From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:34:43 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] git-archive: add '-o' as a alias for '--output'
Message-ID: <7v4or6sngc.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1252863407-2598-1-git-send-email-dpotapov@gmail.com>

Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> writes:

> The '-o' option is commonly used in many tools to specify the output file.
> Typing '--output' every time is a bit too long to be a practical alternative
> to redirecting output. But specifying the output name has the advantage of
> making possible to guess the desired output format by filename extension.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
> ---
> ...
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
> index 92444dd..f7a3b95 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ OPTIONS
>  --prefix=<prefix>/::
>  	Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive.
>  
> +-o::
>  --output=<file>::
>  	Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.

I think this patch is very reasonable, except for this hunk, which would
want to say "-o <file>::" instead.  I'll see if there are comments from
others and if there is none, apply this patch with that minor tweak.

Thanks.