| Index: gclient.py | 
| =================================================================== | 
| --- gclient.py	(revision 121254) | 
| +++ gclient.py	(working copy) | 
| @@ -1280,7 +1280,12 @@ | 
| def CMDsync(parser, args): | 
| """Checkout/update all modules.""" | 
| parser.add_option('-f', '--force', action='store_true', | 
| -                    help='force update even for unchanged modules') | 
| +                    help='Forces update even for unchanged modules. Also ' | 
| +                         'removes from the working copy directories which have ' | 
| +                         'been removed from the repository in this update and ' | 
| +                         'hence are untracked. Directories are removed even if ' | 
| +                         'explicitly ignored, to allow dependencies to be ' | 
| +                         'installed in their place.') | 
| parser.add_option('-n', '--nohooks', action='store_true', | 
| help='don\'t run hooks after the update is complete') | 
| parser.add_option('-r', '--revision', action='append', | 
| @@ -1300,10 +1305,11 @@ | 
| help='skips any safesync_urls specified in ' | 
| 'configured solutions and sync to head instead') | 
| parser.add_option('-D', '--delete_unversioned_trees', action='store_true', | 
| -                    help='delete any dependency that have been removed from ' | 
| -                         'last sync as long as there is no local modification. ' | 
| -                         'Coupled with --force, it will remove them even with ' | 
| -                         'local modifications') | 
| +                    help='Deletes from the working copy any dependencies that ' | 
| +                         'have been removed since the last sync, as long as ' | 
| +                         'there are no local modifications. When used with ' | 
| +                         '--force, such dependencies are removed even if they ' | 
| +                         'have local modifications.') | 
| parser.add_option('-R', '--reset', action='store_true', | 
| help='resets any local changes before updating (git only)') | 
| parser.add_option('-M', '--merge', action='store_true', | 
|  |