From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: git bug? + question Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:29:36 -0500 Message-ID: <20061103232936.GC6970@coredump.intra.peff.net> References: <7v4pthmew1.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20061102224549.499610d1.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <20061103081232.GB15972@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk> <20061103042540.192bbd18.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <20061103202945.GA7585@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 23:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Sean , Karl Hasselstr?m , Junio C Hamano , Miles Bader , git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061103202945.GA7585@spearce.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gg8Tm-0003Ga-Ee for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:29:43 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932495AbWKCX3k (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:29:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932500AbWKCX3k (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:29:40 -0500 Received: from 66-23-211-5.clients.speedfactory.net ([66.23.211.5]:8374 "HELO peff.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932495AbWKCX3j (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:29:39 -0500 Received: (qmail 9534 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2006 18:28:41 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO coredump.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by 66-23-211-5.clients.speedfactory.net with SMTP; 3 Nov 2006 18:28:41 -0500 Received: by coredump.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:29:36 -0500 To: Shawn Pearce Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:29:45PM -0500, Shawn Pearce wrote: > Nack. I'd rather see the entries added/removed from .git/config when > the branch is created/deleted, just like the ref and the reflog are > created/deleted. It makes behavior more consistent for the user > and it is mostly self documenting... If we go this route, please consider updating .git/auto-branch-config or similar, and adding the functionality to include that file into .git/config. I think the concept of automagically munging a user-editable config file is problematic, especially when users might manage those files with version control or other systems.