Re: [PATCH] Invert numbers and names in the git-shortlog summary mode.

> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:48:41PM +0000, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > if we are growing legacies in git this fast it will turn itself into CVS 
> > very quickly, give or take 20 years ;-) I think a straightforward usage 
> > model is paramount, so phasing out such inconsistencies as early as 
> > possible in the project's lifetime should be a priority IMHO. Git has a 
> > very, very 'refreshing' approach to information management, and that 
> > should permeate it all across. It's easy to be "fresh" in the beginning 
> > of a project - maintaining freshness for years is a lot harder. (i dont 
> > suggest to break compatibility, but to be aware of such inconsitencies 
> > and make it a priority to get rid of them. It does not help that such 
> > inconsistencies are only apparent to git newbies.)
> 
>   Well that's what deprecation is for, but you cannot do that on short
> timeframes.
> 
> > for example, if i type "git-checkout" in a Linux kernel tree, it just 
> > sits there for up to a minute, and "does nothing". That is totally 
> > wrong, human-interaction wise. Then after a minute it just returns. What 
> > happened? Why? Where? A newbie would then try "git-checkout -v", using 
> > the well-established "verbose" flag, but that gives:
> > 
> >  Usage: /usr/bin/git-checkout [-q] [-f] [-b <new_branch>] [-m] [<branch>] [<paths>...]
> 
> not anymore:
> 
>     $ git checkout -v
>     error: unknown switch `v'
>     usage: git-branch [options] [<branch>] [<paths>...]