Usage messages produced by parseopt (Re: [PATCH] Add an optional argument for --color options)

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 15, 2010, 01:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20100215012316.GA16643@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To: <ca433831002140658r30aa539fy5480cae8298d6d6c@mail.gmail.com>

Mark Lodato wrote:

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> Would it be worthwhile to switch to
> parse_opt?  This may make the code cleaner, and it would definitely
> make the command-line interface more consistent with the rest of the
> suite.  From a user's point of view, the biggest win would be "-h"
> printing all of the options, like all the non-diff commands do.

Side note: I actually prefer the shorter usage messages, since when I use the "-h" option, I tend to be just looking for a reminder. Am I alone in this? Would there be interest in a "git <whatever> --help=short" option or similar?

Jonathan