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Re: git switch/restore, still experimental?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 6, 2021, 01:15 UTC
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"Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
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>>Which leaves us with two hard choices regarding switch/restore, none of them
>>really being comfortable:
>>
>>- we scrap switch/restore because their usability is not really all that
>>  improved relative to `git checkout`.
>
> Please do not do that. Switch/restore is much easier to understand
> for new users. The semantics are also more consistent with what
> others have done with git over the years anyway (EGit as an
> example). I have users who have transitioned because the commands
> make sense. They have not hit any missing bits in their workflows.
>
>>- we leave switch/restore as-are (because by now, changing the options or
>>  the design would be almost certainly disruptive to users who already
>>  tried to adopt the new commands, I being one of those users).
>
> I think we should work on the commands to cover between them
> (well... and reset) to functionally cover what checkout
> does. Leaving them as-is, I think is not a viable option. People
> do know these are experimental and not to use in scripts - we can
> hope anyway.

Yeah, I tend to agree with you that the third-choice to improve switch/restore before we can confidently say they are no longer "experimental" would be much nicer than giving up on them too early.

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  2. Felipe ContrerasMay 4, 2021
  3. Elijah NewrenMay 5, 2021
  4. Eric SunshineMay 5, 2021
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 5, 2021
  6. Felipe ContrerasMay 5, 2021
  7. Sergey OrganovMay 5, 2021
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  9. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2021
  10. Sergey OrganovMay 6, 2021
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 6, 2021
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  13. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2021
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  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 10, 2021
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2021
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  18. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 6, 2021
  19. Felipe ContrerasMay 6, 2021
  20. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 10, 2021
  21. Felipe ContrerasMay 11, 2021
  22. Johannes SchindelinMay 5, 2021
  23. Randall S. BeckerMay 5, 2021
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2021
  25. Felipe ContrerasMay 5, 2021

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