Re: PATCH: improve git switch documentation

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 12, 2021, 16:55 UTC
Message-ID: <60ec740d6c560_a4525208d3@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <87r1g3n5x3.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>

Sergey Organov wrote:

> "Kerry, Richard" <richard.kerry@atos.net> writes:

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> > If I remember correctly, "branch" is used in Subversion and CVS only
> > for the creation of a branch. Likewise "tag" for creating a tag.
> > And I think they both use "update" to load the required
> > branch/tag/commit into the current working area.
> >
> > If git were to do that then I think we might get around some of this
> > confusion.
> >
> > In that case:
> > git branch = create a branch
> 
> Sorry, it's too late. I don't think we can actually do it.
> 
> > git tag = create a tag
> 
> Ditto. Too late.

It's never too late consider what would have been the correct UI.

Even if ultimately unachievable, exploring these ideas might give you other ideas that are more achievable.

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Felipe Contreras