--recursive vs --recurse option

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I was wondering if there is a recommendation between
>> 'recurse' vs 'recursive' option for bzr.
>> 
>> Bug #491223: bzr rev ert needs --no-recurse
>> ls has --recursive
>> add has --no-recurse
>> grep has --no-recursive/--recursive
>> 
>> There may be other commands I am not aware of.
>> 
>> --recurse/--no-recurse is shorter and easier to type but
>> --recursive is more common is standard commands like
>> grep .

> imo we should standardize on --recursive.

I'd appreciate if you advertise just one standard but silently accept
the other one as well, since other tools haven't adopted a standard, so
my muscle memory tends to choose one at random.


        Stefan