Re: bug: unexpected output for "git st" + suggestion

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 23, 2010, 12:40 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTinFMn4V3c3yV6j72eqj5=v4jW7Uh3fmNDOyYjnT@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimdKoGHapMTrA-bf_mEyMAEiiM0ALvLbZX8QJpv@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> I am new to Git and I tried to run "git st"
>
> I have found one small bug: "status" is not listed in the help screen
> Git displays in that case.
>
> $ git st
> git: 'st' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
>
> Did you mean one of these?
>        reset
>        stage
>        stash

It's heuristics, based on the assumption that you mistype a command by a letter or two. It gives helpful suggestions most of the time, but you can't expect it to be always right, especially when "st" is not a mistyping. "git --help" does show "status" though so I guess it's ok.

-- 
Duy