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Subject: Re: [PATCH] init-db: support --import to add all files and commit right after init
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> I seem to recall that we were phasing out "--long-option <arg>" at some
> point, and that all long-options should use "--long-option=". But maybe
> I am mis-remembering.

Surely it should support both where possible, since both are standard
syntaxes for passing args to "--"-style long options (so users expect
both to work).

-Miles

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