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Re: [PATCH] On error, do not list all commands, but point to --help option

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JHJan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
Date
Oct 21, 2007, 10:09 UTC
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<20071021100921.GD8887@efreet.light.src>
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On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 23:33:18 -0400, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> wrote:
> > - Remove out call to list_common_cmds_help()
> 
> Even if the list is against this change (which I'm in favor of)...

I didn't get the impression that the _whole_ list is against. I think that the rather longish list should only be shown for 'git help' and when no command was specified (but that is handled by implying help, so this change does not apply to that case), so I am in favor of this.

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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
Previous: Shawn O. Pearce
Message 16 of 16 in “On error, do not list all commands, but point to --help option.”
  1. On error, do not list all commands, but point to --help option.Jari Aalto, Oct 20, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 20, 2007
  3. Jari AaltoOct 20, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 20, 2007
  5. Shawn O. PearceOct 21, 2007
  6. Jeff KingOct 21, 2007
  7. Shawn O. PearceOct 21, 2007
  8. Yin PingOct 21, 2007
  9. Wincent ColaiutaOct 21, 2007
  10. Andreas EricssonOct 21, 2007
  11. Jan HudecOct 21, 2007
  12. Andreas EricssonOct 21, 2007
  13. Salikh ZakirovOct 24, 2007
  14. On error, do not list all commands, but point to --help optionJari Aalto, Oct 20, 2007
  15. Shawn O. PearceOct 21, 2007
  16. Jan HudecOct 21, 2007

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