From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 12:23:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG] potential error in parsing git checkout options?
Message-ID: <vpqiobb7eu1.fsf@anie.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <854038739.144343.1432895421483.JavaMail.zimbra@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>

Guillaume Pages <guillaume.pages@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> Git version : 2.4.1.652.g8fd8657 
>
> When we run git checkout -babar, we would expect an error message like 
> "unknown switch 'a' " and we get "Switched to a new branch 'abar'".

Yes, the option-parser accepts sticked form (-bbranch) and unsticked (-b
branch). This is the convention with most Unix commands (try "grep -e
foo" Vs "grep -efoo").

It gets more confusing for "git -amend" Vs "git --amend", which got a
special-case to avoid confusion (strictly speaking, it should have been
equivalent to "git commit -a -m end").

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Matthieu Moy
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