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[PATCH] Fix worktree usage message

From
Sidhant Sharma <tigerkid001@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 18, 2015, 11:02 UTC
Message-ID
<1445166144-29509-1-git-send-email-tigerkid001@gmail.com>
Mark <branch> as optional in worktree command line usage.

Hi, just starting out with development for Git. Found this one super easy to fix, so made a patch :)

---
 builtin/worktree.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 71bb770..33d2d37 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "refs.h"

 static const char * const worktree_usage[] = {
-	N_("git worktree add [<options>] <path> <branch>"),
+	N_("git worktree add [<options>] <path> [<branch>]"),
 	N_("git worktree prune [<options>]"),
 	NULL
 };
--
2.6.2
Next: Kevin Daudt
Message 1 of 6 in “Fix worktree usage message”
  1. Fix worktree usage messageSidhant Sharma, Oct 18, 2015
  2. Kevin DaudtOct 18, 2015
  3. Fix worktree usage messageSidhant Sharma, Oct 18, 2015
  4. Eric SunshineOct 18, 2015
  5. worktree: usage: denote <branch> as optional with 'add'Sidhant Sharma, Oct 19, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2015

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