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authorJean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>2025-08-11 20:53:20 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2025-08-11 14:16:04 -0700
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parent93203872d721cfe98b89de108bfaea36f102a241 (diff)
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doc lint: check that synopsis manpages have synopsis inlines
When switching manpages to the synopsis style, the description lists of options need to be switched to inline synopsis for proper formatting. This is done by enclosing the option name in double backticks, e.g. `--option`. Signed-off-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.adoc2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-refs.adoc20
-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/lint-documentation-style.perl6
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc b/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc
index 40e02cfd65..ff1cb29bc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.adoc
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ include::diff-context-options.adoc[]
separated with _NUL_ character and all other characters are taken
literally (including newlines and quotes).
-<branch>::
+`<branch>`::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that
branch is checked out. Otherwise, if it refers to a valid
diff --git a/Documentation/git-refs.adoc b/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
index 4d6dc994f9..5d26de8acb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
@@ -20,41 +20,41 @@ This command provides low-level access to refs.
COMMANDS
--------
-migrate::
+`migrate`::
Migrate ref store between different formats.
-verify::
+`verify`::
Verify reference database consistency.
OPTIONS
-------
-The following options are specific to 'git refs migrate':
+The following options are specific to `git refs migrate`:
---ref-format=<format>::
+`--ref-format=<format>`::
The ref format to migrate the ref store to. Can be one of:
+
include::ref-storage-format.adoc[]
---dry-run::
+`--dry-run`::
Perform the migration, but do not modify the repository. The migrated
refs will be written into a separate directory that can be inspected
separately. The name of the directory will be reported on stdout. This
can be used to double check that the migration works as expected before
performing the actual migration.
---reflog::
---no-reflog::
+`--reflog`::
+`--no-reflog`::
Choose between migrating the reflog data to the new backend,
and discarding them. The default is "--reflog", to migrate.
-The following options are specific to 'git refs verify':
+The following options are specific to `git refs verify`:
---strict::
+`--strict`::
Enable stricter error checking. This will cause warnings to be
reported as errors. See linkgit:git-fsck[1].
---verbose::
+`--verbose`::
When verifying the reference database consistency, be chatty.
KNOWN LIMITATIONS
diff --git a/Documentation/lint-documentation-style.perl b/Documentation/lint-documentation-style.perl
index 11321a151b..d7ab732293 100755
--- a/Documentation/lint-documentation-style.perl
+++ b/Documentation/lint-documentation-style.perl
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ while (my $line = <>) {
if ($line =~ /^`?--\[no-\][a-z0-9-]+.*(::|;;)$/) {
report($line, "definition list item with a `--[no-]` parameter");
}
+ if ($line =~ /^\[synopsis\]$/) {
+ $synopsis_style = 1;
+ }
+ if (($line =~ /^(-[-a-z].*|<[-a-z0-9]+>(\.{3})?)(::|;;)$/) && ($synopsis_style)) {
+ report($line, "synopsis style and definition list item not backquoted");
+ }
}