Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:
..., so you are not arguing against
me at all.
... it is likely that we would try very
hard to find a name that does not begin with 'n' to avoid the issue.
So what's my objection, in short?
It is just the wording "_the_ standard" that implies that anything that
uses -n to mean something other than --dry-run is _wrong_.
I didn't want to see anybody arguing against "commit -n". It is used to
defeat pre-commit hook and has been there with us for a long time.