{"thread":{"id":"6949","subject":"abbreviated commands","startedAt":"2007-02-25T17:43:07Z","lastAt":"2007-02-25T17:47:31Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Jeff Rose","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"35441","messageId":"45E1CAAB.3030203@gmail.com","threadId":"6949","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"abbreviated commands","fromName":"Jeff Rose","fromEmail":"rosejn@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-02-25T17:43:07Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-25T17:43:07Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rosejn@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Has there been discussion of adding abbreviated command names to git? \nIt would be nice to be able to type the standard abbreviations used by \nmany vcs, for example:\n\nci -> commit\nco -> checkout\n\nI searched the mailing list archives but didn't see anything so I \nfigured I'd ask.  It would be nice.  Also allowing the shortest uniquely \n  matching command string rather than having to type the whole thing \nwould be nice.  (I know, if you do git-foo<tab> it would be the same \nthing, but if the goal is to have git <command> be the standard usage \nthese things would be great.)\n\nThanks for the great system.\n\n-Jeff\n"},{"id":"35442","messageId":"Pine.LNX.4.63.0702251846550.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de","threadId":"6949","inReplyTo":"45E1CAAB.3030203@gmail.com","subject":"Re: abbreviated commands","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2007-02-25T17:47:31Z","receivedAt":"2007-02-25T17:47:31Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Sun, 25 Feb 2007, Jeff Rose wrote:\n\n> Has there been discussion of adding abbreviated command names to git? It\n> would be nice to be able to type the standard abbreviations used by many vcs,\n> for example:\n> \n> ci -> commit\n> co -> checkout\n\n$ git config --global alias.ci commit\n$ git config --global alias.co checkout\n\nFixed!\n\nHth,\nDscho\n"}]}