Re: feature request: better support for typos

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 15, 2015, 09:12 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8DGUo0-zFm2xtAKE6wy0c2GdbiOe-X2+B0HnCNg3SKa8g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0XMOLDamBeWswDi0cn_naZ2TX+gd89+g48zNwPPKxTh+ZTww@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 1:12 AM, Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> when a user made a typo, Git is not good in guessing what
> the user could have meant, except for git commands. I think
> this is an area with room for improvements.
> Let's look into branches. When I "clone --branch" and make
> a typo, Git could show me what branch I could have meant. It's
> the same when I try to merge or track a branch.

Good candidate for those micro-projects next year.

> It might even
> be possible to show suggestions for options for all Git commands.

You mean if you type "--brnch" it should suggest "--branch"? I was bugged about this and wanted to do something, only to realize in most cases git would show "git <cmd> -h", which does a much better job because it would explain what --branch is for as well.

> What I'm trying to say is, there are arguments with a limited
> amount of possible values that Git know, so Git can show
> suggestions when the user made a typo for such an argument.

-- 
Duy