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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: Add missing "-n" (dry-run) option to reflog man page
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"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> 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?