Re: "git cat-file <sha1>" shows usage but should not?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 15, 2009, 17:18 UTC
Message-ID: <7vprfdvnrj.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090415170444.GA24717@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 06:56:05PM +0200, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
>
>> Jeff King wrote:
>> > That usage message is misleading. You need to use one of -t, -s, -e, -p,
>> > or <type>. So it should perhaps just be:
>> > 
>> >   git cat-file -t|-s|-e|-p|<type> <sha1>
>> > 
>> > though that looks terribly ugly. Suggestions welcome.
>> 
>> Thanks for making that clear.  How about round or curly brackets?
>
> I think curly makes the most sense for grouping, though I still think it
> is a bit ugly. Patch is below.

Thanks.  Doesn't this remind us of $gmane/72243, by the way?