Miles Bader venit, vidit, dixit 14.02.2011 08:07: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Am 2/14/2011 7:27, schrieb Miles Bader: >>> "git diff -s" ? ... since --staged is an alias for --cached :) >> >> git config --global alias.diffc "diff --cached" > > "Git should be convenient by default (for commonly used operations)" > > -miles > git diff --ca<TAB> ;) At least if "by default" includes using the default bash completion by default. Short options should really not be "wasted" easily. "-s" named after "to stage" is really problematic, as outlined in this thread. It's mainly used (and has been introduced, I think) by "the other git community", so to say. I feel that sticking to established terminology (esp. that used in man pages and command messages) is more helpful for newbies. That does not exclude using new terms for explaining that terminology, of course. The term "stage" is in git's documentation all over the place - and denotes the different versions of a blob involved in a merge. Admittedly, that's something recorded in the index. Full disclaimer: I have an alias "staged" for "diff --cached" myself... Michael -- 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