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Re: [PATCH] Group the default git help message by topic

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 30, 2010, 05:36 UTC
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On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:47:19AM -0700, Scott Chacon wrote:
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> It's difficult to process 21 commands (which is what is output
> by default for git when no command is given).  They have been
> re-grouped into 4 groups of 5-6 commands each, which is clearer
> and easier for new users to process.  More advanced commands
> such as bisect and rebase have also been removed as this should
> be output for beginners.

I think this is an improvement, but your patch seems to be whitespace damaged.

> Also removes the common-cmd.h generation process, including
> parts of the Makefile and the generate-cmdlist.sh file.

We could always mark the relevant commands in command-list.txt and auto-generate the structured list. But this list really should not change much, so I don't know if the extra complexity to do it automatically is worth it.

-Peff
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  1. Group the default git help message by topicScott Chacon, May 25, 2010
  2. Jeff KingMay 30, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2010

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