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[small bug] Surprising "Did you mean this?"

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Nov 18, 2008, 17:05 UTC
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<vpqod0dezh9.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
Hi,
The following is quite surprising:
  $ git tags 
  git: 'tags' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.
  
  Did you mean this?
          status
  
I would have expected git to propose me "tag" (1 character removal),
while "status" is quite far from "tags" (remove g, add u, add another
t, shuffle and you're there).
my 2 cents,
-- 
Matthieu
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