66] Use imperative form in help usage to describe an action
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
My guts tell me this is correct, but my English foundation is shaking
so I say "change in the name of consistency"!
builtin/apply.c | 2 +-
builtin/checkout-index.c | 4 ++--
builtin/config.c | 8 ++++----
builtin/grep.c | 2 +-
builtin/push.c | 2 +-
builtin/update-ref.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index d453c83..0ab81e3 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix_)
OPT_NOOP_NOARG(0, "allow-binary-replacement"),
OPT_NOOP_NOARG(0, "binary"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "numstat", &numstat,
- N_("shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation")),
+ N_("show number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation")),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &summary,
N_("instead of applying the patch, output a summary for the input")),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "check", &check,
diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c
index 86b7d36..b1feda7 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
int force = 0, quiet = 0, not_new = 0;
struct option builtin_checkout_index_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &all,
- N_("checks out all files in the index")),
- OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("forces overwrite of existing files")),
+ N_("check out all files in the index")),
+ OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("force overwrite of existing files")),
OPT__QUIET(&quiet,
N_("no warning for existing files and files not in index")),
OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-create", ¬_new,
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 41032cc..31e1354 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
OPT_BIT(0, "get-all", &actions, N_("get all values: key [value-regex]"), ACTION_GET_ALL),
OPT_BIT(0, "get-regexp", &actions, N_("get values for regexp: name-regex [value-regex]"), ACTION_GET_REGEXP),
OPT_BIT(0, "replace-all", &actions, N_("replace all matching variables: name value [value_regex]"), ACTION_REPLACE_ALL),
- OPT_BIT(0, "add", &actions, N_("adds a new variable: name value"), ACTION_ADD),
- OPT_BIT(0, "unset", &actions, N_("removes a variable: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET),
- OPT_BIT(0, "unset-all", &actions, N_("removes all matches: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
+ OPT_BIT(0, "add", &actions, N_("add a new variable: name value"), ACTION_ADD),
+ OPT_BIT(0, "unset", &actions, N_("remove a variable: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET),
+ OPT_BIT(0, "unset-all", &actions, N_("remove all matches: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
OPT_BIT(0, "rename-section", &actions, N_("rename section: old-name new-name"), ACTION_RENAME_SECTION),
OPT_BIT(0, "remove-section", &actions, N_("remove a section: name"), ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION),
OPT_BIT('l', "list", &actions, N_("list all"), ACTION_LIST),
- OPT_BIT('e', "edit", &actions, N_("opens an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
+ OPT_BIT('e', "edit", &actions, N_("open an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
OPT_STRING(0, "get-color", &get_color_slot, N_("slot"), N_("find the color configured: [default]")),
OPT_STRING(0, "get-colorbool", &get_colorbool_slot, N_("slot"), N_("find the color setting: [stdout-is-tty]")),
OPT_GROUP(N_("Type")),
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index d73841c..c9a65b3 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "cached", &cached,
N_("search in index instead of in the work tree")),
OPT_NEGBIT(0, "no-index", &use_index,
- N_("finds in contents not managed by git"), 1),
+ N_("find in contents not managed by git"), 1),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "untracked", &untracked,
N_("search in both tracked and untracked files")),
OPT_SET_INT(0, "exclude-standard", &opt_exclude,
diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 4840bc2..8686a7a 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_BIT( 0, "porcelain", &flags, N_("machine-readable output"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN),
OPT_BIT('f', "force", &flags, N_("force updates"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE),
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "recurse-submodules", &flags, N_("check"),
- N_("controls recursive pushing of submodules"),
+ N_("control recursive pushing of submodules"),
PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, option_parse_recurse_submodules },
OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "thin", &thin, N_("use thin pack")),
OPT_STRING( 0 , "receive-pack", &receivepack, "receive-pack", N_("receive pack program")),
diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c
index b30394f..51d2684 100644
--- a/builtin/update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/update-ref.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
int delete = 0, no_deref = 0, flags = 0;
struct option options[] = {
OPT_STRING( 'm', NULL, &msg, N_("reason"), N_("reason of the update")),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &delete, N_("deletes the reference")),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &delete, N_("delete the reference")),
OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "no-deref", &no_deref,
N_("update <refname> not the one it points to")),
OPT_END(),
--
1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>