[PATCH/RFC] Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt: Emphasize -o more

From: <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:56
Subsystem: documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

The need for -o cannot be overstated. Else the arguments get
interpreted differently. We also mention the output.
(By the way, "fatal: unknown option: -o" is seen if a space comes
after it.)

Signed-off-by: jidanni <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt |   11 ++++++++---
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
index 5cc94ec..5dc24c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
@@ -13,10 +13,18 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" ..  in the
 specified directory so you can process them further from there.
+The number of files produced is printed to the standard output.
 
 IMPORTANT: Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output
 patches in the correct order.
 
+REQUIRED OPTIONS
+-------
+-o<directory>::
+	Directory in which to place the individual messages.
+	-o is required or else arguments may be misinterpreted in a
+	backwards compatibility mode.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <mbox>::
@@ -27,9 +35,6 @@ OPTIONS
 	Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp
 	and new subdirectories.
 
--o<directory>::
-	Directory in which to place the individual messages.
-
 -b::
 	If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a
 	single mail message instead of signaling error.
-- 
1.6.0.6
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