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Re: [PATCH 0/3] git help: group common commands by theme

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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May 8, 2015, 08:18 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
>
>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>>
>>> And the answer may confuse that someone even further (it is not
>>> necessarily "rm", but is often "reset").  As a list of simple
>>> command set to help the dip-your-toes-in-water process, a new user
>>> may be better off starting with "add", "add ." and "commit -a", and
>>> learn from the last part of "git add --help" that there are "rm" and
>>> "mv" (both of which happen a lot less often than "add").
>>
>> If one wonders how to remove a file from Git, expecting that user to
>> look at the doc for "git add" to find out seems really backwards to me.
>
> Yeah, but you are moving the goalpost.

Yes, because Git has more than one user and each user may have different ways of thinking. I both find it weird to present "add" without "rm" and to expect users to look at the doc for "add" to find "rm".

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Matthieu Moy
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Message 33 of 38 in “git help: group common commands by theme”
  1. 0/3 git help: group common commands by themeSébastien Guimmara, May 4, 2015
  2. 1/3 command-list.txt: group common commands by themeSébastien Guimmara, May 4, 2015
  3. Eric SunshineMay 6, 2015
  4. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 6, 2015
  5. Eric SunshineMay 7, 2015
  6. Johannes SixtMay 7, 2015
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2015
  8. Andreas SchwabMay 8, 2015
  9. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2015
  10. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 8, 2015
  11. Eric SunshineMay 8, 2015
  12. 2/3 generate-cmdlist.sh: parse common group commandsSébastien Guimmara, May 4, 2015
  13. Eric SunshineMay 8, 2015
  14. Eric SunshineMay 8, 2015
  15. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 8, 2015
  16. 3/3 git help: group common commands by themeSébastien Guimmara, May 4, 2015
  17. Eric SunshineMay 6, 2015
  18. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 6, 2015
  19. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 8, 2015
  20. Stefan BellerMay 8, 2015
  21. Eric SunshineMay 8, 2015
  22. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 8, 2015
  23. Eric SunshineMay 6, 2015
  24. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 6, 2015
  25. Eric SunshineMay 6, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2015
  27. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 8, 2015
  28. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2015
  29. Matthieu MoyMay 6, 2015
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2015
  31. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2015
  32. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2015
  33. Matthieu MoyMay 8, 2015
  34. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2015
  35. Emma Jane Hogbin WestbyMay 7, 2015
  36. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 8, 2015
  37. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2015
  38. Sébastien GuimmaraMay 8, 2015

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