From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-push: Accept -n as a synonym for --dry-run. Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:18:12 -0700 Message-ID: <7vhbv72zjf.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1252800302-26560-1-git-send-email-nelhage@mit.edu> <7vfxar5zsi.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20090913034031.GO4275@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Nelson Elhage X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Sep 13 07:20:16 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MmhVY-0004U6-Ge for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:20:16 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751541AbZIMFSV (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:18:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751466AbZIMFSU (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:18:20 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([64.74.157.62]:49189 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751416AbZIMFST (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:18:19 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E9E14ED25; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:18:20 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=4Ej3TlbMyfL9ez0y1mUm+P+Vgt0=; b=l1vdeS wuR4hqm2qyz+wIDZ5eXJOhQWKQ0qmqaX3FK/JEyaH8pD9/2n2nisU6MBlRtftMRb TocMjjOWTFG61yE3ViHBwplQVu/BTI48CDdsl+yaVUC371280qroEyFs9NzbwNPO LBzmoeRvHuM/oLkedTYZgUhrTwpZlrNpZ4ELA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=SMvW+GtaI7IxWBMMAzs94HUy6FeVka8u AYM0jjAXjyPseHGN/WtFgLT26yaslCowuxtQvdFrCsM4fAs1hhYYsdMkfnD3j8Ho TsByZ9MYztUkBKsYoe6IsotxvwpoNkKA4yUXXOkeKR/3/hM7D0/+GdF5XdRAfw6t XdwTsfd4G5I= Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 382294ED24; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:18:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1DEA24ED23; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:18:13 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20090913034031.GO4275@mit.edu> (Nelson Elhage's message of "Sat\, 12 Sep 2009 23\:40\:31 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: D8A48D78-A024-11DE-9790-8B19076EA04E-77302942!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Nelson Elhage writes: >> commit, push (as you identified), reflog, and send-email have --dry-run >> but -n is not a synonym for it. Some of them even use -n as a shorthand >> for a more often used option than --dry-run. > > Can you point to an example of a git command supporting --dry-run, and > using -n for something else? Doesn't commit -n stand for no-verify? I think that is how it is documented. > In fact, reflog already supports '-n' to mean dry-run, Huh? "git reflog -n 4" is for show-four-entries-from-the-top.