Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The synopsis section in git-rev-list.txt has grown to be a huge list > that probably needs its own synopsis. Since the list is huge, users may > be given the false impression that the list is complete, however it is > not. It is missing many of the available options. > > Since the list of options in the synopsis is not only annoying but > actively harmful, replace it with `[<options>]` so users know to > explicitly look through the documentation for further information. I am not sure listing only the most often used ones is harmful. It indeed is annoying and it is a good idea to shrink it down like this patch does. Thanks.