Alias --message to --cover-letter

If you think about git-publish as a tagging tool then the concept of a tag message makes sense. If you think about git-publish as a email sending tool then the concept of a cover letter makes sense. They are both the same thing so alias the option for familiarity with git-format-patch(1). Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]>
jnsnow · Nov 3, 2014 · 3d6fdc1 · 3d6fdc1
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ To refrain from creating a tag message::
 
   $ git publish --no-message
 
+For convenience these options are also available as --cover-letter and
+--no-cover-letter just like in git-format-patch(1).
+
 Editing tag messages without publishing
 ---------------------------------------
 

diff --git a/git-publish b/git-publish
@@ -377,10 +377,10 @@ def main():
                       help='return to shell before sending emails')
     parser.add_option('-n', '--number', type='int', dest='number', default=-1,
                       help='version number [auto-generated by default]')
-    parser.add_option('--no-message', dest='message', action='store_false',
-                      help='do not add a message')
-    parser.add_option('-m', '--message', dest='message', action='store_true',
-                      help='add a message')
+    parser.add_option('--no-message', '--no-cover-letter', dest='message',
+                      action='store_false', help='do not add a message')
+    parser.add_option('-m', '--message', '--cover-letter', dest='message',
+                      action='store_true', help='add a message')
     parser.add_option('--profile', dest='profile_name', default='default',
                       help='select default settings profile')
     parser.add_option('--pull-request', dest='pull_request', action='store_true',