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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Start deprecating "git-command" in favor of "git command"
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:16:20 -0700
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Carlos had a cute idea on IRC, but was too shy to mention it here. There 
> is a central place for Git's shell script, git-sh-setup. Defining an 
> environment variable there, GIT_NO_ALIAS, and honouring that in the Git 
> wrapper. Something similar is possible in Git.pm for perl scripts.
>
> Note: I am opposed to overriding default parameters via alias. I am only 
> stating that it is still possible.
>
> I am in favour of Linus' patch. Here's why: quite some times, I have been 
> asked (at a very late stage) "What still confuses me: what is the 
> difference between git-xyz and git xyz?" It _is_ confusing for beginners, 
> even if it is easy to explain.

Ok, please consider the idea sold.