[PATCH] Random documentation fixes

diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 591f4ed462dea070c3f5d264b1b96d7edd70d063..940285f8c8caf52f06ac2fb0008026a1425b24eb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
                (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\*
                [-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
                [-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
-               [--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
+               [--exclude-per-directory=<file>] [--] [<file>]\*
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -70,13 +70,20 @@ OPTIONS
 -t::
        Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by
        a space) at the start of each line:
-       H       cached
-       M       unmerged
-       R       removed/deleted
-       C       modifed/changed
-       K       to be killed
+       H::     cached
+       M::     unmerged
+       R::     removed/deleted
+       C::     modifed/changed
+       K::     to be killed
        ?       other
 
+--::
+       Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
+
+<file>::
+       Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
+       specified criteria are shown.
+
 Output
 ------
 show files just outputs the filename unless '--stage' is specified in
@@ -103,13 +110,13 @@ flags --others or --ignored are specified.
 
 These exclude patterns come from these places:
 
- (1) command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a single
+  1. command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a single
      pattern.
 
- (2) command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a list of
+  2. command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a list of
      patterns stored in a file.
 
- (3) command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
+  3. command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
      a name of the file in each directory 'git-ls-files'
      examines, and if exists, its contents are used as an
      additional list of patterns.
@@ -161,12 +168,13 @@ An exclude pattern is of the following format:
  - otherwise, it is a shell glob pattern, suitable for
    consumption by fnmatch(3) with FNM_PATHNAME flag.  I.e. a
    slash in the pattern must match a slash in the pathname.
-   "Documentation/*.html" matches "Documentation/git.html" but
+   "Documentation/\*.html" matches "Documentation/git.html" but
    not "ppc/ppc.html".  As a natural exception, "/*.c" matches
    "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
 
 An example:
 
+--------------------------------------------------------------
     $ cat .git/ignore
     # ignore objects and archives, anywhere in the tree.
     *.[oa]
@@ -179,6 +187,7 @@ An example:
         --exclude='Documentation/*.[0-9]' \
         --exclude-from=.git/ignore \
         --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore
+--------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 See Also