From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472ED1F953 for ; Sat, 25 Dec 2021 01:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231879AbhLYB6H (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:58:07 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:50323 "EHLO pb-smtp1.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231501AbhLYB6H (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:58:07 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40DADF9EB9; Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:58:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=XOmZc0Y8sIkE 8Lv4CAJekJMLJpNT2OQ92GZnKi5bXts=; b=UoF4aM04erTGFMo5Ryqn1JRgNCF9 7JvVMW7JlSIfdQFa5y2oIAcM6e7EutsQTyCZIPb3FycmBth1LS53tyM+xOhIpwoh ITyutdHk3SA/QT+hlaZwB1FmTF7ztBc5x4Oc4WDxLj1SuKSGgfuv4i7s5jL6Tg7s ewySITB9D//umRs= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34335F9EB8; Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:58:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.133.2.91]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8F0D8F9EB7; Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:58:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: Derrick Stolee , git@vger.kernel.org, Derrick Stolee , Adam Spiers , Jeff King , Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/13] init: unconditionally create the "info" directory References: <211220.86tuf3utv9.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> <211221.861r26u4b9.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> <211221.86o85asmd1.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> <211224.86ilvdhq23.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:58:04 -0800 In-Reply-To: <211224.86ilvdhq23.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IsOG?= =?utf-8?B?dmFyIEFybmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:26:05 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 19B419CC-6526-11EC-A3CF-5E84C8D8090B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: > On Mon, Dec 20 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: >> >>> It seems as though you're saying that any fixes or changes in this ar= ea >>> would be incomplete without moving us towards the most pedantic and >>> minimalist interpretation possible when doing a "git init", is that >>> right? >> >> Not at all. Belt and suspenders is a good way forward. I am just >> saying that on-demand creation is more important than the other one. > > So you do agree that we should create .git/info whatever the template > says (as this series does), or not? Probably "should" is too strong a word. =20 I do not mind "mkdir -p" existing, but I think it is more important to spend our engineering effort to make sure there are necessary on-demand creation of leading paths.