Merge branch 'jm/api-strbuf-doc' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index e05e6b35939326caa5fa2658d875b0d099216d9f..54143a0693da895035187a04f58f59cf92105fa2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")"
 +
 If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object in
 your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of object
-you require, you can add "^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter.
+you require, you can add "\^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter.
 For example, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}"` will make sure `$VAR`
 names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an
 annotated tag that points at a commit).  To make sure that `$VAR`
@@ -290,14 +290,14 @@ The lines after the separator describe the options.
 Each line of options has this format:
 
 ------------
-<opt_spec><flags>*<arg_hint>? SP+ help LF
+<opt-spec><flags>*<arg-hint>? SP+ help LF
 ------------
 
-`<opt_spec>`::
+`<opt-spec>`::
        its format is the short option character, then the long option name
        separated by a comma. Both parts are not required, though at least one
        is necessary. `h,help`, `dry-run` and `f` are all three correct
-       `<opt_spec>`.
+       `<opt-spec>`.
 
 `<flags>`::
        `<flags>` are of `*`, `=`, `?` or `!`.
@@ -313,11 +313,11 @@ Each line of options has this format:
 
        * Use `!` to not make the corresponding negated long option available.
 
-`<arg_hint>`::
-       `<arg_hint>`, if specified, is used as a name of the argument in the
-       help output, for options that take arguments. `<arg_hint>` is
-       terminated by the first whitespace. When you need to use space in the
-       argument hint use dash instead.
+`<arg-hint>`::
+       `<arg-hint>`, if specified, is used as a name of the argument in the
+       help output, for options that take arguments. `<arg-hint>` is
+       terminated by the first whitespace.  It is customary to use a
+       dash to separate words in a multi-word argument hint.
 
 The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used
 as the help associated to the option.
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ usage: some-command [options] <args>...
     -h, --help            show the help
     --foo                 some nifty option --foo
     --bar ...             some cool option --bar with an argument
-    --bar <arg>           another cool option --baz with a named argument
+    --baz <arg>           another cool option --baz with a named argument
     --qux[=<path>]        qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself
 
 An option group Header