Simon Josefsson wrote:
> +2012-02-13 Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org>
> +
> + * gnulib-tool (Usage): Document --help and --version.
The idea is good. But unlike the options --verbose and --quiet, the
--help and --version options are not meant to be combined with other
options. Therefore they define "operation modes" of their own, like
--list or --find.
2012-02-19 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
gnulib-tool: Improve usage message.
* gnulib-tool (func_usage): Move doc of --help and --version to the
section "Operation modes".
--- gnulib-tool.orig Sun Feb 19 14:32:03 2012
+++ gnulib-tool Sun Feb 19 14:31:48 2012
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@
--extract-maintainer report the maintainer(s) inside gnulib
--extract-tests-module report the unit test module, if it exists
--copy-file copy a file that is not part of any module
+ --help Show this help text.
+ --version Show version and authorship information.
General options:
@@ -201,11 +203,8 @@
up files before looking in gnulib's directory.
--cache-modules Enable module caching optimization.
--no-cache-modules Disable module caching optimization.
-
--verbose Increase verbosity. May be repeated.
--quiet Decrease verbosity. May be repeated.
- --help Show this help text.
- --version Show version and authorship information.
Options for --import, --add/remove-import, --update:
