From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>,
Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>,
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>,
Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@gmail.com>,
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>,
Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Git's inconsistent command line options
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:50:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150901135018.70240193@limelight.wooz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq37yyt7k8.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
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On Sep 01, 2015, at 09:42 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>That way, you are forcing all the existing scripts to be updated to
>say "git -c ..." for _all_ invocations of Git they have, aren't you?
No, why? If the default value enables the current ui, then no scripts need
changing. Users can enable the new ui for their own benefit at their own
pace. If you eventually want to make the new ui the default, provide a
sufficient transition period.
Cheers,
-Barry
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-01 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-25 8:01 Git's inconsistent command line options Graeme Geldenhuys
2015-08-25 15:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-25 21:49 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-25 22:06 ` Stefan Beller
2015-08-25 22:21 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-25 23:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-26 1:30 ` Hilco Wijbenga
2015-08-26 17:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-26 18:10 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-26 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-26 22:52 ` Philip Oakley
2015-08-26 23:02 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-26 23:03 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-26 4:09 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-26 6:28 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-26 6:33 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-31 10:10 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-08-31 14:25 ` Barry Warsaw
2015-09-01 9:28 ` David Aguilar
2015-09-01 14:19 ` Barry Warsaw
2015-09-01 16:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-09-01 17:50 ` Barry Warsaw [this message]
2015-09-01 17:56 ` Stefan Beller
2015-09-09 9:42 ` Michael J Gruber
2015-09-09 9:42 ` Michael J Gruber
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