Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2010, #01; Sat, 4)

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:13:06 +0900
Miles Bader [off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Yann Dirson [off-list ref] wrote:
it's is normal and good that option names are sometimes revisited and
improved -- nothing is perfect on the first try.  By keeping the old
option around as a deprecated alias, we avoid compatibility issues.

... except Junio advocates *not* deprecating this one, since it is here
since ages.

That doesn't mean there aren't _any_ issues, but they tend to be
pretty minor  (such as the "space used by the deprecation option" that
you complain about).

Maybe if you renamed every option simultaneously, there would be
confusion, but seriously, it's only one option.  It's not going to be
a problem.

I'm not sure we want to use "it's only one option" as an excuse.  It
can easily become a bad habit.

There is no "usability" problem.

Completion of "git diff --<TAB>" in stable branch gives 44 choices here.
One of the most frequent criticisms about git I hear among coworkers is
that there are so many commands and options.  Will be funny to explain
them that "we just added another one, for no technical reason".

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Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies