The standard for command documentation synopses appears to be:
[...] means optional
<...> means replaceable
[<...>] means both optional and replaceable
So fix a number of doc pages that use incorrect variations of the
above.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
index 05fd482b7..e44a83133 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit information
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git annotate' [options] file [revision]
+'git annotate' [<options>] <file> [<revision>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
index aa3b2bf2f..3c0578217 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-attr' [-a | --all | attr...] [--] pathname...
-'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | attr...]
+'git check-attr' [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>...
+'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | <attr>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
index 611754f10..8b42cb3fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-check-ignore - Debug gitignore / exclude files
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-ignore' [options] pathname...
-'git check-ignore' [options] --stdin
+'git check-ignore' [<options>] <pathname>...
+'git check-ignore' [<options>] --stdin
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt b/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
index 39028ee1a..aa2055dbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-check-mailmap - Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-mailmap' [options] <contact>...
+'git check-mailmap' [<options>] <contact>...
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
index 2b8582639..0216c18ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential-cache.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-credential-cache - Helper to temporarily store passwords in memory
SYNOPSIS
--------
-----------------------------
-git config credential.helper 'cache [options]'
+git config credential.helper 'cache [<options>]'
-----------------------------
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
index 25fb963f4..693dd9d9d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential-store.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-credential-store - Helper to store credentials on disk
SYNOPSIS
--------
-------------------
-git config credential.helper 'store [options]'
+git config credential.helper 'store [<options>]'
-------------------
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index 37b96c545..f98b7c6ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-cvsserver git-cvsserver pserver
Usage:
[verse]
-'git-cvsserver' [options] [pserver|server] [<directory> ...]
+'git-cvsserver' [<options>] [pserver|server] [<directory> ...]
OPTIONS
-------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 7c2c44270..b180f1fa5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git diff' [options] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>
-'git diff' [options] --no-index [--] <path> <path>
+'git diff' [<options>] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>
+'git diff' [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Show changes between the working tree and the index or a tree, changes
between the index and a tree, changes between two trees, changes between
two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
-'git diff' [options] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you made relative to
the index (staging area for the next commit). In other
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
further add to the index but you still haven't. You can
stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1].
-'git diff' [options] --no-index [--] <path> <path>::
+'git diff' [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>::
This form is to compare the given two paths on the
filesystem. You can omit the `--no-index` option when
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
or when running the command outside a working tree
controlled by Git.
-'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you staged for the next
commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
<commit> is not given, it shows all staged changes.
--staged is a synonym of --cached.
-'git diff' [options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes you have in your
working tree relative to the named <commit>. You can
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
branch name to compare with the tip of a different
branch.
-'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This is to view the changes between two arbitrary
<commit>.
-'git diff' [options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on
one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as
using HEAD instead.
-'git diff' [options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This form is to view the changes on the branch containing
and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and
"<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the
"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
-'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>::
+'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>::
This form is to view the differences between the raw
contents of two blob objects.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
index 44098595d..ce954be53 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fast-export - Git data exporter
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git fast-export [options]' | 'git fast-import'
+'git fast-export [<options>]' | 'git fast-import'
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index cdf696ff7..e81117d27 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fast-import - Backend for fast Git data importers
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-frontend | 'git fast-import' [options]
+frontend | 'git fast-import' [<options>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
index ff446f15f..9111c47a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-interpret-trailers - add or parse structured information in commit messages
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git interpret-trailers' [options] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...]
-'git interpret-trailers' [options] [--parse] [<file>...]
+'git interpret-trailers' [<options>] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...]
+'git interpret-trailers' [<options>] [--parse] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 4e0ad6fd8..118d9d86f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-pull - Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git pull' [options] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]
+'git pull' [<options>] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]
DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index bd5ecff98..0e20a66e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ git-rebase - Reapply commits on top of another base tip
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [<options>] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
[<upstream> [<branch>]]
-'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [<options>] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
--root [<branch>]
'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --edit-todo | --show-current-patch
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 95326b85f..e72d332b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git rev-parse' [<options>] <args>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Example
------------
OPTS_SPEC="\
-some-command [options] <args>...
+some-command [<options>] <args>...
some-command does foo and bar!
--
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ When `"$@"` is `-h` or `--help` in the above example, the following
usage text would be shown:
------------
-usage: some-command [options] <args>...
+usage: some-command [<options>] <args>...
some-command does foo and bar!
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 464c15b94..4f3efde80 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-send-email - Send a collection of patches as emails
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git send-email' [options] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
+'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
'git send-email' --dump-aliases
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index 0e1695df3..fcf528c1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-show - Show various types of objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git show' [options] [<object>...]
+'git show' [<options>] [<object>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index e9615951d..7ea24fc94 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git svn' <command> [options] [arguments]
+'git svn' <command> [<options>] [<arguments>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
index a4ec25b45..fd952a5ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-web--browse - Git helper script to launch a web browser
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git web{litdd}browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ...
+'git web{litdd}browse' [<options>] <url|file>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index 9f13266a6..592e06d83 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ couple of magic command-line options:
+
---------------------------------------------
$ git describe -h
-usage: git describe [options] <commit-ish>*
- or: git describe [options] --dirty
+usage: git describe [<options>] <commit-ish>*
+ or: git describe [<options>] --dirty
--contains find the tag that comes after the commit
--debug debug search strategy on stderr
