From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B04CDC32771 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B82D2173E for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="ajMm8+QH" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726205AbgA1CJO (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:09:14 -0500 Received: from mail-pg1-f194.google.com ([209.85.215.194]:37211 "EHLO mail-pg1-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726099AbgA1CJO (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:09:14 -0500 Received: by mail-pg1-f194.google.com with SMTP id q127so6144627pga.4 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:09:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=TijNlN80iB1WW2ANh0blPD3Dwgda2gyNjuWs1AWw1fY=; b=ajMm8+QHEf4+vKaK8lHGb9zsk1zl5T2taVm+XATb1okzgbsvzF87vaCleUSnobUYYs kyXOPbGIgjctlUPJlWAlca1O5UnfT/TDUQem7qXyausDynoSad21N49w/eZ0QB4NO9M/ rHxXtXEdYeEQsilNfwDr/9PkkKRQ+oMJKTgtIA1Qdrep8jByOxoloLOETEBRk0raefg5 UL/TpZYGKi46ZRXN14Tdxjp7rpkRpbD4AHmturTY6iqY0LZ1PLAx4jOv6g5VsjaAmfEF bYpHokxlZV79IlIqSSQpgsW+jZc1pwIXDWz4RbTBpZGRvurrrom7Tb2vDJQ1xnDVZ5nY +QOg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=TijNlN80iB1WW2ANh0blPD3Dwgda2gyNjuWs1AWw1fY=; b=D0eWs0j+oYblF6+kc25VZz512iXNnDLIgEOwkoyZdVvLMYk1Wo9yeh3TgCs4AB9kkN h+m4nR3ymVON3uk7cGQQY+h8N49Zq3c/pT3IY91NR9AvMFSYhr9l4H/fRjB+kwG7CFjk o6JyGs8UchbGLAecIPRX0hshGPcqyux1T35WXM07LLMMomuHdGMSJTujyn/SHon2f7uw ND3Rs4UDDKaT1ssMxrrWU5QxBzm+pO7xDZo2Mb84jOkqJMaaFc7XAhxAll0HdfnJ95iv CuKRMPuH4Cz8Pf4H64GYc0Qq6AdJKuNcRSvRlBPZXhHktUZHoTzCp+05Mm1C4WSB5KIQ NS3A== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUYNmoGBCT3wTWeuY9ruRu+ZqrDRUGkobOKMTijvt4PQjFu7ioC DV9HXwWJzZK6pXjpZdBjwnc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxAlPKKksTkQy31wQ5ex04XvQgYoOYpQE02lWGUZGGCYIC0KxaxwiHXuBSqHVoZIWNja2tjvg== X-Received: by 2002:a63:7b4f:: with SMTP id k15mr22119570pgn.58.1580177353689; Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:09:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from konoha.iitr.ac.in ([103.37.201.172]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b4sm17474775pfd.18.2020.01.27.18.09.10 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:09:12 -0800 (PST) From: Shourya Shukla To: johannes.schindelin@gmx.de Cc: gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org, Shourya Shukla Subject: [GSoC] Doubts in an issue Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:38:20 +0530 Message-Id: <20200128020820.6895-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Greetings Johannes! I was trying to solve isse #406[1]. I have understood what we are trying to achieve for the most part, but I still need some confirmation. As far as my understanding goes, here is what I have inferred(forgive me if I am wrong anywhere): We had "dashed" versions of present day commands such as <> in the old times. Now, whenever we call scripts whose "dashed" version exists, it will sort of link the "dashed" version as well for I guess historical reasons? ;) And hence this takes up quite some time to link those built-ins especially in Windows. Therefore, our aim is to remove that option of linking the "dashed" forms by default. One thing I don't understand is, where is the <> directory? And what exactly do we mean by "built-ins" here(does it refer to the "dashed" commands)? Thanks, Shourya Shukla [1]: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/406