Re: [PATCH v2] status: -i shorthand for --ignored command line option

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 9, 2018, 15:44 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpnyrczo8.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180809062142.15638-1-guriev-ns@ya.ru>

Nicholas Guriev <guriev-ns@ya.ru> writes:

> It allows for uniformity with the --untracked-files option. Also
> the new short flag saves the number of keys to press for the
> typically git-status command.

Unlike "-u', "-i" is supported by "git commit" which shares the underlying implementation, and that is the historical reason why we never had "-i" shorthand, I think.

While I do understand why sometimes "-u" is useful, especially "-uno", to help those whose .gitignore is not managed as well as it should be, I am not sure why a "typical git-status" invocation would ask for "--ignored" that often to require such a short-hand.