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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 24/24] diff --no-index: make the usage string less scary
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 2009 09:05:04 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1257779104-23884-24-git-send-email-jrnieder@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091109150235.GA23871@progeny.tock>

Start the diff --no-index usage string with "usage:" instead of
"fatal:".

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 diff-no-index.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/diff-no-index.c b/diff-no-index.c
index 4ebc1db..a1f6fdf 100644
--- a/diff-no-index.c
+++ b/diff-no-index.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void diff_no_index(struct rev_info *revs,
 			return;
 	}
 	if (argc != i + 2)
-		die("git diff %s takes two paths",
+		usage("git diff %s <path> <path>",
 		    no_index ? "--no-index" : "[--no-index]");
 
 	diff_setup(&revs->diffopt);
-- 
1.6.5.2

      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-11-09 14:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20080125173149.GA10287@edna.gwendoline.at>
2009-11-08  7:11 ` [PATCH] Let 'git <command> -h' show usage without a git dir Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-08  7:26   ` [PATCH] Show usage string for 'git http-push -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09  8:52     ` Tay Ray Chuan
2009-11-09 10:47       ` [PATCH v2] " Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 13:56         ` Tay Ray Chuan
2009-11-08  9:21   ` [PATCH] Let 'git <command> -h' show usage without a git dir Junio C Hamano
2009-11-08 11:03     ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:02       ` [PATCH 00/24] " Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 01/24] Retire fetch--tool helper to contrib/examples Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 02/24] Show usage string for 'git grep -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 03/24] Show usage string for 'git cherry -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 04/24] Show usage string for 'git commit-tree -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 05/24] Show usage string for 'git merge-ours -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH/RFC 06/24] Show usage string for 'git show-ref -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 07/24] check-ref-format: update usage string Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-10 20:11           ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 08/24] Show usage string for 'git check-ref-format -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 09/24] Show usage string for 'git fast-import -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 10/24] Show usage string for 'git get-tar-commit-id -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 11/24] Show usage string for 'git imap-send -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 12/24] Show usage string for 'git mailsplit -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 13/24] Show usage string for 'git merge-one-file -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 14/24] Show usage string for 'git rev-parse -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 15/24] Show usage string for 'git show-index -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 16/24] Show usage string for 'git unpack-file -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 17/24] Show usage string for 'git stripspace -h' Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 18/24] merge: do not setup worktree twice Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-10 20:11           ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-11  1:58             ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:04         ` [PATCH 19/24] Let 'git http-fetch -h' show usage outside any git repository Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:05         ` [PATCH 20/24] http-fetch: add missing initialization of argv0_path Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-10 20:12           ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-10 21:56             ` Johannes Sixt
2009-11-11  1:52             ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:05         ` [PATCH 21/24] Let 'git <command> -h' show usage without a git dir Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:05         ` [PATCH 22/24] Let usage() take a printf-style format Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-10 20:16           ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-09 15:05         ` [PATCH 23/24] merge-{recursive,subtree}: use usage() to print usage Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-09 15:05         ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]

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