From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0394B1F8C6 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 14:49:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233539AbhGKOwR (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:52:17 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46736 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233438AbhGKOwR (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:52:17 -0400 Received: from mail-lf1-x136.google.com (mail-lf1-x136.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::136]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47CBBC0613DD for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:49:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lf1-x136.google.com with SMTP id f30so36289701lfj.1 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:49:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=nRIox1Z1C4SAGRFXt/pqTD2gcqeWXS2lNWuJc6KINDI=; b=MSwvWWdFELPj1IdjW27zKGGnRon0jnu7ZwyEOHEgBHv2Q5ZfXrLHk3thKyZbyx5w2n br45jRRqZ1GqeOyvsQaF+VRzUzBaxjBGhPR2vSLyufuvi0X3j1jKOx1+4kH7GpN6xxaF ObiG/eWa2Ry3gvWp5QJLdKBHVFi9XEooBzuRC274Wa+oidK5Anyy4/m/MaI++RK68jXJ cfPQU2YnpzxXLtfPrWWi52OYlk8soUXQbH7elFZmcaMbQVHJfmPqmxPxCiFW36jaR5Wo TNB3bfXgN/sMgsNjnuWe/QTdKd9Vr8rB3IVqb6210iqbEtmwpVQbykjF9ceXVwKQe4yV th3A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=nRIox1Z1C4SAGRFXt/pqTD2gcqeWXS2lNWuJc6KINDI=; b=rbenMvTRfjq2gDmoygi9E9cu6JNHNMn9HnVwjJFdH7Rq8MPelHrE+s01SODXDHpohJ p51sFuUI+CF/z/7Yeh2DT3kk9Mr/kNwpaTHfC+O1msugKh3AgbMeONRlAvd39J+JL4mz fOUkdjjs69Bxxdz41XoZFE+1J5ReIgLE1Gdy9TeuiANxNVRQv+wRA8bZc1UCozBmuPm1 vRFqFrVHijPSu1TVoHJFeXZ3VEm+rjQFb/1lxXqIBql+1uktl9Syn3SRn+46jFuXvDFd wzON2Ah16eLE2onv2Mq+VhMeeA9Nii0lcFy4Ke2LoihJyxQZBYfiHVuSDrKi9ezoukmC qHEQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530aFVX/J6wP4y1jerAhk4WctaUau8eB+Y6RnLSVVHg1Q/MXhh3J c/IW7jQXEROEUFNEq+fvASL8JO0Jf7s= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy93wejOO10RzlELc3ty6mytly7k9y8Q7cLCaGmlac3oRicW2+shlMzXY45sCW3d903UTc3GQ== X-Received: by 2002:ac2:42d6:: with SMTP id n22mr36347031lfl.41.1626014967365; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:49:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from osv.localdomain ([89.175.180.246]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q17sm1230779ljp.3.2021.07.11.07.49.26 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:49:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Sergey Organov To: Martin Cc: Felipe Contreras , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation References: <877di13hhe.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> <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> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 17:49:25 +0300 In-Reply-To: <33af677c-8fec-5b49-0e00-878918c4ea1d@mfriebe.de> (Martin's message of "Sun, 11 Jul 2021 15:39:19 +0200") Message-ID: <87sg0kewi2.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Martin writes: > On 11/07/2021 14:23, Sergey Organov wrote: [...] >>>> Once that is regularized, we may as well consider allowing for inverse >>>> order of the first 2 arguments, by making >>>> git new remote >>>> git remote new >>>> the synonyms. >>> >>> Having even more ways to do one and the same thing.... >> Python was aiming to have one obvious way of doing every single thing... >> Did it succeed in that, I wonder? Maybe this aim is only good in theory? > > We are way away from having "one single way". But aiming for the > extreme opposite may not be any smarter. I don't like extremes either, but when there is a choice, there should be at last a stated preferred way of doing things. Guidelines, if not the rules. Otherwise we end up with an ugly mix of random preferences of different authors. > > While there is nothing wrong with going our own way in the end, maybe > we should look around before? > > How do other vcs do it? > > svn has at least status and log, which I would consider nouns, the way > they are used. And it has verbs too. > > hg as "branches", "files" which are nouns. And "log". > And it has verbs too. > > So there seems to be a pattern to using "mixed" verbs and nouns. There are so many things they did wrong... This could well be just another one. Thanks, -- Sergey Organov