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

> > 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>...]
> 
> 	-b ...                create a new branch started at <branch>
> 	-l                    create the new branchs reflog
> 	--track               tells if the new branch should track the remote branch
> 	-f                    proceed even if the index or working tree is not HEAD
> 	-m                    performa  three-way merge on local modifications if needed
> 	-q, --quiet           be quiet
> 
> Not all commands are migrated to this new scheme though.
> 
> The next git has a _lot_ of things done better wrt UI and such issues. 
> Though some backward incompatible changes must be introduced with the 
> proper deprecation warnings, so that people can adapt.