# Re: What is missing from Git v2.0

- From: Theodore Ts'o \<tytso@mit.edu\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 23:00:45 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7629190
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7629156/t.md

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 09:47:57PM +0200, Sebastian Schuberth wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Felipe Contreras
> [ref] wrote:
> 
> > I have these aliases as well, except br => b, and cp => pi. 'br' is probably
> > better, but not sure as 'cp' which can be confusing.
> 
> If by confusing you refer to "cp" to copy files, that's actually what
> I like about it: cherry-pick is somewhat like copying commits, thus
> "cp" makes much sense to me.

The problem is that between "git rm" and "git mv", if we default "git
cp" to mean "cherry-pick" there could easily be user confusion.

I'm not sure that cherry-pick is used that often it really needs a two
character shortcut.  Maybe just "git pick"?

Personally, "git branch" and "git checkout" are finger macros that I
type very quickly, so creating two character alias probably wouldn't
save me that much time.  But I do appreicate that there are folks for
which such aliases might be useful.

						- Ted
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