On 10/21, Jeff King wrote: > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 07:33:04PM +0100, Thomas Gummerer wrote: > > > 'git stash push' fixes a historical wart in the interface of 'git stash > > save'. As 'git stash push' has all functionality of 'git stash save', > > with a nicer, more consistent user interface deprecate 'git stash > > save'. To do this, remove it from the synopsis of the man page, and > > move it to a separate section, stating that it is deprecated. > > This looks fine. > > > @@ -87,6 +84,10 @@ linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` > > mode. > > The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use > > `--no-keep-index` to override this. > > > > +save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] > > [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: > > + > > + This option is deprecated in favour of 'git stash push'. > > + > > We could possibly go into more detail, like: > > It differs from "stash push" in that it cannot take pathspecs, and any > non-option arguments form the message. > > or something. Since we don't want people to use it, it probably doesn't > matter much. I just wondered if people would peer at the (long) synopsis > line trying to figure out how it's different.
Yeah, feels like it could potentially help somebody. I'll add that, thanks! > -Peff
