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Re: Inconsistency with -a vs -A

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Apr 18, 2011, 06:25 UTC
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Bradly Feeley venit, vidit, dixit 18.04.2011 05:20:
> I was curious if there was a reason that some command use -a and some command
> use -A. For example, to view all branches the lowercase switch 'a' is used, but
> when staging all files with add an uppercase 'A'. Of course I always pick the
> wrong one when running either command. Is there a reason for the inconsistency?
Yes.
> Do you think they should be made the same?
Yes, I do :) For more details on both "yes", see:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/167907

Cheers, Michael

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