Re: [PATCH] Modified the default git help message to be grouped by topic

> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> >> If this list is meant to show "the most commonly used" basics, then 
> >> you can trim the list somewhat.  For example, "rm" and "mv" can be 
> >> safely discarded, "status" can be replaced with "diff", and "diff" 
> >> can be removed from "History Commands".
> >
> > I sent a new patch that removes 'rm' and 'mv' and removes the 
> > common-cmd.h build process. I did keep the 'status' command, since in 
> > my personal experience people tend to like having that command.
> 
> Even though 'rm' might not be used very often, I think it's an important 
> enough command that it should not be removed from the 'basics' list. 
> AFAIK, the only other way to delete a file is 'rm file' followed by 'git 
> add -u' or 'git commit -a'.  Imagine a git newbie trying to figure that 
> out.
> 
> I'm tempted to say the same thing about 'mv' as well.  And FWIW, I use 
> 'status' a lot more than I use 'diff', so I would vote to keep 'status' 
> in the list too.