Re: Determining commit reachability

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 6, 2010, 23:38 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinPDUeL2jaY3P17TiA959WH8eOQZ4=CeaHOYuq2@mail.gmail.com>

Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 15:53, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 20:45, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In case anyone else is wondering, '--with' is a hidden alias for '--contains'.
>>
>> Maybe it should be documented?
>
> Junio added it that way back in "git-branch --contains=commit"
> v1.5.3.6-879-g694a577 (Nov 7 2007) when the feature was added. Junio,
> do you remember why you added "--with" as a hidden alias?

It was originally called --with. I wrote it to help me in the exact use case in this thread, and the option was naturally named --with, as the request I wanted to make was "Give me branches _with_ this commit, so that I know which ones I need to rewind before reintegrating and publishing".

Somehow people wanted to see an option with a longer name, but by that time my fingers were well trained, so I kept "--with" but didn't bother advertising duplicated options.