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Re: 1.6.0: where is git-gui?

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Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Aug 21, 2008, 19:41 UTC
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<20080821194123.GX3483@spearce.org>
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Oliver Kullmann <O.Kullmann@swansea.ac.uk> wrote:
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> I've read the release notes, but it didn't occur
> to me that "git-gui" is part of "git" --- I assumed
> it would be, like "gitk", a different program (which
> just be chance is using the same naming convention
> like "git-clone" etc.).
Well, it really is a separate program, just like gitk is.

But its name being "git-gui" and not "gitgui" is not by accident. I chose it to fit into the "git foo" naming scheme used by the core tools, so it fit better into the overall user experience. Ditto with "git citool".

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. Oliver KullmannAug 20, 2008
  2. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2008
  3. Pieter de BieAug 20, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2008
  5. David KastrupAug 21, 2008
  6. Oliver KullmannAug 21, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceAug 21, 2008

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