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Re: [PATCH 0/3] increase user-friendliness

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 30, 2009, 18:29 UTC
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<20091030182916.GB19901@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0910291159110.3687@felix-maschine>
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:59:35AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Jeff King wrote:
> 
> > Git has a reputation as being unfriendly to users. Let's fix that by 
> > adding some features implemented by more user-friendly programs.
> 
> So the bar for pirate patches has been raised to patch series now?

Well, I wasn't intending to do a series, but strangely when you ask in a room full of git developers, "what ridiculous joke patch would you like me to code this afternoon?", you get way more answers than you wanted. I had to start rejecting suggestions. ;)

-Peff

PS Thanks to all who responded with ridiculous suggestions in your reviews. I'm not going to bother keeping the thread alive by responding to each, though. :)

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Message 9 of 9 in “increase user-friendliness”
  1. 0/3 increase user-friendlinessJeff King, Oct 29, 2009
  2. 1/3 add splash screenJeff King, Oct 29, 2009
  3. Michael WittenOct 29, 2009
  4. A Large Angry SCMOct 29, 2009
  5. Paolo BonziniOct 29, 2009
  6. 2/3 add config-mak git commandJeff King, Oct 29, 2009
  7. 3/3 add autoupdate featureJeff King, Oct 29, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinOct 29, 2009
  9. Jeff KingOct 30, 2009

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