From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:03:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement git-staged, an alias for 'git diff --cached'.
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0810291801580.22125@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <08FC4756-8890-449D-BB55-90E4761C9B93@wincent.com>

Hi,

On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:

> Git already has too many commands. Adding more is not going to clear up 
> newbie confusion, and will only waste time because people will complain 
> about it and ask why there is this kind of duplication.

I completely disagree.  If the existing set of commands causes confusion, 
we need to deprecate those parts and add new commands.  Even if we have a 
ton of commands already.

It does not need to hurt, either.  Just think of init-db.  Ever heard of 
it?  We still have it, yet it is not relevant.

Ciao,
Dscho