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From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
To: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Cc: Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen <tfnico@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not given
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 19:01:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131003190139.GA8710@dcvr.yhbt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALKQrgf0tBN9ymZ0Yq6iW95dwayhJC1a_9LZBagW6B_hBo5owA@mail.gmail.com>

Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:
> > How about we put a big warning of impending change in there for now and
> > wait until git 1.9/2.0 to make the actual change?
> 
> Sounds sensible. What should the warning look like, and where should
> it be placed? I'm thinking that if you run git svn init/clone without
> --prefix, there should be a verbose warning explaining (a) the trouble
> you're likely to encounter when using no prefix, and (b) the upcoming
> change in default prefix. Obviuosly, there should be a corresponding
> note in the git-svn manual page. Any other places in git.git that
> warrants changing? Hopefully this should be sufficient to trigger
> corresponding adjustments in third-party tools + docs ahead of the
> actual change in 1.9/2.0.

Probably, yes.  I don't remember off the top of my head if there's
other places, but init/clone should be a good enough start.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-03 19:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-22  9:02 git-svn: Use prefix by default? Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
2013-09-30 22:39 ` Johan Herland
2013-09-30 22:46   ` [RFC/PATCH] git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not given Johan Herland
2013-10-01  4:07     ` Eric Wong
2013-10-01  6:12       ` Johan Herland
2013-10-03 19:01         ` Eric Wong [this message]
2013-10-05 23:30           ` [RFC/PATCHv2 1/3] Documentation/git-svn: Promote the use of --prefix in docs + examples Johan Herland
2013-10-05 23:30             ` [RFC/PATCHv2 2/3] git-svn: Warn about changing default for --prefix in Git v2.0 Johan Herland
2013-10-09  1:34               ` Eric Sunshine
2013-10-09 12:18                 ` Johan Herland
2013-10-05 23:30             ` [RFC/PATCHv2 3/3] Git 2.0: git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not given Johan Herland
2013-10-06  9:51             ` [RFC/PATCHv2 1/3] Documentation/git-svn: Promote the use of --prefix in docs + examples Philip Oakley
2013-10-06 13:46               ` Johan Herland
2013-10-09  1:33             ` Eric Sunshine
2013-10-09 12:06               ` Johan Herland
2013-10-11 12:57             ` [RFC/PATCHv3 0/3] Change git-svn's default --prefix in Git v2.0 Johan Herland
2013-10-11 12:57               ` [RFC/PATCHv3 1/3] Documentation/git-svn: Promote the use of --prefix in docs + examples Johan Herland
2013-10-11 12:57               ` [RFC/PATCHv3 2/3] git-svn: Warn about changing default for --prefix in Git v2.0 Johan Herland
2013-10-12 22:33                 ` Eric Wong
2013-10-11 12:57               ` [RFC/PATCHv3 3/3] Git 2.0: git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not given Johan Herland
2014-04-19  8:32                 ` Eric Wong
2014-04-19  9:10                   ` [PATCH] git-svn.txt: Retain a description og pre-v2.0 default prefix Johan Herland
2014-04-19 11:43                     ` Eric Wong

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