Garrit Franke <garrit@slashdev.space> writes: > On 01.04.22 18:02, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> I do not think one extra level of "unknown option", even with hint, >> is worth the trouble. If we want to cater to those who expect "-h" >> to be more special than random "-<some single letter>", we should go >> all the way and make "-h" truly supported. If we do not, they can >> read "git help git" just like those who wonder what "git -X" means. > > From what I gathered, we all agree that adding the "-h" shorthand is a > good addition to the UI. Given that the "-v" option is understandably > controversial, I could cut it from this patch. > > Thoughts? I do not care too deeply, and it is the most time efficient to just take the last patch as-is. Nobody would care they used "git -h" or "git -v" only once and learned to use "git help" and "git version" anyway ;-)
