From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:03:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] git-add: rename -u to -a
Message-ID: <buobp1w350a.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D6B6101.9090504@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> Miles Bader venit, vidit, dixit 28.02.2011 09:42:
>> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
>>> - "commit -a,--add <addopts>" be "add <addopts> && commit", and
>> 
>> Can you give an example?  It look like you're proposing that the user
>> would have to type "commit -a -u", which is pretty gross for a fairly
>> common operation that already has a good shorthand...
>
> we don't need "-u" any more, because it's the new default. So,
> obviously, "commit -a" would do what it always did.

Ok, so for "-u" that works out.

But for -A, the user would have to type "commit -a -A".

That sort of indirection is clever, but it seems confusing and
inconvenient for the user, and I think a very common question would be
"why do I need to use -a when it's obvious that -A should imply that?"

-miles

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