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[187.189.167.231]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w4sm3190482ote.33.2021.07.12.09.55.42 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:55:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:55:41 -0500 From: Felipe Contreras To: Sergey Organov , "Kerry, Richard" Cc: Martin , Felipe Contreras , Junio C Hamano , "git@vger.kernel.org" Message-ID: <60ec740d6c560_a4525208d3@natae.notmuch> In-Reply-To: <87r1g3n5x3.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> References: <60e67389a4adc_306ac1208fd@natae.notmuch> <4057b3ac-a77c-0d5f-d3f4-ad781754aae4@mfriebe.de> <60e736e72da68_30939020850@natae.notmuch> <155308af-42ad-b044-fb37-676251a9b7e1@mfriebe.de> <60e762243aab1_30a7b02089@natae.notmuch> <2b85a7eb-d0be-65e7-ecbb-1750abf53e53@mfriebe.de> <60e79c31aaa72_30b8a4208c1@natae.notmuch> <65362688-b65b-661c-20c1-94d7dc2118c7@mfriebe.de> <60e874e1c6845_215320861@natae.notmuch> <87im1ieaba.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> <1bd36aa2-ac90-f7d4-9d48-1aa39159b263@mfriebe.de> <87a6mudt9b.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> <60e9ff4430c57_7ef20815@natae.notmuch> <874kd1gr0q.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> <6ffd7f1c-97be-a57c-b738-31deae26e8fc@mfriebe.de> <871r85f39n.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> <33af677c-8fec-5b49-0e00-878918c4ea1d@mfriebe.de> <87bl78eqv3.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> <87r1g3n5x3.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> Subject: Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Sergey Organov wrote: > "Kerry, Richard" writes: > > If I remember correctly, "branch" is used in Subversion and CVS only > > for the creation of a branch. Likewise "tag" for creating a tag. > > And I think they both use "update" to load the required > > branch/tag/commit into the current working area. > > > > If git were to do that then I think we might get around some of this > > confusion. > > > > In that case: > > git branch = create a branch > > Sorry, it's too late. I don't think we can actually do it. > > > git tag = create a tag > > Ditto. Too late. It's never too late consider what would have been the correct UI. Even if ultimately unachievable, exploring these ideas might give you other ideas that are more achievable. -- Felipe Contreras