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Re: Start deprecating "git-command" in favor of "git command"

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 1, 2007, 18:16 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> Carlos had a cute idea on IRC, but was too shy to mention it here. There 
> is a central place for Git's shell script, git-sh-setup. Defining an 
> environment variable there, GIT_NO_ALIAS, and honouring that in the Git 
> wrapper. Something similar is possible in Git.pm for perl scripts.
>
> Note: I am opposed to overriding default parameters via alias. I am only 
> stating that it is still possible.
>
> I am in favour of Linus' patch. Here's why: quite some times, I have been 
> asked (at a very late stage) "What still confuses me: what is the 
> difference between git-xyz and git xyz?" It _is_ confusing for beginners, 
> even if it is easy to explain.
Ok, please consider the idea sold.
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  1. Linus TorvaldsJun 30, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2007
  3. Yann DirsonJun 30, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2007
  5. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 1, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2007
  9. Nicolas PitreJul 3, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2007
  11. Linus TorvaldsJun 30, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2007
  14. Jeff KingJul 1, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinJul 1, 2007
  16. Josh TriplettJul 1, 2007
  17. waltJun 30, 2007
  18. Johannes SchindelinJun 30, 2007
  19. waltJun 30, 2007
  20. Yann DirsonJul 1, 2007

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