From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:18:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [Alt. PATCH] ls-remote: deprecate -h as short for --heads
Message-ID: <xmqqh8usg0cs.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <437f4e47-fcb1-ff8c-3c5a-fa9a5cecedfe@web.de>

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.