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Re: Parameter --color-words not documented for "git show"

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NSNicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
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Jan 20, 2011, 23:16 UTC
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The 20/01/11, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Sebastian Pipping <webmaster@hartwork.org> writes:
> 
> > On 01/20/11 21:27, Thomas Rast wrote:
> >> Quote from the latter:
> >> 
> >>        This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
> >
> > Okay.  Is that a good a idea?
> 
> Yes; the alternative is to list everything.

Would it be bad? I tend to think that a manual page is the good place to list everything the program accepts as parameters and how to use them. FMHO, Manual page is not where newcomers look to learn but it should help everybody to find and understand all of the available options.

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Nicolas Sebrecht
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  1. Sebastian PippingJan 20, 2011
  2. Thomas RastJan 20, 2011
  3. Sebastian PippingJan 20, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2011
  5. Nicolas SebrechtJan 20, 2011
  6. Jeff KingJan 20, 2011
  7. Sebastian PippingJan 21, 2011
  8. Jeff KingJan 21, 2011
  9. Sebastian PippingJan 21, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2011
  11. Jeff KingJan 21, 2011
  12. MaaartinJan 21, 2011
  13. Jeff KingJan 21, 2011
  14. Jakub NarebskiJan 23, 2011

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