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On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> wrote:
>>
>>    git clone --since 2.weeks.ago <url>
>>    git clone --since v2.10 <url>
>
> The use of --since instead of --date would be an equally valid way of
> spelling the option (coders choice;-)

I think it is a demonstration of poor taste. Everywhere else, --since
is a way to
specify the date, not a revision. Why should this one alone should be different?