From: A Large Angry SCM Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:27:09 GMT Subject: Re: "git-whatever" the new style vs. "git whatever"? Message-ID: <495940AD.2070602@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200812291447.01713.bss@iguanasuicide.net> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 2008 December 29 13:37:19 jidanni@jidanni.org wrote: >> JCH> I think he is comparing "git am" and "git-am" the latter of which is >> JCH> now deprecated and largely removed from the end user. >> >> By the way, we here at the end user end have a hard time detecting if >> "git-whatever" the new style vs. "git whatever"... > > That shouldn't be a problem for much longer because "git-whatever" will stop > working. From what I understand, "git whatever" has always been the > preferred form, and the fact that "git-whatever" worked was just a > implementation detail. This is a revisionist history. Check the history of the git command to find out when it was created and then check the ML archives for related discussions.