From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789EE202F2 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2017 10:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751957AbdKVKqr (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:46:47 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:53180 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751876AbdKVKqq (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:46:46 -0500 Received: from 69-196-158-250.dsl.teksavvy.com ([69.196.158.250]:34722 helo=DESKTOP-1GPMCEJ) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eHSYI-0006Ed-2A; Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:46:46 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:45:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@DESKTOP-1GPMCEJ To: Junio C Hamano cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: Add missing "-n" (dry-run) option to reflog man page In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > i appreciate the need for brevity, but this just takes us back > > to, is there a standard for man pages, given how they bounce > > around all over the place? > > > > i tossed in that missing "-n" option for "man git-reflog" since > > it was the *only* option missing from the SYNOPSIS,... > > Don't we also take "-v" for "--verbose"? > > I am not sure what you meant by "bounce around", but by adding "-n" > without adding "-v", doesn't this patch worsen the situation by > making the result even locally inconsistent? i don't believe "git reflog" supports "-v", only "--verbose", or am i misreading the source? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================