From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wincent Colaiuta Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement git-staged, an alias for 'git diff --cached'. Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:42:57 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20081029003931.GA7291@sigill.intra.peff.net> <1225241048-99267-1-git-send-email-dsymonds@gmail.com> <08FC4756-8890-449D-BB55-90E4761C9B93@wincent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: David Symonds , git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com, Jeff King To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Oct 29 18:46:08 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KvF7D-0007sb-HG for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:45:56 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753096AbYJ2Rol convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:44:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753434AbYJ2Rol (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:44:41 -0400 Received: from wincent1.inetu.net ([209.235.192.161]:56152 "EHLO wincent1.inetu.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752880AbYJ2Rok convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:44:40 -0400 Received: from cuzco.lan (225.pool85-53-3.dynamic.orange.es [85.53.3.225]) (authenticated bits=0) by wincent1.inetu.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m9THgv4R024321 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:43:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: El 29/10/2008, a las 18:03, Johannes Schindelin escribi=F3: > Hi, > > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Wincent Colaiuta wrote: > >> Git already has too many commands. Adding more is not going to =20 >> clear up >> newbie confusion, and will only waste time because people will =20 >> complain >> about it and ask why there is this kind of duplication. > > I completely disagree. If the existing set of commands causes =20 > confusion, > we need to deprecate those parts and add new commands. Even if we =20 > have a > ton of commands already. The confusion isn't at the command level; it's at the switch/option =20 level. The solution isn't to add a new command. > It does not need to hurt, either. Just think of init-db. Ever =20 > heard of > it? We still have it, yet it is not relevant. The comparison isn't really valid. init-db is effectively invisible, =20 but you're talking about adding a new "in your face" porcelain command. W