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Re: [PATCH] ls-remote: a lone "-h" is asking for help

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 16, 2011, 19:35 UTC
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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> writes:
> Should we really have "-h" as a short for anything other than "--help"
> in the first place?
You have been here long enough to know the answer to that question, no?

The answer would be different if you are starting a new project from scratch and if you are talking about a project with existing userbase.

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