Re: Cleaning up git user-interface warts

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 15, 2006, 10:05 UTC
Message-ID: <ejeomr$vrj$2@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061115040852.GL7201@pasky.or.cz>

Petr Baudis wrote:

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>   (i) Clearly divided porcelain/plumbing interface, so that you can
> really isolate the two UI-wise; endless confusion reigns there now. Is
> git-update-index porcelain or plumbing? _You_ call git-merge a proper
> porcelain? From my perspective, git-update-ref is as plumbing as it
> gets, but it's classified as porcelain. Etc, etc. This would be by far
> the most important advantage.

The problem is that one man's plumbing is another man porcelain.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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