From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:21:54 GMT
Subject: Re: Git branch outputs usage message on stderr
Message-ID: <xmqq7c6vv9hp.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqplknvek2.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> It is a tangent, but I wonder how many among the 40 really needed to
> use usage_with_options() to react to "-h" in the first place.  In
> other words, these manual checks for "-h" are done only because the
> code _wants_ to react to "-h" before it calls parse_options(), but
> does everybody who _wants_ to do so really _needs_ to do so?  You
> already have shown that "gir branch" did not have to, and to me, 40
> among 100+ felt way too many.

It turns out that some of the actually cannot be helped, as they do
not even use parse-options and calling usage() themselves is the
only way to show the usage text for them.

I'll send a 6-patch series out shortly.