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Re: [PATCH] One Git To Rule Them All

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MJMcMullan, Jason <jason.mcmullan@timesys.com>
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Jun 1, 2005, 12:07 UTC
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On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 23:21 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I think we had this discussion long time ago on the list, and
> instead of using cvs/svn style of "cmd subcmd" syntax, the
> consensus back then was that using "cmd-" prefix without spaces
> is easier for making TAB completion to work (you do not have to
> muck with command specific rules in the readline configuration),
> and this is especially helpful for people who ends up using the
> bare Plumbing. IIUC, the same reason is behind cg-* command set.

But all the git-<mumble> commands are still there, as symlinks to git. ie 'git-update-cache' and 'git update-cache' both work.

git-<TAB> still works.
Am I missing something here?
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Jason McMullan <jason.mcmullan@timesys.com>
TimeSys Corporation
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