Hugo Sales <hugo@xxxxxxx> writes:
>> Both are plausible, and "mkdir -p" does not have such a nasty
>> ambiguity. That is what makes me unsure about the new feature
>> (again, either with required "-p" or with implied "-p").
>
> I think the ambiguity is resolved by the inclusion of lack thereof
> of a trailing `/`.
The question is not if we can come up with a rule that the user can
use to disambiguate. It is if the user will find that such a rule
is a naturally acceptable way to disambiguate.
When both of
git mv file there/exists/such/a/directory
git mv file there/exists/such/a/directory/
create "there/exists/such/a/directory/file" and removes "file", with
or without a trailing slash, "you should add a slash if you want a
directory, and otherwise you should not add a slash" is a rather
arbitrary rule. Let's not go there. I still view the downside more
grave than having to occasionally do "mkdir".
