Re: [PATCH 1/5] backfill: add builtin boilerplate

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Jan 16, 2025, 10:11 UTC
Message-ID: <Z4jbW7UtaC7hQU1Z@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <0300aa1b8c37dcd0d529cc24588ae77960fdfbff.1733515638.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 06, 2024 at 08:07:14PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> diff --git a/Documentation/git-backfill.txt b/Documentation/git-backfill.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..640144187d3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/git-backfill.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> +git-backfill(1)
> +===============
> +
> +NAME
> +----
> +git-backfill - Download missing objects in a partial clone
> +
> +
> +SYNOPSIS
> +--------
> +[verse]
> +'git backfill' [<options>]

Ah, one thing I forgot about: this could use the new `[synopsis]` style, which removes some need for formatting directives.

Patrick

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