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[PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation/grep: fix documentation of -O

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Sep 19, 2015, 07:47 UTC
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<1442648870-22511-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

Since the argument of -O, --open-file-in-pager is optional, it must be stuck to the command. Reflect this in the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
 Documentation/git-grep.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 31811f1..1c07c7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	For better compatibility with 'git diff', `--name-only` is a
 	synonym for `--files-with-matches`.
 
--O [<pager>]::
---open-files-in-pager [<pager>]::
+-O[<pager>]::
+--open-files-in-pager[=<pager>]::
 	Open the matching files in the pager (not the output of 'grep').
 	If the pager happens to be "less" or "vi", and the user
 	specified only one pattern, the first file is positioned at

-- 
2.5.0.402.g8854c44
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  2. Matthieu MoySep 17, 2015
  3. Jeff KingSep 17, 2015
  4. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  5. 0/3 Clarify the documentation of options with optional argumentsMatthieu Moy, Sep 18, 2015
  6. 1/3 Documentation: use 'keyid' consistantly, not 'key-id'Matthieu Moy, Sep 18, 2015
  7. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  8. Jeff KingSep 18, 2015
  9. 2/3 Documentation/grep: fix documentation of -OMatthieu Moy, Sep 18, 2015
  10. 3/3 Documentation: make explicit that optional arguments must be stuckMatthieu Moy, Sep 18, 2015
  11. Jeff KingSep 18, 2015
  12. 0/3 Clarify the documentation of options with optional argumentsMatthieu Moy, Sep 19, 2015
  13. 1/3 Documentation: use 'keyid' consistently, not 'key-id'Matthieu Moy, Sep 19, 2015
  14. 2/3 Documentation/grep: fix documentation of -OMatthieu Moy, Sep 19, 2015
  15. 3/3 Documentation: explain optional arguments betterMatthieu Moy, Sep 19, 2015
  16. Jeff KingSep 19, 2015

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