Re: bug: unexpected output for "git st" + suggestion

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Nov 23, 2010, 20:38 UTC
Message-ID: <m262vn22sf.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=FaZ4MhJ2gDFZGiJVHsuY9jtNGgdWxX3Dq4BY6@mail.gmail.com>

Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>>
>> There's another command that starts with "st": stripspace (it's a
>> lowlevel command by the way). It's going to be a lot more if you type
>> "git m" and expect all commands starting with 'm'.
>
> Maybe so yeah. That's how Mercurial does.
>
> $  hg s
> hg: command 's' is ambiguous:
>     serve showconfig status strip summary

Mercurial allows unique abbreviations. Git doesn't. Thus a git command is never ambiguous.

Andreas.

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