On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, if you want to get rid of subcommands, why not get rid of > commands, too? > > git --commit > git --status > git --svn --rebase > Well, granted, that's a sort of heavyweight consistency, but all we should need to do is to help reduce a _new_ user's confusion about when the word after a subcommand gets a '--' prefix and when it doesn't. And do it in a way that's backwards compatible so it doesn't affect the usage patterns of seasoned users, existing scripts, crons etc. Will patch and see how it looks.. Rob -- 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