#1140780 mmdebstrap: Inconsistent --hook-directory vs --hook-dir parameter

Package:
mmdebstrap
Source:
mmdebstrap
Submitter:
Benjamin Drung
Date:
2026-06-29 13:07:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1140780#5
Date:
2026-06-26 08:32:25 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

the man page of mmdebstrap talks about the --hook-directory parameter,
but the examples uses --hook-dir. This is confusing. Do both variant
work?
#1140780#8
Date:
2026-06-26 22:29:34 UTC
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Hi,

Quoting Benjamin Drung (2026-06-26 10:32:25)

from the man page:

The last part means that --hook-d would also work and so would --ho but --h
would be ambiguous because there is --help.

I think this detail is easy to miss and that the documentation of
--hook-directory could mention --hook-dir as an alternative popular
abbreviation.

Thanks!

cheers, josch
#1140780#13
Date:
2026-06-29 13:05:11 UTC
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Feel free to close this bug.

Idea: After "Long options require a double dash and may be abbreviated
to uniqueness." add --hook-dir as example for abbreviation to --hook-
directory.