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Re: [PATCH 1/6] gitopt: a new command-line option parser for git

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May 9, 2006, 21:31 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> Timo Hirvonen <tihirvon@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Better to support only -x=y or -x y, not both.
> 
> Didn't I just say -x=y where x is a single letter _is_ odd?
> It is either -xy or -x y, not -x=y.

Oh, I thought parameters would use same syntax for short and long options. For optional args -C2 would make sense but -C 2 would be ambiguous ("-C -- 2" or "-C2"?). Maybe I'm just too drunk to understand.

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Message 13 of 13 in “gitopt: a new command-line option parser for git”
  1. 1/6 gitopt: a new command-line option parser for gitEric Wong, May 9, 2006
  2. 2/6 update-index: convert to using gitoptEric Wong, May 9, 2006
  3. 3/6 ls-tree: convert to gitoptEric Wong, May 9, 2006
  4. 4/6 ls-files: convert to using gitoptEric Wong, May 9, 2006
  5. Timo HirvonenMay 9, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2006
  7. Eric WongMay 9, 2006
  8. Eric WongMay 9, 2006
  9. Timo HirvonenMay 9, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2006
  11. Timo HirvonenMay 9, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2006
  13. Timo HirvonenMay 9, 2006

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