On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Felipe Contreras wrote: >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> A bigger problem (in my opinion) with allowing arbitrary changes to >>> the meaning of existing commands is that scripts, whether placed in >>> .sh files or given as commands to run over IRC, stop working >>> altogether. It's nice to have commands like "git log" and "git am" >>> mean the same thing no matter what machine I am on. >> >> Except that's not true: > > It's not true that my opinion is that a bigger problem than the > non-problem Ram mentioned with allowing arbitrary changes to the > meaning of existing commands is that scripts stop working reliably? It's not true what you said: commands like "git log" and "git am" mean the same thing no matter what machine I am on. > This combative style of communication is toxic. It kills the chance > of a calm, pleasant discussion, even with patient people who don't > even fundamentally disagree. Please stop it. Stop assuming bad faith[1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith -- Felipe Contreras -- 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