From 6a7687b66c0fdeb49bd3c9062bbcc7ae98bb84bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Thomas <ianthomas23@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 10:12:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Various docs improvements

---
 src/main.cpp                           |  8 +++----
 src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp    |  2 +-
 src/subcommand/config_subcommand.cpp   |  8 +++----
 src/subcommand/diff_subcommand.cpp     |  2 +-
 src/subcommand/fetch_subcommand.cpp    |  6 ++---
 src/subcommand/init_subcommand.cpp     | 10 +++++---
 src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp      |  2 +-
 src/subcommand/revlist_subcommand.cpp  |  2 +-
 src/subcommand/revparse_subcommand.cpp |  2 +-
 src/subcommand/stash_subcommand.cpp    | 33 +++++++++++++-------------
 10 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c1ce04d..aef1765 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         auto version = app.add_flag("-v,--version", "Show version");
 
         // Sub commands
-        init_subcommand init(lg2_obj, app);
-        status_subcommand status(lg2_obj, app);
         add_subcommand add(lg2_obj, app);
         branch_subcommand branch(lg2_obj, app);
         checkout_subcommand checkout(lg2_obj, app);
@@ -52,19 +50,21 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         config_subcommand config(lg2_obj, app);
         diff_subcommand diff(lg2_obj, app);
         fetch_subcommand fetch(lg2_obj, app);
-        reset_subcommand reset(lg2_obj, app);
+        init_subcommand init(lg2_obj, app);
         log_subcommand log(lg2_obj, app);
         merge_subcommand merge(lg2_obj, app);
         mv_subcommand mv(lg2_obj, app);
         push_subcommand push(lg2_obj, app);
         rebase_subcommand rebase(lg2_obj, app);
         remote_subcommand remote(lg2_obj, app);
+        reset_subcommand reset(lg2_obj, app);
         revlist_subcommand revlist(lg2_obj, app);
         revparse_subcommand revparse(lg2_obj, app);
         rm_subcommand rm(lg2_obj, app);
+        showref_subcommand showref(lg2_obj, app);
         stash_subcommand stash(lg2_obj, app);
+        status_subcommand status(lg2_obj, app);
         tag_subcommand tag(lg2_obj, app);
-        showref_subcommand showref(lg2_obj, app);
 
         app.require_subcommand(/* min */ 0, /* max */ 1);
 
diff --git a/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp
index b93af35..9c12fca 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/clone_subcommand.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 clone_subcommand::clone_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 {
-    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("clone", "Clone a directory into a new repository");
+    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("clone", "Clone a repository into a new directory");
 
     sub->add_option("<repository>", m_repository, "The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.")->required();
     sub->add_option("<directory>", m_directory, "The name of a new directory to clone into.");
diff --git a/src/subcommand/config_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/config_subcommand.cpp
index de34472..bb9096f 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/config_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/config_subcommand.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ config_subcommand::config_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
         "Unset value for one or more config options. By default, this command refuses to unset multi-valued keys. Passing --all will unset all multi-valued config options, whereas --value will unset all config options whose values match the given pattern."
     );
 
-    get->add_option("<name>", m_name, "");
-    set->add_option("<name>", m_name, "");
-    set->add_option("<value>", m_value, "");
-    unset->add_option("<name>", m_name, "");
+    get->add_option("<name>", m_name, "Name of the config variable to get, e.g. user.name");
+    set->add_option("<name>", m_name, "Name of the config variable to set");
+    set->add_option("<value>", m_value, "Value to set the config variable to");
+    unset->add_option("<name>", m_name, "Name of the config variable to unset");
 
     // TODO:
     // sub->add_flag("--local", m_local_flag, "");
diff --git a/src/subcommand/diff_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/diff_subcommand.cpp
index 434d318..8f39bbc 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/diff_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/diff_subcommand.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ diff_subcommand::diff_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 {
     auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("diff", "Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc");
 
-    sub->add_option("<files>", m_files, "tree-ish objects to compare")->expected(0, 2);
+    sub->add_option("<files>", m_files, "Tree-ish objects to compare")->expected(0, 2);
 
     sub->add_flag("--stat", m_stat_flag, "Generate a diffstat");
     sub->add_flag("--shortstat", m_shortstat_flag, "Output only the last line of --stat");
diff --git a/src/subcommand/fetch_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/fetch_subcommand.cpp
index 6d4544d..9803054 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/fetch_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/fetch_subcommand.cpp
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ fetch_subcommand::fetch_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
     auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("fetch", "Download objects and refs from another repository");
 
     sub->add_option("<remote>", m_remote_name, "The remote to fetch from")->default_val("origin");
-    sub->add_option("--depth", m_depth, "deepen or shorten history of shallow clone");
-    sub->add_option("--deepen", m_deepen, "deepen history of shallow clone");
+    sub->add_option("--depth", m_depth, "Deepen or shorten history of shallow clone");
+    sub->add_option("--deepen", m_deepen, "Deepen history of shallow clone");
     // sub->add_option("--shallow-since", m_shallow_since, "<time>\ndeepen history of shallow repository based
     // on time."); sub->add_option("--shallow-exclude", m_shallow_exclude, "<ref>\ndeepen history of shallow
     // clone, excluding ref");
-    sub->add_flag("--unshallow", m_unshallow, "convert to a complete repository");
+    sub->add_flag("--unshallow", m_unshallow, "Convert to a complete repository");
     // sub->add_flag("--update-shallow", m_update_shallow, "accept refs that update .git/shallow");
 
     sub->callback(
diff --git a/src/subcommand/init_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/init_subcommand.cpp
index c69e9a2..9a83f35 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/init_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/init_subcommand.cpp
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 
 init_subcommand::init_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 {
-    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("init", "Explanation of init here");
+    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("init", "Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one");
 
-    sub->add_flag("--bare", m_bare, "info about bare arg");
+    sub->add_flag("--bare", m_bare, "Create a bare repository");
 
     // If directory not specified, uses cwd.
-    sub->add_option("directory", m_directory, "info about directory arg")
+    sub->add_option(
+           "directory",
+           m_directory,
+           "Directory to create the repository in, created if it does not exist. Defaults to the current directory."
+    )
         ->check(CLI::ExistingDirectory | CLI::NonexistentPath)
         ->default_val(get_current_git_path());
     sub->add_option(
diff --git a/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp
index 61ead6d..be7b647 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/log_subcommand.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 log_subcommand::log_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 {
-    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("log", "Shows commit logs");
+    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("log", "Show commit logs");
 
     sub->add_option(
         "--format",
diff --git a/src/subcommand/revlist_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/revlist_subcommand.cpp
index a713eeb..38de333 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/revlist_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/revlist_subcommand.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ revlist_subcommand::revlist_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 {
     auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("rev-list", "Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order");
 
-    sub->add_option("<commit>", m_commit, "");
+    sub->add_option("<commit>", m_commit, "Commit to start listing from (e.g. HEAD, main, dae86e)");
     sub->add_option("-n,--max-count", m_max_count_flag, "Limit the output to <number> commits.");
 
     sub->callback(
diff --git a/src/subcommand/revparse_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/revparse_subcommand.cpp
index 8c417e5..5ebc64f 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/revparse_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/revparse_subcommand.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 revparse_subcommand::revparse_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 {
-    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("rev-parse", "Pick out and message parameters");
+    auto* sub = app.add_subcommand("rev-parse", "Pick out and massage parameters");
 
     auto* bare_opt = sub->add_flag(
         "--is-bare-repository",
diff --git a/src/subcommand/stash_subcommand.cpp b/src/subcommand/stash_subcommand.cpp
index 72547a0..77702ed 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/stash_subcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/subcommand/stash_subcommand.cpp
@@ -26,54 +26,55 @@ bool has_subcommand(CLI::App* cmd)
 
 stash_subcommand::stash_subcommand(const libgit2_object&, CLI::App& app)
 {
-    auto* stash = app.add_subcommand("stash", "Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away\n");
+    auto* stash = app.add_subcommand("stash", "Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away");
     auto* push = stash->add_subcommand(
         "push",
-        "Save your local modifications to a new stash entry and roll them back to " + ansi_code::bold
-            + "HEAD " + ansi_code::reset
-            + "(in the working tree and in the index). The <message> part is optional and gives the description along with the stashed state.\n"
+        "Save your local modifications to a new stash entry and roll them back to " + ansi_code::bold + "HEAD"
+            + ansi_code::reset
+            + " (in the working tree and in the index). The <message> part is optional and gives the description along with the stashed state."
     );
     auto* list = stash->add_subcommand(
         "list",
         "List the stash entries that you currently have. Each stash entry is listed with its name (e.g. "
             + ansi_code::bold + "stash@" + ansi_code::reset + "{0} is the latest entry, " + ansi_code::bold
             + "stash@" + ansi_code::reset
-            + "{1} is the one before, etc.), the name of the branch that was current when the entry was made, and a short description of the commit the entry was based on.\n"
+            + "{1} is the one before, etc.), the name of the branch that was current when the entry was made, and a short description of the commit the entry was based on."
     );  // TODO: check if shows all of that
     auto* pop = stash->add_subcommand(
         "pop",
         "Remove a single stashed state from the stash list and apply it on top of the current working tree state, i.e., do the inverse operation of "
-            + ansi_code::bold + "git stash push" + ansi_code::reset + ".\n"
+            + ansi_code::bold + "git stash push" + ansi_code::reset + "."
     );
     auto* apply = stash->add_subcommand(
         "apply",
         "Like " + ansi_code::bold + "pop" + ansi_code::reset
             + ", but do not remove the state from the stash list. Unlike " + ansi_code::bold + "pop"
             + ansi_code::reset + ", <stash> may be any commit that looks like a commit created by "
-            + ansi_code::bold + "stash push" + ansi_code::reset + " or " + ".\n"
-    );  // TODO: add when "create" is implemented: ansi_code::bold + "stash create" + ansi_code::reset +
+            + ansi_code::bold + "stash push" + ansi_code::reset + "."
+    );  // TODO: add when "create" is implemented: " or " + ansi_code::bold + "stash create" +
+        // ansi_code::reset +
     auto* show = stash->add_subcommand(
         "show",
-        "Show the changes recorded in the stash entry as a diff between the stashed contents and the commit back when the stash entry was first created.\n"
+        "Show the changes recorded in the stash entry as a diff between the stashed contents and the commit back when the stash entry was first created."
     );
 
-    push->add_option("-m,--message", m_message, "");
+    push->add_option("-m,--message", m_message, "Description along with the stashed state");
     pop->add_option(
         "--index",
         m_index,
         "This option is only valid for " + ansi_code::bold + "pop" + ansi_code::reset + " and "
-            + ansi_code::bold + "apply" + ansi_code::reset + " commands.\n"
+            + ansi_code::bold + "apply" + ansi_code::reset + " commands."
     );
     apply->add_option(
         "--index",
         m_index,
         "This option is only valid for " + ansi_code::bold + "pop" + ansi_code::reset + " and "
-            + ansi_code::bold + "apply" + ansi_code::reset + " commands.\n"
+            + ansi_code::bold + "apply" + ansi_code::reset + " commands."
     );
-    show->add_flag("--stat", m_stat_flag, "Generate a diffstat\n");
-    show->add_flag("--shortstat", m_shortstat_flag, "Output only the last line of --stat\n");
-    show->add_flag("--numstat", m_numstat_flag, "Machine-friendly --stat\n");
-    show->add_flag("--summary", m_summary_flag, "Output a condensed summary\n");
+    show->add_flag("--stat", m_stat_flag, "Generate a diffstat");
+    show->add_flag("--shortstat", m_shortstat_flag, "Output only the last line of --stat");
+    show->add_flag("--numstat", m_numstat_flag, "Machine-friendly --stat");
+    show->add_flag("--summary", m_summary_flag, "Output a condensed summary");
 
     stash->callback(
         [this, stash]()