http-fetch: correct --index-pack-arg documentation
The --packfile mode accepts one --index-pack-arg=<arg> option per argument passed to index-pack, but its documentation and option dependency errors still refer to the plural --index-pack-args form. Correct the spelling and describe the repeatable per-argument form. Signed-off-by: Ted Nyman <tnyman@openai.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Ted Nyman committed
Jul 21, 2026 at 16:29 UTC
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Documentation/git-http-fetch.adoc
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index 2200f073c4..09b5d675ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.adoc
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ commit-id::
URL and uses index-pack to generate corresponding .idx and .keep files.
The hash is used to determine the name of the temporary file and is
arbitrary. The output of index-pack is printed to stdout. Requires
- --index-pack-args.
+ one or more --index-pack-arg options.
---index-pack-args=<args>::
- For internal use only. The command to run on the contents of the
- downloaded pack. Arguments are URL-encoded separated by spaces.
+--index-pack-arg=<arg>::
+ For internal use only. An argument to the command run on the contents
+ of the downloaded pack. This option can be specified multiple times.
--recover::
Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after
http-fetch.c
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index f9b6ecb061..601a77c3c1 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
if (packfile) {
if (!index_pack_args.nr)
- die(_("the option '%s' requires '%s'"), "--packfile", "--index-pack-args");
+ die(_("the option '%s' requires '%s'"), "--packfile", "--index-pack-arg");
fetch_single_packfile(&packfile_hash, argv[arg],
index_pack_args.v);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
}
if (index_pack_args.nr)
- die(_("the option '%s' requires '%s'"), "--index-pack-args", "--packfile");
+ die(_("the option '%s' requires '%s'"), "--index-pack-arg", "--packfile");
if (commits_on_stdin) {
commits = walker_targets_stdin(&commit_id, &write_ref);