Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Write a good 'git stash store' for autostash

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 14, 2013, 15:16 UTC
Message-ID: <CALkWK0==4qMijvj+Xyt+e3dbRQjMMenNkMPZi1N78VHdrBQQsg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7va9mssr88.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano wrote:

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>>   git stash store [-m <message>] [-e <error>] <commit>
>
> I am perplexed; that would not something I _would_ design or
> suggest.  The "-e <error>" looks especially odd, in that "-e"
> usually refers to something the command evaluates (e.g. sed, perl),
> but more importantly if the caller wants a custom error message,
> normal programmers would do
>
>         command || die "my custom error message"

Another result of me taking your suggestion too literally [1], and not using my brains :/

[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/224174