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@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ git-stripspace - Remove unnecessary whitespace
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git stripspace' [-s | --strip-comments] < input
+'git stripspace' [-s | --strip-comments]
+'git stripspace' [-c | --comment-lines]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Clean the input in the manner used by 'git' for text such as commit
-messages, notes, tags and branch descriptions.
+Read text, such as commit messages, notes, tags and branch
+descriptions, from the standard input and clean it in the manner
+used by Git.
With no arguments, this will:
@@ -35,14 +37,20 @@ OPTIONS
-------
-s::
--strip-comments::
- Skip and remove all lines starting with '#'.
+ Skip and remove all lines starting with comment character (default '#').
+
+-c::
+--comment-lines::
+ Prepend comment character and blank to each line. Lines will automatically
+ be terminated with a newline. On empty lines, only the comment character
+ will be prepended.
EXAMPLES
--------
Given the following noisy input with '$' indicating the end of a line:
---------
+---------
|A brief introduction $
| $
|$
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ Given the following noisy input with '$' indicating the end of a line:
Use 'git stripspace' with no arguments to obtain:
---------
+---------
|A brief introduction$
|$
|A new paragraph$
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ Use 'git stripspace' with no arguments to obtain:
Use 'git stripspace --strip-comments' to obtain:
---------
+---------
|A brief introduction$
|$
|A new paragraph$