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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] Documentation: put blame/log -L in sticked form
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Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch> writes:

> So my short-term plan just became: document instead of fix; clean up
> manpages towards the stuck form for long options; have gitk only parse
> -Lstuck.
>
> Medium term we can move gitk to a different option parser, resolving at
> least that inconsistency.
>
> Longer term we can see about moving some more of the remaining craziness
> towards parseopt, getting consistency for free.

In that sensible context, the patch sounds in line with the
short-term step.  Thanks.