Re: 1.7.7.3 wishlist: add --verbose option to git-tag

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jan 3, 2012, 19:39 UTC
Message-ID: <20120103193952.GF20926@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <87d3b51vr0.fsf@cante.cante.net>

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 01:32:19AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:

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> In scripts it would be useful if "git tag" would provide option:
> 
>     --verbose
> 
> As in script:
> 
>     git tag --verbose -m "Initial import" upstream/1.0

What would the --verbose flag do?

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> It would also help if all commands would use similar interface. In "git
> tag" case, this would meen relocating:
> 
>     -v      =>      -g, --verify-gpg
> 
> And reserve these:
> 
>     -v, --verbose

I agree it would be nicer. We would need to follow the usual deprecation procedure of:

  1. introduce "-g", leave "-v" as a deprecated alias

  2. wait a long time

  3. drop "-v"

If you want to start a discussion, producing a patch for (1) is probably the best way. If your plan is eventual consistency between options of various commands, an even better start would be listing the existing non-verbose uses of "-v" and making aliases for all of them.

-Peff