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Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] git-stash.txt: be explicit about subcommand options

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-10 07:19:00

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

Denton Liu [off-list ref] writes:
Currently, the options for the `list` and `show` subcommands are just
listed as `<options>`. This seems to imply, from a cursory glance at the
summary, that they take the stash options listed below. However, reading
more carefully, we see that they take log options and diff options
respectively.

Make it more obvious that they take log and diff options by explicitly
stating this in the subcommand summary.
Makes sense.
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 31f1beb65b..04e55eb826 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q
 	Instead, all non-option arguments are concatenated to form the stash
 	message.
 
-list [<options>]::
+list [<log-options>]::
 
 	List the stash entries that you currently have.  Each 'stash entry' is
 	listed with its name (e.g. `stash@{0}` is the latest entry, `stash@{1}` is
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash
 The command takes options applicable to the 'git log'
 command to control what is shown and how. See linkgit:git-log[1].
 
-show [<options>] [<stash>]::
+show [<diff-options>] [<stash>]::
 
 	Show the changes recorded in the stash entry as a diff between the
 	stashed contents and the commit back when the stash entry was first
This makes me wonder if we should also update the SYNOPSIS that
talks about the "list" and "show" operations taking a generic
"<options>", though.
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