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Re: Git's inconsistent command line options

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Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 26, 2015, 06:33 UTC
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
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> Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> "if you really mean to create a tag named create, use
>>
>> git tag -- create master
>
> In all other uses of -- refs must be put on the *left* side.
>
> Andreas.
>

Oops that wouldn't be consistent then. Normally "--" is used to separate options from non-options arguments, but we usually use it to separate refs from non-refs.

Guess that sort of ruins this particular strategy.

Regards, Jake

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