[BUGLET] Short form of options with an optional parameter are not very clear
- From
- Yann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr>
- Date
- Aug 29, 2013, 09:40 UTC
- Message-ID
- <20130829114052.2e0ec810@chalon.bertin.fr>
I just stumbled over the "git status -uno" form, and it took me some time to realize that "no" was a parameter to -u, rather than aggregated (and undocumented) -n and -o.
Whereas the manpage does document the "-u[<mode>]" syntax, which dissipate the misunderstanding, --help output does not, listing "-u" in a way that appears not to take any option.
Looks like the --help output would gain from having the optional parameter displayed in the short form...
-- Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies