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authorRobert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>2018-05-24 16:11:39 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-05-25 17:16:47 +0900
commitde613050efec781e8380a0267879a25b2d489513 (patch)
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Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs
The standard for command documentation synopses appears to be: [...] means optional <...> means replaceable [<...>] means both optional and replaceable So fix a number of doc pages that use incorrect variations of the above. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 7c2c442700..b180f1fa5b 100644
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@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git diff' [options] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>
-'git diff' [options] --no-index [--] <path> <path>
+'git diff' [<options>] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>
+'git diff' [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Show changes between the working tree and the index or a tree, changes
between the index and a tree, changes between two trees, changes between
two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
-'git diff' [options] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you made relative to
the index (staging area for the next commit). In other
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
further add to the index but you still haven't. You can
stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1].
-'git diff' [options] --no-index [--] <path> <path>::
+'git diff' [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>::
This form is to compare the given two paths on the
filesystem. You can omit the `--no-index` option when
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
or when running the command outside a working tree
controlled by Git.
-'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you staged for the next
commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
<commit> is not given, it shows all staged changes.
--staged is a synonym of --cached.
-'git diff' [options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you have in your
working tree relative to the named <commit>. You can
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
branch name to compare with the tip of a different
branch.
-'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This is to view the changes between two arbitrary
<commit>.
-'git diff' [options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on
one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as
using HEAD instead.
-'git diff' [options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes on the branch containing
and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and
"<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the
"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
-'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>::
+'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>::
This form is to view the differences between the raw
contents of two blob objects.