From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 22:24:43 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] git-p4: [usability] Show detailed help when parsing options fail
Message-ID: <xmqq5zipt9w4.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <2a10890ef76697dbdd67b4c416077726100f88be.1575901009.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Ben Keene via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Ben Keene <seraphire@gmail.com>
>
> When a user provides invalid parameters to git-p4, the program
> reports the failure but does not provide the correct command syntax.
>
> Add an exception handler to the command-line argument parser to display
> the command's specific command line parameter syntax when an exception
> is thrown. Rethrow the exception so the current behavior is retained.

Makes sense, I guess.

I forgot to mention this, but from the titles of all three patches I
would probably drop [usability] thing and downcase the first verb,
e.g.

    Subject: [PATCH 3/3] git-p4: show detailed help when parsing options fail

if I were writing these patches.

Thanks.