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From: "Rubén Justo" <rjusto@gmail.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add-patch: response to invalid option
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:11:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6780c9b6-ece6-4bce-b020-d1f828f3fb73@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zh4R5yonRLBcunCR@tanuki>

On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 07:51:35AM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

> I think it would've made sense to describe this change in the commit
> message, as well. Currently, the reader is left wondering whether "?" is
> a new shortcut that you introduce in this patch or whether it is already
> documented as such.

Perhaps, something like?:

	Instead of displaying the long help description, display a short
	error message indicating the incorrectly introduced option with
	a note on how to use the '?' option, to get the help text.

Thanks.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-04-16 19:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-15 19:00 [PATCH] add-patch: response to invalid option Rubén Justo
2024-04-16  5:51 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-16 19:11   ` Rubén Justo [this message]
2024-04-16  9:41 ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-16 19:24   ` Rubén Justo
2024-04-17  9:37     ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-17 15:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-18 15:11         ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-16 10:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-16 13:56   ` Phillip Wood
2024-04-16 15:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-16 15:46       ` Phillip Wood
2024-04-16 16:10         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-16 19:31   ` Rubén Justo
2024-04-20 11:08 ` [PATCH v2] add-patch: response to invalid command Rubén Justo
2024-04-20 17:53   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-21  9:51   ` [PATCH v3] add-patch: response to unknown command Rubén Justo
2024-04-21 13:18     ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-21 19:37       ` Rubén Justo
2024-04-21 21:52     ` [PATCH v4] " Rubén Justo
2024-04-22 15:50       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-24 10:15         ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-24 15:35           ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-29  9:48             ` Phillip Wood
2024-04-29 16:09               ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-25  1:44       ` Jeff King
2024-04-25  2:15         ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-25 20:23           ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-25 21:00             ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-25 21:13               ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-25 21:05             ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-25 22:09               ` Rubén Justo
2024-04-25 22:16                 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-25 23:46                   ` Rubén Justo
2024-04-26  5:39                     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-26 16:26                     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-26 20:21           ` Jeff King
2024-04-25  3:04         ` Rubén Justo
2024-04-26 20:23           ` Jeff King
2024-04-26 20:41             ` Rubén Justo
2024-04-25  8:53         ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-29 18:35       ` [PATCH v5 0/2] " Rubén Justo
2024-04-29 18:37         ` [PATCH v5 1/2] add-patch: do not show UI messages on stderr Rubén Justo
2024-04-29 19:24           ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-30 10:52             ` Jeff King
2024-04-30 16:35               ` Rubén Justo
2024-04-30 17:17                 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-30 17:11               ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-30 14:47           ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-30 16:38             ` Rubén Justo
2024-05-01 15:39               ` phillip.wood123
2024-05-01 16:14                 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-01 21:13                   ` Rubén Justo
2024-05-02 16:38                     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-29 18:37         ` [PATCH v5 2/2] add-patch: response to unknown command Rubén Justo

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