From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
Cc: j6t@kdbg.org, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:52:15 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqsgz2f5hs.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAXzdLU0Desw=kt2A3qHx8v=8hvKcN9OdV9fnXEcYiO=ht-t9A@mail.gmail.com> (Steven Penny's message of "Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:40:23 -0600")
Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 1:29 AM Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> As long as C:\Windows\System32 on my Windows computer contains only
>> 64-Bit binaries, I consider the characters "3" and "2" next to each
>> other in this order just noise and without any form of information. The
>> important part of the name is "win".
>
> sorry friend, but thats a logical fallacy :(
>
> http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/no-true-scotsman
>
> just because the name "System32" is still in use (wrongly, I might add) doesnt
> mean that "Win32" should still be in use.
>
> Each name is a separate argument. The "Win32" name has been changed by Microsoft
> and shouldnt be used by Git if possible. Its an easy change and I could send
> a pull request myself. However just because Microsoft hasnt changed "Sytem32"
> doesnt mean that they wont or shouldnt - as you said its just as misleading. We
> should fix ambiguities where we can, not embrace them.
FWIW, in the context of the Git development ecosystem, whatever
Dscho wants to do in compat/ that is limited to Windows is
"officially endorsed by Microsoft" enough.
Also I do not think J6t felt 32 in System32 or in win32 was
misleading. At least I didn't read the above that way.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-13 3:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-18 15:21 Cygwin Git with Windows paths Steven Penny
2018-11-18 15:41 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-18 16:23 ` Steven Penny
2018-11-18 17:15 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-18 17:34 ` Steven Penny
2018-11-18 18:28 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-18 19:00 ` Steven Penny
2018-11-19 0:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-19 2:11 ` Randall S. Becker
2018-11-19 3:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-19 5:20 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-20 0:17 ` Steven Penny
2018-11-20 10:36 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-11-20 12:51 ` Steven Penny
2018-11-19 12:22 ` Randall S. Becker
2018-11-26 17:32 ` [PATCH v1/RFC 1/1] 'git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again) tboegi
2018-11-27 0:35 ` Steven Penny
2018-11-27 1:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27 2:49 ` Steven Penny
2018-11-27 5:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27 6:20 ` Steven Penny
2018-11-27 12:55 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-28 4:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28 5:55 ` J.H. van de Water
2018-11-28 8:46 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-28 9:01 ` Houder
2018-11-28 9:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-27 20:10 ` Achim Gratz
2018-11-27 12:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-28 4:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-27 20:05 ` Achim Gratz
2018-12-07 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] git " tboegi
2018-12-07 21:53 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-08 0:49 ` Steven Penny
2018-12-10 8:46 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-10 12:45 ` Steven Penny
2018-12-11 13:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-12 0:42 ` Steven Penny
2018-12-12 7:29 ` Johannes Sixt
2018-12-12 12:40 ` Steven Penny
2018-12-13 3:52 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-12-12 13:33 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-12 3:47 ` Elijah Newren
2018-12-12 13:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-07 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] offset_1st_component(), dos_drive_prefix() return size_t tboegi
2018-12-07 17:05 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] Refactor mingw_cygwin_offset_1st_component() tboegi
2018-12-07 22:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-08 15:11 ` [PATCH v3 1/1] git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again) tboegi
2018-12-08 16:24 ` Steven Penny
2018-12-09 1:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-10 8:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-11 6:12 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-12-11 13:28 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-11 18:55 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-12-15 4:33 ` [PATCH v4 " tboegi
2019-05-02 7:48 ` Achim Gratz
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