Merge branch 'ah/usage-strings'

* ah/usage-strings:
  standardize usage info string format

Author: gitster

Documentation/CodingGuidelines

@@ -446,6 +446,10 @@ Writing Documentation:
    --sort=<key>
    --abbrev[=<n>]
 
+ If a placeholder has multiple words, they are separated by dashes:
+   <new-branch-name>
+   --template=<template-directory>
+
  Possibility of multiple occurrences is indicated by three dots:
    <file>...
    (One or more of <file>.)
@@ -462,12 +466,12 @@ Writing Documentation:
    (Zero or more of <patch>.  Note that the dots are inside, not
    outside the brackets.)
 
- Multiple alternatives are indicated with vertical bar:
+ Multiple alternatives are indicated with vertical bars:
    [-q | --quiet]
    [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
 
  Parentheses are used for grouping:
-   [(<rev>|<range>)...]
+   [(<rev> | <range>)...]
    (Any number of either <rev> or <range>.  Parens are needed to make
    it clear that "..." pertains to both <rev> and <range>.)
 

advice.c

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void detach_advice(const char *new_name)
 	"state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
 	"If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
 	"do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
-	"  git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
+	"  git checkout -b <new-branch-name>\n\n";
 
 	fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
 }

archive.c

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 
 static char const * const archive_usage[] = {
-	N_("git archive [options] <tree-ish> [<path>...]"),
+	N_("git archive [<options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]"),
 	N_("git archive --list"),
-	N_("git archive --remote <repo> [--exec <cmd>] [options] <tree-ish> [<path>...]"),
+	N_("git archive --remote <repo> [--exec <cmd>] [<options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]"),
 	N_("git archive --remote <repo> [--exec <cmd>] --list"),
 	NULL
 };

builtin/add.c

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "argv-array.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_add_usage[] = {
-	N_("git add [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+	N_("git add [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."),
 	NULL
 };
 static int patch_interactive, add_interactive, edit_interactive;

builtin/apply.c

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static const char *fake_ancestor;
 static int line_termination = '\n';
 static unsigned int p_context = UINT_MAX;
 static const char * const apply_usage[] = {
-	N_("git apply [options] [<patch>...]"),
+	N_("git apply [<options>] [<patch>...]"),
 	NULL
 };
 

builtin/blame.c

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 #include "line-range.h"
 #include "line-log.h"
 
-static char blame_usage[] = N_("git blame [options] [rev-opts] [rev] [--] file");
+static char blame_usage[] = N_("git blame [<options>] [<rev-opts>] [<rev>] [--] file");
 
 static const char *blame_opt_usage[] = {
 	blame_usage,
 	"",
-	N_("[rev-opts] are documented in git-rev-list(1)"),
+	N_("<rev-opts> are documented in git-rev-list(1)"),
 	NULL
 };
 

builtin/branch.c

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 #include "wt-status.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = {
-	N_("git branch [options] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]"),
-	N_("git branch [options] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]"),
-	N_("git branch [options] [-r] (-d | -D) <branchname>..."),
-	N_("git branch [options] (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>"),
+	N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]"),
+	N_("git branch [<options>] [-l] [-f] <branch-name> [<start-point>]"),
+	N_("git branch [<options>] [-r] (-d | -D) <branch-name>..."),
+	N_("git branch [<options>] (-m | -M) [<old-branch>] <new-branch>"),
 	NULL
 };
 

builtin/cat-file.c

@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 }
 
 static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
-	N_("git cat-file (-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv) <object>"),
-	N_("git cat-file (--batch|--batch-check) < <list_of_objects>"),
+	N_("git cat-file (-t | -s | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv) <object>"),
+	N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) < <list-of-objects>"),
 	NULL
 };
 

builtin/check-attr.c

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ static int all_attrs;
 static int cached_attrs;
 static int stdin_paths;
 static const char * const check_attr_usage[] = {
-N_("git check-attr [-a | --all | attr...] [--] pathname..."),
-N_("git check-attr --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | attr...] < <list-of-paths>"),
+N_("git check-attr [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>..."),
+N_("git check-attr --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | <attr>...] < <list-of-paths>"),
 NULL
 };
 

builtin/check-ignore.c

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 static int quiet, verbose, stdin_paths, show_non_matching, no_index;
 static const char * const check_ignore_usage[] = {
-"git check-ignore [options] pathname...",
-"git check-ignore [options] --stdin < <list-of-paths>",
+"git check-ignore [<options>] <pathname>...",
+"git check-ignore [<options>] --stdin < <list-of-paths>",
 NULL
 };