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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-commit.txt: Add missing long/short options
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:05:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vy75hlzvv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1212798261-26785-2-git-send-email-s-beyer@gmx.net

Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> writes:

> Furthmore, use
> 	short option::
> 	long option::
> instead of
> 	short option|long option::
> and split the "-c or -C <commit>" item into two separate items.

> ... 
> --q|--quiet::
> +-q::
> +--quiet::

While this may result in easier-to-read output, there are tons of other
pages that follow the current style.  I'd prefer:

 (1) a patch without "a|b\n" => "a::\nb::" for only git-commit.txt and

 (2) a patch that is "a|b\n" => "a::\nb::" for everybody but without any
     other changes.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-07 21:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-07  0:24 [PATCH 1/2] git-commit.txt: Correct option alternatives Stephan Beyer
2008-06-07  0:24 ` [PATCH 2/2] git-commit.txt: Add missing long/short options Stephan Beyer
2008-06-07 21:05   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2008-06-08  1:36     ` [PATCH 1/5] " Stephan Beyer
2008-06-08  1:36       ` [PATCH 2/5] Docs: Use "-l::\n--long\n" format in OPTIONS sections Stephan Beyer
2008-06-08  1:36         ` [PATCH 3/5] Docs: add some long/short options Stephan Beyer
2008-06-08  1:36           ` [PATCH 4/5] git-describe.txt: document --always Stephan Beyer
2008-06-08  1:36             ` [PATCH 5/5] git-name-rev.txt: document --no-undefined and --always Stephan Beyer
2008-06-07  3:34 ` [PATCH 1/2] git-commit.txt: Correct option alternatives Christian Couder
2008-06-07 11:06   ` [PATCH v2] " Stephan Beyer
2008-06-08  1:36     ` Jon Loeliger
2008-06-08  4:23       ` Jeff King

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