From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:12:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Alphabetize the fast-import options, following a suggestion on the list.
Message-ID: <7vy5g6okdi.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130105231151.GD3247@elie.Belkin>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> My knee-jerk response was "If the options are currently organized logically,
> wouldn't it be more appropriate to add a sub-heading for each group of options
> and alphabetize only within the subgroups?"
>
> But in fact the current options list doesn't seem to be well organized at all.
> What do you think would be a logical way to group these?
>
>  Features of input syntax
>
> 	--date-format
> 	--done
>
>  Verbosity
>
> 	--quiet
> 	--stats
>
>  Marks handling (checkpoint/restore)
>
> 	--import-marks
> 	--import-marks-if-exists
> 	--export-marks
> 	--relative-marks
>
>  Semantics of execution
>
> 	--dry-run
> 	--force
> 	--cat-blob-fd
> 	--export-pack-edges
>
>  Tuning
>
> 	--active-branches
> 	--max-pack-size
> 	--big-file-threshold
> 	--depth

Sounds sensible.