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Re: [PATCH 4/8] http-fetch docs: use <commit-id> consistently

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2010, 07:51 UTC
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<20101218075142.GB6187@burratino>
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Mark Lodato wrote:
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> --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-http-fetch - Download from a remote git repository via HTTP
>  
>  SYNOPSIS
>  --------
> -'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit> <url>
> +'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [--recover] [--stdin] <commit-id> <url>
>  
>  DESCRIPTION
>  -----------
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Downloads a remote git repository via HTTP.
>  
>  OPTIONS
>  -------
> -commit-id::
> +<commit-id>::
>          Either the hash or the filename under [URL]/refs/ to
>          pull.
Does this mean the same thing as "commit id" in other manpages?
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Message 10 of 19 in “[PATCHv2 0/8] docs: use metavariables consistently”
  1. Mark LodatoDec 18, 2010
  2. 1/8 fsck docs: remove outdated and useless diagnosticMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  3. 2/8 docs: use `...' instead of `*' for multiplicityMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 18, 2010
  5. Mark LodatoDec 18, 2010
  6. 3/8 docs: use <sha1> to mean unabbreviated IDMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2010
  9. 4/8 http-fetch docs: use <commit-id> consistentlyMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  11. 5/8 grep docs: grep accepts a <tree-ish>, not a <tree>Mark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  12. 6/8 docs: use <tree> instead of <tree-ish>Mark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  14. 7/8 docs: use <commit> instead of <commit-ish>Mark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  15. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  16. 8/8 describe docs: note that <commit> is optionalMark Lodato, Dec 18, 2010
  17. Jonathan NiederDec 18, 2010
  18. Mark LodatoDec 18, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2010

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