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[PATCH] Small fixes in Documentation/git-mv.txt

From
JWJosef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 27, 2005, 21:08 UTC
Message-ID
<200511272208.34112.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>

The two synopsis lines have to be prefixed with a space so that asciidoc inserts a line break inbetween for the manual page.

Signed-off-by: Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
---
 Documentation/git-mv.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

applies-to: 5b67c88670a5872520b05d5e2b1fd7fb586e99a1 dd7084033c36b92ada34192502ffe38b26a2f969

diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
index f2d5882..3013b8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ git-mv - Script used to move or rename a
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-mv' [-f] [-n] <source> <destination>
-'git-mv' [-f] [-k] [-n] <source> ... <destination directory>
+ 'git-mv' [-f] [-n] <source> <destination>
+ 'git-mv' [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 This script is used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink.
 In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either
-a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>, which must not exist.
+a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>.
 In the second form, the last argument has to be an existing
 directory; the given sources will be moved into this directory.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ committed.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -f::
-	Force renaming or moving even targets exist
+	Force renaming or moving of a file even if the target exists
 -k::
         Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error
 	condition. An error happens when a source is neither existing nor
---
0.99.9.GIT
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  1. Small fixes in Documentation/git-mv.txtJosef Weidendorfer, Nov 27, 2005

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