From: Drew Northup Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:45:06 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-add.txt: Order options alphabetically Message-ID: <1291232706.11917.35.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu> In-Reply-To: <87bp55uw96.fsf@picasso.cante.net> On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 21:29 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > 2010-12-01 20:53 Drew Northup : > > (lacking a commit message to tell me), WHY? [alphabetical] > > Quoting > > - You read from top to bottom, therefore A-Z. > - GNU project uses it in manual pages. It looks good, it looks > professional, it looks clean. And it works when searching (= no > oriantation problems regardless of tools; even when you print on > paper when you don't have any computerized aids to help your search.). > > Jari THAT belongs in a commit message!!! As an aside, you haven't looked at the sed and gawk manpages, have you? Alphabetic order fairly often looks nice, but it is not always the right answer. -- -Drew Northup N1XIM AKA RvnPhnx on OPN ________________________________________________ "As opposed to vegetable or mineral error?" -John Pescatore, SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num. 59