From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 21:32:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [git-users] Highlevel (but simple to implement) commands provided by default for git
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Bráulio Bhavamitra wrote:
> Agree, these aliased should work as a fallback or as an automatic short
> version

Making builtins override'able is also a terrible idea.  It opens doors
to potential bugs we don't want to deal with.  Simple example:

   am = log -1
   log = am -3