Re: [PATCH 5/5] interpret-trailers: add --parse convenience option

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Aug 10, 2017, 07:59 UTC
Message-ID: <20170810075903.2f4jsaog4ttvaf4p@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kZ8_bx3M6vac9MDLJjZCS5vqosPhO51dmGjC=3Fiz3O6Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 11:20:12AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:

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> > +--parse::
> > +       A convenience alias for `--only-trailers --only-existing
> > +       --normalize`.
> 
> Somewhere in this series, we'd want to not just describe each
> of the new knobs, but reword the initial description, too?
> 
>     git-interpret-trailers - help add structured information
>         into commit messages
> 
> Maybe a s/add/handle/ s/into// is enough?

Thanks, my initial attempt actually included that, when I thought I was going to have a unique "parsing mode". But then as it grew into individual options, I dropped it. And forgot how modification-centric the rest of the manpage description is. I'll try to include something in the final commit, which is where the parsing mode is all tied together.

-Peff