Re: git-stash: RFC: Adopt the default behavior to other commands
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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
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- Dec 18, 2007, 14:22 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi, > > On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Sebastian Harl wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 04:31:12PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: >>> But the original point by Sebastian hasn't been answered. He wanted >>> to make the command list the stash without arguments. >>> >>> This was discussed already in the early days of stash and there indeed >>> was a suggestion to do so (I think I sided with that), but the users >>> did not want it. IIRC, the argument went like: "when I say 'stash', >>> that is because I want a quick and immediate way to stash, and I do >>> not want a list. If I do not have to have a quick way, I would create >>> a temporary commit on the current branch, or switch to a temporary >>> branch and commit there." >> Well, "git stash save" is just five characters more - I really don't see >> why this would be less comfortable (and for the really lazy people there >> are still aliases...). On the other hand (if "list" is the default), >> we'd get a more consistent interface which imho is imho more important >> than typing five characters less. > > It's more about what you're used to. I had an alias named 'stash' long > before it became a git command. And now guess how _annoying_ it would be > to type "git stash<Return><Curse out loud at my mouse>git stash > save<Return>". >
Not nearly as annoying as losing work because of it, and you obviously *know* what to do when you're done cursing, while clueless-newbie-X just hops away and uses subversion.
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