+1. The syntax would be --_force, right?
Tom
On 8/27/2010 7:38 AM, Tim Quinn wrote:
> Seems like a good idea to support hidden options.
>
> I would vote for using the underscore. As you said, it's consistent
> with the hidden command syntax and, to me, it seems slightly less
> likely that a user would accidentally enter _--force than accidentally
> enter ---force. Not that it's a big deal either way.
>
> - Tim
>
> On Aug 27, 2010, at 1:49 AM, Bill Shannon wrote:
>
>> Just like we have hidden commands (name starts with "_"),
>> Bhakti has asked for hidden options to commands. It's easy
>> to change the code that generates the usage message to ignore
>> options that start with "_".
>>
>> Harder would be to add @Param(hidden=true).
>>
>> Does anyone object to doing the same for options as we do for commands?
>>
>> So, if you wanted a hidden "force" option, you would declare it
>> @Param(name="_force") and specify it on the command line as "--_force".
>>
>> Of course, we could use any other special character we want. I just
>> chose "_" for consistency with hiddden commands. We could, for
>> instance,
>> use "-", giving us a CLI option of "---force", which looks a bit nicer
>> but may be too subtle and easily confused.
>>
>> Comments?
>>
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