Alternative name for histedit

[Pierre-Yves David]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 01:33:09PM -0500, Kevin Bullock wrote:
> On Oct 17, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Pierre-Yves David wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 01:11:01PM -0500, dukeofgaming wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I've started looking into the histedit extension and I think it is awesome,
> >> but I feel the command name is a little awkward in comparison to all other
> >> commands, which are a simple and to-the-point word of what is being done.
> >> 
> >> I think "rewrite" could be a good fit (e.g. hg rewrite --outgoing)
> >> 
> >> I know that I can just make an alias, but I felt like sharing this.
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> 
> >> David
> > 
> > 
> > changing the name would allow to changes the semantic of some arguments
> 
> ...but since we'd have to maintain the existing command name and semantics forever alongside the new, this sounds like a losing proposition.

We can maintain the old command with old semantic. And add new and better
semantic in renamed command.


-- 
Pierre-Yves David

http://www.logilab.fr/

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