Re: [PATCH v2] doc: Add missing "-n" (dry-run) option to reflog man page

From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Date: Nov 22, 2017, 10:45 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1711220543450.10299@DESKTOP-1GPMCEJ>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy3mysii0.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> writes:
>
> >   i appreciate the need for brevity, but this just takes us back
> > to, is there a standard for man pages, given how they bounce
> > around all over the place?
> >
> >   i tossed in that missing "-n" option for "man git-reflog" since
> > it was the *only* option missing from the SYNOPSIS,...
>
> Don't we also take "-v" for "--verbose"?
>
> I am not sure what you meant by "bounce around", but by adding "-n"
> without adding "-v", doesn't this patch worsen the situation by
> making the result even locally inconsistent?

  i don't believe "git reflog" supports "-v", only "--verbose", or am
i misreading the source?

rday

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