Merge branch 'jc/usage-stdin' into maint

The synopsis text and the usage string of subcommands that read
list of things from the standard input are often shown as if they
only take input from a file on a filesystem, which was misleading.

* jc/usage-stdin:
  usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file

11 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 07baad1e59..c0fd8dbb1c 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 
 static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
 	N_("git cat-file (-t [--allow-unknown-type]|-s [--allow-unknown-type]|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv) <object>"),
-	N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) [--follow-symlinks] < <list-of-objects>"),
+	N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) [--follow-symlinks]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/check-attr.c b/builtin/check-attr.c
index 21d2bedcc9..265c9ba022 100644
--- a/builtin/check-attr.c
+++ b/builtin/check-attr.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static int cached_attrs;
 static int stdin_paths;
 static const char * const check_attr_usage[] = {
 N_("git check-attr [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>..."),
-N_("git check-attr --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | <attr>...] < <list-of-paths>"),
+N_("git check-attr --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | <attr>...]"),
 NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/check-ignore.c b/builtin/check-ignore.c
index dc8d97c56c..43f361797a 100644
--- a/builtin/check-ignore.c
+++ b/builtin/check-ignore.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 static int quiet, verbose, stdin_paths, show_non_matching, no_index;
 static const char * const check_ignore_usage[] = {
 "git check-ignore [<options>] <pathname>...",
-"git check-ignore [<options>] --stdin < <list-of-paths>",
+"git check-ignore [<options>] --stdin",
 NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/commit-tree.c b/builtin/commit-tree.c
index 25aa2cdef3..8747c0f2fb 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-tree.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "gpg-interface.h"
 
-static const char commit_tree_usage[] = "git commit-tree [(-p <sha1>)...] [-S[<keyid>]] [-m <message>] [-F <file>] <sha1> <changelog";
+static const char commit_tree_usage[] = "git commit-tree [(-p <sha1>)...] [-S[<keyid>]] [-m <message>] [-F <file>] <sha1>";
 
 static const char *sign_commit;
 
diff --git a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
index 6f4147ad02..e21c5416cd 100644
--- a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
+++ b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 
 static const char builtin_get_tar_commit_id_usage[] =
-"git get-tar-commit-id < <tarfile>";
+"git get-tar-commit-id";
 
 /* ustar header + extended global header content */
 #define RECORDSIZE	(512)
diff --git a/builtin/hash-object.c b/builtin/hash-object.c
index 07fef3cc6b..43b098b76c 100644
--- a/builtin/hash-object.c
+++ b/builtin/hash-object.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int cmd_hash_object(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	static const char * const hash_object_usage[] = {
 		N_("git hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] [--path=<file> | --no-filters] [--stdin] [--] <file>..."),
-		N_("git hash-object  --stdin-paths < <list-of-paths>"),
+		N_("git hash-object  --stdin-paths"),
 		NULL
 	};
 	const char *type = blob_type;
diff --git a/builtin/mktag.c b/builtin/mktag.c
index 640ab64f41..031b750f06 100644
--- a/builtin/mktag.c
+++ b/builtin/mktag.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int cmd_mktag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	unsigned char result_sha1[20];
 
 	if (argc != 1)
-		usage("git mktag < signaturefile");
+		usage("git mktag");
 
 	if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 4096) < 0) {
 		die_errno("could not read from stdin");
diff --git a/builtin/patch-id.c b/builtin/patch-id.c
index ba34dac4d2..366ce5a5d4 100644
--- a/builtin/patch-id.c
+++ b/builtin/patch-id.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void generate_id_list(int stable)
 	strbuf_release(&line_buf);
 }
 
-static const char patch_id_usage[] = "git patch-id [--stable | --unstable] < patch";
+static const char patch_id_usage[] = "git patch-id [--stable | --unstable]";
 
 static int git_patch_id_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
diff --git a/builtin/show-ref.c b/builtin/show-ref.c
index 131ef28e5c..264c392007 100644
--- a/builtin/show-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/show-ref.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 static const char * const show_ref_usage[] = {
 	N_("git show-ref [-q | --quiet] [--verify] [--head] [-d | --dereference] [-s | --hash[=<n>]] [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--tags] [--heads] [--] [<pattern>...]"),
-	N_("git show-ref --exclude-existing[=<pattern>] < <ref-list>"),
+	N_("git show-ref --exclude-existing[=<pattern>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/stripspace.c b/builtin/stripspace.c
index a8b7a93b43..7ff8434f7c 100644
--- a/builtin/stripspace.c
+++ b/builtin/stripspace.c
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ static void comment_lines(struct strbuf *buf)
 }
 
 static const char * const stripspace_usage[] = {
-	N_("git stripspace [-s | --strip-comments] < input"),
-	N_("git stripspace [-c | --comment-lines] < input"),
+	N_("git stripspace [-s | --strip-comments]"),
+	N_("git stripspace [-c | --comment-lines]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/unpack-objects.c b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
index 7cc086f5f2..7c3e79c48d 100644
--- a/builtin/unpack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "fsck.h"
 
 static int dry_run, quiet, recover, has_errors, strict;
-static const char unpack_usage[] = "git unpack-objects [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict] < pack-file";
+static const char unpack_usage[] = "git unpack-objects [-n] [-q] [-r] [--strict]";
 
 /* We always read in 4kB chunks. */
 static unsigned char buffer[4096];