Re: git log is a bit antisocial
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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- Apr 14, 2006, 22:45 UTC
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Sébastien Pierre <sebastien@xprima.com> writes:
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> Anyway, on git 1.2.3, here is something interesting: > >>> git log -h > fatal: Not a git repository > >>> git log --help > Usage: /home/sebastien/Local/bin/git-log [--max-count=<n>] > [<since>..<limit>] [--pretty=<format>] [git-rev-list options]
You are talking about old codebase in the maitenance branch, which is an independent issue, but thanks for noticing anyway.
The attached patch would help with that.
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> Which is confusing, so having a consistent behaviour for "git help cmd", > "git cmd help", "git cmd -h" and "git cmd --help" would be nice. > > For instance, Darcs works just like that, which makes it easy for > newbies to find there ways through.
Patches welcome, but a new development should be based on the "master" branch, not the maintenance 1.2.X series.
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diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh index 025ef2d..d15747f 100755 --- a/git-sh-setup.sh +++ b/git-sh-setup.sh @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ else fi case "$1" in - --h|--he|--hel|--help) + -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help) echo "$LONG_USAGE" exit esac