Re: [PATCH] When a remote is added but not fetched, tell the user.
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Yeah, I am not sure if that should be called --verbose, but a "training
> wheel" mode of operation somebody else mentioned the other day that echoes
> back what the command thinks it was told to do by the user, together with
> help text that explains what other things the user could have told to the
> command to enrich its operation, might be an interesting addition.
Hmmm, I'm not sure about '--verbose' as a name either, but it -is-
usually used to display more information about the command(s) being
executed. E.g.:
-v, --verbose
explain what is being done
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?mv
Sounds pretty much like what we're doing, explaining what command we
thing is being executed. The extra text OTOH with 'possible other
workflow suggestions' doesn't quite fit in the '--verbose' picture.
Perhaps a different kind of command, like '--newbie' (or, less
humiliating, '--explain') would be more appropriate.