Correct uses of "<label>..." where we really meant to say "[<label>...]", i.e. the command in question taken an optional set of "<label>". As the CodingGuidelines notes "[o]ptional parts [should be] enclosed in square brackets". Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-clean.txt | 2 +- builtin/clean.c | 2 +- builtin/commit.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt index 13e3a0844f8..6d55cd1f5e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <pathspec>... +'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c index 6f039f555b2..40ff2c578de 100644 --- a/builtin/clean.c +++ b/builtin/clean.c @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static struct string_list del_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP; static unsigned int colopts; static const char *const builtin_clean_usage[] = { - N_("git clean [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <pathspec>..."), + N_("git clean [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] [<pathspec>...]"), NULL }; diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c index fcf9c85947e..21ad4ccbf87 100644 --- a/builtin/commit.c +++ b/builtin/commit.c @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = { }; static const char * const builtin_status_usage[] = { - N_("git status [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."), + N_("git status [<options>] [--] [<pathspec>...]"), NULL }; -- 2.37.3.1425.g73df845bcb2