From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:37:40 GMT
Subject: Re: git-rm isn't the inverse action of git-add
Message-ID: <vpqoditkc23.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707022205210.4071@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> What's so wrong with our man pages? You know, there have been man hours 
> invested in them, and they are exclusively meant for consumption by people 
> who do not know about the usage of the commands...

What's wrong is just that I shouldn't have to read a man page to avoid
data-loss. I should have to read them to do non-trivial things, for
sure.

Useability is not just about documenting surprising behaviors, it's
really about avoiding them.

-- 
Matthieu