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[PATCH 7/7] builtin/shortlog.c: make usage string consistent with log

From
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 22, 2013, 05:30 UTC
Message-ID
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"--" is used to separate pathspecs from the rev specs, and not rev specs from the options, as the shortlog_usage string currently indicates. In correcting this usage string, make it consistent with the log_usage string.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/shortlog.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/shortlog.c b/builtin/shortlog.c
index 240bff3..1fd6f8a 100644
--- a/builtin/shortlog.c
+++ b/builtin/shortlog.c
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static char const * const shortlog_usage[] = {
-	N_("git shortlog [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w] [rev-opts] [--] [<commit-id>... ]"),
-	"",
-	N_("[rev-opts] are documented in git-rev-list(1)"),
+	N_("git shortlog [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] [<path>...]]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
-- 
1.8.2.1.501.gd2949c7
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Message 12 of 13 in “Documentation/shortlog improvements”
  1. 0/7 Documentation/shortlog improvementsRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013
  2. 1/7 git-shortlog.txt: remove (-h|--help) from OPTIONSRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013
  3. 2/7 revisions.txt: clarify the .. and ... syntaxRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013
  4. 3/7 git-log.txt: order OPTIONS properly; move <since>..<until>Ramkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013
  5. 4/7 git-log.txt: generalize <since>..<until>Ramkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013
  6. 5/7 git-log.txt: rewrite note on why "--" may be requiredRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013
  7. Re* [PATCH 5/7] git-log.txt: rewrite note on why "--" may be requiredJunio C Hamano, Apr 25, 2013
  8. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 25, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2013
  10. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 29, 2013
  11. 6/7 git-shortlog.txt: make SYNOPSIS match log, update OPTIONSRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013
  12. 7/7 builtin/shortlog.c: make usage string consistent with logRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013
  13. 5/7 builtin/log.c: make usage string consistent with docRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 22, 2013

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