Re: [PATCH] Alphabetize the fast-import options, following a suggestion on the list.

Eric S. Raymond wrote:

Missing sign-off. Depending on when you prefer to add the sign-off, something like

	echo '[alias] c = commit --signoff' >>~/.gitconfig

or

	echo '[alias] f = format-patch --signoff' >>~/.gitconfig

might be useful for the future, assuming you already look over what you are sending out in a mail client to avoid mistakes.

My knee-jerk response was "If the options are currently organized logically, wouldn't it be more appropriate to add a sub-heading for each group of options and alphabetize only within the subgroups?"

But in fact the current options list doesn't seem to be well organized at all. What do you think would be a logical way to group these?

 Features of input syntax

	--date-format
	--done

 Verbosity

	--quiet
	--stats

 Marks handling (checkpoint/restore)

	--import-marks
	--import-marks-if-exists
	--export-marks
	--relative-marks

 Semantics of execution

	--dry-run
	--force
	--cat-blob-fd
	--export-pack-edges

 Tuning

	--active-branches
	--max-pack-size
	--big-file-threshold
	--depth