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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jacob Stopak <jacob@initialcommit.io> writes:

> Git-Sim is a visual dry-run tool for Git that creates images simulating
> what the corresponding Git command will do, without actually making any
> change to the underlying repo state. Another important aspect is that
> command syntax mimics Git's exactly - so to simulate any Git command, like:

Ah, OK, now I see where your "--table" is coming from ;-).
"git-sim" was exactly what I thought about when I saw it, and I did
not know that "--table" came from the same set of brain cells.

One thing that nobody seems to have raised that disturbs me is that
even though there may be educational value in having such a
"feature", having to carry the extra code to implement in Git incurs
extra cost.  I was reasonably happy when I saw that "git-sim" was
done as a totally separate entity exactly for this reason.

THanks.