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: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3798E20248 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726184AbfCME6J (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:58:09 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-f66.google.com ([209.85.221.66]:34418 "EHLO mail-wr1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725821AbfCME6I (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:58:08 -0400 Received: by mail-wr1-f66.google.com with SMTP id f14so425122wrg.1 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:58:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=+du1CGs6DtcrVBK0WD1BXPFAkVF0fiRHU5q2B29YjSc=; b=YAKZ+t3Zdq4Ahs24DhC+vV1Uf4jpR0X51HYdF4P5kOmHUKa5UkfWlF+gYuLeke/s7x O8iiDtt25g6HR6Jby/mgZVk4etebVK1PUmSjHJxxvyn7KGErh8fh4kypQh7wmgy3cJM1 iCpxYQQcvoN3UrxCQZhB3m2fD2i5bbdJj2uZKyYCqf7T5Y9Uc236Dpc+B7XH1hcuj4F5 fuWiY8T+g/ISdkgfmiubfsyNFPsG5O4m7KPPAohizNXk6wZflLYMXtWlNdlbEMH1PXB6 gj1CbGBJU47CyvO2iBq4bB9+mCQGb5i5S4sAKMNmTxmsILajhSV7tm/tPrNzyksSooHb Wt8A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=+du1CGs6DtcrVBK0WD1BXPFAkVF0fiRHU5q2B29YjSc=; b=Gwc4xkbkfS8GCcdJJn+QBTK/2RRwAfS1Wb5k7+L7Ukv19CAu1XiTTJKMwCAWx3Q3WB O2MEqQUQJGg7LsSJUI6qkWo+AarYciXRLHcfgqdai6Q8oY5OUup9gdbn6bNaBxbkqnkC bnIEPZyy60fE/l68HpG0O/l/Fezzfg0Gq82Yh74/1w9MQ6UuqpDKY++YP+AT2xyT+UZh GGJ+h3a/JHvWOKF7PLLVTBrFDIKBu4aCOY2w206uFlS5MrKdkC/SPKH08DjS8chCO4yq JDndUWwb/8eEp9nxu7HL1qXPKNhgOaarUTfW/2vF3g8aZZl/VdE+KgznYo9a4ZR8TxGP Bk8g== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAW6QBNSot6PhFB1wwzGW1GXA4OV6yPDH3IfF0/gfieYUkXwxCd5 5I4+Wq+eEHL8KzUN0/vJ8Kk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz3b40DSxE369hCjWtu4FoyndXohxNMYkEB7hnHLkBEsKLIQHrrODrRCgikYjE9L184DRcw7w== X-Received: by 2002:adf:dd12:: with SMTP id a18mr24306329wrm.4.1552453086661; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:58:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (141.255.76.34.bc.googleusercontent.com. [34.76.255.141]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a82sm896737wmf.11.2019.03.12.21.58.05 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:58:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Duy Nguyen Cc: "Randall S. Becker" , Elijah Newren , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 11/11] doc: promote "git restore" References: <20190308101655.9767-1-pclouds@gmail.com> <20190308101655.9767-12-pclouds@gmail.com> <000b01d4d814$64907000$2db15000$@nexbridge.com> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:58:04 +0900 In-Reply-To: (Duy Nguyen's message of "Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:36:58 +0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Duy Nguyen writes: >> Just curious: At what point did git checkout become not commonly >> used? Git switch and git restore are not yet in git as of 2.21.0, >> which is rather current. Maybe I missed a thread. > > I declare "git checkout" not commonly used the moment git-switch and > git-restore are released! > > More seriously, this is an attempt to promote new commands. The > "commonly used" here refers to the set of commands that show when you > run "git help" (they are called "common" in command-list.txt > classification). Since the people who type "git help" are mostly new > people, I think promoting the friendlier alternative is a good idea. So it is mainly how the word "common" is defined? It's not how common the command is in the minds of the population of Git users, but how common we want it to be?