Re: [PATCH 6/7] stage: add 'diff' subcommand

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 11, 2021, 20:57 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq7dgr8zt7.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <162871314612.7067.6886805754107701040.git@grubix.eu>

Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu> writes:

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> I still think it's very worthwhile to fantasize about a git which has
> only verb-like commands (such as diff, add, checkout, checkin) and a
> consistent way of specifying the objects to act upon (possibly amended
> by "git pluralnoun" being synonymous to "git ls noun" or similar
> convenience shortcuts).

It is nice to fantasize that the world were without confusing mixture of variety of things.

I am not sure if a single "git create" command that can be used to create a new commit (aka "git commit"), a new tag (aka "git tag"), or a new worktree (aka "git worktree add"), or a single "git remove" command that can be used to remove a branch (aka "git branch -d"), a tracked file (aka "git rm"), would create a more easy to learn and explain UI. At some point, I suspect that we would run out verbs more quickily than we can organize commands and concepts in a way that is easy to understand and explain by using them.