X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/stgit/blobdiff_plain/fcee87cf868f18a3d684c3ba71232574f92c7b11..681f805ef4688c7ea450f5e72a15dad818809734:/stgit/commands/init.py

diff --git a/stgit/commands/init.py b/stgit/commands/init.py
index 77ee1a2..0326f9a 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/init.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/init.py
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ from stgit import stack, git
 
 
 help = 'initialise the tree for use with StGIT'
-usage = '%prog'
+usage = """%prog [options]
+
+Initialise a GIT repository to be used with StGIT. Note that the
+repository must be already initialised with git-init-db and the
+.git/HEAD link must point to a valid file in refs/heads/. For people
+switching between multiple branches in the same repository, the 'init'
+command has to be run on all the individual branches intended to be
+used with StGIT."""
 
 options = []