From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Grimm Subject: Re: If you would write git from scratch now, what would you change? Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:10:15 -0800 Message-ID: <83D4511B-BE07-4098-9901-44C164467F76@midwinter.com> References: <200711252248.27904.jnareb@gmail.com> <858x4l2apc.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854pf8243i.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20071126195750.GD25784@efreet.light.src> <7vhcj8g0op.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20071127010350.GE14735@spearce.org> <7v7ik4e4xa.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Shawn O. Pearce" , Wincent Colaiuta , Jan Hudec , David Kastrup , Nicolas Pitre , Jakub Narebski , git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Nov 27 06:10:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Iwsie-0002KZ-HJ for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:10:48 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751175AbXK0FKS (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:10:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751169AbXK0FKR (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:10:17 -0500 Received: from tater.midwinter.com ([216.32.86.90]:55397 "HELO midwinter.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751155AbXK0FKQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:10:16 -0500 Received: (qmail 16229 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2007 05:10:15 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=200606; d=midwinter.com; b=MbfUsMWajHAY7kxeIzoRyIW0Q0ocjX58IOmXqhhmshCcdD1DqQ4L/NVpngwZPSYf ; Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 27 Nov 2007 05:10:15 -0000 In-Reply-To: <7v7ik4e4xa.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Nov 26, 2007, at 7:35 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Seriously, speaking I find this "negative" list ugly. I am > wondering if > it makes more sense to use positive "Porcelain" list, or perhaps even > "The most commonly used" list from "git help" output. Yes, a positive list makes much more sense. If for no other reason than that it will require the author of a new command to make a conscious decision before that command will be suggested to users. -Steve