git commit --amen
Hi, Is it normal that git commit --amen actually works ? (it does like --amend) version 1.7.10.4 ®om -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: git commit --amen
Is it normal that git commit --amen actually works ? (it does like --amend) version 1.7.10.4 Yes. From Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt: * Long options may be 'abbreviated', as long as the abbreviation is unambiguous. Apparently since 2008-06-22. So 'git commit --am' also works. But it should probably be avoided because of its similarity to 'git commit -am'. Phil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: git commit --amen
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Romain Vimont (®om) r...@rom1v.com wrote: Great ! Thank you for your answer ;-) It does not seem to work with git diff: git diff --cache #missing d git diff --cumulativ #missing e This is because git-diff doesn't yet use the parse-options API, but instead does ad-hoc parsing. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: git commit --amen
Phil Hord phil.h...@gmail.com writes: Is it normal that git commit --amen actually works ? (it does like --amend) version 1.7.10.4 Yes. From Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt: * Long options may be 'abbreviated', as long as the abbreviation is unambiguous. Apparently since 2008-06-22. Notice technical/api- part; that is a _wrong_ documentation page to quote to end users. Instead quote from git help cli. From the git 1.5.4 series and further, many git commands (not all of them at the time of the writing though) come with an enhanced option parser. So 'git commit --am' also works. But it should probably be avoided because of its similarity to 'git commit -am'. Yes, in general, you should avoid relying on shortened form working. Git 2.4 may add an option --amen that has totally different meaning. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: git commit --amen
Erik Faye-Lund kusmab...@gmail.com writes: On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Romain Vimont (®om) r...@rom1v.com wrote: Great ! Thank you for your answer ;-) It does not seem to work with git diff: git diff --cache #missing d git diff --cumulativ #missing e This is because git-diff doesn't yet use the parse-options API,... That is more like it predates parse-options. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: git commit --amen
Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com writes: Phil Hord phil.h...@gmail.com writes: Is it normal that git commit --amen actually works ? (it does like --amend) version 1.7.10.4 Yes. From Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt: * Long options may be 'abbreviated', as long as the abbreviation is unambiguous. Apparently since 2008-06-22. Notice technical/api- part; that is a _wrong_ documentation page to quote to end users. Instead quote from git help cli. From the git 1.5.4 series and further, many git commands (not all of them at the time of the writing though) come with an enhanced option parser. So 'git commit --am' also works. But it should probably be avoided because of its similarity to 'git commit -am'. Yes, in general, you should avoid relying on shortened form working. Git 2.4 may add an option --amen that has totally different meaning. Perhaps a patch along this line might not hurt. Documentation/gitcli.txt | 12 +++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git i/Documentation/gitcli.txt w/Documentation/gitcli.txt index f6ba90c..3bc1500 100644 --- i/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ w/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ENHANCED OPTION PARSER From the git 1.5.4 series and further, many git commands (not all of them at the time of the writing though) come with an enhanced option parser. -Here is an exhaustive list of the facilities provided by this option parser. +Here is a list of the facilities provided by this option parser. Magic Options @@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ options. This means that you can for example use `git rm -rf` or `git clean -fdx`. +Abbreviating long options +~ +Commands that support the enhanced option parser accepts unique +prefix of a long option as if it is fully spelled out, but use this +with a caution. For example, `git commit --amen` behaves as if you +typed `git commit --amend`, but that is true only until a later version +of Git introduces another option that shares the same prefix, +e.g `git commit --amenity option. + + Separating argument from the option ~~~ You can write the mandatory option parameter to an option as a separate -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
