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Re: Should Cogito scripts be renamed?

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jdl@freescale.com <jdl@freescale.com>
Date
Sep 16, 2005, 00:07 UTC
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So, like, the other day Petr asked:
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>  I'd like to hear the opinion of Cogito users about renaming the Cogito
> commands accordingly to the GIT big renames. This would be:
>
>	cg-pull -> cg-fetch
>	cg-update -> cg-pull

It took me a good long while of confusion before I realized that cg and git were inconsistent in their command names and meanings here. It was the source of Head Scratching and Not Understanding.

I am firmly of the opinion that CG should either rename these commands to be more consistent with GIT, or else make up totally new, different names unrelated to git entirely. The reuse of "pull" alone will be, IMO, a constant source of documentation and explanation headaches.

As with git, sooner rather than later, please.
jdl
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