[fpc-other] Git & SVN

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2017-05-24 15:32, Santiago A. wrote:
> But IMHO it
> clearly shows how poorly git defaults and parameters have been chosen.
> And I am afraid that has been one of the hinders of git adoption.

The problem goes much deeper than that. I once brought up the issue of 
inconsistent command line parameters in the Git mailing list and gave 
ideas I thought were improvements.

They immediately confirmed the problem, and the problem in finding a 
solution. Some issues raised:

   * Because git has so many options (way more than normal apps), one
     change can (and does) have affects on others.
   * Backwards compatibility. Changing the commands will break just about
     every Git GUI front-end there is. Many of them simply parse the
     output of a forked 'git' command. But they would actually consider
     doing this for the greater good - I was impressed.
   * Conflicting command line parameter "modes".


If interested, the discussion can be found here:

    https://www.mail-archive.com/git@vger.kernel.org/msg76433.html


Regards,
   Graeme

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