On 14/10/21 23.51, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Currently, the description of compression level option (`-<number>` or
`-#`) only specifies two level (`-0` and `-9`), giving the impression
that only both levels are accepted, although other level number can be
specified. Rewrite the description.
While I find that the updated description is more detailed [*], I am
not sure if the change to the heading is an improvement for readers,
as I do not think of a case where users would choose to use anything
other than to use (1) no compression level option, (2) '-0' for
speed, or (3) '-9' for size, and explicitly singling out `-0` and
`-9` like the current text does would help those who wonder what the
option, used in a script written by somebody else that they are
given to maintain, mean, better than the updated text that does not
even allow /-9 in their pager to look for the description, if you
only had `-<number>` or `-#`.
Also, unless we take `-47`, I do not think it is a good idea to
spell it as `-<number>`. Perhaps `-<digit>` is OK, but it shares
exactly the same issue as `-<number>` I mentioned above.
Maybe we can say `-0 ... -9` to indicate the syntax, while both the
endpoints are common but special case.
Also, we don't mention default compression level (`-6`?).
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