> -----Original Message----- > From: git-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <git-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf > Of Elijah Newren > Sent: March 9, 2019 14:38 > To: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Git Mailing List <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Junio C Hamano > <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 11/11] doc: promote "git restore" > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 2:17 AM Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy > <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > The new command "git restore" (together with "git switch") are added > > to avoid the confusion of one-command-do-all "git checkout" for new > > users. They are also helpful to avoid ambiguation context. > > s/ambiguation/ambiguous/ or s/ambiguation context/ambiguity/? > > > For these reasons, promote it everywhere possible. This includes > > documentation, suggestions/advice from other commands. > > > > One nice thing about git-restore is the ability to restore > > "everything", so it can be used in "git status" advice instead of both > > "git checkout" and "git reset". The three commands suggested by "git > > status" are add, rm and restore. > > > > "git checkout" is also removed from "git help" (i.e. it's no longer > > considered a commonly used command) Just curious: At what point did git checkout become not commonly used? Git switch and git restore are not yet in git as of 2.21.0, which is rather current. Maybe I missed a thread.
