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Re: How to start contributing

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 24, 2018, 08:19 UTC
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<20181024081922.GA31885@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 08:47:35AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:
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> > Make “git tag –contains <id>” less chatty if <id> is invalid
> > “git tag – contains <id>” prints the whole help text if <id> is
> > invalid. It should only show the error message instead.
> > Thread: https://public-inbox.org/git/20160118215433.GB24136@sigill.intra.peff.net/
> >
> > This bug is solved using the 3rd option, but I suspect that it’s still
> > here because the 2nd option is preferred.
> 
> I think it should probably have been removed from the micro-project
> list. I am CC'ing Peff as he wrote the email listing the different
> options to solve the original issue and may think otherwise.
Sorry for the reply.

Yeah, I I think the solution in 3bb0923f06 (parse-options: do not show usage upon invalid option value, 2018-03-22) is fine. Even though it may not have been what _I_ would have done personally, I don't think it is worth anybody spending more brain cycles on it.

-Peff
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  1. Πλάτων ΚιορπελίδηςOct 18, 2018
  2. Christian CouderOct 20, 2018
  3. Jeff KingOct 24, 2018

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