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Re: git-stash: RFC: Adopt the default behavior to other commands

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SOSergei Organov <osv@javad.com>
Date
Dec 18, 2007, 17:40 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
>
>> Jakub Narebski wrote:
>>
>> > Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
>> >
>> > > My point is that it would be nice if all git commands that actually 
>> > > manipulate objects (create/delete/modify) had a safe default, and 
>> > > that experienced users such as yourself could endure the 
>> > > insufferable agony of retraining your fingers to type five more 
>> > > chars so that people won't have to get bitten by surprises.
>> > 
>> > Also for "git commit"?
>> 
>> git commit has a very safe default; It runs "git status" and exits.
>
> Not in my universe.  It starts an editor, and then commits what I
> staged.

... allowing you to abort the operation by means of providing empty commit message. On the other hand, "git stash" has immediate effect, so it's somewhat more dangerous. Just to be picky, anyway.

-- 
Sergei.
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Message 16 of 33 in “git-stash: RFC: Adopt the default behavior to other commands”
  1. Sebastian HarlDec 17, 2007
  2. Benoit SigoureDec 17, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2007
  4. Benoit SigoureDec 17, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2007
  6. Sebastian HarlDec 18, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  8. Andreas EricssonDec 18, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  10. Andreas EricssonDec 18, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  12. Andreas EricssonDec 18, 2007
  13. Jakub NarebskiDec 18, 2007
  14. Andreas EricssonDec 18, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  16. Sergei OrganovDec 18, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  18. Martin LanghoffDec 18, 2007
  19. Wincent ColaiutaDec 18, 2007
  20. Jörg SommerDec 18, 2007
  21. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2007
  23. しらいしななこDec 20, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2007
  25. Wincent ColaiutaDec 21, 2007
  26. しらいしななこDec 21, 2007
  27. André Goddard RosaDec 18, 2007
  28. Martin LanghoffDec 18, 2007
  29. Wincent ColaiutaDec 19, 2007
  30. Martin LanghoffDec 19, 2007
  31. Andreas EricssonDec 19, 2007
  32. Johannes SchindelinDec 19, 2007
  33. Wincent ColaiutaDec 19, 2007

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