Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> - Even if the answer to the above question is "no", are there other
> commands that we currently do not allow a quick shorthand to mean
> "the default thing", but would benefit from having one? If so, how
> good does it look to use '-' as such a short-hand?
I need " for these other commands" before the question mark at the end of
this sentence.
> In other words, is it safe to establish a precedent to use '-' to
> denote "the default thing"? Would we later regret, saying that
> "'git-frotz command would benefit from a short-hand notation for 'the
> default thing', but - is already taken -- it means send the output to
> the stdout"?
I need ", or something like that" before the question mark at the end of
this sentence.
> - Do we use a short-hand '-' to mean something entirely different in
> the UI, making this new use of '-' to mean the default confusing?
>
> I think '-' for checkout means "the previous one", which already
> answers this question somewhat.
I am wondering if we can handle this by DWIMming the command line
arguments better. For example, in all of these:
$ git push HEAD
$ git push :
$ git push master
when "HEAD", ":", or "master" can only be refspec, we know that the user
said "I do not bother saying which repository to --- you know what I
mean." It would be natural to DWIM it to "the default remote" without
even having to use your '-' notation.
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