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From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a --user option to git-config
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:54:05 +0100
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> 
>> At present, the --global option is something of a misnomer, so
>> we introduce the --user option as a synonym, with the intention
>> of removing the old option in the future.
> 
> Ack for the intention, except for "removing the old option in the future".  
> We do not need to advertise it, but breaking existing functionality, which 
> might be used by scripts and aliases is bad.
> 

Yep, which is why I made it a synonym; git-gui uses the --global option, for
example, and I'm confident that other (user) scripts use it too. The "future"
I had in mind was something like 1 year down the road, but it could be longer
(or forever) if necessary.

Ramsay Jones