expression match more of the target lines, e.g., those that start with
`-S,' (short option followed by a comma) or that include `=[...]'.
Patch by Nicolas François.
{ echo '$(ME): found trailing blank(s)' \
1>&2; exit 1; } || :
+# Match lines like the following, but where there is only one space
+# between the options and the description:
+# -D, --all-repeated[=delimit-method] print all duplicate lines\n
+longopt_re = --[a-z][0-9A-Za-z-]*(\[=[0-9A-Za-z-]*\])?
sc_two_space_separator_in_usage:
- @grep -n '^ *--[a-z][0-9A-Za-z-]* [^ ].*\\$$' \
+ @grep -nE '^ *(-[A-Za-z],)? $(longopt_re) [^ ].*\\$$' \
$$($(CVS_LIST_EXCEPT)) && \
{ echo "$(ME): help2man requires at least two spaces between"; \
echo "$(ME): an option and its description"; \