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Re: [PATCH 1/4] rev-parse: deprecate use as an option sifter

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
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May 14, 2010, 18:52 UTC
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Jakub Narebski venit, vidit, dixit 14.05.2010 17:41:
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> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> 
>>  NAME
>>  ----
>> -git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
>> +git-rev-parse - Parse symbolic names into object names
> 
> What about "git rev-parse --parseopt"?  Isn't it massaging parameters?
>

Sure it is. But if you read the part of the patch that you cut out (i.e. the comment and relevant diff) you see that the massaging part is the deprecated part of it. That's why I suggest not mentioning it at the most prominent place. (I don't suggest removing that functionality.)

Michael
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Message 21 of 27 in “revlist/rev-parse: Introduce --heads and --locals revision specifiers”
  1. revlist/rev-parse: Introduce --heads and --locals revision specifiersMichael J Gruber, May 1, 2010
  2. Jakub NarebskiMay 1, 2010
  3. Michael J GruberMay 1, 2010
  4. Jakub NarebskiMay 1, 2010
  5. Jeff KingMay 2, 2010
  6. Michael J GruberMay 2, 2010
  7. Jeff KingMay 5, 2010
  8. 0/4 All is too muchMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010
  9. Jeff KingMay 14, 2010
  10. Michael J GruberMay 14, 2010
  11. Git methodology questionAkhbari, Farshad, May 14, 2010
  12. Chris PackhamMay 14, 2010
  13. Avery PennarunMay 14, 2010
  14. 0/4 All is too muchMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  15. 1/4 rev-parse: deprecate use as an option sifterMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  16. 2/4 t6018: add tests for rev-list's --branches and --tagsMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  17. 3/4 t6018: make sure all tested symbolic names are different revsMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  18. 4/4 revlist: Introduce --lrbranches and --locals revision specifiersMichael J Gruber, May 14, 2010
  19. 1/4 rev-parse: deprecate use as an option sifterMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010
  20. Jakub NarebskiMay 14, 2010
  21. Michael J GruberMay 14, 2010
  22. Jakub NarebskiMay 14, 2010
  23. Michael J GruberMay 14, 2010
  24. Thomas RastMay 17, 2010
  25. 2/4 t6018: add tests for rev-list's --branches and --tagsMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010
  26. 3/4 t6018: make sure all tested symbolic names are different revsMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010
  27. 4/4 revlist: Introduce --lrbranches and --locals revision specifiersMichael J Gruber, May 13, 2010

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