Re: Git user survey and `git pull`

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sep 23, 2006, 14:12 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0609231608070.25853@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <ef1j6j$8sn$1@sea.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Matthias Urlichs wrote:

Show 14 quoted lines

> For what it's worth, I'm in favor of renaming the things.
> 
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:24:01 -0400, Shawn Pearce wrote:
> 
> >   Current            Shoulda Been
> >   ---------------    ----------------
> >   git-push           git-push
> >   git-fetch          git-pull
> >   git-pull . foo     git-merge foo
> >   git-pull           git-pull --merge
> >   git-merge          git-merge-driver
> > 
> The new programs can (for the most part) recognize when they're called with
> "old" semantics, and spit out a warning.

Now, that only introduces more confusion!

If there is another tool rename, better choose names which are virgins. Besides, I am still not convinced that the rename is necessary. Granted, some new users might get confused with the current naming, but what about those who are not? They would be confused by the new naming.

And if you want unambiguous names, and even succeed in choosing sensible ones, you can make them hardwired aliases, and old habits don't have to die.

Ciao, Dscho