konglu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > But shouldn't we keep the "test `expr substr "$2" 1 1` = -" part so that > options can't be right after the "--exec" ? No. We have no reason to forbid users from giving their commands names that begin with "-", and if it is a typo, "exec" machinery will catch it and tell the user "no such command". I do not see any good reason to be clever in the part of the command parsing loop that handles "--exec <cmd>" option. -- 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