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Re: [PATCH] gc: use parse_options

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Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date
Nov 5, 2007, 23:08 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com> writes:
> 
>> +	struct option builtin_gc_options[] = {
>> +		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "prune", &prune, "prune unused objects"),
> 
> I would write "unreferenced loose" instead of "unused" here...

It is not just "loose" objects here, but also unreferenced objects in packs, since the "-a" option to repack is now only used when --prune is specified. Without --prune, "-A" is supplied to repack instead.

So maybe the message should just be "prune unreferenced objects"
-brandon
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  1. gc: use parse_optionsJames Bowes, Nov 2, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2007
  3. gc: use parse_optionsJames Bowes, Nov 2, 2007
  4. Pierre HabouzitNov 2, 2007
  5. Brandon CaseyNov 5, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2007

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