tags 501464 + wontfix quit Hi David,
David Förster wrote: > Most of the VCSes I've ever used accept similar short aliases for common > commands. It would be handy if those were configured by default in git. > (Global gitconfig) > > status: st > diff: di > commit: ci > checkout: co Thanks for reporting; that does seem to be a common wish. Some reading: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/122926 I'd be happy to ship examples in /usr/share/doc/git/examples/ to get people started if someone writes them, but I'm not inclined to see this implemented in /etc/gitconfig, for a number of reasons. The most important reason is that the longer forms, while harder to type, are easier to _read_. As a selfish person, I do not want bug reports and documentation to start relying on these bigrams I have to look up the meaning of, as they inevitably would, even though I do not at all mind people being able to configure such abbreviations for their own use. A little side-benefit is that you can configure the abbreviated commands you actually use to behave in some customized way; for example, [alias] ci = commit -a st = status -s for concise "git st" output and a "git ci" command that commits all changes in the worktree for tracked files instead of restricting itself to changes that were marked as ready with "git add". Sincerely, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
