when writing or modifying command usage strings and synopsis sections
in the manual pages:
- Placeholders are enclosed in angle brackets:
+ Placeholders are spelled in lowercase and enclosed in angle brackets:
<file>
--sort=<key>
--abbrev[=<n>]
SYNOPSIS
--------
-git remote add nick "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"
+git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-This remote helper uses the specified 'program' to connect
+This remote helper uses the specified '<command>' to connect
to a remote git server.
-Data written to stdin of this specified 'program' is assumed
+Data written to stdin of the specified '<command>' is assumed
to be sent to a git:// server, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack
or git-upload-archive (depending on situation), and data read
-from stdout of this program is assumed to be received from
+from stdout of <command> is assumed to be received from
the same service.
Command and arguments are separated by an unescaped space.
git wants to invoke.
'%G' (must be the first characters in an argument)::
- This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead, it
+ This argument will not be passed to '<command>'. Instead, it
will cause the helper to start by sending git:// service requests to
the remote side with the service field set to an appropriate value and
the repository field set to rest of the argument. Default is not to send
some tunnel.
'%V' (must be first characters in argument)::
- This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead it sets
+ This argument will not be passed to '<command>'. Instead it sets
the vhost field in the git:// service request (to rest of the argument).
Default is not to send vhost in such request (if sent).
---------
This remote helper is transparently used by git when
you use commands such as "git fetch <URL>", "git clone <URL>",
-, "git push <URL>" or "git remote add nick <URL>", where <URL>
+, "git push <URL>" or "git remote add <nick> <URL>", where <URL>
begins with `ext::`. Examples:
"ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey user@host.example %S 'foo/repo'"::
OPTIONS
-------
-'option verbosity' <N>::
+'option verbosity' <n>::
Changes the verbosity of messages displayed by the helper.
- A value of 0 for N means that processes operate
+ A value of 0 for <n> means that processes operate
quietly, and the helper produces only error output.
1 is the default level of verbosity, and higher values
- of N correspond to the number of -v flags passed on the
+ of <n> correspond to the number of -v flags passed on the
command line.
'option progress' \{'true'|'false'\}::
Set the 'rewriteRoot' option in the [svn-remote] config.
--rewrite-uuid=<UUID>;;
Set the 'rewriteUUID' option in the [svn-remote] config.
---username=<USER>;;
+--username=<user>;;
For transports that SVN handles authentication for (http,
https, and plain svn), specify the username. For other
transports (eg svn+ssh://), you must include the username in
Only used with the 'init' command.
These are passed directly to 'git init'.
--r <ARG>::
---revision <ARG>::
+-r <arg>::
+--revision <arg>::
Used with the 'fetch' command.
+
This allows revision ranges for partial/cauterized history
OPT_GROUP("Commit message options"),
OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, "read message from file"),
- OPT_STRING(0, "author", &force_author, "AUTHOR", "override author for commit"),
- OPT_STRING(0, "date", &force_date, "DATE", "override date for commit"),
- OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &message, "MESSAGE", "commit message", opt_parse_m),
- OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "COMMIT", "reuse and edit message from specified commit"),
- OPT_STRING('C', "reuse-message", &use_message, "COMMIT", "reuse message from specified commit"),
- OPT_STRING(0, "fixup", &fixup_message, "COMMIT", "use autosquash formatted message to fixup specified commit"),
- OPT_STRING(0, "squash", &squash_message, "COMMIT", "use autosquash formatted message to squash specified commit"),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "author", &force_author, "author", "override author for commit"),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "date", &force_date, "date", "override date for commit"),
+ OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &message, "message", "commit message", opt_parse_m),
+ OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "commit", "reuse and edit message from specified commit"),
+ OPT_STRING('C', "reuse-message", &use_message, "commit", "reuse message from specified commit"),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "fixup", &fixup_message, "commit", "use autosquash formatted message to fixup specified commit"),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "squash", &squash_message, "commit", "use autosquash formatted message to squash specified commit"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "reset-author", &renew_authorship, "the commit is authored by me now (used with -C-c/--amend)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &signoff, "add Signed-off-by:"),
OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, "use specified template file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "global", &use_global_config, "use global config file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "system", &use_system_config, "use system config file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "local", &use_local_config, "use repository config file"),
- OPT_STRING('f', "file", &given_config_file, "FILE", "use given config file"),
+ OPT_STRING('f', "file", &given_config_file, "file", "use given config file"),
OPT_GROUP("Action"),
OPT_BIT(0, "get", &actions, "get value: name [value-regex]", ACTION_GET),
OPT_BIT(0, "get-all", &actions, "get all values: key [value-regex]", ACTION_GET_ALL),
OPT_CALLBACK(0, "tag-of-filtered-object", &tag_of_filtered_mode, "mode",
"select handling of tags that tag filtered objects",
parse_opt_tag_of_filtered_mode),
- OPT_STRING(0, "export-marks", &export_filename, "FILE",
+ OPT_STRING(0, "export-marks", &export_filename, "file",
"Dump marks to this file"),
- OPT_STRING(0, "import-marks", &import_filename, "FILE",
+ OPT_STRING(0, "import-marks", &import_filename, "file",
"Import marks from this file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "fake-missing-tagger", &fake_missing_tagger,
"Fake a tagger when tags lack one"),
"fetch from all remotes"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "append", &append,
"append to .git/FETCH_HEAD instead of overwriting"),
- OPT_STRING(0, "upload-pack", &upload_pack, "PATH",
+ OPT_STRING(0, "upload-pack", &upload_pack, "path",
"path to upload pack on remote end"),
OPT__FORCE(&force, "force overwrite of local branch"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "multiple", &multiple,
OPT_BOOLEAN('u', "update-head-ok", &update_head_ok,
"allow updating of HEAD ref"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "progress", &progress, "force progress reporting"),
- OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &depth, "DEPTH",
+ OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &depth, "depth",
"deepen history of shallow clone"),
- { OPTION_STRING, 0, "submodule-prefix", &submodule_prefix, "DIR",
+ { OPTION_STRING, 0, "submodule-prefix", &submodule_prefix, "dir",
"prepend this to submodule path output", PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
OPT_END()
};
"merge strategy to use", option_parse_strategy),
OPT_CALLBACK('X', "strategy-option", &xopts, "option=value",
"option for selected merge strategy", option_parse_x),
- OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &merge_msg, "MESSAGE",
+ OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &merge_msg, "message",
"merge commit message (for a non-fast-forward merge)",
option_parse_message),
OPT__VERBOSITY(&verbosity),
const unsigned char *note;
struct msg_arg msg = { 0, 0, STRBUF_INIT };
struct option options[] = {
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'm', "message", &msg, "MSG",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'm', "message", &msg, "msg",
"note contents as a string", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_msg_arg},
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'F', "file", &msg, "FILE",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'F', "file", &msg, "file",
"note contents in a file", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_file_arg},
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'c', "reedit-message", &msg, "OBJECT",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'c', "reedit-message", &msg, "object",
"reuse and edit specified note object", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_reedit_arg},
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'C', "reuse-message", &msg, "OBJECT",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'C', "reuse-message", &msg, "object",
"reuse specified note object", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_reuse_arg},
OPT__FORCE(&force, "replace existing notes"),
const char * const *usage;
struct msg_arg msg = { 0, 0, STRBUF_INIT };
struct option options[] = {
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'm', "message", &msg, "MSG",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'm', "message", &msg, "msg",
"note contents as a string", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_msg_arg},
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'F', "file", &msg, "FILE",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'F', "file", &msg, "file",
"note contents in a file", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_file_arg},
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'c', "reedit-message", &msg, "OBJECT",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'c', "reedit-message", &msg, "object",
"reuse and edit specified note object", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_reedit_arg},
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'C', "reuse-message", &msg, "OBJECT",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 'C', "reuse-message", &msg, "object",
"reuse specified note object", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
parse_reuse_arg},
OPT_END()
struct unpack_trees_options opts;
int prefix_set = 0;
const struct option read_tree_options[] = {
- { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "index-output", NULL, "FILE",
- "write resulting index to <FILE>",
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "index-output", NULL, "file",
+ "write resulting index to <file>",
PARSE_OPT_NONEG, index_output_cb },
OPT_SET_INT(0, "empty", &read_empty,
"only empty the index", 1),
OPT_GROUP("Tag creation options"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('a', NULL, &annotate,
"annotated tag, needs a message"),
- OPT_CALLBACK('m', NULL, &msg, "MESSAGE",
+ OPT_CALLBACK('m', NULL, &msg, "message",
"tag message", parse_msg_arg),
OPT_FILENAME('F', NULL, &msgfile, "read message from file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('s', NULL, &sign, "annotated and GPG-signed tag"),
{ OPTION_NUMBER, 0, NULL, (v), NULL, (h), \
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, (f) }
#define OPT_FILENAME(s, l, v, h) { OPTION_FILENAME, (s), (l), (v), \
- "FILE", (h) }
+ "file", (h) }
#define OPT_COLOR_FLAG(s, l, v, h) \
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), "when", (h), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, \
parse_opt_color_flag_cb, (intptr_t)"always" }
--set23 set integer to 23
-t <time> get timestamp of <time>
-L, --length <str> get length of <str>
- -F, --file <FILE> set file to <FILE>
+ -F, --file <file> set file to <file>
String options
-s, --string <string>
OPT_DATE('t', NULL, ×tamp, "get timestamp of <time>"),
OPT_CALLBACK('L', "length", &integer, "str",
"get length of <str>", length_callback),
- OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &file, "set file to <FILE>"),
+ OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &file, "set file to <file>"),
OPT_GROUP("String options"),
OPT_STRING('s', "string", &string, "string", "get a string"),
OPT_STRING(0, "string2", &string, "str", "get another string"),