From: Sitaram Chamarty Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 17:26:57 GMT Subject: Re: mismatch between doc and program in git commit -u (--untracked-files) 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 wrote: > 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