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Re: The git spring cleanup challenge completion

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 3, 2021, 17:33 UTC
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Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
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> On 03/07/21 05.49, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> > Other than that, it's fair to say that *everyone* needs some command
> > aliases to use git. This past month shell completions have saved me, but
> > not completely. I can't imagine how a newcomer must feel using git
> > without any alias.
> 
> I personally use git *sans* aliases. I prefer writing full commands 
> (like `git checkout`) rather than shorter aliases (like `git co`) so 
> that I know what my intentions are.
OK. Virtually everyone.

Have you tried aliases? I just went through a month of getting outside my confort zone.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  5. Felipe ContrerasJul 3, 2021
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