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Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/1] ls-remote: inconsistency from the order of args and opts

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 15, 2022, 00:50 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
> But we should really be recommending use of -- or --end-of-options
> whenever possible, as it can be hard to know in Git's CLI whether
> options after args are accepted or not.

Way before doing so, we should recommend the "options and then args" order. Users do not have to know which subcommands accepts options after args.

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  1. 0/1 ls-remote: inconsistency from the order of args and optsTeng Long, Jan 14, 2022
  2. 1/1 ls-remote: Make the output independent of the order of opts and <remote>Teng Long, Jan 14, 2022
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  5. Teng LongJan 14, 2022
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  8. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2022
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