# [PATCH 3/2] bisect: add "stop", "show" and "restart" as synonyms for other commands

2 messages from 2008-04-14 to 2008-04-14. Participants: Christian Couder, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13104

## Christian Couder, 2008-04-14 04:16

Subject: [PATCH 3/2] bisect: add "stop", "show" and "restart" as synonyms for other commands
Message-ID: <20080414061627.62119f74.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080414061627.62119f74.chriscool%40tuxfamily.org

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This patch adds the following synonyms:

	- "show" for "visualize",
	- "stop" for "reset",
	- "restart" for "start",

as suggested by Ingo Molnar.

Note that "view" already exists as a synonym for "visualize".

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/git-bisect.txt |   14 ++++++++++----
 git-bisect.sh                |    6 +++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 698ffde..2c774a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -86,9 +86,13 @@ $ git bisect reset
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 to get back to the master branch, instead of being in one of the
-bisection branches ("git bisect start" will do that for you too,
-actually: it will reset the bisection state, and before it does that
-it checks that you're not using some old bisection branch).
+bisection branches.
+
+"git bisect start" will do that for you too. Actually, it will reset
+the bisection state, and before it does that, it checks that you're not
+using some old bisection branch.
+
+`stop` is provided as a synonym for `reset`.
 
 Bisect visualize
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ $ git bisect visualize
 ------------
 
 to see the currently remaining suspects in `gitk`.  `visualize` is a bit
-too long to type and `view` is provided as a synonym.
+too long to type, so `view` and `show` are provided as synonyms.
 
 If `DISPLAY` environment variable is not set, `git log` is used
 instead.  You can even give command line options such as `-p` and
@@ -187,6 +191,8 @@ $ git bisect start v2.6.20-rc6 v2.6.20-rc4 v2.6.20-rc1 --
                    # v2.6.20-rc4 and v2.6.20-rc1 are good
 ------------
 
+`restart` is provided as a synonym for `start`.
+
 Bisect run
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index a090b97..78d011a 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -492,16 +492,16 @@ case "$#" in
     case "$cmd" in
     help)
         git bisect -h ;;
-    start)
+    start|restart)
         bisect_start "$@" ;;
     bad|good|skip)
         bisect_state "$cmd" "$@" ;;
     next)
         # Not sure we want "next" at the UI level anymore.
         bisect_next "$@" ;;
-    visualize|view)
+    visualize|view|show)
 	bisect_visualize "$@" ;;
-    reset)
+    reset|stop)
         bisect_reset "$@" ;;
     replay)
 	bisect_replay "$@" ;;
-- 
1.5.5.50.ge6e82.dirty

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2008-04-14 23:23

Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/2] bisect: add "stop", "show" and "restart" as synonyms for other commands
Message-ID: <7vej9881hj.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vej9881hj.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <20080414061627.62119f74.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:

> This patch adds the following synonyms:
>
> 	- "show" for "visualize",
> 	- "stop" for "reset",
> 	- "restart" for "start",
>
> as suggested by Ingo Molnar.

Hmmm.  I sympathize with "show", only because there are other places we
already use "show" and also "visualize" is too long to type, but "stop"
and "restart"?

```