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Re: [RFC/PATCH] Implement git-cp.

From
Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Date
Feb 10, 2008, 13:29 UTC
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söndagen den 10 februari 2008 skrev Junio C Hamano:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > If you touch builtin-mv.c already, why not just move cmd_cp() in there?  
> > It's not like it would be the first cmd_*() function living in the same 
> > file as other cmd_*() functions.
> 
> Why do we even want "git-cp", especially when git-mv and git-rm
> are already pretty much redundant commands?
> 
> Especially, why do we even encourage copy-and-paste?

We do not. I've seen too much damage being done through copy/paste. A much better (safer) way to copy code is to re-type it. I've asked more than once, when asked to help debug a piece of code: "Did you copy this code?".

For this reason I have a vision of a "plugin" for Eclipse that disables paste if the clipboard contains copied code. Cut and paste would be ok.

-- robin
Previous: Miklos VajnaNext: Jakub Narebski
Message 9 of 14 in “What about git cp ?”
  1. Francis MoreauFeb 3, 2008
  2. Matthieu MoyFeb 3, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiFeb 3, 2008
  4. Implement git-cp.Miklos Vajna, Feb 10, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2008
  8. Miklos VajnaFeb 10, 2008
  9. Robin RosenbergFeb 10, 2008
  10. Jakub NarebskiFeb 11, 2008
  11. Matthieu MoyFeb 11, 2008
  12. Miklos VajnaFeb 11, 2008
  13. Implement git-cp.Miklos Vajna, Feb 10, 2008
  14. Remi VanicatFeb 3, 2008

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