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From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-stash: Display help message if git-stash is run
	with wrong sub-commands
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:28:27 -0800
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:25:17AM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> But those are not really options, are they?  They are commands, which 
> exclude each other.

Option syntax is often used to represent exclusive commands, especially
when those commands need to be distinguished from free-form arg words.
The "git checkout" command is another example of this in git, and there
are plenty of non-git examples of such a use of option syntax around.
Such a syntax makes it easier to have a default action while still
taking a free-form arg.  I personally think that using option syntax
for its behavior choices would be preferable with git stash.

..wayne..