Re: Command-line interface thoughts (ad-hominem attacks)

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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't quite think that we need "git diff NEXT WTREE"; the short
> and sweet "git diff" is short for a reason,

To be clear, I'm not advocating and have never advocated getting rid
of zero-argument "git diff".  I've advocated that every (whole
project) diff command should be expressible by a "git diff TREE1
TREE2".  I'm fine with defaults if one or zero trees are specified.
So "git diff" would default to "git diff NEXT WTREE".


> It is not obvious that "git reset" can be used for files, and it requires
> bit of analysis that it resets index from HEAD:
...
> 4. "git reset -- <file>" must set index version of file from HEAD.
>
> Truth to be told I really just follow what "git status" tells me ;-)

I love those messages but if a user is relying on just copying a
warning message, then they are learning anything.  They're parroting.
I believe a user interface should have concepts and commands that make
sense, so that user will learn them and be able to apply them in other
areas.

> --
> Jakub Narebski
> Poland
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