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Re: A suggestion: more readable human commands

From
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Jun 15, 2021, 11:55 UTC
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On Jun 15 2021, it-developer@abelardolg.com wrote:
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> To merge a single file from one branch to another:
>
> git checkout <branch_name> <path_to_file> --patch
>
> would be like more readable human like this:
>
> git merge <path_file> to <dst_branch>

This is ambigous if a branch or tag named <path_file> or to exists, and the usual disambiguation using -- will not work.

Andreas.
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  1. it-developer@abelardolg.comJun 15, 2021
  2. Bagas SanjayaJun 15, 2021
  3. Andreas SchwabJun 15, 2021

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