From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 362F01F670 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:54:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232113AbhJVV5A (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:57:00 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41880 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231363AbhJVV47 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:56:59 -0400 Received: from mail-lf1-x130.google.com (mail-lf1-x130.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::130]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7632BC061764 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:54:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lf1-x130.google.com with SMTP id t9so73375lfd.1 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:54:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6qX5m/+fLkQIKekXvJ4jrbh/jnS31Uy4nYhQQU7/sYQ=; b=EiFnYmGFWul2dtqe5q76PosqAUXW3og1fbP/Nt3f9c10SMUQU6xApZEcxRsMrSXsOZ gIUyAnbuMagg9/03Cs7rcJWKMwoz6+aZ8bcduxloqoRrJTfZ4Zr3EQqG974udlCj3oXa rzjVMzL44YgsJmsInQh7lE1QNyKDt3RjV8MsTcj+xq4ckiUsprbzmES6zYdHwnPGXOk5 4kcLYnYsS18LjB+2IBfhgKEb/pmS2EQcKvAIB2RCu4xdtFejoI+fvVKD9BpKsND9Sp5g bsH5cKaMsi3VWc3b5R0F2v1dN9gRHKvBe0diI+aCMqQSh5Plg+L8hkcGuCIcVbHDZmcN yBDA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6qX5m/+fLkQIKekXvJ4jrbh/jnS31Uy4nYhQQU7/sYQ=; b=ETqxVei+QJR319ZngolDBEtijbaVYgV6yaXSYkw6T6RUT12c+7hEgtFJQANvfS27CS uqSinlBedJhiaiE4UbOFvRWmp+M5smWvvP0J0iaAgWUN2ph4orEFTjNnQ48TaMbzZhDM XKNp7BAMk7lF5T/yAoiKrYxZBwgdYJINA/7o3Z+lgzbYBTsC9WohmxAmFhABaLt9xNnd SS7PFzeo6nMJ6hvxRkUX5fRXaiZ/+CnOYFkFrHyMCy/rlJ9YKyYUTDMnyDqgNmOCiscA FPwBV+WgJuLZd4by9QvwiYa/gbonEmvlJ8afMxXHarxRg+02xVEas4PZSr3FVtTKLnYo 5DIw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533N1oNho5Xd+Jyq8Vsy/BijQgRWv1s6spkzpps5Nc7AnPia2XkN TTG8GMmDNwyUYubXJtYCFRkn3iJR6Fo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxz9ql3LuU0hM8oBMpFV83vg5C5+XyYHbyxiLBNIuHw8/nxCdZ9kTeHOiDAU5jAGlULR901lQ== X-Received: by 2002:ac2:46ed:: with SMTP id q13mr2031023lfo.231.1634939679687; Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:54:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from osv.localdomain ([89.175.180.246]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id bp25sm842490lfb.64.2021.10.22.14.54.38 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:54:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Sergey Organov To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: martin , Johannes Schindelin , git@vger.kernel.org, Josh Steadmon Subject: Re: changing the experimental 'git switch' References: <211021.86wnm6l1ip.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> <9c6b3041-a5c0-6fe1-860e-7bfcb292ae81@mfriebe.de> <211022.86v91pjfn7.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:54:38 +0300 In-Reply-To: <211022.86v91pjfn7.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IsOG?= =?utf-8?B?dmFyIEFybmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:24:49 +0200") Message-ID: <875ytozpwh.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > On Fri, Oct 22 2021, martin wrote: > [...] >> If 2 letters could be used, then -c could be given twice for "create copy" >> -c  => create >> -c -c  => create copy >> -cc  => create copy Please, no! > Hrm, that's interesting. Yep, Git UI is too "interesting" already. > But probably better to have a long-option. Definitely. > Some short options (notable -v for --verbose) often work like that, > but I wonder if people wouldn't just be confused by it. I would be confused. Those options that do behave like that usually just increase (implicit) level of verbosity or debug level, so -vv is a way to say --verbose=2, and -vvv => --verbose=3. An option that changes its semantic depending on its sequence number is something that I'd avoid like a plague. Thanks, -- Sergey Organov