Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] rev-parse: deprecate use as an option sifter

From: Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 21:01:15 +0200

Dnia piątek 14. maja 2010 20:52, Michael J Gruber napisał:
> Jakub Narebski venit, vidit, dixit 14.05.2010 17:41:
> > Michael J Gruber <[email-masked]> writes:
> > 
> >>  NAME
> >>  ----
> >> -git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
> >> +git-rev-parse - Parse symbolic names into object names
> > 
> > What about "git rev-parse --parseopt"?  Isn't it massaging parameters?
> > 
> 
> Sure it is. But if you read the part of the patch that you cut out (i.e.
> the comment and relevant diff) you see that the massaging part is the
> deprecated part of it. That's why I suggest not mentioning it at the
> most prominent place. (I don't suggest removing that functionality.)

"git rev-parse --parseopt" is not deprecated.  What is deprecated is
--revs-only, --flags, etc.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland