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authorbrian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>2017-02-22 12:25:46 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-02-22 18:22:15 (GMT)
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Documentation: use brackets for optional arguments
The documentation for git blame used vertical bars for optional arguments to -M and -C, which is unusual and potentially confusing. Since most man pages use brackets for optional items, and that's consistent with how we document the same options for git diff and friends, use brackets here, too. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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terminal. Can't use `--progress` together with `--porcelain`
or `--incremental`.
--M|<num>|::
+-M[<num>]::
Detect moved or copied lines within a file. When a commit
moves or copies a block of lines (e.g. the original file
has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and then
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ alphanumeric characters that Git must detect as moving/copying
within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent
commit. The default value is 20.
--C|<num>|::
+-C[<num>]::
In addition to `-M`, detect lines moved or copied from other
files that were modified in the same commit. This is
useful when you reorganize your program and move code