Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > $ git log --encoding > fatal: Option '--encoding' requires a value > $ git rev-list --encoding > fatal: Option '--encoding' requires a value > > The argument to --encoding has always been mandatory. Unfortunately > manpages like git-rev-list(1), git-log(1), and git-show(1) have > described the option's syntax as "--encoding[=<encoding>]" since it > was first documented. Clarify by removing the extra brackets. > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> > --- Thanks. > Documentation/git-rev-list.txt | 2 +- > Documentation/pretty-options.txt | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt > index 65ac27e0..045b37b8 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt > @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ SYNOPSIS > [ \--right-only ] > [ \--cherry-mark ] > [ \--cherry-pick ] > - [ \--encoding[=<encoding>] ] > + [ \--encoding=<encoding> ] > [ \--(author|committer|grep)=<pattern> ] > [ \--regexp-ignore-case | -i ] > [ \--extended-regexp | -E ] > diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt > index 5e499421..eea0e306 100644 > --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt > +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ people using 80-column terminals. > This is a shorthand for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit" > used together. > > ---encoding[=<encoding>]:: > +--encoding=<encoding>:: > The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message > in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the > command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding -- 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