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From: Matt Wilson <msw@amazon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xl: rename "list-vm" command to "vm-list"
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:28:10 -0700
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:59:16PM -0700, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 07:46 +0100, Matt Wilson wrote:
> > All of the other "list" verbs are of the form "$noun-list". For
> > example: "pci-list", "vcpu-list", "network-list", "block-list", etc.
> > Additionally, many people have well trained muscle memory from years
> > of typing "xm li". "xl li" was ambiguous due to "xl list-vm" resulted
> > in "command not implemented".
> 
> Which did xm have list-vm or vm-list (or neither?) 

Neither.

> Aside: I'd love for someone to implement (for 4.3) a better error
> message than "command not implemented". At the least printing out the
> list of clashing options, or even git style "Did you mean" when you make
> a typo.

That would definitely be nice to have.

Matt