Re: If you would write git from scratch now, what would you change?

From: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
Date: Nov 27, 2007, 05:10 UTC
Message-ID: <83D4511B-BE07-4098-9901-44C164467F76@midwinter.com>
In-Reply-To: <7v7ik4e4xa.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Nov 26, 2007, at 7:35 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Seriously, speaking I find this "negative" list ugly.  I am  
> wondering if
> it makes more sense to use positive "Porcelain" list, or perhaps even
> "The most commonly used" list from "git help" output.

Yes, a positive list makes much more sense. If for no other reason than that it will require the author of a new command to make a conscious decision before that command will be suggested to users.

-Steve

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