From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:49:31 -0700 Organization: Linux Kernel Organization, Inc. Message-ID: <48B5697B.3030405@kernel.org> References: <7vprnzt7d5.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <1219664940.9583.42.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <7vy72kek6y.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080826145719.GB5046@coredump.intra.peff.net> <7vr68b8q9p.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080826210318.GA6305@coredump.intra.peff.net> <76718490808261924j1ddae535tdfb671dd9d3298aa@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeff King , git@vger.kernel.org, David Woodhouse , Johannes Schindelin , Junio C Hamano , users@kernel.org To: Jay Soffian X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Aug 27 16:54:42 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KYMPu-0005cd-BK for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:54:38 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754451AbYH0Oxc (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754364AbYH0Oxc (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:32 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:32857 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753960AbYH0Oxb (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:31 -0400 Received: from mail.hos.anvin.org (c-98-210-181-100.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [98.210.181.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by terminus.zytor.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m7REncLo030081 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:49:39 -0700 Received: from tazenda.hos.anvin.org (tazenda.hos.anvin.org [172.27.0.16]) by mail.hos.anvin.org (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7REncnF017101; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:49:38 -0700 Received: from tazenda.hos.anvin.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tazenda.hos.anvin.org (8.14.2/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m7REnVww017061; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:49:32 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) In-Reply-To: <76718490808261924j1ddae535tdfb671dd9d3298aa@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8098/Wed Aug 27 03:36:31 2008 on terminus.zytor.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jay Soffian wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Jeff King wrote: >> I was slightly negative on the change at the time of "/usr/bin vs >> /usr/libexec/git-core" and I planned to put "git --exec-path" in my >> PATH. But I gave the new way a try, and I have not been very bothered. >> So let me say that I really don't care much what happens with libexec, >> and you can hold me to that when the next flame-war breaks out if such a >> change is implemented. Now you have three opinions. :) > > +1 on removing the links and I will say this: this change finally > motivated me to switch my login shell from tcsh (12 years I've been > using it!) to bash so I could use the completions and I'm happier for > it. So thank you git. :-) > Speaking as a tcsh user, I'm not switching until bash gets the equivalent functionality as tcsh aliases, in particular the ability to selectively disable wildcard expansion on a command-by-command basis. -hpa