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		rbanffy on April 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do long options start with two dashes? (2019) No, but a "command not found" would suffice and not hint that it could have figured it out for you. Alternatively, it could offer a y/n prompt.

dvdkon on April 9, 2021 [–]

I'd rather have the suggestions, I don't take hints from computer software personally :) Sometimes I just misremember a particular command (i.e. "submodule" vs "submodules").

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