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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Matthieu Moy
<Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:
> Well, if you want to get rid of subcommands, why not get rid of
> commands, too?
>
> git --commit
> git --status
> git --svn --rebase
>

Well, granted, that's a sort of heavyweight consistency, but all we
should need to do is to help reduce a _new_ user's confusion about
when the word after a subcommand gets a '--' prefix and when it
doesn't.

And do it in a way that's backwards compatible so it doesn't affect
the usage patterns of seasoned users, existing scripts, crons etc.

Will patch and see how it looks..

Rob