prune: Elaborate on what formats are accepted by dates
authorColin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 21:10:54 +0000 (17:10 -0400)
committerAtomic Bot <atomic-devel@projectatomic.io>
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 21:20:08 +0000 (21:20 +0000)
Inquiring minds want to know.

Closes: #461
Approved by: giuseppe

man/ostree-prune.xml

index 9e8cc87300b2dc60b5164cf911da48b3471de099..516da2babc787a5e5157576d3804fc471f590479 100644 (file)
@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
                 <term><option>--keep-younger-than</option>=DATE</term>
 
                 <listitem><para>
-                    All commits older than DATE will be pruned.
-                </para></listitem>
+                 All commits older than DATE will be
+                  pruned.  The format of DATE is the same as that
+                  accepted by GNU <program>date</program> utility - for more information
+                  see <literal>info date</literal>.
+               </para></listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>