# Re: Undocumented long options

3 messages from 2006-12-20 to 2006-12-20. Participants: Johannes Schindelin, Junio C Hamano, Jakub Narebski.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43540

## Jakub Narebski, 2006-12-20 16:06

Subject: Undocumented long options
Message-ID: <200612201707.00346.jnareb@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200612201707.00346.jnareb%40gmail.com

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Here is the list of undocumented long options I have found in git:

* --abbrev-commit (in revision.c) - I'm not sure _where_ it should
  be added, as it afects most visible I think git-log, git-show,
  git-rev-list. Implies --abbrev.
* --exclude-existing of git-show-ref; new option
* --reflog of git-show-branch, similar to --no-name and --ahs1-name
  options I think; new option
* --timestamp option of git-rev-list. Bit strange, but perhaps useful.
  I don't quite know what it does.
* --full-history option of git-rev-list (--full-diff just got
  documented). I think it would be nice to have described while at it
  git history simplification, and how options like --full-history, path
  limiter, --parents interacts with it.
* --trivial option of git-read-tree. It looks like opposite of
  (documented) --aggresive option, but source indicates that it might
  be not exactly opposite.
* --thin and --no-thin of send-pack. It is plumbing option, but even
  plumbing should be documented. Not sure which commands are affected by
  this.

-- 
Jakub Narebski

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## Johannes Schindelin, 2006-12-20 16:17

Subject: Re: Undocumented long options
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612201716240.19693@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0612201716240.19693%40wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
In-Reply-To: <200612201707.00346.jnareb@gmail.com>

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Hi,

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> Here is the list of undocumented long options I have found in git:
> 
> * --abbrev-commit (in revision.c) - I'm not sure _where_ it should
>   be added, as it afects most visible I think git-log, git-show,
>   git-rev-list. Implies --abbrev.
> * --exclude-existing of git-show-ref; new option
> * --reflog of git-show-branch, similar to --no-name and --ahs1-name
>   options I think; new option
> * --timestamp option of git-rev-list. Bit strange, but perhaps useful.
>   I don't quite know what it does.
> * --full-history option of git-rev-list (--full-diff just got
>   documented). I think it would be nice to have described while at it
>   git history simplification, and how options like --full-history, path
>   limiter, --parents interacts with it.
> * --trivial option of git-read-tree. It looks like opposite of
>   (documented) --aggresive option, but source indicates that it might
>   be not exactly opposite.
> * --thin and --no-thin of send-pack. It is plumbing option, but even
>   plumbing should be documented. Not sure which commands are affected by
>   this.

Matthew  24:46

Hth,
Dscho

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## Junio C Hamano, 2006-12-20 20:06

Subject: Re: Undocumented long options
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612201716240.19693@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
>
>> Here is the list of undocumented long options I have found in git:
>> 
>>... a list omitted ...
>
> Matthew  24:46
>
> Hth,
> Dscho

Or perhaps a patch with Matthew 7:7?

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