Merge branch 'jk/dumb-http-idx-fetch-fix'
[gitweb.git] / builtin / commit.c
index 5cd1478ebfdae36a8112c7f93f9017b54954cf44..6055c760f037617637eb7bffebe82213748b5e59 100644 (file)
 #include "mailmap.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
-       N_("git commit [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+       N_("git commit [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."),
        NULL
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_status_usage[] = {
-       N_("git status [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+       N_("git status [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."),
        NULL
 };
 
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static const char *find_author_by_nickname(const char *name)
                clear_mailmap(&mailmap);
                return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
        }
-       die(_("No existing author found with '%s'"), name);
+       die(_("--author '%s' is not 'Name <email>' and matches no existing author"), name);
 }