On 2009.09.10 11:53:23 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > First, it would be consistent with how ordinary archivers such as tar > > or zip are used, where you have to specify list of files to archive > > (in our case this list is HEAD). Second, I'd rather not accidentally > > dump binary to terminal: "git archive [HEAD]" dumps archive to standard > > output. > > So does "cat". I do not agree with your second point. "cat $some_binary" does, not just "cat". I guess Jakub's point was that a command without arguments shouldn't just put some binary crap onto your screen. Of course, "git archive HEAD" still does that, but I kind of he where he's coming from, being one of those that tends to run "$some_command" without arguments, just to see if it shows me some sort of short help. Björn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html