From: Raimund Bauer <ray@softwarelandschaft.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:55:51 GMT
Subject: RE: What's in git.git (stable)
Message-ID: <002401c7202f$34f2af20$0b0aa8c0@abf.local>
In-Reply-To: <200612150858.25988.andyparkins@gmail.com>

> Yep.  Although you've persuaded me with the above example, I 
> think this is the 
> correct path.  It's not wise to add every bell and whistle 
> just because we 
> can.  As long as there is /a/ way to achieve every task, 
> that's good enough, 
> we don't need every way to achieve every task.  We might even 
> argue that 
> git's flexibility is what makes it harder to learn.  It's 
> similar to UNIX in 
> that respect - hard to learn, easy to use.

So we prefer to tell users "You can do what you want with these 3 commands,
since we don't want to confuse use with another option to do it with just
1"?

> Andy

-- 
best regards

  Ray