Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Nguyán ThÃi Ngác Duy wrote: >> It helps reduce false alarms while I'm looking for "git foo -h" code >> path that accesses repository. > > Not sure I understand. Is the idea that use of startup_info->help > is a marker for "I've checked this code path"? > > If that were the only reason, I don't think I'd like the idea. > > As it is, I'm a bit conflicted: what if we decide to short-circuit > "git foo --help-all" in the future just like we short-circuit > "git foo -h" now? Would that require a separate flag? To be clear: I'm a bit conflicted but not extremely so. The help flag has the benefit of simplicity and of allowing expansion to git foo -h --gobbledegook if later someone cares and a code audit shows it to be safe. -- 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