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Re: [1.8.0 RFD] Homogeneous use of short options

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 14, 2011, 15:19 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

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> Proposal:
> Make our use of short options more homogeneous.
>
> ...
>
> Risks:
> Users and scripts may obviously depend on the current options names.
>
> Migration plan:
> Introduce new options first (1.7.x) along with warnings in the release
> notes (optionally, make the commands output warnings). Then change the
> behavior in 1.8.0.

Sometimes I think we could just add a new "root" name for total UI redesign. Say all commands starting with "gic" (or whatever name it is, "gt" may be even shorter) will have new/consistent behavior while "git" ones remain unchanged (or changed gradually and sloooowly). It happened with bazaar (baz vs bzr) long ago.

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Duy
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  1. Michael J GruberFeb 14, 2011
  2. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 14, 2011
  3. Jay SoffianFeb 14, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2011
  5. Miles BaderFeb 15, 2011
  6. Michael J GruberFeb 15, 2011

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