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[PATCH] Fixes to doc strings.

From
Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Date
Feb 1, 2007, 22:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20070201222752.29383.56882.stgit@gandelf.nowhere.earth>

At least the docstring for "branch" is still very confusing, but that's hard to fix. We'll likely have to wait for the post-1.0 command-line redesign.

Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
---
 stgit/commands/float.py    |    2 +-
 stgit/commands/init.py     |   11 ++++-------
 stgit/commands/uncommit.py |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/stgit/commands/float.py b/stgit/commands/float.py
index 4da5f59..0e32f6b 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/float.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/float.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from stgit.utils import *
 from stgit import stack, git
 
 help = 'push patches to the top, even if applied'
-usage = """%prog [options] [<patches> | <series>]
+usage = """%prog [<patches> | -s [<series>] ]
 
 Push a patch or a range of patches to the top even if applied. The
 necessary pop and push operations will be performed to accomplish
diff --git a/stgit/commands/init.py b/stgit/commands/init.py
index 0326f9a..df2235f 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/init.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/init.py
@@ -24,15 +24,12 @@ from stgit.utils import *
 from stgit import stack, git
 
 
-help = 'initialise the tree for use with StGIT'
+help = 'initialise the current branch for use with StGIT'
 usage = """%prog [options]
 
-Initialise a GIT repository to be used with StGIT. Note that the
-repository must be already initialised with git-init-db and the
-.git/HEAD link must point to a valid file in refs/heads/. For people
-switching between multiple branches in the same repository, the 'init'
-command has to be run on all the individual branches intended to be
-used with StGIT."""
+Initialise the current GIT branch to be used as an StGIT stack. Note
+that the you must already be in a GIT repository and .git/HEAD must
+point to a valid file in refs/heads/."""
 
 options = []
 
diff --git a/stgit/commands/uncommit.py b/stgit/commands/uncommit.py
index 9798f19..0ee1585 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/uncommit.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/uncommit.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from stgit.utils import *
 from stgit import stack, git
 
 help = 'turn regular GIT commits into StGIT patches'
-usage = """%prog [options] [<patchname1> [<patchname2> ... ]]
+usage = """%prog [<patchname1> [<patchname2> ... ] | -n [<prefix>]]
 
 Take one or more git commits at the base of the current stack and turn
 them into StGIT patches. The new patches are created as applied patches
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  1. Fixes to doc strings.Yann Dirson, Feb 1, 2007

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