Stephan Beyer [off-list ref] writes:
Furthmore, use
short option::
long option::
instead of
short option|long option::
and split the "-c or -C <commit>" item into two separate items.
...
--q|--quiet::
+-q::
+--quiet::
While this may result in easier-to-read output, there are tons of other
pages that follow the current style. I'd prefer:
(1) a patch without "a|b\n" => "a::\nb::" for only git-commit.txt and
(2) a patch that is "a|b\n" => "a::\nb::" for everybody but without any
other changes.