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From: Vitaly Lipatov <lav@etersoft.ru>
To: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Cc: <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Add an alias for --abort option
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:47:43 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <85660b3a1d32ba10f8ddcee83fa89d71@office.etersoft.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <546F5DE9.1050700@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber писал 2014-11-21 18:44:
> Vitaly Lipatov schrieb am 21.11.2014 um 13:41:
>> Hello,
>>
>> is it allowed add alias '--abandone' for --abort option in git 
>> commands
>> (git am, git rebase, etc.)?
>> The word 'abort' have too negative meaning in the russian language.
>
> But that is the english localisation. We do have git in other 
> languages
> - maybe not Russian yet, but it would be great and welcome to change 
> that!
I sure the git in any language has the same options. It is not language 
specific really.

> ('abort' is negative in german, too).
And my suggest is add more correct word. Definitely, we never can just 
change option's name.

>> For example, for git am we have three option names for continue
>> operation:
>> --continue, -r, --resolved
>
> I think it's a bad precedence. We should rather fight option bloat.
By my mind, if we have compatibility names it helps our brain to 
operate with command line in more intuitive manner.


-- 
Vitaly Lipatov,
Etersoft

      reply	other threads:[~2014-11-21 17:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-21 12:41 Add an alias for --abort option Vitaly Lipatov
2014-11-21 15:44 ` Michael J Gruber
2014-11-21 17:47   ` Vitaly Lipatov [this message]

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