Re: [PATCH] Update the usage bundle string.

From: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 17, 2009, 16:16 UTC
Message-ID: <a4c8a6d00909170916u6ba05e36u3b65cc6d9bd726fd@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqbpl9woac.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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> Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
>
>> Thiago Farina schrieb:
>>
>>> +static const char builtin_bundle_usage[] = "\
>>> +  git bundle create <file> <git-rev-list args>\n\
>>> +  git bundle verify <file>\n\
>>> +  git bundle list-heads <file> [refname...]\n\
>>> +  git bundle unbundle <file> [refname...]";
>>
>> You indent the usage text. Do other commands do that, too? If you resend,
>> it may be worth using this style:
>>
>> static const char builtin_bundle_usage[] =
>>       "git bundle create <file> <git-rev-list args>\n"
>>       "git bundle verify <file>\n"
>
> I like aligned usage strings, like:
>
> $ git stash -h
> Usage: git stash list [<options>]
>   or: git stash show [<stash>]
>   or: git stash drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
>   or: git stash ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
>   or: git stash branch <branchname> [<stash>]
>   or: git stash [save [-k|--keep-index] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]]
>   or: git stash clear
>
> or
>
> $ git branch -h |& head -n 4
> usage: git branch [options] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]
>   or: git branch [options] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
>   or: git branch [options] [-r] (-d | -D) <branchname>
>   or: git branch [options] (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
>

I like and prefer this style too. I can use it in my patch, like:
$ git bundle -h
usage: git bundle create <file> <git-rev-list args>
  or: git bundle verify <file>
  or: git bundle list-heads <file> [refname...]
  or: git bundle unbundle <file> [refname...]

instead of:
usage: git bundle create <file> <git-rev-list args>
          git bundle verify <file>
          git bundle list-heads <file> [refname...]
          git bundle unbundle <file> [refname...]

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> but Git isn't very consistant here:
>
> $ git bisect -h |& head  -n 6
> Usage: git bisect [help|start|bad|good|skip|next|reset|visualize|replay|log|run]
>
> git bisect help
>        print this long help message.
> git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
>        reset bisect state and start bisection.
>
> --
> Matthieu Moy
> http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
>