Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] send-email docs: add format-patch options

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On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 9:36 PM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 24/09/21 09.46, Thiago Perrotta wrote:
> >   SYNOPSIS
> >   --------
> >   [verse]
> > -'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory|rev-list options>...
> > +'git send-email' [<options>] <file|directory>...
> > +'git send-email' [<options>] <format-patch options>
> >   'git send-email' --dump-aliases
>
> Is <format-patch options> optional? If so, we can say [<format-patch
> options>].

no; as Junio explained [1] this omission is intentional while the
rev-list options that
got cut to make space are not and are more relevant.

IMHO leaving [<options>] to imply ALL options (that also include diff
options, for example) is better

Carlo

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqh7fjuaar.fsf@gitster.g/



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