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Re: Alternative to manual editing with git add --patch

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Sven Helmberger <sven.helmberger@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 15, 2015, 15:22 UTC
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Am 15.10.2015 um 17:06 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
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> 
> Because sometimes more is less. If users are overwhelmed with many, many
> options, they are *less* likely to benefit from the few that are easy to
> use because they won't find out about them.
>

Going from "I want to split at 'x'" to doing so seems just fine. More than "Ok.. let's find the match I want to search for to have the split I want", which seems like the opposite of usable.

There are 13 options now not counting help. Not sure it matters much if we increase that to 14 or 15.

Regards, Sven

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  4. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2015
  5. Sven HelmbergerOct 14, 2015
  6. Johannes SchindelinOct 15, 2015
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  8. Johannes SchindelinOct 15, 2015
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