On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Unless <option> starts with 'git', as you have seen. Other importers > may recognize other options, eg 'option hg ...'. Hmm? Are you disagreeing with how I described the issue, or saying there is no issue at all? I'm not sure. I know the syntax is meant for other importers, which might accept different options. My point is that the man page doesn't say anything about that. If a frontend follows the man page and just prints e.g. "option quiet", git-fast-import will silently ignore it. If you dislike my suggested fix "'option' SP 'git' SP ...", then how about 'option' SP <program> SP <option> ('=' <argument>)? LF and saying that for options supported by Git, <program> must be 'git'? Cheers, Tomi