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Re: ~/.git/config ?

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
May 27, 2006, 03:36 UTC
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On Fri, 26 May 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> 
> So they would do "alias cvs git" in a desperate attempt to save themselves 
> from CVS, and then add
> 
> 	[alias "co"]
> 		cmd = commit -a
That, of course, would be confusing.
It should be "ci" for commit, and "co" for "checkout".

Duh. Chalk it up to me not having used cvs in the last three or four years or so (we used it at transmeta, although I can hope that they've since seen the light ;).

			Linus
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Message 10 of 19 in “~/.git/config ?”
  1. Anand KumriaMay 26, 2006
  2. Timo HirvonenMay 26, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiMay 26, 2006
  4. Petr BaudisMay 26, 2006
  5. Timo HirvonenMay 26, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisMay 26, 2006
  7. Pavel RoskinMay 27, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisMay 27, 2006
  9. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiMay 27, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2006
  14. Nikolai WeibullMay 27, 2006
  15. Timo HirvonenMay 27, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2006
  17. Read configuration also from ~/.gitrcPetr Baudis, May 28, 2006
  18. Johannes SchindelinMay 29, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiMay 29, 2006

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