changeset 17711:bbf6398214e1

git-version-gen: improve option descriptions * build-aux/git-version-gen: Mention that --prefix and --fallback have a mandatory argument.
author Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org>
date Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:25:12 -0400
parents fe5bf4d5ee95
children 61ee95f97ee1
files ChangeLog build-aux/git-version-gen
diffstat 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-06-20  Alfred M. Szmidt  <ams@gnu.org>
+
+	git-version-gen: improve option descriptions
+	* build-aux/git-version-gen: Mention that --prefix and --fallback
+	have a mandatory argument.
+
 2014-06-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@penguin.cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	regex: fix memory leak in compiler
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Print a version string.
-scriptversion=2012-12-31.23; # UTC
+scriptversion=2014-06-19.19; # UTC
 
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@
 
 Options:
 
-   --prefix           prefix of git tags (default 'v')
-   --fallback         fallback version to use if \"git --version\" fails
+   --prefix PREFIX    prefix of git tags (default 'v')
+   --fallback VERSION
+                      fallback version to use if \"git --version\" fails
 
    --help             display this help and exit
    --version          output version information and exit