I am not objecting to having an option to create a new branch. I am object to the use of "b" as the letter to indicate the option.
On Mar 20, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > Likely some allegedly smart person figured -b is short for branch so everyone > will instinctively know that that -b means create a new branch. Of course to > new users who don't know git they would never think -b meant create a new > branch. The problem is that the developers of git have absolutely no taste in > user interface design and likely consider any time spent thinking about user > interface issues is wasted and just use the first stupid thing that pops into > their head. > > It is very common to want to create a new branch starting from a particular > commit. What syntax would you suggest for this combination? Or leave it to > the user to write their own alias that does both?
