From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>,
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What is missing from Git v2.0
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:34:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <535572b73183b_414c80b30863@nysa.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53557071.5040500@gmail.com>
Sebastian Schuberth wrote:
> On 21.04.2014 00:41, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>
> > = Default aliases =
> >
> > Every single version control tool out there has default aliases (e.g.
> > co = checkout) except Git.
> >
> > Every argument against default aliases was basically refuted, yet my
> > patches went nowhere. And the users still expect these aliases.
>
> +1 about having default aliases in general, and I'd also add these:
>
> br = branch
> cp = cherry-pick
> dt = difftool
> mt = mergetool
I have these aliases as well, except br => b, and cp => pi. 'br' is probably
better, but not sure as 'cp' which can be confusing.
> BTW, in my experience people tend to stick to predefined aliases instead
> of redefining them to something (completely) different. This means that
> having default aliases will very likely enable one to use the same short
> commands on one's colleague's PC (instead of you running into issues
> because the same alias was defined to a different command).
>
> If we don't standardize this now people will come up with their own
> definitions [1] [2] (and many others if you just search GitHub) which
> are again likely to differ (slightly), hindering interoperability.
>
> [1] https://github.com/github/msysgit/pull/27
> [2] https://github.com/sschuberth/dev-scripts/blob/master/git/.gitconfig
FTR color.ui = true is not needed any more, also hopefully mergetool.prompt =
false wouldn't be either [1].
[1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/246601
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-21 19:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-20 22:41 What is missing from Git v2.0 Felipe Contreras
2014-04-20 22:47 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21 19:24 ` Sebastian Schuberth
2014-04-21 19:34 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2014-04-21 19:47 ` Sebastian Schuberth
2014-04-21 20:45 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-21 20:46 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 7:23 ` Sebastian Schuberth
2014-04-22 8:15 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21 19:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-22 7:19 ` Sebastian Schuberth
2014-04-22 8:11 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 18:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-22 19:23 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 20:22 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-04-22 21:01 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-22 21:30 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-22 21:59 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 22:24 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 3:35 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 5:18 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 13:39 ` Andreas Krey
2014-04-24 18:31 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 19:16 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-22 22:25 ` David Lang
2014-04-24 3:37 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 3:51 ` David Lang
2014-04-24 3:58 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 4:16 ` James Denholm
2014-04-24 4:12 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 6:06 ` James Denholm
2014-04-24 7:19 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 7:39 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 8:23 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 9:01 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 18:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 19:20 ` David Lang
2014-04-24 13:41 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-24 15:00 ` Stefan Beller
2014-04-24 15:47 ` tytso
2014-04-24 17:46 ` Stefan Beller
2014-04-24 18:02 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-04-24 18:26 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 19:15 ` Jeff King
2014-04-24 18:25 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 18:17 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-25 6:59 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-04-25 7:35 ` Philippe Vaucher
2014-04-24 18:38 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 19:55 ` luc.linux
2014-04-25 2:22 ` Javier Domingo Cansino
2014-04-25 2:35 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-25 7:48 ` Philippe Vaucher
2014-04-25 7:52 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-25 13:35 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-25 14:23 ` Philippe Vaucher
2014-04-25 14:40 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-04-25 15:54 ` Philippe Vaucher
2014-04-25 17:50 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-25 17:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-25 18:24 ` Jeff King
2014-04-25 18:27 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-25 18:57 ` Jeff King
2014-04-25 18:57 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-25 19:12 ` Jeff King
2014-04-25 19:27 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-25 5:13 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-25 15:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-04-25 15:59 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-25 16:14 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-04-22 22:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-24 3:26 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 2:12 ` brian m. carlson
2014-04-22 5:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 5:19 ` David Aguilar
2014-04-22 5:38 ` Felipe Contreras
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