From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 16:03:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] merge-tree: add a new --dry-run flag
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On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Elijah
>
> On 14/05/2025 01:24, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> >
> > +--dry-run::
> > +     Disable all output from the program.  Useful when you are only
> > +     interested in the exit status.  Allows merge-tree to exit
> > +     early when it finds a conflict, and allows it to avoid writing
> > +     most objects created by merges.
>
> I don't want to bike-shed but to me this feels more like "git diff
> --quiet" than "git push --dry-run"  or "git send-email --dry-run" which
> still print diagnostic messages.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Phillip

--quiet seems fine to me.  I'll make the change and then expect
someone to comment on it with an even better name...  ;-)