# [BUGLET] Short form of options with an optional parameter are not very clear

1 messages from 2013-08-29 to 2013-08-29. Participants: Yann Dirson.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/34793

## Yann Dirson, 2013-08-29 09:40

Subject: [BUGLET] Short form of options with an optional parameter are not very clear
Message-ID: <20130829114052.2e0ec810@chalon.bertin.fr>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130829114052.2e0ec810%40chalon.bertin.fr

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I just stumbled over the "git status -uno" form, and it took me some
time to realize that "no" was a parameter to -u, rather than aggregated
(and undocumented) -n and -o.

Whereas the manpage does document the "-u[<mode>]" syntax, which dissipate
the misunderstanding, --help output does not, listing "-u" in a way that
appears not to take any option.

Looks like the --help output would gain from having the optional parameter
displayed in the short form...

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Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies

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