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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add a planning document for the next CLI
From:       Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin () gmx ! de>
Date:       2008-10-31 16:46:35
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.1.00.0810311745030.22125 () pacific ! mpi-cbg ! de ! mpi-cbg ! de
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Hi,

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Jeff King wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:22:00PM -0700, Sam Vilain wrote:
> 
> > +  * 'git branch --switch' : alternative to checkout
> 
> Blech. I think switching branches is the one thing that checkout does 
> unconfusedly. And this is much more typing. Not to mention that So I 
> would rather see "git switch" if checkout is somehow unpalatable.

You know, I asked for this because a _user_ told me "Guess how long it 
took me to find out how to check out a branch!".

I think if you are not confused by CVS/SVN, the name "checkout" is utterly 
unintuitive.

Ciao,
Dscho

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