From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add git-submodule command Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 12:57:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <8c5c35580705250752k2021f02dv804d87da5c0d5da7@mail.gmail.com> <11801165433267-git-send-email-hjemli@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Cc: Lars Hjemli , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri May 25 21:58:08 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HrfvM-0002Wu-AR for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 25 May 2007 21:58:08 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751340AbXEYT6E (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 15:58:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752181AbXEYT6E (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 15:58:04 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:56365 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751340AbXEYT6D (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 15:58:03 -0400 Received: from shell0.pdx.osdl.net (fw.osdl.org [65.172.181.6]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l4PJvrDQ010136 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 25 May 2007 12:57:56 -0700 Received: from localhost (shell0.pdx.osdl.net [10.9.0.31]) by shell0.pdx.osdl.net (8.13.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id l4PJvnUT026144; Fri, 25 May 2007 12:57:49 -0700 In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.418 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,OSDL_HEADER_SUBJECT_BRACKETED,PATCH_SUBJECT_OSDL X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0-osdl_revision__1.12__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.179 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 207.189.120.13 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, 25 May 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > I did not realize this earlier, but we seem to have more and more programs > where actions are specified without "--", i.e. "git-svn fetch", or > "git-bundle create". Hey, don't forget "git bisect", the granddaddy of them all. > I actually like that, to separate actions from options. Hmm? I agree. If something effectively always takes a separate command, it's not an option, it's a subcommand. Linus