Re: 1.7.7.3 wishlist: add --verbose option to git-tag

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 01:32:19AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:

> In scripts it would be useful if "git tag" would provide option:
> 
>     --verbose
> 
> As in script:
> 
>     git tag --verbose -m "Initial import" upstream/1.0

What would the --verbose flag do?

> It would also help if all commands would use similar interface. In "git
> tag" case, this would meen relocating:
> 
>     -v      =>      -g, --verify-gpg
> 
> And reserve these:
> 
>     -v, --verbose

I agree it would be nicer. We would need to follow the usual deprecation
procedure of:

  1. introduce "-g", leave "-v" as a deprecated alias

  2. wait a long time

  3. drop "-v"

If you want to start a discussion, producing a patch for (1) is probably
the best way. If your plan is eventual consistency between options of
various commands, an even better start would be listing the existing
non-verbose uses of "-v" and making aliases for all of them.

-Peff