From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Barry Warsaw Subject: Re: Git's inconsistent command line options Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:50:18 -0400 Organization: Damn Crazy Followers of the Horn Message-ID: <20150901135018.70240193@limelight.wooz.org> References: <20150831102558.1514e5f7@anarchist.wooz.org> <20150901092834.GA10706@gmail.com> <20150901101924.6c350012@anarchist.wooz.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/kN.j0rsfIxuy56XAD0Aci.t"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, David Aguilar , Jacob Keller , Philip Oakley , Hilco Wijbenga , Stefan Beller , Graeme Geldenhuys To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Sep 01 19:50:27 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWphS-0008AY-DW for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:50:26 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752622AbbIARuW (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:50:22 -0400 Received: from mail.wooz.org ([216.15.33.194]:32971 "EHLO mail.wooz.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751546AbbIARuW (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:50:22 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wooz.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20AEE10803E1; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:50:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.wooz.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (carnies.wooz.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0Z4El5IB7Anf; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:50:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from limelight.wooz.org (limelight.wooz.org [192.168.11.41]) by mail.wooz.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E9F87108035F; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:50:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.12.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: --Sig_/kN.j0rsfIxuy56XAD0Aci.t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sep 01, 2015, at 09:42 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >That way, you are forcing all the existing scripts to be updated to >say "git -c ..." for _all_ invocations of Git they have, aren't you? No, why? If the default value enables the current ui, then no scripts need changing. Users can enable the new ui for their own benefit at their own pace. If you eventually want to make the new ui the default, provide a sufficient transition period. Cheers, -Barry --Sig_/kN.j0rsfIxuy56XAD0Aci.t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV5eVbAAoJEBJutWOnSwa/vokQAKDM/yo3VVPB/I0gTeIaICgW dRazCZClYOJrh8+cbRAFuHQEKl22EOF1dyJgsG2K6N74y6el0YdAFOeBoBkkJWWv TQbt4GBtQmNgVKxZkciKLCI1+lOnmxSFI5Lkhk1EuZJ2KEsyVOO2tWW/MU4WkSoL fsdedJvjPGWQdKFAH9mW3kVN6RLwdvINnqT1CqY9Dty+NnSRvLXyj7q0duhr9qaI x1BjTjJlw/B2siH2RE3ojI9a5kcyI0U4EiXHz/steg+/nZvE3TCf4VWfsRWjlrxt 5UxZJi2IpPO4oDW2ECf4UIwtmHWL/W7/YbjnVqpjtO+ihsiXbgE/cjoUBzjJL1NQ 0ZNKvJZtHickqf3MaplgwMk+kZYOsDjSdGpaoDPoA6XJV4kPOVF89cdHBEqEMMFq VkZs/0Hr/AUQQWGbYV+KccAcyZ+ah8n7pfXcPjP/B7yOpms++gv8yXOWpBGhvQL1 jogwbPPRxMoKgvxIlZ9ztVPcp+igubx0h6tcwPOOjOVCriGPYxIstpqeekYLAFT5 eHJXK6t9YZrhA8joemf/S8G9VqLUzrMy4Eotc3V1W47shmpgwqvIFWtGlB3FSJTZ kYe06xnFR7Sv4sjqHhsJRFh+9bAExUOhNueEBYaaLXRry8KSv12lZCZqMWjtqQl6 HYrL8nTTFho0v7EGOpyZ =Nw/P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/kN.j0rsfIxuy56XAD0Aci.t--