Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Aug 26, 2008, 17:04 UTC
Message-ID: <20080826170446.GA5318@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20080826164526.GM26610@one.firstfloor.org>

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 06:45:26PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

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> It's not very convincing, because the bash completions script file for git 
> is installed by default[1] which completes both forms, so the new user will 
> experience instead:
> 
> git<space><tab><tab>.... what? 140-something commands? etc.etc.

The bash completion has the luxury of not mentioning some commands if they are likely to be confusing (i.e., very low-level plumbing).

That being said, it still produces 70-something commands.

-Peff

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