From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] merge,tag: describe -m just like commit Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:08:09 -0800 Message-ID: <7v4o86s7km.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <5d55b72b16f3d2def5fa955862fe5be6ff9f82f7.1297695910.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael J Gruber X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Feb 14 21:08:23 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pp4ic-0001lm-D2 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:08:22 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752569Ab1BNUIS (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:08:18 -0500 Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([64.74.157.62]:59578 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751398Ab1BNUIR (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:08:17 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35FA04746; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:09:21 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=Eoi5w6eEmaY4vUbhn7YQtU+bUdA=; b=SK2cbD gta2kWYrs/t5mQKcNeD3FYD/4lyYqd/NPq1Jam5VTXbC9BPmA9yNERKnp8bBAALL ZgHdGhs3zlQ8ZpkbvPaXPS6VSM+hrnLcFPxWLR8GvPgbVuMo9tEOW2+FMZka5BLT AZjJyx+Q+fKpsSGnKN2c4BfYOzlhhJbkWl8pM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=RidSmk+0n/Dk/vdokn3n1dWx2NAvbtcA R/c826ehQWaLIPSwqMJ/XpdQRSLZ0FrUMxz16rM4T2xaDt3VtOSktfuwG4ZIYdLg FgJqzyAzxYpLcTZtDJihP9Oy1ilz8o8aEqOCFDxZdZNWGmFg4vEGp9sLhZBSYeP+ WolhsigT7Bs= Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 147714743; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:09:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2A7504742; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:09:15 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <5d55b72b16f3d2def5fa955862fe5be6ff9f82f7.1297695910.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net> (Michael J. Gruber's message of "Mon\, 14 Feb 2011 16\:10\:32 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 4E341DF2-3876-11E0-8296-AF401E47CF6F-77302942!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Michael J Gruber writes: > This also removes the misleading "if any" which sounds as if omitting > "-m" would omit the commmit message. (It meant to mean "if a merge > commit is created at all".) Hmph, then don't we want to keep that in your clearer form, i.e. specify merge commit message (if a merge is created at all) An option is by definition to _specify_ something, "specify" is a waste of space in a description of an option. E.g. in patch 3/7, --template option is described as "directory from which templates will be used", and not "specify the directory from which...".