From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] completion: add common options for blame Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:34:04 -0700 Message-ID: <7vzjv7dowz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1370181822-23450-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> <1370181822-23450-4-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> <87mwr7zhv5.fsf@linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net> <20130603180701.GJ2192@goldbirke> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Ramkumar Ramachandra , Thomas Rast , Git List To: SZEDER =?utf-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor?= X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jun 03 20:34:14 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UjZa9-0008J4-S4 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:34:14 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759657Ab3FCSeJ convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:34:09 -0400 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:49755 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754544Ab3FCSeI convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:34:08 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BE8325C08; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 18:34:08 +0000 (UTC) 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:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=rJothuncxSEC J0MNdk+zLOXFbjw=; b=voSPfgPvzOz6UhiaEk747HgOKirCNt2J0tQZ9xsvH5VM zzg2a5XYVDfpbtCpI5q9qJrOFMl7DzY7sseJOrLkNbAjnDjeFH4NG76MeAmsQGJe 3yS1JWigx9ZQsqZx+DgDw3kxgHBbFEe/MY6AaTnarUzdOcR1p5dfppbDORlJDbk= 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:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=dE9DSS pSc/zbO5NaNlnqhG1Qb3I/1+YX5So6X3TX3xMj69Nol300DRFafCq65cnQnjAfcn 22JedFVwNVA79l9F2+W33EOxkMH45hy9dVZiBvxrTStiaP5cUpPSIX7V15yEpTHZ ujICLNIR4/PuipXZ89PVyxqSpmcTf4bbsfvKc= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD4B25C07; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 18:34:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [50.161.4.97]) (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 81ECD25C03; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 18:34:06 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20130603180701.GJ2192@goldbirke> ("SZEDER =?utf-8?Q?G=C3=A1b?= =?utf-8?Q?or=22's?= message of "Mon, 3 Jun 2013 20:07:01 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 2C475FBE-CC7C-11E2-A5BC-E56BAAC0D69C-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: SZEDER G=C3=A1bor writes: > But providing short options for completion is pointless. Those who > know git blame's short options will just type them right away, becaus= e > it requires less key presses than using completion, and those who > don't know these options will only see -C, -M, etc. and won't have an= y > clues what it stands for. It is not necessarily true that "they won't have any clue"; one could argue that "-C -M etc" can serve as reminder to people who once learned but forgot momentarily. My conclusion is the same, though; "git blame -h" is for those people.