Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes: > For an initial guess: in the example > > git grep test -n > > ... > 2. Focus on "argument" instead of "filename" so that the message > could still apply: something like > > fatal: option '-n' must come before non-option arguments
I think this one is the most sensible. There may or may not be a file called "test" in the working tree, and the user may or may not meant to look for a pattern "test". What is wrong in the sample command line is that "test" is not a dashed option and yet it has a dashed option "-n" after it, and your version clearly explains it.
