Re: [PATCH] Add -V as a synonym for --version

Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 17:22, Patrik R??dman wrote:
> > Someone mentioned on the user list that they expected svn -V to print the
> > version. The attached patch makes -V a synonym for --version.
>
> We like to be sparing with single-letter options.
>
> I poked around a bit and couldn't find any precedent for -V meaning
> --version.

Really? Not a single one? I found at least the following programs on my
system where -V means version: (There are more, I stopped looking after
finding these.)

man
apm
atq
autoconf
bzip2
gzip
rzip
bison
cdparanoia
compress
etags
flex
free
rcs
killall
snntpd
nm
tin
smbd
raid0run

...and someone else already mentioned python.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@subversion.tigris.org
Received on Mon Jul 26 01:24:04 2004