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Re: [PATCH] Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topic

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JPJames Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 2, 2008, 20:11 UTC
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On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> If this list is meant to show "the most commonly used" basics, then you
>> can trim the list somewhat.  For example, "rm" and "mv" can be safely
>> discarded, "status" can be replaced with "diff", and "diff" can be removed
>> from "History Commands".
>>
>
> I sent a new patch that removes 'rm' and 'mv' and removes the
> common-cmd.h build process. I did keep the 'status' command, since in
> my personal experience people tend to like having that command.

Even though 'rm' might not be used very often, I think it's an important enough command that it should not be removed from the 'basics' list. AFAIK, the only other way to delete a file is 'rm file' followed by 'git add -u' or 'git commit -a'. Imagine a git newbie trying to figure that out.

I'm tempted to say the same thing about 'mv' as well. And FWIW, I use 'status' a lot more than I use 'diff', so I would vote to keep 'status' in the list too.

James
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  1. Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topicScott Chacon, Dec 1, 2008
  2. Jeff KingDec 1, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2008
  4. Scott ChaconDec 2, 2008
  5. James PickensDec 2, 2008
  6. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 2, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2008
  8. Jeff KingDec 2, 2008
  9. Scott ChaconDec 2, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2008
  11. Jeff KingDec 3, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiDec 3, 2008

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