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authorJason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu>2013-11-08 08:53:33 +0100
committerAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2013-11-15 02:02:27 +0100
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Improve --help switch output for pacman contrib and pacman scripts
Unify the formatting of the --help switch for pacman utils, if it exists. All of the pacman utils will now output help text using the following format: util-name (pacman) v<pacman version> one line description of util's purpose Usage: util-name [options] -b, --bar whatever --bar does -f, --foo whatever --foo does -h, --help display this help message Reported-by: Karol Błażewicz <karol.blazewicz at gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu>
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diff --git a/contrib/pacdiff.sh.in b/contrib/pacdiff.sh.in
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+++ b/contrib/pacdiff.sh.in
@@ -33,20 +33,22 @@ m4_include(../scripts/library/output_format.sh)
usage() {
cat <<EOF
-$myname is a simple pacnew/pacorig/pacsave updater.
+${myname} (pacman) v${myver}
+
+A simple program to merge or remove pacnew/pacorig/pacsave files.
Usage: $myname [-l | -f | -p] [--nocolor]
Search Options: select one, default: pacmandb
-l/--locate scan using locate
-f/--find scan using find
- -p/--pacmandb scan active config files from pacman db
+ -p/--pacmandb scan active config files from pacman database
General Options:
-o/--output print files instead of merging them
--nocolor remove colors from output
-Enviroment Variables:
+Environment Variables:
DIFFPROG override the merge program: (default: vimdiff)
DIFFSEARCHPATH override the search path. (only when using find)
(default: /etc)