Re: Misleading --help for git-version-gen

[Simon Josefsson]

Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:

> Just noticed that it says: "Running without arguments will suffice in most
> cases." However, there is a mandatory argument!

Thank you!  I pushed this fix.

/Simon

From be1b6d4bfaf1ad73780f30d6cd12cae3633b816a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 10:27:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] git-version-gen: Doc fix.

Reported by Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> in
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2022-04/msg00012.html>.

* build-aux/git-version-gen (usage): Replace incorrect text with
bug report instructions.
---
 ChangeLog                 | 8 ++++++++
 build-aux/git-version-gen | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 13d8698ec0..53b4ddc720 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2022-07-09  Simon Josefsson  <simon@josefsson.org>
+
+       git-version-gen: Doc fix.
+       Reported by Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> in
+       <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2022-04/msg00012.html>.
+       * build-aux/git-version-gen (usage): Replace incorrect text with
+       bug report instructions.
+
 2022-07-09  Simon Josefsson  <simon@josefsson.org>
 
        announce-gen: Improve GnuPG verification instructions.
diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen
index a44f5d5c90..72a2cc8e85 100755
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Print a version string.
-scriptversion=2022-01-27.18; # UTC
+scriptversion=2022-07-09.08; # UTC
 
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Options:
    --help             display this help and exit
    --version          output version information and exit
 
-Running without arguments will suffice in most cases."
+Send patches and bug reports to <bug-gnulib@gnu.org>."
 
 prefix=v
 fallback=
-- 
2.30.2

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