Subject: Re: [PATCH gitk 0/4] gitk support for git log -L

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:30:55 -0700

Thomas Rast <[email-masked]> writes:

> Whether the option value is a separate argument in argv, or directly
> stuck to the option.
>
> stuck:   gitk -L:foo:main.c
> unstuck: gitk -L :foo:main.c
>
> Existing gitk chokes on 'gitk -S foo', but works with 'git -Sfoo'.

I somehow thought that we encourage the "stuck/sticked" form, to
reduce things the users need to remember to cope better with options
with optional value.