Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] last-modified: new subcommand to show when files were last modified

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Aug 4, 2025, 06:34 UTC
Message-ID: <aJBUWveulX7HKAMY@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq34abm0iy.fsf@gitster.g>

On Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 10:09:41AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> writes:
> 
> >>> +-t::
> >>
> >> -t, --tree-in-recursive::
> >
> > Sure!
> 
> Clarify *what* you do to trees in recursive by giving a verb, e.g.
> 
>     --show-trees-in-recursive

Ah, that's even better indeed! One question that this raises is whether this option then should continue to imply `--recursive`. I think it rather shouldn't with this new wording, but don't feel overly strong about it.

Patrick

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