Re: [RFH] GSoC 2015 application

[Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>    git clone --since 2.weeks.ago <url>
>>>    git clone --since v2.10 <url>
>>
>> The use of --since instead of --date would be an equally valid way of
>> spelling the option (coders choice;-)
>
> I think it is a demonstration of poor taste. Everywhere else, --since
> is a way to
> specify the date, not a revision. Why should this one alone should be different?

I wanted to point out the broader use case than being stylish correct,
though from
an English grammars point of view `--since` should also be able to
describe a point
in time ("since 2 weeks ago" is as valid as "since Feb 17th")

I cannot remember the usual option off hand to describe the revision
instead of a date.
Maybe we want to have one option long term to allow any kind of input (revision
and date), as this may be easier to remember, especially if it aligns well with
the English language.