From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:22:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFH] GSoC 2015 application
Message-ID: <CAPc5daV_igiExbvY1eH0T2SKxgawO86F0eZyoai_QK-dXc5fDg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <75FBE31490904D8EA82F5C445F1F33E1@PhilipOakley>

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> wrote:
>>
>>    git clone --since 2.weeks.ago <url>
>>    git clone --since v2.10 <url>
>
> The use of --since instead of --date would be an equally valid way of
> spelling the option (coders choice;-)

I think it is a demonstration of poor taste. Everywhere else, --since
is a way to
specify the date, not a revision. Why should this one alone should be different?