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Re: [PATCH] On error, do not list all commands, but point to --help option.

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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
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Oct 20, 2007, 22:28 UTC
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* Sat 2007-10-20 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> INBOX
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> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Jari Aalto wrote:
>
>> - commented out call to list_common_cmds_help()
>
> If you're really sure that this is desired, do not comment it out.  Delete 
> it.
I'm sure.

There is no point of reminding *every* time you make a typo during writing the commands. It fills half of the screen and obscures the previous commands that were running. It's much more polite and elegant in shorted form.

Jari
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  1. On error, do not list all commands, but point to --help option.Jari Aalto, Oct 20, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 20, 2007
  3. Jari AaltoOct 20, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 20, 2007
  5. Shawn O. PearceOct 21, 2007
  6. Jeff KingOct 21, 2007
  7. Shawn O. PearceOct 21, 2007
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  9. Wincent ColaiutaOct 21, 2007
  10. Andreas EricssonOct 21, 2007
  11. Jan HudecOct 21, 2007
  12. Andreas EricssonOct 21, 2007
  13. Salikh ZakirovOct 24, 2007
  14. On error, do not list all commands, but point to --help optionJari Aalto, Oct 20, 2007
  15. Shawn O. PearceOct 21, 2007
  16. Jan HudecOct 21, 2007

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