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Re: [PATCH] doc/git-bisect: clarify `git bisect run` syntax

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2023, 21:32 UTC
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On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 4:03 PM cousteau via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:

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> The description of the `git bisect run` command syntax at the beginning
> of the manpage is `git bisect run <cmd>...`, which isn't quite clear
> about what `<cmd>` is or what the `...` mean; one could think that it is
> the whole (quoted) command line with all arguments in a single string,
> or that it supports multiple commands, or that it doesn't accept
> commands with arguments at all.
>
> Change to `git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]` to clarify the syntax.
Okay, makes sense.
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> Signed-off-by: Javier Mora <cousteaulecommandant@gmail.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on the subcommand:
> - git bisect run <cmd>...
> + git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]

The output of `git bisect -h` suffers the same problem. Perhaps this patch can fix that, as well?

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  1. doc/git-bisect: clarify `git bisect run` syntaxcousteau via GitGitGadget, Oct 22, 2023
  2. Eric SunshineOct 22, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2023
  4. Patrick SteinhardtOct 23, 2023
  5. Javier MoraOct 23, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2023
  8. doc/git-bisect: clarify `git bisect run` syntaxcousteau via GitGitGadget, Oct 23, 2023
  9. Eric SunshineOct 23, 2023
  10. Javier MoraOct 23, 2023
  11. Eric SunshineOct 23, 2023
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2023

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