Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-rebase.sh: Update USAGE string (No. 1) What's with the "(No. 1)" here? If you want to add some comment that should *not* be part of commit message, put it in brackets beside PATCH, for example "[PATCH/RFC]", "[PATCH (resend)]", "[PATCH (amend)]", "[PATCH v2]" etc. > Present the options in -s|--long (short, long) order. > Mention merge and new whitespace option. > > ed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto AT cante.net> I guess that it is copy'n'paste error, and it should be Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@xxxxxxxxx> > > -USAGE='[--interactive | -i] [-v] [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]' > +USAGE='[-i|--interactive] [-v|--verbose] > +[--whitespace={nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip}] I would say "[--whitespace=<option>]" or "[--whitespace=<action>]" instead of introducing yet not agreed upon notation (this has the advantage of shortening synopisis, which should be short IMHO). Besides here the mutually exclusive options are naturelly delimited, so you can say just (I think): [--whitespace=nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip] > +[-m|--merge] [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]' > + -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html