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Tue, 9 Sep 2025 16:02:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: AMHZM2JIZMZV Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:01:32 +0200 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "Eric Sunshine" , "Junio C Hamano" Cc: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" , git@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <9611573e-fb0b-49d5-933a-50d8e0603701@app.fastmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] usage: help the user help themselves Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 3, 2025, at 18:50, Eric Sunshine wrote: > I realize that the changes made by this series are not in any released > version yet, but from reading the emails still arriving which argue > for retaining the command for reasons of muscle memory or because of > its (strong) mnemonic value, I suspect that the hint(s) this series > adds may not be complete enough. In particular, the advice this series > adds (use `git log --raw --no-merges`) seems to be primarily aimed at > scripted use of the command. But the muscle memory and mnemonic > arguments suggest that advice should be given for interactive use, as > well,[=E2=80=94] > > such as proposing that the user can create an alias. Sorry, I completely missed the part (now a week ago) where you clearly were alluding to making a whatchanged-alias to begin with, which made my initial response here quite beside the point. I shouldn=E2=80=99t respond to this list on mobile. --=20 Kristoffer Haugsbakk