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From: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
To: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Andreas Heiduk" <asheiduk@gmail.com>,
	"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>, "Eric Wong" <e@80x24.org>,
	"Martin Ågren" <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 7/7] doc: normalize [--options] to [options] in git-diff
Date: Thu,  3 May 2018 20:48:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180503184830.11889-8-asheiduk@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180503184830.11889-1-asheiduk@gmail.com>

SYNOPSIS and other manuals use [options] but DESCRIPTION
used [--options].

Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-diff.txt | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 6593b58299..7c2c442700 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -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
-- 
2.16.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-05-03 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-10 18:32 [PATCH 0/6] Some doc-fixes Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 18:32 ` [PATCH 1/6] doc: fix formatting inconsistency in githooks.txt Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 19:13   ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-10 20:04     ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 20:44       ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-10 21:23         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-11 21:05           ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-11 21:08             ` fixup! " Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-11 21:08             ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-12 19:36               ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-27 16:21                 ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 18:32 ` [PATCH 2/6] doc: align 'diff --no-index' in text with synopsis Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 19:14   ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-10 19:14     ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-10 19:32     ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 21:22   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-11 21:21     ` fixup! " Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 18:32 ` [PATCH 3/6] doc: clarify ignore rules for git ls-files Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 18:32 ` [PATCH 4/6] doc: added '-d' and '-q' for 'git push' Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 19:17   ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-10 19:38     ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 20:05       ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-10 20:05         ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-10 18:39 ` [PATCH 5/6] git-svn: commit-diff does not support --add-author-from Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-17  6:18   ` Eric Wong
2018-04-27 16:31     ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 18:39 ` [PATCH 6/6] doc: add note about shell quoting to revision.txt Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-10 21:25   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-27 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Some doc-fixes Andreas Heiduk
2018-05-03 18:48   ` [PATCH v3 0/7] " Andreas Heiduk
2018-05-03 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 1/7] doc: improve formatting in githooks.txt Andreas Heiduk
2018-05-03 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 2/7] doc: align 'diff --no-index' in text and synopsis Andreas Heiduk
2018-05-03 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 3/7] doc: clarify ignore rules for git ls-files Andreas Heiduk
2018-05-03 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 4/7] doc: add '-d' and '-o' for 'git push' Andreas Heiduk
2018-05-03 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 5/7] git-svn: remove ''--add-author-from' for 'commit-diff' Andreas Heiduk
2018-05-03 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 6/7] doc: add note about shell quoting to revision.txt Andreas Heiduk
2018-05-03 18:48     ` Andreas Heiduk [this message]
2018-05-04 18:47     ` [PATCH v3 0/7] Some doc-fixes Martin Ågren
2018-04-27 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] doc: improve formatting in githooks.txt Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 18:46   ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-27 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] doc: align 'diff --no-index' in text with synopsis Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 17:18   ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-27 18:28     ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 18:45       ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-27 19:08         ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 17:33   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-27 18:40     ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 18:43       ` Martin Ågren
2018-04-27 19:12       ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-27 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] doc: clarify ignore rules for git ls-files Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] doc: add '-d' and '-o' for 'git push' Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] git-svn: remove ''--add-author-from' for 'commit-diff' Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] doc: add note about shell quoting to revision.txt Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 17:36   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-27 18:42     ` Andreas Heiduk
2018-04-27 19:23 ` [PATCH v2 7/6] doc: normalize [--options] to [options] in git-diff Andreas Heiduk

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