Use imperative form in help usage to describe an action

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

builtin/apply.c

@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix_)
 		OPT_NOOP_NOARG(0, "allow-binary-replacement"),
 		OPT_NOOP_NOARG(0, "binary"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "numstat", &numstat,
-			N_("shows number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation")),
+			N_("show number of added and deleted lines in decimal notation")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &summary,
 			N_("instead of applying the patch, output a summary for the input")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "check", &check,

builtin/checkout-index.c

@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int force = 0, quiet = 0, not_new = 0;
 	struct option builtin_checkout_index_options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &all,
-			N_("checks out all files in the index")),
-		OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("forces overwrite of existing files")),
+			N_("check out all files in the index")),
+		OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("force overwrite of existing files")),
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet,
 			N_("no warning for existing files and files not in index")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-create", &not_new,

builtin/config.c

@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
 	OPT_BIT(0, "get-all", &actions, N_("get all values: key [value-regex]"), ACTION_GET_ALL),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "get-regexp", &actions, N_("get values for regexp: name-regex [value-regex]"), ACTION_GET_REGEXP),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "replace-all", &actions, N_("replace all matching variables: name value [value_regex]"), ACTION_REPLACE_ALL),
-	OPT_BIT(0, "add", &actions, N_("adds a new variable: name value"), ACTION_ADD),
-	OPT_BIT(0, "unset", &actions, N_("removes a variable: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET),
-	OPT_BIT(0, "unset-all", &actions, N_("removes all matches: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "add", &actions, N_("add a new variable: name value"), ACTION_ADD),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "unset", &actions, N_("remove a variable: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "unset-all", &actions, N_("remove all matches: name [value-regex]"), ACTION_UNSET_ALL),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "rename-section", &actions, N_("rename section: old-name new-name"), ACTION_RENAME_SECTION),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "remove-section", &actions, N_("remove a section: name"), ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION),
 	OPT_BIT('l', "list", &actions, N_("list all"), ACTION_LIST),
-	OPT_BIT('e', "edit", &actions, N_("opens an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
+	OPT_BIT('e', "edit", &actions, N_("open an editor"), ACTION_EDIT),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "get-color", &get_color_slot, N_("slot"), N_("find the color configured: [default]")),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "get-colorbool", &get_colorbool_slot, N_("slot"), N_("find the color setting: [stdout-is-tty]")),
 	OPT_GROUP(N_("Type")),

builtin/grep.c

@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "cached", &cached,
 			N_("search in index instead of in the work tree")),
 		OPT_NEGBIT(0, "no-index", &use_index,
-			 N_("finds in contents not managed by git"), 1),
+			 N_("find in contents not managed by git"), 1),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "untracked", &untracked,
 			N_("search in both tracked and untracked files")),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "exclude-standard", &opt_exclude,

builtin/push.c

@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BIT( 0,  "porcelain", &flags, N_("machine-readable output"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN),
 		OPT_BIT('f', "force", &flags, N_("force updates"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "recurse-submodules", &flags, N_("check"),
-			N_("controls recursive pushing of submodules"),
+			N_("control recursive pushing of submodules"),
 			PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, option_parse_recurse_submodules },
 		OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "thin", &thin, N_("use thin pack")),
 		OPT_STRING( 0 , "receive-pack", &receivepack, "receive-pack", N_("receive pack program")),

builtin/update-ref.c

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int delete = 0, no_deref = 0, flags = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_STRING( 'm', NULL, &msg, N_("reason"), N_("reason of the update")),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &delete, N_("deletes the reference")),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &delete, N_("delete the reference")),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "no-deref", &no_deref,
 					N_("update <refname> not the one it points to")),
 		OPT_END(),