Re: [PATCH] Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topic

From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@volumehost.net>
Date: Dec 2, 2008, 21:33 UTC
Message-ID: <200812021533.42114.bss03@volumehost.net>
In-Reply-To: <885649360812021211u3d547982i8e1c3070972363e8@mail.gmail.com>

On Tuesday 02 December 2008, "James Pickens" <jepicken@gmail.com> wrote about 'Re: [PATCH] Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topic':

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>On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I sent a new patch that removes 'rm' and 'mv' and removes the
>> common-cmd.h build process. I did keep the 'status' command, since in
>> my personal experience people tend to like having that command.
>
>Even though 'rm' might not be used very often, I think it's an important
>enough command that it should not be removed from the 'basics' list.
>AFAIK, the only other way to delete a file is 'rm file' followed by 'git
>add -u' or 'git commit -a'.  Imagine a git newbie trying to figure that
>out.
>
>I'm tempted to say the same thing about 'mv' as well.  And FWIW, I use
>'status' a lot more than I use 'diff', so I would vote to keep 'status'
> in the list too.

x2 to all of both paragraphs, except that I'm not just "tempted"; I do say that mv should be kept.

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