From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Jean-Noël Avila" <jn.avila@free.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] doc: convert git-bisect to synopsis style
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 09:26:37 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4ik5d0le.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dca7f192f1e5cdfb57682feace0a4b3a10204376.1779049615.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> ("Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget"'s message of "Sun, 17 May 2026 20:26:51 +0000")
"Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> From: =?UTF-8?q?Jean-No=C3=ABl=20Avila?= <jn.avila@free.fr>
>
> Convert Documentation/git-bisect.adoc to the modern synopsis style.
>
> - Replace [verse] with [synopsis] in the SYNOPSIS block
This was expected.
> - Remove single quotes around command names in the synopsis
> - Use backticks for inline commands, options, refs, and special values
> - Apply [synopsis] attribute to in-body command-form code blocks
This is very much unexpected. I think everybody thought [synopsis]
was invented to be used for the SYNOPSIS section at the beginning of
each manual page, and ...
> SYNOPSIS
> --------
> -[verse]
> -'git bisect' start [--term-(bad|new)=<term-new> --term-(good|old)=<term-old>]
> - [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
> ...
> -'git bisect' help
> +[synopsis]
> +git bisect start [--term-(bad|new)=<term-new> --term-(good|old)=<term-old>]
> + [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
> ...
> +git bisect help
... a change like this is very much expected and understandable, but
new appearances of [synonsis] in places like:
> +[synopsis]
> ------------------------------------------------
> $ git bisect reset <commit>
> ------------------------------------------------
and
> +[synopsis]
> ------------------------------------------------
> git bisect old [<rev>]
> ------------------------------------------------
were a bit surprising and confusing. They are not exactly command
syntax definitions (which is the SYNOPSIS section is about), but
examples of usage. The one with '$' command line prompt feels
particularly confusing, as the prompt is not something that the
end-user gives, unlike what we write in the synopsis section.
Other than that, this is quite exciting.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-18 0:26 UTC|newest]
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2026-05-17 20:26 [PATCH 0/5] doc: convert another batch of files to synopsis style Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2026-05-17 20:26 ` [PATCH 1/5] doc: convert git-bisect " Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2026-05-18 0:26 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-05-18 2:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-17 20:26 ` [PATCH 2/5] doc: convert git-grep synopsis and options to new style Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2026-05-17 20:26 ` [PATCH 3/5] doc: convert git-am " Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2026-05-17 20:26 ` [PATCH 4/5] doc: convert git-apply " Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
2026-05-17 20:26 ` [PATCH 5/5] doc: convert git-imap-send " Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget
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