Am 27.04.2018 um 19:33 schrieb Eric Sunshine: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The two '<path>' parameters are not optional but the option >> '--no-index' is. Also move the `--options` part to the same >> place where the other variants show them. >> >> All three items are already correct in the synopsis. >> >> Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt >> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS >> -'git diff' [options] [--no-index] [--] <path> <path> >> +'git diff' [options] --no-index [--] <path> <path> >> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk. >> -'git diff' --no-index [--options] [--] [<path>...]:: >> +'git diff' [--options] --no-index [--] <path> <path>:: > > Not a problem introduced by this patch, but shouldn't this say > "[options]" rather than "[--options]"? Since the aim of this patch > series is to clean up botches and normalize documentation, perhaps it > could also fix this oddness(?). > Well, in the SYNOPSIS it is always `[options]` for all variants but in the DESCRIPTION it is always `[--options]` for all variants. Fixing the other variants would stretch the "subject" line of the patch a little bit to far ;-)