Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode

2013-10-28 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Philip Oakley" writes: > Isn't the origin of the description that it looks like a stick (cane), > and 'sticked' is a modern verbing of that form? That's what I'd > assumed anyway. > > Googleing "Sticked option" only linked back to Git. I know web is not the authoritative source of information ;

Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode

2013-10-26 Thread Michael Haggerty
On 10/25/2013 10:18 PM, Nicolas Vigier wrote: > Add the --sticked-long option to output the options in their long form > if available, and with their arguments sticked. > > Contrary to the default form (non sticked arguments and short options), > this can be parsed unambiguously when using options

Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode

2013-10-26 Thread Philip Oakley
From: "Junio C Hamano" Nicolas Vigier writes: On Fri, 25 Oct 2013, Junio C Hamano wrote: Nicolas Vigier writes: > Add the --sticked-long option to output the options in their long > form > if available, and with their arguments sticked. Hmph, doesn't verb "stick" conjugate to "(present

Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode

2013-10-25 Thread Junio C Hamano
Nicolas Vigier writes: > On Fri, 25 Oct 2013, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Nicolas Vigier writes: >> >> > Add the --sticked-long option to output the options in their long form >> > if available, and with their arguments sticked. >> >> Hmph, doesn't verb "stick" conjugate to "(present) stick (pa

Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode

2013-10-25 Thread Nicolas Vigier
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Nicolas Vigier writes: > > > Add the --sticked-long option to output the options in their long form > > if available, and with their arguments sticked. > > Hmph, doesn't verb "stick" conjugate to "(present) stick (past) stuck > (pp) stuck"? Ah, yes

Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode

2013-10-25 Thread Junio C Hamano
Nicolas Vigier writes: > Add the --sticked-long option to output the options in their long form > if available, and with their arguments sticked. Hmph, doesn't verb "stick" conjugate to "(present) stick (past) stuck (pp) stuck"? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" i

[PATCH] rev-parse --parseopt: add the --sticked-long mode

2013-10-25 Thread Nicolas Vigier
Add the --sticked-long option to output the options in their long form if available, and with their arguments sticked. Contrary to the default form (non sticked arguments and short options), this can be parsed unambiguously when using options with optional arguments : - in the non sticked form,