Re: [RFC] Rename git-rm --cached to --index

From: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date: May 28, 2008, 23:57 UTC
Message-ID: <58CD1F67-D406-44BF-A3E2-DB57FD1742EC@wincent.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vprr6roxt.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

El 29/5/2008, a las 1:25, Junio C Hamano escribió:

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> Please don't make naming inconsistent.  --index means "do things that
> usually affect only work tree also to the index as well", while -- 
> cached
> means "act only on the index" (study "git apply" for another example).
>
> "git rm" that does not touch work tree but removes only the index  
> entry
> should be named --cached.

I think this is a bit of an arcane distinction. I wonder if a more intuitive scheme might be:

   "--index" as it is now (for "do things that usually affect only  
work tree also to the index as well")

And:

   "--index-only" for "act only on the index"

Although the latter is more characters to type than "--cached", it is a hell of a lot less surprising. For the typing-phobic there's always completion.

Let the arguments about bikeshed color and breaking people's scripts ensue!

Cheers, Wincent