Sean Estabrooks wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:52:49 -0700 > Michael G Schwern <schwern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [...] >> It would be nice if git used the alias *before* the installed command. This >> lets me fix/change default behaviors without having to come up with a new >> command. (Another handy example: blame = blame -w) It doesn't do anything >> useful right now anyway. > > This has been discussed a few times on the list already. Here is one such > discussion: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/112487/focus=112493 > > You'll see that it was decided that Git would not allow commands to be overridden > so that you could always be sure what a given command would do when you sit > down at any installation. This is especially important for scripting but can > also be a problem for everyday usage. You'll just have to choose a new command > name for the alternate default you want. I'm in the "more than enough rope" camp myself, so count that as a -1 fwiw. More importantly, what about the warning telling the user that what they did is not allowed and didn't work? -- <Schwern> What we learned was if you get confused, grab someone and swing them around a few times -- Life's lessons from square dancing -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html