# mismatch between doc and program in git commit -u (--untracked-files)

3 messages from 2008-05-08 to 2008-05-09. Participants: Sitaram Chamarty, Jeff King.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13429

## Sitaram Chamarty, 2008-05-08 10:10

Subject: mismatch between doc and program in git commit -u (--untracked-files)
Message-ID: <2e24e5b90805080310p2cb77814i45a418a0cfc8a2c@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2e24e5b90805080310p2cb77814i45a418a0cfc8a2c%40mail.gmail.com

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Hello,

The doc for commit says "-u" is a suitable abbreviation for
--untracked-files, but only the latter works.

I'll submit a patch, but being new, I thought I'd ask which is correct
-- the doc or the code?

Thanks,

Sitaram

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## Jeff King, 2008-05-08 16:13

Subject: Re: mismatch between doc and program in git commit -u (--untracked-files)
Message-ID: <20080508161342.GB28701@sigill.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080508161342.GB28701%40sigill.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <2e24e5b90805080310p2cb77814i45a418a0cfc8a2c@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:40:14PM +0530, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:

> The doc for commit says "-u" is a suitable abbreviation for
> --untracked-files, but only the latter works.
> 
> I'll submit a patch, but being new, I thought I'd ask which is correct
> -- the doc or the code?

Looks like it got lost in the C rewrite of git-commit:

  $ git grep untracked-files builtin-commit.c
  builtin-commit.c:       OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "untracked-files", &untracked_files, "show all untracked files"),

  $ git grep -B2 contrib/examples/git-commit.sh
  contrib/examples/git-commit.sh- -u|--u|--un|--unt|--untr|--untra|--untrac|--untrack|--untracke|\
  contrib/examples/git-commit.sh- --untracked|--untracked-|--untracked-f|--untracked-fi|--untracked-fil|\
  contrib/examples/git-commit.sh: --untracked-file|--untracked-files)

So it should probably be supported. The patch is a one-liner, but I'll
leave it as an exercise for you. :)

-Peff

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## Sitaram Chamarty, 2008-05-09 17:26

Subject: Re: mismatch between doc and program in git commit -u (--untracked-files)
Message-ID: <2e24e5b90805091026l30f8802ek6e97d5ad0d3e0c1e@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2e24e5b90805091026l30f8802ek6e97d5ad0d3e0c1e%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20080508161342.GB28701@sigill.intra.peff.net>

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On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:40:14PM +0530, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
>> The doc for commit says "-u" is a suitable abbreviation for
>> --untracked-files, but only the latter works.
>>
>> I'll submit a patch, but being new, I thought I'd ask which is correct
>> -- the doc or the code?

> So it should probably be supported. The patch is a one-liner, but I'll
> leave it as an exercise for you. :)

:)

Due to my using gmail which doesn't leave the whitespace alone, I had
to resort to the clumsy trick of doing a "sendmail -oi -t -f
sitaramc@gmail.com" from my home machine, and vger's SMTP listener
decided to greylist the mail.

It'll come through eventually, assuming I keep my laptop switched on
long enough!

(Although pobox.com seems to have accepted it OK.)

Sitaram

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