Re: mismatch between doc and program in git commit -u (--untracked-files)

From: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date: May 9, 2008, 17:26 UTC
Message-ID: <2e24e5b90805091026l30f8802ek6e97d5ad0d3e0c1e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080508161342.GB28701@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:40:14PM +0530, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
>> The doc for commit says "-u" is a suitable abbreviation for
>> --untracked-files, but only the latter works.
>>
>> I'll submit a patch, but being new, I thought I'd ask which is correct
>> -- the doc or the code?

> So it should probably be supported. The patch is a one-liner, but I'll
> leave it as an exercise for you. :)

:)

Due to my using gmail which doesn't leave the whitespace alone, I had to resort to the clumsy trick of doing a "sendmail -oi -t -f sitaramc@gmail.com" from my home machine, and vger's SMTP listener decided to greylist the mail.

It'll come through eventually, assuming I keep my laptop switched on long enough!

(Although pobox.com seems to have accepted it OK.)

Sitaram