From: martin <test2@mfriebe.de>
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 21:40:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] config: add default aliases
Message-ID: <74124ed2-2905-a167-90b6-9b289521ea83@mfriebe.de>
In-Reply-To: <60df7ee3128d6_28bb2086c@natae.notmuch>

On 02/07/2021 23:02, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>
>> If I was a committer on this project, I would have to be much more
>> convinced that there is long-term value in this series than appears on
>> the surface.
>   1. It doesn't affect anyone negatively
>   2. You don't have to use them if you don't want to
>   3. They don't affect your aliases, even if they have the same name
>   4. Everyone has aliases
>   5. Every SCM in history has had aliases
>
> What more would you need?
>

Well, it might be good if they were configurable.

core.built-in-alias=false
core.built-in-alias=true
core.built-in-alias=sw,rs  # switch,restore

Also, it can be debated if they should be on or off by default. (hence 
built-in)

If the setting is undefined, then if a user does
    git sw branch
It will print:
built in aliases are not enabled. Please run
   git config core.built-in-alias=true

That way no one is forced to anything, but they are easy to enable, and 
self advertising.