From: Miles Bader Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:54:38 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Print the usage string on stdout instead of stderr. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4BF14500.30806@drmicha.warpmail.net> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Michael J Gruber wrote: >> [Note that for GNU progs, this behavior is explicitly required by the >> GNU coding standards, and I think it's a pretty reasonable rule.] > > Fortunately, Git is not GNU software. The point is not that git must follow these standards, but that it''s a reasonable guideline (as are many of the GNU standards), and it's generally useful if free software such as git is broadly consistent with other free software. For instance, git uses GNU-style long command-line option syntax, and this is a good thing. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.