Hi,
On Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Clemens Buchacher wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 02:11:59AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
>
> > So I don't feel _too_ strongly. I am just concerned that we are
> > introducing some DWYM magic that is not really going to help many
> > people out, and is just going to make understanding the rules for
> > option parsing more complex, and introduce the possibility (albeit
> > slim) of breaking people's scripts and trained fingers.
>
> But it makes the rules simpler, because it removes ambiguities such as
> the one above.
>
> Yes, we deliberately allow users to shoot themselves in the foot. But
> they should have to use at least a long option to do it.
Something like this?
-- snipsnap --
[PATCH] Deliberately allow users to shoot themselves in the foot
But they should have to use at least a long option to do it.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx>
---
git.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 9883009..e7cb946 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, getcwd(git_dir, sizeof(git_dir)), 0);
if (envchanged)
*envchanged = 1;
+ } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--shoot-me-in-the-foot")) {
+ warning ("Bang, bang!");
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", cmd);
usage(git_usage_string);
--
1.6.4.297.gcb4cc
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