netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 01/20] bridge: vni: Accept 'del' command

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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:57:08 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>, Roopa Prabhu
 <roopa@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 01/20] bridge: vni: Accept 'del' command

On Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:07:13 -0500
Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com> wrote:

> `bridge vni help` shows "bridge vni { add | del } ..." but currently
> `bridge vni del ...` errors out unexpectedly:
> 	# bridge vni del
> 	Command "del" is unknown, try "bridge vni help".
> 
> Recognize 'del' as a synonym of the original 'delete' command.
> 
> Fixes: 45cd32f9f7d5 ("bridge: vxlan device vnifilter support")
> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
> Tested-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com>

Please no.
We are blocking uses of matches() and now other commands will want more synonyms
Instead fix the help and doc.