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Re: File Systems and a Theory of Edits

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
Jul 31, 2011, 16:16 UTC
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Am 31.07.2011 16:13, schrieb Michael Nahas:
> I don't doubt that there exists current commands in git that can perform
> operations like cat, ls, etc.  My point is that git can make it easier
> for new users to learn commands and existing users to remember commands
> if git copies the name and sematics (as much as possible) of cat, ls, etc.

Possibly. My point was that for this example a look-alike was easy to implement as an alias or shell script using an existing plumbing command. You can probably get quite far to your goal that way.

René
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  1. Michael NahasJul 30, 2011
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 30, 2011
  3. René ScharfeJul 31, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  5. Michael NahasAug 1, 2011
  6. John M. DlugoszJul 30, 2011
  7. Michael WittenJul 31, 2011
  8. Jeff KingAug 1, 2011
  9. Michael NahasJul 31, 2011
  10. Michael WittenJul 31, 2011
  11. Michael NahasJul 31, 2011
  12. Andreas SchwabJul 31, 2011
  13. Michael NahasJul 31, 2011
  14. Michael NahasAug 1, 2011
  15. René ScharfeJul 31, 2011

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