Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] history: sign rewritten commits

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 6, 2026, 15:58 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq7bjug6sp.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <f86f6cfc-56b4-4358-a9b5-95630c6504ed@app.fastmail.com>

Souma <git@5ouma.me> writes:

> It’s a deliberate literal placeholder, not a real option. It
> indicates that more  --no-*  options are available; typing
>  --no- expands them like --no-dry-run.

Ah, yes, indeed. It is normal to see us show, without expanding to it on the command line, "--no-..." in response to a <TAB>.

    $ git commit --n<TAB>TAB>

is an easy example.

Thanks.

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