From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:48:03 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tag: support --sort=version
Message-ID: <xmqqvbw84ass.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8BrfKckHzgwRnW_UMTjipuYWGVcumvCmQC9EG1Eq-MScA@mail.gmail.com>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> Why not reversed order? So its syntax could be
>
> [ "-" ] FIELD [ ":" [ "version" | "v" ] ]
>
> It fits better to current f-e-r syntax where modifiers are after the
> colon. And it avoids the possibility that someone adds field "version"
> and we can't tell what "version" is what.

I think that reads well.