Printing the usage message when encountering bad option combinations is not very helpful. Instead, die with a message which tells the user exactly what combination is invalid. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@xxxxxxxxx> --- Added --prefix and --reset to the second die message. builtin-read-tree.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-read-tree.c b/builtin-read-tree.c index 82e25ea..17c9631 100644 --- a/builtin-read-tree.c +++ b/builtin-read-tree.c @@ -145,9 +145,8 @@ int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix) continue; } - /* using -u and -i at the same time makes no sense */ if (1 < opts.index_only + opts.update) - usage(read_tree_usage); + die("-u and -i at the same time makes no sense"); if (get_sha1(arg, sha1)) die("Not a valid object name %s", arg); @@ -156,7 +155,8 @@ int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix) stage++; } if ((opts.update||opts.index_only) && !opts.merge) - usage(read_tree_usage); + die("%s is meaningless without -m, --reset, or --prefix", + opts.update ? "-u" : "-i"); if ((opts.dir && !opts.update)) die("--exclude-per-directory is meaningless unless -u"); if (opts.merge && !opts.index_only) -- 1.6.3.3.334.g916e1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html