From ef6d265af410634ce720a5e190d9014d1b55a538 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://joey.kitenet.net/" Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:13:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment --- ..._f6a637c78c989382e3c22d41b7fb4cc2._comment | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/wishlist:_command_options_changes/comment_2_f6a637c78c989382e3c22d41b7fb4cc2._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/wishlist:_command_options_changes/comment_2_f6a637c78c989382e3c22d41b7fb4cc2._comment b/doc/forum/wishlist:_command_options_changes/comment_2_f6a637c78c989382e3c22d41b7fb4cc2._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0072ae1d71 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/wishlist:_command_options_changes/comment_2_f6a637c78c989382e3c22d41b7fb4cc2._comment @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joey.kitenet.net/" + nickname="joey" + subject="comment 2" + date="2011-04-19T20:13:10Z" + content=""" +Let's see.. + +* -v is already an alias for --verbose + +* I don't find --source and --destination as easy to type or as clear as --from or --to. + +* -F is fast, so it cannot be used for --force. And I have no desire to make it easy to mistype a short option and enable --force; it can lose data. + +@richard while it would be possible to support some syntax like \"git annex copy . remote\"; what is it supposed to do if there are local files named foo and bar, and a remotes named foo and bar? Does \"git annex copy foo bar\" copy file foo to remote bar, or file bar from remote foo? I chose to use --from/--to to specify remotes independant of files to avoid such +ambiguity, which plain old `cp` doesn't have since it's operating entirely on filesystem objects, not both filesystem objects and abstract remotes. + +Seems like nothing to do here. [[done]] --[[Joey]] +"""]]