Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] last-modified: new subcommand to show when files were last modified

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 4, 2025, 17:14 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqikj357rl.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aJBUWveulX7HKAMY@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> On Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 10:09:41AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> writes:
>> 
>> >>> +-t::
>> >>
>> >> -t, --tree-in-recursive::
>> >
>> > Sure!
>> 
>> Clarify *what* you do to trees in recursive by giving a verb, e.g.
>> 
>>     --show-trees-in-recursive
>
> Ah, that's even better indeed! One question that this raises is whether
> this option then should continue to imply `--recursive`. I think it
> rather shouldn't with this new wording, but don't feel overly strong
> about it.

I am somewhat indifferent. We can call the option --show-trees, which I suspect would make it more consistent with ls-trees, while making it a bit more confusing at the same time. I dunno.