On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 01:41:19AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >> > People who have different aliases for >> > the same terms are unaffected on existing boxes, but slightly hindered >> > on new boxes as the aliases do something else. >> >> Less hindered than in the current situation. > > I do not agree, but I've already explained my reasoning. I think we > must agree to disagree on this. > >> cvs ci = cvs commit >> cvs co = cvs checkout >> >> svn ci = svn commit >> svn co = svn checkout >> >> hg ci = hg commit >> hg co = hg checkout >> >> And somehow you think this is not natural and sensible? >> >> git ci = git commit >> git co = git checkout >> >> I think it's as clear as day. > > If it is natural, sensible, and as clear as day, then why do people > alias the commands to something besides what you show? For the same reason people would do alias.commit='commit -a' if it was possible. [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/147517 -- 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