Re: mismatch between doc and program in git commit -u (--untracked-files)

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: May 8, 2008, 16:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20080508161342.GB28701@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <2e24e5b90805080310p2cb77814i45a418a0cfc8a2c@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:40:14PM +0530, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:

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> The doc for commit says "-u" is a suitable abbreviation for
> --untracked-files, but only the latter works.
> 
> I'll submit a patch, but being new, I thought I'd ask which is correct
> -- the doc or the code?

Looks like it got lost in the C rewrite of git-commit:

  $ git grep untracked-files builtin-commit.c
  builtin-commit.c:       OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "untracked-files", &untracked_files, "show all untracked files"),

  $ git grep -B2 contrib/examples/git-commit.sh
  contrib/examples/git-commit.sh- -u|--u|--un|--unt|--untr|--untra|--untrac|--untrack|--untracke|\
  contrib/examples/git-commit.sh- --untracked|--untracked-|--untracked-f|--untracked-fi|--untracked-fil|\
  contrib/examples/git-commit.sh: --untracked-file|--untracked-files)

So it should probably be supported. The patch is a one-liner, but I'll leave it as an exercise for you. :)

-Peff