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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] build: add default aliases
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:53:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130924045325.GD2766@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1379791221-29925-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 02:20:21PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:

> For now simply add a few common aliases.
> 
>   co = checkout
>   ci = commit
>   rb = rebase
>   st = status

Are these the best definitions of those shortcuts? It seems[1] that some
people define "ci" as "commit -a", and some people define "st" as
"status -s" or even "status -sb".

You are making things more consistent for people who already define
those aliases in the same way (they are available everywhere, even if
they have not moved their config to a new installation), but less so for
people who define them differently. Rather than get an obvious:

  git: 'co' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

the result will be subtly different (especially so in the case of
"commit" versus "commit -a").

-Peff

[1] https://github.com/search?q=%22ci+%3D+commit+-a%22+path%3A.gitconfig&type=Code

    https://github.com/search?q=%22st+%3D+status+-s%22&type=Code

    https://github.com/search?q=%22st+%3D+status+-sb%22&type=Code

  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-24  4:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-21 19:20 [PATCH v3] build: add default aliases Felipe Contreras
2013-09-24  4:53 ` Jeff King [this message]
2013-09-24  5:32   ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-24  5:37     ` Jeff King
2013-09-24  5:49       ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-24  6:18         ` Jeff King
2013-09-24  6:41           ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-24  6:46             ` Jeff King
2013-09-24  6:59               ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-24 18:39   ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-09-24 19:30     ` John Szakmeister
2013-09-28 22:41     ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-29  3:18       ` Michael Haggerty
2013-09-29  3:37         ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-30 19:33         ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-10-01  1:12           ` Duy Nguyen
2013-10-15 22:34   ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-16  3:43     ` Felipe Contreras
2013-10-17 19:51       ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-17 21:34         ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-24  9:19 ` John Szakmeister
2013-09-24 10:25   ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-24 11:06     ` John Szakmeister
2013-09-24 14:35       ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-25 13:33         ` John Szakmeister
2013-09-25 14:29           ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-25 14:55             ` Matthieu Moy
2013-09-25 15:08               ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-25 15:13                 ` Matthieu Moy
2013-09-25 15:16                   ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-25 16:05                     ` Matthieu Moy
2013-09-25 16:36                       ` Felipe Contreras
2013-09-24 15:21 ` SZEDER Gábor
2013-09-24 15:33   ` [PATCH v4] " Felipe Contreras

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