From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Cleaning up git user-interface warts Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:35:22 -0800 Message-ID: <7v7ixwgj2d.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <87k61yt1x2.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <455A1137.8030301@shadowen.org> <87hcx1u934.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <87bqn9u43s.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <7vbqn9y6w6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7v3b8ltq7r.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <455BBCE9.4050503@xs4all.nl> <7vhcx0gnbq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <455BCD2B.6060603@xs4all.nl> <7vbqn8gjeo.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-Reply-To: <7vbqn8gjeo.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:27:59 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GkY2C-0004UP-HJ for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:35:28 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031079AbWKPDfY (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:35:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1031078AbWKPDfY (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:35:24 -0500 Received: from fed1rmmtao09.cox.net ([68.230.241.30]:21897 "EHLO fed1rmmtao09.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031079AbWKPDfX (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:35:23 -0500 Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.03 201-2131-130-104-20060516) with ESMTP id <20061116033523.GDAS18767.fed1rmmtao09.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net>; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:35:23 -0500 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.5.247.80]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id nFbU1V00t1kojtg0000000; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:35:29 -0500 To: hanwen@xs4all.nl Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano writes: (not changing what I said but editorial) > I myself do prefer, when learning a new tool, to use longhand > until I understand the shorthand, but that attitude requires a > true commitment to learn the tool, and most people do not go > that route. Tutorial style documents tend to give the commonly > used shorthand first for that exact reason. Eh, sorry, "prefer to use longhand until I understand what is going on before using the shorthand" is what I wanted to say. > Shorthand to give only the branch name to fetch and merge > immediately without using a tracking branch is equivalent to > longhand "branch:" as you found out, so if that was what was > desired then people with the attitude "before understanding what > longhand does I prefer using shorthand" like myself and you "prefer not using shorthand", sorry again. > would have liked to learn "git pull url branch:" notation from > Tutorial. But I think we _are_ minority. People would not want > to see that seemingly useless colon there.