doc/git-bisect: clarify `git bisect run` syntax
The description of the `git bisect run` command syntax at the beginning
of the manpage is `git bisect run <cmd>...`, which isn't quite clear
about what `<cmd>` is or what the `...` mean; one could think that it is
the whole (quoted) command line with all arguments in a single string,
or that it supports multiple commands, or that it doesn't accept
commands with arguments at all.
Change to `git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]` to clarify the syntax,
in both the manpage and the `git bisect -h` command output.
Additionally, change `--term-{new,bad}` et al to `--term-(new|bad)`
for consistency with the synopsis syntax conventions.
Signed-off-by: Javier Mora <cousteaulecommandant@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 7872dba..191b4a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
on the subcommand:
- git bisect start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]
+ git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term-new> --term-(old|good)=<term-old>]
[--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
git bisect (visualize|view)
git bisect replay <logfile>
git bisect log
- git bisect run <cmd>...
+ git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]
git bisect help
This command uses a binary search algorithm to find which commit in
diff --git a/builtin/bisect.c b/builtin/bisect.c
index 65478ef..35938b0 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_first_parent, "BISECT_FIRST_PARENT")
static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_START_USAGE \
- N_("git bisect start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]" \
+ N_("git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term> --term-(old|good)=<term>]" \
" [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--]" \
" [<pathspec>...]")
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_STATE_USAGE \
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_LOG_USAGE \
"git bisect log"
#define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_RUN_USAGE \
- N_("git bisect run <cmd>...")
+ N_("git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]")
static const char * const git_bisect_usage[] = {
BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_START_USAGE,
