From: Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe+git@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:09:06 GMT
Subject: Re: Wrong help text on git status -h ?
Message-ID: <loom.20080513T110711-862@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <vpqfxtc36j4.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy <at> imag.fr> writes:

> 
> Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe+git <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Getting help for commit on 'git status -h' can't be right, can it ?
> > Or am I missing something?
> 
> I'd say: both.

Well, I can't be *that* wrong:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478814

 
> git status could have been spelled "git commit --dry-run", they're
> actually the same command, but "git status" stops before launching the
> editor and doing the actual commit. So, they take the exact same set
> of options.
> 
> That said, in an ideal world, "git status -h" would mention that the
> commit message options are ignored with "git status".
> 

Regards,
   Stefan