long versus short options (was: Re: Evolve-testers Digest, Vol 3, Issue 7)
Augie Fackler
raf at durin42.com
Sat Jun 7 20:09:42 UTC 2014
On Jun 7, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Santiago <santiagopim at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> With all humility, I think long options are better than short ones in documentation, even in code scripting. Long options are easy to read, to understand and to learn. Short ones are to type commands.
>
+1. Users can use 'hg help' or similar to find the short option for something (maybe we can add a tip about that), but the long version often makes commands more self-documenting.
> Best regards,
>
> Santiago
>
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