From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE808C388F3 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2022 21:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1379746AbiDDVUw (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2022 17:20:52 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42392 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1379036AbiDDQVu (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:21:50 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (pb-smtp2.pobox.com [64.147.108.71]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69630BC0B for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2022 09:19:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7789611591B; Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:19:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=E1Fl62o08d/pRgMYTMUigIE0phqi3E7uC1+Tst aqqNY=; b=Oa3jAjf7p+Y0/xYMnI7CFUa2Rc3GM7q9EOFkd39Qss5YR51ostue66 E46JwBXkNLZ6OGUyJHlhdQddLD58oJ8DW/OsWisMQKvxVdscpBLFRDfkqdMy61Ug kizDH6PGhToQGnTO19vRsu6LV7Q7ODeGpDJiMb5TSEMFy5py6ON8E= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F6EA11591A; Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:19:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [35.227.145.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C96DB115919; Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:19:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Garrit Franke Cc: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason , git@vger.kernel.org, Taylor Blau Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cli: add -v and -h shorthands References: <20220330190956.21447-1-garrit@slashdev.space> <220331.86tubfrngz.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> <220401.86y20pnofb.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:19:51 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Garrit Franke's message of "Mon, 4 Apr 2022 09:18:17 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 0EEE5870-B433-11EC-9FB4-CB998F0A682E-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Garrit Franke writes: > On 01.04.22 18:02, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> I do not think one extra level of "unknown option", even with hint, >> is worth the trouble. If we want to cater to those who expect "-h" >> to be more special than random "-", we should go >> all the way and make "-h" truly supported. If we do not, they can >> read "git help git" just like those who wonder what "git -X" means. > > From what I gathered, we all agree that adding the "-h" shorthand is a > good addition to the UI. Given that the "-v" option is understandably > controversial, I could cut it from this patch. > > Thoughts? I do not care too deeply, and it is the most time efficient to just take the last patch as-is. Nobody would care they used "git -h" or "git -v" only once and learned to use "git help" and "git version" anyway ;-)