The documentation for git blame used vertical bars for optional arguments to -M and -C, which is unusual and potentially confusing. Since most man pages use brackets for optional items, and that's consistent with how we document the same options for git diff and friends, use brackets here, too. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/blame-options.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 2669b87c9d..dc41957afa 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[] terminal. Can't use `--progress` together with `--porcelain` or `--incremental`. --M|<num>|:: +-M[<num>]:: Detect moved or copied lines within a file. When a commit moves or copies a block of lines (e.g. the original file has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and then @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ alphanumeric characters that Git must detect as moving/copying within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent commit. The default value is 20. --C|<num>|:: +-C[<num>]:: In addition to `-M`, detect lines moved or copied from other files that were modified in the same commit. This is useful when you reorganize your program and move code