Hi, On 12/18/2016 01:18 PM, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > I have found the "Did you mean this?" feature of git as a very good > feature. I thought it would be even better if it took a step toward by > asking for a prompt when there was only one alternative to the command > that was entered. > > E.g. > >> unique@unique-pc:~$ git hepl >> git: 'hepl' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. >> >> Did you mean this? >> help >> [yes/No] : y >> usage: git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value] >> [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info- >> path] >> .... > > This would make it even better for the user as it would avoid having to > correct the mistake long commands that had only a single error > (considering history feature is enabled). > > Is this is a good idea ? I cannot tell if this is a good idea (or why it would be a bad idea) but why do you restrict your suggestion to the case when there is only one alternative? Why not also something like: --- $ git sta git: 'sta' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. Did you mean one of these? [1] status [2] stage [3] stash You can choose or quit [1,2,3,q]: --- Best Stephan