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Re: [Alt. PATCH] ls-remote: deprecate -h as short for --heads

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 21, 2017, 12:18 UTC
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René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:
> FWIW, I use "-?" for that everywhere.  I have yet to find a command or
> environment where it does something dangerous.

Yeah, it would have made the world a better place if we made that choice back in 2008. If we start a transition to make it so right now, we might be able to make the world a better place by 2022, perhaps. I am not sure if the pain during the transition is worth it, though.

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Message 17 of 23 in “Bug: git ls-remote -h / --head results differ in output”
  1. Thomas RiklOct 15, 2017
  2. Martin ÅgrenOct 15, 2017
  3. René ScharfeOct 15, 2017
  4. 1/2 git: add NO_INTERNAL_HELP flag for builtinsRené Scharfe, Oct 17, 2017
  5. Jonathan NiederOct 17, 2017
  6. ls-remote: deprecate -h as short for --headsRené Scharfe, Oct 17, 2017
  7. Martin ÅgrenOct 17, 2017
  8. Jonathan NiederOct 17, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 17, 2017
  10. René ScharfeOct 19, 2017
  11. Jeff KingOct 19, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2017
  13. Jeff KingOct 20, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2017
  15. Jeff KingOct 21, 2017
  16. René ScharfeOct 21, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2017
  18. René ScharfeOct 23, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2017
  20. René ScharfeOct 24, 2017
  21. 2/2 ls-remote: use PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELPRené Scharfe, Oct 17, 2017
  22. Jonathan NiederOct 17, 2017
  23. Martin ÅgrenOct 17, 2017

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