Re: Suggestion: Short option for --no-ignore (RESEND)

Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
> --On Saturday, June 14, 2003 10:50 PM +0100 Max Bowsher <maxb@ukf.net>
wrote:
>
>> I got no response to this.
>>
>> To clarify, I'm not asking someone to actually do the change, I'm just
>> trying to find out whether I should bother sending a patch, and if so,
which
>> option letter people would prefer.
>
> Ick on -i because that has the connotation of 'interactive' from
cp/mv/rm-land.
>
> I don't see the need for a short option here, FWIW. Short options should
only
> be reserved for something that is so distressingly common that there is an
> overwhelming groundswell of support for it, or a strong precedent. --
justin

I find that I use --no-ignore about 10 times more often than any other long
option for any program (rough, but conservative estimate).

Evidently, I'm somewhat in the minority here, given the lack of responses.

I guess I'll just shell-script around the issue.

Max.

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Received on Mon Jun 16 18:35:08 2003