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Cc: Rob Barrett <barrettboy@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
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Hi,


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:41:06PM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Rob Barrett <barrettboy@gmail.com> writes:
> > 1. What is the distinction that makes the 10% special enough to get
> > non-prefixed options?
>=20
> Prefixed and non-prefixed is what people usually call respectively
> "options" and "subcommands". To me, the distinction is needed:
>=20
> Options are flags that modify the behavior of a git command. For
> example, "git reset" and "git reset --hard" do something similar, but
> "git svn rebase" and "git svn dcommit" do something really, totally
> different. It's not about doing the same thing in a different way,
> it's really about different actions.

I tend to aggree, but what about 'git rebase --abort' vs. 'git rebase
--continue'?  IMHO they are also doing something totally different.


Best,
G=E1bor