From: Martin Langhoff Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:18:14 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/3] cvsimport: fix the parsing of uppercase config options Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20101201160503.GB26120@burratino> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > I somewhat like this idea.  So let's build a full table, shall > we?  The embedded dashes are meant for the command-line options > rather than the config file. The suggested expansions sound good to me, with one comment: >        -o      mainline I am not sure about this one. The 'o' originally stood for 'origin' branch (back when git didn't use 'origin/master', or maybe I was stuck with Cogito's mental model). It is the branchname for CVS HEAD; it defaults to 'origin' -- given today's conventions it should be 'master'. I would call it cvshead. m --  martin.langhoff@gmail.com  martin@laptop.org -- School Server Architect  - ask interesting questions  - don't get distracted with shiny stuff  - working code first  - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff