Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] checkout: split into switch-branch and checkout-files
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
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- Nov 29, 2018, 15:36 UTC
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 6:59 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> > Stefan Xenos <sxenos@google.com> writes: > > > Although I have no problem with "switch-branch" as a command name, > > some alternative names we might consider for switch-branch might be: > > > > chbranch > > swbranch > > Please never go in that direction. So far, we made a conscious > effort to keep the names of most frequently used subcommand to > proper words that can be understood by coders (IOW, I expect they > know what 'grep' is, even though that may not be a 'proper word'). > > > switch > > branch change (as a subcommand for the "branch" command) > > It is more like moving to the branch to work on. I think 'switch' > is something SVN veterans may find familiar. Both are much better > than ch/swbranch that are overly cryptic.
OK I'll go with switch-branch and restore-files in the next round. And perhaps consider just 'switch' and 'restore' later.
-- Duy