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From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Git's inconsistent command line options
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:25:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150831102558.1514e5f7@anarchist.wooz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CACsJy8D3J6RhtPPtSvtWfOb8BapaX2-52M5_fE36psQPB_oQsQ@mail.gmail.com

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On Aug 31, 2015, at 05:10 PM, Duy Nguyen wrote:

>I'm probably shot down for this. But could we go with a clean plate
>and create a new command prefix (something like git-next, git2, or
>gt...)? We could then redesign the entire UI without worrying about
>backward compatibility. At some point we can start to deprecate "git"
>and encourage to use the new command prefix only. Of course somebody
>has to go over all the commands and options to propose some consistent
>UI, then more discussions and coding so it could likely follow the
>path of pack v4..

`git` itself could also be a thin wrapper which consulted a configuration
variable to see which version of the ui to expose.

"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of
indirection"

Cheers,
-Barry


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  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-31 15:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-25  8:01 Git's inconsistent command line options Graeme Geldenhuys
2015-08-25 15:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-25 21:49   ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-25 22:06     ` Stefan Beller
2015-08-25 22:21       ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-25 23:43       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-26  1:30         ` Hilco Wijbenga
2015-08-26 17:56           ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-26 18:10             ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-26 20:48               ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-26 22:52               ` Philip Oakley
2015-08-26 23:02                 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-26 23:03                   ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-26  4:09         ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-26  6:28           ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-26  6:33             ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-31 10:10         ` Duy Nguyen
2015-08-31 14:25           ` Barry Warsaw [this message]
2015-09-01  9:28             ` David Aguilar
2015-09-01 14:19               ` Barry Warsaw
2015-09-01 16:42                 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-09-01 17:50                   ` Barry Warsaw
2015-09-01 17:56                     ` Stefan Beller
2015-09-09  9:42                       ` Michael J Gruber
2015-09-09  9:42               ` Michael J Gruber

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