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by tomasyany 2498 days ago
On the one hand I'm happy on the new "switch" and "restore" commands. On the other hand I wonder if they truly add any value other than the semantic distinction of functions otherwise present in "checkout".

I tend to prefer smaller vocabularies tools: less to remember if you know what you are doing.

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I would argue that it's not really increasing the vocabulary. The fact that one word has (say) seven meanings doesn't mean the vocabulary you must learn is one word. It's still seven words, which happen to be spelt and pronounced the same way.