Currently, "darcs move" is an alias for the command "darcs mv".  As I
think "darcs move" is clearer, it should be the command and "darcs mv"
should be the alias.  AFAICT that change will not break anything.

Sun Mar 15 17:53:33 EST 2009  Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com>
  * Leverage existing command_alias macro.

Sun Mar 15 19:05:02 EST 2009  Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com>
  * Resolve issue1393: swap "darcs mv" and "darcs move".

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• leverage-existing-command_alias-macro_.dpatch
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So I don't have any strong feelings on the matter, but I think the argument was
that darcs mv actually effectuates a move in the working directory (hence a name
that resembles the Unix command), whereas darcs remove does not (hence a
different name).

Do we care about that?

Ultimately, what this change will do is mean that in "darcs help" and
the manpage/manual, "move" will appear instead of "mv".

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 09:08:07AM -0000, Eric Kow wrote:
> So I don't have any strong feelings on the matter, but I think the
> argument was that darcs mv actually effectuates a move in the
> working directory (hence a name that resembles the Unix command),
> whereas darcs remove does not (hence a different name).

Correct, and the patch supplied removes a comment to that effect.

> Do we care about that?

Though I'm a Unix user, I don't consider that an adequate reason for
"mv" to be the default.  A non-negligible portion of our userbase are
on Windows and (presumably) do not think in terms of "mv".  When a
user is looking through "darcs help", I think even Unix users will
generally look for "move" before they look for "mv".  And if a Unix
user intuitively types "darcs mv", it will still work (because mv and
move stay synonymous).

Ok, so I will tell darcs-users that I intend to apply this, and that they have
24 hours to complain if they disagree.  (Trying to balance between being
sufficiently consultative and not inviting too many bikeshed painting exercises).

The following patch updated the status of issue1393 to be resolved:

* Resolve issue1393: swap "darcs mv" and "darcs move". 
Ignore-this: 773dc2c5a53c67839b5b19ceedbc7236