Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] Add a new builtin: branch-diff

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: May 7, 2018, 07:50 UTC
Message-ID: <20180507075006.GD31170@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1805052355190.77@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 11:57:26PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> > It feels really petty complaining about the name, but I just want to
> > raise the point, since it will never be easier to change than right now.
> 
> I do hear you. Especially since I hate `git cherry` every single time that
> I try to tab-complete `git cherry-pick`.

Me too. :)

I've wondered if "git pick" would be a good alias for cherry-pick (the "cherry" metaphor is probably not well understood by most users). And "revert" should just be "pick -R", but that is a whole other discussion.

-Peff

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