From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:08:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/3] git-commit: rename --all to --track
Message-ID: <7vvd089bjt.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <3873657a89ba3464b68d7b0388d151ab68e44c27.1298644872.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

> Rename the "commit" long option to "--tracked" which conveys the fact
> that it is about all tracked files only.

Please don't.  The fact that "-a" derived from "all" will never change,
and your patch will only confuse future newbies wondering why "tracked"
abbreviates to "a".

Renaming it to "--all-tracked" might be worth considering, but renaming it
to just "--tracked" is not, IMHO.