Documentation: clarify which parameters are optional to git-cherry

An earlier parameter is only optional when all of the later parameters are omitted. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
gitster · Jan 5, 2009 · 3bc52d7 · 3bc52d7
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-cherry - Find commits not merged upstream
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git cherry' [-v] [<upstream>] [<head>] [<limit>]
+'git cherry' [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------

diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static int add_pending_commit(const char *arg, struct rev_info *revs, int flags)
 }
 
 static const char cherry_usage[] =
-"git cherry [-v] [<upstream>] [<head>] [<limit>]";
+"git cherry [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]]";
 int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;