Re: Unify subcommand structure; introduce double dashes for all subcommands?

2014-08-10 Thread Stefan Beller
On 10.08.2014 20:13, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Stefan Beller writes: > >> On 23.07.2014 19:52, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> >>> Sounds familiar. E.g. here is a similar thread about a year ago. >>> >>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/231376/focus=231478 >>> >>> Further discussi

Re: Unify subcommand structure; introduce double dashes for all subcommands?

2014-08-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
Stefan Beller writes: > On 23.07.2014 19:52, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Sounds familiar. E.g. here is a similar thread about a year ago. >> >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/231376/focus=231478 >> >> Further discussions to make the plan more concrete is very much >> w

Re: Unify subcommand structure; introduce double dashes for all subcommands?

2014-08-10 Thread Stefan Beller
On 23.07.2014 19:52, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Stefan Beller writes: > >> A git command is generally setup as: >> git [] [] ... >> >> The subcommands vary wildly by the nature of the command. However all >> subcommands >> could at least follow one style. The commands bundle, notes, stash and

Re: Unify subcommand structure; introduce double dashes for all subcommands?

2014-07-23 Thread Junio C Hamano
Stefan Beller writes: > A git command is generally setup as: > git [] [] ... > > The subcommands vary wildly by the nature of the command. However all > subcommands > could at least follow one style. The commands bundle, notes, stash and > submodule > have subcommands without two leading d

Unify subcommand structure; introduce double dashes for all subcommands?

2014-07-23 Thread Stefan Beller
In the user survey 2012 question 23 ("In your opinion, which areas in Git need improvement?"), the most crucial point identified was the user interface. I wonder if there are any more recent surveys, showing if this has changed. Now when we want to improve the user interface, we're likely talking a