From d2e0996c04c677fba58c2441f6eaec9c9474fabd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:04:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] comment --- ...3_b75ffc63f0e9a85c3d1f01bdce21c97c._comment | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/some_way_to_get_a_list_of_options_for_a_special_remote_of_a_given_type/comment_3_b75ffc63f0e9a85c3d1f01bdce21c97c._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/some_way_to_get_a_list_of_options_for_a_special_remote_of_a_given_type/comment_3_b75ffc63f0e9a85c3d1f01bdce21c97c._comment b/doc/todo/some_way_to_get_a_list_of_options_for_a_special_remote_of_a_given_type/comment_3_b75ffc63f0e9a85c3d1f01bdce21c97c._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..34ccd48f6d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/some_way_to_get_a_list_of_options_for_a_special_remote_of_a_given_type/comment_3_b75ffc63f0e9a85c3d1f01bdce21c97c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 3""" + date="2020-02-17T15:57:28Z" + content=""" +I stuggled with naming this option. I did consider something +with "config" (redundant with other configs), or "parameter" +or "option" (redundant with other options). It was +--describe-other-params for a while but that was too long to type. + +--help would be the best name, but tying it into the main option parser is +impractical; amoung other things it would make tab completion need to +somehow run external special remotes to get a list of their parameters! + +The mnemonic for --whatelse, such as it is: You've gotten at least as +far as type= (without which it won't work and will prompt for that), +and want to know what else you can configure. +"""]]