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: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 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 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D14E61F87F for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 01:36:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731831AbeKNLhx (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:37:53 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com ([173.228.157.52]:56747 "EHLO pb-smtp20.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726496AbeKNLhx (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:37:53 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96C4728085; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:36:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=16RUERB364SZvgawqqL4Hbh3Lwk=; b=TN60PU qABeOJq6SEJ6Dw9eunwE+4tfEblsyEZ+1VlGkwmb5lUKgOhMKEpim1+Nvksw562Y e4FJ4R5Zmv97+U4kIQEoJOMsPpDHn/CxGxg25K7KAuwx7pHxTsbjHRxLMnwS0871 5rDYGHBFeuzDlqZIaUxDwHqKUo0GGt6ZrAqGY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=HbIKdfpkdgjUialKm4KVG/EsWbXVIH5c bAKVTXHugQTkOwpHLbK3bfcEObEVkdNTGSe2egC0nQeizO2vQrV0MPJWQflrw0H6 MviiOvqKwLVldZRJL2eSdWage9hF2qBNJMpxRhUDjxVUNobD8+ULIeTMTg2BnEwk 6NVtTPo6b+U= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDD428084; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:36:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.155.68.112]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A189D28083; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:36:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jonathan Nieder Cc: Ben Peart , git@vger.kernel.org, pclouds@gmail.com, Ben Peart Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] eoie: default to not writing EOIE section References: <20180823154053.20212-1-benpeart@microsoft.com> <20181010155938.20996-1-peartben@gmail.com> <20181113003817.GA170017@google.com> <20181113003911.GB170017@google.com> <5fae19dc-2e77-1211-0086-e7aa9d30562f@gmail.com> <20181113182502.GC68106@google.com> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:36:49 +0900 In-Reply-To: <20181113182502.GC68106@google.com> (Jonathan Nieder's message of "Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:25:02 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: C2B44528-E7AD-11E8-B189-F5C31241B9FE-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jonathan Nieder writes: > 1. Using multiple versions of Git on a single machine. For example, > some IDEs bundle a particular version of Git, which can be a > different version from the system copy, or on a Mac, /usr/bin/git > quickly goes out of sync with the Homebrew git in > /usr/local/bin/git. Exactly this, especially the latter, is the answer to your question in an earlier message: >> Am I understanding correclty? Can you give an example of when a user >> would *want* to see this message and what they would do in response? The user may not be even aware of using another version of Git that does not know how to take advantage of the version of Git you have used in the repository, and it can be a mistake the user may want to fix (e.g. by futzing with PATH). The message would help the user notice the situation and take corrective action. Users of IDEs that bundle stale version of Git cannot even bug the supplier of the IDE to make them more up-to-date if they aren't aware of it.