On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 01:55:53PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: > diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c > index b747b78d34..78a80ce119 100644 > --- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c > +++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ > #include "strbuf.h" > > static char const * const builtin_sparse_checkout_usage[] = { > - N_("git sparse-checkout [init|list|set] <options>"), > + N_("git sparse-checkout [init|list|set|disable] <options>"), In the synopsis [] means optional, but I think the subcommands are not optional; however, the options are: git sparse-checkout (init|list|set|disable) [<options>] Perhaps it would be even better if each subcommand had its own synopsis line in the short help, see e.g. 'git notes -h' or 'git remote -h'.