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Command aliases #380
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Could you elaborate on what benefit these aliases will bring in your opinion? Some package managers like apt or yum don't ship with command aliases and others like zypper or eopkg do but those are actually only shortened versions of their long forms, e.g.: eopkg
zypper
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Different package managers use different command for the same action. For example, in apt you use The example in #334 has shown such confusion: a long-time Chocolatey user simply finds Actually Chocolatey has done this: |
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If anything, the verbs should be the same ss the verbs you'd use had the team done the sensible thing and implemented winget using PowerShell cmdlets. If you use PowerShell Verbs, then you could also use the verb aliases. WHY are people trying to reinvent the wheel? |
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If anyone has any strong opinions on aliases, i.e, if any others should be added, please post a comment on the linked PR |
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Where ever possible make aliases that are consistent with PowerShell. I know the team do not want cmdlets, but let's not diverge just because you can. Even if that boat has sailed |
Description of the new feature/enhancement
Inspired by #334 in which the author tried to use
findto search for packages, I think some common command aliases could be added to WinGet so that the user would not get confused when using synonyms of a command.Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
Provide common aliases such as "find ==> search" and "get ==> install", etc.
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