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-rw-r--r--Documentation/CodingGuidelines2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt6
-rw-r--r--builtin/commit.c14
-rw-r--r--builtin/config.c2
-rw-r--r--builtin/fast-export.c4
-rw-r--r--builtin/fetch.c6
-rw-r--r--builtin/merge.c2
-rw-r--r--builtin/notes.c16
-rw-r--r--builtin/read-tree.c4
-rw-r--r--builtin/tag.c2
-rw-r--r--parse-options.h2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t0040-parse-options.sh2
-rw-r--r--test-parse-options.c2
15 files changed, 42 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index ba2006d892..fe1c1e5bc2 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Writing Documentation:
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>]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt
index 2d65cfefd5..68263a6a53 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-ext.txt
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command.
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.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The following sequences have a special meaning:
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
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed over
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).
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ EXAMPLES:
---------
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&#64;host.example %S 'foo/repo'"::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
index 3a23477ce7..51de895822 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -201,12 +201,12 @@ REF LIST ATTRIBUTES
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'\}::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 0ade2ce54e..e161a40a73 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ COMMANDS
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
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ OPTIONS
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
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index d7f55e3d46..355b2cbca7 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
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"),
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index dad86fecfe..e27415df90 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
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),
diff --git a/builtin/fast-export.c b/builtin/fast-export.c
index ba57457cc5..daf19451ba 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-export.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-export.c
@@ -619,9 +619,9 @@ int cmd_fast_export(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
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"),
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 357f3cdbbf..7efecfe1cf 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
"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,
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
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()
};
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 9b8c163c89..a89ddbb655 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
"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),
diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 4d5556e2cb..0aab150c52 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -537,16 +537,16 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
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"),
@@ -682,16 +682,16 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
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()
diff --git a/builtin/read-tree.c b/builtin/read-tree.c
index 73c89ed15b..93c92814cf 100644
--- a/builtin/read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/read-tree.c
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
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),
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 246a2bc72b..7cf48abca8 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
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"),
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index 31ec5d2476..d1b12fe979 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct option {
{ 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" }
diff --git a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
index 20924506af..ae266147b6 100755
--- a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
+++ b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ usage: test-parse-options <options>
--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>
diff --git a/test-parse-options.c b/test-parse-options.c
index 0828592162..4e3710b9a8 100644
--- a/test-parse-options.c
+++ b/test-parse-options.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
OPT_DATE('t', NULL, &timestamp, "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"),