Imran M Yousuf schrieb:
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> On Jan 9, 2008 2:59 PM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
>> - Previously, passing --cached to add, init, or update was an error, now
>> it is not.
> 
> The usage statement and this behaviour is rather contradicting. The
> usage says that --cached can be used with all commands; so I am not
> sure whether using --cached with add should be an error or not. IMHO,
> if the previous implementation was right than the USAGE has to be
> changed, and if the previous implementation was incorrect, than if the
> default command is set to status than current implementation is right.

I prefer that the usage statement lists one line per sub-command with the
flags that apply only to the sub-command. IOW, a usage statement that
suggests that a flag applies to all sub-commands when in reality it
doesn't is bogus, IMHO.

-- Hannes

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