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authorGerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>2008-02-22 08:55:29 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-22 07:02:40 -0800
commitc7fae5fc68974eec9b60750424946a67cc143ad2 (patch)
tree8a6f4aaaed25c839a11a84b747679b6394cd7af5
parent0fb7fc751d29cd1099556f71fc7c08158a6a78bc (diff)
downloadgit-c7fae5fc68974eec9b60750424946a67cc143ad2.tar.gz
git-merge-index documentation: clarify synopsis
The options following <merge-program> are not -a, --, or <file>..., but either -a, or -- <file>..., while -- is optional. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-index.txt2
-rw-r--r--merge-index.c2
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
index 5d816d0d8b..19ee017aed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-merge-index - Run a merge for files needing merging
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | \-- | <file>\*)
+'git-merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <file>\*)
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/merge-index.c b/merge-index.c
index bbb700b54e..7491c56ad2 100644
--- a/merge-index.c
+++ b/merge-index.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
if (argc < 3)
- usage("git-merge-index [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | <filename>*)");
+ usage("git-merge-index [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | [--] <filename>*)");
setup_git_directory();
read_cache();