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From: Ashley Coolman
To: Git for human beings
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 8:59 AM
Subject: [git-users] Feature request: -np (shorthand for --no-pager)
Would make sense, no?
As others have said, the single dash allows multiple single character options
On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:43:51 -0700 (PDT)
Alekhya Vellanki wrote:
> I'd like to start contributing to git.
>
> I have absolutely no idea about open source projects contributions.
> I am also pretty unclear about what bugs,patches etc are.
> When I tried reading source codes of a few project ideas
Hi everybody,
I'd like to start contributing to git.
I have absolutely no idea about open source projects contributions.
I am also pretty unclear about what bugs,patches etc are.
When I tried reading source codes of a few project ideas for GSoc 2016, I
could hardly understand anything.
I am goo
Ashley Coolman writes:
> Would make sense, no?
Unfortunately, no. The convention is that "--" is used to start long
options, which may have an optional value which is started with "=":
--[a-zA-Z0-0]+(=.*)?
Options that start with "-" use the long-established conventions for
single-letter o
Ashley Coolman writes:
> Would make sense, no?
It depends on whom you ask. I think quite a few people would argue that
short options, those with one hyphen, should consist of a single letter.
They would say that --np as shorthande for --no-pager would be better.
Personally I use command line c
Would make sense, no?
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