From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Cleaning up git user-interface warts Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:30:56 -0800 Message-ID: <7vpsbpp6fz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <87k61yt1x2.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <455A1137.8030301@shadowen.org> <87hcx1u934.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <87bqn9u43s.wl%cworth@cworth.org> <7vr6w5y7to.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7virhhy76h.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vu011qnl6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20061115061833.GA6294@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:31:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-Reply-To: <20061115061833.GA6294@spearce.org> (Shawn Pearce's message of "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:18:33 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GkEIY-0003sI-HK for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:31:02 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966548AbWKOGa6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:30:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966549AbWKOGa6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:30:58 -0500 Received: from fed1rmmtao01.cox.net ([68.230.241.38]:11514 "EHLO fed1rmmtao01.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966548AbWKOGa6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:30:58 -0500 Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.03 201-2131-130-104-20060516) with ESMTP id <20061115063057.RYCD9173.fed1rmmtao01.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net>; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:30:57 -0500 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.5.247.80]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id muX31V00X1kojtg0000000; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:31:04 -0500 To: Shawn Pearce Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Shawn Pearce writes: > Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Or even better, have "gh init". > > Why gh? Is Git just Mercurial backwards? :) > > I'm all in favor of this discussion, and in particular of just > breaking the entire UI in 2.0 by using a new frontend command. > I'm just not sure that "Mercurial backwards" describes Git well. I do not have any obsession to any name as long as it is different from "git" to avoid confusion coming from older documents that would be found by googling. gh was just shorthand for "git for humans" (and easy to type with index fingers). I think I listed a few other possibilities in my previous message.