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Suggestion for the "Did you mean this?" feature

From
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2016, 12:18 UTC
Message-ID
<1482063500.10858.1.camel@gmail.com>
Hello all,

I have found the "Did you mean this?" feature of git as a very good feature. I thought it would be even better if it took a step toward by asking for a prompt when there was only one alternative to the command that was entered. 

E.g.
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> unique@unique-pc:~$ git hepl
> git: 'hepl' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
> 
> Did you mean this?
> 	help
> [yes/No] : y
> usage: git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value]
>            [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-
> path]
> ....

This would make it even better for the user as it would avoid having to correct the mistake long commands that had only a single error (considering history feature is enabled).

Is this is a good idea ?
-- 
Regards,
Kaartic
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Message 1 of 14 in “Suggestion for the "Did you mean this?" feature”
  1. Kaartic SivaraamDec 18, 2016
  2. Stephan BeyerDec 18, 2016
  3. Kaartic SivaraamDec 18, 2016
  4. Alexei LozovskyDec 18, 2016
  5. Chris PackhamDec 19, 2016
  6. Tweak help auto-correct phrasing.Marc Branchaud, Dec 19, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2016
  8. [PATCHv2] Tweak help auto-correct phrasing.Marc Branchaud, Dec 20, 2016
  9. Kaartic SivaraamJun 20, 2017
  10. Marc BranchaudJun 20, 2017
  11. [PATCHv2 (resend)] Tweak help auto-correct phrasing.Marc Branchaud, Jun 21, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2017
  13. Kaartic SivaraamJun 20, 2017
  14. Kaartic SivaraamDec 19, 2016

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