From: Petr Baudis Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:28:12 GMT Subject: Re: Change "pull" to _only_ download, and "git update"=pull+merge? Message-ID: <20050419092812.GE2393@pasky.ji.cz> In-Reply-To: <4264CCFF.30400@dgreaves.com> Dear diary, on Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:18:55AM CEST, I got a letter where David Greaves told me that... > What's the most common thing to do? pull or update? update for normal users. > which is easier to type? > what are people used to? I think 'git up' is easier to type than 'git pull'. It's the CVS/SVN tradition, though, probably not the BK tradition. > I'm not sure but I suggest that pull and get would be better choices. > > git pull > git get I don't like git get; it is something completely new - not in CVS/SVN and means something completely different in BK, apparently. > is it rare enough to justify: > git --download-only pull Dunno. I do it personally all the time, with git at least. What do others think? :-) I start to like the pull/update distinction, and I think I'll go for it. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. -- Steve Taylor