From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>,
"Kerry, Richard" <richard.kerry@atos.net>
Cc: Martin <git@mfriebe.de>,
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:55:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <60ec740d6c560_a4525208d3@natae.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1g3n5x3.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>
Sergey Organov wrote:
> "Kerry, Richard" <richard.kerry@atos.net> writes:
> > If I remember correctly, "branch" is used in Subversion and CVS only
> > for the creation of a branch. Likewise "tag" for creating a tag.
> > And I think they both use "update" to load the required
> > branch/tag/commit into the current working area.
> >
> > If git were to do that then I think we might get around some of this
> > confusion.
> >
> > In that case:
> > git branch = create a branch
>
> Sorry, it's too late. I don't think we can actually do it.
>
> > git tag = create a tag
>
> Ditto. Too late.
It's never too late consider what would have been the correct UI.
Even if ultimately unachievable, exploring these ideas might give you
other ideas that are more achievable.
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-12 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-29 15:28 PATCH: improve git switch documentation Martin
2021-06-29 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-29 19:04 ` Martin
2021-06-29 22:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-30 8:50 ` Martin
2021-06-30 22:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-01 10:06 ` Martin
2021-07-01 11:27 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 18:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 20:46 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 21:25 ` What actually is a branch? Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 22:07 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 22:35 ` Martin
2021-07-08 3:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 10:15 ` Martin
2021-07-08 17:33 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 19:21 ` Martin
2021-07-08 20:37 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 23:11 ` Martin
2021-07-09 0:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 13:24 ` Martin
2021-07-09 15:08 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 15:23 ` switch requires --detach [[Re: What actually is a branch]] Martin
2021-07-09 16:21 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:38 ` Randall S. Becker
2021-07-09 17:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:54 ` Martin
2021-07-10 10:08 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 19:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 14:29 ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Martin
2021-07-09 16:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 16:51 ` Martin
2021-07-09 17:41 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-09 18:23 ` Martin
2021-07-10 19:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 20:07 ` Martin
2021-07-10 20:49 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 22:13 ` Martin
2021-07-10 23:35 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 9:10 ` Martin
2021-07-11 9:30 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 16:33 ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:58 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 17:52 ` Martin
2021-07-12 19:08 ` Felipe Contreras
[not found] ` <3a84e4c9-4e48-1cbe-4fe6-150ff56c8508@mfriebe.de>
[not found] ` <60ecbe577a086_a6b702082@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-13 10:42 ` Martin
2021-07-13 16:02 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-16 18:12 ` Martin
2021-07-16 18:31 ` Martin
2021-07-16 18:56 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-17 7:02 ` Martin
[not found] ` <1997ca3b-117a-e19a-0dee-7342a2f1a0e7@mfriebe.de>
[not found] ` <60f1f4c3dd8b1_14cb208c1@natae.notmuch>
[not found] ` <fedbfe1f-9e6d-f46f-ca41-e176a30e938c@mfriebe.de>
[not found] ` <60f22aaa6a4f1_1f602081b@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-17 10:07 ` Martin
[not found] ` <60f33f8a7c39b_507220823@natae.notmuch>
2021-07-17 21:23 ` Martin
2021-07-19 17:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 7:57 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 9:27 ` Martin
2021-07-11 9:37 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 10:24 ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 22:13 ` Naming the --forec option [[Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation]] Martin
2021-07-10 23:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 0:39 ` Martin
2021-07-12 16:15 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 10:24 ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 10:37 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-07-10 11:05 ` Martin
2021-07-10 16:32 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-10 20:12 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 9:04 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 10:05 ` Martin
2021-07-11 12:23 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 13:39 ` Martin
2021-07-11 14:49 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-11 16:51 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 10:31 ` Kerry, Richard
2021-07-12 11:11 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:55 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2021-07-12 16:24 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 16:39 ` Martin
2021-07-12 17:09 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-12 22:58 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 23:36 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-13 11:20 ` Martin
2021-07-10 20:00 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-10 19:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-11 9:52 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-12 16:44 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-13 10:57 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-13 16:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-14 19:14 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-14 19:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-14 20:42 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-08 3:12 ` What actually is a branch? Felipe Contreras
2021-07-08 11:16 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-08 18:05 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-01 14:58 ` PATCH: improve git switch documentation Junio C Hamano
2021-07-01 17:29 ` Martin
2021-07-01 17:46 ` Sergey Organov
2021-07-07 18:54 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 18:47 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-07 18:14 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-07-01 0:06 ` Matt Rogers
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