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Re: [PATCH] Clean up documentation on -X and -d
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 23:35:36 +0200 (CEST)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 23:35:36 +0200 (CEST)
On Tue, 1 Sep 2015, Alex Bligh wrote:
Sorry, but I don't think this patch helps to bring clarity so I will not merge
it. I don't think the -d section needs to speak of GET and I don't think the
-X section has to mention that -d sends a POST. curl can use several other
methods too and it seems weird to be to focus so much on these particular ones
there.
I think we should maintain that -d sends a POST, but that you can change the
method string in the request with -X.
-X is about _changing_ the method that curl would otherwise use. It is an
option for the special cases, not for the normal operations.
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