Hi, On Wed, 25 Nov 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I do remember some people didn't like -X<option> syntax but I don't > think there was any solid counterproposal to achieve a similar goal to > satisfy the need to pass arbitrary parameters to the merge strategy > backends. I took exception to the awkward way to specify the option. A strong hint just how awkward -X<option> is: it is hard to implement using parse-options. There is no real reason to do it properly, i.e. with an option --merge-option <option> or --backend-option <option> or -X <option> (even if "-X" is not really an expressive name, to be real honest). BTW the same goes for -S<string>, but unfortunately, we have to keep it to maintain backwards compatibility. Ciao, Dscho -- 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