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[PATCH v7 03/10] git help doc: use "<doc>" instead of "<guide>"

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 2, 2022, 12:56 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-v7-03.10-2d6c00a51fa-20220802T125258Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-v7-00.10-00000000000-20220802T125258Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Replace the use of "<guide>" originally introduced (as "GUIDE") in a133737b809 (doc: include --guide option description for "git help", 2013-04-02) with the more generic "<doc>". The "<doc>" placeholder is more generic, and one we'll be able to use as we introduce new documentation categories.

Let's also add "<doc>" to the "git help -h" output, when it was made to use parse_option() in in 41eb33bd0cb (help: use parseopt, 2008-02-24).

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-help.txt | 8 ++++----
 builtin/help.c             | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 239c68db457..bead763fd29 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git help' [-a|--all] [--[no-]verbose] [--[no-]external-commands] [--[no-]aliases]
-'git help' [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<guide>]
+'git help' [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<doc>]
 'git help' [-g|--guides]
 'git help' [-c|--config]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-With no options and no '<command>' or '<guide>' given, the synopsis of the 'git'
+With no options and no '<command>' or '<doc>' given, the synopsis of the 'git'
 command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed
 on the standard output.
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ printed on the standard output.
 If the option `--guides` or `-g` is given, a list of the
 Git concept guides is also printed on the standard output.
 
-If a command, or a guide, is given, a manual page for that command or
-guide is brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this
+If a command or other documentation is given, the relevant manual page
+will be brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this
 purpose, but this can be overridden by other options or configuration
 variables.
 
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 222f994f863..dec82d1be27 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
 
 static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
 	"git help [-a|--all] [--[no-]verbose]] [--[no-]external-commands] [--[no-]aliases]",
-	N_("git help [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>]"),
+	N_("git help [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<doc>]"),
 	"git help [-g|--guides]",
 	"git help [-c|--config]",
 	NULL
-- 
2.37.1.1232.gc0cde427aa7
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  22. 1/8 help.c: BUG() out if "help --guides" can't remove "git" prefixesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 18, 2022
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2022
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  43. Eric SunshineJul 21, 2022
  44. 5/9 docs: move commit-graph format docs to man section 5Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 21, 2022
  45. 6/9 docs: move protocol-related docs to man section 5Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 21, 2022
  46. 7/9 docs: move pack format docs to man section 5Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 21, 2022
  47. 8/9 docs: move http-protocol docs to man section 5Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 21, 2022
  48. 9/9 docs: move multi-pack-index docs to man section 5Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 21, 2022
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  58. 5/9 docs: move commit-graph format docs to man section 5Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2022
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