From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:34:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make git status usage say git status instead of git commit
Message-ID: <7vir3gqr3d.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1196658129-16708-1-git-send-email-shawn.bohrer@gmail.com>

Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@gmail.com> writes:

> git status shares the same usage information as git commit since it
> shows what would be committed if the same options are given.  However,
> when displaying the usage information for git status it should say it
> is for git status not git commit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@gmail.com>

Thanks.  Will apply.

> As a side question, should the usage information also use the non dash
> notation of the command since it is deprecated?  I noticed all of the
> other commands are presently using the dash form, so I left it as is for
> now.

Wise choice.  We would probably want to clean them up at the same time
early post 1.5.4.