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Re: [PATCH] Have a flag to stop the option parsing at the first argument.

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Dec 17, 2007, 15:13 UTC
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<47669234.7020202@viscovery.net>
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<223E3B44-92DA-4861-83D6-67E56F70E784@wincent.com>
Wincent Colaiuta schrieb:
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> But leaving -p aside, will you oppose any patches that make it possible
> for people to write stuff like:
> 
> git init --bare
> 
> Personally, I think this is an obvious usability improvement worth
> striving for. Given that "git --bare init" will continue to work under
> what I'm proposing, I really can't see any worthwhile argument against
> it. Because we're talking about a UI improvement for newcomers at no
> cost to old timers.

Your point. I hate to have to think hard each time whether it's "git --bare init" or "git init --bare" and "git clone --bare" or "git --bare clone" and wouldn't mind if I no longer needed to.

-- Hannes
Previous: Wincent ColaiutaNext: Pierre Habouzit
Message 23 of 24 in “diff topic tweaks”
  1. 0/3 diff topic tweaksWincent Colaiuta, Dec 14, 2007
  2. 1/3 Revert changes and extend diff option documentationWincent Colaiuta, Dec 14, 2007
  3. 2/3 Use shorter error messages for whitespace problemsWincent Colaiuta, Dec 14, 2007
  4. 3/3 Test interaction between diff --check and --exit-codeWincent Colaiuta, Dec 14, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2007
  6. git.c option parsing (was: [PATCH 1/3] Revert changes and extend diff option documentation)Wincent Colaiuta, Dec 17, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2007
  8. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  9. Pierre HabouzitDec 17, 2007
  10. Pierre HabouzitDec 17, 2007
  11. Have a flag to stop the option parsing at the first argument.Pierre Habouzit, Dec 17, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  13. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  14. Pierre HabouzitDec 17, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  16. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  18. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  19. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  20. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  21. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  22. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  23. Johannes SixtDec 17, 2007
  24. Pierre HabouzitDec 17, 2007

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