Re: [PATCH] git-stash: improve synopsis in help and manual page

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 16, 2008, 09:49 UTC
Message-ID: <7vljyxe1d9.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1218857251-2971-1-git-send-email-s-beyer@gmx.net>

Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> writes:

>    btw, should the "create" command be used directly at all?
>    Then a line for this should perhaps be added.

It's pretty much for Porcelain writer's consumption, so I do not think it is worth adding it to command line help, even though it would be nice to describe it in the documentation.

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> +dashless=$(basename "$0" | sed -e 's/-/ /')
> +USAGE="list [<options>]
> +   or: $dashless (show | drop | pop ) [<stash>]
> +   or: $dashless [--index] apply [<stash>]
> +   or: $dashless branch <branchname> [<stash>]
> +   or: $dashless [--keep-index] [save [<message>]]
> +   or: $dashless clear"

These --index and --keep-index are subcommand options and come after them (i.e. apply/save).