X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-ls-remote.txt;h=7a9b86a58a1c00c08803e9ef40bb6a17146125a9;hb=1c719ffc3d1c4e03313d5cf5c4d32ec763697857;hp=abe7bf9ff9eb9a3ddb1924938de071291520797a;hpb=77f143bf3e218857ec8e5244d7e862e8e0c1a041;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
index abe7bf9ff..7a9b86a58 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git ls-remote' [--heads] [--tags]  [-u <exec> | --upload-pack <exec>]
-	      <repository> <refs>...
+	      [--exit-code] <repository> [<refs>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ OPTIONS
 	SSH and where the SSH daemon does not use the PATH configured by the
 	user.
 
+--exit-code::
+	Exit with status "2" when no matching refs are found in the remote
+	repository. Usually the command exits with status "0" to indicate
+	it successfully talked with the remote repository, whether it
+	found any matching refs.
+
 <repository>::
 	Location of the repository.  The shorthand defined in
 	$GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used. Use "." (dot) to list references in
@@ -67,10 +73,6 @@ EXAMPLES
 	c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441	refs/tags/v0.99.2
 	7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e	refs/tags/v0.99.3
 
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite