Re: [git-users] Feature request: -np (shorthand for --no-pager)

- Original Message - 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

Re: [git-users] Feature request: -np (shorthand for --no-pager)

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

Re: [git-users] Feature request: -np (shorthand for --no-pager)

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.

[git-users] Feature request: -np (shorthand for --no-pager)

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