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

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Aug 27, 2008, 19:50 UTC
Message-ID: <20080827195019.GA9962@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <B83CC7EA-C77E-45CA-B9C5-FC81A8C0C9A5@cs.indiana.edu>

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:43:23PM -0700, Perry Wagle wrote:

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> Doing git-<tab> was shocking to me at first, but it also showed me a list 
> of commands for me to learn.
>
> Now I guess that when everything's fixed up, I'll have to put in a space 
> instead of a dash to get exactly the same thing.
>
> What difference did changing the dash to a space make?

Did you miss the part of the thread about how it's not exactly the same thing, but rather substantially fewer commands (and there is even additional discussion about _which_ commands)?

-Peff

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