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Re: [PATCH] Update 'git remote' usage and man page to match.

From
Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
Date
Nov 13, 2009, 22:19 UTC
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<20091114071948.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
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Quoting Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com> writes:
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> This commit:
>
> 1) Removes documentation of '--verbose' from the synopsis portion
> of the usage string since it is a general option.
>
> 2) Removes the 'remote' option from 'git remote update' in the
> man page.  This option had already been removed from the usage
> string in the code, but the man page was not updated to match.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com>
> ---

The second change is good but why do you remove -v from the synopsis section? Why is it a good idea? Manual pages for many other commands list --verbose in their synopsis section.

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  1. Update 'git remote' usage and man page to match.Tim Henigan, Nov 13, 2009
  2. Nanako ShiraishiNov 13, 2009
  3. Tim HeniganNov 15, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2009
  5. Tim HeniganNov 15, 2009

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