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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Usage messages produced by parseopt (Re: [PATCH] Add an optional
 argument for --color options)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:23:16 -0600
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Mark Lodato wrote:

> Would it be worthwhile to switch to
> parse_opt?  This may make the code cleaner, and it would definitely
> make the command-line interface more consistent with the rest of the
> suite.  From a user's point of view, the biggest win would be "-h"
> printing all of the options, like all the non-diff commands do.

Side note: I actually prefer the shorter usage messages, since when I
use the "-h" option, I tend to be just looking for a reminder.  Am I
alone in this?  Would there be interest in a "git <whatever>
--help=short" option or similar?

Jonathan