> On 7/16/07, Eric Y. Kow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about this solution, then? > > - switch the defaults > > - rename 'query manifest' to 'query list' > > - add a hidden alias from manifest to list with the current behaviour > > (for old timers) > > I'd prefer to keep it ``query manifest``, with perhaps aliases for > ``query list`` and/or ``query ls``. I don't think ``query list`` is > very informative in nature and seems, broadly speaking, just about as > redundant as ``query query`` (``query ls`` makes a bit more sense due > to it being a common unix tool name, but only by a slight margin). In > fact, I'm wondering if ``list`` might instead make a good alias for > ``query`` itself: > > darcs list manifest > darcs list tags > ... > darcs list files > darcs list patches since 2005 from an author named "Wunderkind" > ordered by number of files modified # darcs needs an NLP-style query > language, right? :-P > darcs list celebratory wines # just kidding > > ``list`` and/or ``ls`` are bit kinder to type than ``query``, too.
Max, I think your proposal is truly beautiful. I've always felt that the name "query manifest" was a bit surprising. Cheers, - arb _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
