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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 0d2cdcde55..e05e6b3593 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -284,13 +284,13 @@ Input Format 'git rev-parse --parseopt' input format is fully text based. It has two parts, separated by a line that contains only `--`. The lines before the separator -(should be more than one) are used for the usage. +(should be one or more) are used for the usage. The lines after the separator describe the options. Each line of options has this format: ------------ -<opt_spec><flags>* SP+ help LF +<opt_spec><flags>*<arg_hint>? SP+ help LF ------------ `<opt_spec>`:: @@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ 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. + The remainder of the line, after stripping the spaces, is used as the help associated to the option. @@ -333,6 +339,8 @@ h,help show the help foo some nifty option --foo bar= some cool option --bar with an 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 C? option C with an optional argument" @@ -340,6 +348,28 @@ C? option C with an optional argument" eval "$(echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)" ------------ + +Usage text +~~~~~~~~~~ + +When `"$@"` is `-h` or `--help` in the above example, the following +usage text would be shown: + +------------ +usage: some-command [options] <args>... + + some-command does foo and bar! + + -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 + --qux[=<path>] qux may take a path argument but has meaning by itself + +An option group Header + -C[...] option C with an optional argument +------------ + SQ-QUOTE -------- |