On Tuesday 29 June 2010 01:02:06 Ben Finney wrote:
> Gianluca Montecchi <[email protected]> writes:
> > galactica:~/Devel/be-gian> be --version
> > 
> > revision: 3748c16a347bc655f624dd5215545c74bd2140da
> > date: 2010-06-29
> > 
> > galactica:~/Devel/be-gian>
> > ---
> > 
> > That I think is clearer.
> 
> It would be clearer if the date made clear *what* date is being
> expressed. An unadorned “date” usually means *today's* date; any other
> date is context-dependent. The user can't really be expected to deduce
> “the date when this code was committed to the VCS” as opposed to, say,
> “the date when this code was packaged”.

I just followed the --full-version layout:

galactica:~/Devel/be-gian> be --full-version

revision: 0602f53bd0e8e5708235025b16527f7b389e33f5
date: 2010-06-29
committer: Gianluca
storage version: Bugs Everywhere Directory v1.4
galactica:~/Devel/be-gian> 


> Can you come up with a simple name that tells the user exactly what the
> date means?

Of course.

I modified it in

galactica:~/Devel/be-gian> be --version

revision: 0602f53bd0e8e5708235025b16527f7b389e33f5
commit date: 2010-06-29

galactica:~/Devel/be-gian> be --full-version

revision: 0602f53bd0e8e5708235025b16527f7b389e33f5
commit date: 2010-06-29
committer: Gianluca
storage version: Bugs Everywhere Directory v1.4

galactica:~/Devel/be-gian> 

So --version and --full-version are similar.

bye
Gianluca

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