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From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Implement git-cp.
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:29:04 +0100
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s=F6ndagen den 10 februari 2008 skrev Junio C Hamano:
> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>=20
> > If you touch builtin-mv.c already, why not just move cmd_cp() in th=
ere? =20
> > It's not like it would be the first cmd_*() function living in the =
same=20
> > file as other cmd_*() functions.
>=20
> Why do we even want "git-cp", especially when git-mv and git-rm
> are already pretty much redundant commands?
>=20
> Especially, why do we even encourage copy-and-paste?

We do not. I've seen too much damage being done through copy/paste. A
much better (safer) way to copy code is to re-type it. I've asked more
than once, when asked to help debug a piece of code: "Did you copy this=
=20
code?".

=46or this reason I have a vision of a "plugin" for Eclipse that disabl=
es paste
if the clipboard contains copied code. Cut and paste would be ok.

-- robin