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Re: Undocumented long options

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 20, 2006, 16:17 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> Here is the list of undocumented long options I have found in git:
> 
> * --abbrev-commit (in revision.c) - I'm not sure _where_ it should
>   be added, as it afects most visible I think git-log, git-show,
>   git-rev-list. Implies --abbrev.
> * --exclude-existing of git-show-ref; new option
> * --reflog of git-show-branch, similar to --no-name and --ahs1-name
>   options I think; new option
> * --timestamp option of git-rev-list. Bit strange, but perhaps useful.
>   I don't quite know what it does.
> * --full-history option of git-rev-list (--full-diff just got
>   documented). I think it would be nice to have described while at it
>   git history simplification, and how options like --full-history, path
>   limiter, --parents interacts with it.
> * --trivial option of git-read-tree. It looks like opposite of
>   (documented) --aggresive option, but source indicates that it might
>   be not exactly opposite.
> * --thin and --no-thin of send-pack. It is plumbing option, but even
>   plumbing should be documented. Not sure which commands are affected by
>   this.
Matthew  24:46

Hth, Dscho

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