From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: EasyGit Integration Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:40:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <51419b2c0906091530t3dfa5267s2262f979f1e9982a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Scott Chacon , git list To: Elijah Newren X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jun 10 00:44:45 2009 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 1MEA3h-0004LP-1h for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:44:45 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751589AbZFIWog (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:44:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751506AbZFIWof (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:44:35 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:50350 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750990AbZFIWof (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:44:35 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.55]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id n59MiXkb002122 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:44:36 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id n59MeZ1K009758; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:40:35 -0700 X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <51419b2c0906091530t3dfa5267s2262f979f1e9982a@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LFD 1184 2008-12-16) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.468 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 140.211.169.13 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Elijah Newren wrote: > > Do you object to using 'revert' in the name of the new command or just > to having the new command take over the exact name 'revert'? I object to changing existing meaning. > I'd like to propose making the reverting of edits functionality > available under the command name 'revert-edits' That's fine. I also don't mind per se having the "git checkout" kind of semantics, where different kinds of arguments result in different kinds of behavior. I'm not convinced it's a wonderful design, but I would not object to - old behavior: revert the commit by creating an "anti-commit": git revert - new extension: revert the state of the working tree to the HEAD: git revert [--] pathspec which would kind of match the semantics of "git checkout" does. So it's not that I object to "git revert" as a name. I just object to changing existing (and sane) semantics just for some silly person who thinks that git is just "SVN done right". Git is _soo_ much more than just that. People need to live with the fact that it's not just a SVN clone. Linus