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From: "Rubén Justo" <rjusto@gmail.com>
To: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch: rework the descriptions of rename and copy operations
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:14:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ad20099a-918d-4c37-8d5c-20c3f491728a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <be91f3ad9305366c1385c2da4881537e@manjaro.org>

On 18-feb-2024 21:38:54, Dragan Simic wrote:

> Regarding the branch copy and rename operations and their argument
> names, perhaps the following would be a good choice:
> 
>     --copy [<branch>] <destination>
>     --move [<branch>] <destination>
> 
> It would clearly reflect the nature of the performed operations, while
> still using "<branch>" consistently, this time to refer to the source
> branch.  Using "<destination>" to select the destination name should
> be pretty much self-descriptive, if you agree.

Sorry, but I don't.  Actually, I don't see the logic with <destination>.

I appreciate your efforts to provide consistency, but the current ones
seem better options to me: either <oldbranch> and <newbranch>, or the
shortened ones: <old> and <new>.

Thanks.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-02-20 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-15 18:42 [PATCH] branch: rework the descriptions of rename and copy operations Dragan Simic
2024-02-15 19:28 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-02-15 19:47   ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-15 20:41   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-15 21:00     ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-15 21:52 ` Rubén Justo
2024-02-15 22:13   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-15 23:34     ` Rubén Justo
2024-02-16  3:32       ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-17 14:58         ` Rubén Justo
2024-02-18 20:38           ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-19 19:49             ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-19 19:55               ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-20 18:24                 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-20 19:12                   ` Rubén Justo
2024-02-20 19:49                     ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-20 20:25                     ` [PATCH] branch: adjust documentation Rubén Justo
2024-02-20 20:34                       ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-28  2:19                         ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-28 17:20                           ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-28 17:24                             ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-29  1:56                             ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-29 18:56                             ` Rubén Justo
2024-02-29 19:33                               ` Junio C Hamano
2024-02-29 20:02                                 ` Rubén Justo
2024-02-29 20:09                                   ` Dragan Simic
2024-03-02 16:18                                     ` Rubén Justo
2024-02-20 19:32                   ` [PATCH] branch: rework the descriptions of rename and copy operations Dragan Simic
2024-02-20 19:14             ` Rubén Justo [this message]
2024-02-20 19:56               ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-15 22:27   ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-15 23:38     ` Rubén Justo
2024-02-15 22:31 ` Kyle Lippincott
2024-02-15 22:38   ` Dragan Simic
2024-02-15 22:56     ` Kyle Lippincott
2024-02-15 23:09       ` Dragan Simic

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