Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The '-o' option is commonly used in many tools to specify the output file. > Typing '--output' every time is a bit too long to be a practical alternative > to redirecting output. But specifying the output name has the advantage of > making possible to guess the desired output format by filename extension. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > ... > diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt > index 92444dd..f7a3b95 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt > @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ OPTIONS > --prefix=<prefix>/:: > Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive. > > +-o:: > --output=<file>:: > Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout. I think this patch is very reasonable, except for this hunk, which would want to say "-o <file>::" instead. I'll see if there are comments from others and if there is none, apply this patch with that minor tweak. Thanks. -- 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