From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:18:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Confusing inconsistent option syntax
Message-ID: <CACsJy8Ct3YY1TPD=pFoBGX-0woMNvM0JHYC1iRDGxWLJR51Esg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20181202100747.GA5019@laptop>

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 11:13 AM Robert White <rjwhite2453@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> `git log --pretty short` gives the error message "ambiguous argument
> 'short'". To get the expected result, you need to use `git log
> --pretty=short`. However, `git log --since yesterday` and `git log
> --since=yesterday` both work as expected.
>
> When is an = needed? What is the reason for these inconsistencies?

--pretty can take no arguments. --pretty alone is the same as
--pretty=medium. --since always needs an argument.
-- 
Duy