On 2017-05-24 15:32, Santiago A. wrote:
But IMHO it
clearly shows how poorly git defaults and parameters have been chosen.
And I am afraid that has been one of the hinders of git adoption.
The problem goes much deeper than that. I once brought up the issue of
inconsistent command line parameters in the Git mailing list and gave
ideas I thought were improvements.
They immediately confirmed the problem, and the problem in finding a
solution. Some issues raised:
* Because git has so many options (way more than normal apps), one
change can (and does) have affects on others.
* Backwards compatibility. Changing the commands will break just about
every Git GUI front-end there is. Many of them simply parse the
output of a forked 'git' command. But they would actually consider
doing this for the greater good - I was impressed.
* Conflicting command line parameter "modes".
If interested, the discussion can be found here:
https://www.mail-archive.com/git@vger.kernel.org/msg76433.html
Regards,
Graeme
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