From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: linux@horizon.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-rev-list --help anywhere Date: 19 Feb 2006 14:39:40 -0500 Message-ID: <20060219193940.7493.qmail@science.horizon.com> References: Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, junkio@cox.net, linux@horizon.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Feb 19 20:40:04 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FAuPU-0006iF-9X for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:39:56 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750797AbWBSTjx (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:39:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750808AbWBSTjw (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:39:52 -0500 Received: from science.horizon.com ([192.35.100.1]:58921 "HELO science.horizon.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750797AbWBSTjw (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:39:52 -0500 Received: (qmail 7494 invoked by uid 1000); 19 Feb 2006 14:39:41 -0500 To: Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de, raa.lkml@gmail.com In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: > can someone please enlighten me why you need to see the usage, when you > cannot execute the command anyway? Because you're writing a script, or explaining it to someone over the phone, or writing shell autocompletion macros, otherwise using it in some kind of delayed or deferred way. These ain't no steenkin GUI tools; they can be used in more ways that typed interactively for immediate execution. (Have you ever noticed how all the GUI people have rediscovered the concept of a pathname and a single-character directory separator when explaining how to navigate a menu/dialog maze? The character '>' seems to be popular. Go to menu A Then go to submenu B Then select item C to open a dialog Then go to tab D of that dialog. Then hit the "Advanced options" button Then select tab E of that dialog Then select option F How exactly is this is an improvement over A/B/C/D/Advanced options/E/F?)