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Re: [PATCH] git-add.txt: Order options alphabetically

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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date
Dec 1, 2010, 19:29 UTC
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2010-12-01 20:53 Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>:
> (lacking a commit message to tell me), WHY? [alphabetical]
Quoting <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/162552>
    - You read from top to bottom, therefore A-Z.
    - GNU project uses it in manual pages. It looks good, it looks
      professional, it looks clean. And it works when searching (= no
      oriantation problems regardless of tools; even when you print on
      paper when you don't have any computerized aids to help your search.).
Jari
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