Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

From: Perry Wagle <wagle@cs.indiana.edu>
Date: Aug 27, 2008, 19:54 UTC
Message-ID: <38B725C0-40C3-496C-AAD4-4EA65E3085F5@cs.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20080827195019.GA9962@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Aug 27, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:43:23PM -0700, Perry Wagle wrote:
>
>> Doing git-<tab> was shocking to me at first, but it also showed me  
>> a list
>> of commands for me to learn.
>>
>> Now I guess that when everything's fixed up, I'll have to put in a  
>> space
>> instead of a dash to get exactly the same thing.
>>
>> What difference did changing the dash to a space make?
>
> Did you miss the part of the thread about how it's not exactly the  
> same
> thing, but rather substantially fewer commands (and there is even
> additional discussion about _which_ commands)?

I guess I did. Being an optimist, I wouldn't expect the tab completion to *lie* and leave things out.

-- Perry