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 1D25FC433F5 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2022 16:28:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236027AbiDAQaO (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:30:14 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49492 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1351227AbiDAQ3m (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:29:42 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (pb-smtp1.pobox.com [64.147.108.70]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E716C17869E for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2022 09:02:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F98711DB25; Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:02:41 -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:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=pB2cxUVQoptr 02wseQi++IoR0CA/1/VE06fNoBo9YKM=; b=MTzmzjqv3n+FdETSNX2Cllw2gp2o YnXY4DiGGDlJ11T7qf/H3Y0NX5k7hRZy0R4RAshrKoZCU31zVQQP8BFbj79iUHdc yfZ+M3vqPcDVH+nMApp1IvwdnY8x+61joVDYo5RAu2c0IiB0cSJ89VL3Mo/F1bvZ he3wCXyBtCLbFfI= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66B1711DB24; Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:02:41 -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-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BBFD211DB21; Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:02:40 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: Garrit Franke , 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: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 09:02:39 -0700 In-Reply-To: <220401.86y20pnofb.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IsOG?= =?utf-8?B?dmFyIEFybmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:23:39 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 28895FBA-B1D5-11EC-BBA1-5E84C8D8090B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: >> Do you mean you want to use "-V" for version, instead of the "-v" >> used in the patch, so that "-v" can be left for "--verbose"? >> >> I am not sure consistency with whom we are aiming for anymore with >> that mixed to the proposal X-<. > > Maybe you've been convinced to accept -v and -h (I don't care much > either way, honestly), but if not I wonder if this alternate approach > would make everyone in this thread happy (or at least mostly so): I don't care too much about being similar to stuff made by other people, compared to how much I care about internal consistency ;-) 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.