From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:33:41 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topic Message-ID: <200812021533.42114.bss03@volumehost.net> In-Reply-To: <885649360812021211u3d547982i8e1c3070972363e8@mail.gmail.com> On Tuesday 02 December 2008, "James Pickens" wrote about 'Re: [PATCH] Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topic': >On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Scott Chacon 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. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss03@volumehost.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/