# [PATCH 1/3] Human friendly git: accept imperative mood.

2 messages from 2007-04-01 to 2007-04-01. Participants: Sloof Lirpa, Andy Parkins.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7491

## Sloof Lirpa, 2007-04-01 00:00

Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Human friendly git: accept imperative mood.
Message-ID: <7vmz1t557v.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vmz1t557v.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net

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The traditional syntax in computerese to tell a person to do
something for us is:

	> thief, go west

With this patch, you can now say:

	$ git, fetch $URL

Signed-off-by: Sloof Lirpa <sitemaster@cox.net>
---
 Makefile |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b159ffd..2699cff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ EXTRA_PROGRAMS =
 BUILT_INS = \
 	git-format-patch$X git-show$X git-whatchanged$X git-cherry$X \
 	git-get-tar-commit-id$X git-init$X git-repo-config$X \
-	git-fsck-objects$X git-cherry-pick$X \
+	git-fsck-objects$X git-cherry-pick$X git,$X \
 	$(patsubst builtin-%.o,git-%$X,$(BUILTIN_OBJS))
 
 # what 'all' will build and 'install' will install, in gitexecdir
-- 
1.5.1.rc3.26.g4f01

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## Andy Parkins, 2007-04-01 08:06

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Human friendly git: accept imperative mood.
Message-ID: <200704010906.24429.andyparkins@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200704010906.24429.andyparkins%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <7vmz1t557v.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

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On Sunday 2007, April 01, Sloof Lirpa wrote:

> With this patch, you can now say:
>
> 	$ git, fetch $URL

I assume your next patch will be:

 $ git north
 git: you are in the cellar
 $ git look
 git: you have a series of windy source code, all alike.  Commit?


Andy
-- 
Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET
andyparkins@gmail.com

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