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Re: How to fork a file (git cp ?)

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Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Date
May 5, 2011, 19:27 UTC
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On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Maybe Mikhail wanted to say that if there's a git-mv as a shortcut for
>>   "cp old new ; rm old; add new"
>> then there should be a git-cp as a shortcut for
>>   "cp old new; add new"
>
> Copying and then futzing with a copy is a bad discipline to begin with.
> git already has a reputation of having too many commands.  I am not
> thrilled about the idea of making things worse by adding an unnecessary
> command, and especially one that encourages a bad workflow.

I'm not saying I want to have git-cp, but could you explain what is wrong with "cp old new; add new" (why is that bad workflow? How come adding a copy of a file can be a workflow at all?)

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Piotr Krukowiecki
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Message 12 of 19 in “How to fork a file (git cp ?)”
  1. Mikhail T.May 4, 2011
  2. Johannes SixtMay 4, 2011
  3. Johannes SixtMay 4, 2011
  4. Stephen BashMay 4, 2011
  5. Mikhail T.May 4, 2011
  6. Øyvind A. HolmMay 4, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2011
  8. Mikhail T.May 5, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2011
  10. Piotr KrukowieckiMay 5, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2011
  12. Piotr KrukowieckiMay 5, 2011
  13. Mikhail T.May 5, 2011
  14. Jeff KingMay 5, 2011
  15. Piotr KrukowieckiMay 5, 2011
  16. Piotr KrukowieckiMay 5, 2011
  17. Jeff KingMay 5, 2011
  18. Pete HarlanMay 8, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2011

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