Use imperative form in help usage to describe an action

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index d453c833782c6aae4dd04fb9f9f68c3a8211d3d5..0ab81e34350749a1426c4b338bfcb48313ba8a27 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix_)
                OPT_NOOP_NOARG(0, "allow-binary-replacement"),
                OPT_NOOP_NOARG(0, "binary"),
                OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "numstat", &numstat,
-                       N_("shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation")),
+                       N_("show number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation")),
                OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &summary,
                        N_("instead of applying the patch, output a summary for the input")),
                OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "check", &check,

diff --git a/builtin/checkout-index.c b/builtin/checkout-index.c
index 86b7d36c2964cfefc35480841cea23296f0fe69a..b1feda7d5ef34f45ed2de018a56149212b51ec0a 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout-index.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout-index.c
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        int force = 0, quiet = 0, not_new = 0;
        struct option builtin_checkout_index_options[] = {
                OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &all,
-                       N_("checks out all files in the index")),
-               OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("forces overwrite of existing files")),
+                       N_("check out all files in the index")),
+               OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("force overwrite of existing files")),
                OPT__QUIET(&quiet,
                        N_("no warning for existing files and files not in index")),
                OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-create", &not_new,

diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 41032ccc8e495a45644c34645ea55e83379f76b6..31e13549370dd2390d1208e27ef88d6a307f4a3d 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
        OPT_BIT(0, "get-all", &actions, N_("get all values: key [value-regex]"), ACTION_GET_ALL),
        OPT_BIT(0, "get-regexp", &actions, N_("get values for regexp: name-regex [value-regex]"), ACTION_GET_REGEXP),
        OPT_BIT(0, "replace-all", &actions, N_("replace all matching variables: name value [value_regex]"), ACTION_REPLACE_ALL),
-       OPT_BIT(0, "add", &actions, N_("adds a new variable: name value"), ACTION_ADD),
-       OPT_BIT(0, "unset", &actions, N_("removes a variable: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET),
-       OPT_BIT(0, "unset-all", &actions, N_("removes all matches: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
+       OPT_BIT(0, "add", &actions, N_("add a new variable: name value"), ACTION_ADD),
+       OPT_BIT(0, "unset", &actions, N_("remove a variable: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET),
+       OPT_BIT(0, "unset-all", &actions, N_("remove all matches: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
        OPT_BIT(0, "rename-section", &actions, N_("rename section: old-name new-name"), ACTION_RENAME_SECTION),
        OPT_BIT(0, "remove-section", &actions, N_("remove a section: name"), ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION),
        OPT_BIT('l', "list", &actions, N_("list all"), ACTION_LIST),
-       OPT_BIT('e', "edit", &actions, N_("opens an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
+       OPT_BIT('e', "edit", &actions, N_("open an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
        OPT_STRING(0, "get-color", &get_color_slot, N_("slot"), N_("find the color configured: [default]")),
        OPT_STRING(0, "get-colorbool", &get_colorbool_slot, N_("slot"), N_("find the color setting: [stdout-is-tty]")),
        OPT_GROUP(N_("Type")),

diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index d73841c65a1dba38564f2c701c6d5b974468ad72..c9a65b372ace3139c9986aa656a1fedd28a0cb1b 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "cached", &cached,
                        N_("search in index instead of in the work tree")),
                OPT_NEGBIT(0, "no-index", &use_index,
-                        N_("finds in contents not managed by git"), 1),
+                        N_("find in contents not managed by git"), 1),
                OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "untracked", &untracked,
                        N_("search in both tracked and untracked files")),
                OPT_SET_INT(0, "exclude-standard", &opt_exclude,

diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 4840bc2a821633738486ab3d45e2229921edd691..8686a7a7776652feaf16444fb3e4651393714db0 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                OPT_BIT( 0,  "porcelain", &flags, N_("machine-readable output"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN),
                OPT_BIT('f', "force", &flags, N_("force updates"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE),
                { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "recurse-submodules", &flags, N_("check"),
-                       N_("controls recursive pushing of submodules"),
+                       N_("control recursive pushing of submodules"),
                        PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, option_parse_recurse_submodules },
                OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "thin", &thin, N_("use thin pack")),
                OPT_STRING( 0 , "receive-pack", &receivepack, "receive-pack", N_("receive pack program")),

diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c
index b30394ff61f9e5ae34c24a4cb0f65250be4c06b5..51d26848598d7f18749f1f2859d7a74558d60b69 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/update-ref.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        int delete = 0, no_deref = 0, flags = 0;
        struct option options[] = {
                OPT_STRING( 'm', NULL, &msg, N_("reason"), N_("reason of the update")),
-               OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &delete, N_("deletes the reference")),
+               OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &delete, N_("delete the reference")),
                OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "no-deref", &no_deref,
                                        N_("update <refname> not the one it points to")),
                OPT_END(),