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Re: [PATCH] submodule: make 'show' an alias for 'summary'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 1, 2012, 17:41 UTC
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Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> writes:
> Me too would expect a show command to show me a list of all the
> submodules and maybe some extra information (is it populated or
> not, does it have its .git directory embedded, does it contain
> changes). So maybe "show" should be a slightly pimped "status"?

What's the next inventive way somebody who did not read the documentation will come up with to spell the subcommand known as "status"? "submodule list"?

Do we really want 47 different subcommands that give the same output or slight variations thereof?

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  1. submodule: make 'show' an alias for 'summary'Ramkumar Ramachandra, Sep 29, 2012
  2. submodule: use abbreviated sha1 in 'status' outputRamkumar Ramachandra, Sep 29, 2012
  3. Jens LehmannSep 29, 2012
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 29, 2012
  5. Jens LehmannSep 29, 2012
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraOct 1, 2012
  7. Jens LehmannOct 1, 2012
  8. Jens LehmannSep 29, 2012
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 29, 2012
  10. Jens LehmannSep 29, 2012
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraOct 1, 2012
  12. Jens LehmannOct 1, 2012
  13. Ramkumar RamachandraOct 1, 2012
  14. Jens LehmannOct 1, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2012

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