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Re: [PATCH] Add get as an alias for checkout

From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg_at_electricjellyfish.net>
Date: 2003-03-18 05:04:44 CET

On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 11:02 PM, B. W. Fitzpatrick wrote:

>
> Karl Fogel <kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net> writes:
>> Todd Mokros <tmokros@neo.rr.com> writes:
>>> Using 'get' as an alias for checkout with cvs has been hardcoded
>>> into my
>>> brain. This patch adds the get alias to the svn client, and updates
>>> the
>>> the getopt tests' expected output. I believe I've got evolution
>>> setup
>>> to not wrap it.
>>
>> Thanks! Applied in revision 5360.
>
> Ugh. Where are we going to draw the line on aliases for subcommands?
> Not only am I against aliases, but I happen to think that this one is
> really a misnomer.

for the record, i also think this is a pretty lame alias. just because
cvs has it doesn't mean we need to perpetuate it.

-garrett

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