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Re: Usability question

From
SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date
Sep 17, 2009, 12:13 UTC
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<20090917121328.GA21837@neumann>
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<vpqy6odhn0d.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
Hi,
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:41:06PM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
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> Rob Barrett <barrettboy@gmail.com> writes:
> > 1. What is the distinction that makes the 10% special enough to get
> > non-prefixed options?
> 
> Prefixed and non-prefixed is what people usually call respectively
> "options" and "subcommands". To me, the distinction is needed:
> 
> Options are flags that modify the behavior of a git command. For
> example, "git reset" and "git reset --hard" do something similar, but
> "git svn rebase" and "git svn dcommit" do something really, totally
> different. It's not about doing the same thing in a different way,
> it's really about different actions.

I tend to aggree, but what about 'git rebase --abort' vs. 'git rebase --continue'? IMHO they are also doing something totally different.

Best, Gábor

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  3. SZEDER GáborSep 17, 2009
  4. Matthieu MoySep 17, 2009
  5. Daniele SegatoSep 17, 2009
  6. Rob BarrettSep 20, 2009
  7. Dmitry PotapovSep 20, 2009
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