From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6328CC00523 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2020 21:31:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AEFC21835 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2020 21:31:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="jbT+0gO+" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728679AbgACVbG (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jan 2020 16:31:06 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com ([173.228.157.53]:60929 "EHLO pb-smtp21.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728549AbgACVbG (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jan 2020 16:31:06 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1025D96513; Fri, 3 Jan 2020 16:31:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=398UNSo5XQIbxRAClXirkkPJMVk=; b=jbT+0g O+Xv+OgPGJMNWshd2Ws6OV+qSeqY8yunuieck73tF3Dr7AS2bXTG+PYVacPRh4Gr rnmilnuuV60EroXVIb+oULk0UIAp+LaNgmugMacEKUITMf8Y7hbwbXHqXylMpPAn XM3Z7lTi9s01y5bXV9P83Km+4ugveIhGtcSeg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=F5jgFcYYfFRPjxdd7KR6+BGmUb/ps14H hBok9+WAMT/zXV3oNaBrvhY2pdMNDDWMb4UxaI9MQnawVAUrGelSTsi9HVG9R8M9 4+XXiHclS/3fU2fMyPtyvMgzUgEAOyI3iqM7xNJbxc+pLubXkmSzkwO4RY++SeBF aRfNDVp+McU= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 083A696512; Fri, 3 Jan 2020 16:31:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.76.80.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 324209650F; Fri, 3 Jan 2020 16:31:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Matthew DeVore Cc: Johannes Schindelin , Emily Shaffer , Matthew DeVore , git@vger.kernel.org, Matthew DeVore , jonathantanmy@google.com, jrnieder@gmail.com, steadmon@google.com Subject: Re: [RFC] xl command for visualizing recent history References: <20191029003023.122196-1-matvore@google.com> <20191031003929.GA22855@google.com> <20200103201423.GA20975@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 13:30:59 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20200103201423.GA20975@comcast.net> (Matthew DeVore's message of "Fri, 3 Jan 2020 12:14:23 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 569840AA-2E70-11EA-9968-8D86F504CC47-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Matthew DeVore writes: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 09:26:48AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> >> am stands for "apply mbox", and I think that the only reason it is not >> called `git apply-mbox` is that the Linux maintainer uses it a lot and >> wanted to save on keystrokes. No need to give an incorrect speculation if you do not know the history in this discussion. Back then, the command to apply mbox contents existed and was called "git applymbox". "am" was invented as a better replacement with more rational behaviour and set of command line arguments. >> Having said that, I do agree that `xl` is not a good name for this. It >> is neither intuitive, nor is it particularly easy to type (on a >> US-English keyboard, the `x` and the `l` key are far apart), and to add > > There is a subjective element to this, but I would consider it easy to type > since it is using two different hands.... Give descriptive name to the command, define an alias of your choice and use it privately. Nobody would be able to guess what "git xl" or "git extra-long" command would do ;-)