From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>,
git@jeffhostetler.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] trace2: rename environment variables to GIT_TRACE2*
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 09:25:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq36ky5ywr.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190519144309.9597-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com> ("SZEDER =?utf-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor=22's?= message of "Sun, 19 May 2019 16:43:08 +0200")
SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com> writes:
> For an environment variable that is supposed to be set by users, the
> GIT_TR2* env vars are just too unclear, inconsistent, and ugly.
FWIW, I personally am in favor of this change and would prefer to see
this done before the use of the names with unguessable abbreviation
gets ingrained too deeply.
I do not see any objections around these two patches after waiting
for a week or so, but I do not see any Yay!s, either, so ...
> OTOH, we don't gain anything at all by omitting the last three
> characters of "trace" from the names of these environment variables.
>
> So let's rename all GIT_TR2* environment variables to GIT_TRACE2*,
> before they make their way into a stable release.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-28 16:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-10 19:44 [PATCH 0/1] trace2: Add variable description to git.txt Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-05-10 19:44 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-05-10 21:15 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-05-19 14:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] trace2: rename environment variables to GIT_TRACE2* SZEDER Gábor
2019-05-19 14:43 ` [PATCH 2/2] trace2: document the supported values of GIT_TRACE2* env variables SZEDER Gábor
2019-05-28 16:25 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2019-05-28 16:46 ` [PATCH 1/2] trace2: rename environment variables to GIT_TRACE2* Derrick Stolee
2019-05-29 19:52 ` Jeff Hostetler
2019-05-28 23:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-05-29 19:58 ` Jeff Hostetler
2019-05-29 21:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-12 14:29 ` [PATCH] Revert "test-lib: whitelist GIT_TR2_* in the environment" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-06-12 17:49 ` Junio C Hamano
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