From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81FDE20281 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2017 10:05:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751003AbdJAKFt (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2017 06:05:49 -0400 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:38815 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750967AbdJAKFs (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2017 06:05:48 -0400 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:46030 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dyb86-0007lf-MU; Sun, 01 Oct 2017 06:05:46 -0400 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 06:05:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Junio C Hamano cc: Kevin Daudt , Git Mailing list Subject: Re: "man git-checkout", man page is inconsistent between SYNOPSIS and details In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20170930143258.GA20886@alpha.vpn.ikke.info> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 1 Oct 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > it's simply a matter of the forms not matching between the SYNOPSIS > > and the DESCRIPTION sections. am i making sense? > > I think the whole thing is wrong and the root cause is because the > (relatively newer) description of the "--patch" mode lazily tried to > piggy-back the description of existing "check out from the index or > tree-ish" mode, ending up in a confusing description... ... big snip ... ok, i'm going to have to digest all that; pretty sure someone else will need to change the man page to clarify the apparent inconsistency i was referring to: SYNOPSIS git checkout [-p|--patch] [] [--] [...] DESCRIPTION git checkout [-p|--patch] [] [--] ... and on that note, i'll get back to proofreading. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================