Re: [PATCH] Remove --no-gui option from difftool usage string

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On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:23:51PM -0800, Denton Liu wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 09:58:09PM -0800, Jacob Keller wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > The --no-gui option not documented in the manpage, nor is it actually
> > > used in the source code. This change removes it from the usage help
> > > that's printed.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  git-difftool.perl | 4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl
> > > index a5790d03a..657d5622d 100755
> > > --- a/git-difftool.perl
> > > +++ b/git-difftool.perl
> > > @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ sub usage
> > >         print << 'USAGE';
> > >  usage: git difftool [-t|--tool=<tool>] [--tool-help]
> > >                      [-x|--extcmd=<cmd>]
> > > -                    [-g|--gui] [--no-gui]
> > > -                    [--prompt] [-y|--no-prompt]
> > > +                    [-g|--gui] [--prompt]
> > > +                    [-y|--no-prompt]
> > >                      [-d|--dir-diff]
> > >                      ['git diff' options]
> > >  USAGE
> > > --
> > > 2.11.0
> > >
> > 
> > Aren't "--no-foo" options automatically created for booleans when
> > using our option parsing code?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jake
> 
> Sorry, I guess I didn't notice that. Would it make sense to document it
> in the manpage then?

The general "--no-*" convention is mentioned in "git help cli",
but the manpages and usage strings across all commands are
inconsistent about mentioning the "--no-*" variants; some do,
some don't.

IMO it probably wouldn't hurt to document --no-gui in the manpage.

cheers,
-- 
David



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