Re: [PATCH 16/16] _git: Document --early-output

[Nikolai Weibull <now@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Øystein Walle <oystwa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 30 July 2013 16:35, Nikolai Weibull <now@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Øystein Walle <oystwa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> -    # TODO: --early-output is undocumented.
>>> -    '--early-output=-[undocumented]::undocumented'
>>> +    '--early-output=-[generate some output early even if not done]: :__git_guard_number "number of commits"'
>>
>> The point here is that --early-output isn’t documented in Git’s
>> documentation.  Please notify the Git developers that it isn’t so that
>> the description here can match that in the documentation (once
>> written).
>
> I was planning on writing the corresponding patch to Git too, but the logs make
> it clear that this option is only meant for other calling processes.
>
> While it would make sense to document it in Git's man pages still (what other
> reference is there?) it makes less sense to suggest it for interactive use.
>
> I suggest you ignore this patch.

Agreed.