From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls-remote: a lone "-h" is asking for help Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:35:47 -0700 Message-ID: <7vehzgfffw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <7vobykfj7g.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Sverre Rabbelier X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Sep 16 21:35:55 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4eCZ-0001dp-Bp for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:35:55 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932134Ab1IPTfu (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:35:50 -0400 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:64231 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752896Ab1IPTfu (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:35:50 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3587547D0; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:35:49 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=FcbuvTMPEtFYyUI/LgI11ayZgT0=; b=WTHfV9 AD+KqlpQbO6Um6PICnJTUc0LEqyfb9ahmVVUCSgbB1SMAzmb+tlc40LNlW/c4Dfg L1xt1OjdQQiYioYHQYgYLbOcl/RAj8kCC5NplV5TB42aGsH2W36uFP0HOpLuQil4 pYeA1P6ycXPeS52uTHsTCFY02OpFbH7Pi4qNg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=u2j9fJ35pOtxWGIjzT/IumOIWVf4E9nh BKpDK/rEMiEVoSUuSP8V+s2zm41jW1P6Edw3ER87XPMZtLayJTspfk4VXcDchpsK ESbXU8PPbYMVxDjHOZGEzXBj+Z891CwQ2AS+WFrDmHDuCh8xLlqxqq6v4/mtz8hc JO0CjqBOZ4k= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA3747CF; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:35:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B420447CE; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:35:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Sverre Rabbelier's message of "Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:09:23 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 145FB38E-E09B-11E0-BC1B-9DB42E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Sverre Rabbelier writes: > Should we really have "-h" as a short for anything other than "--help" > in the first place? You have been here long enough to know the answer to that question, no? The answer would be different if you are starting a new project from scratch and if you are talking about a project with existing userbase.