X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-mailsplit.txt;h=209e36bacb03c166e1c0c61e8c6e14447cd44f6a;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Forigin;hp=617276a011584cce6119161afabee5dd64f1a011;hpb=58eaf287f1b25f6427b06bd72d8e555615828aeb;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
index 617276a0..209e36ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
@@ -3,30 +3,44 @@ git-mailsplit(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-mailsplit - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-mailsplit - Totally braindamaged mbox splitter program
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-mailsplit' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+Splits a mbox file into a list of files: "0001" "0002" ..  in the specified
+directory so you can process them further from there.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-	Some option not yet documented.
+<mbox>::
+	Mbox file to split.  If not given, the mbox is read from
+	the standard input.
+
+<directory>::
+	Directory in which to place the individual messages.
 
-<args>...::
-	Some argument not yet documented.
+-b::
+	If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a
+	single mail message instead of signalling error.
 
+-d<prec>::
+	Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros,
+	different precision can be specified for the generated
+	filenames.
+
+-f<nn>::
+	Skip the first <nn> numbers, for example if -f3 is specified,
+	start the numbering with 0004.
 
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+
 
 Documentation
 --------------
@@ -34,5 +48,5 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite