Hi, Osamu Aoki <os...@debian.org> wrote: > But why git-svn? > > manpage of git-svn has: > > | NAME > | git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and > | Git > | > | SYNOPSIS > | git svn <command> [options] [arguments] > > See no hyphen. > > The "git" command invokes command git-foo if invoked as "git foo". That is > the command design. > > Did you see anything recommending otherwise?
Hmm, apparently I got confused somehow. It seems you are right, but: 1. "man git" (at least under Wheezy) lists all git commands in the form "git-add" (with hyphen). 2. the 'table 10.13. List of git related packages and commands' in DR also has all the entries in the column "command" with hyphens. Looks like there is a difference between the "command I call" and the "command that gets invoked". Additionally there are also many notations in the DR and in all other git docu, where "git-add" (with hyphen) is correct: - when mentioning a git-related manpage, it's "git-add(1)" (with hyphen) - when mentioning the package name, it's "git-svn" (with hyphen) - when mentioning a file path, it's "/usr/share/doc/git-doc/user-manual.html" (with hyphen) All together a big potential to confuse users - and translators ;-) I found there is already a paragraph on this: "Invoking a <literal>git</literal> subcommand directly as \"<literal>git-xyz</" "literal>\" from the command line has been deprecated since early 2006." Probably this could be enhanced somehow? "Please note that there are several mentions of git commands in the form »git-add« in git docs (for example when referring to a manpage), but when invoking the corresponding command you will have to omit the hyphen and use "git add". Invoking a <literal>git</literal> subcommand directly as \"<literal>git-xyz</ "literal>\" from the command line has been deprecated since early 2006." Thanks Greetings Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
