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Re: [PATCH 3/6] completion: add common options for blame

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 3, 2013, 18:34 UTC
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SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> writes:
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> But providing short options for completion is pointless.  Those who
> know git blame's short options will just type them right away, because
> it requires less key presses than using completion, and those who
> don't know these options will only see -C, -M, etc. and won't have any
> clues what it stands for.

It is not necessarily true that "they won't have any clue"; one could argue that "-C -M etc" can serve as reminder to people who once learned but forgot momentarily.

My conclusion is the same, though; "git blame -h" is for those people.

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Message 16 of 33 in “Minor prompt, completion cleanups”
  1. 0/6 Minor prompt, completion cleanupsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  2. 1/6 prompt: don't scream continuation stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  3. Thomas RastJun 3, 2013
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 3, 2013
  5. Jeff KingJun 3, 2013
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 4, 2013
  7. Jeff KingJun 4, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  10. 2/6 completion: add common options for rev-parseRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 7, 2013
  12. 3/6 completion: add common options for blameRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  13. Thomas RastJun 3, 2013
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 3, 2013
  15. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  17. Peter KreftingJun 6, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  19. 4/6 completion: correct completion for format-patchRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  20. Felipe ContrerasJun 2, 2013
  21. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 2, 2013
  22. 5/6 completion: clarify difftool completionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  24. 6/6 completion: clarify ls-tree, archive, show completionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  26. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 4, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  29. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2013
  30. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 7, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2013
  32. SZEDER GáborJun 7, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2013

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