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From:   Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:42:39AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > Right, but we also support relative paths via environment variables. I
> > don't think that changes the conclusion though. I'm not convinced
> > relative paths via the environment aren't slightly insane in the first
> > place,
> 
> Sorry, a triple negation is above my head.  "relative paths in env
> aren't insane" == "using relative paths is OK" and you are not
> convinced that it is the case, so you are saying that you think
> relative paths in env is not something that is sensible?

I think relative paths in env have very flaky semantics which makes them
inadvisable to use in general. That being said, when we broke even those
flaky semantics somebody complained. So I consider a feature we _do_
support, but not one I would recommend to people.

-Peff