git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH] Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topic

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 2, 2008, 01:45 UTC
Message-ID
<7v7i6jqriv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<20081201183258.GB24443@coredump.intra.peff.net>
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
Show 11 quoted lines
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 09:30:37AM -0800, Scott Chacon wrote:
>
>> It's difficult to process 21 commands (which is what is output
>> by default for git when no command is given).  I've re-grouped
>> them into 4 groups of 5 or 6 commands each, which I think is
>> clearer and easier for new users to process.
>
> I like it (and I think the categorizations look reasonable, which is
> something that I recall caused some discussion at the GitTogether).
>
> The only downside I see is that we're now >24 lines.

If this list is meant to show "the most commonly used" basics, then you can trim the list somewhat. For example, "rm" and "mv" can be safely discarded, "status" can be replaced with "diff", and "diff" can be removed from "History Commands".

Previous: Jeff KingNext: Scott Chacon
Message 3 of 12 in “Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topic”
  1. Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topicScott Chacon, Dec 1, 2008
  2. Jeff KingDec 1, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2008
  4. Scott ChaconDec 2, 2008
  5. James PickensDec 2, 2008
  6. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 2, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2008
  8. Jeff KingDec 2, 2008
  9. Scott ChaconDec 2, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2008
  11. Jeff KingDec 3, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiDec 3, 2008

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.