* Confusing inconsistent option syntax
@ 2018-12-02 10:07 Robert White
2018-12-02 10:18 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-03 22:14 ` Jeff King
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Robert White @ 2018-12-02 10:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
`git log --pretty short` gives the error message "ambiguous argument
'short'". To get the expected result, you need to use `git log
--pretty=short`. However, `git log --since yesterday` and `git log
--since=yesterday` both work as expected.
When is an = needed? What is the reason for these inconsistencies?
---
Robert White
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* Re: Confusing inconsistent option syntax
2018-12-02 10:07 Confusing inconsistent option syntax Robert White
@ 2018-12-02 10:18 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-03 22:14 ` Jeff King
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Duy Nguyen @ 2018-12-02 10:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rjwhite2453; +Cc: Git Mailing List
On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 11:13 AM Robert White <rjwhite2453@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> `git log --pretty short` gives the error message "ambiguous argument
> 'short'". To get the expected result, you need to use `git log
> --pretty=short`. However, `git log --since yesterday` and `git log
> --since=yesterday` both work as expected.
>
> When is an = needed? What is the reason for these inconsistencies?
--pretty can take no arguments. --pretty alone is the same as
--pretty=medium. --since always needs an argument.
--
Duy
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* Re: Confusing inconsistent option syntax
2018-12-02 10:07 Confusing inconsistent option syntax Robert White
2018-12-02 10:18 ` Duy Nguyen
@ 2018-12-03 22:14 ` Jeff King
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jeff King @ 2018-12-03 22:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert White; +Cc: git
On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 09:07:47PM +1100, Robert White wrote:
> `git log --pretty short` gives the error message "ambiguous argument
> 'short'". To get the expected result, you need to use `git log
> --pretty=short`. However, `git log --since yesterday` and `git log
> --since=yesterday` both work as expected.
>
> When is an = needed? What is the reason for these inconsistencies?
As Duy mentioned, this has to do with optional arguments for some flags.
This is discussed in more detail in "git help cli". Notably (and as
advised in that manpage), you should always use the "stuck" form (with
the "=") in scripts, in case a flag grows an optional value later.
-Peff
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