From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:25:58 GMT
Subject: Re: Git's inconsistent command line options
Message-ID: <20150831102558.1514e5f7@anarchist.wooz.org>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8D3J6RhtPPtSvtWfOb8BapaX2-52M5_fE36psQPB_oQsQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Aug 31, 2015, at 05:10 PM, Duy Nguyen wrote:

>I'm probably shot down for this. But could we go with a clean plate
>and create a new command prefix (something like git-next, git2, or
>gt...)? We could then redesign the entire UI without worrying about
>backward compatibility. At some point we can start to deprecate "git"
>and encourage to use the new command prefix only. Of course somebody
>has to go over all the commands and options to propose some consistent
>UI, then more discussions and coding so it could likely follow the
>path of pack v4..

`git` itself could also be a thin wrapper which consulted a configuration
variable to see which version of the ui to expose.

"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of
indirection"

Cheers,
-Barry