show-index: the short help should say the command reads from its input
The short help text given by "git show-index -h" says $ git show-index -h usage: git show-index [--object-format=<hash-algorithm>] --[no-]object-format <hash-algorithm> specify the hash algorithm to use The command takes a pack .idx file from its standard input. The user has to _know_ this, as there is no indication from this output. Give a hint that the data to work on is fed from its standard input. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Dec 20, 2024 at 10:02 UTC
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Documentation/git-show-index.txt
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index e49318a5a0..7e574ea243 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-show-index - Show packed archive index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git show-index' [--object-format=<hash-algorithm>]
+'git show-index' [--object-format=<hash-algorithm>] < <pack-idx-file>
DESCRIPTION
builtin/show-index.c
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index f164c01bbe..8678b741a4 100644
--- a/builtin/show-index.c
+++ b/builtin/show-index.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
#include "parse-options.h"
static const char *const show_index_usage[] = {
- "git show-index [--object-format=<hash-algorithm>]",
+ "git show-index [--object-format=<hash-algorithm>] < <pack-idx-file>",
NULL
};