Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Christian raised the issue of cluttering the "git --option" >>> namespace, >>> and I do agree that's a potential issue. >> >> I am not sure if that is an issue at all. You will need the same >> number of options to cover all the necessary "computables" somewhere >> anyway. >> >> "git --show-this-or-that-computable" is not more or not less >> cluttering compared to "git var --show-this-or-that-computable". > > I disagree. > > Right now, a user reading "man git" sees --version, --help, -C, > --exec-path, --html-path, --man-path, ... at a flat list (it's actually > the first thing he can read from the man page). Ahh, OK, you are worried about these "--give-me-computed-values" mixed with other kinds of options. I didn't consider that part of the equation. OK, "git var --exec-path" (and --friends), that is. -- 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