Re: [PATCH] Removed the printf("rm 'file'") from git-rm.

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Hi,

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, Tilman Sauerbeck wrote:

> Junio C Hamano [2007-03-24 23:22]:
> > Tilman Sauerbeck <tilman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> > > We used to print that, because you actually had to run the output
> > > of git-rm to get rid of the files before Git 1.5. Now that git-rm
> > > really removes the files, it's not needed anymore.
> > 
> > Even though I admit I do not deeply care, as I never use 'git
> > rm' myself, I do not necessarily agree with "because" part.
> > 
> > I suspect people are by now accustomed to see the assuring
> > feedback from the command when used this way:
> > [snip]
> 
> Too bad, I find it rather annoying and irritating.

Why not do the common thing, and add a "--quiet" option? You can even add 
a config variable to enable it by default (for git-rm). It's not like 
git-rm is performance critical...

> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

Funny!

Ciao,
Dscho

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