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Re: [PATCH v3] builtin/merge_recursive.c: Add an usage string and make use of it.

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2010, 23:42 UTC
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<20100831234226.GF6747@burratino>
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Hmm, why isn't this a single liner
>
>> -		usagef("%s <base>... -- <head> <remote> ...", argv[0]);
>> +		usagef("git %s <base>... -- <head> <remote> ...", argv[0]);

I can't speak for Thiago, but I assume it's for unity of style with more complicated commands like "git fetch" that include a usage message at the top of the file as:

 - a quick introduction for people who don't like to scroll
 - a variable that can be used from other functions when command-line
   mistakes are noticed late.
I would have gone for the one-liner, myself.
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  1. builtin/merge_recursive.c: Add a usage string and make use of it.Thiago Farina, Aug 29, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederAug 29, 2010
  3. builtin/merge_recursive.c: Add an usage string and make use of it.Thiago Farina, Aug 29, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederAug 30, 2010
  5. builtin/merge_recursive.c: Add an usage string and make use of it.Thiago Farina, Aug 30, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederAug 31, 2010
  8. Thiago FarinaSep 1, 2010
  9. Thiago FarinaAug 30, 2010
  10. Thiago FarinaAug 29, 2010

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