From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 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_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1274E1F453 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:18:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728386AbeIZWcI (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:32:08 -0400 Received: from mail-it1-f193.google.com ([209.85.166.193]:37582 "EHLO mail-it1-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727442AbeIZWcI (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:32:08 -0400 Received: by mail-it1-f193.google.com with SMTP id m9-v6so3647785ita.2 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:18:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=jxKiYRJ7ef42/v6kQCHIRsnwo/+flDLxbuj2b/eMK7k=; b=NjaMAWbMGbkv2P7MGkBre6FXGYdEPSv0mZLWgBLDn3owkD+TVOveOyCdqQAkHqvmew 1phcKbBRsTyIh9dJekA3VSwZbMyMWez18mDNNa6vmH/zIEVJ5vqaA7BmwCegcN20liw/ kl9t9Gx06cTjd+suCNYlrVmn3Ia/AtM2/AgKSiduKfgl7hVP1WKUKWSwx3VTBxWO2M0B NAm885+chaiVi11qfLLxEPNQfh9TJQSsSSZgS0OYc3QPeEqr8SupY2kUE2M1w9ukb09z nyq3a2J9TvzvSCMdk5XkiujaWSei0tlv3BoqVWUfo19onBE6ymslazEOsOi+25xmXA+W XFEA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=jxKiYRJ7ef42/v6kQCHIRsnwo/+flDLxbuj2b/eMK7k=; b=AH2iEOq7+t7WH77xb5qV/D8QOtdDCpImgWpwsWRn8Ef2BCr87jHa4QvgDVBuNy5D6c yFrICXiPSKUaxJRDhJHx+0vjXXRcVerZ5c01n7u1W4ibSbpQTpArupO593bJ8ymz6LW9 XDWez38gVE9qVsh8pfZZA+6bTi8M7IgWSGcUzigHSUIb37diA0qBXz29n0XzPezsxmQm 81XEEzu+idPxukvhfCExl/NE35LhmPU2XLi19Dfvj1/qXyDO2cMPucsOCzbPs5PuIiZ8 m5M3tSiZnYVSC6lInCBRqnB20sGfeLPhng9XdkiJPR6CsCw2Q26QyvXA8bSCW40yAgtr kqVw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfohgzbKcmRmig8UQKnm3Vb+g1pWpQE5x4adm7XEyO2hNVOLhP66D FSqkr1Lc7h1oUUoq6RgT9JTkNmT/hygzByXH1JE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV61oeeb94bwqXpvvM1vXxB9NmfNmvyit/VZrcElKqWlS2YO8GWneX/dQxp6NXKM7zdefzO2ZXrNI6qM/mpULNeQ= X-Received: by 2002:a02:49d7:: with SMTP id p84-v6mr6314381jad.97.1537978706986; Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:18:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180922174707.16498-1-pclouds@gmail.com> <20180924181927.GB25341@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20180925174451.GA29454@duynguyen.home> <20180925205446.GB21956@sigill.intra.peff.net> In-Reply-To: <20180925205446.GB21956@sigill.intra.peff.net> From: Duy Nguyen Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:18:00 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] git help: promote 'git help -av' To: Jeff King Cc: Junio C Hamano , Git Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 10:54 PM Jeff King wrote: > Mentioning aliases seems reasonable to me. The definitions of some of > mine are pretty nasty bits of shell, but I guess that people either > don't have any ugly aliases, or are comfortable enough with them that > they won't be scared away. :) I have one with a very long pretty format for git-log. Well, you wrote your aliases you learn to live with them :) We could certainly cut too long aliased commands to keep the listing pretty, but I don't think we should do that until somebody asks for it. > > -- 8< -- > > @@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ static struct option builtin_help_options[] = { > > HELP_FORMAT_WEB), > > OPT_SET_INT('i', "info", &help_format, N_("show info page"), > > HELP_FORMAT_INFO), > > - OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("print command description")), > > OPT_END(), > > }; > > Would we want to continue respecting "-v" as a noop? I admit I did not > even know it existed until this thread, but if people have trained > themselves to run "git help -av", we should probably continue to give > them this output. -v was recently added just for the new "help -a" in May 2018. I think it's ok to get rid of it. Memory muscles probably take a couple more months to kick in. -- Duy