Re: [PATCH] git-commit.txt: Order options alphabetically

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2010-12-01 18:50 Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>:
> If the goal is sorted option lists in all manpages, that will _have_
> to be automated.

Who is going to write that script? I'm afraid that will never happen.

It's easier and faster to edit. One page at a time. As time allows.
Nobody is going take vacation and do it once for all. Bit by bit is
better approach.

> why would I want sorted option lists in all manpages?

Does that really need an answer? You read from top to bottom, therefore
A-Z. Well, GNU uses it in manula pages. It looks good, it looks
professional, it looks clean. And it works when searching (= no
oriantation problems).

Jari

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