From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:10:10 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-push: Accept -n as a synonym for --dry-run.
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In-Reply-To: <7vd45v2za4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> ..., so you are not arguing against
> me at all.
> ... it is likely that we would try very
> hard to find a name that does not begin with 'n' to avoid the issue.

So what's my objection, in short?

It is just the wording "_the_ standard" that implies that anything that
uses -n to mean something other than --dry-run is _wrong_.

I didn't want to see anybody arguing against "commit -n".  It is used to
defeat pre-commit hook and has been there with us for a long time.