Re: sort --compare-version

[Jim Meyering]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Yep.  That's the reason for the "compare-" prefix.  I didn't like
>> ``--compare-version-sort'' for some sort of reason, too.  Ultimately,
>> someone pick another name if "compare-version" is aesthetically bad.
>
> How about making it --sort=KEYWORD, with KEYWORD in
> {general-numeric,month,numeric,random,version}?

I like it.
Then it's easy to skip the short-named command-line option.