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

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On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 21:29 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> 2010-12-01 20:53 Drew Northup <drew.northup@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > (lacking a commit message to tell me), WHY? [alphabetical]
> 
> Quoting <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/162552>
> 
>     - You read from top to bottom, therefore A-Z.
>     - GNU project uses it in manual pages. It looks good, it looks
>       professional, it looks clean. And it works when searching (= no
>       oriantation problems regardless of tools; even when you print on
>       paper when you don't have any computerized aids to help your search.).
> 
> Jari

THAT belongs in a commit message!!!

As an aside, you haven't looked at the sed and gawk manpages, have you?

Alphabetic order fairly often looks nice, but it is not always the right
answer.

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-Drew Northup N1XIM
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