Hi Nahyan,

When using mailing lists remember to use "Reply all" so that the list
receives your message. It is not very visible on gmail's web UI, which I
assume you are using. You can install Thunderbird, a user-friendly mail
client, and set it up to send plaintext email [1][2].

Also, top posting is difficult to follow. Sending inline replies makes
it more clear what each section of text written is in response to [3].

Nahyan Ul - Haq <[email protected]> writes:

> I understand that but i guess what i am suggesting in this situation is to
> make the flag so crystal clear that you have basically placed the help
> section into the flag itself, so the moment someone uses this command then
> they would know immediately that they are about to make a big mistake

I think the original option is clear enough and is much shorter. If a
user misses the description in --help and runs 'rm -rf /' they will be
saved with a friendly warning message:

    $ rm -rf /
    rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/'
    rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe

> I just need to know where to git clone from and git push to, if you can
> guide me on that or point me to a written guide then that would be great

You can use the following link for an anonymous read-only clone:

    git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git

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