Re: [PATCH] git-commit.txt: Order options alphabetically
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Dec 1, 2010, 19:30 UTC
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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
>> why would I want sorted option lists in all manpages? > > Does that really need an answer?
Yes.
> You read from top to bottom, therefore > A-Z.
I used to think that back when I referred to printed documentation more often than online, but not anymore. Alphabetical ordering is somewhat last century; the documentation is often more useful if the options are grouped together by features and concepts they relate to.