From 3546f47f810519c0b28743901c85da38cac4ba7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:30:35 +0100
Subject: Nicer git-buildmsg --help output

---
 git-buildmsg/git-buildmsg.in | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-buildmsg/git-buildmsg.in b/git-buildmsg/git-buildmsg.in
index c717161..e4fb512 100644
--- a/git-buildmsg/git-buildmsg.in
+++ b/git-buildmsg/git-buildmsg.in
@@ -50,11 +50,21 @@ outfile="-"
 print_example=false
 srcdir="$(pwd)"
 
+# Help messages
+USAGE="[<option>...]"
+LONG_USAGE="\
+  -h --help             Print this help message.
+  -V --version          Print version number.
+
+  -x --example          Print complete example program.
+  -o --output FILENAME  Set output file name.
+  -s --srcdir DIRNAME   Set source tree dir name."
+
 # Parse command line parameter, affecting defaults
 while [ "x$1" != "x" ]
 do
     case "$1" in
-        --example)
+        -x|--example)
             print_example=:
             ;;
         -o|--output)
@@ -70,12 +80,16 @@ do
                 exit 1
             fi
             ;;
-        --version)
+        -V|--version)
 	    echo "$self (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @PACKAGE_VERSION@"
 	    exit
 	    ;;
-        --help)
-            echo "Supported params: --help, --example, -o|--output"
+        -h|--help)
+            echo "Usage: ${self} $USAGE"
+	    if test "x$LONG_USAGE" = "x"; then :;
+	    else
+		echo "$LONG_USAGE"
+	    fi
             exit
             ;;
 	-s|--srcdir)
-- 
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