Re: Add an alias for --abort option

From: Vitaly Lipatov <lav@etersoft.ru>
Date: Nov 21, 2014, 17:47 UTC
Message-ID: <85660b3a1d32ba10f8ddcee83fa89d71@office.etersoft.ru>
In-Reply-To: <546F5DE9.1050700@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber писал 2014-11-21 18:44:

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> Vitaly Lipatov schrieb am 21.11.2014 um 13:41:
>> Hello,
>>
>> is it allowed add alias '--abandone' for --abort option in git 
>> commands
>> (git am, git rebase, etc.)?
>> The word 'abort' have too negative meaning in the russian language.
>
> But that is the english localisation. We do have git in other 
> languages
> - maybe not Russian yet, but it would be great and welcome to change 
> that!

I sure the git in any language has the same options. It is not language specific really.

> ('abort' is negative in german, too).

And my suggest is add more correct word. Definitely, we never can just change option's name.

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>> For example, for git am we have three option names for continue
>> operation:
>> --continue, -r, --resolved
>
> I think it's a bad precedence. We should rather fight option bloat.

By my mind, if we have compatibility names it helps our brain to operate with command line in more intuitive manner.

-- 
Vitaly Lipatov,
Etersoft