From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, a3205153416@gmail.com, jltobler@gmail.com,
kumarayushjha123@gmail.com, lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com,
phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net
Subject: Re: [GSoC PATCH v2 0/4] teach git repo info to handle path keys
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:36:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqcxy0vevi.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260605163012.181089-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> (K. Jayatheerth's message of "Fri, 5 Jun 2026 22:00:08 +0530")
K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> writes:
> 2. Should we consider a default option?
> Currently we have path.gitdir.absolute. Should we consider an
> option where a plain `path.gitdir` returns some default?
Probably not. It will invite folks wanting to tweak the default
between absolute and relative, rendering this feature useless for
robust scripting. You do not necessarily want to save typing in
plumbing interface. You want to reduce ambiguity by reducing more
than one ways to do a thing down to just one way, and as long as
that one way is not overly verbose, you are fine.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-08 22:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-01 15:19 [GSoC][PATCH 0/4] teach git repo info to handle path keys K Jayatheerth
2026-06-01 15:19 ` [GSoC][PATCH 1/4] path: add strbuf_add_path for formatting paths K Jayatheerth
2026-06-02 13:00 ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-01 15:19 ` [GSoC][PATCH 2/4] rev-parse: use strbuf_add_path for path formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-06-01 15:19 ` [GSoC][PATCH 3/4] repo: add path.gitdir with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-06-01 16:28 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-01 23:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-01 15:19 ` [GSoC][PATCH 4/4] repo: add path.commondir " K Jayatheerth
2026-06-01 16:34 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-01 21:58 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-01 16:25 ` [GSoC][PATCH 0/4] teach git repo info to handle path keys Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-01 22:04 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-01 23:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-02 13:03 ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-05 16:30 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 " K Jayatheerth
2026-06-05 16:30 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 1/4] path: introduce format_path() for centralized path formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-06-05 16:55 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-06-09 2:27 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-06-08 15:05 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-09 2:47 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-06-08 17:28 ` Justin Tobler
2026-06-05 16:30 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 2/4] rev-parse: use format_path for " K Jayatheerth
2026-06-08 17:54 ` Justin Tobler
2026-06-05 16:30 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 3/4] repo: add path.gitdir with absolute and relative suffix formatting K Jayatheerth
2026-06-08 18:50 ` Justin Tobler
2026-06-09 4:41 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-06-08 22:17 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-05 16:30 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 4/4] repo: add path.commondir " K Jayatheerth
2026-06-08 22:40 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-05 17:35 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 0/4] teach git repo info to handle path keys Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-06-09 2:30 ` K Jayatheerth
2026-06-08 22:36 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-06-09 5:00 ` K Jayatheerth
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