Document --strict flag to the fsck-cache command.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck-cache.txt
index f1c18c1..aaec2de 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck-cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck-cache.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fsck-cache - Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the da
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-fsck-cache' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [<object>*]
+'git-fsck-cache' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [--strict] [<object>*]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ OPTIONS
        and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate
        object pools; cannot be used with --standalone.
 
+--strict::
+       Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode
+       recorded with g+w bit set, which was created by older
+       versions of GIT.  Existing repositories, including the
+       Linux kernel, GIT itself, and sparse repository have old
+       objects that triggers this check, but it is recommended
+       to check new projects with this flag.
+
 It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of
 the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any
 corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the

diff --git a/fsck-cache.c b/fsck-cache.c
index 6115514..e40c643 100644 (file)
--- a/fsck-cache.c
+++ b/fsck-cache.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                        continue;
                }
                if (*arg == '-')
-                       usage("git-fsck-cache [--tags] [[--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] <head-sha1>*]");
+                       usage("git-fsck-cache [--tags] [--root] [[--unreachable] [--cache] [--standalone | --full] [--strict] <head-sha1>*]");
        }
 
        if (standalone && check_full)