From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:36:35 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Removed the printf("rm 'file'") from git-rm. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20070325210418.GA29221@code-monkey.de> Hi, On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, Tilman Sauerbeck wrote: > Junio C Hamano [2007-03-24 23:22]: > > Tilman Sauerbeck writes: > > > > > We used to print that, because you actually had to run the output > > > of git-rm to get rid of the files before Git 1.5. Now that git-rm > > > really removes the files, it's not needed anymore. > > > > Even though I admit I do not deeply care, as I never use 'git > > rm' myself, I do not necessarily agree with "because" part. > > > > I suspect people are by now accustomed to see the assuring > > feedback from the command when used this way: > > [snip] > > Too bad, I find it rather annoying and irritating. Why not do the common thing, and add a "--quiet" option? You can even add a config variable to enable it by default (for git-rm). It's not like git-rm is performance critical... > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? Funny! Ciao, Dscho