Re: [RFC/PATCH] Implement git-cp.

Hi,

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

If you touch builtin-mv.c already, why not just move cmd_cp() in 
there?  It's not like it would be the first cmd_*() function living in 
the same file as other cmd_*() functions.

Why do we even want "git-cp", especially when git-mv and git-rm are 
already pretty much redundant commands?

Especially, why do we even encourage copy-and-paste?

Heh.  I quote:

	If you want to shoot yourself in the foot Git will point you to 
	the gun rack and show you how to load the bullets. (Masukomi)

But yeah, I did not really think about it.  I had the impression 
originally that it would make sense to copy a few tracked files around, in 
order to modify them.

Think "kernel module".  You'd not start from scratch, but find a similar 
one, and then change the heck out of it.

But your comment made me think again: It's better to "cp" those 
files/directories, and then "git add" the relevant ones.  It even avoids 
stupid mistakes where you commit something you "cp"ed, but did not need.

Ciao,
Dscho