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Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

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Re: Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

#11
The "[command] learned [option]" construct is a really interesting way to phrase directed development effort. I'm not quite sure what the implications are, but it definitely changed the way I parsed and understood the post. "Git is getting smarter" versus "New features have been added to git."

Re: Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

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It's probably my most commonly-used git command, to the point where I have it aliased to "g g".

You guys should really look into http://betterthangrep.com/ :)

Agreed, ack is a really nice tool.

Re: Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

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post #5

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It's probably my most commonly-used git command, to the point where I have it aliased to "g g".

You guys should really look into http://betterthangrep.com/ :)

As amazing as ack is, it would take some effort to teach it how to grep through git history.

Re: Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

#15

The "[command] learned [option]" construct is a really interesting way to phrase directed development effort. I'm not quite sure what the implications are, but it definitely changed the way I parsed and understood the post. "Git is getting smarter" versus "New features have been added to git."

We all know that Git will, one day, take over the world.

Re: Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably my most commonly-used git command, to the point where I have it aliased to "g g".

You guys should really look into http://betterthangrep.com/ :)

Way slower, because it includes vendored files I don't care about.
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