Add option to choose the units used for CLI & results output about hyperfine HOT 7 CLOSED

working on this now, will use the suggested -u --time-unit <millisecond|second|...> options

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Thank you for the feedback!

If this only affects the CLI and the Markdown export, this sounds good to me.

I'd suggest -u --time-unit <millisecond|second|...>.

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That makes sense. I'll start work on this when I finish #71.

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I would also look forward to this, but instead of --time-unit can shorter options be preferred like -t? Long options are a lot more work, and I don't understand why some CLI programs insist on preferring long options before all of the short alternatives have been exhausted.

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I'm okay with a short option. I just suggested -u (for "unit", there are no other units in hyperfine) instead of -t.

Long options are a hell of a lot of work, and I don't understand why some CLI programs insist on preferring long options before all of the short alternatives have been exhausted.

I typically add long command-line options to my programs because they have a self-documenting property which is great for usage in scripts.

Short options are great for interactive use of often-used features, but I tend to also be hesitant when adding new short flags because the namespace is really small and there might be better uses for a flag in the future. For rarely-used features (like hyperfines --export-* <FILE> flags), I think its perfectly fine to not have a short option because nobody will remember them anyway.

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PR submitted.

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Released in v1.4.0.

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