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[PATCH v4 08/16] for-each-ref: partly change <object> to <commit> in help

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 24, 2017, 18:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20170324184059.5374-9-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170324184059.5374-1-avarab@gmail.com>

Change mentions of <object> to <commit> in the help output of for-each-ref as appropriate.

Both --[no-]merged and --contains only take commits, but --points-at can take any object, such as a tag pointing to a tree or blob.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/for-each-ref.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index df41fa0350..1a5ed20f59 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 static char const * const for_each_ref_usage[] = {
 	N_("git for-each-ref [<options>] [<pattern>]"),
 	N_("git for-each-ref [--points-at <object>]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [--contains [<object>]]"),
+	N_("git for-each-ref [(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]]"),
+	N_("git for-each-ref [--contains [<commit>]]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
-- 
2.11.0
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Message 7 of 17 in “Various changes to the "tag" command & related”
  1. 00/16 Various changes to the "tag" command & relatedÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  2. 02/16 tag doc: split up the --[no-]merged documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  3. 04/16 ref-filter: make combining --merged & --no-merged an errorÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  4. 03/16 tag doc: reword --[no-]merged to talk about commits, not tipsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  5. 05/16 ref-filter: add test for --contains on a non-commitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  6. 01/16 tag doc: move the description of --[no-]merged earlierÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  7. 08/16 for-each-ref: partly change <object> to <commit> in helpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  8. 06/16 tag: remove a TODO item from the test suiteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  9. 10/16 parse-options: add OPT_NONEG to the "contains" optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  10. 09/16 tag: add more incompatibles mode testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  11. 12/16 tag: implicitly supply --list given another list-like optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  12. 11/16 tag: change misleading --list <pattern> documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  13. 14/16 ref-filter: add --no-contains option to tag/branch/for-each-refÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  14. 07/16 tag tests: fix a typo in a test descriptionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  15. 16/16 tag: add tests for --with and --withoutÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  16. 15/16 ref-filter: reflow recently changed branch/tag/for-each-ref docsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017
  17. 13/16 tag: change --point-at to default to HEADÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 24, 2017

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