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Re: Tool renames? was Re: First stab at glossary

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 3, 2005, 06:05 UTC
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I said:
> 	I'll draw up a strawman tonight unless somebody else
> 	does it first.
1. Say 'index' when you are tempted to say 'cache'.
        git-checkout-cache      git-checkout-index
        git-convert-cache       git-convert-index
        git-diff-cache          git-diff-index
        git-fsck-cache          git-fsck-index
        git-merge-cache         git-merge-index
        git-update-cache        git-update-index
2. The act of combining two or more heads is called 'merging';
   fetching immediately followed by merging is called 'pulling'.
        git-resolve-script      git-merge-script
   The commit walkers are called *-pull, but this is probably
   confusing.  They are not pulling.
        git-http-pull           git-http-walk
        git-local-pull          git-local-walk
        git-ssh-pull            git-ssh-walk
3. Non-binaries are called '*-scripts'.
   In earlier discussions some people seem to like the
   distinction between *-script and others; I did not
   particularly like it, but I am throwing this in for
   discussion.
        git-applymbox           git-applymbox-script
        git-applypatch          git-applypatch-script
        git-cherry              git-cherry-script
        git-shortlog            git-shortlog-script
        git-whatchanged         git-whatchanged-script
4. To be removed shortly.
        git-clone-dumb-http     should be folded into git-clone-script
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  1. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2005
  2. Daniel BarkalowAug 17, 2005
  3. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2005
  5. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2005
  6. Daniel BarkalowAug 17, 2005
  7. Johannes SchindelinAug 17, 2005
  8. Tool renames? was Re: First stab at glossaryTim Ottinger, Aug 24, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2005
  10. Tim OttingerSep 1, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2005
  12. Daniel BarkalowSep 2, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2005
  15. Daniel BarkalowSep 3, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2005
  17. Daniel BarkalowSep 4, 2005

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