From: Garrit Franke Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:50:56 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cli: add -v and -h shorthands Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Wed, Mar 30 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Sorry, but it is unclear why it is a good thing. My main motivation behind this change was a standardized user experience across tools. Many users use these shorthands out of habit to get an overview of a program. Seeing the command fail and having to retype it in a longer form creates unnecessary friction between the user and the program. > Again, it might be safe right now, but it also closes the door for > introducing global "verbose" option. What in exchange are we > gaining? Are these short options worth it? I definitely see your concerns. Ultimately it's a question of which of the two flags would be more convinient to have as a shorthand. As stated above, users unfamiliar to the software arguably expect to see the version number printed when using this flag. A user who seeks more verbose output is probably more familiar with the options, so they are more likely to know they have to use the longer "--verbose" form. Thanks Garrit