From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Felipe Contreras Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] build: add default aliases Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 01:59:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1379791221-29925-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <20130924045325.GD2766@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20130924053712.GA6114@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20130924061830.GB6114@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20130924064604.GA7257@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, David Aguilar To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Sep 24 08:59:29 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VOMak-0000yH-T4 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:59:27 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750763Ab3IXG7X (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Sep 2013 02:59:23 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-f52.google.com ([209.85.215.52]:32908 "EHLO mail-la0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750716Ab3IXG7W (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Sep 2013 02:59:22 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f52.google.com with SMTP id ev20so3257603lab.39 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:59:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=uyylvce02V8Y1HuYxkVUmx/Wy+RZd013GqNoXp4xuEI=; b=GKFhzlD4nXcnDnrQaYD+3RU2VVoLhcTS+NZV2iyaSKttEpw+dpgOt9Hdy7AnuhASFT 4k6v9XhQqZn4tf7g37SPA9VgTI5tQdmjgyPq7Brrkmbxn4VeggIN1ZefA9X6FXH7ktuz MbLPuH04hoWbp7rxLhru+PRu6JeElGikzIvJPk3ovnQE/Ghho4wD4dtgIsgRUPX53sjV W2m056Ry9IOCCXhCXNgZJ/FQgtFjmQSTekFLU8RQt95/tUKmHmLar1/8IR0hCLdcCSA0 Wp6G/vTfCIR38DU5AE0WLxX9KX8GzLcCIUNM6knBL7XUZm8OVSns3819DWw3SKiQa0wH yKFw== X-Received: by 10.152.116.7 with SMTP id js7mr23773190lab.11.1380005961525; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:59:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.91.230 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:59:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130924064604.GA7257@sigill.intra.peff.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Jeff King wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 01:41:19AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >> > People who have different aliases for >> > the same terms are unaffected on existing boxes, but slightly hindered >> > on new boxes as the aliases do something else. >> >> Less hindered than in the current situation. > > I do not agree, but I've already explained my reasoning. I think we > must agree to disagree on this. > >> cvs ci = cvs commit >> cvs co = cvs checkout >> >> svn ci = svn commit >> svn co = svn checkout >> >> hg ci = hg commit >> hg co = hg checkout >> >> And somehow you think this is not natural and sensible? >> >> git ci = git commit >> git co = git checkout >> >> I think it's as clear as day. > > If it is natural, sensible, and as clear as day, then why do people > alias the commands to something besides what you show? For the same reason people would do alias.commit='commit -a' if it was possible. [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/147517 -- Felipe Contreras