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Git achieves that stated goal, to a degree, via git alias. You can define your own simple versions of the commands or shortcuts. What you've done is awesome!

Git achieves that stated goal, to a degree, via git alias. You can define your own simple versions of the commands or shortcuts. What you've done is awesome! What I would love to see is a pure-Rust reproduction of the git commands we know, some simple-git flavor commands, a Git API we can call from Rust, and the ability to add new Rust written git commands. I would love to put my money where my mouth is and volunteer to help, but my job right now is consuming all of my time not spent on family.

rich_sasha 6y ago
Git alias is bittersweet to me, much the same as various GUIs on top of VCS, like magit in Emacs etc. They give you a simplified interface to a subset of the functionality. But when you need to escape out of that, suddenly you need to use the full complex solution, and without the constant training of using the 'real deal'. I see git aliases in the same category. Gitoxide sounds a lot more complete. Furthermore, git aliases work on your machine. Then you ssh to a server and suddenly `git please-do-my-command-without-many-weird-options` don't work. Yes you can sync them, but not super-easily. Whereas a complete tool you can just distribute onto the machines you work on. Not entirely different, but not the same either.