Documentation: use brackets for optional arguments
The documentation for git blame used vertical bars for optional
arguments to -M and -C, which is unusual and potentially confusing.
Since most man pages use brackets for optional items, and that's
consistent with how we document the same options for git diff and
friends, use brackets here, too.
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 02cb684..c233a72 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
terminal. Can't use `--progress` together with `--porcelain`
or `--incremental`.
--M|<num>|::
+-M[<num>]::
Detect moved or copied lines within a file. When a commit
moves or copies a block of lines (e.g. the original file
has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and then
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent
commit. The default value is 20.
--C|<num>|::
+-C[<num>]::
In addition to `-M`, detect lines moved or copied from other
files that were modified in the same commit. This is
useful when you reorganize your program and move code
