From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>,
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] revert: Implement --abort processing
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:28:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110613202806.GD11454@elie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTim2SOAp3=g_zie-oi2=A9X7NVd5qw@mail.gmail.com>
Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder writes:
>> If you are thinking "I would never use 'git cherry-pick --abort' --- I
>> would just look in the reflog for a commit to 'reset --hard' to", then
>> you are *done*. Just document it, make sure the reflog has useful
>> content to help out, and wait until someone complains and adds a
>> shortcut they like.
>
> Ah, thanks for the helpful advice. I'll stay away from deciding
> end-user interfaces altogether, and just write in the infrastructure
> for sequencing commits with a minimalistic UI. People can add more
> later :)
Well, until "later", this minimalistic UI is an end-user interface.
So just for the record, this does not mean you are free from writing
documentation or thinking about processes that humans use for work.
That said, following a "worse is better" approach and just getting
something simple working (meaning "operable by human beings but not
necessarily perfect") before adding the bells and whistles certainly
makes sense. I'm not unhappy with that outcome.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-13 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-11 6:36 [RFC PATCH v2] revert: Implement --abort processing Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-06-11 11:22 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-06-12 12:09 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-06-12 12:21 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-06-12 12:51 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-06-12 22:12 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-06-13 14:55 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-06-13 20:28 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
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