From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C9E21F42B for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752356AbdKJN6I (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:58:08 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:55774 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751117AbdKJN6H (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:58:07 -0500 Received: from 69-196-158-250.dsl.teksavvy.com ([69.196.158.250]:46312 helo=DESKTOP-1GPMCEJ) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eD9os-0002hm-Ez for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:58:06 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:57:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@DESKTOP-1GPMCEJ To: Git Mailing list Subject: is there a stylistic preference for a trailing "--" on a command? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org just noticed these examples in "man git-bisect": EXAMPLES $ git bisect start HEAD v1.2 -- # HEAD is bad, v1.2 is good ... $ git bisect start HEAD origin -- # HEAD is bad, origin is good ... $ git bisect start HEAD HEAD~10 -- # culprit is among the last 10 is there some rationale or stylistic significance to those trailing "--" on those commands? i assume they have no effect, just curious as to why they're there. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================