Re: GSoC 2016: applications open, deadline = Fri, 19/2

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 19, 2016, 20:37 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4md4cu83.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <0E364888-DD95-4B47-9679-3CB586FC7E8C@gmail.com>

Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:

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> If this mode is enabled then Git shall print a warning message before 
> running a potentially destructive command. In addition to the warning 
> Git shall print a command that would reverse the operation if possible. 
> Most of the information to reverse an operation is already available 
> via git reflog. However, the task here is to make this information more 
> easily accessible to Git beginners.
>
> --
>
> Does this go into the direction of "making the powerful tool harder to
> misuse"?

Not really, if done without a real thinking. The approach risks to make the powerful tool harder to use, not just misuse.

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