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Re: [PATCH] git status -q (similar to subversion)

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 28, 2009, 18:52 UTC
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<20090628185218.GB8634@sigio.peff.net>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0906272248570.11453@cube>
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:57:13PM +0200, Unknown wrote:
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> Here is a tiny patch adding -q option to git status.
> It means -uno (Show no untracked files).
> 
> Not sure where to add that in documentation.
> Maybe in git-commit man just below -u:
> -q (for git-status only, equals to -uno).
> Or something like this?

I'm not sure if this is a good idea. As you mention, there is already "-uno" to accomplish the same thing. So we are making the interface redundant.

It seems from the subject like you are trying to emulate a similar option in "svn status". But my understanding (and I was never a big subversion user, so I am going off of things said on the git list) is that there are quite a few differences between "svn status" and "git status". Enough that we do not want users to really equate them (a subject which has come up over and over on the list).

In other words, it seems like we are at best simply adding a redundant option, and at worst, confusing people even more about the equivalence between the "status" commands of the two systems.

-Peff
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