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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add `-p' option to `git-mv', inspired by `mkdir'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 31, 2023, 05:58 UTC
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Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org> writes:
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> A quite similar ambiguity exists in cp(1) in mv(1), which is also
> resolved by the use of the trailing slash character.  However, I've
> encountered only one person aware of that disambiguation, and in cp(1)
> only, but in the "I always include the trailing slash" way, without
> actually understanding it fully.  Maybe I need to encounter more
> people, I don't know.

If the majority of (perhaps new) users you already know find such disambiguation method unfamiliar, that already is a good anecdata without any need for you to meet more people to tell us that it is not a very easy-to-understand thing for them, no?

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Message 10 of 11 in “Add `-p' option to `git-mv', inspired by `mkdir'”
  1. 0/3 Add `-p' option to `git-mv', inspired by `mkdir'Hugo Sales, Oct 9, 2023
  2. 2/3 mv: Add tests for new -p flagHugo Sales, Oct 9, 2023
  3. 3/3 mv: Add documentation for new `-p' flagHugo Sales, Oct 9, 2023
  4. 1/3 mv: Add -p option to create parent directoriesHugo Sales, Oct 9, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2023
  7. Hugo SalesOct 11, 2023
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2023
  9. Dragan SimicOct 31, 2023
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2023
  11. Dragan SimicOct 31, 2023

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