From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:28:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-stash: Display help message if git-stash is run with wrong sub-commands
Message-ID: <20071204152827.GB24201@blorf.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712031023480.27959@racer.site>

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:25:17AM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> But those are not really options, are they?  They are commands, which 
> exclude each other.

Option syntax is often used to represent exclusive commands, especially
when those commands need to be distinguished from free-form arg words.
The "git checkout" command is another example of this in git, and there
are plenty of non-git examples of such a use of option syntax around.
Such a syntax makes it easier to have a default action while still
taking a free-form arg.  I personally think that using option syntax
for its behavior choices would be preferable with git stash.

..wayne..