From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:30:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH gitk 0/4] gitk support for git log -L
Message-ID: <xmqq61v18u5s.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <874namay5p.fsf@linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net>

Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> writes:

> Whether the option value is a separate argument in argv, or directly
> stuck to the option.
>
> stuck:   gitk -L:foo:main.c
> unstuck: gitk -L :foo:main.c
>
> Existing gitk chokes on 'gitk -S foo', but works with 'git -Sfoo'.

I somehow thought that we encourage the "stuck/sticked" form, to
reduce things the users need to remember to cope better with options
with optional value.