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Subject: Re: [PATCH gitk 0/4] gitk support for git log -L
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Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> writes:

> Whether the option value is a separate argument in argv, or directly
> stuck to the option.
>
> stuck:   gitk -L:foo:main.c
> unstuck: gitk -L :foo:main.c
>
> Existing gitk chokes on 'gitk -S foo', but works with 'git -Sfoo'.

I somehow thought that we encourage the "stuck/sticked" form, to
reduce things the users need to remember to cope better with options
with optional value.